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View article: Maintaining relationship safety while promoting relationship health: Family service referrals among veterans screened for intimate partner violence.
Maintaining relationship safety while promoting relationship health: Family service referrals among veterans screened for intimate partner violence. Open
Intimate partner violence (IPV) poses a tremendous public health burden across large health care systems. While the predominant response to IPV focuses on individual screening and referral, relationship and family services provide an oppor…
View article: ‘I just feel so unloved’: using grounded theory to explore adult children’s experiences of unresponsiveness from their parents living with dementia
‘I just feel so unloved’: using grounded theory to explore adult children’s experiences of unresponsiveness from their parents living with dementia Open
A conceptual model illustrates the dynamic interplay of experiences, reactions, and meanings given to unresponsiveness. Novel findings suggest perceptions of unresponsiveness from parents with dementia may lead to disorganized attachment p…
View article: Coaching third parties for suicide prevention.
Coaching third parties for suicide prevention. Open
There was substantial heterogeneity in assessments and interventions used, particularly related to documentation of access to lethal means; however, there is an opportunity to provide risk reduction education and communication skill buildi…
View article: A Multidisciplinary Exploration into Flow in Writing
A Multidisciplinary Exploration into Flow in Writing Open
Offering a multidisciplinary exploration of “flow” and the often-nebulous ways it is conceptualized and operationalized in writing pedagogy, this book addresses a critical gap in writing studies.Bringing together practice-based and scholar…
View article: Brief relationship support as a selective suicide prevention intervention: Piloting the Relationship Checkup in veteran couples with relationship and mental health concerns
Brief relationship support as a selective suicide prevention intervention: Piloting the Relationship Checkup in veteran couples with relationship and mental health concerns Open
Introduction Close relationship problems play a key role in many contemporary theories of suicide. However, the potential of relationship support in suicide prevention is understudied. This study explores the feasibility, safety, acceptabi…
View article: Leveraging Integrated Primary Care to Enhance the Health System Response to IPV: Moving toward Primary Prevention Primary Care
Leveraging Integrated Primary Care to Enhance the Health System Response to IPV: Moving toward Primary Prevention Primary Care Open
Intimate partner violence (IPV) is a prominent public health problem in the United States, with significant health impacts that are often severe and persistent. Healthcare systems have been called upon to improve both the systematic identi…
View article: Relationship Health and Intimate Partner Violence in Integrated Primary Care: Individual Characteristics and Preferences for Relationship Support across Risk Levels
Relationship Health and Intimate Partner Violence in Integrated Primary Care: Individual Characteristics and Preferences for Relationship Support across Risk Levels Open
This study explores differences in characteristics and relationship treatment preferences across different levels of intimate partner violence (IPV) among Veterans Affairs (VA) primary care patients. In Fall 2019, we sent a mail-in survey …
View article: A pilot randomized control trial of a dyadic safety planning intervention: Safe actions for families to encourage recovery.
A pilot randomized control trial of a dyadic safety planning intervention: Safe actions for families to encourage recovery. Open
A recent systematic review on family and suicide prevention efforts identified a lack of family-based safety planning interventions for adults. To address this gap, The Safe Actions for Families to Encourage Recovery (SAFER) intervention w…
View article: Shocks to the system: The influence of COVID-19–related stressors on coparental and family functioning.
Shocks to the system: The influence of COVID-19–related stressors on coparental and family functioning. Open
In addition to the fears associated with contracting COVID-19, the pandemic has forced families across the United States to quickly transition to new patterns of living. These transitions present new stressors, including health-related con…
View article: Better off with you: Exploring congruity between caregivers’ and Veterans’ experience of efforts to cope with suicide
Better off with you: Exploring congruity between caregivers’ and Veterans’ experience of efforts to cope with suicide Open
The interpersonal theory of suicide posits people are more likely to consider suicide when they perceive themselves as alone and as a burden. However, there is limited research on whether these self-perceptions reflect caregiver experience…
View article: Sexual Dysfunction and Preferences for Discussing Sexual Health Concerns Among Veteran Primary Care Patients
Sexual Dysfunction and Preferences for Discussing Sexual Health Concerns Among Veteran Primary Care Patients Open
Primary care providers should ask veterans about sexual health, as sexual dysfunction was prevalent, especially among women and among men over age 65. Most veterans were receptive to being asked about sexual problems in primary care and pr…
View article: Toward an optimized measure of perceived partner responsiveness: Development and validation of the perceived responsiveness and insensitivity scale.
Toward an optimized measure of perceived partner responsiveness: Development and validation of the perceived responsiveness and insensitivity scale. Open
Perceived partner responsiveness (PPR; Reis & Shaver, Handbook of personal relationships, 1988, Wiley)-the belief that one's partner will attend to core concerns-is a construct in basic relationship research that can help evaluate intimacy…