Professor Genevieve Dingle
Professor

Genevieve Dingle

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Background

Professor in Clinical Psychology at UQ and affiliate Professor at Nottingham Trent University (UK). Her research focuses on social (non-medical) interventions for mental health such as music, arts and nature based programs.

  • Course Convenor:

PSYC7291 Cognitive Behaviour Therapies for Adults

PSYC3102 Psychopathology

  • Journals:

Associate Editor, Psychology of Music

  • Professional Roles:

Cuture and the Arts on Prescription lead, Australian Social Prescribing Institute for Research and Education (ASPIRE)

Member, Arts Health Network QLD (AHNQ) committee.

Availability

Professor Genevieve Dingle is:
Not available for supervision

Fields of research

Clinical sciences Psychology

Qualifications

  • Bachelor of Science, The University of Queensland
  • Bachelor of Arts, The University of Queensland
  • Bachelor (Honours) of Science (Advanced), The University of Queensland
  • Doctor of Philosophy, The University of Queensland

Research interests

  • Evaluation of a 10-site trial of social prescribing for families and young people experiencing social disconnection in QLD

    Professor Dingle is leading a multi-disciplinary team of researchers (psychology, social work, health economy, health policy) to evaluate this single arm trial of Link Worker mediated social prescribing through Neighbourhood Centres in 10 sites around QLD. Half of the sites are in outer metropolitan areas, and the other half are in regional and rural areas. The evaluation will include quantitative, qualitative, health economic and implementation aspects (funded by a tender from QLD Department of Families to ASPIRE and UQ, 2025-2027, supplemented by 2 Winter scholarships and 1 Summer scholarship supported by UQ Health, Medicine and Behavioral Sciences faculty and the School of Psychology. Outputs: protocol available as a preprint. Interim report submitted to QLD Gov March 2026. Final report due March 2027.

  • Sharper Minds: A Mental Health Prevention Package for University Students Targeting Multiple Self-Care Behaviours

    Supported by $780K 2023-2028 strategic funding from UQ VC and Office of the DVC(Academic) and seed funding from UQ Health and Allianz Care (2020-2022). Professor Dingle leads this interdisciplinary collaboration between students, researchers (UQ, Griffith University), staff of UQ Student Services, and GPs and other health professionals at UQ Health Centre. The package features co-designed materials to increase students' mental health literacy, offering a self-monitoring e-tool, 8 online self-paced modules, and 6 short courses to improve health and self-care behaviours to prevent mental health problems and promote academic success. The project has strong research and practice training components, including Honours, Masters and PhD thesis students and Masters in Psychology, Dietetics, and Exercise Physiology students who deliver the courses as part of their supervised practicum placements. Outputs: 8 scholarly papers, 5 reports, conference symposia, invited keynote addresses, 2 PHD and 4 Masters thesis completions, 20+ Honours thesis completions.

  • Groups for Belonging: a parallel cluster randomised controlled trial of a group-based loneliness intervention for people attending treatment for AOD use

    Professor Dingle is CIC on this project funded NHMRC $1.29M over 4 years to support a cluster randomised controlled trial of the Groups 4 Belonging program (Dingle, Ingram, Haslam & Kelly, 2019) in multiple AOD services in NSW, VIC, QLD and ACT. University of Wollongong is the administering institution. Outputs: Protocol paper, research presentations

  • Enhancing neurodivergent student success through wellbeing: Protocol for a quasi-experimental evaluation of the Tuned In Connect program across three Australian universities

    Tuned In (Dingle, 2009) is a group emotion regulation intervention that uses participant selected music listening to evoke emotions in session. It has been evaluated with adolescents in mainstream schools, at risk adolescents in community services, and in international and domestic university students. Neurodivergent student partners helped to adapt the program to meet their interests and needs. This 5-session Tuned In Connect program is currently being evaluated with neurodivergent university students at the University of QLD, Melbourne and Newcastle, supported by a $150K grant from the Australian Centre for Student Equity and Success (Curtin University). Outputs to date: protocol paper, conference symposium, Masters thesis.

