Articles
You can find a list of journal papers, book chapters, and other kinds of articles I have written below.
The following co-authors have been involved in many of these works (thanks to Eiko Fried for the code). ->
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Jefferies, P., Höltge, J., Fritz, J., & Ungar, M. (Under Review). A cross-country network analysis of resilience systems in young adults. Pre-Print Available. https://osf.io/p9q4a |
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Jefferies, P., Vanstone, R. & Ungar, M. (2021). The Rugged Resilience Measure: development and preliminary validation of a brief measure of personal resilience. Applied Research Quality Life. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11482-021-09953-3 |
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Jefferies, P., Bremer, E., Kozera, T., Cairney, J., & Kriellaars, D. (2021). Psychometric properties and construct validity of PLAY Self: a measure of physical literacy for children and youth. Applied Physiology, Nutrition, and Metabolism. http://dx.doi.org/10.1139/apnm-2020-0410 |
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Ungar, M., & Jefferies, P. (2021). Becoming More Rugged and Better Resourced: The R2 Resilience Program’s psychosocial approach to thriving. Frontiers in Psychology. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2021.745283 |
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Jefferies, P. (2021). Measuring resilience: The Brief Resilience Scale. Academia Letters, 1195. https://doi.org/10.20935/AL1195 |
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Clark, J., Jefferies, P., Ungar, M, & Foley, S. (2021). Measuring resilience in the context of conflict-related sexual violence: a novel application of the Adult Resilience Measure (ARM). Journal of Interpersonal Violence. https://doi.org/10.1177%2F08862605211028323 |
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Höltge, J., Theron, L., Jefferies, P., & Ungar, M. (2021). Family resilience in a “resource cursed” community dependent on the oil and gas industry. Family Process. https://doi.org/10.1111/famp.12641 |
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Ungar, M., Theron, L., Murphy, K., & Jefferies, P. (2021). Researching multisystemic resilience: a sample methodology. Frontiers in Psychology. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2020.607994 |
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Jefferies, P., Höltge, J., & Ungar, M. (2020). Social anxiety and resilience: Associations vary by country and sex. Adversity and Resilience Science, 2(1), 51-62. https://doi.org/10.1007/s42844-020-00026-2 |
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Jefferies, P., & Ungar, M. (2020). Social anxiety in young people: A prevalence study in seven countries. PLOS ONE, 15(9): e0239133. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0239133 |
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Jefferies, P. (2020). Physical literacy and resilience: the role of positive challenges. Sciences & Bonheur, 5, 11-26. https://doi.org/10.17605/OSF.IO/SBZYW |
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Giordano, F., Caravita, S., & Jefferies, P. (2020). Social-ecological resilience moderates the effectiveness of avoidant coping in children exposed to adversity. An exploratory study in Lithuania. Frontiers in Psychology, 11(536353). https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2020.536353 |
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Höltge, J., … Jefferies, P., & Ungar, M. (2020). A cross-country network analysis of adolescent resilience. Journal of Adolescent Health. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jadohealth.2020.07.010 |
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Twum-Antwi, A., Jefferies, P., Theron, L., Schnurr, M., & Ungar, M. (2020). Young people’s perceptions of identities in a rural oil and gas town experiencing boom-bust economic cycles. Journal of Applied Youth Studies. https://doi.org/10.1007/s43151-020-00020-6 |
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Grossman, M., Hadfield, K., Jefferies, P., Gerrand, V., & Ungar, M. (2020). Youth resilience to violent extremism: Development and validation of the BRAVE-14 measure. Terrorism and Political Violence. 1-21. https://doi.org/10.1080/09546553.2019.1705283 |
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Ross, N., Gilbert, R., Torres, S., Dugas, K., Jefferies, P., … Ungar, M. (2020). Adverse childhood experiences: Assessing the impact on physical and psychosocial health in adulthood and the mitigating role of resilience. Child Abuse & Neglect, 103, 104440. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chiabu.2020.104440 |
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Jefferies, P., Ungar, M., Aubertin, P., & Kriellaars, D. (2019). Physical literacy and resilience in children and youth. Frontiers in Public Health, 7, 346. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2019.00346 |
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Twum-Antwi, E., Jefferies, P., & Ungar, M. (2019). Promoting child and youth resilience by strengthening home and school environments: A literature review. International Journal of School & Educational Psychology, 8(2), 78-89. https://doi.org/10.1080/21683603.2019.1660284 |
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Katisi, M., Jefferies, P., Dikolobe, O., Moeti, O., Brisson, J., & Ungar, M. (2019). Fostering resilience in children who have been orphaned: preliminary results from the Botswana Balekane EARTH program. Child Youth Care Forum, 48, 585-601. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10566-019-09497-6 |
