Fiona E J McDonald

Biographic Data

ID6575612
NAMEFiona E J McDonald
GIVEN NAMESFiona E J
FAMILY NAMEMcDonald
SIGNATUREMCDONALD F E J
AFFILIATIONSThe University of Sydney
ORCID0000-0003-4484-4929
VERIFIEDYes
TOTAL WORKS8
TOTAL CITATIONS1
WORKS AS AUTHOR8
WORKS AS EDITOR0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR2015
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2024
H-INDEX1

  • Truce

    Open AccessHelen Bibby, Fiona E J McDonald et al.ARTICLEJournal of Contextual Behavioral…2024

    Truce is an Acceptance and Commitment Therapy group program for young people who have a parent with cancer. In a pragmatic controlled trial, we compared Truce with a wait-list condition to assess its effect on unmet needs and distress. We also investigated how process variables—mindfulness, cognitive inflexibility, family functioning, and life events—might influence outcomes. Participants' unmet needs improved over time (β^ = −5.01, SE = 16.48, p…

  • Truce

    Open AccessKimberley Allison, Pandora Patterson et al.ARTICLEJournal of Contextual Behavioral…2023

  • Cancer awareness in Australian adolescents

    Open AccessFiona E J McDonald, Xiomara Skrabal Ross et al.ARTICLEBMC Public Health2023

    Australian adolescents show poor awareness of cancer risk factors and cancer warning signs. A number of demographic and experience factors were found to be related to lower cancer awareness. Education is essential to raise cancer awareness, promote healthy lifestyles from adolescence and avoid a preventable cancer diagnosis

  • Disrupted identities, invisibility and precarious support

    Open AccessJane M Ussher, Kimberley Allison et al.ARTICLEBMC Public Health2023

    LGBTQI AYAs with cancer experience psychosocial vulnerabilities related to identity development, experiences of care, and social support networks. These factors likely contribute to their previously evidenced elevated risk of distress, relative to both non-LGBTQI AYAs and LGBTQI older adults. AYAs affected by cancer may require additional, tailored supportive care, including targeted information resources, LGBTQI AYA specific cancer support group…

  • Using consumer engagement strategies to improve healthcare safety for young people

    Open AccessBronwyn Newman, Kathryn Joseph et al.ARTICLEHealth Expectations2022

  • What helps distressed Australian adolescents impacted by cancer? Mechanisms of improvement of the Peer program

    Open AccessPandora Patterson, Fiona E J McDonald et al.ARTICLEHealth & Social Care in the…2022Cited by: 1References: 5

    PEER is a four-day residential program for adolescents impacted by their own or a relative's cancer, with both psychosocial (acceptance and commitment therapy, self-compassion) and recreational components. This study aimed to determine whether previously observed improvements in quality of life amongst highly distressed participants were mediated by improvements in processes targeted by psychotherapeutic elements of the program (psychological fle…

  • The Development and Process Evaluation of a 3-Day Acceptance and Commitment Therapy Group Program for Adolescent Cancer Survivors

    Open AccessKristina Clarke, Pandora Patterson et al.ARTICLEChild & Youth Care Forum2021

  • A study protocol for Truce

    Open AccessPandora Patterson, Fiona E J McDonald et al.ARTICLEBMC Psychology2015

    Australian and New Zealand Clinical Trials Registry ACTRN12615000761561. Registered 22(nd) July 2015