Institute for Social Science Research

Dr Vanda Nissen

Principal Research Coordinator
Institute for Social Science Research
Affiliate of ARC COE for Children and Families Over the Lifecourse
ARC COE for Children and Families Over the Lifecourse

Publications

Journal Articles (3)
Thesis (1)

Journal Articles

Nissen, Vanda and Meuter, Renata F.I. (2025). How does age impact understanding of epistemic adverbs in health communication?. Geriatric Nursing, 61, 596-604. doi: 10.1016/j.gerinurse.2024.12.030
Nissen, Vanda and Meuter, Renata F. I. (2023). Language and culture in health communication in an emergency context: do health practitioners and patients talk differently about uncertainty and risk?. Frontiers in Communication, 8 1110558. doi: 10.3389/fcomm.2023.1110558
Nissen, Vanda and Meuter, Renata F. I. (2023). The impact of bilinguality and language context on the understanding of epistemic adverbs in health communication: the case of English and Russian. Frontiers in Psychology, 14 1179341. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2023.1179341

Thesis

Nissen, Vanda (2024). How bilinguals and monolinguals understand and talk about uncertainty and risk: an exploration of epistemic modality in healthcare contexts. PhD Thesis, School of Psychology & Counselling, Queensland University of Technology. doi: 10.5204/thesis.eprints.246409