Dennis R Myers
Biographic Data
| ID | 6189232 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Dennis R Myers |
| GIVEN NAMES | Dennis R |
| FAMILY NAME | Myers |
| SIGNATURE | MYERS D R |
| AFFILIATIONS | Baylor University |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-4185-7388 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 15 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 8 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 15 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2004 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Relationship enrichment for military and first responder intimate partners: An evaluation of the Mastering Your Marriage program
Examine efficacy of the Mastering Your Marriage (MYM) Program, an intimate partner enrichment program designed for Military Service Member and First Responder (MSM/FR) couples. Social workers engage MSM/FR couples with relationship challenges from work stressors including a “warrior” culture, separations, irregular hours, and imminent danger. The MYM addresses these stressors in a curriculum that includes in-person weekend retreats, a 6-month onl…
Perceived benefit or burden? How positive and negative spiritual/religious coping impacts family caregivers of people with dementia
Spiritual/religious coping can be a significant resource for individuals and families who are caring for a loved one with dementia. Little is known, however, about how different forms of spiritual/religious coping impact caregivers’ experiences of burden and benefit. This study examines the relationship between positive and negative spiritual/religious coping and caregiver burden and benefit among a sample of caregivers of people with dementia. F…
Caring for a family member with early stage alzheimer’s disease: Caregiver perceptions, connections, and relational dynamics with the sacred
Researchers have conceptualized spirituality as the search for or connection with the sacred – or that which is considered blessed, holy, or revered by each individual. Some perceive the sacred as their relationship with a divinity (e.g., God, gods, Higher Power). Others consider the sacred to be something bigger than themselves (e.g., the Universe, Nature, guiding life philosophy). The self may also be considered sacred by some. The current rese…
Does the Tough Stuff Make Us Stronger? Spiritual Coping in Family Caregivers of Persons with Early-Stage Dementia
Spiritual coping may be conceptualized as relying upon spiritual beliefs, practices and/or relationships as an aspect of navigating stressful or traumatic experiences. There is evidence that spirituality may be used as a resource and may cultivate growth for some in the midst of difficult life circumstances. There is limited research, however, on this phenomenon among family caregivers of persons living with a dementia, particularly those in the …
Does God Work in All Things to the Good of Those Who Love Him? Family Caregivers of Persons with Early-Stage Dementia Share Their Spiritual Struggles
Spiritual struggles are distressing thoughts, feelings, or shifts in behaviors pertaining to faith/life philosophy in response to traumatic/stressful experiences. There is limited research on this phenomenon among family caregivers of persons in the early-stages of dementia (PWD). The purpose of this qualitative study, therefore, was to better understand spiritual struggles in this population. Using Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis, we an…
Nursing facility social work with family behavioral health challenges
Nursing facility social workers play a prominent role in promoting behavioral health among family members with compromised responses to their loved one’s residing in a skilled care nursing facility. Familial behaviors in nursing home settings and social workers’ responses to them have not been systematically investigated. This study addresses the issue through quantitative and qualitative analyzes of face to face, in-depth interviews with 20 BSW/…
A Synchronous Online Social Work PhD Program: Educational Design and Student/Faculty Response
Faculty and students evaluate the curriculum design and delivery of a synchronous online PhD program in social work that prepares scholar-practitioners in social work research, education, and organizational practice. The designers envision a collaborative community of scholars and leaders nurtured by a cohort-based, sequenced curriculum, and intentional faculty mentoring. This teaching and learning platform provides an opportunity to engage with …
Baby Boomers as Congregational Volunteers in Community Ministry
Religious congregations are a significant setting for volunteerism in the United States, and increasing rates of volunteerism correlate with age. Because of their prolonged health and increased longevity, the large boomer generation represents a potentially significant volunteer resource for congregations. But current research on boomers and congregational life provides little information about this age cohort for engaging them in community minis…
Ethical Integration of Faith and Practice in Social Work Field Education: A Multi-Year Exploration in One Program
