Áine Humble
Biographic Data
| ID | 215696 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Áine Humble |
| GIVEN NAMES | Áine |
| FAMILY NAME | Humble |
| SIGNATURE | HUMBLE Á |
| AFFILIATIONS | Mount Saint Vincent University |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-1429-5869 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 22 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 65 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 22 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1996 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 5 |
Family Gerontology, Fatherhood, and Masculinity
Despite the intertwined nature of aging, fatherhood, and masculinities, research rarely integrates these perspectives to understand fathers' relationships with their adult children. This review brings these disciplines together, encompassing 15 years of scholarship (2009–2023) in family gerontology and examining articles on fathering adult children ( n = 4 articles) and articles that included mothers and fathers to extrapolate the findings for fa…
Qualitative Data Analysis Software and Family Science
ObjectiveThis brief report examines how often a technology called QDAS (qualitative data analysis software) was mentioned in family science (FS) research between 2011 and 2020 and how it was described. It also provides data about qualitative FS research trends and examines whether there is a relationship between QDAS use and grounded theory.BackgroundQDAS is a technology used by qualitative FS scholars, but little is known about its prevalence or…
Mothers, Household Bubbles, and Social Support During the First Wave of the Covid-19 Pandemic
Parents of young children experienced many stressors due to stay-at-home directives in the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic. Bubbles were implemented by some governments, allowing households to connect with another household while minimizing contagion risk, but little is known about their effectiveness. We explored the social support experiences of Canadian mothers living in Nova Scotia during this first wave, focusing on whether they perceive…
Advance care planning among older LGBT Canadians
Advance care planning (ACP) in North America often takes place in a cultural context of great ambivalence about death and dying, challenging efforts to discuss end-of-life care desires and preparations for death. Such challenges are amplified for sexual and gender minority older adults who often lack connections to traditional heteronormative systems of support. The extent of ACP preparation (completed documents, discussions) and their predictors…
The sociocultural relationships of older immigrant Punjabi women living in Nova Scotia
With the increase of South Asian immigrants in Canada, the relationship between older immigrant Punjabi women's sociocultural relationships and their mental health and well-being needs to be understood. Guided by the social determinants of health and intersectional feminist frameworks, five Punjabi women living in Nova Scotia, Canada were interviewed. Three themes were identified: (a) having freedom yet being dependent on families, (b) conflating…
Housing as a determinant of health for older LGBT Canadians
This article shares key focus group findings from a national study focused on the housing needs of older (55+) lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) Canadians. LGBT populations have and continue to face systemic discrimination and barriers to appropriate housing across the life course, and yet little attention has been given to solutions. Many older LGBT adults live alone, face poverty, and have limited familial supports which impact on …
A 10‐Year Portrait of Theorizing in Family Gerontology
Based on a content analysis of family gerontology empirical studies in 13 journals (2009–2018), this article identifies theories currently being used and provides suggestions for future family gerontology theorizing. Family gerontologists are now using a greater range of theories than they were in the 1990s, including many middle‐range ones, and more scholars are citing multiple theories in their publications. Ways to advance family gerontology t…
Introduction to the Special Issue on Theorizing in Family Gerontology
How Qualitative Data Analysis Happens
Older women’s negative psychological and physical experiences with injectable cosmetic treatments to the face
Seven women (43 to 64 years old) who had negative or mixed emotions about having Botox and/or facial filler injections to the face to reduce signs of aging were interviewed about the impact of the procedures. Impacts ranged from disappointment to all-encompassing, lingering physical and psychological effects, and some women felt abandoned by the medical industrial complex when they turned to it for help with their symptoms. A feminist phenomenolo…
Introduction to the Film Review Symposium
“She Didn't Bat an Eye”
Guided by ecological systems theory, this qualitative study describes 28 individuals' experiences with the wedding industry, government agencies, and religious institutions as they planned their weddings. Participants (20 lesbians, seven gay men, and one bisexual man—representing 14 couples) lived in Nova Scotia and had married within five years of same-sex marriage being legalized in Canada. They were 26 to 72 years old (average: 49 years) when …
Queer Theory, Intersectionality, and LGBT ‐Parent Families
We discuss how to move the family studies field and the teaching of family theories from covering the “facts” that LGBT ‐parent families exist to a critical conversation that incorporates conceptual tools, language, and theoretical insights from queer and intersectionality theories. We attempt to move this conversation by presenting a model of curricular change for teaching family studies theories courses that shifts from LGBT ‐parent exclusion, …
