Project reports and related publications
Mental health of university students
- Dingle GA, Han R, Alhadad SS, et al. (2024). Data from four consecutive cohorts of students in Australia (2019–2022) show the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on domestic and international university students’ mental health. Australian & New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry. 58(6), 528-536.
doi.org/10.1177/00048674241233111 - Han R, Walter ZC, Maccallum F & Dingle GA. (2024). First-year domestic and international university students’ knowledge and use of mental health services and self-care practices in Australia. Australian Psychologist.
doi.org/10.1080/00050067.2024.2410195 - Dingle GA, Han R, Huang K, Alhadad SSJ, Beckman E, Bentley SV, Edmed S, Gomersall SR, Hides L, Lorimer N, Maccallum F, McKimmie BM, Ng N, Rossa K, Smith SS, Walter ZC, Williams E, Wright ORL, & Tanksale R. (2025). Sharper minds: Feasibility and effectiveness of a mental health promotion package for university students targeting multiple health and self-care behaviours. Journal of Affective Disorders, 378, 271–280.
doi.org/10.1016/j.jad.2025.03.011
Physical activity in university students
- Huang K, Beckman E, Ng N, et al. (2024). Effectiveness of physical activity interventions on undergraduate students’ mental health: systematic review and meta-analysis, Health Promotion International, 39(3), daae054.
doi.org/10.1093/heapro/daae054 - Huang K, Beckman EM, Ng N, Dingle GA & Gomersall SR. (2024) Protocol for Fit4Study: a non-randomised controlled trial of a physical activity intervention for university students’ mental health and wellbeing. Mental Health and Prevention.
doi.org/10.1016/j.mhp.2024.200390
Sleep in university students
- Rossa K, Edmed S, Lorimer N, & Smith S. (2024). Sharper Minds Better Sleep: Results from a pilot brief intervention for improving sleep health in young adults. Sleep DownUnder 2024, Gold Coast, QLD Australia, 16-19 October 2024. Oxford, United Kingdom: Oxford University Press.
doi.org/10.1093/sleepadvances/zpae070.091.
Music and wellbeing in university students
- Vidas D, Nelson NL, & Dingle GA. (2023). Efficacy of the Tuned In music emotion regulation program in international university students. Psychology and Health.
doi.org/10.1080/08870446.2023.2197007 - Vidas D, Nelson NL, & Dingle GA. (2022). Music Listening as a Coping Resource in Domestic and International University Students. Psychology of Music.
doi.org/10.1177/03057356211066964 - Bos V, Han R, Wiebusch F, Broughton MC, & Dingle GA. (2024). UQ Voices: Building a community choir for international students following the global pandemic. Australian Voice, 25.
doi.org/10.56307/AGZM2288
Loneliness, social connections and wellbeing in university students
- Dingle GA, Han R & Carlyle M. (2022). Loneliness, belonging, and mental health in Australian university students pre- and post-COVID-19. Behaviour Change.
doi.org/10.1017/bec.2022.6
Annual Reports
- Dingle, G., Williams, E., Alhadad, S. S. J., Beckman, E., Bentley, S., Fooken, J., Gomersall, S. R., Hides, L., Ludlow, T., Maccallum, F., McKimmie, B. M., Rossa, K., Smith, S.S., Walter, Z. C., & Wright, O. (2023, February 14). Sharper Minds 2022 Report. The University of Queensland.
www.psyarxiv.com/vsxrw - Dingle, G. A., Hodges, J., Hides, L., McKimmie, B., Gomersall, S., Beckman, E., Birch, S., Smith, S., Zurynski, Y., Maccallum. F., Bentley, S., Wright, O., Walter, Z., & Alhadad, S. (2021). Sharper Minds 2021 Pilot Report.
Preprint available - Dingle, G. A., & Han, R. (2021). The impact of COVID-19 on Australian university students’ mental health. School of Psychology, The University of QLD.
Click here for report from 2020 student survey - Dingle, G. A., Vidas, D., & Hong, D. (2020). Stress, wellbeing, and help seeking in first year university students. PsyArXiv Preprints | Stress, wellbeing, and help seeking in first year university students.
Click here for report from 2019 student survey