2023
Francis, L. M., Greenwood, C. J., Enticott, P. G., Mansour, K. A., Imogene, S., Graeme, L. G., Olsson, C. A., Milgrom, J., Skouteris, H., & Macdonald, J. A. (2023). Father trait anger and associations with father-infant bonding and caregiving: The mediating role of mentalizing. Family Process. 1–17. https://doi.org/10.1111/famp.12912
Francis L. M., Youssef G. J., Greenwood C. J., Enticott P. G., Curtis A., Graeme L. G., Mansour K. A., Olsson C. A., Skouteris H., Milgrom J., Williams J., Knight T., and Macdonald J. A. (2023). Father trait anger: Associations with father–infant bonding and subsequent parenting stress. Frontiers in Psychology. 14:1114084. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2023.1114084
Macdonald, J.A., Mansour, K.A, Wynter, K., Francis, L. M., Rogers, A., Angeles, M.R., Pennell, M., Biden, E., Harrison, T., & Smith, I. (2022). Men’s and Boys’ Barriers to Health System Access. A Literature Review. Prepared for the Australian Government Department of Health and Aged Care, Canberra. https://www.health.gov.au/resources/publications/mens-and-boys-barriers-to-health-system-access-a-literature-review?language=en
Mansour, K., Greenwood, C. J., Francis, L. M., Smith, I., Olsson, C. A., & Macdonald, J. A. (2023). Social network investment of men: Cross‐sectional and longitudinal associations with mental health problems. Applied Psychology: Health and Well‐Being. https://doi.org/10.1111/aphw.12475
Marabel-Whitburn, K., Greenwood, C. J., Mansour, K. A., Francis, L. M., Olsson, C. A., & Macdonald, J. A. (2023). Balancing friends and romance: Associations between men’s investment in peer relationships and romantic relationship quality. Journal of Social and Personal Relationships, 1-22.https://doi.org/10.1177/02654075231198441
Smith, I., O'Dea G., Demmer, D. H., Youssef, G., Craigie, G., Francis, L. M., Coles, L., D'Souza, L., Cain, K., Knight, T., Olsson, C, A., Macdonald, J. A. (2023). Associations between unintended fatherhood and paternal mental health problems: A systematic review and meta-analysis. Journal of Affective Disorders, 339, 22-32. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jad.2023.06.065
2022
Livingston, J. D., Youssef, G. J., Francis, L. M., Greenwood, C. J., Olsson, C. A., & Macdonald, J. A. (2022). Hidden in Plain Sight? Men’s Coping Patterns and Psychological Distress Before and During the COVID-19 Pandemic. Frontiers in Psychiatry, 2320. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyt.2021.772942
Smith, I., Youssef, G. J., Shatte, A., Teague, S. J., Knight, T., & Macdonald, J. A. (2022). “You are not alone”: A big data and qualitative analysis of men's unintended fatherhood. SSM-Qualitative Research in Health, 2, 100085. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ssmqr.2022.100085
2021
Mansour, K. A., Greenwood, C. J., Biden, E. J., Francis, L. M., Olsson, C. A., & Macdonald, J. A. (2021). Pre-pandemic predictors of loneliness in adult men during COVID-19. Frontiers in Psychiatry, https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyt.2021.775588
Macdonald, J.A., Francis, L.M., Skouteris, H., Youssef, G.J., Graeme L.G., Williams, J., Fletcher,R.J., Knight, T., Milgrom, J., Di Manno, L., Olsson, C.A., Greenwood, C.J. (2021). Cohort profile: the Men and Parenting Pathways (MAPP) Study: a longitudinal Australian cohort study of men’s mental health and well-being at the normative age for first-time fatherhood. BMJ Open, 11, e047909. https://bmjopen.bmj.com/content/11/7/e047909
Macdonald J.A., Graeme L.G., Wynter K., Cooke D., Hutchinson D., Kendall G., StGeorge J., Dowse E., Francis L.M., McBride N., Fairweather A.K., Di Manno L., Olsson C.A., Allsop S., Leach L., & Youssef G.J. (2021). How are you sleeping? Starting the conversation with fathers about their mental health in the early parenting years. Journal of Affective Disorders, 281, 727-737. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jad.2020.11.081
Livingston, J.D., Youssef, G.J., StGeorge, J., Wynter, K., Dowse, E., Francis, L.M., Di Manno, L., Teague, S., Demmer, D., Collins, S., Wilford, E., Leach, L., Melvin, G.A., Macdonald, J.A. (2021). Paternal coping and psychopathology during the perinatal period: A mixed studies systematic review and meta-analysis. Clinical Psychology Review, 86. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cpr.2021.102028
Macdonald, J.A (2021). Let’s talk periconception healthcare with men. Medicine Today, 22(9): 71-73. Read here.
2020
Macdonald, J.A., Greenwood, C.J., Francis, L.M., Harrison, T.R., Graeme, L.G., Youssef, G.J., Di Manno, L., Skouteris, H., Fletcher, R., Knight, T., Williams, J., Milgrom, J. and Olsson, C.A (2020) Profiles of Depressive Symptoms and Anger in Men: Associations With Postpartum Family Functioning. Front. Psychiatry 11:578114. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyt.2020.578114
Wynter, K., Francis, L.M., Fletcher, R., McBride, N., Dowse, E., Wilson, N., Di Manno, L., Teague, S., Macdonald, J. A., & The Australian Fatherhood Research Consortium. (2020) Sleep, mental health and wellbeing among fathers of infants up to one year postpartum: A scoping review. Midwifery, 88, 1-23, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.midw.2020.102738
2019
Smith, I., Knight, T., Fletcher, R., & Macdonald, J. A. (2019). When men choose to be childless: An interpretative phenomenological analysis. Journal of Social and Personal Relationships. https://doi.org/10.1177/0265407519864444
2018
Macdonald, J., Harrison, T., Youssef, G., & Di Manno, L. (2018, May). Patterns of depressive symptoms and anger in men at the peak age for entering fatherhood: Associations with postpartum paternal-infant bonding. Presentation to the World Association of Infant Mental Health 16th World Congress, Rome Italy.
Smith, I., Knight, T., Fletcher, R. & Macdonald J. (2018, May). “I’m 90% sure”: Decision-making processes of men who choose to remain childless". Presentation to the Australian Fatherhood Research Symposium 2018, Melbourne, Australia.
2017
Kings, C.A., Knight, T., Ryan, D., & Macdonald, J.A. (2017). The “Sensory Deprivation Tank”: An Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis of Men’s Expectations of First-Time Fatherhood. Psychology of Men & Masculinity, 18(2), 112-122. http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/men0000046
2016
Pizzirani, B., Macdonald, J.A. & Di Manno, L. (2016, October). The recruitment (and maintenance) of men: Methodological and practical considerations for longitudinal study designs. Presentation to the Longitudinal Data Conference, hosted by the National Centre for Longitudinal Data, Canberra, ACT.
2015
Kings, C. A., Ryan, D., Knight, T., & Macdonald, J.A. (2015, November). Perceptions of the role of fatherhood and the desire to have children by men in the peak age for transition to parenthood. Presentation to the Australian Association for Infant Mental Health Inc. National Conference, Sydney, NSW.
Macdonald, J.A, Skouteris, H., Olsson, C.A., Knight, T., Hill, B., Williams, J., Milgrom, J., & Fletcher, R. (2015). Pre-conception pathways to paternal mental health and offspring wellbeing: Protocols and aims of the Men and Parenting Pathways Study. Presentation to the Australian Research Alliance for Children and Youth "Coming Together for Australia's Children" conference, Hobart, Tasmania.