Dr Dianna Vidas
Research Fellow
School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences
+61 7 344 34278
Researcher biography
Dr Dianna Vidas is a multidisciplinary researcher with experience collaborating across psychology, audiology, music, human-computer interaction, and ageing. Using both quantitative and qualitative methods, Dr Vidas explores innovative approaches to supporting wellbeing across the lifespan through music, emotion regulation, social connection, and technology.
Journal Articles
Vidas, Dianna, Carrasco, Romina, Kelly, Ryan M, Waycott, Jenny, Tamplin, Jeanette, McMahon, Kate, Flynn, Libby M, Stretton-Smith, Phoebe A, Vieira Sousa, Tanara and Baker, Felicity A (2024). Author Correction: Everyday Uses of Music Listening and Music Technologies by Caregivers and People With Dementia: Survey and Focus Group Study. Journal of Medical Internet Research, 26 e65977, e65977. doi: 10.2196/65977
Vidas, Dianna, Carrasco, Romina, Kelly, Ryan M, Waycott, Jenny, Tamplin, Jeanette, McMahon, Kate, Flynn, Libby M, Stretton-Smith, Phoebe A, Sousa, Tanara Viera and Baker, Felicity A (2024). Everyday uses of music listening and music technologies by caregivers and people with dementia: survey and focus group study. Journal of Medical Internet Research, 26 e54186, 1-17. doi: 10.2196/54186
Putter, Kaila C., Krause, Amanda E., Vidas, Dianna and North, Adrian C. (2023). Examining the lyrical content and musical features of a crowd-sourced, Australian pandemic playlist. Music & Science, 6. doi: 10.1177/20592043231215632
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
Vidas, Dianna, Nelson, Nicole L. and Dingle, Genevieve A. (2022). Music listening as a coping resource in domestic and international university students. Psychology of Music, 50 (6), 030573562110669-1836. doi: 10.1177/03057356211066964
Dingle, Genevieve A., Sharman, Leah S., Bauer, Zoe, Beckman, Emma, Broughton, Mary, Bunzli, Emma, Davidson, Robert, Draper, Grace, Fairley, Sheranne, Farrell, Callyn, Flynn, Libby Maree, Gomersall, Sjaan, Hong, Mengxun, Larwood, Joel, Lee, Chiying, Lee, Jennifer, Nitschinsk, Lewis, Peluso, Natalie, Reedman, Sarah Elizabeth, Vidas, Dianna, Walter, Zoe C. and Wright, Olivia Renee Louise (2021). How do music activities affect health and well-being? A scoping review of studies examining psychosocial mechanisms. Frontiers in Psychology, 12 713818, 713818. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2021.713818
Vidas, Dianna, Larwood, Joel L., Nelson, Nicole L. and Dingle, Genevieve A. (2021). Music listening as a strategy for managing COVID-19 stress in first-year university students. Frontiers in Psychology, 12 647065, 647065. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2021.647065
Vidas, Dianna, Calligeros, Renee, Nelson, Nicole L. and Dingle, Genevieve A. (2019). Development of emotion recognition in popular music and vocal bursts. Cognition and Emotion, 34 (5), 1-14. doi: 10.1080/02699931.2019.1700482
Vidas, Dianna, Dingle, Genevieve A. and Nelson, Nicole L. (2018). Children’s recognition of emotion in music and speech. Music and Science, 1, 205920431876265. doi: 10.1177/2059204318762650
Conference Papers
Baker, Felicity, Sousa, Tanara, Tamplin, Jeanette, Waycott, Jenny, Thompson, Zara, Vidas, Dianna, Woodward‐Kron, Robyn, Stretton‐Smith, Phoebe, Lautenschlager, Nicola T., Lampit, Amit, Kulik, Lars and Skafidas, Stan (2024). Music Attuned Technology: Care via eHealth (MATCH): A proof‐of‐concept study trialling a music therapy informed mobile application for caregivers of people living with dementia. Alzheimer's Association International Conference (AAIC) 2024, Philadelphia, PA United States, 28 July - 1 August 2024. Hoboken, NJ United States: John Wiley & Sons. doi: 10.1002/alz.084857
Baker, Felicity, Sousa, Tanara, Tamplin, Jeanette, Waycott, Jenny, Thompson, Zara, Vidas, Dianna, Woodward‐Kron, Robyn, Stretton‐Smith, Phoebe, Lautenschlager, Nicola T., Lampit, Amit, Kulik, Lars and Skafidas, Stan (2024). Music Attuned Technology: Care via eHealth (MATCH): A proof‐of‐concept study trialling a music therapy informed mobile application for caregivers of people living with dementia. Alzheimer's Association International Conference (AAIC) 2024, Philadelphia, PA United States, 28 July –1 August 2024. Hoboken, NJ United States: John Wiley & Sons. doi: 10.1002/alz.094181
Vidas, Dianna, Thompson, Zara, Kelly, Ryan M., Waycott, Jenny, Tamplin, Jeanette, Sousa, Tanara Vieira, Kulik, Lars, Lampit, Amit, Lautenschlager, Nicola T. and Baker, Felicity A. (2024). Family caregiver experiences of using a mobile app for music-based training to support dementia care. CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems 2024, Honolulu, HI, United States, 11 - 16 May 2024. New York, NY, USA: Association for Computing Machinery. doi: 10.1145/3613904.3642308
Preprint
Dingle, Genevieve, Vidas, Dianna and Hong, Mengxun (2021). Stress, wellbeing and help seeking in first year university students. doi: 10.31234/osf.io/85scz
Theses
Vidas, Dianna (2023). The benefits of music use for international students studying in Australia. PhD Thesis, School of Psychology, The University of Queensland. doi: 10.14264/919d3b2
Vidas, Dianna (2016). Children’s Recognition of Emotion in Popular Music. Honours Thesis, School of Psychology, The University of Queensland.