Jayne Pivik
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Apriori Research is lead by Dr. Jayne Pivik, a Community Psychologist who focuses on community/neighbourhood impacts on child and youth well-being, human-environment interactions, the engagement of children and youth in decisions that impact them, community asset mapping and community-based participatory research.
She received her Ph.D. from the University of Ottawa in 2004 and went on to a Postdoctoral Fellowship with The Human Early Learning Partnership at the University of British Columbia. Awards and scholarships received include: a four year graduate scholarship from the Social Sciences Humanities Research Council, an Award of Excellence and a Strategic Areas of Development Award from the University of Ottawa, an Award of Distinction from the Ottawa Council of Research in Innovation and a Community Research Fellowship from Educating Future Physicians of Ontario. In 2002, Dr. Pivik was commissioned to write a discussion paper for the Romonow Commission on the Future of Health Care in Canada entitled Practical Strategies for Involving Citizens in Health Care Decision-making.
She has also recently completed a program evaluation and review for the Vancouver District School Board entitled: Promoting Literacy, Social-Emotional Learning and Parent Engagement in Inner City Schools: Combining Research Evidence and Experiential Knowledge. As well, Dr. Pivik completed a review for the BC Healthy Child Development Alliance entitled: Principles, Policy and Practice: Supporting Children with Special Needs in British Columbia and one for Ontario's Ministry of Health and Long Term Care entitled Program Evaluation of the Supporting Interdisciplinary Practice: The Family Physician/Nurse Practitioner Educational and Mentoring Program.
Since 1986, Dr. Pivik has studied the impact of traumatic brain injuries, stress and coping, promoting inclusion and disability awareness, university-community collaborations and involving community voices in health and social service decision-making.
Primary Interests:
- Aggression, Conflict, Peace
- Applied Social Psychology
- Group Processes
- Health Psychology
- Helping, Prosocial Behavior
- Intergroup Relations
- Internet and Virtual Psychology
- Interpersonal Processes
- Life Satisfaction, Well-Being
- Research Methods, Assessment
Research Group or Laboratory:
Journal Articles:
- Lavallee, D. J., Lapierre, N. M., Henwood, P. K., Pivik, J., Best, M., Springthorp, S. V., & Sattar, S. A. (1995). Catheter cleaning for re-use in intermittent catheterization: New light on an old problem. SCI Nursing, 12, 10-12.
- McComas, J., MacKay, M., & Pivik, J. (2002). Effectiveness of virtual reality for teaching pedestrian safety. CyberPsychology and Behavior, 5(3), 185-190.
- McComas, J., Pivik, J., & Laflamme, M. (1998). Children’s transfer of spatial learning from virtual reality to real environments. CyberPsychology & Behavior, 1(2), 121-128.
- Pivik, J. (2008). A child friendly perspective on community service and learning: The story of the Knick Knack Nook. The Community Psychologist, 41(3/4), 71-74.
- Pivik, J., McComas, J., & Laflamme, M. (2002). Barriers and facilitators to inclusive education. Exceptional Children, 69(1), 97-106.
- Pivik, J., McComas, J., Macfarlane, I., & Laflamme, M. (2002). Using virtual reality to teach disability awareness. Educational Computing Technology, 26(2), 203-218.
- Pivik, J., Rode, E., & Ward, C. (2004). A consumer involvement model for health technology assessment in Canada. Health Policy, 69(2), 253-268.
- Sullivan, M. J. L., Bishop, S. R., & Pivik, J. (1995). The Pain Catastrophizing Scale: Development and validation. Psychological Assessment, 7(4), 524-532.
Other Publications:
- McComas, J., Pivik, J., & Laflamme, M. (1998). Current uses of virtual reality for children with disabilities. In G. Riva, B. K. Wiederhold, & E. Molinari (Eds.), Virtual environments in clinical psychology and neuroscience (pp. 161-169). Amsterdam: ISO Press.
- Pivik, J. (2009). Promoting literacy, social emotional learning and parent/community involvement in inner city schools: Combining evidence-based research and experiential knowledge. Commissioned Review for the Vancouver District School Board: Vancouver, BC.
- Pivik, J. (2008). Principles, policy and practice: Supporting children with special needs in British Columbia. Commissioned Review for the BC Healthy Child Development Alliance: Vancouver, BC.
- Pivik, J. (2007). Bowen Island child and youth well-being study: Giving our children a voice. Community report: Bowen Island, BC.
- Pivik, J. (2005). Program evaluation of the supporting interdisciplinary practice: The family physician/nurse practitioner educational and mentoring program. The Ministry of Health and Long Term Care, Ontario Canada.
- Pivik, J. (2004). Practical strategies for facilitating meaningful citizen involvement in health planning. In P. Forest, T. McIntosh & G. P. Marchildon (Eds.), Changing health care in Canada (pp. 312- 348). Toronto, ON: University of Toronto Press Incorporated.
- Pivik, J. (2002). Practical strategies for facilitating meaningful citizen involvement in health planning. Romanow Commission on the Future of Health Care in Canada, Discussion Paper No. 23. Ottawa: National Library of Canada.
Jayne Pivik
Vancouver, British Columbia V0N 1G0
Canada
- Phone: (604) 947-9197