Stephen T Fife
Dados Biográficos
| ID | 283849 |
|---|---|
| NOME | Stephen T Fife |
| PRENOMES | Stephen T |
| SOBRENOME | Fife |
| ASSINATURA | FIFE S T |
| AFILIAÇÕES | Texas Tech University |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-1376-8863 |
| VERIFICADO | Sim |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 29 |
| TOTAL DE CITAÇÕES | 69 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 28 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 1 |
| PRIMEIRO ANO DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 2007 |
| ANO MAIS RECENTE DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 2026 |
| ÍNDICE H | 4 |
Maintaining Family Relationships After Religious Disaffiliation
Religious disaffiliation, the act of leaving or choosing to no longer affiliate with a religious tradition, has individual and relational consequences. While not every family experiences challenges after the disclosure of religious disaffiliation, many report relational consequences including loss of family and community ties, secret keeping, lying, and tension in family relationships. Although disaffiliation research is becoming more common, the…
Corrective Experiencing as a Common Factor in Couple Therapy
Common factors are therapeutic elements that transcend models, occur in many settings, and help facilitate change in clients. A key common factor in individual psychotherapy is corrective experiencing, which includes interactions where clients deeply experience emotions in new and unexpected ways. Corrective experiencing can involve helping clients (a) process challenging emotional issues that have been avoided, (b) express emotions in a deeper w…
Empowering Supervision in Academia
The Supervisory Working Alliance (SWA) is recognized as a key component of effective supervision. Studies reveal that lack of a strong SWA can result in less supervisee disclosure, thus impacting the supervisee’s ability to grow clinically and professionally. Previous literature proposing feminist applications to clinical supervision has outlined the importance of supervisors acknowledging their power and taking a collaborative stance. However, w…
Relationship Benefits of Gaming Together
The Influence of Ethical Responsiveness on Relationships Through Distress
This study examined the role of ethical responsiveness on relationship satisfaction from a partner's perspective after experiencing a distressing life event (DLE). We used data from the Panel Analysis of Intimate Relationships and Family Dynamics (pairfam), which is a multidisciplinary, longitudinal study in Germany. Our study used anchor data, the original respondents who were randomly selected and gave permission to interview their partners. Th…
Winning Together
Experiences of change from the perspective of both chronically conflictual couples and their therapist has not been explored, thus inhibiting current understanding of what is important for in-session change. The present study examines couple and therapist experiences of therapy for chronically conflictual couples. Sixteen interviews from four couples (n = 8) and their therapists (n = 4) were analyzed using Colaizzi’s method of phenomenological in…
Childhood Sexual Abuse and Couple Relationships
Adult survivors of childhood sexual trauma often report higher levels of marital dissolution, less sexual satisfaction, and higher rates of divorce. When it comes to childhood sexual abuse, the trauma often occurs with a known and trusted individual, inevitably connecting the experience of trauma to interpersonal relationships that carry implications for the survivor’s intimate partnership. This study developed a grounded theory of how partners h…
I and thou in dialogue
Couple therapists have the unique and challenging opportunity of helping people find deeper connection in their intimate relationships. These clinicians apply therapeutic models and interventions designed to help couples. However, many of these models are derived from theoretical, scientific, and sociocultural traditions that conceptualize human phenomena as individualistic and reductionistic, and the language in these theories may not match clie…
Emerging Adults’ Experiences of Managing Social Group Disruptions
Emerging adults experience frequent life transitions that disrupt social groups and increase loneliness. However, limited research examines how emerging adults respond to social group disruptions. Drawing upon the Social Identity Model of Identity Change (SIMIC), this study explored 11 emerging adults’ experiences of managing social group disruptions. Using interpretive phenomenological analysis (IPA), we identified seven themes that helped parti…
Cultural and Practical Barriers to Seeking Help for Intimate Partner Violence Among Korean Immigrants
Immigrants in the United States, including Korean immigrants, are more vulnerable to intimate partner violence (IPV), yet they are less likely to seek help than non-immigrants. This qualitative study sought to understand barriers to seeking help for IPV among Korean immigrants and to explore age and gender differences in Korean immigrants' understanding of these barriers. We conducted four focus groups with 38 adults grouped by age and gender. Th…
