Dr Melissa Johnstone
Research Fellow
Institute for Social Science Reseach
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Journal Articles
Lucke, Jayne and Johnstone, Melissa (2020). “It’s Been a Bit of a Rollercoaster”: Australian Women’s Difficulties and Coping Strategies. Issues in Mental Health Nursing, 1-11. doi: 10.1080/01612840.2020.1770386
Lystad, Reidar P., Fajardo Pulido, Diana, Peters, Lorna, Johnstone, Melissa, Ellis, Louise A., Braithwaite, Jeffrey, Wuthrich, Viviana, Amin, Janaki, Cameron, Cate M. and Mitchell, Rebecca J. (2020). Monitoring health and well-being in emerging adults: protocol for a pilot longitudinal cohort study. JMIR Research Protocols, 9 (4), e16108. doi: 10.2196/16108
Johnstone, Melissa, Lucke, J. and Hewitt, B. (2020). Life transitions and women’s desired number of children: the impact of motherhood, relationships and employment. Community, Work & Family, 1-20. doi: 10.1080/13668803.2020.1744526
Jones, Catherine, Hadley, Fay, Waniganayake, Manjula and Johnstone, Melissa (2019). Find your tribe! Early childhood educators defining and identifying key factors that support their workplace wellbeing. Australasian Journal of Early Childhood, 44 (4), 326-338. doi: 10.1177/1836939119870906
Johnstone, Melissa and Mulherin, Kate (2019). From distress to flourishing: towards a strengths-based approach for young mothers. Journal of Reproductive and Infant Psychology, 38 (2), 1-18. doi: 10.1080/02646838.2019.1621277
Johnstone, Melissa, Jetten, Jolanda, Dingle, Genevieve A., Parsell, Cameron and Walter, Zoe (2016). Enhancing well-being of homeless individuals by building group membership. Journal of Community and Applied Social Psychology, 26 (5), 421-438. doi: 10.1002/casp.2272
Ferris, Laura J., Jetten, Jolanda, Johnstone, Melissa, Girdham, Elise, Parsell, Cameron and Walter, Zoe C. (2016). The Florence Nightingale effect: Organizational identification explains the peculiar link between others' suffering and workplace functioning in the homelessness sector. Frontiers in Psychology, 7 (JAN) 16, 16.1-16.15. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2016.00016
Johnstone, Melissa, Parsell, Cameron, Jetten, Jolanda, Dingle, Genevieve and Walter, Zoe (2015). Breaking the cycle of homelessness: Housing stability and social support as predictors of long-term well-being. Housing Studies, 31 (4), 1-17. doi: 10.1080/02673037.2015.1092504
Walter, Zoe C., Jetten, Jolanda, Dingle, Genevieve, Parsell, Cameron and Johnstone, Melissa (2015). Two pathways through adversity: predicting well‐being and housing outcomes among homeless service users. British Journal of Social Psychology, 55 (2), 357-374. doi: 10.1111/bjso.12127
Johnstone, Melissa, Jetten, Jolanda, Dingle, Genevieve A., Parsell, Cameron and Walter, Zoe C. (2015). Discrimination and well-being amongst the homeless: the role of multiple group membership. Frontiers in Psychology, 6 (739) 739, 1-9. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2015.00739
Mulherin, Kate and Johnstone, Melissa (2015). Qualitative accounts of teenage and emerging adult women adjusting to motherhood. Journal of Reproductive and Infant Psychology, 33 (4), 388-401. doi: 10.1080/02646838.2015.1042963
Johnstone, Melissa and Feeney, Judith A (2015). Individual differences in responses to workplace stress: The contribution of attachment theory. Journal of Applied Social Psychology, 45 (7), 412-424. doi: 10.1111/jasp.12308
Dingle, Genevieve, Cruwys, Tegan, Jetten, Jetten, Johnstone, Melissa and Walter, Zoe (2014). The benefits of participation in recreational group activities for adults at risk of homelessness.. Parity, 27 (6), 18-19.
Johnstone, Melissa and Lee, Christina (2014). Lifestyle Preference Theory: no match for young Australian women. Journal of Sociology, OnlineFirst (2), 1-17. doi: 10.1177/1440783313518247
Johnstone, Melissa and Lee, Christina (2012). Young Australian women and their aspirations: "It's hard enough thinking a week or two in advance at the moment". Journal of Adolescent Research, 27 (3), 351-376. doi: 10.1177/0743558411409932
Johnstone, Melissa, Lucke, Jayne and Lee, Christina (2011). Influences of marriage, motherhood, and other life events on Australian women's employment aspirations. Psychology of Women Quarterly, 35 (2), 267-281. doi: 10.1177/0361684310388502
Johnstone, Melissa and Lee, Christina (2009). Young Australian Women's Aspirations for Work and Family: Individual and Sociocultural Differences. Sex Roles, 61 (3-4), 204-220. doi: 10.1007/s11199-009-9622-8
Johnstone, Melissa and Lee, Christina (2009). Young Australian women’s aspirations for work and family. Family Matters, 81, 5-14.
Conference Papers
Johnstone, M. and Lee, C. (2008). What is going on in the minds and lives of young Australian women?. ASBHM Scientific Conference: 5th Annual Conference of the Australasian Society for Behavioural Health and Medicine, Sydney, NSW, Australia, 31 January–2 February 2008.
Johnstone, Melissa and Lee, Christina (2008). Young Australian Women's Aspirations for Work and Family in the 21st Century. 10th Australian Institute of Family Studies, Melbourne, Australia, 9-11 July 2008.