Christopher Quinn-Nilas
Biographic Data
| ID | 757960 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Christopher Quinn-Nilas |
| GIVEN NAMES | Christopher |
| FAMILY NAME | Quinn-Nilas |
| SIGNATURE | QUINN-NILAS C |
| AFFILIATIONS | Memorial University of Newfoundland |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-8056-2008 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 12 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 27 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 12 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2017 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
A multifaceted psychometric evaluation of the Continuing Bonds Scale
Continuing bonds - ongoing emotional connections between bereaved individuals and the deceased - are central to contemporary grief theory, yet their measurement remains underexamined. We evaluated the psychometric properties of the Continuing Bonds Scale in a sample of 165 individuals who had been bereaved of a romantic partner. Confirmatory factor analysis was used to test the proposed factor structure; item response theory examined item functio…
A Renewal of Dyadic Structural Equation Modeling With Latent Variables: Clarifications, Methodological Advantages, and New Directions
Researchers interested in the quantitative analysis of data from dyads must select a preferred statistical framework. In this review, we focus on one option that has seen relatively modest adoption: dyadic structural equation modeling with latent variables. We begin by distinguishing dyadic SEM from alternate, neighboring, and hybridized frameworks, before sharing our view on the unique—and in our opinion, considerable—value‐proposition of the dy…
Exploring Sexual Reminiscing After the Death of a Romantic Partner
The death of a romantic partner results in major changes to the surviving partner's psychological and physical well-being, yet post-bereavement sexual experiences are often disregarded in both research and clinical settings. Continuing bonds theory suggests that an internal emotional bond can persist between the bereaved and the memory of the deceased after the physical end of the relationship; that is, continuing bonds are often maintained throu…
Mindfulness networks: Analyzing associations with self‐compassion, other‐compassion, need fulfillment, and satisfaction in midlife married Canadians
Interest in mindfulness in the field of romantic relationships is growing. Drawing from a Self‐Determination Theory (SDT) perspective—which proposes that the basic psychological needs for autonomy, competence, and relatedness are foundational for well‐being—we attempted to map out the complex associations between mindfulness, self‐compassion, other‐compassion, basic need fulfillment in relationships, and increased relationship and sexual satisfac…
A Study of the Dyadic Associations of Self-Compassion on Sexual Satisfaction and Dissatisfaction: Evidence of Differential Associations
Recent research has supported the positive effects of self-compassion for couples' relationships; however, these efforts have only recently been applied to couples' sexuality. Although there is some evidence supporting the associations between self-compassion and sexual satisfaction when satisfaction is conceptualized unidimensionally, it is unclear if and to what degree those associations are different for satisfaction and dissatisfaction when t…
Time for a Measurement Check-Up: Testing the Couple’s Satisfaction Index and the Global Measure of Sexual Satisfaction Using Structural Equation Modeling and Item Response Theory
Relationship and sexual satisfaction are two central outcomes in the study of relationships and are commonly used in both academia and applied practice. However, relationship and sexual satisfaction measures infrequently undergo specific psychometric investigation. Ensuring that measures display strong psychometric performance is an important but under-tested element of replication that has come under more scrutiny lately, and adequate measuremen…
Motives between the Sheets: Understanding Obligation for Sex at Midlife and Associations with Sexual and Relationship Satisfaction
Reasons for sex are associated with sexual and relational outcomes. This study investigated reasons for sex at last sex, with a focus on obligation (an avoidance motivation) and doing something nice for a partner (an approach motivation), and their associations with sexual and relationship satisfaction, while controlling for marital duration, age, and sexual desire. We investigated these reasons among married, midlife Canadian women ( n = 324), m…
Sameness and Difference in Psychological Research on Consensually Non-Monogamous Relationships: The Need for Invariance and Equivalence Testing
Development and Psychometric Evaluation of the Concerns of Grieving Caregivers Scale (COGCS) with Two Clinical Samples
