Sandra P Thomas
Biographic Data
| ID | 3886367 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Sandra P Thomas |
| GIVEN NAMES | Sandra P |
| FAMILY NAME | Thomas |
| SIGNATURE | THOMAS S P |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Tennessee at Knoxville |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-1516-7159 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 17 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 39 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 17 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1990 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Building Back Something Remarkable From Shattered Pieces: An Inquiry Into Military Sexual Trauma as Shared Online by Veteran Women
This study explored the lived experiences of eight women veterans regarding military sexual trauma (MST), as shared on two online social media platforms. The study integrated two qualitative methods, netnography (which facilitated analysis of social media content) and phenomenology (which explored the meaning of lived experiences). Figural themes included: (a) Called to serve, (b) The powerlessness of the assault, (c) Lasting impacts of the assau…
Neonatal Intensive Care Providers' Lived Experiences and Trauma-Informed Care to Mother-Infant Dyads Impacted by Opioid Use
From Uncomfortable Squirm to Self-Discovery: A Phenomenological Analysis of the Bracketing Experience
Bracketing (also called epoche) is fundamental in phenomenological philosophy and is a widely recognized practice in phenomenological and other qualitative research methodologies. Bracketing definitions, types, and procedures still generate debate among contemporary phenomenological methodologists and other qualitative researchers. The purpose of this paper is to contribute to the dialogue about the topic of bracketing with empirical research on …
Hearing the Voices of Students and Teachers: A Phenomenological Approach to Educational Research
Many contemporary researchers claim to use a phenomenological approach but seldom connect their methods to tenets from phenomenological philosophy. We describe a distinctive approach, grounded in the writings of French philosopher Maurice Merleau-Ponty, for conducting educational research. Procedures are outlined for bracketing pre-understandings of a phenomenon, interviewing, and thematizing data with assistance of an interdisciplinary interpret…
Relationship of Trait Anger and Anger Expression to C-Reactive Protein in Postmenopausal Women
Coronary heart disease (CHD) is the leading cause of death for women worldwide. Chronic inflammation and risk factors, such as obesity, smoking, and high cholesterol, are well-established risk factors for CHD. Little is known, however, about the mechanisms by which psychosocial factors, such as general anger proneness (trait anger) and anger expression style, may be associated with proinflammatory processes that contribute to cardiovascular morbi…
Recovery of Midlife Women From Myocardial Infarction
We conducted this qualitative study to elicit the experiences of midlife women who survived myocardial infarctions (MIs) and returned home to recover. We selected a phenomenological research method based on the philosophy of Merleau-Ponty. The researcher interviewed eight women ranging in age from 45 to 65. The interviews were transcribed and analyzed using the approach of Thomas and Pollio. For the women in this study, figural themes of the expe…
Thriving as becoming resolute in narratives of women surviving childhood maltreatment
The purpose of this feminist interpretive study was to portray the experience of women thriving after childhood maltreatment (CM) through personal narratives. An interdisciplinary team conducted multiple in-depth interviews of 44 women survivors of CM who identified themselves as successful and doing well. The interviews focused on "what worked" and "what did not" with the aim of exploring aftereffects of CM; strengths and strategies; interaction…
Life Trajectories of Female Child Abuse Survivors Thriving in Adulthood
A narrative study of thriving adult female survivors of childhood maltreatment was undertaken to discover how they had achieved success. Life trajectory patterns, turning points, and setbacks were identified. Data consisted of 81 interview transcripts derived from a series of three interviews, spaced over 6 to 12 months, with 27 survivors. The childhood abuse was intrafamilial, beginning as early as infancy and continuing, in most cases, until pa…
Talking It Over With the Gals: An Analysis of Editorials by Phyllis Stern