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Borualogo, I.S., & Jefferies, P. (2019). Adapting the Child and Youth Resilience Measure-Revised for Indonesian contexts. Journal of Educational, Health and Community Psychology. https://doi.org/10.12928/jehcp.v8i4.12962 |
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Jefferies, P., McGarrigle, L., & Ungar, M. (2018). The CYRM-R: A Rasch-validated revision of the Child and Youth Resilience Measure. J Evid Inf Soc Work, 25, 1-23. https://doi.org/10.1080/23761407.2018.1548403 |
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Jefferies, P., Gallagher, P., & Philbin, M. (2018). Staying ‘just normal’: Preservation strategies in prosthesis use. Disability and Rehabilitation: Assistive Technology. https://doi.org/10.1080/17483107.2018.1451561 |
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Jefferies, P., Gallagher, P., & Philbin, M. (2017). Being ‘Just Normal’: A Grounded Theory of prosthesis use. Disability & Rehabilitation, 11, 1-10. https://doi.org/10.1080/09638288.2017.1312564 |
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Jefferies, P., Gallagher, P., & Dunne, S. (2012). The Paralympic athlete – A systematic review of the psychosocial literature. Prosthetics & Orthotics International, 36(3), 278-289. https://doi.org/10.1177/0309364612450184 |
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Jefferies, P., Coffey, L., & Gallagher, P. (2012). The efficacy of psychosocial factors in predicting pain and functional outcomes following replacement knee surgery. Evidence Based Nursing, 15, 92-93. https://doi.org/10.1136/ebnurs-2012-100563 |
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Masego, K., Jefferies, P., & Sebako. M. (2021). Drawing as a salutogenic therapy aid for grieving adolescents. In J.H Corbin, M. Sanmartino, E.A. Hennessy, H.B Urke. (Eds.), Arts and Health Promotion – Tools and Bridges for Practice, Research, and Training (pp.19-40). Springer International. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-56417-9_2 |
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Gallagher, P., Coffey, L., Desmond, D. M., Lombard-Vance, R., Jefferies, P., & Wegener, S. T. (2019). Limb loss. In L. A. Brenner, S. A. Reid-Arndt, T. R. Elliott, R. G. Frank, & B. Caplan (Eds.), Handbook of rehabilitation psychology (pp. 257-277). American Psychological Association. http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/0000129-017 |
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Jefferies, P. (2018). Technological and cultural considerations in lower-resourced environments. In R.J. Harnish, K.B. Bridges, D.N. Sattler, M.L. Signorella, & M. Munson (Eds.), The use of technology in teaching and learning (pp.161-165). Society for the Teaching of Psychology. https://teachpsych.org/ebooks/useoftech |
Yusman, N., Goulding, S., Jefferies, P., Ungar, M. (2019). #KeepAClearHead: tackling the growing global issue of social anxiety by helping today’s generation of young people develop resilience [Whitepaper]. Retrieved October 1, 2019, from https://www.clearhaircare.com/global/home.html.
Giesbrecht, T., Ungar, M., & Jefferies, P. (2019). Emerging science suggests that Clear can help its consumers deal with social anxiety and boost resilience: Using existing studies to develop assets for World Mental Health Day. Unilever report for World Mental Health Day.
Jefferies, P., Schumicky-Logan, L., & Ungar, M. (2018). Building resilience against violent extremism in Bangladeshi youth. Global Community Engagement and Resilience Fund (GCERF).
Jefferies, P., Kirwan, M., & Matthews, A. (2015). Staffing in acute Irish hospital wards: A comparison of present (NWP) and past (RN4CAST) data. Report prepared for the Department of Health.
Jefferies, P., O’Brien, A., Mewse, A., & Greaves, C. Optimising communication of cardiovascular disease risk information in Primary Care. Report Prepared for Wyndham House Primary Care Research Group.
Jefferies, P., O’Brien, A., Mewse, A., & Greaves, C. Explaining cardiovascular risks to patients in primary care: Towards an altered consultation model. Report Prepared for Wyndham House Primary Care Research Group.
Jefferies, P. (2021, October 6). Measuring resilience: challenges and possibilities for assessment [Invited talk]. Centre for Resilient and Inclusive Societies (CRIS) 2021 conference: Understanding Everyday Resilience, Melbourne, Australia.
Jefferies, P., & Flint Taylor, J. (2019, November 14). Framing and measuring resilience. perspectives on resilience in the context of violent extremism [Invited talk]. British Council and Egmont Institute conference, Brussels, Belgium.
Jefferies, P. (2019, March 20). Evaluation of a national psychosocial program – Balekane EARTH [Invited talk]. Dissemination of preliminary findings to practitioners, frontline staff, and government, hosted by Ark and Mark Trust, Gaberone, Botswana.
Jefferies, P., Ungar, M., & Kriellaars, D. (2019, September 3-7). The correlates of physical literacy and resilience in children and youth [Conference presentation]. 33rd Annual Conference of the European Health Psychology Society, Dubrovnik, Croatia.
Jefferies, P., & Ungar, M. (2018, November 29-30). The Resilient Youth in Stressed Environments Project [Conference presentation]. Environments and Health Signature Initiative, Toronto, Canada.
Jefferies, P., & Ungar, M. (2018, November 29-30). Patterns of resilience among youth in contexts of petrochemical production and consumption in the global north and global south: the RYSE project – Preliminary findings [Poster]. Environments and Health Signature Initiative, Toronto, Canada.
