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A/PROF ERICA FRYDENBERG



Contact Details

Organization: Melbourne Graduate School of Education
Position: ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR
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Homepage: http://www.edfac.unimelb.edu.au/cgi-bin/public/staff_profile.cgi?id=1784
Work: 8344 9541
Mobile: 0419 333 361
Fax: 8344 0995
Building: Alice Hoy Building
Campus: Parkville

Research Expertise and International Linkages

Research Expertise

Research Interest Country of Expertise
Educational psychology; Stress and coping Australia
Educational counselling; Social emotional learning Australia
Coping skills measurement Australia
Coping skills training Australia

International Linkages

Country Establishment Collaboration
United States University of Illinois Research
United States Stanford University Research
United States University of Minnesota Research

Qualifications, Honours, Fellowships and Other Awards

Qualifications

Title Institution Date Awarded Abbreviation
Bachelor of Arts University of Sydney
Title Not Known La Trobe University
Master of Arts Caulfield Institute of Technology
Doctor of Philosophy La Trobe University

Government Research Classifications

Research Fields, Courses and Discipline Classifications

Socio-Economic Objective Classifications

Grants and Contracts

Research Grants, Contracts and Consultancies awarded to the University of Melbourne as the administering institution (since 2003) as recorded in Themis Agreements.

Grants

Title Role Funding Source Scheme Award Date
ENHANCING WELLBEING AND LEARNING IN MIDDLE YEAR CLASSROOMS Chief Investigator CATHOLIC EDUCATION OFFICE,
AUST RESEARCH COUNCIL
Linkage Projects (AUST RESEARCH COUNCIL) 01/01/2006
Success despite learning difficulties: The effectiveness of a coping program for adolescent students Chief Investigator AUST RESEARCH COUNCIL Discovery Projects 01/01/2008

Publications

Publications produced at the University of Melbourne and reported in the Annual Publications Collection and 'Research Report' since 2001. The Themis Publications module, released in November 2006, allows additional publications from previous institutions and publications from past years to be entered.

Publications in 2008

Books

  • Adolescent Coping: Advances in Theory, Research and Practice
    Year: 2008
    Publisher: Routledge(London)
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Journal Articles

  • At-Risk Students in a Rural Context: Benefits and Gains From a Coping Skills Program
    Year: 2008
    Journal: Australian Journal of Guidance & Counselling
    Volume: 18
    Issue: 2
    Page numbers: 160-181
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  • From Distress to Success: Developing a Coping Language and Programs for Adolescents
    Year: 2008
    Journal: The Prevention Researcher
    Volume: 15
    Issue: 4
    Page numbers: 8-12
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  • Perceived Control and Adaptive Coping: Programs for adolescent students who have learning disabilities
    Year: 2008
    Journal: Learning Disability Quarterly
    Volume: 31
    Issue: 3
    Page numbers: 151-165
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Conference Publications/Papers

  • From Distress to Success: Teaching Coping Skills to Secondary Students with Few Resources
    Year: 2008
    Event name: Psychology leading change: 43rd APS Annual Conference
    Conference Publication: Proceedings of the 43rd Annual Australian Psychological Society's Annual Conference
    Page numbers: 115-119
    Publisher: Australian Psychological Society
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Reports

  • Enhancing Wellbeing and Learning in Middle Years Classrooms: Relationships, Wellbeing and Learning (RWL) Project Report
    Year: 2008
    Customer: Catholic Education Office Melbourne
    Publisher: University of Melbourne, Assessment Research Centre(Melbourne)
    Authors:

Publications in 2007

Books

  • Educational Psychology
    Year: 2007
    Publisher: Pearson Education Australia(Frenchs Forest)
    Authors(s):
  • The Best of Coping: Developing Coping Skills for Adolescents - Facilitator's Guide
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    Publisher: ACER (Australian Council for Educational Research Press)(Camberwell)
  • The Best of Coping: Developing Coping Skills for Adolescents - Student Workbook
    Authors(s):
    Publisher: ACER (Australian Council for Educational Research Press)(Camberwell)

Book Chapters

  • Adolescent problem solving efficacy and coping strategy usage in a population of Australian adolescents
    Year: 2007
    Book: Emerging Thought and Research on Student, Teacher and Administrator Stress and Coping
    Publisher: Information Age Publishing(Greenwich)
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  • The best of coping: Improving coping strategies in Italian adolescents
    Year: 2007
    Book: Emerging Thought and Research on Student, Teacher and Administrator Stress and Coping
    Publisher: Information Age Publishing(Greenwich)
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Journal Articles

