Rachel M MacNair

Biographic Data

ID6209990
NAMERachel M MacNair
GIVEN NAMESRachel M
FAMILY NAMEMacNair
SIGNATUREMACNAIR R M
AFFILIATIONSPeace Corps
ORCID0000-0003-2477-1988
VERIFIEDYes
TOTAL WORKS10
TOTAL CITATIONS16
AUTHOR COUNT10
EDITOR COUNT0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR2001
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2023
H-INDEX2

  • How Should Clinicians Respond to Patients Experiencing Ongoing Present Traumatic Stress of Industrial Meat Production

    Open AccessRachel M MacNairARTICLEThe AMA Journal of Ethic2023

    Slaughterhouse work is traumatizing. Workers experience posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) symptoms, especially as dreams of perpetrating violence and as emotional numbing and detachment. Workers' increased likelihood of committing violence is demonstrated both anecdotally and quantitatively. This commentary on a case considers how clinicians should respond to workers' PTSD symptoms. Clinical interventions for trauma typically assume that the t…

  • Religions and Nonviolence

    Rachel M MacNairBOOKReligions and Nonviolence2015

    Covering the nonviolence traditions in all the major religions as well as the contributions of religious traditions to major nonviolent practices, this book addresses theories of nonviolence, considers each religion individually, and highlights what discrete religious perspectives have in common. Covering all the major—and some of the larger minor—religions of the world, Religions and Nonviolence: The Rise of Effective Advocacy for Peace examines…

  • Causing trauma as a form of trauma

    Rachel M MacNairARTICLEPeace and Conflict Journal of…2015Cited by: 2References: 1

  • Peace Psychology

    Open AccessRachel M MacNairARTICLEPolitical Psychology2008References: 2

    Political PsychologyVolume 29, Issue 5 p. 798-801 Peace Psychology: A Comprehensive Introduction – By Herbert H. Blumberg, A. Paul Hare and Anna Costin Rachel M. MacNair, Rachel M. MacNair Institute for Integrated Social AnalysisSearch for more papers by this author Rachel M. MacNair, Rachel M. MacNair Institute for Integrated Social AnalysisSearch for more papers by this author First published: 03 September 2008 https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-92…

  • The Psychology of Peace

    Rachel M MacNairBOOKThe Psychology of Peace2003

    For individual health, healing professionals study first the causes and effects of diseases, then how to treat them. A similar quest for recovery—but a recovery of societal health—is the focal point forThe Psychology of Peace. Accordingly, the first theme of the book is the causes and effects of violence. Next is the study of treatment, which in this case means causes and effects of behavior designed to counter violence. Further study of treatmen…

  • Perpetration-Induced Traumatic Stress

    Rachel M MacNairBOOKPerpetration-Induced Traumatic…2002

    This volume introduces the concept of Perpetration-Induced Traumatic Stress (PITS), a form of PTSD symptoms caused not by traditionally expected roles, such as being a victim or rescuer in trauma, but by being an active participant in causing trauma. Sufferers of PITS may be in the roles of soldiers, executioners, or police officers, where it is socially acceptable or even expected for them to cause trauma, including death. Scattered evidence of …

  • Perpetration-induced traumatic stress in combat veterans

    Rachel M MacNairARTICLEPeace and Conflict Journal of…2002Cited by: 8

    The hypothesis that posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) associated with killing is more severe than that associated with other traumas causing PTSD was tested on U.S. government data from Vietnam war veterans. This large stratified random sample, the National Vietnam Veterans Readjustment Study (NVVRS), allows for generalizable findings. Results showed that PTSD scores were higher for those who said they killed compared to those who did not. Sco…

  • The Effects of Violence on Perpetrators

    Open AccessRachel M MacNairARTICLEPeace Review2002Cited by: 1

  • Psychological reverberations for the killers

    Rachel M MacNair, Rachel MacNairARTICLEJournal of Genocide Research2001Cited by: 1References: 1

  • "McDonald's "Empirical Look at Becoming Vegan

    Rachel M MacNair, Rachel MacNairARTICLESociety and Animals2001Cited by: 4References: 1

    McDonald (2000) offers insights from in-depth interviews with twelve long-term vegans. I have done similar qualitative work with two focus groups, and I have done a quantitative survey with 385 respondents recruited through vegetarian channels (MacNair, 1998). Several points McDonald made can be confirmed or expanded upon from these studies, and there are other important considerations in the investigation of becoming vegetarian or vegan. As McDo…