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View article: Coping with sexuality following adult sexual violence: A qualitative interview study of adult survivors’ experiences.
Coping with sexuality following adult sexual violence: A qualitative interview study of adult survivors’ experiences. Open
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View article: How do exhausted parents experience their interactions with their children? A qualitative and participative study
How do exhausted parents experience their interactions with their children? A qualitative and participative study Open
Introduction Parental burnout, known as a state of physical and psychological exhaustion, results in an imbalance between the parent’s perceived stressors in relation to parenting, and the resources available to the parent to cope with suc…
View article: Mental Health Nurses’ Social Representations of People Who Experience Mental Illness: A Story of Paradoxes
Mental Health Nurses’ Social Representations of People Who Experience Mental Illness: A Story of Paradoxes Open
Public representations of people who experience mental illness (PEMI) have been well documented within the stigma literature. However, studies about mental health nurses’ representations of PEMI are still scarce and characterized by contra…
View article: Healing the Separation in High-Conflict Post-divorce Co-parenting
Healing the Separation in High-Conflict Post-divorce Co-parenting Open
Objective Our research aim is to enrich the conceptualization of high conflict post-divorce co-parenting by understanding the dynamic process involved. Background The studied phenomena were explored by linking previous scientific knowledge…
View article: Friend or foe? A qualitative study exploring the relationship of people with obesity and food consumption
Friend or foe? A qualitative study exploring the relationship of people with obesity and food consumption Open
Background: Obesity is a major health problem worldwide, and one of its causes is unhealthy eating. A healthy diet should ensure that energy intake (calories) is in balance with energy expenditure, but in this paper a subjective experience…
View article: Perceived mattering in stepfamilies: A social relations model analysis
Perceived mattering in stepfamilies: A social relations model analysis Open
The current study examined the respective role of stepfamily members' individual characteristics and their dyadic relationships in stepfamily members' perceptions of mattering to one another. Parents, stepparents, and adolescents from 86 s…
View article: A Critical Analysis of Intimate Partner Sexual Violence in Iran
A Critical Analysis of Intimate Partner Sexual Violence in Iran Open
According to global data, intimate partner violence and its corresponding impact threaten the lives of almost 35% of women at some point in their life. The aim of this research was to explore the effects of intimate partner sexual violence…
View article: Father Reflections on Doing Family in Stepfamilies
Father Reflections on Doing Family in Stepfamilies Open
Objective To explore fathers' experiences as biological parents in father–stepmother families. Background Biological parents play an important role in the formation and development of stepfamily relationships, but little is known about fat…
View article: Siblings’ Experiences of Everyday Life in a Family Where One Child Is Diagnosed With Blood Cancer: A Qualitative Study
Siblings’ Experiences of Everyday Life in a Family Where One Child Is Diagnosed With Blood Cancer: A Qualitative Study Open
Background: Childhood cancer not only presents challenges to the life of the child with cancer but also to the siblings’ daily family life. The aim of the current study was to gain a better understanding of siblings’ experiences of living …
View article: In Search of the Recognition of Expatriate Complexity: Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis of Psychotherapy Experience
In Search of the Recognition of Expatriate Complexity: Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis of Psychotherapy Experience Open
Expatriates experiencing emotional distress and a call for globally oriented psychotherapy receive an increased focus in the research agendas. That one may better understand how expatriates may be helped in times of distress, the insight i…
View article: Identifying Positive Adaptive Pathways in Low-Income Families in Singapore: Protocol for Sequential, Longitudinal Mixed-Methods Design
Identifying Positive Adaptive Pathways in Low-Income Families in Singapore: Protocol for Sequential, Longitudinal Mixed-Methods Design Open
PRR1-10.2196/11629.
