I am a Lecturer in Behavioural Studies at Monash University. My research focuses on cultural influence on mental health.

Experience

  • 2025–present
    Lecturer, Monash University
  • 2020–2025
    Lecturer, Federation University

Education

  • 2018 
    Monash University , PhD
  • 2014 
    Monash University , BA

Publications

  • 2025
    The Experiences, Coping Practices and Mental Health of Young Ukrainians Living Amidst Wartime Ukraine , Journal of Peace Psychology
  • 2024
    The National Identity, Security, Future Hope and Wellbeing of Young People Living in the Unrecognised State of Transnistria, Ethnopolitics
  • 2023
    "I Just want to be Happy”: An Exploration of the Aspirations, Values, and Psychological Wellbeing of Australian Young People, Emerging Adulthood
  • 2022
    Western Individualism and the Psychological Wellbeing of Young People: A Systematic Review of Their Associations, Youth
  • 2022
    Buffering the Fear of COVID-19: Social Connectedness Mediates the Relationship Between Fear of COVID-19 and Psychological Wellbeing, Behavioural Studies
  • 2021
    Meaning Matters: Self-Perceived Meaning in Life, Its Predictors and Psychological Stressors Associated with the COVID-19 Pandemic , Behavioral Sciences
  • 2021
    Social Value Systems and the Mental Heath of International Students During the COVID-19 Pandemic, Journal of International Students
  • 2021
    When the pursuit of happiness backfires: The role of negative emotion valuation, Journal of Positive Psychology
  • 2021
    Individualism, Collectivism, and Well-being Among a Sample of Emerging Adults in the United States, Emerging Adulthood
  • 2019
    The social contract revisited: a re-examination of the influence individualistic and collectivistic value systems have on the psychological wellbeing of young people, Journal of Youth Studies

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