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Jennifer Connolly

Jennifer Connolly

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Psychology

D-Index
51
Citations
12705
World Ranking
5156
National Ranking
346

Overview

Jennifer Connolly is affiliated with York University in Canada and has contributed extensively to the fields of social sciences and psychology with a particular focus on topics related to sex work, child abuse, trauma, and social issues. Their main fields of study include social sciences with 11 publications and psychology with 10 publications, emphasizing clinical psychology and sociology alongside other interconnected disciplines.

Research topics prominently addressed by Jennifer Connolly include:

  • Sex work and related issues
  • Child abuse and trauma
  • Sexuality, behavior, and technology
  • Homelessness and social issues
  • Attachment and relationship dynamics
  • Child welfare and adoption
  • HIV, drug use, sexual risk

Jennifer Connolly's subfields of study reflect a multidisciplinary approach encompassing clinical psychology (7 publications), sociology and political science (6 publications), general health professions (4 publications), social psychology (3 publications), and safety research (3 publications).

Frequent publication venues for Connolly's work include Trauma Violence & Abuse and Child & Family Social Work, where multiple papers were published, as well as the Journal of Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities, International Journal of Mental Health and Addiction, and Child Abuse & Neglect.

Some of the recent published papers by Jennifer Connolly are:

  • "Recruitment and Entrapment Pathways of Minors into Sex Trafficking in Canada and the United States: A Systematic Review" (2021) published in Trauma Violence & Abuse
  • "2020 Syndemic: Convergence of COVID-19, Gender-Based Violence, and Racism Pandemics" (2021) published in Journal of Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities
  • "A Longitudinal Analysis of Peer Victimization, Self-Esteem, and Rejection Sensitivity in Mental Health and Substance Use Among Adolescents" (2020) published in International Journal of Mental Health and Addiction
  • "A spatially explicit model for estimating risks of pesticide exposure to bird populations" (2021) published in PLoS ONE
  • "Building a specialized model of care for youth involved in sex trafficking in child welfare: A systematic review and interviews with experts-by-experience" (2022) published in Child Abuse & Neglect

Jennifer Connolly has collaborated frequently with several coauthors, including Kyla P. McDonald (4 collaborations), Kyla Baird (2 collaborations), Riana Fisher (2 collaborations), Nazilla Khanlou, and Luz María Vázquez.

Best Publications

  • The Role of Peers in the Emergence of Heterosexual Romantic Relationships in Adolescence.

    Jennifer Connolly;Wyndol Furman;Roman Konarski

  • Peer victimization social support and psychosocial adjustment of sexual minority adolescents.

    Trish Williams;Jennifer Connolly;Debra Pepler;Wendy Craig

  • Developmental trajectories of bullying and associated factors.

    Debra Pepler;Depeng Jiang;Wendy Craig;Jennifer Connolly

  • A developmental perspective on bullying

    Debra J. Pepler;Wendy M. Craig;Jennifer A. Connolly;Amy Yuile

  • The Challenge of Romantic Relationships in Emerging Adulthood Reconceptualization of the Field

    Shmuel Shulman;Jennifer Connolly

  • Mixed-Gender Groups, Dating, and Romantic Relationships in Early Adolescence

    Jennifer Connolly;Wendy Craig;Adele Goldberg;Debra Pepler

  • Teen dating violence: a meta-analytic review of prevalence rates

    Katherine Wincentak;Jennifer Connolly;Noel Card

  • Romantic Relationships in Adolescence

    Jennifer A. Connolly;Caroline McIsaac

  • Relation of Social Fantasy Play to Social Competence in Preschoolers

    Jennifer A. Connolly;Anna-Beth Doyle

  • Peer to peer sexual harassment in early adolescence: A developmental perspective

    Loren E. Mcmaster;Jennifer Connolly;Debra Pepler;Wendy M. Craig

  • Dating Experiences of Bullies in Early Adolescence

    Jennifer Connolly;Debra Pepler;Wendy Craig;Ali Taradash

  • Adolescents Online: The Importance of Internet Activity Choices to Salient Relationships

    Julie J. Blais;Wendy M. Craig;Debra Pepler;Jennifer Connolly

  • Social self-efficacy in adolescence: relations with self-concept, social adjustment, and mental health

    Jennifer Connolly

  • Intimacy Between Adolescent Friends: Age and Gender Differences in Intimate Affect and Intimate Behaviors

    Laurie R. McNelles;Jennifer A. Connolly

  • Adolescents' romantic relationships and the structure and quality of their close interpersonal ties

    Jennifer A. Connolly;Anne M. Johnson

  • Developmental Trajectories of Victimization

    Suzanne Goldbaum;Wendy M. Craig;Debra Pepler;Jennifer Connolly

  • Conceptions of Cross-Sex Friendships and Romantic Relationships in Early Adolescence

    Jennifer Connolly;Wendy Craig;Adele Goldberg;Debra Pepler

  • The Effect of Playmate Familiarity on the Social Interactions of Young Children.

    Anna-Beth Doyle;Jennifer Connolly;Louis-Paul Rivest

  • The effect of social support around pregnancy on postpartum depression among Canadian teen mothers and adult mothers in the maternity experiences survey.

    Theresa H M Kim;Jennifer A Connolly;Hala Tamim

  • Adolescents' explanations for romantic dissolutions: a developmental perspective.

    Jennifer Connolly;Caroline McIsaac

  • Peer Self-Concept in Adolescence: Analysis of Factor Structure and of Associations with Peer Experience.

    Jennifer A. Connolly;Roman Konarski

Frequent Co-Authors

Debra Pepler
Debra Pepler York University
Wendy M. Craig
Wendy M. Craig Queen's University
Ersilia Menesini
Ersilia Menesini University of Florence
Anna-Beth Doyle
Anna-Beth Doyle Concordia University
Annalaura Nocentini
Annalaura Nocentini University of Florence
Shmuel Shulman
Shmuel Shulman Bar-Ilan University
Zindel V. Segal
Zindel V. Segal University of Toronto
Rebecca Pillai Riddell
Rebecca Pillai Riddell York University
Jacqueline Nadel
Jacqueline Nadel Centre national de la recherche scientifique, CNRS
Gordon L. Flett
Gordon L. Flett York University

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