The Concerns of Grieving Caregivers Scale (COGCS) is the first of its kind to explore caregivers' concerns about their own parenting, as well as their relationships with, and specific behaviours of their bereaved child(ren). Using exploratory factor analysis, we evaluate grieving parents' and caregivers' concerns using data collected across clinical populations from two community organizations supporting grieving families (i.e., a children's grie…
The indirect effects of academic stress on student outcomes through resourcefulness and perceived control of stress
This study examined the mechanisms of resourcefulness and perceived control of stress in the relationships between academic stress and students’ resilience, university adaptation, and physical health, respectively. A sample of 586 undergraduate students completed questionnaires assessing the aforementioned variables. Analyses involved serial and parallel indirect effect models which demonstrated that individuals higher in academic stress were mor…
Relationship and sexual satisfaction: A developmental perspective on bidirectionality
Researchers have investigated the directionality between relationship and sexual satisfaction; however, there remains no definitive conclusion. Previous longitudinal studies have not conceptualized relationship and sexual satisfaction as systematic developmental processes and have focused on predicting scores at later time points. Instead, researchers should be concerned with understanding how relationship and sexual satisfaction change together …
A thematic analysis of men’s sexual compliance with unwanted, non-coercive sex
Relationship and sexual satisfaction: A developmental perspective on bidirectionality
Researchers have investigated the directionality between relationship and sexual satisfaction; however, there remains no definitive conclusion. Previous longitudinal studies have not conceptualized relationship and sexual satisfaction as systematic developmental processes and have focused on predicting scores at later time points. Instead, researchers should be concerned with understanding how relationship and sexual satisfaction change together …
Time for a Measurement Check-Up: Testing the Couple’s Satisfaction Index and the Global Measure of Sexual Satisfaction Using Structural Equation Modeling and Item Response Theory
Relationship and sexual satisfaction are two central outcomes in the study of relationships and are commonly used in both academia and applied practice. However, relationship and sexual satisfaction measures infrequently undergo specific psychometric investigation. Ensuring that measures display strong psychometric performance is an important but under-tested element of replication that has come under more scrutiny lately, and adequate measuremen…
Motives between the Sheets: Understanding Obligation for Sex at Midlife and Associations with Sexual and Relationship Satisfaction
Reasons for sex are associated with sexual and relational outcomes. This study investigated reasons for sex at last sex, with a focus on obligation (an avoidance motivation) and doing something nice for a partner (an approach motivation), and their associations with sexual and relationship satisfaction, while controlling for marital duration, age, and sexual desire. We investigated these reasons among married, midlife Canadian women ( n = 324), m…
The indirect effects of academic stress on student outcomes through resourcefulness and perceived control of stress
This study examined the mechanisms of resourcefulness and perceived control of stress in the relationships between academic stress and students’ resilience, university adaptation, and physical health, respectively. A sample of 586 undergraduate students completed questionnaires assessing the aforementioned variables. Analyses involved serial and parallel indirect effect models which demonstrated that individuals higher in academic stress were mor…
A thematic analysis of men’s sexual compliance with unwanted, non-coercive sex
A thematic analysis of men’s sexual compliance with unwanted, non-coercive sex
Relationship and sexual satisfaction: A developmental perspective on bidirectionality
Researchers have investigated the directionality between relationship and sexual satisfaction; however, there remains no definitive conclusion. Previous longitudinal studies have not conceptualized relationship and sexual satisfaction as systematic developmental processes and have focused on predicting scores at later time points. Instead, researchers should be concerned with understanding how relationship and sexual satisfaction change together …
Sameness and Difference in Psychological Research on Consensually Non-Monogamous Relationships: The Need for Invariance and Equivalence Testing
Development and Psychometric Evaluation of the Concerns of Grieving Caregivers Scale (COGCS) with Two Clinical Samples
The Concerns of Grieving Caregivers Scale (COGCS) is the first of its kind to explore caregivers' concerns about their own parenting, as well as their relationships with, and specific behaviours of their bereaved child(ren). Using exploratory factor analysis, we evaluate grieving parents' and caregivers' concerns using data collected across clinical populations from two community organizations supporting grieving families (i.e., a children's grie…
