Amy Fisher
Biographic Data
| ID | 3785776 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Amy Fisher |
| GIVEN NAMES | Amy |
| FAMILY NAME | Fisher |
| SIGNATURE | FISHER A |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Mississippi |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 8 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 5 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 8 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2000 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Quarter-life Crisis Episodes in Emerging Adulthood
Developmental crisis episodes that occur during emerging adulthood, also known as quarter-life crises, are emotionally unstable times of transition that typically last around a year or two. This study aims to expand the cross-cultural focus on this topic, by assessing prevalence and brief written descriptions of early adult crisis in 18–29-year-olds from eight countries (UK, Greece, Czechia, Turkey, India, Pakistan, Indonesia and Brazil), with a …
Experiences of moving an older parent into a care home or nursing home in the UK
The study explored the personal experiences of individuals making the decision to move an older parent into a residential care facility via retrospective narrative. It aimed to gain an understanding of how individuals experienced this transition, the emotions they felt at specific moments throughout the transition, and the perceived effect it had on their psychological wellbeing. 13 semi-structured video interviews were conducted online with indi…
More than Fresh Fruits and Veggies
As awareness of the benefits of social participation for older adults has grown, ideas for how social services agencies can increase older adults' social participation have proliferated. The goal of this research is to explore how older adults experience the farmers' market as a hub of social participation. Fifteen older adults in a rural area in the deep South of the U.S. participated in semi-structured interviews. All interviews were transcribe…
How Do First-Year MSW Students Perceive Anti-Oppressive Theory and Practice
Little information exists about how MSW social work students perceive oppression and anti-oppressive theory and practice, especially in the United States. This case study describes a qualitative exploration of MSW student perceptions of oppression and anti-oppressive practice. Content was infused into a one-semester foundation-level course covering direct practice with individuals in an institution located in the Southeastern United States. Thema…
Enhancing Competency-Based Social Work Skills Through Service Learning and Interprofessional Education in a Student-Run Free Healthcare Clinic
Student-run free clinics (SRFC) offer students the opportunity to learn and work with students from other disciplines; however, there is very little research on the benefits of SRFC to social work students. The purpose of this article is to describe the qualitative student outcomes of a service learning (SL) and interprofessional education (IPE) experience in a SRFC designed to enhance the interprofessional competencies of BSW social work student…
Unpacking the Mississippi blues
This study examined the relationship between internalizing behaviors (measured as anxious/depressed, withdrawn, and somatic problems) and lifestyle-related, modifiable factors as substance use, sleep, and healthy behaviors in a sample of 191 college students in training for social work and other helping professions. The results indicate that participants with lower scores on internalizing behaviors had fewer sleep disturbances, higher scores on h…
Practical Purposes
December 01 2017 Practical Purposes: Readers in Experimental Philosophy at the Boston Athenæum (1827–1850) Practical Purposes: Readers in Experimental Philosophy at the Boston Athenæum (1827–1850). By Scott B.Guthery. (Boston, MA: Docent Press, 2017. Pp. iv, 370. $17.99 paper.) Amy Fisher Amy Fisher Amy Fisher is assistant professor of the history of science and technology in the Science, Technology, and Society Program at the University of Puget…
Modern and Postmodern Approaches to the Free Will/Determinism Dilemma in Psychotherapy
Although modernists in psychology have attempted to cast the free will/determinism dilemma as either settled or irrelevant, it continues to enfeeble theory, therapy, and practice. The primary reason for this continuing enfeeblement is the modern dualistic framework for this dilemma: Either the will (choices, decisions, motives) is dependent on antecedent conditions and thus is determined or the will is independent of antecedent conditions and thu…
Modern and Postmodern Approaches to the Free Will/Determinism Dilemma in Psychotherapy
Although modernists in psychology have attempted to cast the free will/determinism dilemma as either settled or irrelevant, it continues to enfeeble theory, therapy, and practice. The primary reason for this continuing enfeeblement is the modern dualistic framework for this dilemma: Either the will (choices, decisions, motives) is dependent on antecedent conditions and thus is determined or the will is independent of antecedent conditions and thu…