Katisi, M., Daniel, M., Jefferies, P., Mokgachane, M. (2018, August 16). North-South partnerships for research capacity building through evaluation of a resilience program for orphaned children in Botswana [Conference presentation]. 11th Annual International Southern African – Nordic Centre (SANORD) 2018 Conference – Academic Citizenship: Recognition, Resilience or Resistance? University of Jyväskylä, Finland.
Katisi, M., Jefferies, P., Dikolobe, O., Moeti, O. (2018, August 16). Exploring the effectiveness of Balekane EARTH program in building resilience for orphaned children in Botswana [Conference presentation]. 11th Annual International Southern African – Nordic Centre (SANORD) 2018 Conference – Academic Citizenship: Recognition, Resilience or Resistance? University of Jyväskylä, Finland.
Jefferies, P., Gallagher, P., Philbin, M., & MacLachlan, M. (2015, June 22-25). Being ‘just normal’: A new theory of prosthesis use [Conference presentation]. 15th World Congress of the International Society for Prosthetics & Orthotics, Lyon, France.
Jefferies, P., Gallagher, P., Philbin, M., & MacLachlan, M. (2015, June 22-25). Improving quality of life in prosthesis use: A perspective from the users [Conference presentation]. 15th World Congress of the International Society for Prosthetics & Orthotics, Lyon, France.
Staines, A., Matthews, A., Kirwan, M., Jefferies, P., Lehwaldt, D., & Scott, A. (2015, January 5). Adjusting for comorbidity when analysing adverse outcomes in hospital discharge data RN4CAST [Poster]. SPHERE conference, Dublin City University, Dublin, Ireland.
Jefferies, P., Gallagher, P., Philbin, M., & MacLachlan, M. (2013, July 22-24). Theoretical sampling in grounded theory methodology and beyond: A critical commentary [Conference presentation]. International Society of Critical Health Psychology, Bradford, UK.
Jefferies, P., Gallagher, P., Philbin, M., & MacLachlan, M. (2013, July 22-24). ‘Experimenting versus sticking’: Decision-making in prosthesis use [Conference presentation]. International Society of Critical Health Psychology, Bradford, UK.
Jefferies, P., Gallagher, P., Philbin, M., & MacLachlan, M. [2013, May 1]. Gambling with limbs: Decision-making in prosthesis fitting [Conference presentation]. 10th Psychology, Health and Medicine Conference, Dublin, Ireland.
Jefferies, P., Gallagher, P., MacLachlan, M., & Philbin, M. (2013, Feb 4-7). Psychosocial experiences with a prosthesis: Perspectives from the user [Poster]. 14th World Congress of the International Society for Prosthetics & Orthotics, Hyderabad, India.
Jefferies, P., Gallagher, P., MacLachlan, M., & Philbin, M. (2012, August 21-25). Psychosocial adjustment to the use of a prosthesis: Managing perceptions [Conference presentation]. 26th Annual Conference of the European Health Psychology Society, Prague, Czech Republic.
Jefferies, P., Gallagher, P., MacLachlan, M., & Philbin, M. (2012, May 21-22). Psychosocial experiences of prosthesis users [Conference presentation and poster]. Trent International Prosthetics Symposium, Loughborough, UK.
My PhD was broadly in the field of health psychology, exploring the psychosocial experiences of users of a particular kind of assistive technology – limb prostheses. After realising that this project would be best served by a qualitative approach, I studied classical Grounded Theory, guided by both my supervisors, Prof. Pamela Gallagher and Dr. Mark Philbin, and the big G of GT, Dr. Barney Glaser. My third supervisor, Prof. Malcolm MacLachlan, kept me focused on the task, which eventually produced the emergent theory of being ‘Just Normal‘.
Being ‘Just Normal’ is the continuing concern that many prosthesis users grapple with, as they seek to live in ways that are ‘about right’, that are sufficient, fair, and generally how things ‘ought to be’ for them, as they see it. Getting or replacing a prosthesis is often a time when this concern comes to the fore, as individuals typically have to negotiate between getting “the cheapest of the cheap” and costly limbs that are “all-singing, all-dancing”. Users may see it as only fair that they get something that is good enough, and while the exact prosthesis will vary between individuals and their circumstances, ultimately they are motivated to seek an outcome that is ‘just’ and enables them to keep up their ‘normal’.
The theory provides a novel insight into users of prostheses and illuminates the various distinct ways in which individuals go about resolving this core concern. In particular, it serves the multidisciplinary teams involved in the design and fitting of prostheses, as well as ongoing client relationships, as it gives professionals a framework for understanding the benefits, challenges, and complexities of living with artificial limbs.
The project of the thesis enabled me to develop a solid appreciation of qualitative research, as I engaged with other approaches like phenomenology and ‘netnography‘ along the way. I was also able to pursue further quantitative studies and taught statistics during my research.
Although I’ve moved into broader fields of mental health, wellbeing, and resilience, I still maintain an interest in assistive technology usage. I would also recommend Barney Glaser’s 1998 book, ‘Doing Grounded Theory’, for anyone with a passing interest in inductive research, especially those unperturbed by stream of consciousness writing and a sense of underlying (and sometimes overt) frustration.
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