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2020, 'Supporting and thwarting interpersonal dynamics and student achievement: a multi-level examination of PISA 2015', International Journal of Research and Method in Education, 43, pp. 364 - 378, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/1743727X.2020.1757639
,2020, 'Teacher, classroom, and student growth orientation in mathematics: A multilevel examination of growth goals, growth mindset, engagement, and achievement', Teaching and Teacher Education, 94, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.tate.2020.103100
,2020, 'School principals' workplace well-being: a multination examination of the role of their job resources and job demands', Journal of Educational Administration, 58, pp. 417 - 433, http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/JEA-04-2019-0075
,2020, 'Investigating the reciprocal relations between academic buoyancy and academic adversity: Evidence for the protective role of academic buoyancy in reducing academic adversity over time', International Journal of Behavioral Development, 44, pp. 301 - 312, http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0165025419885027
,2020, 'Examining the unique roles of adaptability and buoyancy in teachers’ work-related outcomes', Teachers and Teaching: Theory and Practice, 26, pp. 350 - 364, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/13540602.2020.1832063
,2020, 'A Multilevel Person-Centered Examination of Teachers’ Workplace Demands and Resources: Links With Work-Related Well-Being', Frontiers in Psychology, 11, http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2020.00626
,2020, 'Perceived autonomy support, relatedness with students, and workplace outcomes: an investigation of differences by teacher gender', Educational Psychology, 40, pp. 253 - 272, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/01443410.2019.1663791
,2020, 'Motivational processes that support arts participation: An examination of goal orientations and aspirations.', Psychology of Aesthetics, Creativity, and the Arts, 14, pp. 384 - 400, http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/aca0000242
,2019, 'Adaptability: does students’ adjustment to university predict their mid-course academic achievement and satisfaction?', Journal of Further and Higher Education, 43, pp. 1444 - 1455, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/0309877X.2018.1491957
,2019, 'Examining the yields of growth feedback from science teachers and students' intrinsic valuing of science: Implications for student- and school-level science achievement', Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 56, pp. 1060 - 1082, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/tea.21546
,2019, 'Exploring the relationships between academic buoyancy, academic self-concept, and academic performance: a study of mathematics and reading among primary school students', Educational Psychology, 39, pp. 1068 - 1089, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/01443410.2019.1617409
,2019, 'The role of teacher feedback-feedforward and personal best goal setting in students' mathematics achievement: a goal setting theory perspective', EDUCATIONAL PSYCHOLOGY, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/01443410.2019.1662889
,2019, 'Growth orientation predicts gains in middle and high school students’ mathematics outcomes over time', Contemporary Educational Psychology, 58, pp. 213 - 227, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cedpsych.2019.03.010
,2019, 'Processes of students’ effort exertion, competence beliefs and motivation: Cyclic and dynamic effects of learning experiences within school days and school subjects', Contemporary Educational Psychology, 58, pp. 299 - 309, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cedpsych.2019.03.013
,2019, 'Teacher-student relationships and students' engagement in high school: Does the number of negative and positive relationships with teachers matter?', Journal of Educational Psychology, 111, pp. 861 - 876, http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/edu0000317
,2019, 'Teachers' motivational approach: Links with students’ basic psychological need frustration, maladaptive engagement, and academic outcomes', Teaching and Teacher Education, 86, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.tate.2019.07.002
,2019, 'What happens when students reflect on their self-efficacy during a test? Exploring test experience and test outcome in science', Learning and Individual Differences, 73, pp. 59 - 66, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.lindif.2019.05.005
,2019, 'Understanding Girls’ Disengagement: Identifying Patterns and the Role of Teacher and Peer Support using Latent Growth Modeling', Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 48, pp. 979 - 995, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10964-019-00986-4
,2019, 'Understanding the Role of Personal Best (PB) goal setting in students' declining engagement: A latent growth model', Journal of Educational Psychology, 111, pp. 557 - 572, http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/edu0000291
,2019, 'How students switch on and switch off in mathematics: exploring patterns and predictors of (dis)engagement across middle school and high school', Educational Psychology, 39, pp. 489 - 509, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/01443410.2018.1537480
,2019, 'Growth goals and growth mindset from a methodological-synergistic perspective: lessons learned from a quantitative correlational research program', International Journal of Research and Method in Education, 42, pp. 204 - 219, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/1743727X.2018.1481938
,2019, 'School-Age Developmental and Educational Outcomes Following Cardiac Procedures in the First Year of Life: A Population-Based Record Linkage Study', Pediatric Cardiology, 40, pp. 570 - 579, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00246-018-2029-y
,2019, 'Teaching Assistants Working with Students who have a Disability: The Role of Adaptability in Enhancing their Workplace Outcomes.', International Journal of Inclusive Education., http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/13603116.2018.1563646
,2019, 'Motivation, Engagement, Academic Buoyancy, and Adaptability: The Roles of Socio-Demographics among Middle School Students in China', Measurement, 17, pp. 119 - 132, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/15366367.2019.1584518
