Violette Mcgaw
Biographic Data
| ID | 307363 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Violette Mcgaw |
| GIVEN NAMES | Violette |
| FAMILY NAME | Mcgaw |
| SIGNATURE | MCGAW V |
| AFFILIATIONS | Monash University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-7046-1676 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 6 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 9 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 6 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2020 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
A Scoping Review on Interventions in Educational Contexts to Support Students Exposed to War
Global conflicts and wars can have catastrophic impacts on children’s social-emotional and learning outcomes, which require evidence-based interventions to help mitigate these traumatic and educational effects. This scoping review aimed to identify approaches designed to support students and/or teachers and parents/caregivers in educational contexts when students have been exposed to war or global conflict. Following the PRISMA approach for condu…
What can teachers do to help young people exposed to traumatic events? Young peoples’ perspectives
Young people view teachers as a critical pathway to support. • Trauma-informed practices within schools are strongly endorsed by young people. • Curriculum adaptability reduces stress for trauma-exposed students in schools. • Teachers need access to professional development in trauma-informed practices. Trauma in childhood is highly prevalent and can significantly impact students’ social, emotional, behavioural, and learning outcomes. With a grow…
I’m just one soldier of many in the battle against stigma’
Children whose parents have mental health challenges often experience stigma, which may be further intensified by additional marginalized identities. StigmaBeat is a co-designed online resource developed with rural young people to challenge such stigma and share lived experiences. This qualitative, narrative study explored six participants’ ‘narratives of change’ one year after their involvement in developing the resource. Participants described …
StigmaBeat
Little is known about the experience and impact of intersectional stigma experienced by rural young people (15-25 years) who have a parent with mental health challenges. The StigmaBeat project employed a co-design approach to create short films to identify and challenge mental health stigma from the perspective of young people who have experienced this phenomenon. The aim of this paper is to describe the co-design methodological approach used in …
Epistemic injustice in experiences of young people with parents with mental health challenges
Amongst the impacts of growing up with a parent with mental health challenges is the experience of stigma-by-association, in which children and young people experience impacts of stigmatisation due to their parent's devalued identity. This article seeks to expand our understanding of this issue through an abductive analysis of qualitative data collected through a codesign process with young people. Results indicate that young people's experiences…
Partners of Veterans With PTSD
Partners raising children are significantly impacted by living with a veteran who has posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD). This qualitative study explored the parenting and family experiences of partners to veterans with military-PTSD. In-depth interviews were conducted with eight female partners, caring for at least one child below the age of 18 years. Thematic analysis produced four primary themes around parenting, (dis)connection, family iden…
Epistemic injustice in experiences of young people with parents with mental health challenges
Amongst the impacts of growing up with a parent with mental health challenges is the experience of stigma-by-association, in which children and young people experience impacts of stigmatisation due to their parent's devalued identity. This article seeks to expand our understanding of this issue through an abductive analysis of qualitative data collected through a codesign process with young people. Results indicate that young people's experiences…
StigmaBeat
Little is known about the experience and impact of intersectional stigma experienced by rural young people (15-25 years) who have a parent with mental health challenges. The StigmaBeat project employed a co-design approach to create short films to identify and challenge mental health stigma from the perspective of young people who have experienced this phenomenon. The aim of this paper is to describe the co-design methodological approach used in …
Partners of Veterans With PTSD
Partners raising children are significantly impacted by living with a veteran who has posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD). This qualitative study explored the parenting and family experiences of partners to veterans with military-PTSD. In-depth interviews were conducted with eight female partners, caring for at least one child below the age of 18 years. Thematic analysis produced four primary themes around parenting, (dis)connection, family iden…
StigmaBeat
Little is known about the experience and impact of intersectional stigma experienced by rural young people (15-25 years) who have a parent with mental health challenges. The StigmaBeat project employed a co-design approach to create short films to identify and challenge mental health stigma from the perspective of young people who have experienced this phenomenon. The aim of this paper is to describe the co-design methodological approach used in …
Epistemic injustice in experiences of young people with parents with mental health challenges
Amongst the impacts of growing up with a parent with mental health challenges is the experience of stigma-by-association, in which children and young people experience impacts of stigmatisation due to their parent's devalued identity. This article seeks to expand our understanding of this issue through an abductive analysis of qualitative data collected through a codesign process with young people. Results indicate that young people's experiences…
What can teachers do to help young people exposed to traumatic events? Young peoples’ perspectives
Young people view teachers as a critical pathway to support. • Trauma-informed practices within schools are strongly endorsed by young people. • Curriculum adaptability reduces stress for trauma-exposed students in schools. • Teachers need access to professional development in trauma-informed practices. Trauma in childhood is highly prevalent and can significantly impact students’ social, emotional, behavioural, and learning outcomes. With a grow…
I’m just one soldier of many in the battle against stigma’
Children whose parents have mental health challenges often experience stigma, which may be further intensified by additional marginalized identities. StigmaBeat is a co-designed online resource developed with rural young people to challenge such stigma and share lived experiences. This qualitative, narrative study explored six participants’ ‘narratives of change’ one year after their involvement in developing the resource. Participants described …
A Scoping Review on Interventions in Educational Contexts to Support Students Exposed to War
Global conflicts and wars can have catastrophic impacts on children’s social-emotional and learning outcomes, which require evidence-based interventions to help mitigate these traumatic and educational effects. This scoping review aimed to identify approaches designed to support students and/or teachers and parents/caregivers in educational contexts when students have been exposed to war or global conflict. Following the PRISMA approach for condu…
Psychology (4 works) · Family Support in Illness (3 works) · Social Psychology (3 works) · Mental health (2 works) · Migration, Health and Trauma (2 works) · Psychiatry (2 works) · Psychotherapist (2 works) · Qualitative research (2 works) · Sociology (2 works) · Thematic analysis (2 works)