The Council on Social Work Education (CSWE) prescribes competencies and professional behaviors for social work educational programs. Respective, individual programs may add program competencies and practice behaviors specific to their schools and universities. The study examines one program's field education measurement of the additional competency: The ethical integration of faith and practice and behaviors related to clients, students, and prac…
Military Deployment of an Adult Child: Ambiguous Loss and Boundary Ambiguity Reflected in the Experiences of Parents of Service Members
This study explored the experiences of parents of service members, military family members who are often overlooked even though they are likely a vital source of support for their military adult-children. Reflections on deployment of military adult-children were gathered from 21 parents in semistructured group interviews. A framework of ambiguous loss, boundary ambiguity, and ambivalence was used to analyze comments reflecting pre-deployment, dep…
Social Work Field Education in and with Congregations and Religiously-Affiliated Organizations in a Christian Context
Recent attention to human spirituality, research on congregationally-related practice, and growth in employment within religiously-based organizations energize the creation of educational initiatives to prepare future professionals for competent social work practice within these settings. Internship experiences with congregations and religiously-affiliated organizations (RAOs) play a pivotal role in delivering the competencies required by the soc…
Evaluation of the William S. Hall Psychiatric Institute Clinical Psychology Internship: A Replication and Extension
This study extends three earlier investigations involving participants who completed their predoctoral clinical psychology internship at the William S. Hall Psychiatric Institute. Intern graduates (N = 37) evaluated how effectively their internship training prepared them for seven aspects of their current work as practicing psychologists. Participants also rated the relevancy of 24 different internship training experiences to their current work a…
Protestant Christian Volunteers in Community Social Service Programs: What Motivates, Challenges, and Sustains Their Service
This article presents findings from a research project exploring the motivations of 25 volunteers from Protestant Christian congregations involved in community service programs. These volunteers are motivated primarily as their way of responding to God and to the needs of others. As they serve, beneficial relationships with others and other personal benefits become motivations for their continuing service. Their motivations help them sustain thei…
Congregational Service-Learning Characteristics and Volunteer Faith Development
A research study surveyed 946 volunteers from congregations who were actively involved in community service, as well as 3,959 other congregational attenders who were not involved in volunteer service, to understand the relationship between service learning and faith development. Findings show that service-learning is powerfully related to a mature faith and to other faith practices such as prayer, Bible study, and worship. Authors explore the cha…
A Feasibility Study of a Parent Care Planning Model with Two Faith-Based Communities
Parent care is a normative, mid-life responsibility for most American families, but religious communities need evidence-based models to help prepare congregational members for these religiously endorsed obligations. The purposes of this article are to discuss caregiving as a developmental task deserving attention by religious leaders; to briefly describe an efficacious parent care model for use by congregations; and to review the results from a f…
Does the Tough Stuff Make Us Stronger? Spiritual Coping in Family Caregivers of Persons with Early-Stage Dementia
Spiritual coping may be conceptualized as relying upon spiritual beliefs, practices and/or relationships as an aspect of navigating stressful or traumatic experiences. There is evidence that spirituality may be used as a resource and may cultivate growth for some in the midst of difficult life circumstances. There is limited research, however, on this phenomenon among family caregivers of persons living with a dementia, particularly those in the …
Military Deployment of an Adult Child: Ambiguous Loss and Boundary Ambiguity Reflected in the Experiences of Parents of Service Members
This study explored the experiences of parents of service members, military family members who are often overlooked even though they are likely a vital source of support for their military adult-children. Reflections on deployment of military adult-children were gathered from 21 parents in semistructured group interviews. A framework of ambiguous loss, boundary ambiguity, and ambivalence was used to analyze comments reflecting pre-deployment, dep…
Does God Work in All Things to the Good of Those Who Love Him? Family Caregivers of Persons with Early-Stage Dementia Share Their Spiritual Struggles
Spiritual struggles are distressing thoughts, feelings, or shifts in behaviors pertaining to faith/life philosophy in response to traumatic/stressful experiences. There is limited research on this phenomenon among family caregivers of persons in the early-stages of dementia (PWD). The purpose of this qualitative study, therefore, was to better understand spiritual struggles in this population. Using Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis, we an…
