Selected Publications and Projects

Expertise in bullying prevention and student mental health interventions.

Consultation to Government and the Education Sector

School Mental Health Ontario. Area Lead for Research, Evaluation and Monitoring.

Provincial Auditor of Saskatchewan. Audit of services for high school students with mental health concerns.

Victorian Department of Education and Training. The State of Research on Bullying and Intervening to Reduce Bullying in Schools.

Independent Schools Australia. Student and Staff Wellbeing and Mental Health.

Association of Independent Schools of New South Wales. How Can Schools Support Whole-school Wellbeing?

Australian Department of Education, Skills and Employment. A Rapid Evidence Review of Bullying and Cyberbullying in Schools.

Selected peer-reviewed research publications

Dr Runions has published over 65 peer reviewed scientific articles.

Runions, K., Pearce, N. & Cross, D. (2021). Leading excellence through equity: Social Emotional Learning for a Fair Go. Australian Educational Leader. 34 (3)

Pearce, N., Monks, H., Alderman, N., Hearn, L., Burns, S., Runions, K., Francis, J., & Cross, D. (2022). ‘It’s all about context’: Building school capacity to implement a whole school approach to bullying. International Journal of Bullying Prevention. https://doi.org/10.1007/s42380-022-00138-6

Romera, E.M., Ortega-Ruiz, R., Runions, K., & Camacho, A. (2021). Bullying perpetration, moral disengagement and need for popularity: Examining reciprocal associations in adolescence. Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 50, 2021-2035. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10964-021-01482-4

Thomas, H., Runions, K., Lester, L., et al. (2022). Western Australian adolescent emotional wellbeing during the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020. Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Mental Health, 16, 4. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13034-021-00433-y

Cross, D., Runions, K., & Pearce, N. (2021). Friendly Schools’ bullying prevention research: Implications for school counsellors. Journal of Psychologists and Counsellors in Schools, 31(3), 146-158. https://doi.org/10.1017/jgc.2021.19.

Pennell D, Campbell MA, Tangen D, Runions K, Brooks J, & Cross DS. (2020). Facilitators and barriers to the implementation of motivational interviewing for bullying perpetration in school settings. Scandinavian Journal of Psychology, 61(1) 143-150. https://doi.org/10.1111/sjop.12502

Runions K, Vithiatharan R, Hancock K, Lin A, Brennan-Jones C, Gray C, & Payne D. (2020). Chronic health conditions, mental health and the school: A narrative review. Health Education Journal, 79(4), 471-483. http://doi.org/10.1177/0017896919890898

Runions KC, Wong JW, Pace G, Salmin I. (2020). Borderline personality disorder and peers: A scoping review of friendship, victimization and aggression studies. Adolescent Research Review. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40894-020-00137-y

Runions K, Shaw T, Bussey K, Thornberg R, Salmivalli C, & Cross D. (2019). Moral disengagement of pure bullies and bully/victims: Shared and distinct mechanisms. Journal of Youth & Adolescence, 48 (9), 1835-1848. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10964-019-01067-2

Cross D, Runions KC, Shaw T, Wong J, Campbell M, Pearce N, Burns S, Lester L, Barnes A, & Resnicow K. (2019). Friendly Schools universal bullying prevention intervention: Effectiveness with secondary school students. International Journal of Bullying Prevention,1(1), 45-57. https://doi.org/10.1007/s42380-018-0004-z

Shaw T, Campbell M, Eastham J, Runions K, Salmivalli C, & Cross D. (2019). Telling an adult at school about bullying: Subsequent victimization and internalizing problems. Special Issues: Bullying, Peer Victimization, and Child and Adolescent Health. Journal of Child & Family Studies. 28(9), 2594-2605, https://doi.org/10.1007/s10826-019-01507-4

Cross DS, Shaw T, Epstein M, Pierce N, Barnes A, Burns S, Waters S, Lester L, Runions K. (2018). Impact of the Friendly Schools whole‐school intervention on transition to secondary school and adolescent bullying behaviour. European Journal of Education, 53, 495-513. DOI: 10.111/ejed.12307

Runions KC, Salmivalli C, Shaw T, Burns S, & Cross D. (2018). Beyond the reactive-proactive dichotomy: rage, revenge, reward, and recreational aggression predict early high school bully and bully/victim status. Aggressive Behavior, 44(5), 501-511. https://doi.org/10.1002/ab.21770

Fried, L., Vithiatharan, R., Davis, E., Jones, T., Hancock, K., Runions, K., Cross, D., Payne, D., Jones, C., Wright, A., Pieterse, D., Knowles, J., Clarke, J. & Lin, A. (2018). The school experiences of children and adolescents with type 1 diabetes in Western Australia. Issues in Educational Research, 28(3), 578-595

Cross DS, Runions K, Resnicow KA, Britt EF, & Gray C. (2018). Motivational interviewing as a positive response to high-school bullying. Psychology in the Schools, 55, 464-475. DOI: 10.1002/pits.22120