Shared Journaling as Peer Support in Teaching Qualitative Research Methods
Teaching qualitative research methods (QRM), particularly early on in one’s academic career, can be challenging. This paper describes shared peer journaling as one way in which to cope with challenges such as complex debates in the field and student resistance to interpretive paradigms. Literature on teaching QRM and the pedagogical value of journaling for metacognition are reviewed. The two authors describe key points about their teaching contex…
Cultivating the Family Studies Terrain
With the intent of cultivating the family studies field, we review and synthesize conceptual discussions of qualitative work published since 1985 in the field of family studies. We critically examine the extent to which conditions in the field offer richness and sustainability for qualitative scholarship. We classify discussions by 3 overarching patterns: (a) appreciating, (b) expanding, and (c) improving qualitative research. Using these pattern…
Sexuality and HIV/Aids
Sexuality research tends to ignore older populations, and little is known about older women's sexual health knowledge. To fill this research gap, 186 Canadian heterosexual women 50 years and older were surveyed about their knowledge regarding sexuality and HIV/AIDS. Respondents had moderate levels of overall knowledge of sexual health and aging, correctly answering, on average, 60% of the 35 questions. They had lower levels of HIV/AIDS knowledge,…
Qualitative Data Analysis Software
Qualitative data analysis software (QDAS) programs have gained in popularity, but family researchers may have little training in using them and a limited understanding of important issues related to their use. This article urges increased understanding, detail, intentionality, and thoughtfulness with regard to QDAS. A brief history of QDAS is provided. Family‐focused research trends in qualitative research and QDAS use are presented. Factors to b…
The Second Time ’Round
Humble, Zvonkovic, and Walker (2008 Humble, A. M., Zvonkovic, A. M. and Walker, A. J. 2008. “The royal we”: Gender ideology, display, and assessment in wedding work. Journal of Family Issues, 29(1): 3–25. [Crossref], [Web of Science ®] , [Google Scholar]) studied division of labor in first-time marriages, finding a range of gender construction. This study applied their conceptualization to remarried couples, for whom little is known about divisio…
Technique Triangulation for Validation in Directed Content Analysis
Division of labor in wedding planning varies for first-time marriages, with three types of couples-traditional, transitional, and egalitarian-identified, but nothing is known about wedding planning for remarrying individuals. Using semistructured interviews, the author interviewed 14 couples in which at least one person had remarried and used directed content analysis to investigate the extent to which the aforementioned typology could be transfe…
The Royal We
Family rituals provide a rich context in which to study the relation between ideology and action. Guided by the gender perspective, this article analyzes the experiences of 21 newly married heterosexual couples who described how they planned their weddings. The interplay among gender ideology, gender display, and gender assessment differed across three types of couples: traditional ( n = 6), transitional ( n = 10), and egalitarian ( n = 5). An ex…
A Note From the Guest Coordinator
Under-Studied Relationships
Off the Beaten Track - Julia T Wood and Steve Duck New Shores for Relationship Research The Best Is Yet to Be - Fran C Dickson Research on Long-Lasting Marriages Relationships between Members of Cultural Minorities - Stanley O Gaines Jr The Relationships of Lesbians and of Gay Men - Michelle Huston and Pepper Schwartz Bosses and Buddies - Theodore E Zorn Constructing and Performing Simultaneously Hierarchical and Close Friendship Relationships Cu…
Queer Theory, Intersectionality, and LGBT ‐Parent Families
We discuss how to move the family studies field and the teaching of family theories from covering the “facts” that LGBT ‐parent families exist to a critical conversation that incorporates conceptual tools, language, and theoretical insights from queer and intersectionality theories. We attempt to move this conversation by presenting a model of curricular change for teaching family studies theories courses that shifts from LGBT ‐parent exclusion, …
Technique Triangulation for Validation in Directed Content Analysis
Division of labor in wedding planning varies for first-time marriages, with three types of couples-traditional, transitional, and egalitarian-identified, but nothing is known about wedding planning for remarrying individuals. Using semistructured interviews, the author interviewed 14 couples in which at least one person had remarried and used directed content analysis to investigate the extent to which the aforementioned typology could be transfe…
The Royal We
Family rituals provide a rich context in which to study the relation between ideology and action. Guided by the gender perspective, this article analyzes the experiences of 21 newly married heterosexual couples who described how they planned their weddings. The interplay among gender ideology, gender display, and gender assessment differed across three types of couples: traditional ( n = 6), transitional ( n = 10), and egalitarian ( n = 5). An ex…
Cultivating the Family Studies Terrain
With the intent of cultivating the family studies field, we review and synthesize conceptual discussions of qualitative work published since 1985 in the field of family studies. We critically examine the extent to which conditions in the field offer richness and sustainability for qualitative scholarship. We classify discussions by 3 overarching patterns: (a) appreciating, (b) expanding, and (c) improving qualitative research. Using these pattern…
