Jennifer Roters

Jennifer Roters

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Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology, Counseling Program

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Award Announcement

Brock University Press Release: Centre for Pedagogical Innovation: Graduate TA Award

Jennifer Roters has been a TA for the Psychology department’s Introductory Statistics and Research Methods course for two years. To read more, click on the link below.

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Podcast

Back from the Borderline: The impact of insecure attachment and childhood trauma (interview with personality disorder specialist Jen Roters)

Original episode description: Among the symptoms of borderline personality disorder (BPD), insecurity in one’s sense of self and relationships is often seen as a core feature. Fearing abandonment, alternating between idealizing and devaluing others (splitting), and rapidly shifting between moods, people who identify with BPD seem to share some of the basic elements of individuals with what’s known as an “insecure attachment style.” In this episode, I had the opportunity to sit down with Jen Roters, a doctoral candidate of psychology at Brock University, where she has dedicated over ten years of her life to the study of childhood adversity related to attachment and personality disorder development.

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Press Release Friday, April 12, 2019

Brock University Press Release: TAs celebrated for a job well done

Teaching assistants Yihong Bai, Jennifer Roters, Monica Louie and Caitlyn Gallant received awards during Brock’s 2018-19 TA Reception on Tuesday, April 9. To read more, click on the link below.

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Press Release Tuesday, July 20, 2021

Brock University Press Release: Research on childhood neglect, abuse earns Psychology PhD student national Vanier Scholarship

Brock PhD student Jennifer Roters has been awarded the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada Vanier Canada Graduate Scholarship. To read more, click on the link below.

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publications

Publications

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Journal article: Peer-reviewed

  • Kapoor, I., Roters, J., & Murphy, T. I. (2024). The Effects of Online Materials on Student Performance: Types of Resources, Mode of Delivery. the Journal of Educators Online. https://doi.org/10.9743/JEO.2024.21.3.17

  • McLachlan, K., Roters, J., Ahmed, D., Marshall, L. E., & Moulden, H. (2024). Adverse Childhood Experiences in Forensic Psychiatry: Prevalence and Correlates from Two Independent Canadian Samples. Journal of Forensic Psychiatry and Psychology. https://doi.org/10.1080/14789949.2024.2338905

  • Roters, J. & Book, A. (2023). Examining the complex relationship between childhood adversity, mindfulness, attachment and various personality outcomes: a bayesian structural equation modelling (SEM) approach. Journal of Psychological Trauma: Theory, Research, Practice, and Policy. https://dx.doi.org/10.1037/tra0001596

  • Roters, J., Book, A., & Visser, B. (2023). The Role of Mindfulness in the Relationships Between Childhood Adversity and Borderline and Psychopathic Traits. Adversity and Resilience Science. https://doi.org/10.1007/s42844-023-00109-w

  • Roters, J. & Book, A. (2023). Attachment and mindfulness as mediators in the relationship between childhood adversity and personality outcomes. Journal of Child and Adolescent Trauma. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40653-023-00553-x

  • Roters, J. & Book, A. (2023). Using the HEXACO to explain the structure of borderline and psychopathic personality traits. Journal of Personality and Mental Health. 1-11. http://doi.org/10.1002/pmh.1584

  • Book, A., Stark, S., MacEachern, J., Forth, A., Visser, B., Wattam, T., Young, J., Power, J., & Roters, J. (2020). In the Eye of the Beholder: Psychopathy and Fear Enjoyment. Journal of Personality, 88, 1286- 1301. https://doi.org/10.1111/jopy.12571

  • Meloy, R. J., Book, A., Hosker-Field, A., Methot-Jones, T., & Roters, J. (2018). Social, Sexual, and Violent Predation: Are Psychopathic Traits Evolutionarily Adaptive? Violence and Gender. 0(0), 1-13. https://doi.org/10.1089/vio.2018.0012

  • Roters, J. & Marshall, L. E. (2015). Using an evidenced-based approach to the treatment of Borderline Personality Disorder within a Maximum Secure Forensic Mental Health Centre. Crime Scene: Psychology Behind Bars and in Front of the Bench (the official organ of the criminal justice section of the Canadian Psychological Association), spring 2015 issues. 24-32.

  • Marshall, L. E., Humphries, S., Roters, J., & Davis, A. (2014). Sexual Addiction and Adult Attachment in Incarcerated Sexual Offenders and a Matched Community Comparison Group. Journal of Addiction and Therapy, 1(1), 1-9.

