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Dr Dianne Vella-Brodrick - Full list of publications

Peer reviewed journal papers:

Norrish, J. & Vella-Brodrick, D. A. (in press). Positive psychology and adolescents: Where are we now? Where to from here?  Australian Psychologist.

Stanley, J. & Vella-Brodrick, D. A. (in press).  The usefulness of social exclusion to inform social policy in transport.  Transport Policy.

Mitchell, J., Stanimirovic, R., Klein, B. & Vella-Brodrick, D. (in press). A randomised controlled trial of a self-guided internet intervention promoting well-being.  Computers in Human Behavior.

Currie,G., Richardson, T., Smyth, P.,  Vella-Brodrick, D., Hine, J., Lucas, K., Stanley, J.,  Morris, J., Kinnear, R., & Stanley, J., (2009) Investigating links between transport disadvantage, social exclusion and well-being in Melbourne — Preliminary results. Transport Policy, published on line March 2009 doi:10.1016/j.tranpol.2009.02.002

Vella-Brodrick, D. A., Park, N. & Peterson, C. (2009).  Three ways to be happy: Pleasure, engagement, and meaning: Findings from Australian and US samples.  Social Indicators Research. 90, 165-179.

Page, K. M. & Vella-Brodrick, D. A. (2009).  The ‘what’, ‘why’ and ‘how’ of employee well-being:  A new model.  Social Indicators Research. 90, 441-458.

Gallagher, E. N. & Vella-Brodrick, D. A. (2008).  Social support and emotional intelligence as predictors of subjective well-being.  Personality and Individual Differences, 44, 1551-1561.

Norrish, J. & Vella-Brodrick, D. A. (2008). Is the study of happiness a worthy scientific pursuit? Social Indicators Research, 87, 393-407.

Newton, F., Ewing, M, Burney, S. & Vella-Brodrick, D. A. (2007). Medical clinic facilities and doctor characteristics: What older rural males value. Australian Journal of Rural Health, 15, 41-45.

Vella-Brodrick, D. A., Judd, F., Scannell, E. D., & Burney, S. (2006). Relative contributions of rurality and community connectedness to subjective well-being in Victorian coastal regions. International Journal of Rural Psychology, 6, 1-19.

Vella-Brodrick, D. A., & Macrae, K. (2004). A review of mental imagery scales. Journal of Mental Imagery. 28, 121-148.

Olsson, C. A., Bond, L., Burns, J. M., Vella-Brodrick, D. A., & Sawyer, S. M. (2003). Adolescent resilience: A concept analysis. Journal of Adolescence. 26, 1-11.

Vella-Brodrick, D. A., & White, V. (1997). Response set of social desirability in relation to the Mental, Physical and Spiritual Well-Being Scale. Psychological Reports, 81, 127-130.

Vella-Brodrick, D. A., & Allen, F. C. L. (1995). Development and psychometric validation of the Mental, Physical and Spiritual Well-Being Scale. Psychological Reports, 77, 659-674.

Book Chapter:

Vella-Brodrick, D. A. & Page, K. M. (2009). Positive leadership:  Accentuating and cultivating human resources.  In Contemporary perspectives on leadership : Focus and meaning for ambiguous times.  J., C. Sarros (Ed.). 1st ed. Prahran, Vic.: Tilde University Press.

Peer reviewed full conference papers:

Vella-Brodrick, D. A. (2008).Clues for attaining a life filled with purpose and personal growth.Proceeding of the9th Australian Conference on Quality of Life. Melbourne, November 22, 2007.

Vella-Brodrick, D. A. (2007). Orientations to happiness as predictors of subjective well-being. Proceedings of the 8th Australian Conference on Quality of Life, Melbourne, November 30, 2006.

Gallagher, E. & Vella-Brodrick, D. A. (2007). What makes people happy? Social support and emotional intelligence as predictors of subjective well-being. Proceedings of the 8th Australian Conference on Quality of Life, Melbourne, November 30, 2006.

Vella-Brodrick, D. A. (2006). Comparison of sociodemographic, personality and social support variables as predictors of quality of life. Proceedings of the 7th Australian Conference on Quality of Life, Melbourne, November 24, 2005.

Murray, K. & Vella-Brodrick, D. A. (2006). Organisational support and employee conscientiousness as predictors of subjective well-being and organisational citizenship behaviour. Proceedings of the 7th Annual Australian Centre on Quality of Life Conference, Melbourne, November 24, 2005.

Vella-Brodrick, D. A., Scannell, E., Judd, F. & Burney, S. (2005). Examining quality of life among rural, remote and urban residents of Victoria. Proceedings of the 6th Quality of Life Conference.  Melbourne, November, 25, 2004.

Recent Conference Presentations:

Vella-Brodrick, D. A. (2008). The importance of pleasure, engagement and meaning for subjective and psychological well-being.  4th European Conference on Positive Psychology, July 1-4, 2008, Opatija, Croatia.

Vella-Brodrick, D. A. (2008). Happiness and the Eudaimonic Happiness Inventory:  A cross-cultural investigation. 9th Annual Australian Centre on Quality of Life Conference, November 22, 2007, Deakin University, Melbourne, Australia.

Vella-Brodrick, D. A. (2007).Clues for attaining a life filled with purpose and personal growth. 9th Annual Australian Centre on Quality of Life Conference, November 22, 2007, Deakin University, Melbourne, Australia.

Vella-Brodrick, D. A. (2006). Comparison of Sense of community with family, friend and significant other social support as predictors of subjective well-being. Tenth Trans-Tasman Community Psychology Conference, April 20-23, 2006, The University of Natre Dame, Sydney, Australia.

Vella-Brodrick, D. A. (2006). What is Sense of Community and is it universally consistent? Tenth Trans-Tasman Community Psychology Conference, April 20-23, 2006, The University of Natre Dame, Sydney, Australia.

Murray, K. & Vella-Brodrick, D. A. (2005). Organisational support and employee conscientiousness as predictors of subjective well-being and organisational citizenship behaviour. 7th Annual Australian Centre on Quality of Life Conference, Melbourne, November 24.

Vella-Brodrick, D. A. (2005). Comparison of sociodemographic, personality and social support variables as predictors of quality of life. 7th Annual Australian Centre on Quality of Life Conference, Melbourne, November 24.

Pitsopoulos, C. N. E., Vella-Brodrick, D. & Coleman, G. J. (2005). Organisational citizenship behaviour and job satisfaction as outcome variables in a model of occupational stress and affect. 6th Australian Industrial Organisational Psychology Conference, June 2005, Gold Coast, Queensland.

Vella-Brodrick, D. A., Judd, F., Scannell, E., & Burney, S. (2004). 6th Quality of Life Conference, 25 November 2004 Deakin University, Melbourne.