Editorials written by a journal editor proved a glimpse of that individual's philosophy and opinions about topical events. The purpose of the present project was to analyze the editorials of Phyllis Noerager Stern during the years that she served as editor-in-chief of Health Care for Women International (1983-2001). Using ethnographic content analysis, 65 editorials were examined to ascertain: (1) what event triggered the editorial; (2) what aim …
A Fly in the Buttermilk”: Descriptions of University Life by Successful Black Undergraduate Students at a Predominately White Southeastern University
(2004). “A Fly in the Buttermilk”: Descriptions of University Life by Successful Black Undergraduate Students at a Predominately White Southeastern University. The Journal of Higher Education: Vol. 75, No. 4, pp. 420-445
None of Us Will Ever Be the Same Again”: Reactions of American Midlife Women to 9/11
According to terror management theory (TMT), an event that heightens awareness of death produces the need to defend against existential anxiety. The horrifying events of September 11, 2001 (9/11), created an unparalleled opportunity to apply TMT beyond the laboratory. This study examined post-9/11 stress (via perceived stress scale [PSS] scores) and interview responses of a diverse community sample of American midlife women (ages 35-60). Previous…
Men's anger: A phenomenological exploration of its meaning in a middle-class sample of American men
This study explored the meaning of men’s anger, using the methodology of eidetic (descriptive) phenomenology. A community sample of 19 middle-class American men, ranging in age from 20 to 50 years, participated in audiotaped interviews. Two prominent themes, right versus wrong and being controlled versus having control, were contextualized by the world in which masculinity has been socially constructed and emotion is regulated accordingly. Interw…
Trait anger, anger expression, stress, and health status of American and Turkish midlife women
In a cross-cultural study, we investigated the relationships of trait anger, anger expression modes, and stress to physical and mental health in Turkish and American midlife women. Zero-order correlations and multiple regression analyses indicated that regardless of cultural origin, stress was a strong predictor of health status. Stress was negatively related to physical health and positively related to depression. Trait anger, the angry temperam…
Construction and validation of a brief self-report scale of self-management practices
Naturalistic application of self-change practices
Predictors of Health Status of Mid-Life Women: Implications for Later Adulthood
Psychological, behavioral, environmental and sociodemoeraohic oredictors of health status were examined in a sample of mid-life women participating in a longitudinal investigation which had its genesis with data collection at the 1982 World's Fair and a metropolitan hospital in Tennessee. Correlates of good health were optimistic disposition, internal locus of control, education, income, employment outside the home, moderate exercise and sleeping…
Self‐attitudes and behavioral characteristics of type a and b female registered nurses
Type A behavior in nurses has received little attention from researchers despite its assumed prevalence. What attitudes and behaviors distinguish Type A from Type B nurses? In this descriptive study, locus of control and selected self-attitudes of female RNs who exhibited the Type A pattern (n = 40) were compared with attitudes of Type B nurses (n = 40). The participants were selected from a larger sample of 178 RNs on the basis of extremely high…
Life Trajectories of Female Child Abuse Survivors Thriving in Adulthood
A narrative study of thriving adult female survivors of childhood maltreatment was undertaken to discover how they had achieved success. Life trajectory patterns, turning points, and setbacks were identified. Data consisted of 81 interview transcripts derived from a series of three interviews, spaced over 6 to 12 months, with 27 survivors. The childhood abuse was intrafamilial, beginning as early as infancy and continuing, in most cases, until pa…
A Fly in the Buttermilk”: Descriptions of University Life by Successful Black Undergraduate Students at a Predominately White Southeastern University
(2004). “A Fly in the Buttermilk”: Descriptions of University Life by Successful Black Undergraduate Students at a Predominately White Southeastern University. The Journal of Higher Education: Vol. 75, No. 4, pp. 420-445
From Uncomfortable Squirm to Self-Discovery: A Phenomenological Analysis of the Bracketing Experience
