Jennifer C D Macgregor
Biographic Data
| ID | 3827306 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Jennifer C D Macgregor |
| GIVEN NAMES | Jennifer C D |
| FAMILY NAME | Macgregor |
| SIGNATURE | MACGREGOR J C D |
| AFFILIATIONS | Western University |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-5908-9108 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 21 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 22 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 21 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2009 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Knowledge Mobilization Strategies for Intimate Partner Violence Research in Canada
Knowledge mobilization (KMb) involves sharing research evidence with knowledge users to effect change. Intimate partner violence (IPV) has been deemed a public health crisis, or epidemic, and although IPV researchers generate significant knowledge, the extent and methods by which they mobilize it beyond academic settings are less known.This study examines the KMb efforts of Canadian IPV researchers, examining the formats, strategies, and mechanis…
A Scoping Review of Intimate Partner Violence Research in Canada
Intimate partner violence (IPV) is at epidemic levels across low-, middle-, and high-income countries, including Canada, where recent lifetime prevalence indicated that over 40% of women had IPV experiences. In response to this, Canada’s federal government has made investments toward IPV prevention and response. We conducted a scoping review of English and French literature identified through searches of multiple databases and specific journals t…
Gender and Sexual Orientation in Canadian Intimate Partner Violence Research
Measuring Trauma- (and Violence-) Informed Care
Trauma- (and violence-) informed care (T(V)IC) has emerged as an important practice approach across a spectrum of care settings; however how to measure its implementation and impact has not been well-examined. The purpose of this scoping review is to describe the nature and extent of available measures of T(V)IC, including the cross-cutting concepts of vicarious trauma and implicit bias. Using multiple search strategies, including searches conduc…
Impressions of self-esteem influence impressions of close others and predictions for hypothetical events
Individuals with low self-esteem (LSE) may be devalued, whereas individuals with high self-esteem (HSE) are typically praised in Western society. People readily infer traits based on impressions of self-esteem. Across two studies, we address whether impressions of a hypothetical target person’s self-esteem influence judgments beyond the target’s personality. Results revealed that the target’s self-esteem influenced impressions of personality not …
Navigating multiple pandemics
COVID-19 illustrated what governments can do to mobilise against a global threat. Despite the strong governmental response to COVID-19 in Canada, another ‘pandemic’, gender-based violence (GBV), has been causing grave harm with generally insufficient policy responses. Using interpretive description methodology, 26 interviews were conducted with shelter staff and 5 focus groups with 24 executive directors (EDs) from GBV service organizations in On…
“There's no amount of tea in the world that is going to fix the patriarchy right now”
The COVID-19 pandemic re-entrenched the gendered, de-valued roles that women occupy in society. • Staying in shelter during the pandemic hindered autonomy and decision-making for mothers. • Staff and leaders working at GBV agencies experienced increased caregiving demands and stress. • Self-care narratives during the pandemic trivialized the experiences of women working in the GBV sector. • There was an absence of a gendered lens for systems and …
Women’s Experiences of the Intersections of Work and Intimate Partner Violence
The impacts of intimate partner violence (IPV) on work, workplaces, and employment are receiving increasing attention from researchers, employers, and policy makers, but research synthesis is needed to develop evidence-based strategies to address the problem. The purpose of this review of qualitative research is to explore abused women’s experiences of the intersections of work and IPV, including the range of benefits and drawbacks of work. Multi…
We’re so limited with what we actually can do if we follow all the rules”
In the absence of consistent pandemic guidance and how to implement it, many VAW services devised tailored solutions to balance safety from COVID-19 with women's physical and emotional safety from abuse and its impacts. However, this was difficult and exhausting. A key policy implication is that women's shelters are a distinct form of congregate housing; they are very different in terms of services provided, size, type and age of facilities from …
The Impact of the Covid-19 Pandemic on Staff in Violence Against Women Services
