Barbara Lo

Dr. Barbara Lo serves as a Senior Lecturer at the School of Educational Psychology & Counselling, Monash University, actively engaged in research, teaching, and PhD supervision. Her work aligns with UN Sustainable Development Goals focused on mental health and well-being across diverse populations.

Her research spans Mental Health, Child Psychology, Parenting Styles, Depression Treatment, Coping Mechanisms, and Suicide Prevention. She investigates emotional risk factors like rumination and self-criticism in suicidal ideation among Chinese depressive patients, examines parenting style moderations of childhood anxiety and perfectionism, and analyzes social support's impact on student outcomes through psychological capital and coping strategies.

Recent publications (2022-2024) reveal consistent clinical and educational psychology research with cultural context emphasis (e.g., Chinese populations), employing methodologies from randomized controlled trials to cross-sectional analyses. Key contributions include depression treatment comparisons, childhood anxiety-perfectionism linkages, and social support mediation frameworks in academic settings.

No scientific awards were explicitly documented in the source material.

Dr. Lo currently accepts PhD students, indicating active mentoring. While specific grant details are absent, her sustained publication output (26 total works from 2008-2024) implies successful research funding in mental health domains, with notable citation impact including a 2023 article garnering 54 Scopus citations.