J David Smith
Biographic Data
| ID | 3687039 |
|---|---|
| NAME | J David Smith |
| GIVEN NAMES | J David |
| FAMILY NAME | Smith |
| SIGNATURE | SMITH J D |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Ottawa |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-2775-2988 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 23 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 34 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 23 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1988 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
The Current State of School Attendance Research and Data in Canada
The issue of school absenteeism has received increased attention in previous years due to the widespread absences caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. However, Canadian research is sparse on the topic, and a data-based picture of the extent of the problem does not exist. In this conceptual article, we briefly trace the origins of school absenteeism and outline the current status of prevalence data and research in the area of school absenteeism in Can…
Comparing Implementation and Effectiveness Outcomes for Two Implementation Strategies of the Keep It Up! Digital HIV Prevention Program: A Type 3 Hybrid Effectiveness-Implementation Trial
This study sought to compare implementation and effectiveness outcomes for two delivery strategies of a digital HIV prevention intervention: community-based organization (CBO) versus direct-to-consumer (DTC). A type III hybrid effectiveness-implementation trial compared two implementation strategies of Keep It Up! (KIU! ) for young men who have sex with men (YMSM) (n = 2124). Data were collected at baseline and 12-weeks in 2019-2023. DTC enrolled…
Machine-learning as a validated tool to characterize individual differences in free recall of naturalistic events
Teaching with Acceptance and Commitment: Building Teachers’ Social-Emotional Competencies for Teaching Effectiveness
Teachers need to relate to students in caring and committed ways, which can be personally and emotionally challenging. Enhancing teachers’ social-emotional competences (SECs) is a pathway to fostering these kinds of relationships. One possibility is using Teaching with Acceptance and Commitment (TAC), which integrates ideas and practices from mindfulness and behavior change. TAC helps teachers notice their emotional responses in the classroom and…
Individual and Social-Contextual Factors Underlying Adolescents’ Commitment to Victimizing Friendships: A Qualitative Analysis
Previous research indicates that victimized youth are reluctant to address their friends’ victimizing behaviors and are likely to remain in a victimizing friendship despite experiencing significant distress. Research investigating the complex factors underlying this commitment to victimizing friendships is required. To this end, a qualitative research design was used as previously victimized youth asynchronously contributed to an anonymous online…
Showing friendship, fighting back, and getting even: Resisting bullying victimization within adolescent girls’ friendships
Research suggests that about a quarter of bullying incidences occur within friendships. Yet little attention is given to the underlying social processes and wider macro-system forces that shape friendship victimization experiences. Guided by constructivist grounded theory and Wade's work on resistance, this research explored the phenomenon of victimization within adolescent girls’ friendships. Canadian women reflecting on their school-based victi…
School climate, peer victimization, and academic achievement: Results from a multi-informant study.
School-level school climate was examined in relation to self-reported peer victimization and teacher-rated academic achievement (grade point average; GPA). Participants included a sample of 1,023 fifth-grade children nested within 50 schools. Associations between peer victimization, school climate, and GPA were examined using multilevel modeling, with school climate as a contextual variable. Boys and girls reported no differences in victimization…
Before Itard: Intellectual Disability and the Enlightened Voice of Daniel Defoe
Although positive regard for the needs of people with disabilities was apparently uncommon by many accounts prior to the 20(th) century, this may be a misconception of history. There were likely many people who responded to the needs of their family members and others in need of assistance because of their disablities, and their physical and emotional proximity. This, however, if so, is not easily discernable in historical records. Few and rare v…
Antibullying Programs: A Survey of Evaluation Activities in Public Schools
Who Do We Think We Are? A Survey of Counsellors in Canada
Individual Differences in Metacognitive Responsiveness: Cognitive and Personality Correlates
Individuals differ not only in the ability to make decisions, but also in the degree to which they respond adaptively to uncertainty about those decisions. We examined how optimally 124 participants used an uncertain response on near-threshold trials of a psychophysical task. All participants showed overconfidence, but women tended to be more adaptive than men in responsiveness to uncertainty. Participants who responded to uncertainty most optima…
