Mathew A White
Biographic Data
| ID | 6526920 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Mathew A White |
| GIVEN NAMES | Mathew A |
| FAMILY NAME | White |
| SIGNATURE | WHITE M A |
| AFFILIATIONS | The University of Melbourne |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-3037-9352 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 5 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 9 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 4 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 1 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2005 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Finding consensus on well-being in education
Research on well-being and concern over the well-being of students and teachers has grown dramatically in recent years. Researchers and reformers in positive psychology and education, self-determination theory, social and emotional learning, liberal-democratic political and educational philosophy, and neo-Aristotelian theories of flourishing and character education have played formative and intersecting roles in what is now an international movem…
Future Directions in Well-Being
A multidimensional approach to measuring well-being in students
Seligman recently introduced the PERMA model with five core elements of psychological well-being: positive emotions, engagement, relationships, meaning, and accomplishment. We empirically tested this multidimensional theory with 516 Australian male students (age 13-18). From an extensive well-being assessment, we selected a subset of items theoretically relevant to PERMA. Factor analyses recovered four of the five PERMA elements, and two ill-bein…
Depression in the Profession
This study reports the findings of interviews with fifty social workers who volunteered to describe their personal experiences of depression in the workplace. The findings confirm the literature on the stresses of social work and provide an account of the ways in which the social workers sought to reconcile their mental health needs with their role as professionals. The study suggests the potential for those working at all levels in social work a…
Nurturing global listeners
Pertaining to listening, such flexibility can be addressed partially through materials and experiences providing increased familiarity with varieties of world Englishes. Examples of world Englishes should be provided while maintaining their integrity. Publishers overlook opportunities for increasing familiarity with world Englishes when materials are created that do not depict the Englishes from the regions they are attempting to portray. In addi…
Depression in the Profession
This study reports the findings of interviews with fifty social workers who volunteered to describe their personal experiences of depression in the workplace. The findings confirm the literature on the stresses of social work and provide an account of the ways in which the social workers sought to reconcile their mental health needs with their role as professionals. The study suggests the potential for those working at all levels in social work a…
Nurturing global listeners
Pertaining to listening, such flexibility can be addressed partially through materials and experiences providing increased familiarity with varieties of world Englishes. Examples of world Englishes should be provided while maintaining their integrity. Publishers overlook opportunities for increasing familiarity with world Englishes when materials are created that do not depict the Englishes from the regions they are attempting to portray. In addi…
Nurturing global listeners
Pertaining to listening, such flexibility can be addressed partially through materials and experiences providing increased familiarity with varieties of world Englishes. Examples of world Englishes should be provided while maintaining their integrity. Publishers overlook opportunities for increasing familiarity with world Englishes when materials are created that do not depict the Englishes from the regions they are attempting to portray. In addi…
Depression in the Profession
This study reports the findings of interviews with fifty social workers who volunteered to describe their personal experiences of depression in the workplace. The findings confirm the literature on the stresses of social work and provide an account of the ways in which the social workers sought to reconcile their mental health needs with their role as professionals. The study suggests the potential for those working at all levels in social work a…
A multidimensional approach to measuring well-being in students
Seligman recently introduced the PERMA model with five core elements of psychological well-being: positive emotions, engagement, relationships, meaning, and accomplishment. We empirically tested this multidimensional theory with 516 Australian male students (age 13-18). From an extensive well-being assessment, we selected a subset of items theoretically relevant to PERMA. Factor analyses recovered four of the five PERMA elements, and two ill-bein…
Future Directions in Well-Being
Finding consensus on well-being in education
Research on well-being and concern over the well-being of students and teachers has grown dramatically in recent years. Researchers and reformers in positive psychology and education, self-determination theory, social and emotional learning, liberal-democratic political and educational philosophy, and neo-Aristotelian theories of flourishing and character education have played formative and intersecting roles in what is now an international movem…
Psychology (4 works) · Political science (3 works) · Public relations (3 works) · Sociology (3 works) · Pedagogy (2 works) · Psychological Well-being and Life Satisfaction (2 works) · Resilience and Mental Health (2 works) · Social Psychology (2 works) · Active listening (1 work) · Applied Psychology (1 work)