Biography
Dr Macdonald is a researcher and senior lecturer in developmental psychology with expertise in longitudinal and intergenerational studies of social and emotional development. She co-leads the Lifecourse Sciences Theme within Deakin University’s Centre for Social and Early Emotional Development (SEED) and she is an Honorary Research Fellow with the Murdoch Children’s Research Institute. She leads a body of research on paternal perinatal mental health and wellbeing and sits on the steering committee of the Australian Fatherhood Research Consortium. She is a chief investigator on the Australian Temperament Project Generation 3 Study co-located at Deakin University and the Royal Children’s Hospital.
Read more on Jacqui's profileResearch interests
Dr Macdonald conducts research in the following areas:
- Childhood, adolescent and young adulthood predictors of caregiving and the parent-infant bond.
- Paternal mental health and wellbeing: Family history and individual factors that influence the experience of fathering and predict paternal behaviours and mental health problems (e.g., risk for depression, anxiety, stress, substance use and anger) and wellbeing (e.g., positive work/family balance, purpose in life, secure family attachments, social engagement)
- Longitudinal and intergenerational pathways of development.
Dr Macdonald's research draws on data from the Australian Temperament Project Generation 3 (ATPG3) study, the Victorian Intergenerational Health Cohort Study (VIHCS) and the Men and Parenting Pathways (MAPP) study. The first two are prospective intergenerational studies investigating the development of offspring born to participants in the original main cohorts. The MAPP study is an ongoing 5- year longitudinal study exploring men's psychological health during the peak age for having children.
Affiliations
Honorary Fellow, Murdoch Children's Research Institute
Honorary Fellow, Department of Paediatrics, University of Melbourne
Teaching interests
Dr Macdonald teaches Personality and Developmental Psychology.
She supervises PhD and Doctor of Psychology (Clinical) students as well as honours and 4th year graduate diploma students.
Knowledge areas
Developmental psychology
Intergenerational lifecourse studies
Paternal perinatal mental health and wellbeing
Caregiving and attachment behavioural systems
Publications
K Little, C Olsson, S Whittle, J Macdonald, L Sheeber, G Youssef, J Simmons, A Sanson, D Foley, N Allen
(2019), Vol. 90, pp. 1061-1079, Child development, Chichester, Eng., C1
Adolescent care-orientation and positive development in young adulthood
Delyse Hutchinson, George Youssef, Adrienne Buhagiar, Samantha Teague, Jacqui Macdonald, Primrose Letcher, Chris Greenwood, Jennifer Mcintosh, John Toumbourou, William Hallam, Helen Skouteris, Ann Sanson, C Olsson
(2019), Vol. 64, pp. 63-69, Journal of adolescent health, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, C1
Elizabeth Spry, Margarita Moreno-Betancur, Denise Becker, Helena Romaniuk, John Carlin, Emma Molyneaux, Louise Howard, Joanne Ryan, Primrose Letcher, Jennifer McIntosh, Jacqui Macdonald, Christopher Greenwood, Kimberley Thomson, Helena McAnally, Robert Hancox, Delyse Hutchinson, George Youssef, Craig Olsson, George Patton
(2019), pp. 1-11, Psychological medicine, Cambridge, Eng., C1
C Greenwood, G Youssef, K Betts, P Letcher, J Mcintosh, E Spry, D Hutchinson, J Macdonald, L Hagg, A Sanson, J Toumbourou, C Olsson
(2019), Vol. 201, pp. 58-64, Drug and alcohol dependence, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, C1
When men choose to be childless: an interpretative phenomenological analysis
I Smith, T Knight, R Fletcher, J Macdonald
(2019), Journal of social and personal relationships, London, Eng., C1
R Fletcher, T Knight, J Macdonald, J StGeorge
(2019), Vol. 7, BMC psychology, London, Eng., C1
J Macdonald, G Youssef, L Phillips, E Spry, Y Alway, G Patton, C Olsson
(2018), Vol. 21, pp. 171-180, Archives of women's mental health, Vienna, Austria, C1
A Booth, J Macdonald, G Youssef
(2018), Vol. 48, pp. 145-177, Developmental review, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, C1
