Beverly M Walker

Biographic Data

ID5708755
NAMEBeverly M Walker
GIVEN NAMESBeverly M
FAMILY NAMEWalker
SIGNATUREWALKER B M
AFFILIATIONSUniversity of Wollongong
VERIFIEDNo
TOTAL WORKS6
TOTAL CITATIONS4
WORKS AS AUTHOR6
WORKS AS EDITOR0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR1979
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2021
H-INDEX1

  • Australian mental health care practitioners’ construing of non-White and White people

    Open AccessTinashe Dune, Peter Caputi et al.ARTICLEBMC Psychology2021

    The results reinforce the need for mental health care workers to develop cultural competence with a focus on developing awareness of the impact of frameworks of Whiteness on the experiences of non-White people. This is central to the development of a therapeutic alliance where clients feel understood and assured that their mental health concerns will not be constructed (and treated) through a framework that constrains both White and non-White peo…

  • The Quality of Life of Palliative Care Staff

    Open AccessLinda L Viney, Beverly M Walker et al.ARTICLEOMEGA - Journal of Death and Dying1994

    Palliative care staff were compared with staff from burn and neonatal units, and with mature age general nursing trainees at the end of their training. Hypotheses, based on a personal construct model of their quality of life, sources of anxiety, and types of social interactions were tested. These tests were conducted by applying content analysis scales to their responses to an open-ended request in their interview schedule. The palliative care st…

  • The Psychosocial Impact of Multiple Deaths from Aids

    Open AccessLinda L Viney, Rachel M Henry et al.ARTICLEOMEGA - Journal of Death and Dying1992

    The cumulative psychosocial impact of multiple deaths due to AIDS within a single, gay community was examined. A personal construct psychology model of bereavement was used to generate hypotheses about the psychosocial functioning of the members of two gay communities differing in the extent of their bereavement. Their psychosocial functioning was assessed through content analysis of their responses to an open-ended interview question. Two hundre…

  • Psychological frailness and strength in an Aids‐affected community

    Open AccessLinda L Viney, Levinia Crooks et al.ARTICLEAmerican Journal of Community…1991Cited by: 3References: 15

    Addressed both the psychological frailness and strength in an AIDS-affected community. The gay community in Sydney, Australia, was represented by men who were seropositive (n = 60) and voluntary caregivers (n = 60). They were compared with two samples of men outside the gay community, who were ill with non-AIDS-related medical conditions (n = 30), and well (n = 30). Their psychological frailness and strength were measured by content analysis scal…

  • The emotional reactions of HIV antibody positive men

    Open AccessLinda L Viney, Rachael Henry et al.ARTICLEBritish Journal of Medical…1989Cited by: 1

    This study was concerned with the emotional reaction of men who are HIV antibody positive, and with whether their expression of enjoyment is better viewed as the result of rigid defending or flexible coping. A sample of these men was matched with samples of patients with other major illnesses and well controls. Enjoyment was found to be more frequently expressed in the two ill samples, as were anxiety, depression and helplessness. The HIV antibod…

  • Women's studies courses in Australian Universities

    Open AccessBeverly M Walker, Beverly Walker et al.ARTICLEWomen s Studies International…1979