Dr Juanita Muller

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BA, Dip Psychology, M Psychology, PhD

Lecturer, School of Psychology

Dr Muller’s areas of research interest are the psychological effects of unemployment and interventions to improve well-being
She is currently conducting research using a new qualitative methodology (visual psychology) to integrate psychology with photodocumentary practice
Her research interests are broadly in the areas of unemployment and mental health, and in many instances she focusses on applying the findings to assist the general health of the community.

Dr Muller is the Convenor of an Honours course that covers a range of professional issues in psychology, both from a theoretical and applied perspective.
She also co-teaches an undergraduate subject broadly covering career development.
Dr Muller has supervised numerous honours level theses in a broad range of areas, and has also supervised Masters and Doctoral students in Psychology.

Muller, J.J., Creed, P.A., Waters, L.E. and Machin, M.A. (2005) The development and preliminary testing of a scale to measure the latent and manifest benefits of employment. European Journal of Psychological Assessment, 21 (3), 191
Creed, P. and Muller, J. (2005). Psychological distress in the labour market: Shame or deprivation? Australian Journal of Psychology, 57, 3.
Creed, P., Muller, J., and Patton, W. (2003). Leaving high school: The influence and consequences for psychological well-being and career-related confidence. Journal of Adolescence, 26, 3, 295-311.
Hassall, S.L., Muller, J.J. and Hassall, E.J. (2005). An assumption of difference: Investigating protestant work ethic in the employed and unemployed in Australia. Journal of Economic Psychology, 26, 3, 327-341.
Waters L. and Muller, J. (2003). Money or time? Comparing the effects of time structure and financial deprivation on the psychological distress of unemployed adults. Australian Journal of Psychology 55, 3,166-175.