L Rossen, R Mattick, J Wilson, L Burns, J Macdonald, C Olsson, S Allsop, E Elliott, S Jacobs, C McCormack, D Hutchinson
(2018), Vol. 23, pp. 893-916, Infancy, Chichester, Eng., C1
Laura Di Manno, Jacqui Macdonald, George Youseff, Keriann Little, C Olsson
(2018), Vol. 241, pp. 325-337, Journal of affective disorders, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, C1
Retention strategies in longitudinal cohort studies: a systematic review and meta-analysis
Samantha Teague, George Youssef, Jacqui Macdonald, Emma Sciberras, Adrian Shatte, Matthew Fuller-Tyszkiewicz, Chris Greenwood, Jennifer McIntosh, Craig Olsson, Delyse Hutchinson, SEED Lifecourse Sciences Theme
(2018), Vol. 18, pp. 1-22, BMC medical research methodology, London, Eng., C1
Rohan Borschmann, Emma Molyneaux, Elizabeth Spry, Paul Moran, Louise Howard, Jacqui Macdonald, Stephanie Brown, Margarita Moreno-Betancur, Craig Olsson, George Patton
(2018), pp. 1-9, Psychological medicine, cambridge, Eng., C1
C Kings, T Knight, D Ryan, J Macdonald
(2017), Vol. 18, pp. 112-122, Psychology of men and masculinity, Washington, D.C., C1
Maternal bonding through pregnancy and postnatal: findings from an Australian longitudinal study
L Rossen, D Hutchinson, J Wilson, L Burns, S Allsop, E Elliott, S Jacobs, J Macdonald, C Olsson, R Mattick
(2017), Vol. 34, pp. 808-817, American journal of perinatology, New York, N.Y., C1
P Miller, E Butler, B Richardson, P Staiger, G YOUSSEF, J MACDONALD, A Sanson, B Edwards, C Olsson
(2016), Vol. 35, pp. 317-325, Drug and alcohol review, London, Eng., C1
Care orientation in the teens as a predictor of young adult psychosocial adjustment
D Hutchinson, J Macdonald, W Hallam, R Leung, J Toumbourou, R McGee, G Tooley, S Hemphill, H Skouteris, C Olsson
(2016), Vol. 17, pp. 2051-2076, Journal of happiness studies, New York, N.Y., C1
L Rossen, D Hutchinson, J Wilson, L Burns, C Olsson, S Allsop, E Elliott, S Jacobs, J Macdonald, R Mattick
(2016), Vol. 19, pp. 609-622, Archives of women's mental health, Berlin, Germany, C1
C Blewitt, H Bergmeier, J Macdonald, C Olsson, H Skouteris
(2016), Vol. 17, pp. 612-622, Obesity review, London, Eng., C1
B Lloyd, J Macdonald, G Youssef, T Knight, P Letcher, A Sanson, C Olsson
(2016), Vol. 69, pp. 121-129, Australian journal of psychology, Chichester, Eng., C1
K Betts, P Baker, R Alati, J McIntosh, J Macdonald, P Letcher, C Olsson
(2016), Vol. 46, pp. 2815-2827, Psychological medicine, Cambridge, Eng., C1
L Di Manno, J Macdonald, T Knight
(2015), Vol. 42, pp. 5-15, Birth, London, Eng., C1
L Di Manno, J Macdonald, T Knight
(2015), Vol. 188, pp. 68-79, Journal of affective disorders, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, C1
Age-related differences in inhibitory control in the early school years
J Macdonald, M Beauchamp, J Crigan, P Anderson
(2013), Vol. 20, pp. 1-18, Child neuropsychology: a journal on normal and abnormal development in childhood and adolescence, Abringdon, Eng., C1
Funded Projects at Deakin
Australian Competitive Grants
Intergenerational Prediction of Social and Early Emotional Development
Prof Craig Olsson, Prof Ann Sanson, Prof Rob McGee, Prof Jennifer Mcintosh, A/Prof Delyse Hutchinson, Dr Jacqui Macdonald, Dr Joanne Ryan, Dr Benjamin Edwards, Andrew Lewis
ARC - Discovery Projects
- 2018: $104,319
- 2017: $23,981
- 2016: $141,517
Other Public Sector Funding
Literature review on barriers to health system access by men and boys.
Dr Jacqui Macdonald, Prof Craig Olsson, Mr Jake Linardon
- 2019: $60,000
Supervisions
Anna Booth
Thesis entitled: Predicting Parental Sensitivity: Contextual Stress Exposure Across Preconception to Parenthood
Doctor of Philosophy (Psychology), School of Psychology
Laura Marie Di Manno
Thesis entitled: Variation in Depression Outcomes among Young People from Dissolved Families
Doctor of Psychology (Clinical), School of Psychology
Jernej Hribernik
Thesis entitled: Life History Links Between Family-of-Origin, Puberty and Reproductive Strategy
Doctor of Philosophy (Psychology), School of Psychology
Rhian Coram
Thesis entitled: Effects of Preconception Disordered Eating on Next Generation Birth Outcomes
Doctor of Psychology (Clinical), School of Psychology