Author

Douglas A MacDonald

University of Detroit Mercy - Cited by 4,359 - Spirituality - Personality - Transpersonal Psychology - Measurement

Biography

Dr. Douglas A. MacDonald, is an Associate Professor of Psychology and Director of the Clinical Psychology MA Program. He teaches courses on personality, assessment, psychopathology, cognitive and affective bases of behavior, and history and systems of psychology. He is an active scholar with an ongoing research program focusing on the measurement of spirituality and its relationship to human functioning. As a part of his program of research, he is also doing research examining the relation of spirituality and psychosocial functioning to resting brain states measured via quantitative EEG as well as exploring the effectiveness and applications of neurofeedback technologies.
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Spirituality as a scientific construct: Testing its universality across cultures and languages
DA MacDonald, HL Friedman, J Brewczynski, D Holland, KKK Salagame, ...PloS one 10 (3), e0117701, 2015201
163
2015
An investigation of the relations between altruism, empathy, and spirituality
JT Huber, DA MacDonaldJournal of Humanistic Psychology 52 (2), 206-221, 2012201
163
2012
Clarifying the relation between spirituality and well-being
L Migdal, DA MacDonaldJournal of Nervous and Mental Disease 201 (4), 274-280, 2013201
76
2013
Development and validation of a tool to measure incivility in clinical nursing education
M Anthony, J Yastik, DA MacDonald, KA MarshallJournal of Professional Nursing 30 (1), 48-55, 2014201
76
2014
An examination of the factorial dimensionality of the Marlowe Crowne Social Desirability Scale
M Ventimiglia, DA MacDonaldPersonality and Individual Differences 52 (4), 487-491, 2012201
69
2012
A critical reanalysis of the relationship between genomics and well-being
NJL Brown, DA MacDonald, MP Samanta, HL Friedman, JC CoyneProceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 111 (35), 12705-12709, 2014201
68
2014
Skin cancer prevention and detection education needs: An andragogical approach.
HL Roebuck, K Moran, DA MacDonald, S Shumer, R McCuneJournal for Nurse Practitioners 11 (4), 409-6, 2015201
41
2015
Childhood trauma and the development of paranormal beliefs
M Berkowski, DA MacDonaldJournal of Nervous and Mental Disease 202 (4), 305-312, 2014201
38
2014
Meditation: Empirical research and future directions
DA MacDonald, R Walsh, SL ShapiroThe Wiley-Blackwell Handbook of Transpersonal Psychology, H. L. Friedman & G …, 2013201
26
2013
Philosophical underpinnings of transpersonal psychology as a science
DA MacDonaldThe Wiley-Blackwell Handbook of Transpersonal Psychology. HL. Friedman & G …, 2013201
23
2013
Examination of the psychometric properties of the Spiritual Fitness Assessment
VA Kassab, DA MacDonaldJournal of Religion and Health 50 (4), 975-985, 2011201
21
2011
Psychometric properties of a Spanish adaptation of the Expressions of Spirituality Inventory-Revised (ESI-R)
E López, R Jódar, DA MacDonaldInternational Journal of Transpersonal Studies 36 (1), 110-121, 202
17
2017
The conceptualization and measurement of cognitive reserve using common proxy indicators: Testing some tenable reflective and formative models
J Ikanga, EM Hill, DA MacDonaldJournal of Clinical and Experimental Neuropsychology 39 (1), 72-83, 202
17
2017
Confirmatory factor analysis of the Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Checklist
MA Gauci, DA MacDonaldJournal of Aggression, Maltreatment & Trauma 21 (3), 321-330, 2012201
15
2012
Spirituality and the MMPI-2 Restructured Clinical Scales
DM Mendez, DA MacDonaldInternational Journal of Transpersonal Studies 31 (1), 1-10, 2012201
14
2012
Commentary on “Existential well-being: Spirituality or well-being?”
DA MacDonaldJournal of Nervous and Mental Disease 205 (3), 242-248, 2017201
14
2017
A call for the inclusion of spirituality in Yoga research
DA MacDonaldJournal of Yoga and Physical Therapy 3 (3), doi:10.4172/2157-7595.10008, 202
13
2013
Quantitative assessment of transpersonal and spiritual constructs
DA MacDonald, HL FriedmanThe Wiley-Blackwell Handbook of Transpersonal Psychology H. L. Friedman & G …, 202
13
2013
Identifying facial expressions in dogs: A replication and extension study
T Bloom, M Trevathan-Minnis, N Atlas, DA MacDonald, HL FriedmanBehavioural Processes 186, 104371, 2021202
13
2021