Search Professor Genevieve Dingle’s works on UQ eSpace

185 works between 1997 and 2026
All (185) Book (3) Journal Article (135) Other Outputs (18) Conference Publication (17) Book Chapter (11) Newspaper Article (1)

1 - 20 of 185 works

2024

Journal Article

Data from four consecutive cohorts of students in Australia (2019-2022) show the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on domestic and international university students' mental health

Dingle, Genevieve A., Han, Rong, Alhadad, Sakinah S. J., Beckman, Emma, Bentley, Sarah V., Gomersall, Sjaan R., Hides, Leanne, Maccallum, Fiona, McKimmie, Blake M., Rossa, Kalina, Smith, Simon S., Walter, Zoe C., Williams, Elyse and Wright, Olivia (2024). Data from four consecutive cohorts of students in Australia (2019-2022) show the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on domestic and international university students' mental health. The Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry, 58 (6), 528-536. doi: 10.1177/00048674241233111

Data from four consecutive cohorts of students in Australia (2019-2022) show the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on domestic and international university students' mental health

Featured

2024

Journal Article

A controlled evaluation of social prescribing on loneliness for adults in Queensland: 8-week outcomes

Dingle, Genevieve A., Sharman, Leah S., Hayes, Shaun, Haslam, Catherine, Cruwys, Tegan, Jetten, Jolanda, Haslam, S. Alexander, McNamara, Niamh, Chua, David, Baker, James R. and Johnson, Tracey (2024). A controlled evaluation of social prescribing on loneliness for adults in Queensland: 8-week outcomes. Frontiers in Psychology, 15 1359855, 1359855. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2024.1359855

A controlled evaluation of social prescribing on loneliness for adults in Queensland: 8-week outcomes

Featured

2023

Journal Article

Efficacy of the Tuned In music emotion regulation program in international university students

Vidas, Dianna, Nelson, Nicole L. and Dingle, Genevieve A. (2023). Efficacy of the Tuned In music emotion regulation program in international university students. Psychology and Health, 40 (1), 1-21. doi: 10.1080/08870446.2023.2197007

Efficacy of the Tuned In music emotion regulation program in international university students

2026

Journal Article

Sharper Minds online: effects of self-paced mental health modules on university students’ mental health literacy, peer support, and self-care behaviours

Han, R., Maccallum, F., Walter, Z.C., Tanksale, R., Huang, K., Alhadad, S.S.J., Beckman, E., Bentley, S.V., Gomersall, S.R., Hides, L., Rossa, K.R., Smith, S.S., Wright, O.R.L. and Dingle, G.A. (2026). Sharper Minds online: effects of self-paced mental health modules on university students’ mental health literacy, peer support, and self-care behaviours. Mental Health and Prevention, 43 200552, 1-14. doi: 10.1016/j.mhp.2026.200552

Sharper Minds online: effects of self-paced mental health modules on university students’ mental health literacy, peer support, and self-care behaviours

2026

Conference Publication

Sharper minds better sleep: effectiveness of a sleep focussed educational and skills building program for improving sleep and mental health in university students

Rossa, K. R., Edmed, S. L., Mann, D. L., Dingle, G. A., Pattinson, C. L., Kalmadka, S. and Smith, S. S. (2026). Sharper minds better sleep: effectiveness of a sleep focussed educational and skills building program for improving sleep and mental health in university students. 18th World Sleep Congress, Singapore, 5-10 September 2025. Amsterdam, Netherlands: Elsevier. doi: 10.1016/j.sleep.2025.108456

Sharper minds better sleep: effectiveness of a sleep focussed educational and skills building program for improving sleep and mental health in university students

2026

Journal Article

From Mozart to Fleetwood Mac: music listening is not detrimental to reading comprehension in university students

Vidas, Dianna, Nelson, Nicole L. and Dingle, Genevieve A. (2026). From Mozart to Fleetwood Mac: music listening is not detrimental to reading comprehension in university students. Cognition and Emotion, 40 (3), 728-737. doi: 10.1080/02699931.2025.2517810

From Mozart to Fleetwood Mac: music listening is not detrimental to reading comprehension in university students

2025

Journal Article

Effectiveness and value of relationships in link worker social prescribing over an 18-month follow up period