The Effectiveness of Whole-School Antibullying Programs: A Synthesis of Evaluation Research
Bullying is a serious problem in schools, and school authorities need effective solutions to resolve this problem. There is growing interest in the whole-school approach to bullying. Whole-school programs have multiple components that operate simultaneously at different levels in the school community. This article synthesizes the existing evaluation research on whole-school programs to determine the overall effectiveness of this approach. The maj…
Solutions for Overconfidence: Evaluation of an Instructional Module for Counselor Trainees
Overconfidence in clinical judgment is a common problem among counselors that undermines the validity of the counselors' assessments and, by implication, the quality of client services. The authors evaluated an instructional module designed to reduce overconfidence among counselor trainees who completed an assessment task that exposed them to some of the complexities and pitfalls of clinical judgment. Although all counselor trainees were generall…
The Macpherson Report: A View from Greater Manchester
These comments arising from the Macpherson Report are made in the light of our research on racist violence in Greater Manchester. This study, funded by the ESRC as part of the Violence Research Programme, is still in progress and our findings at this stage are tentative. The focus of the study is mainly on the perpetrators of racist violence, but we have also obtained material on the response of the police and other agencies to racist attacks and…
The Eugenic Assault on America: Scenes in Red, White, and Black
Environmental Systems and Human Impact at Cobrico Crater, South‐western Victoria
This study assesses human impact on the landscape around Cobrico, a volcanic crater lake in dairying country in south‐western Victoria. It compares the last 150 years of impact of European settlement against approximately the previous 1500 years of prehistoric occupation and land use. Focus is on vegetation dynamics, erosion, productivity changes and the fire regime. Since European settlement there has been woodland clearance and recovery, the in…
The response of vegetation to changing fire regimes and human activity in East Gippsland, Victoria, Australia
Three fine-resolution pollen, charcoal and statigraphic records are presented from Tea Tree Swamp, East Gippsland, Victoria. There is evidence for low levels of burning before European contact in Eucalyptus forest with an understorey dominated by shrubs and grasses. The burning activities of leasehold settlers, as well as burning and clearing by miners and timber cutters significantly increased the incidence of fire, reducing the cover of shrubs …
Late holocene human impact on two coastal environments in New South Wales, Australia: A comparison of Aboriginal and European impacts
The Sterilization of Carrie Buck
Inside story of America's first compulsory sterilization. Electrifying disclosures by Carrie herself
Reid and the Contemporary View of Consciousness
Fancher on Gould, Goddard, and historical interpretation: A reply
Contends that R. E. Fancher's (see record 1988-31600-001) evidence concerning intentions behind retouching of photographs of the Kallikaks in H. H. Goddard's (1912) study of mental retardation and heredity fall far short of challenging S. J. Gould's (1981) findings on the same topic. Further, Fancher's citation may misrepresent J. D. Smith's (1985) work on Goddard
Fancher on Gould, Goddard, and historical interpretation: A reply
Cultural differences in cognitive style development
Late holocene human impact on two coastal environments in New South Wales, Australia: A comparison of Aboriginal and European impacts
Cultural differences in cognitive style development
Environmental Systems and Human Impact at Cobrico Crater, South‐western Victoria
This study assesses human impact on the landscape around Cobrico, a volcanic crater lake in dairying country in south‐western Victoria. It compares the last 150 years of impact of European settlement against approximately the previous 1500 years of prehistoric occupation and land use. Focus is on vegetation dynamics, erosion, productivity changes and the fire regime. Since European settlement there has been woodland clearance and recovery, the in…
Individual and Social-Contextual Factors Underlying Adolescents’ Commitment to Victimizing Friendships: A Qualitative Analysis
Previous research indicates that victimized youth are reluctant to address their friends’ victimizing behaviors and are likely to remain in a victimizing friendship despite experiencing significant distress. Research investigating the complex factors underlying this commitment to victimizing friendships is required. To this end, a qualitative research design was used as previously victimized youth asynchronously contributed to an anonymous online…
Showing friendship, fighting back, and getting even: Resisting bullying victimization within adolescent girls’ friendships