Qualitative Data Analysis Software
Qualitative data analysis software (QDAS) programs have gained in popularity, but family researchers may have little training in using them and a limited understanding of important issues related to their use. This article urges increased understanding, detail, intentionality, and thoughtfulness with regard to QDAS. A brief history of QDAS is provided. Family‐focused research trends in qualitative research and QDAS use are presented. Factors to b…
Housing as a determinant of health for older LGBT Canadians
This article shares key focus group findings from a national study focused on the housing needs of older (55+) lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) Canadians. LGBT populations have and continue to face systemic discrimination and barriers to appropriate housing across the life course, and yet little attention has been given to solutions. Many older LGBT adults live alone, face poverty, and have limited familial supports which impact on …
Mothers, Household Bubbles, and Social Support During the First Wave of the Covid-19 Pandemic
Parents of young children experienced many stressors due to stay-at-home directives in the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic. Bubbles were implemented by some governments, allowing households to connect with another household while minimizing contagion risk, but little is known about their effectiveness. We explored the social support experiences of Canadian mothers living in Nova Scotia during this first wave, focusing on whether they perceive…
Shared Journaling as Peer Support in Teaching Qualitative Research Methods
Teaching qualitative research methods (QRM), particularly early on in one’s academic career, can be challenging. This paper describes shared peer journaling as one way in which to cope with challenges such as complex debates in the field and student resistance to interpretive paradigms. Literature on teaching QRM and the pedagogical value of journaling for metacognition are reviewed. The two authors describe key points about their teaching contex…
Under-Studied Relationships
Off the Beaten Track - Julia T Wood and Steve Duck New Shores for Relationship Research The Best Is Yet to Be - Fran C Dickson Research on Long-Lasting Marriages Relationships between Members of Cultural Minorities - Stanley O Gaines Jr The Relationships of Lesbians and of Gay Men - Michelle Huston and Pepper Schwartz Bosses and Buddies - Theodore E Zorn Constructing and Performing Simultaneously Hierarchical and Close Friendship Relationships Cu…
A Note From the Guest Coordinator
The Royal We
Family rituals provide a rich context in which to study the relation between ideology and action. Guided by the gender perspective, this article analyzes the experiences of 21 newly married heterosexual couples who described how they planned their weddings. The interplay among gender ideology, gender display, and gender assessment differed across three types of couples: traditional ( n = 6), transitional ( n = 10), and egalitarian ( n = 5). An ex…
The Second Time ’Round
Humble, Zvonkovic, and Walker (2008 Humble, A. M., Zvonkovic, A. M. and Walker, A. J. 2008. “The royal we”: Gender ideology, display, and assessment in wedding work. Journal of Family Issues, 29(1): 3–25. [Crossref], [Web of Science ®] , [Google Scholar]) studied division of labor in first-time marriages, finding a range of gender construction. This study applied their conceptualization to remarried couples, for whom little is known about divisio…
Technique Triangulation for Validation in Directed Content Analysis
Division of labor in wedding planning varies for first-time marriages, with three types of couples-traditional, transitional, and egalitarian-identified, but nothing is known about wedding planning for remarrying individuals. Using semistructured interviews, the author interviewed 14 couples in which at least one person had remarried and used directed content analysis to investigate the extent to which the aforementioned typology could be transfe…
Qualitative Data Analysis Software
Qualitative data analysis software (QDAS) programs have gained in popularity, but family researchers may have little training in using them and a limited understanding of important issues related to their use. This article urges increased understanding, detail, intentionality, and thoughtfulness with regard to QDAS. A brief history of QDAS is provided. Family‐focused research trends in qualitative research and QDAS use are presented. Factors to b…
Sexuality and HIV/Aids
Sexuality research tends to ignore older populations, and little is known about older women's sexual health knowledge. To fill this research gap, 186 Canadian heterosexual women 50 years and older were surveyed about their knowledge regarding sexuality and HIV/AIDS. Respondents had moderate levels of overall knowledge of sexual health and aging, correctly answering, on average, 60% of the 35 questions. They had lower levels of HIV/AIDS knowledge,…
Cultivating the Family Studies Terrain
With the intent of cultivating the family studies field, we review and synthesize conceptual discussions of qualitative work published since 1985 in the field of family studies. We critically examine the extent to which conditions in the field offer richness and sustainability for qualitative scholarship. We classify discussions by 3 overarching patterns: (a) appreciating, (b) expanding, and (c) improving qualitative research. Using these pattern…
Shared Journaling as Peer Support in Teaching Qualitative Research Methods