The COVID-19 pandemic has been harmful to survivors of abuse. Less understood is the impact on staff in the violence against women (VAW) service sector. Using interpretive description methodology, we examined staff experiences during the pandemic in Ontario, Canada, and found four core themes: (1) the emotional toll of the work; (2) remote (doesn't) work; (3) work restructuring; (4) efforts to stay well and subthemes nuancing staff experiences in…
Experiences of Women Accessing Violence Against Women Outreach Services in Canada During the Covid-19 Pandemic
Intimate Partner Violence and Work
Increasingly, intimate partner violence (IPV) is recognized as having important impacts on work. The purpose of this scoping review is to describe the nature and extent of research on IPV and workers, the workplace, and/or employment. Using multiple search strategies, including searches conducted by a professional librarian from database inception to May 2018, 2,306 unique articles were retrieved and independently screened for eligibility by two …
Mandated reporters’ experiences with reporting child maltreatment
OBJECTIVE: To systematically search for research about the effectiveness of mandatory reporting of child maltreatment and to synthesise qualitative research that explores mandated reporters' (MRs) experiences with reporting. DESIGN: As no studies assessing the effectiveness of mandatory reporting were retrieved from our systematic search, we conducted a meta-synthesis of retrieved qualitative research. Searches in Medline (Ovid), Embase, PsycINFO…
Blaming the Flowers for Wilting
Amid growing concern about the graying population, an emerging theme in public health discourse is that of "successful aging." In this article, we use a governmentality lens to analyze a Canadian health promotion video, titled "Make Health Last: What Will Your Last 10 Years Look Like?" and viewers' responses to its message. The video presents starkly different scenarios of the last decade of life, conveying a neo-liberal rationality in which heal…
My health is not a job’
Our findings suggest that generally healthy people have internalised the notion of the 'new public health' and accepted the imperative of personal health responsibility. On the one hand, this bodes well for healthy individuals; their positive attitude may lead to better health outcomes, and the manageable amount of time spent suggests personal health management is unlikely to cause negative health consequences associated with stress. On the other…
Perceiving low self‐esteem in close others impedes capitalization and undermines the relationship
Disclosing positive experiences to others (i.e., “capitalization”) is associated with personal and interpersonal benefits (Gable & Reis, 2010). Unfortunately, people who perceive low self‐esteem ( LSE ) in close others are reluctant to capitalize, holding back from those they expect will be unsupportive (MacGregor & Holmes, 2011). In Study 1, we extend previous findings by demonstrating the importance of the type of experience disclosed; particip…
Linking Research to Action for Youth Violence Prevention
Priorities for research in child maltreatment, intimate partner violence and resilience to violence exposures
These evidence-based research priorities, developed by an international team of violence, gender and mental health researchers and knowledge-user partners, are of relevance for prevention and resilience-oriented research in the areas of IPV and CM
Rain on My Parade
Ample evidence suggests that the behavior of people with low self-esteem (LSEs) can lead to problems in close relationships. To the authors' knowledge, however, no research has investigated the role that perceptions of close others' self-esteem play in undermining beneficial relational processes. In this article, the authors propose that capitalization, a process associated with greater relationship quality, might be hindered by the friends, part…
Breaking the rules
Previous research demonstrates a gender difference in the strategies that people use to initiate heterosexual romantic relationships, with men typically playing a more active role than women (Clark, Shaver, & Abrahams, 1999). The current research tests whether bolstering women's personal control can eliminate this prevalent gender difference. Across three studies, one correlational and two experimental, results revealed that when women's sense of…
Becoming irreplaceable
Becoming irreplaceable
Breaking the rules
Previous research demonstrates a gender difference in the strategies that people use to initiate heterosexual romantic relationships, with men typically playing a more active role than women (Clark, Shaver, & Abrahams, 1999). The current research tests whether bolstering women's personal control can eliminate this prevalent gender difference. Across three studies, one correlational and two experimental, results revealed that when women's sense of…
Navigating multiple pandemics
COVID-19 illustrated what governments can do to mobilise against a global threat. Despite the strong governmental response to COVID-19 in Canada, another ‘pandemic’, gender-based violence (GBV), has been causing grave harm with generally insufficient policy responses. Using interpretive description methodology, 26 interviews were conducted with shelter staff and 5 focus groups with 24 executive directors (EDs) from GBV service organizations in On…