Research suggests that about a quarter of bullying incidences occur within friendships. Yet little attention is given to the underlying social processes and wider macro-system forces that shape friendship victimization experiences. Guided by constructivist grounded theory and Wade's work on resistance, this research explored the phenomenon of victimization within adolescent girls’ friendships. Canadian women reflecting on their school-based victi…
The response of vegetation to changing fire regimes and human activity in East Gippsland, Victoria, Australia
Three fine-resolution pollen, charcoal and statigraphic records are presented from Tea Tree Swamp, East Gippsland, Victoria. There is evidence for low levels of burning before European contact in Eucalyptus forest with an understorey dominated by shrubs and grasses. The burning activities of leasehold settlers, as well as burning and clearing by miners and timber cutters significantly increased the incidence of fire, reducing the cover of shrubs …
Fancher on Gould, Goddard, and historical interpretation: A reply
Contends that R. E. Fancher's (see record 1988-31600-001) evidence concerning intentions behind retouching of photographs of the Kallikaks in H. H. Goddard's (1912) study of mental retardation and heredity fall far short of challenging S. J. Gould's (1981) findings on the same topic. Further, Fancher's citation may misrepresent J. D. Smith's (1985) work on Goddard
Fancher on Gould, Goddard, and historical interpretation: A reply
Cultural differences in cognitive style development
Reid and the Contemporary View of Consciousness
The Sterilization of Carrie Buck
Inside story of America's first compulsory sterilization. Electrifying disclosures by Carrie herself
The response of vegetation to changing fire regimes and human activity in East Gippsland, Victoria, Australia
Three fine-resolution pollen, charcoal and statigraphic records are presented from Tea Tree Swamp, East Gippsland, Victoria. There is evidence for low levels of burning before European contact in Eucalyptus forest with an understorey dominated by shrubs and grasses. The burning activities of leasehold settlers, as well as burning and clearing by miners and timber cutters significantly increased the incidence of fire, reducing the cover of shrubs …
Late holocene human impact on two coastal environments in New South Wales, Australia: A comparison of Aboriginal and European impacts
The Eugenic Assault on America: Scenes in Red, White, and Black
Environmental Systems and Human Impact at Cobrico Crater, South‐western Victoria
This study assesses human impact on the landscape around Cobrico, a volcanic crater lake in dairying country in south‐western Victoria. It compares the last 150 years of impact of European settlement against approximately the previous 1500 years of prehistoric occupation and land use. Focus is on vegetation dynamics, erosion, productivity changes and the fire regime. Since European settlement there has been woodland clearance and recovery, the in…
The Macpherson Report: A View from Greater Manchester
These comments arising from the Macpherson Report are made in the light of our research on racist violence in Greater Manchester. This study, funded by the ESRC as part of the Violence Research Programme, is still in progress and our findings at this stage are tentative. The focus of the study is mainly on the perpetrators of racist violence, but we have also obtained material on the response of the police and other agencies to racist attacks and…
The Effectiveness of Whole-School Antibullying Programs: A Synthesis of Evaluation Research
Bullying is a serious problem in schools, and school authorities need effective solutions to resolve this problem. There is growing interest in the whole-school approach to bullying. Whole-school programs have multiple components that operate simultaneously at different levels in the school community. This article synthesizes the existing evaluation research on whole-school programs to determine the overall effectiveness of this approach. The maj…
Solutions for Overconfidence: Evaluation of an Instructional Module for Counselor Trainees
Overconfidence in clinical judgment is a common problem among counselors that undermines the validity of the counselors' assessments and, by implication, the quality of client services. The authors evaluated an instructional module designed to reduce overconfidence among counselor trainees who completed an assessment task that exposed them to some of the complexities and pitfalls of clinical judgment. Although all counselor trainees were generall…
Individual Differences in Metacognitive Responsiveness: Cognitive and Personality Correlates
Individuals differ not only in the ability to make decisions, but also in the degree to which they respond adaptively to uncertainty about those decisions. We examined how optimally 124 participants used an uncertain response on near-threshold trials of a psychophysical task. All participants showed overconfidence, but women tended to be more adaptive than men in responsiveness to uncertainty. Participants who responded to uncertainty most optima…
Antibullying Programs: A Survey of Evaluation Activities in Public Schools
Who Do We Think We Are? A Survey of Counsellors in Canada
School climate, peer victimization, and academic achievement: Results from a multi-informant study.
