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The global practitioner

Sellers, Debra M. (2009-08-26)

As a gerontologist with 18 years of experience providing services to older adults and their families, mostly in nursing homes, I am curious about progressive models and innovative methods of caring for older adults. ...
The good, the bad, and the ugly: divorced mothers’ experiences with coparenting

Markham, Melinda S.; Coleman, Marilyn (2012-12-14)

This study produces a grounded theory of how 20 predominantly White, well-educated women experienced sharing physical custody of their children with their former partners after divorce or separation. Three patterns of ...
Immigrant and non-immigrant women: factors that predict leaving an abusive relationship

Amanor-Boadu, Yvonne; Messing, Jill Theresa; Stith, Sandra M.; Anderson, Jared R.; O’Sullivan, Chris; Campbell, Jacquelyn C. (2012-10-09)

This research used logistic regression to test components of Choice & Lamke’s (1997) two-part decision making model and Hamby’s (2008) holistic risk assessment as predictors in the decision to separate from an abusive ...
The impact of individual trauma symptoms of deployed soldiers on relationship satisfaction

Goff, Briana S. Nelson; Crow, Janet R.; Reisbig, Allison M.J.; Hamilton, Stacy (2008-04-11)

Research traditionally has focused on the development of individual symptoms in those who experienced trauma directly but has overlooked the interpersonal impact of trauma. The current study reports data from 45 male Army ...
The impact of premarital cycling on early marriage

Vennum, Amber V.; Johnson, Matthew D. (2014-12-02)

Using a sample of 564 newlywed couples and the enduring dynamics model of marriage (Caughlin, Huston, & Houts, 2000), we examined the impact of premarital cycling (breaking up and renewing) on the entrance into marriage ...
The importance of therapist/client ethnic/racial matching in couples treatment for domestic violence

Horst, K.; Mendez, M.; Culver-Turner, R.; Amanor-Boadu, Yvonne; Minner, B.; Cook, J.; Stith, Sandra M.; McCollum, E. (2012-10-10)

Outcome research indicates a relative degree of variability regarding the effectiveness of client and therapist ethnic/racial matching (see Cabral and Smith 2011, Shin et al. 2005). Considering these findings, our study ...
The influence of a grandfather’s disease process and death on the formation of personal identity in a granddaughter

Sellers, Debra M.; Milton, Maggie (2008-05-02)

This case study investigated the influence of a grandfather with Parkinson's disease and his death on the development of personal identity in his granddaughter. The case was complicated by the granddaughter's diagnosis ...
Integrating a brief substance abuse awareness intervention into a couples treatment program for intimate partner violence

McCollum, Eric E.; Stith, Sandra M.; Strachman Miller, Marjorie; Ratcliffe, G. Cole (2012-11-13)

Substance abuse (SA) and intimate partner violence (IPV) frequently co-occur providing challenges to researchers and treatment professionals alike. Researchers have struggled to understand the nature of the relationship ...
Intimate partner physical abuse perpetration and victimization risk factors: a meta-analytic review

Stith, Sandra M.; Smith, Douglas B.; Penn, Carrie E.; Ward, David B.; Tritt, Dari (2012-10-16)

Evidence from 85 studies was examined to identify risk factors most strongly related to intimate partner physical abuse perpetration and victimization. The studies produced 308 distinct effect sizes. These effect sizes ...
“It’s complicated:” the continuity and correlates of cycling in cohabiting and marital relationships

Vennum, Amber V.; Lindstrom, Rachel; Monk, J. Kale; Adams, Rebekah (2014-07-02)

Given previous research on the risks associated with cycling in young adult dating relationships, the present study examines the frequency with which cyclical dating relationships (relationships that end and renew) persist ...
The LiveAbility House: A collaborative adventure in discovery learning

Kirby, Sarah D.; Sellers, Debra M. (IGI Global, 2011-12-21)

