Lynne Mccormack
Biographic Data
| ID | 3811890 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Lynne Mccormack |
| GIVEN NAMES | Lynne |
| FAMILY NAME | Mccormack |
| SIGNATURE | MCCORMACK L |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Newcastle Australia |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-7885-7045 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 14 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 25 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 14 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2009 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Trauma, bicultural immersion, and growing into self
Background: Building on robust research linking discrimination and poorer mental health outcomes, the current study explores the impacts of macro-level attitudes, such as in media and politics, on refugee wellbeing during resettlement. Method: A purposive sample of six former refugees of Banyamulenge ethnicity from the Democratic Republic of Congo participated in semi-structured interviews. Interviews were transcribed verbatim, analyzed independe…
Isolation, self-blame and perceived invalidation in aid personnel
Relentless, aggressive, and pervasive
For these participants, personal experiences of gender minimization and sexual abuse in the military incubated a betrayal of hope and moral safety. As women, they felt violated at an organizational level seemingly orchestrated by male privilege and patriarchy. Clinical priorities include reparative validation and holistic trauma support underpinned by trauma and posttraumatic growth frameworks. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2023 APA, all rights r…
Irreconcilable Loss, Avoidance, and Hypervigilance
Few studies explore both positive and negative interpretations of life as a refugee despite an abundance of literature that recognizes psychological growth as an outcome of adversity. This iterative phenomenological study sought positive and negative subjective interpretations from five former adult refugees. Data were collected through semi-structured interviews and analyzed using Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis. One superordinate theme…
Violation and hope
BACKGROUND: The psychological complexity of refugee status for children is poorly understood. Alone or with family members, child refugees are exposed to multiple and potentially traumatic events, including conflict and human rights deprivation in their country of origin, perilous and life-threatening escape journeys, years of statelessness, and isolation and discrimination in their new host country. AIMS: This phenomenological study explored the…
A fractured journey of growth
The psychopathological impact of parental mental ill-health on children is well known. However, little research explores positive and negative interpretations of such exposure in childhood, from the adult child's perspective. Using interpretative phenomenological Analysis this study sought subjective interpretations of the 'lived' experiences of growing up in a family with parental mental ill-health. A purposive sample of seven adult children pro…
Complex trauma in childhood, a psychiatric diagnosis in adulthood
Findings inform future research and therapeutic practice in regards to adult help seeking behaviors in light of childhood trauma, often postponed through fear of stigma associated with mental health diagnoses and services. Similarly, findings suggest that ameliorating wellbeing may be dependent on a therapeutic relationship in which accuracy or right fit of diagnosis provides a conduit for the client to disengage from self-blame, unworthiness, an…
The “lived” experience of Playback Theatre practitioners in post-war Sri Lanka
Background: Playback Theatre is applied theatre that draws on real-life stories from its audience to reflect the psychosocial needs of individuals and communities. Contemporarily it is being used to support those exposed to war/disaster; however, the impact of such work on its practitioners, is under researched.Methods: Using interpretative phenomenological analysis positive and negative subjective interpretations were sought from five Western Pl…
Synthesis of Meaning
A paucity of research explores both negative and positive changes for family members supporting a loved one with dementia, especially when communication by speech and awareness of others diminishes. This qualitative study sought the views of family groups concerning their experiences over the past 10 years supporting a loved one with dementia. A focus group sought negative and positive subjective interpretations of this phenomenon. One superordin…
Psychological Growth in Aging Vietnam Veterans
This study offers alternative interpretations of war-related distress embedded within the social and political context of the Vietnam War. Subjective interpretations from aging Vietnam veterans were analyzed using interpretative phenomenological analysis. A central theme— Moral authenticity: Overcoming the betrayal and shame of war—overarched five subordinate themes. Four subordinate themes encapsulated layers of war-related betrayal associated w…
Psychological growth in humanitarian aid personnel
There is a paucity of research into the subjective experiences of humanitarian aid personnel exposed to modern global conflicts and disasters in the course of their work. In particular, little is known about how they make sense of any dual threat: (1) witnessing catastrophic and traumatic events perpetrated on those they seek to serve and (2) experiencing personal threat to self. This phenomenological study explores the idiographic interpretation…
