Projects per year
Personal profile
Biography
Dr Louise McLean is a registered psychologist and Senior Lecturer in Psychology. She is the Course Leader of the Faculty of Education's Master of Educational and Developmental Psychology (MEDP) & MEDP/PhD programs. Louise is a member of the Australian Psychological Society's (APS) National Committee of Educational and Developmental Psychologists and an Honorary Fellow of the Murdoch Children's Research Institute (MCRI), Royal Children's Hospital (RCH), Melbourne.
Louise's areas of research interest include the identification of psychosocial risk and resilience factors related to well-being across the lifespan and the evaluation of interventions and preventative measures that facilitate sustained and enhanced well-being. She has expertise in quantitative research methods. Louise was awarded a Faculty of Medicine Special Commendation in recognition of her valuable contribution to Postgraduate Diploma of Psychology Supervision and was shortlisted for the Vice Chancellor's Award for Excellence in Honours Supervision.
Community service
A keen Masters athlete, Louise is Team Manager for the Masters Women's Team of a Monash affiliated athletics club and a Level 1 Athletics Australia Accredited Athletics Coach.
Research interests
Louise's research program aims to (a) identify psychosocial factors that enhance or hinder well-being across the lifespan and (b) evaluate interventions and preventative measures that facilitate sustained and enhanced psychological well-being. The program includes students enrolled in the Graduate Diploma of Professional Psychology, the Master of Educational and Developmental Psychology (MEDP), the MEDP/PhD and the PhD. It is designed to inform psychology teaching, practice and research within the specialist area of educational and developmental psychology. Student research projects address sub-components of a larger multi-faceted research question related to well-being either in the general community or in children with special needs and their siblings and parents.
Research area keywords
- wellbeing, psychosocial risk and resistance factors, chronic conditions, parents and children, lifespan
Network
Projects
- 3 Finished
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Children of Parents with a mental health illness: Research and Evaluation
Reupert, A., Maybery, D. & McLean, L.
1/09/15 → 30/06/16
Project: Research
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Review of the eligibility criteria for the program for students with disability
Moore, D., Anderson, A., Deppeler, J., Long, M., McLean, L. & Sharma, U.
6/08/07 → 30/11/07
Project: Research
Research output
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Relational trajectories in families with parental mental illness: a grounded theory approach
Patrick, P. M., Reupert, A. E. & McLean, L. A., Jul 2020, In : BMC Psychology. 8, 13 p., 68.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
Open AccessFile1 Citation (Scopus) -
The impact of joint media engagement on parent–child interactions: a systematic review
Ewin, C., Reupert, A. E., McLean, L. A. & Ewin, C. J., 2020, (Accepted/In press) In : Human Behavior and Emerging Technologies. 25 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Review Article › Research › peer-review
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A cross-sectional study on intergenerational parenting and attachment patterns in adult children of parents with mental illness
Patrick, P. M., Reupert, A. E. & McLean, L. A., Nov 2019, In : Child & Family Social Work. 24, 4, p. 601-609 9 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
1 Citation (Scopus) -
Assessing the Consistency and Accuracy of Teacher Judgements on the NCCD on School Students with Disability: Final Report
Sharma, U., McLean, L., Grove, C., Menage, C., May, F., Arthur-Kelly, M., Salend, S., Jovic, M., Martin, R., Haris, J., Barbosa, E., Butterworth, D. & Dimitropoulos, N., 26 Jun 2019, Melbourne Vic Australia: Monash University. 99 p.Research output: Book/Report › Other Report › Research
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Behavior change techniques incorporated in fitness trackers: content analysis
Chia, G. L-C., Anderson, A. & McLean, L. A., 23 Jul 2019, In : JMIR mHealth and uHealth. 7, 7, 12 p., e12768.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
Open AccessFile
Prizes
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Australasian Society of Intellectual Disability (ASID) Australasian Research Award 2013
Fiona Stephanie May (Recipient), McLean, Louise (Recipient), Angelika Anderson (Recipient), Alan Hudson (Recipient), Christine Cameron (Recipient) & Jan Matthews (Recipient), 7 Nov 2013
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
Activities
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National Committee of the APS College of Educational and Developmental Psychologists
Louise McLean (Member)
7 Jul 2017 → 7 Jul 2019Activity: External Academic Engagement › Committees and working groups
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Murdoch Childrens Research Institute
Louise McLean (Fellow)
8 Sep 2015Activity: External Academic Engagement › External research organisation, centre or institute
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Signposts Parenting Program
Louise McLean (Member)
4 Aug 2009Activity: External Academic Engagement › External research organisation, centre or institute
Press / Media
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5 opportunities and 5 challenges the NCCD offers schools and teachers
Umesh Sharma, Fiona May, Louise McLean & Christine Grove
18/07/19
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Article/Feature