Bracketing (also called epoche) is fundamental in phenomenological philosophy and is a widely recognized practice in phenomenological and other qualitative research methodologies. Bracketing definitions, types, and procedures still generate debate among contemporary phenomenological methodologists and other qualitative researchers. The purpose of this paper is to contribute to the dialogue about the topic of bracketing with empirical research on …
Men's anger: A phenomenological exploration of its meaning in a middle-class sample of American men
This study explored the meaning of men’s anger, using the methodology of eidetic (descriptive) phenomenology. A community sample of 19 middle-class American men, ranging in age from 20 to 50 years, participated in audiotaped interviews. Two prominent themes, right versus wrong and being controlled versus having control, were contextualized by the world in which masculinity has been socially constructed and emotion is regulated accordingly. Interw…
Trait anger, anger expression, stress, and health status of American and Turkish midlife women
In a cross-cultural study, we investigated the relationships of trait anger, anger expression modes, and stress to physical and mental health in Turkish and American midlife women. Zero-order correlations and multiple regression analyses indicated that regardless of cultural origin, stress was a strong predictor of health status. Stress was negatively related to physical health and positively related to depression. Trait anger, the angry temperam…
Construction and validation of a brief self-report scale of self-management practices
Predictors of Health Status of Mid-Life Women: Implications for Later Adulthood
Psychological, behavioral, environmental and sociodemoeraohic oredictors of health status were examined in a sample of mid-life women participating in a longitudinal investigation which had its genesis with data collection at the 1982 World's Fair and a metropolitan hospital in Tennessee. Correlates of good health were optimistic disposition, internal locus of control, education, income, employment outside the home, moderate exercise and sleeping…
Self‐attitudes and behavioral characteristics of type a and b female registered nurses
Type A behavior in nurses has received little attention from researchers despite its assumed prevalence. What attitudes and behaviors distinguish Type A from Type B nurses? In this descriptive study, locus of control and selected self-attitudes of female RNs who exhibited the Type A pattern (n = 40) were compared with attitudes of Type B nurses (n = 40). The participants were selected from a larger sample of 178 RNs on the basis of extremely high…
Naturalistic application of self-change practices
Construction and validation of a brief self-report scale of self-management practices
Trait anger, anger expression, stress, and health status of American and Turkish midlife women
In a cross-cultural study, we investigated the relationships of trait anger, anger expression modes, and stress to physical and mental health in Turkish and American midlife women. Zero-order correlations and multiple regression analyses indicated that regardless of cultural origin, stress was a strong predictor of health status. Stress was negatively related to physical health and positively related to depression. Trait anger, the angry temperam…
None of Us Will Ever Be the Same Again”: Reactions of American Midlife Women to 9/11
According to terror management theory (TMT), an event that heightens awareness of death produces the need to defend against existential anxiety. The horrifying events of September 11, 2001 (9/11), created an unparalleled opportunity to apply TMT beyond the laboratory. This study examined post-9/11 stress (via perceived stress scale [PSS] scores) and interview responses of a diverse community sample of American midlife women (ages 35-60). Previous…
Men's anger: A phenomenological exploration of its meaning in a middle-class sample of American men
This study explored the meaning of men’s anger, using the methodology of eidetic (descriptive) phenomenology. A community sample of 19 middle-class American men, ranging in age from 20 to 50 years, participated in audiotaped interviews. Two prominent themes, right versus wrong and being controlled versus having control, were contextualized by the world in which masculinity has been socially constructed and emotion is regulated accordingly. Interw…
A Fly in the Buttermilk”: Descriptions of University Life by Successful Black Undergraduate Students at a Predominately White Southeastern University
(2004). “A Fly in the Buttermilk”: Descriptions of University Life by Successful Black Undergraduate Students at a Predominately White Southeastern University. The Journal of Higher Education: Vol. 75, No. 4, pp. 420-445
