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Overview

Renee McDonald is affiliated with Southern Methodist University in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on psychology and social sciences, with a significant number of publications in clinical psychology. The main subfields McDonald contributes to include health, gender studies, sociology and political science, and social psychology.

Their work prominently addresses issues related to child abuse and trauma, intimate partner and family violence, and sexual assault and victimization studies. Other research topics encompass child and adolescent psychosocial and emotional development, attachment and relationship dynamics, workplace violence and bullying, as well as grief, bereavement, and mental health.

McDonald has published numerous papers recently, including:

  • Prevalence of Sexual Victimization Among Female and Male College Students: A Methodological Note With Data (2020) in Journal of Interpersonal Violence
  • Caregiver and divine support: Associations with resilience among adolescents following disclosure of sexual abuse (2020) in Child Abuse & Neglect
  • Party frequency, party-safety strategies, and sexual victimization among first-year female college students (2020) in Journal of American College Health
  • College students' feelings of campus connectedness, party safety behavior and intervening to prevent sexual assault and intimate partner violence (2020) in Psychology of Violence
  • Self-Blame in Adolescents Who Have Been Sexually Abused: Factor Structure and Differential Correlates of Abuse-Specific and Global Measures (2021) in Assessment

The frequent publication venues where McDonald's work is found include:

  • Child Abuse & Neglect
  • Journal of Interpersonal Violence
  • Journal of Family Psychology
  • Psychology of Violence
  • Research on Social Work Practice

Collaborations have been a significant part of McDonald's research activities, frequently coauthoring with:

  • Ernest N. Jouriles
  • Caitlin Rancher
  • Alison Krauss
  • David Rosenfield
  • Mindy Jackson

McDonald's extensive work in psychology, particularly in clinical psychology and related social sciences, underscores an ongoing engagement with complex social issues surrounding trauma, victimization, and resilience among diverse populations.

Best Publications

  • Estimating the number of American children living in partner-violent families.

    Renee McDonald;Ernest N. Jouriles;Suhasini Ramisetty-Mikler;Raul Caetano

  • Interparental conflict and child adjustment: testing the mediational role of appraisals in the cognitive-contextual framework.

    John H. Grych;Frank D. Fincham;Ernest N. Jouriles;Renee McDonald

  • Patterns of adjustment among children of battered women.

    John H. Grych;Ernest N. Jouriles;Paul R. Swank;Renee McDonald

  • Children's exposure to intimate partner violence: a meta-analysis of longitudinal associations with child adjustment problems

    Nicole L. Vu;Ernest N. Jouriles;Renee McDonald;David Rosenfield

  • Child abuse in the context of domestic violence: prevalence, explanations, and practice implications.

    Ernest N Jouriles;Renee McDonald;Amy M Smith Slep;Richard E Heyman

  • Physical Violence and Other Forms of Marital Aggression: Links With Children's Behavior Problems

    Ernest N. Jouriles;William D. Norwood;Renee McDonald;John P. Vincent

  • Effects of a Parenting Intervention on Features of Psychopathy in Children

    Renee McDonald;Mary Catherine Dodson;David Rosenfield;Ernest N. Jouriles

  • Reducing conduct problems among children of battered women.

    Ernest N. Jouriles;Renee McDonald;Laura Spiller;William D. Norwood

  • Variability in Adjustment of Children of Battered Women: The Role of Child Appraisals of Interparent Conflict

    Ernest N. Jouriles;Laura Collazos Spiller;Nanette S Stephens;Renee McDonald

  • Reducing conduct problems among children exposed to intimate partner violence: a randomized clinical trial examining effects of Project Support

    Ernest N. Jouriles;Renee McDonald;David Rosenfield;Nanette S Stephens

  • Phonological processing and emergent literacy in younger and older preschool children.

    Jason L. Anthony;Jeffrey M. Williams;Renee McDonald;David J. Francis

  • Young children's appraisals of interparental conflict: Measurement and links with adjustment problems.

    Renee McDonald;John H. Grych

  • Bystander programs addressing sexual violence on college campuses: A systematic review and meta-analysis of program outcomes and delivery methods.

    Ernest N. Jouriles;Alison Krauss;Nicole L. Vu;Victoria L. Banyard

  • Issues and controversies in documenting the prevalence of children's exposure to domestic violence.

    Ernest N. Jouriles;Renee McDonald;William D. Norwood;Elizabeth Ezell

  • Cognitive mechanisms of social anxiety reduction: an examination of specificity and temporality.

    Jasper A. J. Smits;David Rosenfield;Renee McDonald;Michael J. Telch

  • Reducing conduct problems among children brought to women's shelters: intervention effects 24 months following termination of services.

    Renee McDonald;Ernest N. Jouriles;Nancy A. Skopp

  • Knives, guns, and interparent violence : Relations with child behavior problems

    Ernest N. Jouriles;Renee McDonald;William D. Norwood;Holly Shinn Ware

  • Experiences of psychological and physical aggression in adolescent romantic relationships: links to psychological distress.

    Ernest N. Jouriles;Edward Garrido;David Rosenfield;Renee McDonald

  • Children's adjustment problems in families characterized by men's severe violence toward women: does other family violence matter?

    Renee McDonald;Ernest N. Jouriles;Candyce D. Tart;Laura C. Minze

  • Partner aggression and children's externalizing problems: maternal and partner warmth as protective factors.

    Nancy A. Skopp;Renee McDonald;Ernest N. Jouriles;David Rosenfield

Frequent Co-Authors

Ernest N. Jouriles
Ernest N. Jouriles Southern Methodist University
David Rosenfield
David Rosenfield Southern Methodist University
John H. Grych
John H. Grych Marquette University
Paul R. Swank
Paul R. Swank The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston
David J. Francis
David J. Francis University of Houston
Annette Mahoney
Annette Mahoney Bowling Green State University
Jeffrey Temple
Jeffrey Temple The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston
Jason L. Anthony
Jason L. Anthony University of South Florida
Victoria L. Banyard
Victoria L. Banyard Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
Richard E. Heyman
Richard E. Heyman New York University

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