Blaming the Flowers for Wilting
Amid growing concern about the graying population, an emerging theme in public health discourse is that of "successful aging." In this article, we use a governmentality lens to analyze a Canadian health promotion video, titled "Make Health Last: What Will Your Last 10 Years Look Like?" and viewers' responses to its message. The video presents starkly different scenarios of the last decade of life, conveying a neo-liberal rationality in which heal…
The Impact of the Covid-19 Pandemic on Staff in Violence Against Women Services
The COVID-19 pandemic has been harmful to survivors of abuse. Less understood is the impact on staff in the violence against women (VAW) service sector. Using interpretive description methodology, we examined staff experiences during the pandemic in Ontario, Canada, and found four core themes: (1) the emotional toll of the work; (2) remote (doesn't) work; (3) work restructuring; (4) efforts to stay well and subthemes nuancing staff experiences in…
Experiences of Women Accessing Violence Against Women Outreach Services in Canada During the Covid-19 Pandemic
Linking Research to Action for Youth Violence Prevention
Becoming irreplaceable
Rain on My Parade
Ample evidence suggests that the behavior of people with low self-esteem (LSEs) can lead to problems in close relationships. To the authors' knowledge, however, no research has investigated the role that perceptions of close others' self-esteem play in undermining beneficial relational processes. In this article, the authors propose that capitalization, a process associated with greater relationship quality, might be hindered by the friends, part…
Breaking the rules
Previous research demonstrates a gender difference in the strategies that people use to initiate heterosexual romantic relationships, with men typically playing a more active role than women (Clark, Shaver, & Abrahams, 1999). The current research tests whether bolstering women's personal control can eliminate this prevalent gender difference. Across three studies, one correlational and two experimental, results revealed that when women's sense of…
Priorities for research in child maltreatment, intimate partner violence and resilience to violence exposures
These evidence-based research priorities, developed by an international team of violence, gender and mental health researchers and knowledge-user partners, are of relevance for prevention and resilience-oriented research in the areas of IPV and CM
Perceiving low self‐esteem in close others impedes capitalization and undermines the relationship
Disclosing positive experiences to others (i.e., “capitalization”) is associated with personal and interpersonal benefits (Gable & Reis, 2010). Unfortunately, people who perceive low self‐esteem ( LSE ) in close others are reluctant to capitalize, holding back from those they expect will be unsupportive (MacGregor & Holmes, 2011). In Study 1, we extend previous findings by demonstrating the importance of the type of experience disclosed; particip…
Linking Research to Action for Youth Violence Prevention
My health is not a job’
Our findings suggest that generally healthy people have internalised the notion of the 'new public health' and accepted the imperative of personal health responsibility. On the one hand, this bodes well for healthy individuals; their positive attitude may lead to better health outcomes, and the manageable amount of time spent suggests personal health management is unlikely to cause negative health consequences associated with stress. On the other…
Blaming the Flowers for Wilting
Amid growing concern about the graying population, an emerging theme in public health discourse is that of "successful aging." In this article, we use a governmentality lens to analyze a Canadian health promotion video, titled "Make Health Last: What Will Your Last 10 Years Look Like?" and viewers' responses to its message. The video presents starkly different scenarios of the last decade of life, conveying a neo-liberal rationality in which heal…
Mandated reporters’ experiences with reporting child maltreatment
OBJECTIVE: To systematically search for research about the effectiveness of mandatory reporting of child maltreatment and to synthesise qualitative research that explores mandated reporters' (MRs) experiences with reporting. DESIGN: As no studies assessing the effectiveness of mandatory reporting were retrieved from our systematic search, we conducted a meta-synthesis of retrieved qualitative research. Searches in Medline (Ovid), Embase, PsycINFO…
Intimate Partner Violence and Work
Increasingly, intimate partner violence (IPV) is recognized as having important impacts on work. The purpose of this scoping review is to describe the nature and extent of research on IPV and workers, the workplace, and/or employment. Using multiple search strategies, including searches conducted by a professional librarian from database inception to May 2018, 2,306 unique articles were retrieved and independently screened for eligibility by two …
