Annual Report
Seven Sisters Annual Report 2021. Published April 2022.
The Seven Sisters program comprises nine weeks of one-hour sessions that are facilitated on the netball court, where participants engage in culturally grounded warm-up activities, netball skill development, discussion about the session’s themes, and a guided stretch and meditation. In week 10 the participants compete in a community netball match, where local mental health service providers are invited to come and engage with the participants to break down barriers in service acquisition.
Download at: www.shootingstars.com.au/seven-sisters
Role: Consultant for research analysis and lead author for annual report.
School Resource
Hope and Help: Supporting students who self-harm
Pastoral care guide for wellbeing leaders and other resources available in electronic or printed form, upon request.
2018. Sarah Stanford, Stephen Fyson, and Anne Ward.
Media and blogs
A PhD… plus four kids?!
Thesis Whisperer, Aug 29, 2018
https://thesiswhisperer.com/2018/08/29/a-phd-plus-four-kids/
Trust me I’m an expert: The science of pain
The Conversation Podcast, Mar 1 2018
https://theconversation.com/trust-me-im-an-expert-the-science-of-pain-91907
Self harm by Australian high school students: Latest research on who might do it and how to help
EduResearch Matters, Oct 16 2017
Discussing suicide in schools
Radio Interview with Alan Hickey on 5AA, Sept 14 2017
https://soundcloud.com/fiveaa/alan-hickey-discussing-suicide-in-schools
Talking about suicide and self-harm in schools can save lives
The Conversation, Sept 13 2017
https://theconversation.com/talking-about-suicide-and-self-harm-in-schools-can-save-lives-83232
New to research using high school samples? Three things that helped me
NetECR, 5 Sept 2017
Journals & Book Chapters
Appreciating complexity in adolescent self-harm risk factors: Psychological profiling in a longitudinal community sample.
Stanford, S., Jones, M.P. & Hudson, J.L. (2017).
Journal of Youth and Adolescence, Jul 28.
Understanding women who self-harm: Predictors and long- term outcomes in a longitudinal community sample.
Stanford, S., Jones, M.P., & Loxton, D.J. (2016).
Australian & New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry.
Rethinking pathology in adolescent self-harm: Towards a more complex understanding of risk factors.
Stanford, S., Jones, M.P. & Hudson, J.L. (2017).
Journal of Adolescence, 54, 32–41.
Psychological profile in an adolescent community sample: its relation to self-harm.
Stanford, S. & Jones, M.P., 2012.
In A. M. Columbia, ed. Advances in psychology research. New York: Nova Science Publishers, pp. 77–92. Vol 92.
How much detail needs to be elucidated in self-harm research?
Stanford, S. & Jones, M.P. (2010).
Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 39(5), 504–513.
Psychological subtyping finds pathological, impulsive, and “normal” groups among adolescents who self-harm.
Stanford, S. & Jones, M.P. (2009).
Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry and Allied Disciplines, 50(7), 807–815.
Unanswered questions in adolescent self-harm: A closer look at impulsivity.
Stanford, S., & Jones, M.P. 2008.
In S. Boag, ed. Personality Down Under: Perspectives from Australia. New York: Nova Science Publishers, pp. 177-188.