Xiaoping finished her four year tertiary education in psychology in 2007 and began to work at NARI as a Research Assistant since 2008. Before that, she worked as a HR officer in China for five years and worked at the Victorian Government for a short time. She has great interest in research on older people, in particular, cross-cultural studies in this area. Her fourth year project examined cross-cultural differences in students' attitudes towards older adults.
Xiaoping has commenced her PhD in early 2010 under the supervision of Dr. Christina Bryant (Melbourne University), Dr. Briony Dow (NARI) and Associate Professor Jennifer Boldero (Melbourne University). Her topic is intergenerational relationship and mental health in older migrants.
Current Research Projects
- Intergenerational relationship and mental health in older migrants.
- An education program to improve referral to Memory Services for older people of Asian background living in Melbourne
- Development and evaluation of Positive Ageing: a chronic disease prevention, self management peer education training program for people from Culturally and Linguistically Diverse (CALD) backgrounds.
- Depression in older age: A scoping study
- Consumer information for aged care in the community
- Community Aged Care e-Waitlist priority of access (POA) Tool
- Review of the Dementia Resource Guide
- An evaluation of the No Falls peer education program at Bentleigh Bayside Community Health service
- Residential Aged Care Services Environmental Audit Tool
Publications
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(IN PRESS) Lin, X., & Bryant, C. Students’ attitudes towards older people: a cross-cultural comparison. Journal of Intergenerational Relationship
- (in press) Lin, X., Bryant, C., & Boldero, J. Measures for Assessing Student Attitudes Toward Older People. Educational Gerontology.
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