“There's no amount of tea in the world that is going to fix the patriarchy right now”
The COVID-19 pandemic re-entrenched the gendered, de-valued roles that women occupy in society. • Staying in shelter during the pandemic hindered autonomy and decision-making for mothers. • Staff and leaders working at GBV agencies experienced increased caregiving demands and stress. • Self-care narratives during the pandemic trivialized the experiences of women working in the GBV sector. • There was an absence of a gendered lens for systems and …
Women’s Experiences of the Intersections of Work and Intimate Partner Violence
The impacts of intimate partner violence (IPV) on work, workplaces, and employment are receiving increasing attention from researchers, employers, and policy makers, but research synthesis is needed to develop evidence-based strategies to address the problem. The purpose of this review of qualitative research is to explore abused women’s experiences of the intersections of work and IPV, including the range of benefits and drawbacks of work. Multi…
We’re so limited with what we actually can do if we follow all the rules”
In the absence of consistent pandemic guidance and how to implement it, many VAW services devised tailored solutions to balance safety from COVID-19 with women's physical and emotional safety from abuse and its impacts. However, this was difficult and exhausting. A key policy implication is that women's shelters are a distinct form of congregate housing; they are very different in terms of services provided, size, type and age of facilities from …
The Impact of the Covid-19 Pandemic on Staff in Violence Against Women Services
The COVID-19 pandemic has been harmful to survivors of abuse. Less understood is the impact on staff in the violence against women (VAW) service sector. Using interpretive description methodology, we examined staff experiences during the pandemic in Ontario, Canada, and found four core themes: (1) the emotional toll of the work; (2) remote (doesn't) work; (3) work restructuring; (4) efforts to stay well and subthemes nuancing staff experiences in…
Experiences of Women Accessing Violence Against Women Outreach Services in Canada During the Covid-19 Pandemic
Measuring Trauma- (and Violence-) Informed Care
Trauma- (and violence-) informed care (T(V)IC) has emerged as an important practice approach across a spectrum of care settings; however how to measure its implementation and impact has not been well-examined. The purpose of this scoping review is to describe the nature and extent of available measures of T(V)IC, including the cross-cutting concepts of vicarious trauma and implicit bias. Using multiple search strategies, including searches conduc…
Impressions of self-esteem influence impressions of close others and predictions for hypothetical events
Individuals with low self-esteem (LSE) may be devalued, whereas individuals with high self-esteem (HSE) are typically praised in Western society. People readily infer traits based on impressions of self-esteem. Across two studies, we address whether impressions of a hypothetical target person’s self-esteem influence judgments beyond the target’s personality. Results revealed that the target’s self-esteem influenced impressions of personality not …
Navigating multiple pandemics
COVID-19 illustrated what governments can do to mobilise against a global threat. Despite the strong governmental response to COVID-19 in Canada, another ‘pandemic’, gender-based violence (GBV), has been causing grave harm with generally insufficient policy responses. Using interpretive description methodology, 26 interviews were conducted with shelter staff and 5 focus groups with 24 executive directors (EDs) from GBV service organizations in On…
A Scoping Review of Intimate Partner Violence Research in Canada
Intimate partner violence (IPV) is at epidemic levels across low-, middle-, and high-income countries, including Canada, where recent lifetime prevalence indicated that over 40% of women had IPV experiences. In response to this, Canada’s federal government has made investments toward IPV prevention and response. We conducted a scoping review of English and French literature identified through searches of multiple databases and specific journals t…
Gender and Sexual Orientation in Canadian Intimate Partner Violence Research
Knowledge Mobilization Strategies for Intimate Partner Violence Research in Canada
Knowledge mobilization (KMb) involves sharing research evidence with knowledge users to effect change. Intimate partner violence (IPV) has been deemed a public health crisis, or epidemic, and although IPV researchers generate significant knowledge, the extent and methods by which they mobilize it beyond academic settings are less known.This study examines the KMb efforts of Canadian IPV researchers, examining the formats, strategies, and mechanis…
Psychology (15 works) · Medicine (13 works) · Intimate Partner and Family Violence (11 works) · Social Psychology (11 works) · Nursing (9 works) · Political science (9 works) · Environmental health (8 works) · Poison control (8 works) · Suicide prevention (8 works) · Domestic violence (7 works)