W Kim Halford
Biographic Data
| ID | 145222 |
|---|---|
| NAME | W Kim Halford |
| GIVEN NAMES | W Kim |
| FAMILY NAME | Halford |
| SIGNATURE | HALFORD W K |
| AFFILIATIONS | The University of Queensland |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-9645-9147 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 25 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 72 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 25 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1988 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 5 |
Perceived usefulness of sex and relationship education sources among sexual minority men
Intimacy and relationships are important to sexual minority men, yet traditional sex and relationship education from sources such as schools and families may lack perceived usefulness. Consequently, sexual minority men may seek information from alternative sources, but little research has explored the usefulness of these alternatives. A national survey of sexual minority men in Australia (n = 936, Mage = 38.9) evaluated the usefulness of seven so…
Perceived Usefulness of Sex and Relationship Education and Sexual Minority Men’s Relationship Outcomes
Introduction Sexual minority men face unique challenges in navigating relationships due to stigma and exclusionary policies. Research suggests that comprehensive sex education can support healthier relationships. The present study examines the association between the perceived usefulness of different sources of sex and relationship education and relationship functioning among sexual minority men. Method A 2023 survey of 582 partnered sexual minor…
Measuring “we‐ness” in couple relationships
Research on couple relationships has increasingly focused on the concept of “we‐ness”, the subjective closeness of the couple bond, as crucial to predicting relationship outcomes including satisfaction and dissolution. However, diverging perspectives on the definition, terminology, and measurement of this concept persist. We drew upon social identity theorizing to clarify the nature of we‐ness and investigate its predictive utility. Participants …
Assessment of the Perceived Importance of Religion in Couple Relationships in Christians, Muslims, Buddhists, and the Nonreligious
Couple relationship standards (beliefs about what makes for a satisfying couple relationship) have not included standards held about religion, which is surprising given how important religion is in many parts of the world. In the current study, we developed the Importance of Religion in Couple Relationships Scale (IRCRS) with the aim of having a scale suitable for use across different cultural and religious groups. The IRCRS was administered to t…
Performer Roles and Behaviors in Dyadic Sexually Explicit Media Featuring Men Who Have Sex with Men
The Couple Flourishing Measure
Couple satisfaction has been extensively investigated, but little attention has been paid to the nature and assessment of high‐quality, flourishing couple relationships. Particularly, current measures of relationship quality are insensitive at the upper end of the continuum, which in turn hinders progress toward understanding and facilitating flourishing couple relationships. Drawing on concepts developed in positive psychology, we proposed a the…
Mental health help-seeking and barriers to service access among lesbian, gay, and bisexual Australians
Objective: Lesbian, gay, and bisexual (LGB) individuals are at higher risk of poor mental health, and have more unmet mental health needs, compared to their heterosexual counterparts. Few studies have examined predictors of mental health service use amongst LGB Australians, and barriers to accessing these servicesMethod: Participants were 592 LGB individuals (Mage = 29.39, SD = 10.83) living in urban (n= 411) and non-urban (n = 181) areas of Aust…
Minority Stress and Psychological Outcomes in Sexual Minorities
Lesbian, gay, and bisexual (LGB) individuals are at higher risk for poor mental health than their heterosexual counterparts, and these disparities are largely accounted for by minority stressors. Less is known about the mechanisms underlying associations between minority stress and mental health. In a sample of 592 LGB adults (Mage = 29.39), we tested a model in which minority stress (internalized stigma, stigma consciousness, and lived discrimin…
An Uncontrolled Trial of Flexibly Delivered Relationship Education With Low‐Income , Unmarried Perinatal Couples
OBJECTIVE: To examine couple and parenting outcomes from an American version of Couple CARE for Parents (CCP) in low-income, unmarried couples. BACKGROUND: We adapted an evidence-based, flexibly delivered program for use with low-income, unmarried couples, for whom the outcome literature is scarce. METHOD: = 443) were recruited from maternity units and began CCP. They completed measures before, during, and immediately after the intervention, and …
Brief Acrimony Scale – 8 (Bacs-8) for Separated Parents – Development and Validation
The current study aimed to develop a reliable, valid, and condensed version of the 25-item Acrimony Scale. In a sample of 451 separated parents seeking family mediation, an Exploratory Factor Analysis showed 8 items, focusing on inter-parental hostility, loading highly on a single factor. In a second sample of 447 separated parents, a Confirmatory Factor Analysis replicated the structure. The Brief Acrimony Scale-8 (BACS-8) was correlated with co…
Intimacy in Dyadic Sexually Explicit Media Featuring Men Who Have Sex with Men