View article: Expatriate Family Adjustment: An Overview of Empirical Evidence on Challenges and Resources
Expatriate Family Adjustment: An Overview of Empirical Evidence on Challenges and Resources Open
The current theoretical paper presents a comprehensive overview of findings from research attempting to understand what happens with expatriates and their families while living abroad. Our paper draws on research on adjustment of individua…
View article: Identifying Positive Adaptive Pathways in Low-Income Families in Singapore: Protocol for Sequential, Longitudinal Mixed-Methods Design (Preprint)
Identifying Positive Adaptive Pathways in Low-Income Families in Singapore: Protocol for Sequential, Longitudinal Mixed-Methods Design (Preprint) Open
BACKGROUND This study aims to examine the adaptive process of children and mothers from multistressed low-income families in Singapore. It aims to bridge the knowledge gap left by existing poverty studies, which are predominately risk foc…
View article: Agency of depressed adolescents: embodiment and social representations
Agency of depressed adolescents: embodiment and social representations Open
Clinical and therapeutic implications are discussed.
View article: Sources of perceived responsiveness in family relationships.
Sources of perceived responsiveness in family relationships. Open
Perceived responsiveness has become one of the most important constructs in the relationship sciences. It is central to the development of a secure attachment style, the experience of social support, an internal locus of control, and the s…
View article: Reconstructing a Sense of Relational Agency in Family Therapy
Reconstructing a Sense of Relational Agency in Family Therapy Open
The concept of agency is relevant in family therapy. As family therapists we approach each family member as a full agent, which means that what each person thinks and feels, makes sense, and that each person contributes in a significant wa…
View article: Parents’ Perspectives of Changes Within the Family Functioning After a Pediatric Cancer Diagnosis: A Multi Family Member Interview Analysis
Parents’ Perspectives of Changes Within the Family Functioning After a Pediatric Cancer Diagnosis: A Multi Family Member Interview Analysis Open
Pediatric cancer is a life-threatening disease that challenges the life of the diagnosed child, the parents, and possible siblings. Moreover, it also places considerable demands on family life. The aim of this study was to explore changes …
View article: Examining the Reliability and Validity of the Fisher Divorce Adjustment Scale: The Persian Version
Examining the Reliability and Validity of the Fisher Divorce Adjustment Scale: The Persian Version Open
\This study was an attempt to determine the factor structure, reliability, validity, and adaptation of the Fisher Divorce Adjustment Scale (FDAS) for Iranian divorced individuals. The primary rationale for this study was the lack of such a…
View article: The Effectiveness of Fisher’s Rebuilding Group Intervention on Divorce Adjustment and General Health of Iranian Divorced Women
The Effectiveness of Fisher’s Rebuilding Group Intervention on Divorce Adjustment and General Health of Iranian Divorced Women Open
This research explores the effects of participating in the Rebuilding Seminar on postdivorce adjustment and the general health of divorced women in Arak, Iran. For this quasi-experimental study, 15 participants were recruited through conve…
View article: Associations between Relational Pronoun Usage and the Quality of Early Family Interactions
Associations between Relational Pronoun Usage and the Quality of Early Family Interactions Open
Our study examined the relationships of relational pronouns used in parental conversation to the quality of early family interactions, as indexed by Family Alliance (FA). We hypothesized that more positive family interactions were associat…
View article: Exploring Helpful Tensions between Divorce Mediators and Clients: A Relational Dialectical Analysis
Exploring Helpful Tensions between Divorce Mediators and Clients: A Relational Dialectical Analysis Open
Addressing calls for more mediation process research, this qualitative study explored which contradictory tensions are in play in a helpful working relationship between mediators and their clients. Data were collected in semistructured int…
View article: Like a Parent and a Friend, but Not the Father: A Qualitative Study of Stepfathers’ Experiences in the Stepfamily
Like a Parent and a Friend, but Not the Father: A Qualitative Study of Stepfathers’ Experiences in the Stepfamily Open
Research about the experience and position of stepfathers in stepfamilies is scarce. Using data from semi‐structured interviews with eight stepfathers, we aim to explore how stepfathers experience family life and their relationships with t…
View article: Dialectical Models of Socialization
Dialectical Models of Socialization Open
Despite contemporary acceptance that children are active agents in their own socialization, that causality between parents and children is bidirectional, and that context matters, basic concepts used in socialization research continue to r…