Trinity Western University

Professional Development in Education: A Qualitative Study of Public School Teachers’ Perceptions of Meaningful Growth and Mandated Practice

The present study investigates the professional development (PD) experience of ten public school teachers in British Columbia. The teachers are regular participants in school and district-based professional development (PD) programs. The research seeks to investigate whether PD i...

Tree-based structural equation model for assessing measurement invariance in patient-reported outcome measures

Evidence of measurement invariance (MI) is essential to ensure that scores based on patient-reported outcome measures (PROMs) are comparable across groups or over time. Conventional methods for evaluating MI in PROMs are mostly group-based methods that require that relevant diffe...

Hidden in plain sight: a qualitative exploration of the influence of masking on autistic women’s mental health

Purpose Masking, the suppression of autistic traits to meet neurotypical expectations, is widely reported among autistic women and linked to adverse mental health outcomes. However, less is known about how masking relates to identity development and internal experience. This stud...