Sexually explicit material (SEM) featuring men who have sex with men (MSM) may be a source of information about intimacy in same-sex male relationships for MSM. However, little is known about how MSM SEM depicts intimacy between male performers. The current study examined the 220 most viewed dyadic scenes of MSM SEM videos for the presence of verbal intimacy (compliments, personal disclosure, and expressions of care) and physical intimacy (kissin…
Relationship Behaviors across the Transition to Parenthood
The transition to parenthood (TTP) often is associated with declines in couple relationship satisfaction. The current study evaluated changes in three relationship behaviors, namely communication, dyadic coping and relationship self-regulation, across the TTP and the association of those behaviors with relationship satisfaction. One hundred and three couples completed questionnaires twice before and three times after the birth of their first chil…
Relationship Standards and Satisfaction in Chinese, Western, and Intercultural Chinese-Western Couples in Australia
This study compared the endorsement of Chinese and Western relationship standards by Chinese, Western, and intercultural Chinese-Western couples. All couples were living in Australia. Couples' relationship standards differed in line with predictions. Western couples rated intimacy and the demonstration of love and caring (assessed by the Couple Bond scale) as more important for a successful couple relationship than Chinese couples. Chinese couple…
Towards an Integration of Interpersonal Risk Models of Depression and Cognitive Behaviour Therapy
The article by Dobson, Quigley, and Dozois on interpersonal model provides a very useful guide on how to extend cognitive behavioural models of depression to incorporate interpersonal vulnerabilities that influence how depressed people behave towards others. The point is made that interpersonal processes are very likely to influence the onset and course of depression. In this commentary, I extend this analysis further examining the evidence on ho…
World Trends in Psychological Research Output and Impact
Research output and impact are important indices of the health of individual fields of science. The present study analyzed publications and citations in psychology recorded in Web of Science for the years 1996 to 2010 for 73 countries, and the association of output with indices of national development. Authors with affiliations to institutions in the United States or Western Europe were the major contributors over the period, with output and impa…
Environments for Healthy Living (EFHL) Griffith Birth Cohort Study
Addendum on Monitoring Supervisees’ Perceptions of Supervision to O'Donovan, Halford and Walters
Addendum on Monitoring Supervisees’ Perceptions of Supervision to O'Donovan, Halford and Walters." Australian Psychologist, 47(4), p. 262
Attachment and relationship satisfaction in expectant first-time parents
Towards Best Practice Supervision of Clinical Psychology Trainees
Supervision of professional practice is mandated in the training of clinical psychologists and consensually agreed to be central in such training. Supervision is intended to serve three related, but somewhat conflicting, functions: (1) normative functions of monitoring and ensuring client well‐being, and monitoring and evaluating supervisee competence; (2), restorative functions of supporting supervisee personal and professional well‐being; and (…
Do attributions mediate the association between attachment and negative couple communication
This study explored whether attributions for negative partner behavior mediate the association between insecure attachment and negative couple communication, using both self‐report and observational data. A sample of 59 married and cohabiting Australian couples completed self‐report measures of attachment, attributions, and communication; were videotaped participating in two 10‐min problem‐solving discussions; and were assessed on their attributi…
Verbal and Physical Aggression in Couples Where the Female Partner is Drinking Heavily
A comparison of relapse prevention with nicotine gum or nicotine fading in modification of smoking
Ninety-two smokers were recruited for smoking cessation groups and assigned to one of three conditions: (a) nicotine fading plus relapse prevention training, (b) nicotine gum plus relapse prevention training, or (c) a minimal contact control. The number of cigarettes smoked, and daily nicotine intake levels, were assessed at pretreatment and posttreatment, and at 3- and 12-month follow-up. Self-reports of smoking were validated using saliva thioc…
Designing a university clinical research and training environment
This paper examines the organisational, interpersonal, and political processes involved in setting up specialised clinical research and training facilities within Australian universities. The Behaviour Research and Therapy Centre (BRTC) at the University of Queensland is discussed as an example to illustrate the tasks involved in setting up and maintaining a clinical research and training facility. We also discuss some of the organisational obsta…
The Cross-Cultural Consistency of Marital Communication Associated with Marital Distress
W. Kim Halford, Kurt Hahlweg, Michael Dunne, The Cross-Cultural Consistency of Marital Communication Associated with Marital Distress, Journal of Marriage and Family, Vol. 52, No. 2 (May, 1990), pp. 487-500
Psychology, public health, and cigarette smoking