  • Coping skills training: Implications for educational practice
    Year: 2007
    Journal: Australian Educational and Developmental Psychologist
    Volume: 24
    Issue: 2
    Page numbers: 44-68
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  • Cyber-bullying in Australian schools: Profiles of adolescent coping and insights for school practitioners
    Year: 2007
    Journal: Australian Educational and Developmental Psychologist
    Volume: 24
    Issue: 1
    Page numbers: 45-58
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  • Enhancing adolescent wellbeing: Coping skills training for girls
    Year: 2007
    Journal: Australian Journal of Psychology
    Volume: 59
    Page numbers: 272
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  • Investigating peer relationships in community language schools: An exploratory study
    Year: 2007
    Journal: Australian Journal of Psychology
    Volume: 59
    Page numbers: 295
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Conference Publications/Papers

  • Enhancing adolescent wellbeing: Coping skills training for girls
    Year: 2007
    Event name: Psychology Making an Impact: 42nd Australian Psychological Society (APS) Annual Conference
    Conference Publication: Psychology Making an Impact: Proceedings of the 42nd Australian Psychological Society (APS) Annual Conference
    Page numbers: 222-227
    Publisher: Australian Psychological Society(Melbourne)
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  • Understanding engagement in the middle years of school: Relationships with coping and wellbeing
    Year: 2007
    Event name: Psychology Making an Impact: The 42nd Annual Conference of the
    Conference Publication: Psychology Making an Impact: Proceedings of the 42nd Annual Conference of the Australian Psychological Society
    Page numbers: 247-251
    Publisher: Australian Psychological Society(Melbourne)
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Reports

  • Challenging Ethical Issues in Contemporary Research on Human Beings
    Year: 2007
    Customer: Australian Government: National Health and Medical Research Council
    Publisher: National Health and Medical Research Council(Launceston)
    Authors:

Computer Software Products

  • Coping for Success: Skills for everyday living
    Year: 2007
    Version:: 1
    Publisher: University of Melbourne(Parkville)
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Audio Visual Recordings

    Publications in 2006

    Books

    • The Australian Leadership Reader
      Year: 2006
      Publisher: Australian Academic Press(Brisbane)
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    Book Chapters

    • Shared Needs. Teachers Helping Students with Learning Disabilities to Cope More Effectively
      Year: 2006
      Book: Understanding Teacher Stress in an Age of Accountability
      Publisher: Information Age Publishing(Greenwich)
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    • Verbal Insults:Experiences, Responses and Factors Associated with Victimisation in the School Setting
      Year: 2006
      Book: Stress and Anxiety:Application to Health, Work Place, Community, and Education
      Publisher: Cambridge Scholars Press(Newcastle)
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    Journal Articles

    • Attitudes to School, Coping, Wellbeing and Stress:An Examination of VCAL Students
      Year: 2006
      Journal: Australian Educational and Developmental Psychologist
      Volume: 23
      Issue: 1
      Page numbers: 7-25
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    • Coping Skills Training to Adolescent Girls in a Small Group Counselling Context
      Year: 2006
      Journal: Australian Educational and Developmental Psychologist
      Volume: 23
      Issue: 1
      Page numbers: 69-89
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    • Teaching young people to cope: Benefits and gains for at risk students
      Year: 2006
      Journal: Australian Educational and Developmental Psychologist
      Volume: 23
      Issue: 1
      Page numbers: 91-109
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    • The Best of Coping Programme:Comparing format and modes of delivery
      Year: 2006
      Journal: Australian Educational and Developmental Psychologist
      Volume: 23
      Issue: 1
      Page numbers: 111-130
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    • The Effect of Type of School Bullying on Threat Appraisal and Coping Style of Adolescent Victims
      Year: 2006
      Journal: Australian Educational and Developmental Psychologist
      Volume: 23
      Issue: 1
      Page numbers: 27-43
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    • The experience of loss:Coping and the Seasons for Growth Program
      Year: 2006
      Journal: Australian Educational and Developmental Psychologist
      Volume: 23
      Issue: 1
      Page numbers: 45-67
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    Major Reference Works

    • International Encyclopedia of Adolescence: A Historical and Cultural Survey of Young People Around the World.:Australia: Pages 26 to 44
      Year: 2006
      Reference Work Title: International Encyclopedia of Adolescence: A Historical and Cultural Survey of Young People Around the World.
      Publisher: Routledge - Taylor & Francis(Abingdon)
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    Publications in 2005

