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Doctoral Completions

Dr Jinnat Ali (2006) Developing a standardised measure of student motivation for use in diverse cultural settings

Katrina Barker - Specifying causal relations between students' goals and academic self-concept: an integrated structural model of student motivation

Dr Alan Barnett (2006) The impact of transformational leadership style of the principal on school learning environments and selected teacher outcomes

Dr Gawaian Bodkin-Andrews (2008) New solutions for maximising secondary Indigenous students’ full potential: Identifying causal constructs that enhance Indigenous students’ aspirations and educational outcomes

Dr Gail Brown (2004) The efficacy of question-answering instruction for improving year 5 reading comprehension

Dr Leanne Cowin (2004) The self-concept of nurses and its relationship to job satisfaction and retention

Dexter Da Silva (2006) A multiple goal analysis of femail Japanese university students' general academic motivation and motivation towards EFL

Dr Anthony Dillon (2011) Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) - A critical analysis elucidating constructs that influence parental influence/rejection of diagnosis and response

Dr Rose Dixon (2005) Moving out: The impact of deinstitutionalising on salient affective variables, social competence, and social skills of people with mild intellectual disabilities

Dr Linda Finger (2009) Beyond Bullying Primary Schools Program: Implementing an Effective Whole-school Program to Manage Bullying, Enhance Prosocial Behaviour and Boost Student Well-being in the Upper Primary Grades

Dr Louise Ellis (2004) Peers helping peers: The effectiveness of a peer support program in enhancing self-concept and other desirable outcomes

Dr Jean Healey (2005) Violence and bullying in schools: New perspectives and the Macarthur Model for comprehensive intervention

Dr Samantha Hornery (2011) Positive Pathways to Reading for Disadvantaged Children: Identifying psychosocial antecedents and implementing effective intervention to enhance literacy, self-concept, and motivation

Dr Upali Jayasinghe (2003) Peer review in the assessment and funding of research by the Australian Research Council

Dr Kim Chau Leung (2008) Domain specificity between types of peer support and multi-dimensional self-concept

Dr Peter McKenzie (2011) Hidden Talent: A Critical Analysis of the Contributions of Aboriginal Musicians of the New England Tablelands to Contemporary Aboriginal Culture and Cultural Revitalisation

Dr Cory Middleton (2008) Mental Toughness: Conceptualisation and Measurement

Dr Janet Mooney (2011) Teaching Aboriginal Studies: A Critical Analysis of Core Aboriginal Studies Subjects in Primary Teacher Education Courses

Dr James Neill (2009) Enhancing personal effectiveness: The impact of outdoor education programs

Dr Genevieve Nelson (2008) The socio-economic and psychological determinants of student academic outcomes in Papua New Guinea

Dr Roberto Parada (2006) School bullying: Psychosocial determinants and effective intervention

Dr Marjorie Seaton (2008) The big-fish-little-pond effect under the grill: Tests of its universality, a search for moderators, and the role of social comparison

Dr Danielle Tracey (2003) Self-concepts of preadolescents with mild intellectual disability: Multidimensionality, measurement, and support for the big-fish-little-pond effect

Dr John Wiley (2005) The influence of self-concept on non-traditional student persistence in higher education


Masters Completions

Debra Wray (2006) HSC Aboriginal Studies: Strengths, Limitations, and Impact upon Aboriginal Students’ Self-Concepts and Educational Outcomes


Honours (Psychology) Completions

Liz Angel (2009) Nurses’ motivation and self-concepts

Natalie Evans (2009) Where have all the fathers gone? Elucidating paternal perceptions concerning the nature, causes, and treatment of ADHD for primary and secondary students

Linda Finger (2002) Do my self-beliefs lead me to bully or be bullied? An investigation into the causal relations between bullying, victimisation, and self-concept (Honours First Class)

Jasmine Green (2004) Domain Specificity of Motivation and Engagement: Analyses across English, Mathematics and Science High School Subjects

Lucy Griezel (2007) Out of the school yard and into cyber space: Elucidating the nature, gender and developmental differences, and psychosocial consequences of traditional and cyber bullying for Australian secondary students (Honours First Class, University of Western Sydney Medal)

Natasha Magson (2007) Motivation matters: A critical cross-cultural and gender analysis of students’ achievement goal orientations and the explication of a new domain-specific model of student motivation(Honours First Class, University of Western Sydney Medal)

Genevieve Nelson (2003) Similarities and differences in motivation and processes of learning between Papua New Guinea and Australian school students (Honours First Class, University of Western Sydney Medal)

Alison O’Mara (2003) Evaluating self-concept interventions from a multi-dimensional perspective: A meta-analysis (Honours First Class, University of Western Sydney Medal) 

David V. Tipler (2004) A Within-Network and Between-Network Study of Physical Activity Motivation Amongst Adolescents

Melinda Williams (2004) Transtheoretical model of change in relation to physical activity for adolescents (Honours First Class)

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