  • Roters, J., & Logan, A.J., Meisner, B.A., & Baker, J. (2010). A preliminary study of perceptions of aging in athletes and non-athletes. Psychology of Sport and Exercise. 11( 1), 67- 70.

Submitted
  • Roters, J. & Book, A. (submitted). The Role of Insecure Attachment in the Relationship Between Childhood Adversity and Borderline/Psychopathic Traits. Journal of Personality and Mental Health.
In-preparation or Under-revision

  • Marshall, L. E., Roters, J., Marshall, W. L., Blacker, J. & Weatherston, V. (under revision). Sexual offenders and adverse childhood experiences: abuse subscale. Journal of Abuse: An International Impact Journal.

  • Prusaczyk, E., Batinic, M., White, A., Roters, J., Ganesh, N., Earle, M., & Hodson, G. (in preparation). Replication, Revision, and Extension of the Conscionable Consumption Model of Pornography in a U.S. Sample of Feminist Porn Consumers.

  • Marshall, L. E., Roters, J., & O’Brien, M. D. (in preparation). Sexual Desires and Beliefs about Social Acceptability in University Students and Low Socioeconomic Comparisons.

  • Marshall, L. E., Keating, M., Roters, J., Rutherford, J., MacNeil, M., Ball, L., & Bridekirk, J. (in preparation). Reducing Inpatient Violence in a High Security Forensic Hospital.

Book Chapters

  • Marshall, L. E. & Roters, J. (submitted). Age as a responsivity factor in the treatment of sexual offences. Dickie, I, Beech, A. R., & Wareham, S. (Eds.), Cultural Responsivity: Sexual Aggression and Treatment (the “Work”). John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.

  • Marshall, L. E. & Roters, J. (2019). Sexual Offenders: Treatment Approaches. Morgan, R. D. (Ed.). The SAGE Encyclopedia of Criminal Psychology. SAGE Publications, Incorporated.

  • Marshall, L. E. & Roters, J. (2017). Sexual Offender Treatment in Forensic and Correctional Settings. In Ireland, J. L., Ireland, C. A., Fisher, M., & Gredecki, N. (Eds.), The Routledge International Handbook of Forensic Psychology in Secure Settings (pp. 118-130). New York: Taylor & Francis.

talks

Presentations

Peer-Reviewed Presentations

  • Prusaczyk, E., Batinic, M., White, A., Roters, J., Ganesh, N., Earle, M., & Hodson, G. (2023, June). Replication, Revision, and Extension of the Conscionable Consumption Model of Pornography in a U.S. Sample of Feminist Porn Consumers. Talk to be submitted to the annual meeting of the Canadian Psychological Association, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

  • Roters, J., Kapoor, I., & Murphy, T. (2022, December). The Impact of Study Resources and Delivery Methods on Course Performance. Roundtable for the 2022 Teaching to Enhance Research Methods and Statistics in Psychology (PsychTERMS) Conference.

  • Kapoor, I., Roters, J., & Murphy, T. I. (2022, May). The effect of online materials on student performance: types of resources, mode of delivery. Poster presented at KT Canada Virtual Scientific Meeting 2022.

  • McLachlan, K., Roters, J., Ahmed, D., Marshall, L. E., & Moulden, H. (2022, February). Adverse Childhood Experiences in Forensic Psychiatry: Prevalence and Correlates from Two Independent Canadian Samples. Paper presented at the 2nd Annual Canadian Forensic Psychology Virtual Conference.

  • Roters, J. (2020, July). Higher-order personality structure: Psychopathic, antisocial and borderline personality traits examined. Paper presented at the Canadian Psychological Association’s 81st Annual National Convention. Online.

  • Drolet, C., Roters, J., & Murphy, T. (2018, December). Interactive Feedback Tools for Completing Statistics Questions. Poster presented at the Teaching & Research Technology Showcase at Brock University - St. Catharines, ON.

  • Roters, J., Marshall, L. E., Blacker, J., Keating, M., &. Ball, L. (2016, May). Sexual Offending and Adverse Childhood Abuse Experiences. Waypoint Research Institute’s 4th Annual Conference - Knowledge Translation in Mental Health & Addictions Conference, Barrie, ON.

  • Marshall, L. E., Roters, J., Keating, M., Rutherford, J &. Ball, L. (2015, June). Empirical improvement of staff and patient safety: A user satisfaction survey and a comparison of three measures of risk for inpatient violence. Paper presented at the Waypoint Research Institute’s 3rd Annual Conference - Knowledge Translation in Mental Health & Addictions Conference, Toronto, ON.