Sharman, Leah S., Hayes, Shaun, Chua, David, Haslam, Catherine, Cruwys, Tegan, Jetten, Jolanda, Haslam, S. Alexander, McNamara, Niamh, Baker, James R., Johnson, Tracey and Dingle, Genevieve A. (2025). Effectiveness and value of relationships in link worker social prescribing over an 18-month follow up period. BMC Primary Care, 26 (1) 377. doi: 10.1186/s12875-025-03084-6

Effectiveness and value of relationships in link worker social prescribing over an 18-month follow up period

2025

Conference Publication

Developing and testing an immersive ethics simulation for postgraduate psychology students

Byrne, S., McMahon, H., Chawla, I. and Dingle, G. (2025). Developing and testing an immersive ethics simulation for postgraduate psychology students. 45th National Conference of the Australian Association for Cognitive and Behaviour Therapy, Fremantle, WA, Australia, 16 - 18 October 2025.

Developing and testing an immersive ethics simulation for postgraduate psychology students

2025

Journal Article

The unifying power of live music events: a systematic review of social outcomes for audience members

Rickard, Nikki S., Lewis, Kelsey, Ballantyne, Julie and Dingle, Genevieve (2025). The unifying power of live music events: a systematic review of social outcomes for audience members. Musicae Scientiae, 29 (4) 10298649251349703, 595-623. doi: 10.1177/10298649251349703

The unifying power of live music events: a systematic review of social outcomes for audience members

2025

Journal Article

Groups for belonging: a parallel cluster randomized controlled trial of a group-based loneliness intervention for people attending treatment for alcohol and other drug use

Ingram, Isabella, Dingle, Genevieve, Larance, Briony, Baker, Amanda L., Deane, Frank P., Robinson, Laura D., Beck, Alison K., Leigh, Lucy, Kontogiannis, Ava, Coleman, Elle P., Degan, Tayla J., Nixon, Bethany, Stirling, Robert, Hudson, Suzie, Hides, Leanne, Drummond, Scott, Breeze, Danielle, Webber, Adrian, Street, Kevin, Bill, Anthea, Matthews, Emily and Kelly, Peter J. (2025). Groups for belonging: a parallel cluster randomized controlled trial of a group-based loneliness intervention for people attending treatment for alcohol and other drug use. BMC Public Health, 25 (1) 2941, 2941. doi: 10.1186/s12889-025-24369-6

Groups for belonging: a parallel cluster randomized controlled trial of a group-based loneliness intervention for people attending treatment for alcohol and other drug use

2025

Other Outputs

2-year evaluation of the social prescribing trial in Brisbane North

Sharman, Leah S., Jones, Alicia K. and Dingle, Genevieve A. (2025). 2-year evaluation of the social prescribing trial in Brisbane North. Brisbane, QLD, Australia: University of Queensland.

2-year evaluation of the social prescribing trial in Brisbane North

2025

Journal Article

From music performance to prescription: a guide for musicians and health professionals

Forbes, Melissa, Dingle, Genevieve A., Aitcheson, Nick and Powell, Christa (2025). From music performance to prescription: a guide for musicians and health professionals. Music and Science, 8 20592043251338013. doi: 10.1177/20592043251338013

From music performance to prescription: a guide for musicians and health professionals

2025

Journal Article

The impact of choir singing on international students’ sense of belonging, loneliness, and wellbeing: a controlled evaluation of UQ voices

Han, Rong, Bos, Vicki, Wiebusch, Fiona, Broughton, Mary C. and Dingle, Genevieve A. (2025). The impact of choir singing on international students’ sense of belonging, loneliness, and wellbeing: a controlled evaluation of UQ voices. Behavioral Sciences, 15 (5) 575, 575. doi: 10.3390/bs15050575

The impact of choir singing on international students’ sense of belonging, loneliness, and wellbeing: a controlled evaluation of UQ voices

2025

Journal Article

Using music to promote Hong Kong young people’s emotion regulation and reduce their mood symptoms and loneliness: Protocol for a pilot randomized controlled trial