School-level school climate was examined in relation to self-reported peer victimization and teacher-rated academic achievement (grade point average; GPA). Participants included a sample of 1,023 fifth-grade children nested within 50 schools. Associations between peer victimization, school climate, and GPA were examined using multilevel modeling, with school climate as a contextual variable. Boys and girls reported no differences in victimization…
Before Itard: Intellectual Disability and the Enlightened Voice of Daniel Defoe
Although positive regard for the needs of people with disabilities was apparently uncommon by many accounts prior to the 20(th) century, this may be a misconception of history. There were likely many people who responded to the needs of their family members and others in need of assistance because of their disablities, and their physical and emotional proximity. This, however, if so, is not easily discernable in historical records. Few and rare v…
Showing friendship, fighting back, and getting even: Resisting bullying victimization within adolescent girls’ friendships
Research suggests that about a quarter of bullying incidences occur within friendships. Yet little attention is given to the underlying social processes and wider macro-system forces that shape friendship victimization experiences. Guided by constructivist grounded theory and Wade's work on resistance, this research explored the phenomenon of victimization within adolescent girls’ friendships. Canadian women reflecting on their school-based victi…
Individual and Social-Contextual Factors Underlying Adolescents’ Commitment to Victimizing Friendships: A Qualitative Analysis
Previous research indicates that victimized youth are reluctant to address their friends’ victimizing behaviors and are likely to remain in a victimizing friendship despite experiencing significant distress. Research investigating the complex factors underlying this commitment to victimizing friendships is required. To this end, a qualitative research design was used as previously victimized youth asynchronously contributed to an anonymous online…
Machine-learning as a validated tool to characterize individual differences in free recall of naturalistic events
Teaching with Acceptance and Commitment: Building Teachers’ Social-Emotional Competencies for Teaching Effectiveness
Teachers need to relate to students in caring and committed ways, which can be personally and emotionally challenging. Enhancing teachers’ social-emotional competences (SECs) is a pathway to fostering these kinds of relationships. One possibility is using Teaching with Acceptance and Commitment (TAC), which integrates ideas and practices from mindfulness and behavior change. TAC helps teachers notice their emotional responses in the classroom and…
The Current State of School Attendance Research and Data in Canada
The issue of school absenteeism has received increased attention in previous years due to the widespread absences caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. However, Canadian research is sparse on the topic, and a data-based picture of the extent of the problem does not exist. In this conceptual article, we briefly trace the origins of school absenteeism and outline the current status of prevalence data and research in the area of school absenteeism in Can…
Comparing Implementation and Effectiveness Outcomes for Two Implementation Strategies of the Keep It Up! Digital HIV Prevention Program: A Type 3 Hybrid Effectiveness-Implementation Trial
This study sought to compare implementation and effectiveness outcomes for two delivery strategies of a digital HIV prevention intervention: community-based organization (CBO) versus direct-to-consumer (DTC). A type III hybrid effectiveness-implementation trial compared two implementation strategies of Keep It Up! (KIU! ) for young men who have sex with men (YMSM) (n = 2124). Data were collected at baseline and 12-weeks in 2019-2023. DTC enrolled…
Psychology (17 works) · Social Psychology (8 works) · Medicine (7 works) · Developmental psychology (6 works) · Bullying, Victimization, and Aggression (5 works) · Political science (5 works) · Sociology (5 works) · Cognition (4 works) · Computer Science (4 works) · Linguistics (4 works)