Cigarette smoking is the single most lethal risk to health in Australia: it contributes significantly to premature mortality and morbidity, particularly from cardiovascular disease and cancer. Smoking appears to be initiated and maintained by a range of biological, psychological and social influences, and is a behaviour pattern which can be very resistant to change. Psychologists have contributed to the development of more effective face-to-face …
Towards Best Practice Supervision of Clinical Psychology Trainees
Supervision of professional practice is mandated in the training of clinical psychologists and consensually agreed to be central in such training. Supervision is intended to serve three related, but somewhat conflicting, functions: (1) normative functions of monitoring and ensuring client well‐being, and monitoring and evaluating supervisee competence; (2), restorative functions of supporting supervisee personal and professional well‐being; and (…
Relationship Standards and Satisfaction in Chinese, Western, and Intercultural Chinese-Western Couples in Australia
This study compared the endorsement of Chinese and Western relationship standards by Chinese, Western, and intercultural Chinese-Western couples. All couples were living in Australia. Couples' relationship standards differed in line with predictions. Western couples rated intimacy and the demonstration of love and caring (assessed by the Couple Bond scale) as more important for a successful couple relationship than Chinese couples. Chinese couple…
Relationship Behaviors across the Transition to Parenthood
The transition to parenthood (TTP) often is associated with declines in couple relationship satisfaction. The current study evaluated changes in three relationship behaviors, namely communication, dyadic coping and relationship self-regulation, across the TTP and the association of those behaviors with relationship satisfaction. One hundred and three couples completed questionnaires twice before and three times after the birth of their first chil…
Mental health help-seeking and barriers to service access among lesbian, gay, and bisexual Australians
Objective: Lesbian, gay, and bisexual (LGB) individuals are at higher risk of poor mental health, and have more unmet mental health needs, compared to their heterosexual counterparts. Few studies have examined predictors of mental health service use amongst LGB Australians, and barriers to accessing these servicesMethod: Participants were 592 LGB individuals (Mage = 29.39, SD = 10.83) living in urban (n= 411) and non-urban (n = 181) areas of Aust…
Minority Stress and Psychological Outcomes in Sexual Minorities
Lesbian, gay, and bisexual (LGB) individuals are at higher risk for poor mental health than their heterosexual counterparts, and these disparities are largely accounted for by minority stressors. Less is known about the mechanisms underlying associations between minority stress and mental health. In a sample of 592 LGB adults (Mage = 29.39), we tested a model in which minority stress (internalized stigma, stigma consciousness, and lived discrimin…
Intimacy in Dyadic Sexually Explicit Media Featuring Men Who Have Sex with Men
Sexually explicit material (SEM) featuring men who have sex with men (MSM) may be a source of information about intimacy in same-sex male relationships for MSM. However, little is known about how MSM SEM depicts intimacy between male performers. The current study examined the 220 most viewed dyadic scenes of MSM SEM videos for the presence of verbal intimacy (compliments, personal disclosure, and expressions of care) and physical intimacy (kissin…
The Cross-Cultural Consistency of Marital Communication Associated with Marital Distress
W. Kim Halford, Kurt Hahlweg, Michael Dunne, The Cross-Cultural Consistency of Marital Communication Associated with Marital Distress, Journal of Marriage and Family, Vol. 52, No. 2 (May, 1990), pp. 487-500
Psychology, public health, and cigarette smoking
Cigarette smoking is the single most lethal risk to health in Australia: it contributes significantly to premature mortality and morbidity, particularly from cardiovascular disease and cancer. Smoking appears to be initiated and maintained by a range of biological, psychological and social influences, and is a behaviour pattern which can be very resistant to change. Psychologists have contributed to the development of more effective face-to-face …
Attachment and relationship satisfaction in expectant first-time parents
Perceived Usefulness of Sex and Relationship Education and Sexual Minority Men’s Relationship Outcomes
Introduction Sexual minority men face unique challenges in navigating relationships due to stigma and exclusionary policies. Research suggests that comprehensive sex education can support healthier relationships. The present study examines the association between the perceived usefulness of different sources of sex and relationship education and relationship functioning among sexual minority men. Method A 2023 survey of 582 partnered sexual minor…
Verbal and Physical Aggression in Couples Where the Female Partner is Drinking Heavily
Performer Roles and Behaviors in Dyadic Sexually Explicit Media Featuring Men Who Have Sex with Men
Designing a university clinical research and training environment
This paper examines the organisational, interpersonal, and political processes involved in setting up specialised clinical research and training facilities within Australian universities. The Behaviour Research and Therapy Centre (BRTC) at the University of Queensland is discussed as an example to illustrate the tasks involved in setting up and maintaining a clinical research and training facility. We also discuss some of the organisational obsta…
Psychology, public health, and cigarette smoking
