In collaboration with different e‑health industry partners, our team has investigated the efficacy of different e‑health tools.

(1) MAP Biotech

This project involved a collaborative psychometric study with MAP Corp Pty Ltd who developed a theory and scale to measure ​“Centeredness Theory (CT)”. This theory focuses on measuring wellbeing at a systems level across the core life domains of the self, family unit, relationships, community and work. The goal of this project was to validate the psychometric properties of the 60-item CT Scale against existing measures of wellbeing and mental health, including the COMPAS‑W Wellbeing Scale (which our team developed). The project included an analysis across two independent samples: 488 anonymous online respondents and 49 first-year university students. Reliability and validity of the scale was reported in the final study. The team members that worked on this project included A/​Prof Justine Gatt (NeuRA, UNSW), Zephyr Bloch-Jorgensen (MAP Corp Pte Ltd), Patrick Cilione (Senior Data Analyst, Sciens Pty Ltd) and third-year student William Yeung (UNSW research internship completed in 2015). 

This project has been completed.

Publications

Bloch-Jorgensen ZT, Cilione PJ, Yeung WW, Gatt JM. (2018). Centeredness Theory: Understanding and measuring well-being across core life domains. Frontiers in Psychology, 9: 610. DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2018.00610.

Bloch-Jorgensen ZT, Cilione PJ, Yeung WW, Gatt JM. (2018). Corrigendum: Centeredness Theory: Understanding and measuring well-being across core life domains. Frontiers in Psychology, Sept 7, 9, 1648. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2018.01648.

(2) Total Brain

This project involved a randomised controlled study in collaboration with Brain Resource Pty Ltd who developed the tool MyBrainSolutions. The tool generates a personalised brain profile for each user which results in recommendations for different emotional and cognitive brain training activities. This study evaluated the effectiveness of this brain training tool in 162 randomised treatment/​control adult twin participants. The team members working on this project included A/​Prof Justine Gatt (NeuRA, UNSW), Prof Leanne Williams (Stanford University, USA), Prof Anthony Harris (University of Sydney), Prof Peter Schofield (NeuRA, UNSW), and PhD student Kylie Routledge (USyd PhD completed in 2018). 

This project has been completed.

Publications

Routledge KM, Williams LM, Harris AWF, Schofield PR, Gatt JM. (2021). The impact of online brain training exercises on experiences of depression, anxiety and emotional wellbeing in a twin sample. Journal of Psychiatric Research, 134, 138 – 149. https://​authors​.else​vi​er​.com/​s​d​/​a​r​t​i​c​l​e​/​S​0​0​2​2​-​3​9​5​6​(​2​0​)​31162 – 6