Dr Adrian Tomyn

Biography

Adrian joined Monash University in 2009 as lecturer in the School of Psychology, Psychiatry and Psychological Medicine, after completing his undergraduate and post-graduate studies at Deakin University, Melbourne. In 2005, Adrian was awarded an Australian Postgraduate Award – Industry (APAI) - a three-year Doctoral Scholarship provided by Australian Unity. As part of this award, Adrian played a large part in the analysis of data forming seven national subjective wellbeing surveys conducted as part of the Australian Unity Wellbeing Index over the years 2005-2008. In 2009, Adrian was awarded an honourable mention by the International Society of Quality -of-Life Studies Best Dissertation Awards for his thesis titled “Subjective Wellbeing as an Affective Construct: Theory Development with Adolescents”.

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Adrian’s research interests include Quality of Life and Subjective Wellbeing studies and he invites research students with an interest in these topics to contact him with regards to supervision.

Research Interests

Subjective Wellbeing (SWB) theory development and assessment. Quality of life. Adolescent subjective wellbeing.

Teaching

• MHP5072
• PSY3062

• MHP5072
• MHP1591
• MHP1592
• MHP1593
• MHP1594

Publications

Cummins, R., Tomyn, A., Woerner, J. and Gibson, A. (2008) Australian Unity Wellbeing Index Survey 18.1: ″The Wellbeing of Australians - The effect of seven successive home-loan rate rises″, pp. 1-64, Deakin University, Australia

Cummins, R., Woerner, J., Tomyn, A., Gibson, A. and Knapp, T. (2007) Australian Unity Wellbeing Index Survey 17 Part A: The Report: The Wellbeing of Australians - Work, Wealth and Happiness, pp. 1-242, Deakin University, Australia

Cummins, R., Tomyn, A., Gibson, A., Woerner, J., Lai, L. and Collard, J.* (2007) Australian Unity Wellbeing Index Survey 18 Part A: The Report. The Wellbeing of Australians - Changing conditions to make life better, pp. 1-262, Deakin University, Australia

Cummins, R., Hughes, J.*, Tomyn, A., Gibson, A., Woerner, J. and Lai, L. (2007) Australian Unity Wellbeing Index Survey 17.1: Special Report: The Wellbeing of Australians - Carer Health and Wellbeing, pp. 1-93, Deakin University, Australia.

Cummins, R., Woerner, J., Tomyn, A., Knapp, T., Gibson, A. and Lau, A.* (2007) On the fifth anniversary of the Australian Unity Wellbeing Index: what have we learned about subjective wellbeing?, in Yvonne MacKay (ed.), 8th Australian Conference on Quality of Life, Deakin University, Australia.

Cummins, R., Woerner, J., Tomyn, A., Gibson, A. and Knapp, T. (2006) Australian Unity Wellbeing Index Survey 16 Part A: The Report "The Wellbeing of Australians ' Mortgage Payments and Home Ownership", pp. 1-224, Deakin University and Australian Unity, Australia.

Australian Unity Wellbeing Index Survey 14. “The Wellbeing of Australians – Personal Relationships”. Deakin University and Australian Unity, Australia.

Cummins, R., Okerstrom, E., Woerner, J., Tomyn, A. Australian Unity Wellbeing Index: Survey 13. “The Wellbeing of Australians – Care giving at Home”. Deakin University and Australian Unity, Australia.