Lea Waters

10.0k total citations · 4 hit papers
104 papers, 6.0k citations indexed

About

Lea Waters is a scholar working on Social Psychology, Clinical Psychology and Education. According to data from OpenAlex, Lea Waters has authored 104 papers receiving a total of 6.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 51 papers in Social Psychology, 45 papers in Clinical Psychology and 27 papers in Education. Recurrent topics in Lea Waters's work include Psychological Well-being and Life Satisfaction (36 papers), Resilience and Mental Health (23 papers) and Early Childhood Education and Development (16 papers). Lea Waters is often cited by papers focused on Psychological Well-being and Life Satisfaction (36 papers), Resilience and Mental Health (23 papers) and Early Childhood Education and Development (16 papers). Lea Waters collaborates with scholars based in Australia, United States and United Kingdom. Lea Waters's co-authors include Margaret L. Kern, Kelly‐Ann Allen, Mathew A. White, Dianne Vella‐Brodrick, Kate Moore, Alejandro Adler, Helen Stokes, Reuben D. Rusk, Jon P. Briscoe and Douglas T. Hall and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Journal of Organizational Behavior and International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health.

In The Last Decade

Lea Waters

102 papers receiving 5.6k citations

Hit Papers

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What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

What Schools Need to Know About Fostering School Belonging: a Meta-analysis

2016 548 citations Kelly‐Ann Allen, Margaret L. Kern et al. profile →
A multidimensional approach to measuring well-being in students: Application of the PERMA framework

2014 428 citations Margaret L. Kern, Lea Waters et al. The Journal of Positive Psychology profile →
Social Media Use and Social Connectedness in Adolescents: The Positives and the Potential Pitfalls

2014 287 citations Kelly‐Ann Allen, Lea Waters et al. profile →
Positive psychology in a pandemic: buffering, bolstering, and building mental health

2021 245 citations Lea Waters et al. The Journal of Positive Psychology profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Lea Waters Australia	41	2.6k	2.3k	1.9k	977	938	104	6.0k
Marcus Credé United States	31	3.0k 1.1×	2.0k 0.9×	1.8k 1.0×	1.0k 1.1×	407 0.4×	69	7.0k
Christopher P. Niemiec United States	24	3.0k 1.1×	1.3k 0.6×	1.1k 0.6×	731 0.7×	500 0.5×	46	5.1k
Maureen E. Kenny United States	37	2.2k 0.9×	1.6k 0.7×	1.2k 0.6×	905 0.9×	537 0.6×	89	4.3k
Paula S. Nurius United States	36	1.7k 0.7×	2.4k 1.0×	1.1k 0.6×	2.1k 2.1×	1.2k 1.3×	148	7.7k
Jørn Hetland Norway	40	3.3k 1.3×	1.9k 0.8×	1.2k 0.7×	2.2k 2.3×	1.2k 1.3×	92	7.5k
Caroline Senécal Canada	26	3.4k 1.3×	1.7k 0.7×	1.6k 0.9×	703 0.7×	483 0.5×	39	6.2k
Guido Alessandri Italy	43	3.3k 1.3×	2.3k 1.0×	863 0.5×	1.2k 1.2×	646 0.7×	191	6.4k
Peter A. Creed Australia	49	2.4k 0.9×	1.3k 0.5×	2.3k 1.2×	981 1.0×	1.6k 1.7×	216	7.6k
Jenn‐Yun Tein United States	47	2.0k 0.8×	5.2k 2.3×	1.7k 0.9×	2.7k 2.8×	1.3k 1.4×	143	9.0k
Jeffrey H. Kahn United States	32	1.9k 0.7×	1.6k 0.7×	709 0.4×	848 0.9×	632 0.7×	84	4.3k

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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20 of 20 papers shown

Waters, Lea. (2023). "When Adversity Strikes: Maintaining Student and Teacher Wellbeing During the Covid-19 Pandemic". 7(2). 1 indexed citations

Allen, Kelly‐Ann, et al.. (2022). The ecology of peer review: Person-centred, strength-based, and self-determination perspectives. Journal of University Teaching and Learning Practice. 19(5). 2 indexed citations