This chapter follows efforts of an online community of practice whose mission is to make individual educational experiences for family caregivers widely available. The case study illustrates the collaborative learning ...
Making a difference in making miracles: common roadblocks to miracle question effectiveness

Stith, Sandra M.; Miller, Marjorie L. Strachman; Boyle, Jeremy; Swinton, Jonathan; Ratcliffe, Gary Cole; McCollum, Eric E. (2013-01-25)

This article describes a clinical investigation of student-therapists’ use of the miracle question (MQ). Data used for this project came from transcribed role-play videotapes by six student-therapists. Transcripts were ...
Marital Satisfaction as a Risk Marker for Intimate Partner Physical Violence: A Meta-analytic Review

Stith, Sandra M.; Green, Narika M.; Smith, Douglas B.; Ward, David B. (2010-01-05)

A meta-analysis investigating the relationship between marital satisfaction and intimate partner violence (IPV) was conducted with 32 articles. Overall, a small-to-moderate effect size (r = -.27) indicated a significant ...
Marital therapy help-seeking attitudes of young adults in mainland China

Adams, Rebekah D.; Aducci, C. J.; Anderson, Jared R.; Johnson, Matthew D.; Zheng, Fuming; Liu, Wenli (2013-03-21)

Using qualitative interview data from young adults in Mainland China (n = 24), the current study explored help-seeking attitudes toward marital therapy. In general, significant relationship problems that participants labeled ...
Marital therapy in mainland China: a qualitative study of young adults’ knowledge, attitudes, and beliefs

Anderson, Jared R.; Aducci, C. J.; Adams, Rebekah D.; Johnson, Matthew D.; Liu, Wenli; Zheng, Fuming; Ratcliffe, G. Cole (2013-09-20)

This qualitative study explored young adults' knowledge, attitudes, and beliefs about marital therapy in Mainland China. Participants (N = 24) were undergraduate and graduate students attending university in Beijing and ...
Media violence: The effects are both real and strong

Murray, John P. (2008-05-13)

Fifty years of research on the effect of TV violence on children leads to the inescapable conclusion that viewing media violence is related to increases in aggressive attitudes, values, and behaviors. The changes in ...
Military marriages: the aftermath of Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF) and Operation Enduring Freedom (OEF) deployments

Baptist, Joyce A.; Amanor-Boadu, Yvonne; Garrett, Kevin; Nelson Goff, Briana S.; Collum, Jonathan; Gamble, Paulicia; Gurss, Holly; Sanders-Hahs, Erin M.; Strader, Lizette; Wick, Stephanie (2012-07-02)

An examination of how members of military marriages were affected by and adapted to OIF/OEF deployment found three themes: communicating to stay connected, emotional and marital intimacy, and managing change. The findings ...
Multi-couple group and self-directed PREP formats enhance relationship satisfaction and improve anger management skills in Air Force couples

Anderson, Jared R.; Stith, Sandra M.; Johnson, Matthew D.; Strachman- Miller, Marjorie M.; Amanor-Boadu, Yvonne; Linkh, David J. (2013-04-12)

This study examined the effectiveness of delivering the Prevention and Relationship Enhancement Program (PREP) to volunteer couples in the U.S. Air Force in either a six-week instructional multi-couple group condition or ...
Primary trauma of female partners in a military sample: individual symptoms and relationship satisfaction

Hamilton, Stacy; Goff, Briana S. Nelson; Crow, Janet R.; Reisbig, Allison M.J. (Taylor & Francis (Routledge), 2009-06-23)

Research traditionally has focused on the development of symptoms in those who experienced war-trauma directly but overlooked the impact of trauma in the partners of soldiers. The current study reports data from 45 couples ...
A qualitative analysis of military couples with high and low trauma symptoms and relationship distress levels

Wick, Stephanie; Goff, Briana S. (2014-09-24)

The purpose of the current study was to understand the experiences of a subset of military couples regarding the effects of war deployment on couple functioning. This study utilized the core “couple functioning” variables ...