Vicki Leblanc
Biographic Data
| ID | 4368994 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Vicki Leblanc |
| GIVEN NAMES | Vicki |
| FAMILY NAME | Leblanc |
| SIGNATURE | LEBLANC V |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Ottawa |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-5407-6420 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 7 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 33 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 7 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2010 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
The stressed heart: Validity evidence supporting mobile heart rate variability applications to detect psychological stress in healthcare learners
Gender in the Flesh: Allostatic Load as the Embodiment of Stressful, Gendered Work in Canadian Police Communicators
Gender and work are important social determinants of health, yet studies of health inequities related to the gendered and emotional intricacies of work are rare. Occupations high in emotional labour - a known job stressor - are associated with ill-health and typically dominated by women. Little is known about the mechanisms linking health with these emotional components of work. Using physiological and questionnaire data from Canadian police comm…
Wrestling With the Invincibility Myth: Exploring Physicians’ Resistance to Wellness and Resilience-Building Interventions
PURPOSE: Physicians are expected to provide compassionate, error-free care while navigating systemic challenges and organizational demands. Many are burning out. While organizations are scrambling to address the burnout crisis, physicians often resist interventions aimed at enhancing their wellness and building their resilience. The purpose of this research was to empirically study this phenomenon. METHOD: Constructivist grounded theory was used …
Cognitive and Affective Elements of Practice Confidence in Social Work Students and Practitioners
Confidence has been identified as both a positive outcome of social work education and as a factor which in excess (defined as overconfidence) can lead to diagnostic error. This study sought to better understand the nature of professional confidence and investigate factors that might be associated with confidence in performance in a clinical interview among social work students and experienced social work practitioners. In this study, thirty-seve…
Suicide risk assessments: Examining influences on clinicians’ professional judgment
Professional judgment in complex clinical situations such as the assessment of suicide risk encompasses a multifaceted cognitive understanding of the substantive issues, technical expertise, and emotional awareness. This experimental design study investigated the degree to which the previous work-related experiences of clinicians and their preexisting emotional state influence professional judgment regarding acute risk in patients presenting with…
Predictors of physiological stress and psychological distress in police communicators
This study sought to better understand experiences of psychological distress and physiological stress in police communicators. One-hundred and thirteen police communicators from both rural and urban areas completed questionnaires that addressed psychological distress (acute anxiety, depression, and post-traumatic stress), coping strategies, social supports, and locus of control. Communicators reported high levels of post-traumatic stress disorder…
Confidence and Professional Judgment in Assessing Children’s Risk of Abuse
Objective: Child welfare agencies have moved toward standardized risk assessment measures to improve the reliability with which child’s risk of abuse is predicted. Nevertheless, these tools require a degree of subjective judgment. Research to date has not substantially investigated the influence of specific context and worker characteristics on professional judgment in the use of risk assessment measures. Method: This research utilized standardiz…
Confidence and Professional Judgment in Assessing Children’s Risk of Abuse
Objective: Child welfare agencies have moved toward standardized risk assessment measures to improve the reliability with which child’s risk of abuse is predicted. Nevertheless, these tools require a degree of subjective judgment. Research to date has not substantially investigated the influence of specific context and worker characteristics on professional judgment in the use of risk assessment measures. Method: This research utilized standardiz…
Cognitive and Affective Elements of Practice Confidence in Social Work Students and Practitioners
Confidence has been identified as both a positive outcome of social work education and as a factor which in excess (defined as overconfidence) can lead to diagnostic error. This study sought to better understand the nature of professional confidence and investigate factors that might be associated with confidence in performance in a clinical interview among social work students and experienced social work practitioners. In this study, thirty-seve…
Gender in the Flesh: Allostatic Load as the Embodiment of Stressful, Gendered Work in Canadian Police Communicators
Gender and work are important social determinants of health, yet studies of health inequities related to the gendered and emotional intricacies of work are rare. Occupations high in emotional labour - a known job stressor - are associated with ill-health and typically dominated by women. Little is known about the mechanisms linking health with these emotional components of work. Using physiological and questionnaire data from Canadian police comm…
Confidence and Professional Judgment in Assessing Children’s Risk of Abuse
Objective: Child welfare agencies have moved toward standardized risk assessment measures to improve the reliability with which child’s risk of abuse is predicted. Nevertheless, these tools require a degree of subjective judgment. Research to date has not substantially investigated the influence of specific context and worker characteristics on professional judgment in the use of risk assessment measures. Method: This research utilized standardiz…
Predictors of physiological stress and psychological distress in police communicators
This study sought to better understand experiences of psychological distress and physiological stress in police communicators. One-hundred and thirteen police communicators from both rural and urban areas completed questionnaires that addressed psychological distress (acute anxiety, depression, and post-traumatic stress), coping strategies, social supports, and locus of control. Communicators reported high levels of post-traumatic stress disorder…
Suicide risk assessments: Examining influences on clinicians’ professional judgment
Professional judgment in complex clinical situations such as the assessment of suicide risk encompasses a multifaceted cognitive understanding of the substantive issues, technical expertise, and emotional awareness. This experimental design study investigated the degree to which the previous work-related experiences of clinicians and their preexisting emotional state influence professional judgment regarding acute risk in patients presenting with…
Cognitive and Affective Elements of Practice Confidence in Social Work Students and Practitioners
Confidence has been identified as both a positive outcome of social work education and as a factor which in excess (defined as overconfidence) can lead to diagnostic error. This study sought to better understand the nature of professional confidence and investigate factors that might be associated with confidence in performance in a clinical interview among social work students and experienced social work practitioners. In this study, thirty-seve…
Wrestling With the Invincibility Myth: Exploring Physicians’ Resistance to Wellness and Resilience-Building Interventions
PURPOSE: Physicians are expected to provide compassionate, error-free care while navigating systemic challenges and organizational demands. Many are burning out. While organizations are scrambling to address the burnout crisis, physicians often resist interventions aimed at enhancing their wellness and building their resilience. The purpose of this research was to empirically study this phenomenon. METHOD: Constructivist grounded theory was used …
Gender in the Flesh: Allostatic Load as the Embodiment of Stressful, Gendered Work in Canadian Police Communicators
Gender and work are important social determinants of health, yet studies of health inequities related to the gendered and emotional intricacies of work are rare. Occupations high in emotional labour - a known job stressor - are associated with ill-health and typically dominated by women. Little is known about the mechanisms linking health with these emotional components of work. Using physiological and questionnaire data from Canadian police comm…
The stressed heart: Validity evidence supporting mobile heart rate variability applications to detect psychological stress in healthcare learners
Psychology (7 works) · Clinical Psychology (6 works) · Medicine (4 works) · Applied Psychology (3 works) · Psychiatry (3 works) · Resilience and Mental Health (3 works) · Social Psychology (3 works) · Child Abuse and Trauma (2 works) · Clinical Psychology (2 works) · Cognition (2 works)