  • Roters, J., Marshall, L. E. Keating, M., Ball, L. & Rutherford, J. (2015, June). Adverse Childhood Experiences Affecting Recovery at a Maximum Secure Forensic Mental Health Facility. Paper presented at the Waypoint Research Institute’s 3rd Annual Conference - Knowledge Translation in Mental Health & Addictions Conference, Toronto, ON.

  • Ham, E., Roters, J., West, N., Ball, L. C., & Barbaree, H. E. (2015, May). Before and After: A Closer Look at Waypoint’s Therapeutic Climate through the Eyes of Staff and Patients. Paper presented at the annual Waypoint Professional Practice Advisory Council Conference, Penetanguishene, ON.

  • Ball, L. C., Ham, E., Roters, J., West, N., & Barbaree, H. E. (2015, April). More than Window Dressings: The Impact of a New Building on Therapeutic Climate. Paper presented at the Annual University of Toronto Forensic Psychiatry Research Day Conference, Penetanguishene, ON.

  • Roters, J., Marshall, L. E., Keating, M., Ball, L., & Rutherford, J. (2015, April). Adverse Childhood Experiences Affecting Recovery at a Maximum Secure Forensic Mental Health Facility. Paper presented at the Annual University of Toronto Forensic Psychiatry Research Day Conference, Penetanguishene, ON.

  • Roters, J., Marshall, L. E., Keating, M., Ball, L., & Rutherford, J.(2015, February). Adverse Childhood Experiences Affecting Recovery at a Maximum Secure Forensic Mental Health Facility. Paper presented at the Ontario Shores Research Day conference, Whitby, ON.

  • Roters, J., Ham, E., Ball, L. C., & West, N. (2015, February). Validating the EssenCES for use in a Canadian mental health care setting. Paper presented at the Ontario Shores Research Day conference, Whitby, ON.

  • Ball, L. C., Ham, E., Roters, J., & West, N.(2015, February). Recovery in context: Validating the Recovery Self-Assessment in a Canadian mental health care setting. Paper presented at the Ontario Shores Research Day conference, Whitby, ON.

  • Marshall, L. E., Roters, J., Keating, M., Ball, L., & Weatherston, V. (2014, October). Sexual Offending & Adverse Childhood Experiences Abuse Subscale. Paper presented at 33rd Annual Association for the Treatment of Sexual Abusers (ATSA) Research and Treatment Conference. San Diego, California, USA.

  • Marshall, L. E., Marshall, W. L., Blacker, J., & Roters, J. (2014, September). Sexual offenders and adverse childhood experiences: abuse subscale. Paper presented at the 13th annual conference of the International Association for the Treatment of Sexual Offenders (IATSO). Porto, Portugal.

  • West, N., Roters, J., Ball, L. C., & Ham, E. (2014, May). Organizational culture change at Waypoint: A long-term evaluation strategy. Paper presented at the annual Waypoint Professional Practice Advisory Council Conference, Penetanguishene, ON.

  • Roters, J., & Logan, A.J., Meisner, B.A., & Baker, J.(2008, November). Perceptions of ageing in athletes and non-athletes. Paper presented at The Canadian Society for Psychomotor Learning and Sport Psychology (SCAPPS), Canmore AB.

teaching

Mentorship

Undergraduate and Graduate Students, Brock University, Psychology Department, 2016

Student Social Events and Peer Mentoring Program

Role: Mentorship Lead

  • Graduate Studies in Psychology, Brock University
  • Duration: February 2017- July 2021
  • I had the opportunity to guide graduate students in confidential mentorship pairs that suited their needs. This program provides students with more senior graduate student mentors to aid in navigating funding applications, achieving academic success in courses, adapting to graduate student life, professional networking, dissertation writing, successful time-management, etc.

Student Supervision

Undergraduate students

Ishita Kapoor, co-supervisor. Honours thesis (2021-2022)

  • Poster presented at KT Canada Virtual Scientific Meeting 2022
  • Project presented at Teaching to Enhance Research Methods and Statistics in Psychology (PsychTERMS) in 2022
  • Manuscript accepted at the journal of the Journal of Educators Online

Tori Wattam, co-supervisor. Honours thesis (2017-2018)

Scarlet Stark, co-supervisor. Honours thesis (2016-2017)

Graduate students

Nathalie Gauthier, co-supervisor. Doctorate dissertation (2018-2023)

  • Data collection at Waypoint Centre forensic inpatient unit under licensure of the College of Registered Psychotherapists of Ontario
  • Statistical analysis support

Teaching Assistantships Undergraduate

Undergraduate courses, Brock University, Psychology Department, 2016

For these courses, I have been required to be familiar with all the course material listed (i.e.: readings, lecture materials, assignments, exams, etc.); however, each role had different aspects that I was responsible for.