    Books

    • Morton Deutsch: A life and legacy of mediation and conflict resolution
      Year: 2005
      Publisher: Australian Academic Press(Bowen Hills)
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    Journal Articles

    • Ethnicity and coping: What young people do and what young people learn
      Year: 2005
      Journal: Australian Journal of Guidance & Counselling
      Volume: 15
      Issue: 1
      Page numbers: 43-59
      Publisher: Australian Academic Press(Bowen Hills)
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    • The role of peer bystanders in school bullying: Positive steps toward promoting peaceful schools
      Year: 2005
      Journal: Theory into Practice
      Volume: 44
      Issue: 4
      Page numbers: 329-336
      Publisher: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates
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    Conference Publications/Papers

    • Teaching coping skills: Implications for practice
      Year: 2005
      Event name: Australian Association for Research in Education (AARE) Conference 2004
      Conference Publication: AARE 2004 - Doing the Public Good, Positioning Education Research
      Page numbers: 1-36
      Publisher: AARE(Melbourne)
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    Reports

    • Schooling Issue Digest: Student Motivation and Engagement
      Year: 2005
      Customer: Department of Education, Science and Training. Australian Government
      Report No:: 2005/2
      Publisher: Department of Education, Science and Training
      Authors:

    Publications in 2004

    Books

    • Thriving, surviving or going under: Coping with everyday lives
      Year: 2004
      Publisher: Information Age Publishing(Greenwich)
      Authors(s):

    Book Chapters

    • Adolescent Coping in the Performance Environment: A program for upper Secondary School Music students
      Year: 2004
      Book: Thriving, surviving or going under: Coping with everyday lives
      Publisher: Information Age Publishing(Greenwich)
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    • Anxiety in childhood: How to children cope?
      Year: 2004
      Book: Thriving, surviving or going under: Coping with everyday lives
      Publisher: Information Age Publishing(Greenwich)
      Authors(s):
    • Students self-evaluations of their coping
      Year: 2004
      Book: Thriving, surviving or going under: Coping with everyday lives
      Publisher: Information Age Publishing(Greenwich)
      Authors(s):
    • Teaching Young People to Cope
      Year: 2004
      Book: Thriving, surviving or going under: Coping with everyday lives
      Publisher: Information Age Publishing(Greenwich)
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    • Thriving, surviving or going under: Which coping strategies relate to which outcomes?
      Year: 2004
      Book: Thriving, surviving or going under: Coping with everyday lives
      Publisher: Information Age Publishing(Greenwich)
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    • Two types of aggression and the relationship with coping
      Year: 2004
      Book: Thriving, surviving or going under: Coping with everyday lives
      Publisher: Information Age Publishing(Greenwich)
      Authors(s):
    • Young people and their resources
      Year: 2004
      Book: Thriving, surviving or going under: Coping with everyday lives
      Publisher: Information Age Publishing(Greenwich)
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    Journal Articles

    • Adolescents least able to cope: How do they respond to their stresses?
      Year: 2004
      Journal: British Journal of Guidance and Counselling
      Volume: 32
      Issue: 1 (Feb 2004)
      Page numbers: 25-37
      Publisher: Carfax Publishing
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    • Coping Competencies: What to teach when
      Year: 2004
      Journal: Theory into Practice
      Volume: 43
      Issue: 1 (Winter 2004)
      Page numbers: 14-22
      Publisher: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates
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    • Prevention is Better than Cure: Coping skills training for adolescents at school
      Year: 2004
      Journal: Educational Psychology in Practice
      Volume: 20
      Issue: 2
      Page numbers: 117-134
      Publisher: Carfax Publishing
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    • Resources loss, gain, investment, and coping in adolescents
      Year: 2004
      Journal: Australian Educational and Developmental Psychologist
      Volume: 19
      Issue: 2
      Page numbers: 52-77
      Publisher: Australian Psychological Society
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    • The relationship between parent coping strategies, social-emotional development and language functioning of hearing-impaired children
      Year: 2004
      Journal: Australian Journal of Education of the Deaf
      Volume: 9
      Issue: 1
      Page numbers: 20-25
      Publisher: Australian Association of Teachers of the Deaf(Adelaide)
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    • What resources matter to young people: The relationship between resources and coping style
      Year: 2004
      Journal: Australian Educational and Developmental Psychologist
      Volume: 19
      Issue: 2
      Page numbers: 78-96
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    Publications in 2003