Cao, Yuan, Shi, Yuanxin, Low, Debbie Chi Wing, Shek, Daniel T L, Shum, David H K, Tanksale, Radhika and Dingle, Genevieve (2025). Using music to promote Hong Kong young people’s emotion regulation and reduce their mood symptoms and loneliness: Protocol for a pilot randomized controlled trial. JMIR Research Protocols, 14 e67764, 1-13. doi: 10.2196/67764

Using music to promote Hong Kong young people’s emotion regulation and reduce their mood symptoms and loneliness: Protocol for a pilot randomized controlled trial

2025

Journal Article

Protocol for Fit4Study: A non-randomised controlled trial of a physical activity intervention for university students’ mental health and wellbeing

Huang, Kevin, Beckman, Emma M., Ng, Norman, Dingle, Genevieve A. and Gomersall, Sjaan R. (2025). Protocol for Fit4Study: A non-randomised controlled trial of a physical activity intervention for university students’ mental health and wellbeing. Mental Health and Prevention, 37 200390, 200390. doi: 10.1016/j.mhp.2024.200390

Protocol for Fit4Study: A non-randomised controlled trial of a physical activity intervention for university students’ mental health and wellbeing

2025

Journal Article

Sharper minds: feasibility and effectiveness of a mental health promotion package for university students targeting multiple health and self-care behaviours

Dingle, Genevieve A., Han, Rong, Huang, Kevin, Alhadad, Sakinah S.J., Beckman, Emma, Bentley, Sarah V., Edmed, Shannon, Gomersall, Sjaan R., Hides, Leanne, Lorimer, Nadine, Maccallum, Fiona, McKimmie, Blake M., Ng, Norman, Rossa, Kalina, Smith, Simon S., Walter, Zoe C., Williams, Elyse, Wright, Olivia R.L. and Tanksale, Radhika (2025). Sharper minds: feasibility and effectiveness of a mental health promotion package for university students targeting multiple health and self-care behaviours. Journal of Affective Disorders, 378, 271-280. doi: 10.1016/j.jad.2025.03.011

Sharper minds: feasibility and effectiveness of a mental health promotion package for university students targeting multiple health and self-care behaviours

2025

Journal Article

Australian and UK perspectives on social prescribing implementation research: theory, measurement, resourcing and discovery to ensure health equity

Dingle, Genevieve A., Aggar, Christina, Arslanovski, Nikita, Astell-Burt, Thomas, Baker, J. R., Baxter, Ruthanne, Bissett, Michelle, Bowe, Mhairi, Brymer, Eric, Burton, Alexandra, Byng, Richard, Elston, Julian, Fancourt, Daisy, Feng, Xiaoqi, Fino, Emmanuel, Freak-Poli, Rosanne, Harkin, Lydia, Hayes, Daniel, Hazeldine, Emma, Kellezi, Blerina, Mcnamara, Niamh, Sharman, Leah, Stevenson, Clifford, Wakefield, Juliet, Warran, Katey, Wells, Leanne, Wright, Laura, Zurynski, Yvonne and Husk, Kerryn (2025). Australian and UK perspectives on social prescribing implementation research: theory, measurement, resourcing and discovery to ensure health equity. Health and Social Care in the Community, 2025 (1) 2650302. doi: 10.1155/hsc/2650302

Australian and UK perspectives on social prescribing implementation research: theory, measurement, resourcing and discovery to ensure health equity

2025

Journal Article

First-year domestic and international university students’ knowledge and use of mental health services and self-care practices in Australia

Han, Rong, Walter, Zoe C., Maccallum, Fiona and Dingle, Genevieve A. (2025). First-year domestic and international university students’ knowledge and use of mental health services and self-care practices in Australia. Australian Psychologist, 60 (1), 1-13. doi: 10.1080/00050067.2024.2410195

First-year domestic and international university students’ knowledge and use of mental health services and self-care practices in Australia

2025

Journal Article

Link workers' and clients' perspectives on how social prescribing offers a social cure for loneliness

Hayes, Shaun, Sharman, Leah, Mcnamara, Niamh and Dingle, Genevieve (2025). Link workers' and clients' perspectives on how social prescribing offers a social cure for loneliness. Journal of Health Psychology, 30 (7), 1624-1637. doi: 10.1177/13591053241274090

