Renée Mcdonald
Biographic Data
| ID | 4457486 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Renée Mcdonald |
| GIVEN NAMES | Renée |
| FAMILY NAME | Mcdonald |
| SIGNATURE | MCDONALD R |
| AFFILIATIONS | Southern Methodist University |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-8838-3031 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 16 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 17 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 16 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2000 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Caregiver emotional support, optimism, and trauma symptoms among adolescents waiting for treatment after disclosing sexual abuse
Understanding adolescent optimism among adolescents who have been sexually abused may have predictive value and implications for interventions for youth who are reporting trauma symptoms after experiencing sexual abuse. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2026 APA, all rights reserved)
Adolescent and caregiver reports of traumatic events experienced by adolescents who have been sexually abused: Relations with adolescent mental health
These findings highlight the potential value of obtaining both adolescent and caregiver reports of an adolescent's exposure to TEs. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2026 APA, all rights reserved)
A Randomized Controlled Pilot Study of the Project Support Positive Parenting Module
Purpose: Parental support is theorized to promote healthy child development and is a frequent target of brief parenting programs. However, evaluations of these brief programs often rely on parents’ self-reports. This randomized controlled trial uses mothers’ self-reports and observational methods to evaluate the Project Support Positive Parenting module—a brief parenting program designed to enhance parental support. Method: After completing a pre…
Randomized Controlled Pilot Trial: Project Support Positive Parenting Module Following Sexual Abuse
Purpose: Support from a nonoffending caregiver can play a critical role in helping children recover from sexual abuse. However, many caregivers lack the skills to effectively support their child during the aftermath of a sexual abuse disclosure. This randomized controlled pilot trial examined a brief parenting intervention (Project Support Positive Parenting module) delivered by paraprofessionals to families waiting for intensive, trauma-focused …
Bystander programs addressing sexual violence on college campuses: A systematic review and meta-analysis of program outcomes and delivery methods
Children's exposure to intimate partner violence: A meta-analysis of longitudinal associations with child adjustment problems
Evaluating an Online Program to Help Children Exposed to Domestic Violence: Results of Two Randomized Controlled Trials
Using Virtual Reality to Explore Self-Regulation in High-Risk Settings
Virtual reality (VR) models allow investigators to explore high-risk situations carefully in the laboratory using physiological assessment strategies and controlled conditions not available in field settings. This article introduces the use of a virtual experience to examine the influence of self-regulatory skills training on female participants’ reactions to a high-risk encounter with an aggressive male. Sixty-three female participants were recr…
Interparental conflict, community violence, and child problems: Making sense of counterintuitive findings
This research examines children's exposure to community violence as a potential moderator of the link between destructive interparental conflict (IPC) and child adjustment problems. In addition, this research extends the literature by evaluating children's threat appraisals of IPC as a process that might help explain moderator effects. Participants were 539 mothers and their 7-10-year-old children. Children reported on their exposure to community…
Phonological processing and emergent literacy in younger and older preschool children
Estimating the number of American children living in partner-violent families.
The number of American children living in partner-violent households was estimated from a nationally representative sample of 1,615 dual-parent households. Approximately 15.5 million American children were estimated to live in families in which partner violence had occurred at least once in the previous year, with 7 million estimated to live in families in which severe partner violence had occurred. The prevalence of partner violence was higher a…
Phonological processing and emergent literacy in Spanish-speaking preschool children
Adolescent Girls' Alcohol Use as a Risk Factor for Relationship Violence
This research examined the relation between female adolescents' general alcohol use and their experience of relationship violence. This relation was examined both cross‐sectionally and longitudinally, controlling for the proximal (i.e., situational) effects of alcohol use. One hundred and six female high school students reported on their experiences of physical violence and sexual coercion by boyfriends, general patterns of alcohol use, victimiza…
Conduct Problems Among Children at Battered Women's Shelters: Prevalence and Stability of Maternal Reports
Patterns of adjustment among children of battered women.
Interparental Conflict and Child Adjustment: Testing the Mediational Role of Appraisals in the Cognitive-Contextual Framework
Children's appraisals of interparental conflict consistently have been associated with adjustment problems, but the processes that give rise to this association are not well understood. This paper proposes that appraisals of threat and self-blame mediate the association between children's reports of interparental conflict and internalizing problems, and tests this mediational hypothesis in two samples of children, one drawn from the community (31…
Adolescent Girls' Alcohol Use as a Risk Factor for Relationship Violence
This research examined the relation between female adolescents' general alcohol use and their experience of relationship violence. This relation was examined both cross‐sectionally and longitudinally, controlling for the proximal (i.e., situational) effects of alcohol use. One hundred and six female high school students reported on their experiences of physical violence and sexual coercion by boyfriends, general patterns of alcohol use, victimiza…
Conduct Problems Among Children at Battered Women's Shelters: Prevalence and Stability of Maternal Reports
Evaluating an Online Program to Help Children Exposed to Domestic Violence: Results of Two Randomized Controlled Trials
Patterns of adjustment among children of battered women.