Cigarette smoking is the single most lethal risk to health in Australia: it contributes significantly to premature mortality and morbidity, particularly from cardiovascular disease and cancer. Smoking appears to be initiated and maintained by a range of biological, psychological and social influences, and is a behaviour pattern which can be very resistant to change. Psychologists have contributed to the development of more effective face-to-face …
Designing a university clinical research and training environment
This paper examines the organisational, interpersonal, and political processes involved in setting up specialised clinical research and training facilities within Australian universities. The Behaviour Research and Therapy Centre (BRTC) at the University of Queensland is discussed as an example to illustrate the tasks involved in setting up and maintaining a clinical research and training facility. We also discuss some of the organisational obsta…
The Cross-Cultural Consistency of Marital Communication Associated with Marital Distress
W. Kim Halford, Kurt Hahlweg, Michael Dunne, The Cross-Cultural Consistency of Marital Communication Associated with Marital Distress, Journal of Marriage and Family, Vol. 52, No. 2 (May, 1990), pp. 487-500
A comparison of relapse prevention with nicotine gum or nicotine fading in modification of smoking
Ninety-two smokers were recruited for smoking cessation groups and assigned to one of three conditions: (a) nicotine fading plus relapse prevention training, (b) nicotine gum plus relapse prevention training, or (c) a minimal contact control. The number of cigarettes smoked, and daily nicotine intake levels, were assessed at pretreatment and posttreatment, and at 3- and 12-month follow-up. Self-reports of smoking were validated using saliva thioc…
Verbal and Physical Aggression in Couples Where the Female Partner is Drinking Heavily
Do attributions mediate the association between attachment and negative couple communication
This study explored whether attributions for negative partner behavior mediate the association between insecure attachment and negative couple communication, using both self‐report and observational data. A sample of 59 married and cohabiting Australian couples completed self‐report measures of attachment, attributions, and communication; were videotaped participating in two 10‐min problem‐solving discussions; and were assessed on their attributi…
Towards Best Practice Supervision of Clinical Psychology Trainees
Supervision of professional practice is mandated in the training of clinical psychologists and consensually agreed to be central in such training. Supervision is intended to serve three related, but somewhat conflicting, functions: (1) normative functions of monitoring and ensuring client well‐being, and monitoring and evaluating supervisee competence; (2), restorative functions of supporting supervisee personal and professional well‐being; and (…
World Trends in Psychological Research Output and Impact
Research output and impact are important indices of the health of individual fields of science. The present study analyzed publications and citations in psychology recorded in Web of Science for the years 1996 to 2010 for 73 countries, and the association of output with indices of national development. Authors with affiliations to institutions in the United States or Western Europe were the major contributors over the period, with output and impa…
Environments for Healthy Living (EFHL) Griffith Birth Cohort Study
Addendum on Monitoring Supervisees’ Perceptions of Supervision to O'Donovan, Halford and Walters
Addendum on Monitoring Supervisees’ Perceptions of Supervision to O'Donovan, Halford and Walters." Australian Psychologist, 47(4), p. 262
Attachment and relationship satisfaction in expectant first-time parents
Towards an Integration of Interpersonal Risk Models of Depression and Cognitive Behaviour Therapy
The article by Dobson, Quigley, and Dozois on interpersonal model provides a very useful guide on how to extend cognitive behavioural models of depression to incorporate interpersonal vulnerabilities that influence how depressed people behave towards others. The point is made that interpersonal processes are very likely to influence the onset and course of depression. In this commentary, I extend this analysis further examining the evidence on ho…
Relationship Standards and Satisfaction in Chinese, Western, and Intercultural Chinese-Western Couples in Australia
This study compared the endorsement of Chinese and Western relationship standards by Chinese, Western, and intercultural Chinese-Western couples. All couples were living in Australia. Couples' relationship standards differed in line with predictions. Western couples rated intimacy and the demonstration of love and caring (assessed by the Couple Bond scale) as more important for a successful couple relationship than Chinese couples. Chinese couple…
An Uncontrolled Trial of Flexibly Delivered Relationship Education With Low‐Income , Unmarried Perinatal Couples
OBJECTIVE: To examine couple and parenting outcomes from an American version of Couple CARE for Parents (CCP) in low-income, unmarried couples. BACKGROUND: We adapted an evidence-based, flexibly delivered program for use with low-income, unmarried couples, for whom the outcome literature is scarce. METHOD: = 443) were recruited from maternity units and began CCP. They completed measures before, during, and immediately after the intervention, and …
Brief Acrimony Scale – 8 (Bacs-8) for Separated Parents – Development and Validation
