Professor Sonja March

Fields of Research (FoR)

• Clinical Sciences not elsewhere classified ( 110399 )
  

• Public Health and Health Services not elsewhere classified ( 111799 )
  

• Psychology not elsewhere classified ( 170199 )
  

Research interests
innovative solutions for mental health, child anxiety, online interventions, eHealth, cognitive behaviour therapy,youth mental health, assessment of youth emotional difficulties, child and family psychology, regional well-being and resilience

USQ Research affiliations

• Institute for Resilient Regions (IRR)
  

• Centre for Health, Informatics and Economic Research (CHIER)
  

Research most recent
March, S., Donovan, C. L., Baldwin, S., Ford, M., & Spence, S. H. (accepted September 2019). Using stepped-care approaches within internet-based interventions for youth anxiety: Three case studies. Internet Interventions.

Spence, S. H., March, S., & Donovan, C. L. (accepted August 2019). Social support as a predictor of treatment adherence and response in an open-access, self-help, Internet-delivered Cognitive Behavior Therapy program for child and adolescent anxiety. Internet Interventions

Clough, B., Ireland, M., Leane, S., & March, S., (accepted January 2020) Stressors and Protective Factors and Regional and Metropolitan Australian Medical Doctors. Journal of Clinical Psychology.

Research most notable
Olson, J., Ireland, M., March, S., Biddle, S., & Hagger, M. (accepted August 2019). Physical Activity in Peri-Urban Communities: Testing Intentional and Implicit Processes within a Social Ecological Framework. Applied Psychology: Health and Wellbeing. doi:10.1111/aphw.12182

Batterham, P., Calear, A., O’Dea, B., Larsen, M., Kavanagh, D., Titov, N., March, S., Hickie, I., Teeson, M., Dear, B., Reynolds, J., Thornton, L., & Gorman, P. (accepted September 2019). Evaluating the evidence base for digital mental health interventions: Implications for accreditation systems. Digital Health.

Myers, L., Goodwin, B., Dunn, J., & March, S. (2019) "Ways to Use Interventions to Increase Participation in Mail-Out Bowel Cancer Screening: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis," Translational Behavioral Medicine.

Crawford-Williams, F., March, S., Goodwin, B. C., Ralph, N., Galvão, D. A., Newton, R. U., . . . Dunn, J. (2018). Interventions for prostate cancer survivorship: A systematic review of reviews. Psycho-Oncology, 27(10), 2339-2348. doi:10.1002/pon.4888

Goodwin, B. C., March, S., Zajdlewicz, L., Osborne, R. H., Dunn, J., & Chambers, S. K. (2018). Health literacy and the health status of men with prostate cancer. Psycho-Oncology, 27(10), 2374-2381. doi:10.1002/pon.4834

March, S., Spence, S. H., Donovan, C. L., & Kenardy, J. A. (2018). Large-Scale Dissemination of Internet-Based Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Youth Anxiety: Feasibility and Acceptability Study. J Med Internet Res, 20(7), e234. doi:10.2196/jmir.9211

Hill, C., Creswell, C., Vigerland, S., Nauta, M. H., March, S., Donovan, C., … Kendall, P. C. (2018). Navigating the development and dissemination of internet cognitive behavioral therapy (iCBT) for anxiety disorders in children and young people: A consensus statement with recommendations from the #iCBT Lorentz Workshop Group. Internet Interventions, 12, 1-10. DOI:10.1016/j.invent.2018.02.002

March, S., Day, J., Zieschank, K., & Ireland, M. (2018). The Interactive Child Distress Screener: Development and Preliminary Feasibility Testing. Journal of Medical Internet Research mHealth and uHealth. 6(4).

March, S., Day, J., Ritchie, R., Rowe, A., Gough, J., Hall, T., Yuen, C. Y. J., Donovan, C., and Ireland, M. (2018). Attitudes towards e-Mental health services in a community sample of adults: Predictors of preferences and intentions. Journal of Medical Internet Research. 20(2)

Clough, B. A., March, S., Chan, R., Casey, L., Phillips, R., & Ireland, M. (2017). Psychosocial Interventions for Managing Occupational Stress and Burnout among Medical Doctors: A Systematic Review. BMC Systematic Reviews. DOI: 10.1186/s13643-017-0526-3.

Ireland, M. J., March, S., Crawford-Williams, F., Cassimatis, M., Aitken, J, Hyde, M., Chambers, S., Sun, J., & Dunn, J. (2017). A systematic review of geographical differences in management and outcomes for colorectal cancer in Australia. BMC Cancer. DOI:10.1186/s12885-017-3067-1.

Spence, S. H., Donovan, C. L., March, S., Kenardy, J., Hearn, C. (2017). Generic versus Disorder Specific Cognitive Behaviour Therapy for Social Anxiety Disorder in Youth: A Randomized Controlled Trial Using Internet Delivery. Behaviour Research and Therapy. 90, 41-57.

Spence, S. H., Donovan, C. L., March, S. Gamble, A., Anderson, R. E., Prosser, S., & Kenardy, J. (2011). A randomized controlled trial of online versus clinic-based CBT for adolescent anxiety. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 79, 6290.

March, S., Spence, S. H., & Donovan, C. L. (2009). The efficacy of an Internet-based cognitive-behavioral therapy intervention for child anxiety disorders. Journal of Pediatric Psychology, 34(5), 474-487.

Spence, S. H., Holmes, J. M., March, S., & Lipp, O. V. (2006). The Feasibility and Outcome of Clinic Plus Internet Delivery of Cognitive-Behavior Therapy for Childhood Anxiety. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 74(3), 614-621.

Publications in ePrints

Pillay, Yosheen and Brownlow, Charlotte and March, Sonja (2020) Autism and inclusive practices: mothers speak out. International Journal of Inclusive Education. ISSN 1360-3116

Mahumud, Rashidul Alam ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9788-1868 and Gow, Jeff and Keramat, Syed Afroz and March, Sonja and Dunn, Jeff and Alam, KhorshedORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2232-0745 and Renzaho, Andre M. N. (2020) Distribution and predictors associated with the use of breast cancer screening services among women in 14 low-resource countries. BMC Public Health, 20:1467. pp. 1-15.

Vayro, Caitlin and Brownlow, Charlotte and Ireland, Michael and March, Sonja (2020) 'Don’t … Break Down on Tuesday Because the Mental Health Services are Only in Town on Thursday': A Qualitative Study of Service Provision Related Barriers to, and Facilitators of Farmers’ Mental Health Help‑Seeking. Administration and Policy in Mental Health and Mental Health Services Research. pp. 1-14. ISSN 0894-587X

Vayro, Caitlin and Brownlow, Charlotte and Ireland, Michael and March, Sonja (2020) 'Farming is not just an occupation [but] a whole lifestyle’: a qualitative examination of lifestyle and cultural factors affecting mental health help‐seeking in Australian farmers. Sociologia Ruralis, 60 (1). pp. 151-173. ISSN 0038-0199

Myers, Larry and Goodwin, Belinda and Ralph, NicholasORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7404-9996 and Castro, Oscar and March, Sonja (2020) Implementation Strategies for Interventions Aiming to Increase Participation in Mail-Out Bowel Cancer Screening Programmes: A Realist Review. Frontiers in Oncology, 10:543732. pp. 1-14.

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