Talking It Over With the Gals: An Analysis of Editorials by Phyllis Stern
Editorials written by a journal editor proved a glimpse of that individual's philosophy and opinions about topical events. The purpose of the present project was to analyze the editorials of Phyllis Noerager Stern during the years that she served as editor-in-chief of Health Care for Women International (1983-2001). Using ethnographic content analysis, 65 editorials were examined to ascertain: (1) what event triggered the editorial; (2) what aim …
Life Trajectories of Female Child Abuse Survivors Thriving in Adulthood
A narrative study of thriving adult female survivors of childhood maltreatment was undertaken to discover how they had achieved success. Life trajectory patterns, turning points, and setbacks were identified. Data consisted of 81 interview transcripts derived from a series of three interviews, spaced over 6 to 12 months, with 27 survivors. The childhood abuse was intrafamilial, beginning as early as infancy and continuing, in most cases, until pa…
Thriving as becoming resolute in narratives of women surviving childhood maltreatment
The purpose of this feminist interpretive study was to portray the experience of women thriving after childhood maltreatment (CM) through personal narratives. An interdisciplinary team conducted multiple in-depth interviews of 44 women survivors of CM who identified themselves as successful and doing well. The interviews focused on "what worked" and "what did not" with the aim of exploring aftereffects of CM; strengths and strategies; interaction…
Recovery of Midlife Women From Myocardial Infarction
We conducted this qualitative study to elicit the experiences of midlife women who survived myocardial infarctions (MIs) and returned home to recover. We selected a phenomenological research method based on the philosophy of Merleau-Ponty. The researcher interviewed eight women ranging in age from 45 to 65. The interviews were transcribed and analyzed using the approach of Thomas and Pollio. For the women in this study, figural themes of the expe…
Relationship of Trait Anger and Anger Expression to C-Reactive Protein in Postmenopausal Women
Coronary heart disease (CHD) is the leading cause of death for women worldwide. Chronic inflammation and risk factors, such as obesity, smoking, and high cholesterol, are well-established risk factors for CHD. Little is known, however, about the mechanisms by which psychosocial factors, such as general anger proneness (trait anger) and anger expression style, may be associated with proinflammatory processes that contribute to cardiovascular morbi…
Hearing the Voices of Students and Teachers: A Phenomenological Approach to Educational Research
Many contemporary researchers claim to use a phenomenological approach but seldom connect their methods to tenets from phenomenological philosophy. We describe a distinctive approach, grounded in the writings of French philosopher Maurice Merleau-Ponty, for conducting educational research. Procedures are outlined for bracketing pre-understandings of a phenomenon, interviewing, and thematizing data with assistance of an interdisciplinary interpret…
From Uncomfortable Squirm to Self-Discovery: A Phenomenological Analysis of the Bracketing Experience
Bracketing (also called epoche) is fundamental in phenomenological philosophy and is a widely recognized practice in phenomenological and other qualitative research methodologies. Bracketing definitions, types, and procedures still generate debate among contemporary phenomenological methodologists and other qualitative researchers. The purpose of this paper is to contribute to the dialogue about the topic of bracketing with empirical research on …
Neonatal Intensive Care Providers' Lived Experiences and Trauma-Informed Care to Mother-Infant Dyads Impacted by Opioid Use
Building Back Something Remarkable From Shattered Pieces: An Inquiry Into Military Sexual Trauma as Shared Online by Veteran Women
This study explored the lived experiences of eight women veterans regarding military sexual trauma (MST), as shared on two online social media platforms. The study integrated two qualitative methods, netnography (which facilitated analysis of social media content) and phenomenology (which explored the meaning of lived experiences). Figural themes included: (a) Called to serve, (b) The powerlessness of the assault, (c) Lasting impacts of the assau…
Psychology (16 works) · Developmental psychology (8 works) · Clinical Psychology (7 works) · Medicine (7 works) · Psychiatry (6 works) · Social Psychology (6 works) · Sociology (6 works) · Clinical Psychology (5 works) · Anger (4 works) · Philosophy (4 works)