,2019, 'Adaptability: An important capacity to cultivate among pre-service teachers in teacher education programmes', Psychology Teaching Review, 25, pp. 60 - 66, http://dx.doi.org/10.53841/bpsptr.2019.25.1.60
,2018, 'Reply to Ritchie-McLean, Susanna; Wilmshurst, Sally, regarding their comment “Can population cohort studies assess the long-term impact of anesthesia in children?”', Paediatric Anaesthesia, 28, pp. 1157 - 1158, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/pan.13520
,2018, 'Personality, coping, and school well-being: an investigation of high school students', Social Psychology of Education, 21, pp. 1061 - 1080, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11218-018-9456-8
,2018, 'The role of medication in reducing the negative effects of hyperactivity-inattention on achievement: A population-based longitudinal investigation of students and their classrooms', Contemporary Educational Psychology, 55, pp. 97 - 109, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cedpsych.2018.08.006
,2018, 'Teachers’ perceived autonomy support and adaptability: An investigation employing the job demands-resources model as relevant to workplace exhaustion, disengagement, and commitment', Teaching and Teacher Education, 74, pp. 125 - 136, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.tate.2018.04.015
,2018, 'Adaptability, engagement, and degree completion: a longitudinal investigation of university students*', Educational Psychology, 38, pp. 785 - 799, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/01443410.2018.1426835
,2018, 'Load reduction instruction: Exploring a framework that assesses explicit instruction through to independent learning', Teaching and Teacher Education, 73, pp. 203 - 214, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.tate.2018.03.018
,2018, 'Students’ self-worth protection and approaches to learning in higher education: predictors and consequences', Higher Education, 76, pp. 163 - 181, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10734-017-0215-0
,2018, 'The impact of general anesthesia on child development and school performance: a population-based study', Paediatric Anaesthesia, 28, pp. 528 - 536, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/pan.13390
,2018, 'Achievement in large-scale national numeracy assessment: An ecological study of motivation and student, home, and school predictors', Journal of Educational Psychology, 110, pp. 465 - 482, http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/edu0000231
,2018, 'Student learning in Australian high schools: Contrasting personological and contextual variables in a longitudinal structural model', Learning and Individual Differences, 64, pp. 83 - 93, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.lindif.2018.03.007
,2018, 'Personal Best (PB) goal-setting enhances arithmetical problem-solving', The Australian Educational Researcher, 45, pp. 533 - 551, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s13384-018-0268-9
,2018, 'Adaptability, personal best (PB) goals setting, and gains in students’ academic outcomes: A longitudinal examination from a social cognitive perspective', Contemporary Educational Psychology, 53, pp. 57 - 72, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cedpsych.2018.02.001
,2018, 'Neonatal morbidity at term, early child development, and school performance: A population study', Pediatrics, 141, pp. e20171726, http://dx.doi.org/10.1542/peds.2017-1726
,2018, 'The roles of anxious and prosocial behavior in early academic performance: A population-based study examining unique and moderated effects', Learning and Individual Differences, 62, pp. 141 - 152, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.lindif.2018.02.004
,2018, 'Social and Emotional Behavioral Profiles in Kindergarten: A Population-Based Latent Profile Analysis of Links to Socio-Educational Characteristics and Later Achievement', Journal of Educational Psychology, 111, pp. 170 - 187, http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/edu0000262
,2018, 'Computer-adaptive testing: Implications for students' achievement, motivation, engagement, and subjective test experience', Journal of Educational Psychology, 110, pp. 27 - 45, http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/edu0000205
,2017, 'Getting into flow in the arts classroom: Research findings and implications for practice', Educational Practice and Theory, 39, pp. 5 - 15, http://dx.doi.org/10.7459/ept/39.2.02
,2017, 'Adaptability-What it is and what it is not: Comment on Chandra and Leong (2016)', American Psychologist, 72, pp. 696 - 698, http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/amp0000163
,2017, 'Academic buoyancy mediates academic anxiety’s effects on learning strategies: an investigation of English- and Chinese-speaking Australian students', Educational Psychology, 37, pp. 947 - 964, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/01443410.2017.1291910
,2017, 'Academic risk and resilience for children and young people in Asia', Educational Psychology, 37, pp. 921 - 929, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/01443410.2017.1331973
,2017, 'Conducting research in a medical science museum: Lessons learned from collaboration between researchers and museum educators.', Journal of Museum Education, 42, pp. 273 - 283, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/10598650.2017.1339171
,2017, 'ADHD, personal and interpersonal agency, and achievement: Exploring links from a social cognitive theory perspective', Contemporary Educational Psychology, 50, pp. 13 - 22, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cedpsych.2016.12.001
,2017, 'Adaptive and maladaptive work-related motivation among teachers: A person-centered examination and links with well-being', Teaching and Teacher Education, 64, pp. 199 - 210, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.tate.2017.02.010
,2017, 'Born a bit too early: A study of early planned birth and child development at school age', International Journal of Population Data Science, 1, http://dx.doi.org/10.23889/ijpds.v1i1.157
,2017, 'Motivation and engagement: Same or different? Does it matter?', Learning and Individual Differences, 55, pp. 150 - 162, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.lindif.2017.03.013
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