Teaching qualitative research methods (QRM), particularly early on in one’s academic career, can be challenging. This paper describes shared peer journaling as one way in which to cope with challenges such as complex debates in the field and student resistance to interpretive paradigms. Literature on teaching QRM and the pedagogical value of journaling for metacognition are reviewed. The two authors describe key points about their teaching contex…
“She Didn't Bat an Eye”
Guided by ecological systems theory, this qualitative study describes 28 individuals' experiences with the wedding industry, government agencies, and religious institutions as they planned their weddings. Participants (20 lesbians, seven gay men, and one bisexual man—representing 14 couples) lived in Nova Scotia and had married within five years of same-sex marriage being legalized in Canada. They were 26 to 72 years old (average: 49 years) when …
Queer Theory, Intersectionality, and LGBT ‐Parent Families
We discuss how to move the family studies field and the teaching of family theories from covering the “facts” that LGBT ‐parent families exist to a critical conversation that incorporates conceptual tools, language, and theoretical insights from queer and intersectionality theories. We attempt to move this conversation by presenting a model of curricular change for teaching family studies theories courses that shifts from LGBT ‐parent exclusion, …
Older women’s negative psychological and physical experiences with injectable cosmetic treatments to the face
Seven women (43 to 64 years old) who had negative or mixed emotions about having Botox and/or facial filler injections to the face to reduce signs of aging were interviewed about the impact of the procedures. Impacts ranged from disappointment to all-encompassing, lingering physical and psychological effects, and some women felt abandoned by the medical industrial complex when they turned to it for help with their symptoms. A feminist phenomenolo…
Introduction to the Film Review Symposium
How Qualitative Data Analysis Happens
A 10‐Year Portrait of Theorizing in Family Gerontology
Based on a content analysis of family gerontology empirical studies in 13 journals (2009–2018), this article identifies theories currently being used and provides suggestions for future family gerontology theorizing. Family gerontologists are now using a greater range of theories than they were in the 1990s, including many middle‐range ones, and more scholars are citing multiple theories in their publications. Ways to advance family gerontology t…
Introduction to the Special Issue on Theorizing in Family Gerontology
The sociocultural relationships of older immigrant Punjabi women living in Nova Scotia
With the increase of South Asian immigrants in Canada, the relationship between older immigrant Punjabi women's sociocultural relationships and their mental health and well-being needs to be understood. Guided by the social determinants of health and intersectional feminist frameworks, five Punjabi women living in Nova Scotia, Canada were interviewed. Three themes were identified: (a) having freedom yet being dependent on families, (b) conflating…
Housing as a determinant of health for older LGBT Canadians
This article shares key focus group findings from a national study focused on the housing needs of older (55+) lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) Canadians. LGBT populations have and continue to face systemic discrimination and barriers to appropriate housing across the life course, and yet little attention has been given to solutions. Many older LGBT adults live alone, face poverty, and have limited familial supports which impact on …
Advance care planning among older LGBT Canadians
Advance care planning (ACP) in North America often takes place in a cultural context of great ambivalence about death and dying, challenging efforts to discuss end-of-life care desires and preparations for death. Such challenges are amplified for sexual and gender minority older adults who often lack connections to traditional heteronormative systems of support. The extent of ACP preparation (completed documents, discussions) and their predictors…
Mothers, Household Bubbles, and Social Support During the First Wave of the Covid-19 Pandemic
Parents of young children experienced many stressors due to stay-at-home directives in the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic. Bubbles were implemented by some governments, allowing households to connect with another household while minimizing contagion risk, but little is known about their effectiveness. We explored the social support experiences of Canadian mothers living in Nova Scotia during this first wave, focusing on whether they perceive…
Qualitative Data Analysis Software and Family Science
ObjectiveThis brief report examines how often a technology called QDAS (qualitative data analysis software) was mentioned in family science (FS) research between 2011 and 2020 and how it was described. It also provides data about qualitative FS research trends and examines whether there is a relationship between QDAS use and grounded theory.BackgroundQDAS is a technology used by qualitative FS scholars, but little is known about its prevalence or…
Family Gerontology, Fatherhood, and Masculinity
Despite the intertwined nature of aging, fatherhood, and masculinities, research rarely integrates these perspectives to understand fathers' relationships with their adult children. This review brings these disciplines together, encompassing 15 years of scholarship (2009–2023) in family gerontology and examining articles on fathering adult children ( n = 4 articles) and articles that included mothers and fathers to extrapolate the findings for fa…
Sociology (16 works) · Psychology (15 works) · Gender Studies (9 works) · Social Psychology (8 works) · Computer Science (7 works) · Epistemology (6 works) · Medicine (6 works) · Political science (6 works) · Family Dynamics and Relationships (5 works) · Gerontology (5 works)