Interparental Conflict and Child Adjustment: Testing the Mediational Role of Appraisals in the Cognitive-Contextual Framework
Children's appraisals of interparental conflict consistently have been associated with adjustment problems, but the processes that give rise to this association are not well understood. This paper proposes that appraisals of threat and self-blame mediate the association between children's reports of interparental conflict and internalizing problems, and tests this mediational hypothesis in two samples of children, one drawn from the community (31…
Conduct Problems Among Children at Battered Women's Shelters: Prevalence and Stability of Maternal Reports
Adolescent Girls' Alcohol Use as a Risk Factor for Relationship Violence
This research examined the relation between female adolescents' general alcohol use and their experience of relationship violence. This relation was examined both cross‐sectionally and longitudinally, controlling for the proximal (i.e., situational) effects of alcohol use. One hundred and six female high school students reported on their experiences of physical violence and sexual coercion by boyfriends, general patterns of alcohol use, victimiza…
Estimating the number of American children living in partner-violent families.
The number of American children living in partner-violent households was estimated from a nationally representative sample of 1,615 dual-parent households. Approximately 15.5 million American children were estimated to live in families in which partner violence had occurred at least once in the previous year, with 7 million estimated to live in families in which severe partner violence had occurred. The prevalence of partner violence was higher a…
Phonological processing and emergent literacy in Spanish-speaking preschool children
Phonological processing and emergent literacy in younger and older preschool children
Using Virtual Reality to Explore Self-Regulation in High-Risk Settings
Virtual reality (VR) models allow investigators to explore high-risk situations carefully in the laboratory using physiological assessment strategies and controlled conditions not available in field settings. This article introduces the use of a virtual experience to examine the influence of self-regulatory skills training on female participants’ reactions to a high-risk encounter with an aggressive male. Sixty-three female participants were recr…
Interparental conflict, community violence, and child problems: Making sense of counterintuitive findings
This research examines children's exposure to community violence as a potential moderator of the link between destructive interparental conflict (IPC) and child adjustment problems. In addition, this research extends the literature by evaluating children's threat appraisals of IPC as a process that might help explain moderator effects. Participants were 539 mothers and their 7-10-year-old children. Children reported on their exposure to community…
Children's exposure to intimate partner violence: A meta-analysis of longitudinal associations with child adjustment problems
Evaluating an Online Program to Help Children Exposed to Domestic Violence: Results of Two Randomized Controlled Trials
Bystander programs addressing sexual violence on college campuses: A systematic review and meta-analysis of program outcomes and delivery methods
A Randomized Controlled Pilot Study of the Project Support Positive Parenting Module
Purpose: Parental support is theorized to promote healthy child development and is a frequent target of brief parenting programs. However, evaluations of these brief programs often rely on parents’ self-reports. This randomized controlled trial uses mothers’ self-reports and observational methods to evaluate the Project Support Positive Parenting module—a brief parenting program designed to enhance parental support. Method: After completing a pre…
Randomized Controlled Pilot Trial: Project Support Positive Parenting Module Following Sexual Abuse
Purpose: Support from a nonoffending caregiver can play a critical role in helping children recover from sexual abuse. However, many caregivers lack the skills to effectively support their child during the aftermath of a sexual abuse disclosure. This randomized controlled pilot trial examined a brief parenting intervention (Project Support Positive Parenting module) delivered by paraprofessionals to families waiting for intensive, trauma-focused …
Caregiver emotional support, optimism, and trauma symptoms among adolescents waiting for treatment after disclosing sexual abuse
Understanding adolescent optimism among adolescents who have been sexually abused may have predictive value and implications for interventions for youth who are reporting trauma symptoms after experiencing sexual abuse. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2026 APA, all rights reserved)
Adolescent and caregiver reports of traumatic events experienced by adolescents who have been sexually abused: Relations with adolescent mental health
These findings highlight the potential value of obtaining both adolescent and caregiver reports of an adolescent's exposure to TEs. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2026 APA, all rights reserved)
Psychology (12 works) · Developmental psychology (8 works) · Medicine (8 works) · Poison control (8 works) · Clinical Psychology (7 works) · Injury prevention (7 works) · Intimate Partner and Family Violence (7 works) · Human Factors and Ergonomics (6 works) · Child Abuse and Trauma (5 works) · Clinical Psychology (5 works)