Vu Bich Phuong

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School: School of Science, Engineering & Technology
Department: Applied Science (Psychology)
Position: Associate Lecturer
Location: RMIT Saigon South
Email: phuong.vu15@rmit.edu.vn
ORCID: 0000-0003-4548-3934

Phuong started her teaching career in Vietnam as early as her undergraduate study in the UK was completed. She has developed her interest in doing psychological research on adolescents, young adults and pregnant women over the years, and is very passionate to share knowledge about human behaviour with the younger generations.

  • Joint PhD (candidate) in Child and Adolescent Clinical Psychology, VNU-Hanoi and Inland Norway University of Applied Sciences
  • MSc in Behavioural Science, Radboud University Nijmegen, The Netherlands
  • BSc in Psychology (major) with Media, Communication and Culture (minor), University of Keele, England
  • Certified TESOL, Australasian Training Academy, Australia
  • Research methods
  • Statistics
  • Cognitive psychology
  • Clinical psychology
  • Effectiveness studies for adolescents’ internalising disorder treatments
  • Association between psychological health and physical activities
  • Alcohol consumption behaviour
  • Creative cognition
  • Applied psychology in environment-related behaviour
  • Arrindell, W. A., Checa, I., Espejo, B., Chen, I. H., Carrozzino, D., Vu-Bich, P., Dambach, H., & Vagos, P. (2022). Measurement invariance and construct validity of the Satisfaction With Life Scale (SWLS) in community volunteers in Vietnam. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 19(6), 3460. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph19063460 
  • Vu, B. P., Nguyen, N. H. T., Vo, H. V. H., Han, V. H. L., & Le, T. Y. T. (2022). How perceptions of risk and impacts lead to volunteering duration during COVID-19: The mediating role of volunteering motivations. In Proceedings of International Conference: The World in Crisis – The contribution of Psychology. Vietnam National University Press, Hanoi
  • Vu, B. P., Dang, H. M., & Andersenn, P. N. (2022). Technology-based cognitive behavioural treatments for anxiety disorders in youth: A systematic review. In Proceedings of International Conference: The World in Crisis – The contribution of Psychology. Vietnam National University Press, Hanoi
  • Vu, B. P., Quach, D. P., Nguyen, T. T. T., & Doan, Q. T. (2021). Ability praise versus effort praise on self-efficacy of university students. In Proceedings of International Conference: Identification, Assessment and Intervention for Children with Specific Learning Disorders in School Context. Vietnam National University Press, Ho Chi Minh City
  • Vu, B. P. (2018). An educational computerized game to train creativity: First development and evidence of its creativity correlates. In Proceedings of International Conference: New issues in educational sciences: Inter-disciplinary and cross-disciplinary approaches. Vietnam National University Press, Hanoi
  • 2021-2024: Received a Joint PhD scholarship for Vietnamese PhD students as part of the NOPART programme (Norwegian Partnership Programme for Global Academic Cooperation)
  • 2021-2023: Received a research grant from VNU-HCM numbered C2022-18b-04 for research project: “Promoting a multi-stakeholder governance model towards marine plastic waste reduction”
  • 2020-2021: Received a research grant from University of Social sciences and Humanities, VNU-HCM numbered T2020-12 for research project: “The moderating role of sedentary behavior on the relationship between physical activity and internalizing symptoms during pregnancy”
  • 2016-2018: Received a scholarship from the Radboud Scholarship Programme for Master’s student
  • PhD Thesis: “Testing the effectiveness of a manualized cognitive behavioural therapy for Vietnamese adolescents with elevated anxiety symptoms”
  • Master’s Thesis: “Developing and testing a serious game to train creative thinking”. Bachelor’s Thesis: “Alcohol hangover and gender differences in creative thinking”
  • 2015-2023: Lecturer, Faculty of Psychology, University of Social sciences and Humanities, VNU-Ho Chi Minh city