Mensah, Fiona, Graham Gee, Yin Paradies, et al.. (2021). Evaluation of an Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander strengths based coaching program: a study protocol. BMC Public Health. 21(1). 1451–1451. 7 indexed citations

Waters, Lea, Kim S. Cameron, S. Katherine Nelson, et al.. (2021). Collective wellbeing and posttraumatic growth during COVID-19: how positive psychology can help families, schools, workplaces and marginalized communities. The Journal of Positive Psychology. 17(6). 761–789. 58 indexed citations

Waters, Lea & Daniel Loton. (2021). Tracing the Growth, Gaps, and Characteristics in Positive Education Science: A Long-Term, Large-Scale Review of the Field. Frontiers in Psychology. 12. 774967–774967. 11 indexed citations

Lomas, Tim, Lea Waters, Paige Williams, Lindsay G. Oades, & Margaret L. Kern. (2020). Third wave positive psychology: broadening towards complexity. The Journal of Positive Psychology. 16(5). 660–674. 172 indexed citations

Brunzell, Tom, Helen Stokes, & Lea Waters. (2018). Why Do You Work with Struggling Students? Teacher Perceptions of Meaningful Work in Trauma-Impacted Classrooms. The Australian journal of teacher education. 43(2). 116–142. 40 indexed citations

Allen, Kelly‐Ann, Margaret L. Kern, Dianne Vella‐Brodrick, & Lea Waters. (2017). School Values: A Comparison of Academic Motivation, Mental Health Promotion, and School Belonging With Student Achievement. 34(1). 31–47. 32 indexed citations

Rusk, Reuben D., Dianne Vella‐Brodrick, & Lea Waters. (2017). A complex dynamic systems approach to lasting positive change: The Synergistic Change Model. The Journal of Positive Psychology. 13(4). 406–418. 56 indexed citations

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Waters, Lea. (2017). Visible Wellbeing in schools: The powerful role of instructional leadership. 39(1). 6. 8 indexed citations

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Loton, Daniel & Lea Waters. (2017). The Mediating Effect of Self-Efficacy in the Connections between Strength-Based Parenting, Happiness and Psychological Distress in Teens. Frontiers in Psychology. 8. 1707–1707. 56 indexed citations

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Allen, Kelly‐Ann, Dianne Vella‐Brodrick, & Lea Waters. (2016). Fostering School Belonging in Secondary Schools Using a Socio-Ecological Framework. 33(1). 97–121. 123 indexed citations

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Waters, Lea. (2015). Strength-based parenting and life satisfaction in teenagers. Advances in Social Sciences Research Journal. 2(11). 26 indexed citations

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Brunzell, Tom, Lea Waters, & Helen Stokes. (2015). Teaching with strengths in trauma-affected students: A new approach to healing and growth in the classroom.. American Journal of Orthopsychiatry. 85(1). 3–9. 58 indexed citations

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White, Mathew A. & Lea Waters. (2014). A case study of ‘The Good School:’ Examples of the use of Peterson’s strengths-based approach with students. The Journal of Positive Psychology. 10(1). 69–76. 78 indexed citations

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Waters, Lea, et al.. (2013). The Role of Interpersonal Comfort, Attributional Confidence, and Communication Quality in Academic Mentoring Relationships. 40(1). 58–85. 12 indexed citations

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Waters, Lea. (2012). Predicting Job Satisfaction: Contributions of Individual Gratitude and Institutionalized Gratitude. Psychology. 3(12). 1174–1176. 71 indexed citations

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Näswall, Katharina, Michael Allvin, Johnny Hellgren, et al.. (2008). The Individual in the Changing Working Life. Cambridge University Press eBooks. 122 indexed citations

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Waters, Lea & Carol Johnston. (2004). Web‐delivered, problem‐based learning in organisational behaviour: a new form of CAOS. Higher Education Research & Development. 23(4). 413–431. 19 indexed citations

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Carson, Ed, et al.. (2003). Work for the Dole: A Pathway to Self-esteem and Employment Commitment, or the Road to Frustration?. Youth studies Australia. 22(4). 19. 6 indexed citations

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