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Study 2
Mentally healthy workplaces mitigate psychosocial hazards and promote workplace mental wellbeing. What does promoting mental wellbeing look like in architects' workplaces?
Study 2 of my research asked 22 people working in Australian architects workplaces the following questions through photo-elicited interviews:
- How do architects’ workplaces promote mental wellbeing?
- What workplace characteristics and actions underpin this promotion of mental wellbeing?
- What physical environment characteristics underpin this promotion of mental wellbeing?
- What basic principles underpin this promotion of mental wellbeing?
This study had Deakin University ethics approval SEBE-2022-70.
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Architects' work-related mental wellbeing
Publication on the resulting grounded theory coming soon.
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Design for mental wellbeing
New open access publication:
Backhouse, S., Tucker, R., Andrews, F. & LaMontagne, A. (2025). Essential design principles for mental wellbeing: Insights from a qualitative study. In R.H. Crawford, A. Stephan, C. Candido, J. Helal & P. Gobinath (eds.), Proceedings of the 58ᵗʰ International Conference of the Architectural Science Association 2025, pp. 442-451, The Architectural Science Association and The University of Melbourne, Australia. https://doi.org/10.65388/HBES5218