    Journal Articles

    • Coping with concerns: An Exploratory Comparison of Australian, Colombian, German, and Palestinian Adolescents
      Year: 2003
      Journal: Journal of Youth and Adolescence
      Volume: 32
      Issue: 1
      Page numbers: 59-66
      Publisher: Kluwer Academic/Plenum Publishers(Dordrecht)
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    • The relationship between parent coping strategies and the social-emotional development and language functioning of hearing-impaired children.
      Year: 2003
      Journal: Australian Journal of Education of the Deaf
      Volume: 9
      Issue: 1
      Page numbers: 14-21
      Publisher: Australian Association of Teachers of the Deaf(Adelaide)
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    Publications in 2002

    Books

    • The Best of Coping: Developing Coping Skills for Adolescents
      Year: 2002
      Publisher: Children Australia(South Melbourne)
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    Book Chapters

    • Adolescent well-being: Building young people's resources
      Year: 2002
      Book: Beyond coping: Meeting goals, visions and challenges
      Publisher: Oxford University Press(Oxford)
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    • Beyond coping: Some paradigms to consider
      Year: 2002
      Book: Beyond coping: Meeting goals, vision and challenges
      Publisher: Oxford University Press(Oxford)
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    • Concluding remarks
      Year: 2002
      Book: Beyond coping: Meeting goals, visions and challenges
      Publisher: Oxford University Press(Oxford)
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    • Psicologia positiva, optimismo y afrontamiento
      Year: 2002
      Book: La psicologia en el futuro: Los mas destacados psicologos del mundo reflexionan sobre el futuro de su disciplina
      Publisher: Ediciones Piramide(Madrid)
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    • Success and achievement: Factors contributing to positive outcomes
      Year: 2002
      Book: Beyond coping: Meeting goals, vision and challenges
      Publisher: Oxford University Press(Oxford)
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    Journal Articles

    • Concomitants of failure to cope: What we should teach adolescents about coping
      Year: 2002
      Journal: British Journal of Educational Psychology
      Volume: 72
      Page numbers: 419-431
      Publisher: The British Psychological Society
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    • Do managers cope productively?: A comparison between Australian middle level managers and adults in the general community
      Year: 2002
      Journal: Journal of Managerial Psychology
      Volume: 17
      Issue: 8
      Page numbers: 640-654
      Publisher: Emerald
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    • Rethinking teenage drinking
      Year: 2002
      Journal: Directions in Education
      Volume: 11:19
      Issue: 1
      Page numbers: 3
      Publisher: Australian Council for Educational Administration(Melbourne)
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    Conference Publications/Papers

    • Coping skills training for adolescents: Programs that work
      Year: 2002
      Event name: STAR2002: 23rd Stress and Anxiety Research Society Conference
      Conference Publication: STAR 2002: 23rd Stress and Anxiety Research Society Conference, Under the Southern Cross
      Volume: 1
      Page numbers: 131-141
      Publisher: Faculty of Health & Behavioural Sciences, Deakin University(Melbourne)
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    Publications in 2001

    Journal Articles

    • Adolescent concern with social issues: An exploratory comparison between Australian, Colombian, and Northern Irish students
      Year: 2001
      Journal: Peace and Conflict: Journal of Peace Psychology
      Volume: 7
      Issue: 1
      Page numbers: 59-76
      Publisher: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates(Mahwah)
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    • Changing coping in the adolescent years: When, how and with what outcomes
      Year: 2001
      Journal: Australian Journal of Psychology
      Volume: 53
      Issue: 2001 Supplement
      Page numbers: 152
      Publisher: Australian Psychological Society(Carlton)
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    • School counsellors essential
      Year: 2001
      Journal: Directions in Education
      Volume: 10
      Issue: 13
      Page numbers: 2-3
      Publisher: Australian Council for Educational Administration(Melbourne)
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    Conference Publications/Papers

    • Chasing a moving target: Looking at stress and coping dynamically
      Year: 2001
      Event name: 22nd International STAR Conference
      Conference Publication: 22nd International STAR Conference
      Page numbers: 1-9
      Publisher: Stress, Anxiety, Research Society(Palme de Mallorca)
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    • Factors affecting coping responses of managers in multinational corporations in Hong Kong
      Year: 2001
      Event name: 22nd International STAR Conference
      Conference Publication: 22nd International STAR Conference
      Page numbers: 1-12
      Publisher: Stress, Anxiety, Research Society(Palme de Mallorca)
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    • If you have the resources to cope you are less likely to become depressed: Building resilience through the development of coping skills.
      Year: 2001
      Event name: American Educational Research Association Conference
      Conference Publication: American Educational Research Association Conference
      Page numbers: 1-12
      Publisher: American Educational Research Association(Seattle)
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