Baby Boomers as Congregational Volunteers in Community Ministry
Religious congregations are a significant setting for volunteerism in the United States, and increasing rates of volunteerism correlate with age. Because of their prolonged health and increased longevity, the large boomer generation represents a potentially significant volunteer resource for congregations. But current research on boomers and congregational life provides little information about this age cohort for engaging them in community minis…
Ethical Integration of Faith and Practice in Social Work Field Education: A Multi-Year Exploration in One Program
The Council on Social Work Education (CSWE) prescribes competencies and professional behaviors for social work educational programs. Respective, individual programs may add program competencies and practice behaviors specific to their schools and universities. The study examines one program's field education measurement of the additional competency: The ethical integration of faith and practice and behaviors related to clients, students, and prac…
Social Work Field Education in and with Congregations and Religiously-Affiliated Organizations in a Christian Context
Recent attention to human spirituality, research on congregationally-related practice, and growth in employment within religiously-based organizations energize the creation of educational initiatives to prepare future professionals for competent social work practice within these settings. Internship experiences with congregations and religiously-affiliated organizations (RAOs) play a pivotal role in delivering the competencies required by the soc…
A Feasibility Study of a Parent Care Planning Model with Two Faith-Based Communities
Parent care is a normative, mid-life responsibility for most American families, but religious communities need evidence-based models to help prepare congregational members for these religiously endorsed obligations. The purposes of this article are to discuss caregiving as a developmental task deserving attention by religious leaders; to briefly describe an efficacious parent care model for use by congregations; and to review the results from a f…
Congregational Service-Learning Characteristics and Volunteer Faith Development
A research study surveyed 946 volunteers from congregations who were actively involved in community service, as well as 3,959 other congregational attenders who were not involved in volunteer service, to understand the relationship between service learning and faith development. Findings show that service-learning is powerfully related to a mature faith and to other faith practices such as prayer, Bible study, and worship. Authors explore the cha…
Protestant Christian Volunteers in Community Social Service Programs: What Motivates, Challenges, and Sustains Their Service
This article presents findings from a research project exploring the motivations of 25 volunteers from Protestant Christian congregations involved in community service programs. These volunteers are motivated primarily as their way of responding to God and to the needs of others. As they serve, beneficial relationships with others and other personal benefits become motivations for their continuing service. Their motivations help them sustain thei…
Evaluation of the William S. Hall Psychiatric Institute Clinical Psychology Internship: A Replication and Extension
This study extends three earlier investigations involving participants who completed their predoctoral clinical psychology internship at the William S. Hall Psychiatric Institute. Intern graduates (N = 37) evaluated how effectively their internship training prepared them for seven aspects of their current work as practicing psychologists. Participants also rated the relevancy of 24 different internship training experiences to their current work a…
Military Deployment of an Adult Child: Ambiguous Loss and Boundary Ambiguity Reflected in the Experiences of Parents of Service Members
This study explored the experiences of parents of service members, military family members who are often overlooked even though they are likely a vital source of support for their military adult-children. Reflections on deployment of military adult-children were gathered from 21 parents in semistructured group interviews. A framework of ambiguous loss, boundary ambiguity, and ambivalence was used to analyze comments reflecting pre-deployment, dep…
Social Work Field Education in and with Congregations and Religiously-Affiliated Organizations in a Christian Context
Recent attention to human spirituality, research on congregationally-related practice, and growth in employment within religiously-based organizations energize the creation of educational initiatives to prepare future professionals for competent social work practice within these settings. Internship experiences with congregations and religiously-affiliated organizations (RAOs) play a pivotal role in delivering the competencies required by the soc…
Baby Boomers as Congregational Volunteers in Community Ministry
