Associate Professor Nicola Schutte

Associate Professor - Faculty of Medicine and Health; School of Psychology

Phone: +61 2 6773 3779

Biography

Nicola Schutte's research is in the areas of positive psychology, including a focus on mindfulness, emotional intelligence, curiosity and psychosocial factors related to telomere processes. She teaches topics related to motivation and emotion.

Qualifications

M.A. Arizona State University; Ph.D. Arizona State University

Teaching Areas

PSYC 307 Learning, Motivation and Emotion

Supervision Areas

Positive Psychology

Primary Research Area/s

Positive psychology; Individual Differences; Telomere functioning

Research Interests

Associate Professor Nicola Schutte's research focuses on positive psychology constructs such as curiosity, optimism, character strengths, mindfulness, emotional intelligence, self-efficacy and positive affect.

Publications

Schutte, N., & Malouff, J. M. (2020). The association between optimism and telomere length: A meta-analysis. The Journal of Positive Psychology, early view at https://doi.org/10.1080/17439760.2020.1832249

Schutte, N.S. and Malouff, J.M. (2020). Using Signature Strengths to Increase Happiness at Work. J. F. Marques (Ed.) Happiness at Work. Routledge.

Schutte, N.S., John M. Malouff, J.M, Keng, S.L. (2020). Meditation and telomere length: A meta-analysis. Psychology and Health, 35, 901-915.

Schutte, N.S. & Pozo de Bolger, A. (2020). Greater Mindfulness is Linked to Less Procrastination. International Journal of Applied Positive Psychology, 5, 1-12.

Schutte, N. S., & Malouff, J. M. (2020). Connections between curiosity, flow and creativity. Personality and Individual Differences, 152, early view at https://doi.org/10.1016/j.paid.2019.109555

Stanley, P., Schutte, N.S. & Phillips, W. (2020). A Meta-Analytic Investigation of the Relationship between Intrinsic Motivation and Affect. European Journal of Positive Psychology, 4, 1-11.

Stanley, P. J., Schutte, N. S., & Phillips, W. J. (2020). A Meta-Analytic Investigation of the Relationship between Basic Psychological Need Satisfaction and Affect. Journal of Positive School Psychology, early view at https://www.journalppw.com/index.php/JPPW/article/view/210

Love, H., Bhullar, N., & Schutte, N. S. (2020). Go/no-go for food: Attention bias and intention to eat unhealthy food. Appetite, 150, 104646.

Schutte, N. S., & Malouff, J. M. (2020). A Meta‐Analysis of the Relationship between Curiosity and Creativity. The Journal of Creative Behavior, 54, 940-947.

Zhang, H. H., Li, R., & Schutte, N. S. (2020). Friendship network mechanisms linking emotional intelligence and subjective well-being: Beyond a mediation model. The Journal of social Psychology, 4, 428-444.

Zhang, H. H., Ding, C., Schutte, N. S., & Li, R. (2020). How Team Emotional Intelligence Connects to Task Performance: A Network Approach. Small Group Research, 51, 492-516.

Schutte, N. S., & Malouff, J. M. (2019).The Impact of Signature Character Strengths Interventions: A Meta-Analysis. Journal of Happiness Studies, 24, 1179-1196.

Schutte, N. S. (2019). The Impact of Virtual Reality on Curiosity and Other Positive Characteristics. International Journal of Human–Computer Interaction, 36, 661-668.

Love, H., Bhullar, N., & Schutte, N. S. (2019). Psychological aspects of diet: Development and validation of three measures assessing dietary goal-desire incongruence, motivation, and satisfaction with dietary behavior. Appetite, 138, 223-232.

Schuleigh, V., Malouff, J., Schutte, N., & Loi, N. (2019). Enhancing meetings: The impact of leader behavior. Journal of Leader Education, 18, 41-52.

Schutte, N. S., & Malouff, J. M. (2019). Increasing curiosity through autonomy of choice. Motivation and Emotion, 43. 563-570.

Malouff, J., & Schutte, N. S. (2019). Efficacy of interventions aimed at decreasing procrastination: A meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials. Journal of Counseling and Development. 97, 117-127.

Hopwood, T. L., Schutte, N. S., & Loi, N. M. (2019). Stress responses to secondary trauma: Compassion fatigue and anticipatory traumatic reaction among youth workers. The Social Science Journal, 56, 337-348.

Hopwood, T. L., Schutte, N. S., & Loi, N. M. (2019). Anticipatory traumatic reaction: Outcomes arising from secondary exposure to disasters and large-scale threats. Assessment, 26, 1427-1443.