The indirect effects of academic stress on student outcomes through resourcefulness and perceived control of stress
This study examined the mechanisms of resourcefulness and perceived control of stress in the relationships between academic stress and students’ resilience, university adaptation, and physical health, respectively. A sample of 586 undergraduate students completed questionnaires assessing the aforementioned variables. Analyses involved serial and parallel indirect effect models which demonstrated that individuals higher in academic stress were mor…
Motives between the Sheets: Understanding Obligation for Sex at Midlife and Associations with Sexual and Relationship Satisfaction
Reasons for sex are associated with sexual and relational outcomes. This study investigated reasons for sex at last sex, with a focus on obligation (an avoidance motivation) and doing something nice for a partner (an approach motivation), and their associations with sexual and relationship satisfaction, while controlling for marital duration, age, and sexual desire. We investigated these reasons among married, midlife Canadian women ( n = 324), m…
Time for a Measurement Check-Up: Testing the Couple’s Satisfaction Index and the Global Measure of Sexual Satisfaction Using Structural Equation Modeling and Item Response Theory
Relationship and sexual satisfaction are two central outcomes in the study of relationships and are commonly used in both academia and applied practice. However, relationship and sexual satisfaction measures infrequently undergo specific psychometric investigation. Ensuring that measures display strong psychometric performance is an important but under-tested element of replication that has come under more scrutiny lately, and adequate measuremen…
Mindfulness networks: Analyzing associations with self‐compassion, other‐compassion, need fulfillment, and satisfaction in midlife married Canadians
Interest in mindfulness in the field of romantic relationships is growing. Drawing from a Self‐Determination Theory (SDT) perspective—which proposes that the basic psychological needs for autonomy, competence, and relatedness are foundational for well‐being—we attempted to map out the complex associations between mindfulness, self‐compassion, other‐compassion, basic need fulfillment in relationships, and increased relationship and sexual satisfac…
A Study of the Dyadic Associations of Self-Compassion on Sexual Satisfaction and Dissatisfaction: Evidence of Differential Associations
Recent research has supported the positive effects of self-compassion for couples' relationships; however, these efforts have only recently been applied to couples' sexuality. Although there is some evidence supporting the associations between self-compassion and sexual satisfaction when satisfaction is conceptualized unidimensionally, it is unclear if and to what degree those associations are different for satisfaction and dissatisfaction when t…
A Renewal of Dyadic Structural Equation Modeling With Latent Variables: Clarifications, Methodological Advantages, and New Directions
Researchers interested in the quantitative analysis of data from dyads must select a preferred statistical framework. In this review, we focus on one option that has seen relatively modest adoption: dyadic structural equation modeling with latent variables. We begin by distinguishing dyadic SEM from alternate, neighboring, and hybridized frameworks, before sharing our view on the unique—and in our opinion, considerable—value‐proposition of the dy…
Exploring Sexual Reminiscing After the Death of a Romantic Partner
The death of a romantic partner results in major changes to the surviving partner's psychological and physical well-being, yet post-bereavement sexual experiences are often disregarded in both research and clinical settings. Continuing bonds theory suggests that an internal emotional bond can persist between the bereaved and the memory of the deceased after the physical end of the relationship; that is, continuing bonds are often maintained throu…
A multifaceted psychometric evaluation of the Continuing Bonds Scale
Continuing bonds - ongoing emotional connections between bereaved individuals and the deceased - are central to contemporary grief theory, yet their measurement remains underexamined. We evaluated the psychometric properties of the Continuing Bonds Scale in a sample of 165 individuals who had been bereaved of a romantic partner. Confirmatory factor analysis was used to test the proposed factor structure; item response theory examined item functio…
Psychology (11 works) · Social Psychology (10 works) · Social Psychology (7 works) · Attachment and Relationship Dynamics (6 works) · Clinical Psychology (6 works) · Clinical Psychology (6 works) · Developmental psychology (5 works) · Sexual function and dysfunction studies (4 works) · Mathematics (3 works) · Psychometrics (3 works)