Rate My Professor Nikki Rickard

Her research specializations include music psychology, emotion regulation, mental health interventions via smartphone apps, positive education, and strategies for self-managing emotional health, with a particular emphasis on supporting young people through music engagement and digital platforms. Key publications encompass 'Social networking sites, depression, and anxiety: a systematic review' (Seabrook, Kern, Rickard, 2016, JMIR Mental Health), 'Mental health smartphone apps: review and evidence-based recommendations for future developments' (Bakker, Kazantzis, Rickwood, Rickard, 2016, JMIR Mental Health), 'Relaxing music prevents stress-induced increases in subjective anxiety, systolic blood pressure, and heart rate in healthy males and females' (Knight, Rickard, 2001, Journal of Music Therapy), 'Intense emotional responses to music: A test of the physiological arousal hypothesis' (Rickard, 2004, Psychology of Music), and 'The music USE (MUSE) questionnaire: An instrument to measure engagement in music' (Chin, Rickard, 2012, Music Perception). Rickard has served as President of the Australian Music & Psychology Society and the Asia-Pacific Society for Cognitive Science of Music, and as foundation co-Editor-in-Chief of the Springer journal Psychology of WellBeing: Theory, Research and Practice. Her work extends to public engagement through articles on AI coaches, screen time, and live music benefits for loneliness.