The current study aimed to develop a reliable, valid, and condensed version of the 25-item Acrimony Scale. In a sample of 451 separated parents seeking family mediation, an Exploratory Factor Analysis showed 8 items, focusing on inter-parental hostility, loading highly on a single factor. In a second sample of 447 separated parents, a Confirmatory Factor Analysis replicated the structure. The Brief Acrimony Scale-8 (BACS-8) was correlated with co…
Intimacy in Dyadic Sexually Explicit Media Featuring Men Who Have Sex with Men
Sexually explicit material (SEM) featuring men who have sex with men (MSM) may be a source of information about intimacy in same-sex male relationships for MSM. However, little is known about how MSM SEM depicts intimacy between male performers. The current study examined the 220 most viewed dyadic scenes of MSM SEM videos for the presence of verbal intimacy (compliments, personal disclosure, and expressions of care) and physical intimacy (kissin…
Relationship Behaviors across the Transition to Parenthood
The transition to parenthood (TTP) often is associated with declines in couple relationship satisfaction. The current study evaluated changes in three relationship behaviors, namely communication, dyadic coping and relationship self-regulation, across the TTP and the association of those behaviors with relationship satisfaction. One hundred and three couples completed questionnaires twice before and three times after the birth of their first chil…
The Couple Flourishing Measure
Couple satisfaction has been extensively investigated, but little attention has been paid to the nature and assessment of high‐quality, flourishing couple relationships. Particularly, current measures of relationship quality are insensitive at the upper end of the continuum, which in turn hinders progress toward understanding and facilitating flourishing couple relationships. Drawing on concepts developed in positive psychology, we proposed a the…
Mental health help-seeking and barriers to service access among lesbian, gay, and bisexual Australians
Objective: Lesbian, gay, and bisexual (LGB) individuals are at higher risk of poor mental health, and have more unmet mental health needs, compared to their heterosexual counterparts. Few studies have examined predictors of mental health service use amongst LGB Australians, and barriers to accessing these servicesMethod: Participants were 592 LGB individuals (Mage = 29.39, SD = 10.83) living in urban (n= 411) and non-urban (n = 181) areas of Aust…
Minority Stress and Psychological Outcomes in Sexual Minorities
Lesbian, gay, and bisexual (LGB) individuals are at higher risk for poor mental health than their heterosexual counterparts, and these disparities are largely accounted for by minority stressors. Less is known about the mechanisms underlying associations between minority stress and mental health. In a sample of 592 LGB adults (Mage = 29.39), we tested a model in which minority stress (internalized stigma, stigma consciousness, and lived discrimin…
Assessment of the Perceived Importance of Religion in Couple Relationships in Christians, Muslims, Buddhists, and the Nonreligious
Couple relationship standards (beliefs about what makes for a satisfying couple relationship) have not included standards held about religion, which is surprising given how important religion is in many parts of the world. In the current study, we developed the Importance of Religion in Couple Relationships Scale (IRCRS) with the aim of having a scale suitable for use across different cultural and religious groups. The IRCRS was administered to t…
Performer Roles and Behaviors in Dyadic Sexually Explicit Media Featuring Men Who Have Sex with Men
Measuring “we‐ness” in couple relationships
Research on couple relationships has increasingly focused on the concept of “we‐ness”, the subjective closeness of the couple bond, as crucial to predicting relationship outcomes including satisfaction and dissolution. However, diverging perspectives on the definition, terminology, and measurement of this concept persist. We drew upon social identity theorizing to clarify the nature of we‐ness and investigate its predictive utility. Participants …
Perceived usefulness of sex and relationship education sources among sexual minority men
Intimacy and relationships are important to sexual minority men, yet traditional sex and relationship education from sources such as schools and families may lack perceived usefulness. Consequently, sexual minority men may seek information from alternative sources, but little research has explored the usefulness of these alternatives. A national survey of sexual minority men in Australia (n = 936, Mage = 38.9) evaluated the usefulness of seven so…
Perceived Usefulness of Sex and Relationship Education and Sexual Minority Men’s Relationship Outcomes
Introduction Sexual minority men face unique challenges in navigating relationships due to stigma and exclusionary policies. Research suggests that comprehensive sex education can support healthier relationships. The present study examines the association between the perceived usefulness of different sources of sex and relationship education and relationship functioning among sexual minority men. Method A 2023 survey of 582 partnered sexual minor…
Psychology (24 works) · Social Psychology (16 works) · Attachment and Relationship Dynamics (12 works) · Developmental psychology (11 works) · Medicine (11 works) · Clinical Psychology (8 works) · Social Psychology (7 works) · Sociology (6 works) · Clinical Psychology (5 works) · Family Dynamics and Relationships (5 works)