Introductory Research Design and Statistics

For this course, as a Teaching Assistant, I have led seminars both online and in person, taken up and graded assignments and examination, and proctored examinations. As a Course Coordinator organized and arranged deferred examinations (both online and in person), fielded emails/messages regarding course content, proctored examinations (online), arranged Teaching Assistant coverage for additional office hours, and other course duties as required. Lastly, I also completed a Teaching Apprenticeship where I covered two separate topics in the course and prepared 2 different seminar assignments and examination questions that coincided with the lectures as approved by the instructor. This was delivered over 6 hours of class time across 2 sections of the course, in person.

Teaching assistant from September 2017- April 2021 Course coordinator from May 2021- July 2022

Forensic Psychology

Grading and proving feedback for online seminar posts, marking assignments, and fielding questions from students regarding the course.

Online course: January 2017- April 2017

Fundamentals of Social Psychology

Grading and proving feedback for essays, marking examinations, and fielding questions from students regarding the course.

In-person course: September 2016- December 2016

Teaching Assistantship Graduate

Graduate courses, Brock University, Applied Disability Studies Department, 2022

Quantitative Methods in Social Science Research

This Masters level course focused on how to analyze quantitative data in behaviour analysis, with particular attention given to the opportunities and challenges provided by the use of SPSS. The main objective of this course was to learn how to think more critically and reflectively about data processing and analysis in behaviour analysis. The specific focus in the course was the fundamental statistical concepts that support the application of statistics to research along with the special challenges in applying these concepts via SPSS. Topics covered included:

  • descriptive statistics and their utility in evaluating assumptions
  • basic group comparison procedures
  • bivariate statistics
  • introduction to the General Linear Model
  • a general-purpose rubric for analyzing experimental and correlational designs

In the scheduled combination lecture/labs, students had a variety of opportunities to actively participate in discussions related to the analytic process. Labs provided actual hands-on experience in using SPSS to carry out statistical analyses. This course introduced the technical aspects of conducting quantitative research, from data processing to statistical analysis and reporting findings to others. As well, the course aided students in developing a critical perspective on how research is conducted from the quantitative perspective, prepared students to conduct research and to be intelligent consumers of research when applied to practice in behaviour analysis.

My role: I ran office hours, marked assignments/exams, and provided support to students regarding homework and assignments/exams.

Hybrid Online/In-person Course: January 2022- April 2022

Instructor

Undergraduate courses, Brock University, Psychology Department, 2022

Forensic Psychology

Description: This course provides a broad overview of the field of forensic psychology, involving discussion of a variety of topics, including psychopathy, risk assessment, criminal profiling, deception, eyewitness identification, and jury decision-making.

My role: I prepared all course materials, arranged Teaching Assistant coverage as well as provided supervision, prepared, and delivered lecture material, assignments and examinations. Further, I worked with students who were connected with Student Accessibility Services to ensure that the class environment fit their diverse and specified needs in an equitable manner.

Online Course: September 2022- December 2022

Instructor Graduate

Graduate courses, University of Northern British Columbia, Psychology Department, 2024

Assessment in Counseling

Description: An overview of basic principles of assessment in counseling, focusing on test and non-test appraisal instruments and development of diagnostic skills will be the major purpose of this course. This course is designed to give the student “hands-on”, practical training in the process of clinical assessment in the mental health profession.

My role: I am currently preparing lecture material, assignments and examinations.

In-person course: May 2025- July 2025

Educational Research Design and Methodology

Description: This course is an introduction to quantitative and qualitative paradigms of counselling and educational inquiry. The course will cover the formulation of research questions, the consideration of ethical issues, the principal types and methods of research, and an understanding of the research process from topic, to literature review, to question, to research type and to methodology.

My role: I prepared lectures, exercises, discussions, assignments, and graded all work.

In-person course: September 2024- December 2024

Counselling Theory

Description: The goal of this course is to provide students with a solid foundation in the major theories of counselling and psychotherapy, as well as to help students develop a theoretical stance that is consistent with their view of human development, being, and becoming.

My role: I am currently preparing lecture material, assignments and examinations.

In-person course: September 2024- December 2024