Karen McCarthy
Biographic Data
| ID | 6335113 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Karen McCarthy |
| GIVEN NAMES | Karen |
| FAMILY NAME | McCarthy |
| SIGNATURE | MCCARTHY K |
| AFFILIATIONS | Dominican University of California |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-5965-8013 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 11 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 81 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 11 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1974 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
A "landlocked Crusoe, bearded and wild of eye"
This article uses the repeated references made in John Banville's 2000 novel Eclipse to Daniel Defoe's Robinson Crusoe as a foundation for an intertextual reading of the two texts. Both the protagonists make elaborate attempts at self-imposed isolation. Through close reading and comparative analysis, the paper argues that while both Alex Cleave and Robinson Crusoe seek to establish autonomous subjectivity through separation from others (particula…
Using WhatsApp to Teach Close Reading
This article explores the use of the instant messaging app, WhatsApp, to teach close reading, critical thinking, and argumentation skills. Academic and argumentative essays continue to be the dominant form of both formative and summative assessments, particularly in literary studies. However, many students who enter university in South Africa struggle with academic writing, particularly in the form of academic essays, to make arguments about lite…
Occupational transitions of leaving a cult
While the formation of cults worldwide has steadily decreased since the 1970s, there are still a significant number of former members who have been impacted by their involvement and face unique challenges transitioning out of these organizations. While research within the field of psychology is robust, little is known about the occupational transition of individuals who leave cults. This study utilized a qualitative interpretive description metho…
Exploring the meaningful qualities of transactions in virtual environments for massively multiplayer online role-playing gamers
To date, most research on massively multiplayer online role-playing games (MMORPGs) has focused on the effects playing MMORPGs have on players’ health and wellness. The virtual environment of MMORPGs has yet to be explored as a space where meaningful occupations occur. This qualitative descriptive study examined the virtual environment using a transactional perspective to describe the qualities of gaming to which MMORPG players ascribe meaning. P…
Batok
Batok (also known as Fatek/Burik/Tatak/Batek/Patik) is an Indigenous Filipino tattooing practice where the practitioner marks the skin by hand-tapping the ink using bone/wood implements. Previous research on tattooing from an occupational science perspective has considered European tattooing and its engagement and implication on the individual. This qualitative research explores how batok is experienced by the person and their identified communit…
Doing nonbinary gender
Understanding the effect of the environment is fundamental to grasping the occupational experiences of nonbinary individuals. Current research in occupational science addresses the occupations of the transgender population but often fails to distinguish between the binary and nonbinary experience. There is an absence of occupational science research that solely focuses on the nonbinary experience. This study focuses on nonbinary individuals and a…
Poetry
The Relation of Connection, Regulation, and Support for Autonomy to Adolescents'Functioning
How is adolescent functioning related to experiences of connection, regulation, and supportfor autonomy at home, in school, and with peers? Using datafrom the Maryland Adolescent Growth in Context (MAGIC) study (an ongoing longitudinal study of 1,387 African Amenrican and European American adolescents and theirfamilies), it was found that: (a)family demographic characteristics helped predict only academicperformance; (b) although positive experie…
The Joint Investigative Team Experience
Surviving the Junior High School Transition Family Processes and Self-Perceptions as Protective and Risk Factors
This study used a longitudinal design to investigate the association offamily processes and self-perceptions with adjustment and self-esteem following the transition to junior high school. Students'positive self-concepts in academic and social domains emerged as facilitative of positive adjustment across the transition, while self-consciousness in these domains proved detrimental to adjustment. In addition, adolescents'perceptions of their parent…
The Differential Predictability of the College Performance of Males and Females
Multiple regression analyses using college freshman grade point average as the dependent variable and six high school scores as predictor variables were performed separately in 10 undergraduate colleges of the City University of New York. The multiple correlation coefficients, derived on the cross-validation samples, substantially reinforced the previously reported finding that females are more predictable than males in academic settings
The Relation of Connection, Regulation, and Support for Autonomy to Adolescents'Functioning
How is adolescent functioning related to experiences of connection, regulation, and supportfor autonomy at home, in school, and with peers? Using datafrom the Maryland Adolescent Growth in Context (MAGIC) study (an ongoing longitudinal study of 1,387 African Amenrican and European American adolescents and theirfamilies), it was found that: (a)family demographic characteristics helped predict only academicperformance; (b) although positive experie…
Surviving the Junior High School Transition Family Processes and Self-Perceptions as Protective and Risk Factors
This study used a longitudinal design to investigate the association offamily processes and self-perceptions with adjustment and self-esteem following the transition to junior high school. Students'positive self-concepts in academic and social domains emerged as facilitative of positive adjustment across the transition, while self-consciousness in these domains proved detrimental to adjustment. In addition, adolescents'perceptions of their parent…