Most Significant Change technique
Vicarious Growth in Wives of Vietnam Veterans
There is a paucity of research understanding the “lived experience” of psychological growth following vicarious trauma. This idiographic study explores the phenomenological experiences of wives of Vietnam veterans exposed to vicarious combat trauma over decades. Using semistructured interviews, data were collected from wives of Australian veterans and analyzed using interpretative phenomenological analysis. Two main themes emerged: (a) “Living wi…
Sustaining a positive altruistic identity in humanitarian aid work
This case study explores the interpersonal and intrapersonal experiences of a single individual who spent more than 35 years in humanitarian aid work. Using interpretative phenomenological analysis, one superordinate theme, altruistic identity (AI), emerges. On return home following a humanitarian mission, AI requires (a) strong perception of empathic validation for intimate reintegration and (b) self-acceptance of personal involvement. However, …
Psychological growth in humanitarian aid personnel
There is a paucity of research into the subjective experiences of humanitarian aid personnel exposed to modern global conflicts and disasters in the course of their work. In particular, little is known about how they make sense of any dual threat: (1) witnessing catastrophic and traumatic events perpetrated on those they seek to serve and (2) experiencing personal threat to self. This phenomenological study explores the idiographic interpretation…
Vicarious Growth in Wives of Vietnam Veterans
There is a paucity of research understanding the “lived experience” of psychological growth following vicarious trauma. This idiographic study explores the phenomenological experiences of wives of Vietnam veterans exposed to vicarious combat trauma over decades. Using semistructured interviews, data were collected from wives of Australian veterans and analyzed using interpretative phenomenological analysis. Two main themes emerged: (a) “Living wi…
Psychological Growth in Aging Vietnam Veterans
This study offers alternative interpretations of war-related distress embedded within the social and political context of the Vietnam War. Subjective interpretations from aging Vietnam veterans were analyzed using interpretative phenomenological analysis. A central theme— Moral authenticity: Overcoming the betrayal and shame of war—overarched five subordinate themes. Four subordinate themes encapsulated layers of war-related betrayal associated w…
Irreconcilable Loss, Avoidance, and Hypervigilance
Few studies explore both positive and negative interpretations of life as a refugee despite an abundance of literature that recognizes psychological growth as an outcome of adversity. This iterative phenomenological study sought positive and negative subjective interpretations from five former adult refugees. Data were collected through semi-structured interviews and analyzed using Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis. One superordinate theme…
Synthesis of Meaning
A paucity of research explores both negative and positive changes for family members supporting a loved one with dementia, especially when communication by speech and awareness of others diminishes. This qualitative study sought the views of family groups concerning their experiences over the past 10 years supporting a loved one with dementia. A focus group sought negative and positive subjective interpretations of this phenomenon. One superordin…
A fractured journey of growth
The psychopathological impact of parental mental ill-health on children is well known. However, little research explores positive and negative interpretations of such exposure in childhood, from the adult child's perspective. Using interpretative phenomenological Analysis this study sought subjective interpretations of the 'lived' experiences of growing up in a family with parental mental ill-health. A purposive sample of seven adult children pro…
The “lived” experience of Playback Theatre practitioners in post-war Sri Lanka
Background: Playback Theatre is applied theatre that draws on real-life stories from its audience to reflect the psychosocial needs of individuals and communities. Contemporarily it is being used to support those exposed to war/disaster; however, the impact of such work on its practitioners, is under researched.Methods: Using interpretative phenomenological analysis positive and negative subjective interpretations were sought from five Western Pl…
Sustaining a positive altruistic identity in humanitarian aid work
This case study explores the interpersonal and intrapersonal experiences of a single individual who spent more than 35 years in humanitarian aid work. Using interpretative phenomenological analysis, one superordinate theme, altruistic identity (AI), emerges. On return home following a humanitarian mission, AI requires (a) strong perception of empathic validation for intimate reintegration and (b) self-acceptance of personal involvement. However, …
Most Significant Change technique
Vicarious Growth in Wives of Vietnam Veterans
There is a paucity of research understanding the “lived experience” of psychological growth following vicarious trauma. This idiographic study explores the phenomenological experiences of wives of Vietnam veterans exposed to vicarious combat trauma over decades. Using semistructured interviews, data were collected from wives of Australian veterans and analyzed using interpretative phenomenological analysis. Two main themes emerged: (a) “Living wi…
