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Dr Leanne Lester

CRN Research Fellow

Telephone: (61 8)  9370 6499  
Facsimile: (61 8)  9370 6511  
Email: l.lester@ecu.edu.au   
Campus: Mount Lawley  
Room: ML18.116  

 

Responsibilities

Leanne is a biostatistician at the Child Health Promotion Research Centre.

Research Areas and Interests

  • Statistics
  • Child and adolescent mental, social and emotional health
  • Bullying
  • Cyberbullying
  • Transition from primary to secondary school
  • FIFO

Staff Qualifications

  • M (Master Degree), Curtin University of Technology, 2004 .

Research

Recent Research Grants

  • Developing and Testing an Instrument to Measure Emotional Comfort,  Solaris Care Foundation,  SolarisCare Foundation Grant,  2011,  $18,182.
  • The relationship between mental health outcomes and bullying trajectories of students transitioning from primary school to high school,  Healthway (WA Health Promotion Foundation),  Healthway - Scholarship(**),  2010,  $35,444.
  • The relationship between mental health outcomes and bullying trajectories of students transitioning from primary school to high school,  Healthway (WA Health Promotion Foundation),  Scholarship,  2009,  $34,427.

Recent Publications (within the last five years)

Journal Articles

  • Lester, L., Cross, D., Shaw, T., (2012), Problem behaviours, traditional and cyberbullying among adolescents: A longitudinal analyses. Emotional and Behavioral Difficulties, 17(3-4), 435-447, DOI: 10.180/13632752.2012.704313.
  • Davenport, G., Midford, R., Ramsden, R., Cahill, H., Venning, L., Lester, L., Murphy, B., Pose, M., (2012), Starting to drink: the experiences of Australian lower secondary students with alcohol. Journal of Drug Education, 42(1), 87-98, USA, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.2190/DE.42.1.e.
  • Midford, R., Cahill, H., Foxcroft, D., Lester, L., Venning, L., Ramsden, R., Pose, M., (2012), Drug education in Victorian schools (DEVS): the study protocol for a harm reduction focused school drug education trial. BMC Public Health, 12(112), 1-7, United Kingdom, DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-12-112.
  • Waters, S., Lester, L., Wenden, L., Cross, D., (2012), A theoretically grounded exploration of the social and emotional outcomes of transition to secondary school. Australian Journal of Guidance and Counselling, 22(2), 190-205, DOI: 10.1017/jgc.2012.26.
  • Toye, C., Lester, L., Popescu, A., McInerney, F., (2012), The Dementia Knowledge Assessment Tool Version II: Development and The Dementia Knowledge Assessment Tool Version II: Development and psychometric testing with aged care staff and family carers. Dementia: The International Journal of Social Research and Practice , 1-9, DOI: 10.1177/1471301212471960.
  • Lester, L., Cross, D., Shaw, T., (2012), Problem behaviours, traditional bullying and cyberbullying among adolescents: Longitudinal analyses. Emotional and Behavioural Difficulties, 17(41367), 435-447, DOI: 10.1080/13632752.2012.704313.
  • Mitchell, J., Midford, R., Cahill, H., Ramsden, R., Lester, L., Venning, L., Davenport, G., Pose, M., Murphy, B., (2012), Smoking prevention: what benefits are indicated by a pilot school drug education programme that focuses on minimising harm?. International Journal of Health Promotion and Education , 51(2), 95-107, London, UK, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/14635240.2012.750073.
  • Lester, L., Cross, D., Dooley, J., Shaw, T., (2012), Developmental trajectories of adolescent victimization: predictors and outcomes. Social Influence, ifirst(n/a), 1-24, DOI: 10.1080/15534510.2012.734526.
  • Lester, L., Cross, D., Shaw, T., Dooley, J., (2012), Adolescent Bully-victims: Social health and the transition to secondary school. Cambridge Journal of Education, 42(2), 213-233, DOI: 10.1080/0305764X.2012.676630.
  • Lester, L., Cross, D., Dooley, J., Shaw, T., (2012), Internalising symptoms: An antecedent or precedent in adolescent peer victimisation?. Australian Journal of Guidance and Counselling, 22(2), 173-189, DOI: 10.1017/jgc.2012.25.
  • Preuss, J., Lester, L., Saunders, C., (2012), BCCT.core - Can a computer programme be used for the assessment of aesthetic outcome after breast reconstructive surgery?. The Breast, 21(4), 597-600, DOI: 10.1016/j.breast.2012.05.012..
  • Barnes, A., Cross, D., Lester, L., Hearn, L., Epstein, M., Monks, H., (2012), The invisibility of covert bullying among students: Challenges for school intervention. Australian Journal of Guidance and Counselling, 22(2), 206-226, United Kingdom, DOI: 10.1017/jgc.2012.27.
  • Cross, D., Monks, H., Hall, M., Shaw, T., Pintabona, Y., Erceg, E., Hamilton, G., Roberts, C., Waters, S., Lester, L., (2011), Three-year results of the friendly schools whole-of-school intervention on children's bullying behaviour. British Educational Research Journal, 37(1), 105-129, United Kingdom, DOI: 10.1080/01411920903420024.
  • Williams, A., Pienaar, C., Toye, C., Joske, D., Lester, L., (2011), Further psychometric testing of an instrument to measure emotional care in hospital. Journal of Clinical Nursing, 20(23-24), 3472-3482, DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2702.2011.03846.x.
  • Midford, R., Cahill, H., Ramsden, R., Davenport, G., Venning, L., Lester, L., Murphy, B., Pose , M., (2011), Alcohol prevention: what can be expected of a harm reduction focused school drug education program? Drugs; Education, Prevention and Policy. Drugs; Education, Prevention and Policy, Early online(Early online), 1-9, DOI: 10.3109/09687637.2011.639412.
  • Cross, D., Monks, H., Hall, M., Shaw, T., Pintabona, Y., Erceg, E., Hamilton, G., Roberts, C., Waters, S., Lester, L., (2010), Three year results of the Friendly Schools whole-of-school intervention on children?s bullying behaviour. British Educational Research Journal, i-first article(1), 1-25, United Kingdom, DOI: 10.1080/01411920903420024.
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