Dr Donna-Maria Maynard
BSc (Hons) (Warwick), MA (Sussex), PhD (UWI)

Lecturer in Clinical and Counselling Psychology

Tel.: (246) 417-4433
Fax: (246) 417-9615
E-mail: donna-maria.maynard (at) cavehill.uwi.edu

Brief Bio:

Donna-Maria Maynard is a Lecturer in Clinical & Counselling Psychology at the University of the West Indies, Cave Hill Campus. She was recently awarded the Campus Research Day Award for best collaborative research (Factorial structure of depressive symptoms in an Anglophone Caribbean university student population: Psychometric properties of the Beck Depression Inventory-II.  Interamerican Journal of Psychology, 43(3), 577-585, 2009).  She most recently published a book: “Learned Helplessness in Barbadian adolescents” (2010), and has published in the Caribbean Journal of Psychology, The Journal of Psychology in Africa, British Journal of Guidance & Counselling,  Interamerican Journal of Psychology, and International Journal for the Advancement of Counselling & Development.

Research Interests:

Her current research interests are in treatment of anxiety disorders and depression, career self-efficacy, problem behaviours and self-esteem issues, solution-focused counselling with adolescents and young adults, Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, and learning disabilities.

Select Publications:

Maynard, D. (2010).  Learned Helplessness in Barbadian Adolescents. LAP Lambert Academic Pub.

Maynard, D-M., & Ring, K. (2010). Students' services and wellness at the University of the West Indies, Cave Hill Campus, Barbados. In A. Ezenne (Ed.), Higher education in the Caribbean: Research, challenges and prospects (Chapter 15, pp. 552-579).  Educational Research Centre, Department of Educational Studies, University of the West Indies, Kingston, Jamaica, West Indies.

Maynard, D., & Springer-Proverbs, R. (2010).  Gender differences in characteristics of Barbadian Adolescents’ same-sex friendships. Caribbean Journal of Psychology, 3(1), 40-53.

Maynard, D., Campbell, M.H., Devonish, D., Leon, T., Roberti, J. & Emmanuel M. K. (2010). Psychometric properties and factorial structure of the State Trait Anxiety Inventory-Trait Version (STAI-T) in Caribbean university students. The Journal of Psychology in Africa, 20(1), 7-12.

Maynard, D., Adkison-Bradley, C., Johnson, P. & Carter, S. (2009). Black African Caribbean women and depression. British Journal of Guidance & Counselling, 37(1), 65-72. doi:10.1080/03069880802535887.

Maynard, D. & Welch, P. (2009). Coping strategies of Caribbean “Problem Students.” International Journal for the Advancement of Counselling & Development, 31(1), 17-31. doi: 10.1007/s10447-008-9065-x.

Maynard, D. (2003). Structural Ecosystems Therapy. Unit 3; Family Therapy, M.Sc. Counselling.  The Unit of Advanced Training and Research in Fertility Management, Department of Obstetrics, Gynaecology and Child Health, Faculty of Medical Sciences with the University of the West Indies Distance Education Centre (UWIDEC) University of the West Indies – Mona campus, Jamaica.

Courses taught at The University of the West Indies

PSYCHOLOGY

Undergraduate
PSYC2004 Personality Theory Part I
PSYC3028 Theory and Practice of Counselling Psychology
PSYC3017 Personality Theory and Assessment Part II
PSYC3030 Introduction to Clinical Psychology