Dr Jennifer McGahan
Senior Lecturer
My profile
Biography
Academic and professional qualifications
PhD, University of Manchester (2013)
Projects
Evaluation of the Represent Programme - National Literacy Trust. Represent aims to use the excitement and passion surrounding sport and culture to motivate and inspire the girls to develop their speaking and listening skills to support better life choices and greater resilience.
Tougher Minds - Salford Foundation. The project aims to improve the emotional health and wellbeing of Year 5 pupils in Salford.
VESPA -National Collaborative Outreach Programme funding. The project aimed to develop pupils’ skills and abilities required so that pupils experience fewer concerns about transitions to FE/HE and raise pupil aspirations and provide them with a toolkit that support their progress in further/higher education.
Teaching
Supervision
PhD teams:
Trauma-informed and Strengths-Based Education: A multidisciplinary approach to developing a novel, evidence-based intervention to support pupils with trauma in UK primary schools (Principle Supervisor)
Investigating risk and resilience to poor mental health outcomes in young people. (First supervisor)
Substance use and abuse in adults with autism: Assessing, exploring and developing current understanding and relative interventions. (Principle Supervisor) completed April 2023
Research outputs
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Chapters in books
McGahan, J., Stone, K. (2022) 'Chapter 8: Cognitive Models of Learning.' Psychology of Education Theory, Research and Evidence-Based Practice. Sage Publications Limited,
McGahan, J., Nelson, C. (2021) 'Understanding memory.' Mastering Teaching: Thriving as an Early Career Teacher. McGraw-Hill Education (UK),
Oakes, S., Martin, G. (2017) 'Chapter 9: Activity: Test yourself!.' The GCSE Mindset 40 activities for transforming student commitment, motivation and productivity. Crown House Publishing Ltd,
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Journal articles
Wittkowski, A., Williams, J., Wieck, A. (2010) 'An examination of the psychometric properties and factor structure of the Post-partum Bonding Questionnaire in a clinical inpatient sample.' British Journal of Clinical Psychology, 49(2) pp. 163-172.
Wittkowski, A., Richards, H.L., Williams, J., Main, C.J. (2008) 'Factor analysis of the Revised Illness Perception Questionnaire in adults with atopic dermatitis.' Psychology, Health and Medicine, 13(3) pp. 346-359.
Wittkowski, A., Richards, H.L., Williams, J., Fortune, D.G., Griffiths, C.E.M., Main, C.J. (2007) 'An examination of the psychometric properties and factor structure of the feelings of stigmatization questionnaire.' Journal of Clinical Psychology in Medical Settings, 14(3) pp. 248-257.
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Conference papers
McGahan, J., Oakes, S. (2021) 'Developing non-cognitive skills in Key Stage two.' In Festival of Education. Online, 16/6/2021 - 30/6/2021.
Oakes, S., Dagnall, N., Denovan, A., McGahan, J. (2018) 'The development and validation of the VESPA scale for students.' 9/7/2018 - 10/7/2018.
Talbot, L., Williams, J., Howie, E., Verduyn, C., Kamaly-Asl, I., Gattamaneni, R., Estlin, E. (2010) 'PSYCHOLOGICAL INTERVENTIONS AT THE SCHOOL INTERFACE IMPROVE THE HEALTH-RELATED QUALITY OF LIFE FOR CHILDREN WITH CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM TUMOURS.' In 14th International Symposium on Pediatric Neuro-Oncology. 12. Vienna, AUSTRIA, 20/6/2010 - 23/6/2010. OXFORD UNIV PRESS INC, pp. II109-II109.