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Dr Philip Parker
Dr Philip Parker is currently a research fellow at the Centre for Positive Psychology and Education (CPPE). Philip’s research uses large longitudinal databases from the Australia, US, UK, Germany and Finland where he focuses on career pathways, personality, and well-being issues related to youths’ transition from school to work or further education. Philip studied psychology at the SELF research centre at the University of Western Sydney where he received a first class honours degree and the Australian Psychological Society Science Prize for his thesis. He then completed his PhD at the University of Sydney on the role of motivational constructs and processes in the development of teacher burnout and subjective well-being. Philip has published in a number of international journals including the Journal of Personality, Learning and Individual Differences, The Journal of Health, Education, and Behaviour and Teacher and Teacher Education. He also published a number of book chapters and peer-reviewed papers in international conferences proceedings and monographs. Philip was previously a Jacob's foundation funded post-doctoral research fellow in the PATHWAYS to Adulthood program.
Qualifications
BA (Macquarie), BA Hons (UWS), PhD (Sydney)
Honours and Awards
APS Science Prize, University of Western Sydney (2005)
Jacob's foundation funded post-doctoral research fellow (2010-2011)
Selected publications
Parker, P.D., Nagy, P.D., Trautwein, U. & Lüdtke, O. (in press) The Internal/External frame of Reference as Predictors of Career Aspirations and University Majors. In J. Eccles & I. Schoon (Eds) Gender differences in aspirations and attainment.
Parker, P.D., Lüdtke, O., Trautwein, U. & Roberts, B.W. (in press) Personality and Relationship Quality during the Transition from High School to Early Adulthood, Journal of Personality.
Parker, P.D. & Salmela-Aro, K. (2011) Developmental Processes in School Burnout: A Comparison of Major Developmental Models. Learning and Individual Differences, 21(2), 244-248.
Parker, P.D. & Martin, A.J. (2011) Clergy Motivation and Occupational Well-being: Exploring a Quadripolar Model and Its Role in Predicting Burnout and Engagement. Journal of Religion and Health, 50, 656-674 .
Parker, P.D., Martin, A.J., Martinez, C., et al. (2010) Longitudinal Approaches to Stages of Change Measurement: Effects on Cognitive and Behavioral Physical Activity Factors. Measurement and Evaluation in Counseling and Development 43, 108-120.
Parker, P.D., Martin, A.J., Martinez, C., et al. (2010) Stages of change in physical activity: a validation study in late adolescence. Health education & behavior, 37, 318-329.
Parker, P.D. & Martin, A.J. (2009) Coping and buoyancy in the workplace: Understanding their effects on teachers' work-related well-being and engagement. In Teaching and Teacher Education, 25, 68-75.
Parker, P.D., Martin, A.J., & Marsh, H.W. (2008) Factors Predicting Life Satisfaction: A Process Model of Personality, Multidimensional Self-Concept, and Life Satisfaction, 15-29. Australian Journal of Guidance and Counselling, 18, 15-29.
Parker, P.D. & Martin, A.J. (2008) Personal Capacity Building for the Human Services: The Roles of Curriculum and Individual Differences in Predicting Self-Concept in College/University Students. Learning and Individual Differences, 18, 486-491.
Parker, P. D., Dowson, M. & McInerney, D. M. (2007). Standards for quantitative research in diverse sociocultural contexts. In D. M. McInerney, S. Van Etten & M. Dowson (Eds), Standards in Education (1 ed., Vol. 6, pp. 315-330). US: Information Age Publishing Inc.