Psychological Growth in Aging Vietnam Veterans
This study offers alternative interpretations of war-related distress embedded within the social and political context of the Vietnam War. Subjective interpretations from aging Vietnam veterans were analyzed using interpretative phenomenological analysis. A central theme— Moral authenticity: Overcoming the betrayal and shame of war—overarched five subordinate themes. Four subordinate themes encapsulated layers of war-related betrayal associated w…
Psychological growth in humanitarian aid personnel
There is a paucity of research into the subjective experiences of humanitarian aid personnel exposed to modern global conflicts and disasters in the course of their work. In particular, little is known about how they make sense of any dual threat: (1) witnessing catastrophic and traumatic events perpetrated on those they seek to serve and (2) experiencing personal threat to self. This phenomenological study explores the idiographic interpretation…
Synthesis of Meaning
A paucity of research explores both negative and positive changes for family members supporting a loved one with dementia, especially when communication by speech and awareness of others diminishes. This qualitative study sought the views of family groups concerning their experiences over the past 10 years supporting a loved one with dementia. A focus group sought negative and positive subjective interpretations of this phenomenon. One superordin…
Complex trauma in childhood, a psychiatric diagnosis in adulthood
Findings inform future research and therapeutic practice in regards to adult help seeking behaviors in light of childhood trauma, often postponed through fear of stigma associated with mental health diagnoses and services. Similarly, findings suggest that ameliorating wellbeing may be dependent on a therapeutic relationship in which accuracy or right fit of diagnosis provides a conduit for the client to disengage from self-blame, unworthiness, an…
The “lived” experience of Playback Theatre practitioners in post-war Sri Lanka
Background: Playback Theatre is applied theatre that draws on real-life stories from its audience to reflect the psychosocial needs of individuals and communities. Contemporarily it is being used to support those exposed to war/disaster; however, the impact of such work on its practitioners, is under researched.Methods: Using interpretative phenomenological analysis positive and negative subjective interpretations were sought from five Western Pl…
A fractured journey of growth
The psychopathological impact of parental mental ill-health on children is well known. However, little research explores positive and negative interpretations of such exposure in childhood, from the adult child's perspective. Using interpretative phenomenological Analysis this study sought subjective interpretations of the 'lived' experiences of growing up in a family with parental mental ill-health. A purposive sample of seven adult children pro…
Violation and hope
BACKGROUND: The psychological complexity of refugee status for children is poorly understood. Alone or with family members, child refugees are exposed to multiple and potentially traumatic events, including conflict and human rights deprivation in their country of origin, perilous and life-threatening escape journeys, years of statelessness, and isolation and discrimination in their new host country. AIMS: This phenomenological study explored the…
Irreconcilable Loss, Avoidance, and Hypervigilance
Few studies explore both positive and negative interpretations of life as a refugee despite an abundance of literature that recognizes psychological growth as an outcome of adversity. This iterative phenomenological study sought positive and negative subjective interpretations from five former adult refugees. Data were collected through semi-structured interviews and analyzed using Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis. One superordinate theme…
Isolation, self-blame and perceived invalidation in aid personnel
Relentless, aggressive, and pervasive
For these participants, personal experiences of gender minimization and sexual abuse in the military incubated a betrayal of hope and moral safety. As women, they felt violated at an organizational level seemingly orchestrated by male privilege and patriarchy. Clinical priorities include reparative validation and holistic trauma support underpinned by trauma and posttraumatic growth frameworks. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2023 APA, all rights r…
Trauma, bicultural immersion, and growing into self
Background: Building on robust research linking discrimination and poorer mental health outcomes, the current study explores the impacts of macro-level attitudes, such as in media and politics, on refugee wellbeing during resettlement. Method: A purposive sample of six former refugees of Banyamulenge ethnicity from the Democratic Republic of Congo participated in semi-structured interviews. Interviews were transcribed verbatim, analyzed independe…
Psychology (14 works) · Sociology (10 works) · Qualitative research (9 works) · Social Psychology (9 works) · Interpretative phenomenological analysis (8 works) · Migration, Health and Trauma (7 works) · Social Psychology (7 works) · Political science (6 works) · Psychotherapist (6 works) · Developmental psychology (5 works)