Religious congregations are a significant setting for volunteerism in the United States, and increasing rates of volunteerism correlate with age. Because of their prolonged health and increased longevity, the large boomer generation represents a potentially significant volunteer resource for congregations. But current research on boomers and congregational life provides little information about this age cohort for engaging them in community minis…
Ethical Integration of Faith and Practice in Social Work Field Education: A Multi-Year Exploration in One Program
The Council on Social Work Education (CSWE) prescribes competencies and professional behaviors for social work educational programs. Respective, individual programs may add program competencies and practice behaviors specific to their schools and universities. The study examines one program's field education measurement of the additional competency: The ethical integration of faith and practice and behaviors related to clients, students, and prac…
A Synchronous Online Social Work PhD Program: Educational Design and Student/Faculty Response
Faculty and students evaluate the curriculum design and delivery of a synchronous online PhD program in social work that prepares scholar-practitioners in social work research, education, and organizational practice. The designers envision a collaborative community of scholars and leaders nurtured by a cohort-based, sequenced curriculum, and intentional faculty mentoring. This teaching and learning platform provides an opportunity to engage with …
Nursing facility social work with family behavioral health challenges
Nursing facility social workers play a prominent role in promoting behavioral health among family members with compromised responses to their loved one’s residing in a skilled care nursing facility. Familial behaviors in nursing home settings and social workers’ responses to them have not been systematically investigated. This study addresses the issue through quantitative and qualitative analyzes of face to face, in-depth interviews with 20 BSW/…
Caring for a family member with early stage alzheimer’s disease: Caregiver perceptions, connections, and relational dynamics with the sacred
Researchers have conceptualized spirituality as the search for or connection with the sacred – or that which is considered blessed, holy, or revered by each individual. Some perceive the sacred as their relationship with a divinity (e.g., God, gods, Higher Power). Others consider the sacred to be something bigger than themselves (e.g., the Universe, Nature, guiding life philosophy). The self may also be considered sacred by some. The current rese…
Does the Tough Stuff Make Us Stronger? Spiritual Coping in Family Caregivers of Persons with Early-Stage Dementia
Spiritual coping may be conceptualized as relying upon spiritual beliefs, practices and/or relationships as an aspect of navigating stressful or traumatic experiences. There is evidence that spirituality may be used as a resource and may cultivate growth for some in the midst of difficult life circumstances. There is limited research, however, on this phenomenon among family caregivers of persons living with a dementia, particularly those in the …
Does God Work in All Things to the Good of Those Who Love Him? Family Caregivers of Persons with Early-Stage Dementia Share Their Spiritual Struggles
Spiritual struggles are distressing thoughts, feelings, or shifts in behaviors pertaining to faith/life philosophy in response to traumatic/stressful experiences. There is limited research on this phenomenon among family caregivers of persons in the early-stages of dementia (PWD). The purpose of this qualitative study, therefore, was to better understand spiritual struggles in this population. Using Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis, we an…
Perceived benefit or burden? How positive and negative spiritual/religious coping impacts family caregivers of people with dementia
Spiritual/religious coping can be a significant resource for individuals and families who are caring for a loved one with dementia. Little is known, however, about how different forms of spiritual/religious coping impact caregivers’ experiences of burden and benefit. This study examines the relationship between positive and negative spiritual/religious coping and caregiver burden and benefit among a sample of caregivers of people with dementia. F…
Relationship enrichment for military and first responder intimate partners: An evaluation of the Mastering Your Marriage program
Examine efficacy of the Mastering Your Marriage (MYM) Program, an intimate partner enrichment program designed for Military Service Member and First Responder (MSM/FR) couples. Social workers engage MSM/FR couples with relationship challenges from work stressors including a “warrior” culture, separations, irregular hours, and imminent danger. The MYM addresses these stressors in a curriculum that includes in-person weekend retreats, a 6-month onl…
Psychology (13 works) · Medicine (11 works) · Religion, Spirituality, and Psychology (9 works) · Sociology (9 works) · Political science (8 works) · Religion, Society, and Development (7 works) · Faith (6 works) · Grief, Bereavement, and Mental Health (6 works) · Social Psychology (6 works) · Law (5 works)