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Gillian King is a researcher affiliated with Holland Bloorview Kids Rehabilitation Hospital in Canada. Their work centers around Psychology, Health Professions, and Medicine, with a particular focus on Clinical Psychology, General Health Professions, Psychiatry and Mental Health, Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health, and Safety Research.

Their research topics include Family and Disability Support Research, Cerebral Palsy and Movement Disorders, Interprofessional Education and Collaboration, Infant Development and Preterm Care, Resilience and Mental Health, Counseling, Therapy, and Family Dynamics, and Disability Education and Employment.

King has published extensively in several academic venues, especially Disability and Rehabilitation, where they have 22 published works. Other frequent publication venues include Physical & Occupational Therapy In Pediatrics with 6 publications, Developmental Neurorehabilitation with 5, International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health with 2, and Research Involvement and Engagement with 2 publications.

Several of King's recent papers include:

  • Parent Experiences of Autism Spectrum Disorder Diagnosis: a Scoping Review, 2021, Review Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders
  • Definitions and Operationalization of Mental Health Problems, Wellbeing and Participation Constructs in Children with NDD: Distinctions and Clarifications, 2021, International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
  • A Solution-Focused Coaching Intervention with Children and Youth with Cerebral Palsy to Achieve Participation-Oriented Goals, 2020, Physical & Occupational Therapy In Pediatrics
  • Codesigning simulations and analyzing the process to ascertain principles of authentic and meaningful research engagement in childhood disability research, 2022, Research Involvement and Engagement
  • What do parents want from healthcare services? Reports of parents' experiences with pediatric service delivery for their children with disabilities, 2023, Disability and Rehabilitation

King frequently collaborates with a set of co-authors, including Emily Nalder, Amy C. McPherson, Madhu Pinto, Shauna Kingsnorth, and Michelle Phoenix. These collaborations represent a significant portion of King's academic output, highlighting a networked approach to research.

Best Publications

  • Individual construct accessibility and subjective impressions and recall.

    E. Tory Higgins;Gillian A. King;Gregory H. Mavin

  • A conceptual model of the factors affecting the recreation and leisure participation of children with disabilities.

    Gillian King;Mary C. Law;Susanne King;Peter Rosenbaum

  • Family-Centred Service

    Peter Rosenbaum;Susanne King;Mary Law;Gillian King

  • Caregiving process and caregiver burden: Conceptual models to guide research and practice

    Parminder Raina;Maureen O'Donnell;Heidi Schwellnus;Peter Rosenbaum

  • Patterns of participation in recreational and leisure activities among children with complex physical disabilities

    Mary Law;Gillian King;Susanne King;Marilyn Kertoy

  • Family-centered caregiving and well-being of parents of children with disabilities:linking process with outcome

    Gillian King;Susanne King;Peter Rosenbaum;Richard Goffin

  • Family-centered service for children with cerebral palsy and their families: a review of the literature.

    Susanne King;Rachel Teplicky;Gillian King;Peter Rosenbaum

  • The (mis)measurement of restraint: an analysis of conceptual and psychometric issues

    T F Heatherton;C P Herman;J Polivy;G A King

  • Measuring children's participation in recreation and leisure activities: construct validation of the CAPE and PAC.

    G. A. King;Matthew Law;Sara King;P. Hurley

  • A qualitative investigation of changes in the belief systems of families of children with autism or Down syndrome.

    G. A. King;L. Zwaigenbaum;S. King;D. Baxter

  • Factors affecting family-centred service delivery for children with disabilities.

    M. Law;S. Hanna;G. King;P. Hurley

  • Perceived environmental barriers to recreational, community, and school participation for children and youth with physical disabilities.

    Mary Law;Theresa Petrenchik;Gillian King;Patricia Hurley

  • Personality and Cognitive Ability Predictors of Performance in Graduate Business School.

    Mitchell G. Rothstein;Sampo V. Paunonen;James C. Rush;Gillian A. King

  • Predictors of the Leisure and Recreation Participation of Children With Physical Disabilities: A Structural Equation Modeling Analysis

    Gillian King;Mary Law;Steven Hanna;Susanne King

  • Evaluating Health Service Delivery to Children With Chronic Conditions and Their Families: Development of a Refined Measure of Processes of Care (MPOC−20)

    Susanne King;Gillian King;Peter Rosenbaum

  • High School‐Aged Youths' Attitudes Toward their Peers with Disabilities: the role of school and student interpersonal Factors

    Janette McDougall;David J. DeWit;Gillian King;Linda T. Miller

  • PARENTS‘ PERCEPTIONS OF CAREGIVING: DEVELOPMENT AND VALIDATION OF A MEASURE OF PROCESSES

    Susanne M King;Peter L Rosenbaum;Gillian A King

  • Assessment of Interprofessional Team Collaboration Scale (AITCS): development and testing of the instrument

    Carole A. Orchard;Gillian A. King;Hossein Khalili;Mary Beth Bezzina

  • Participation-based therapy for children with physical disabilities

    Robert J Palisano;Lisa A Chiarello;Gillian A King;Iona Novak

  • Self-Evaluation and Self-Concept of Adolescents With Physical Disabilities

    Gillian A. King;Izabela Z. Shultz;Kathleen Steel;Michelle Gilpin

Frequent Co-Authors

Susanne King
Susanne King McMaster University
Jan Willem Gorter
Jan Willem Gorter McMaster University
Richard M. Sorrentino
Richard M. Sorrentino University of Western Ontario
Janet Polivy
Janet Polivy University of Toronto
Lonnie Zwaigenbaum
Lonnie Zwaigenbaum University of Alberta
Victoria M. Esses
Victoria M. Esses University of Western Ontario
C. Peter Herman
C. Peter Herman University of Toronto
Sampo V. Paunonen
Sampo V. Paunonen University of Western Ontario
Mats Granlund
Mats Granlund Jönköping University
Teena Willoughby
Teena Willoughby Brock University

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