Doing nonbinary gender
Understanding the effect of the environment is fundamental to grasping the occupational experiences of nonbinary individuals. Current research in occupational science addresses the occupations of the transgender population but often fails to distinguish between the binary and nonbinary experience. There is an absence of occupational science research that solely focuses on the nonbinary experience. This study focuses on nonbinary individuals and a…
Occupational transitions of leaving a cult
While the formation of cults worldwide has steadily decreased since the 1970s, there are still a significant number of former members who have been impacted by their involvement and face unique challenges transitioning out of these organizations. While research within the field of psychology is robust, little is known about the occupational transition of individuals who leave cults. This study utilized a qualitative interpretive description metho…
Batok
Batok (also known as Fatek/Burik/Tatak/Batek/Patik) is an Indigenous Filipino tattooing practice where the practitioner marks the skin by hand-tapping the ink using bone/wood implements. Previous research on tattooing from an occupational science perspective has considered European tattooing and its engagement and implication on the individual. This qualitative research explores how batok is experienced by the person and their identified communit…
The Differential Predictability of the College Performance of Males and Females
Multiple regression analyses using college freshman grade point average as the dependent variable and six high school scores as predictor variables were performed separately in 10 undergraduate colleges of the City University of New York. The multiple correlation coefficients, derived on the cross-validation samples, substantially reinforced the previously reported finding that females are more predictable than males in academic settings
Surviving the Junior High School Transition Family Processes and Self-Perceptions as Protective and Risk Factors
This study used a longitudinal design to investigate the association offamily processes and self-perceptions with adjustment and self-esteem following the transition to junior high school. Students'positive self-concepts in academic and social domains emerged as facilitative of positive adjustment across the transition, while self-consciousness in these domains proved detrimental to adjustment. In addition, adolescents'perceptions of their parent…
The Joint Investigative Team Experience
The Relation of Connection, Regulation, and Support for Autonomy to Adolescents'Functioning
How is adolescent functioning related to experiences of connection, regulation, and supportfor autonomy at home, in school, and with peers? Using datafrom the Maryland Adolescent Growth in Context (MAGIC) study (an ongoing longitudinal study of 1,387 African Amenrican and European American adolescents and theirfamilies), it was found that: (a)family demographic characteristics helped predict only academicperformance; (b) although positive experie…
Poetry
Doing nonbinary gender
Understanding the effect of the environment is fundamental to grasping the occupational experiences of nonbinary individuals. Current research in occupational science addresses the occupations of the transgender population but often fails to distinguish between the binary and nonbinary experience. There is an absence of occupational science research that solely focuses on the nonbinary experience. This study focuses on nonbinary individuals and a…
Exploring the meaningful qualities of transactions in virtual environments for massively multiplayer online role-playing gamers
To date, most research on massively multiplayer online role-playing games (MMORPGs) has focused on the effects playing MMORPGs have on players’ health and wellness. The virtual environment of MMORPGs has yet to be explored as a space where meaningful occupations occur. This qualitative descriptive study examined the virtual environment using a transactional perspective to describe the qualities of gaming to which MMORPG players ascribe meaning. P…
Batok
Batok (also known as Fatek/Burik/Tatak/Batek/Patik) is an Indigenous Filipino tattooing practice where the practitioner marks the skin by hand-tapping the ink using bone/wood implements. Previous research on tattooing from an occupational science perspective has considered European tattooing and its engagement and implication on the individual. This qualitative research explores how batok is experienced by the person and their identified communit…
Occupational transitions of leaving a cult
While the formation of cults worldwide has steadily decreased since the 1970s, there are still a significant number of former members who have been impacted by their involvement and face unique challenges transitioning out of these organizations. While research within the field of psychology is robust, little is known about the occupational transition of individuals who leave cults. This study utilized a qualitative interpretive description metho…
Using WhatsApp to Teach Close Reading
This article explores the use of the instant messaging app, WhatsApp, to teach close reading, critical thinking, and argumentation skills. Academic and argumentative essays continue to be the dominant form of both formative and summative assessments, particularly in literary studies. However, many students who enter university in South Africa struggle with academic writing, particularly in the form of academic essays, to make arguments about lite…
A "landlocked Crusoe, bearded and wild of eye"
This article uses the repeated references made in John Banville's 2000 novel Eclipse to Daniel Defoe's Robinson Crusoe as a foundation for an intertextual reading of the two texts. Both the protagonists make elaborate attempts at self-imposed isolation. Through close reading and comparative analysis, the paper argues that while both Alex Cleave and Robinson Crusoe seek to establish autonomous subjectivity through separation from others (particula…
Psychology (9 works) · Sociology (6 works) · Qualitative research (4 works) · Social Psychology (4 works) · Social Psychology (4 works) · Engineering (3 works) · Occupational Therapy Practice and Research (3 works) · Social science (3 works) · Thematic analysis (3 works) · Autonomy (2 works)