How Do First-Year MSW Students Perceive Anti-Oppressive Theory and Practice
Little information exists about how MSW social work students perceive oppression and anti-oppressive theory and practice, especially in the United States. This case study describes a qualitative exploration of MSW student perceptions of oppression and anti-oppressive practice. Content was infused into a one-semester foundation-level course covering direct practice with individuals in an institution located in the Southeastern United States. Thema…
Modern and Postmodern Approaches to the Free Will/Determinism Dilemma in Psychotherapy
Although modernists in psychology have attempted to cast the free will/determinism dilemma as either settled or irrelevant, it continues to enfeeble theory, therapy, and practice. The primary reason for this continuing enfeeblement is the modern dualistic framework for this dilemma: Either the will (choices, decisions, motives) is dependent on antecedent conditions and thus is determined or the will is independent of antecedent conditions and thu…
Practical Purposes
December 01 2017 Practical Purposes: Readers in Experimental Philosophy at the Boston Athenæum (1827–1850) Practical Purposes: Readers in Experimental Philosophy at the Boston Athenæum (1827–1850). By Scott B.Guthery. (Boston, MA: Docent Press, 2017. Pp. iv, 370. $17.99 paper.) Amy Fisher Amy Fisher Amy Fisher is assistant professor of the history of science and technology in the Science, Technology, and Society Program at the University of Puget…
Unpacking the Mississippi blues
This study examined the relationship between internalizing behaviors (measured as anxious/depressed, withdrawn, and somatic problems) and lifestyle-related, modifiable factors as substance use, sleep, and healthy behaviors in a sample of 191 college students in training for social work and other helping professions. The results indicate that participants with lower scores on internalizing behaviors had fewer sleep disturbances, higher scores on h…
Experiences of moving an older parent into a care home or nursing home in the UK
The study explored the personal experiences of individuals making the decision to move an older parent into a residential care facility via retrospective narrative. It aimed to gain an understanding of how individuals experienced this transition, the emotions they felt at specific moments throughout the transition, and the perceived effect it had on their psychological wellbeing. 13 semi-structured video interviews were conducted online with indi…
More than Fresh Fruits and Veggies
As awareness of the benefits of social participation for older adults has grown, ideas for how social services agencies can increase older adults' social participation have proliferated. The goal of this research is to explore how older adults experience the farmers' market as a hub of social participation. Fifteen older adults in a rural area in the deep South of the U.S. participated in semi-structured interviews. All interviews were transcribe…
How Do First-Year MSW Students Perceive Anti-Oppressive Theory and Practice
Little information exists about how MSW social work students perceive oppression and anti-oppressive theory and practice, especially in the United States. This case study describes a qualitative exploration of MSW student perceptions of oppression and anti-oppressive practice. Content was infused into a one-semester foundation-level course covering direct practice with individuals in an institution located in the Southeastern United States. Thema…
Enhancing Competency-Based Social Work Skills Through Service Learning and Interprofessional Education in a Student-Run Free Healthcare Clinic
Student-run free clinics (SRFC) offer students the opportunity to learn and work with students from other disciplines; however, there is very little research on the benefits of SRFC to social work students. The purpose of this article is to describe the qualitative student outcomes of a service learning (SL) and interprofessional education (IPE) experience in a SRFC designed to enhance the interprofessional competencies of BSW social work student…
Quarter-life Crisis Episodes in Emerging Adulthood
Developmental crisis episodes that occur during emerging adulthood, also known as quarter-life crises, are emotionally unstable times of transition that typically last around a year or two. This study aims to expand the cross-cultural focus on this topic, by assessing prevalence and brief written descriptions of early adult crisis in 18–29-year-olds from eight countries (UK, Greece, Czechia, Turkey, India, Pakistan, Indonesia and Brazil), with a …
Psychology (6 works) · Qualitative research (3 works) · Social Work (3 works) · Sociology (3 works) · Business (2 works) · Intergenerational Family Dynamics and Caregiving (2 works) · Interprofessional Education and Collaboration (2 works) · Medicine (2 works) · Migration, Aging, and Tourism Studies (2 works) · Nursing (2 works)