Link workers' and clients' perspectives on how social prescribing offers a social cure for loneliness

2024

Journal Article

Australian link worker social prescribing programs: An integrative review

Baker, James R., Bissett, Michelle, Freak-Poli, Rosanne, Dingle, Genevieve A., Zurynski, Yvonne, Astell-Burt, Thomas, Brymer, Eric, Prassos, Tina, Thomas, Tamsin, Tognarini, Cassandra and Aggar, Christina (2024). Australian link worker social prescribing programs: An integrative review. PLoS One, 19 (11) e0309783, 1-18. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0309783

Australian link worker social prescribing programs: An integrative review

Current funding

  • 2026 - 2027
    Enhancing Neurodivergent Student Success through Wellbeing: Study across Three Universities
    ACSES Equity Frontiers Program
    Open grant
  • 2025 - 2027
    Groups for Belonging: a parallel cluster randomised controlled trial of a group-based loneliness intervention for people attending treatment for alcohol or substance use disorders (ext-led by UOW)
    University of Wollongong
    Open grant
  • 2024 - 2028
    QuikFix Good Night Out Program: A new social network targeted approach to reducing alcohol and other drug (AOD) use and related harm in young university students
    NHMRC MRFF PPHR - Maternal Health and Healthy Lifestyles
    Open grant

Past funding

  • 2022 - 2025
    Social Groups for Pain - A randomised controlled trial of group social education and group facilitation of meaningful social interaction in people with chronic pain (Administered by Metro South)
    Metro South Hospital and Health Service
    Open grant
  • 2020 - 2024
    A community based social identity approach to loneliness
    ARC Linkage Projects
    Open grant
  • 2019 - 2021
    FullFix: A pilot randomised controlled trial of a telephone delivered transdiagnostic intervention for comorbid substance and mental health disorders in young people
    Australian Rotary Health Research Fund
    Open grant
  • 2017 - 2019
    Implementation and evaluation of a structured arts based health program at the Mater Young Adults Health Centre Brisbane
    Mater Foundation
    Open grant
  • 2016
    A brain physiology laboratory for neuropsychological research in the new Queensland Neuropsychology Research Centre
    UQ Major Equipment and Infrastructure
    Open grant
  • 2014 - 2016
    Singing in the School of Hard Knocks Choir: a 12 month longitudinal investigation of how choir singing helps adults recover from mental illness and addiction
    The Wesley-St. Andrew's Research Institute Limited
    Open grant
  • 2014
    Review of systemic issues for social housing clients with complex needs
    Queensland Mental Health Commission
    Open grant
  • 2014 - 2016
    Social networks, identity and recovery (ARC Discovery Project administered by Monash University)
    Monash University
    Open grant
  • 2013
    Comfortably Numb: understanding and treating difficulties in emotion regulation in adults with substance use disorders
    UQ Early Career Researcher
    Open grant
  • 2012 - 2013
    Monitoring the process of psychosocial change in residential treatment for substance use disorders
    Live Life Well
    Open grant
  • 2011 - 2014
    Breaking the cycle of homelessness: An identity change approach to enhance resilience and well-being
    ARC Linkage Projects
    Open grant
  • 2011 - 2012
    Logan House Research Project - Monitoring the process of psychosocial change in residential treatment for substance use disorders
    Alcohol and Drug Foundation Queensland
    Open grant
  • 2010
    Clinical indicators of Alcohol Detoxification and Treatment trial
    Alcohol Education & Rehabilitation Foundation Ltd.
    Open grant
  • 2008 - 2010
    Preventing relapse among alcoholics: Testing two innovative treatments
    UQ Postdoctoral Fellowships for Women
    Open grant

Availability

Professor Genevieve Dingle is:
Not available for supervision

Supervision history

Current supervision

  • Doctor Philosophy

    The role of community singing group leaders in fostering social identification and mental health and wellbeing outcomes among group participants

    Principal Advisor

  • Doctor Philosophy

    Investigating social health and wellbeing outcomes associated with involvement in community based, group music making activities: Development and validation of a conceptual model and measurement tool

    Associate Advisor

    Other advisors: Dr Chiara Broccatelli, Associate Professor Mary Broughton

Completed supervision

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