Deductive Qualitative Analysis
Although qualitative research is often equated with inductive analysis, researchers may also use deductive qualitative approaches for certain types of research questions and purposes. Deductive qualitative research allows researchers to use existing theory to examine meanings, processes, and narratives of interpersonal and intrapersonal phenomena. Deductive qualitative analysis (DQA; Gilgun, 2005, 2019) is one form of deductive qualitative resear…
Clinician Experiences of Discrimination
Couple healing from infidelity
Infidelity is a common experience in committed relationships that can lead to significant distress for both partners. While many couples end their relationship following infidelity, a significant portion choose to stay together and attempt reconciliation. In our study, we employed constructivist grounded theory to study the process of healing from infidelity for couples who stay together. Our sample consisted of 16 heterosexual couples who experi…
Refining the Meta-Theory of Common Factors in Couple and Family Therapy
Individual healing from infidelity and breakup for emerging adults
Objective: Infidelity is a relationship betrayal that can lead to significant negative individual and relational outcomes. When infidelity leads to relationship dissolution, this can further exacerbate these challenges. The purpose of the present study is to develop a grounded theory of the process of healing from infidelity and consequent relationship dissolution for non-straying partners who are emerging adults. Methods: We employed constructiv…
Active Husband Involvement During Pregnancy
Objective The purpose of this grounded theory qualitative study was to build a theory describing how husband involvement during pregnancy impacts the couple relationship. Background The transition to parenthood presents a significant life change for couples. Although many couples experience this life cycle change, there is relatively little empirical research on how husbands can meaningfully contribute during pregnancy and how husband involvement…
Stress Experienced and Meaning-Making of Couples with Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder
Couples who have a child diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder experience more stress than parents of neurotypical children. The purpose of this study is to understand the stress experiences of couples with a child diagnosed with autism and the meaning-making in their relationship. We conducted interviews with 18 couples (N = 36) utilizing a phenomenological methodology to collect and analyze the data. Themes for stress experienced by couples i…
Microlevel Advocacy
Advocacy is an essential element to mental health practitioners’ professional identity. Some scholars contend that many couple and family therapists lack the skill set needed to effectively advocate. However, these researchers often discuss advocacy solely on the macrolevel, which makes advocacy appear unidimensional and may feel out of reach for many practitioners. In this article, we argue that advocacy is not unidimensional, but consists of tw…
Adolescent Experience With Parental Cancer and Involvement With Medical Professionals
Experiencing the death of a loved one can be a difficult occurrence. Adolescents, in particular, experience death in a unique way. Yet there is relatively little research on adolescents’ experience with parental death and their involvement in the medical setting during a parent’s terminal illness. This qualitative study utilized heuristic inquiry, a type of phenomenological research, to investigate adolescents’ involvement in the hospital setting…
The Intergenerational Effects of Parental Divorce on Young Adult Relationships
Due to the current high rates of divorce, many young adults have experienced the effects of parental divorce. Although a large body of research has investigated both the positive and negative intrapersonal implications of divorce for individuals, relatively little research has looked at the interpersonal effects of parental divorce. Yet divorce likely influences both parent-child relationships and young adult romantic relationships. The purpose o…
Living With Parkinson's
Individuals with Parkinson's disease (PD) often experience poor mental and emotional well-being, which negatively affect their quality of life. Optimism is a protective factor which has been shown to promote resiliency, reduce distress in health crises, and protect against the effects of negative mental health outcomes. The current article utilized grounded theory methodology to examine personal accounts ( N = 85) detailing how individuals were a…
The Impact of Parental Divorce
Parental divorce is a life transition that affects a substantial number of children each year. The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship between social support and confidence levels (defined as career expectations and confidence in romantic relationships) for those impacted by parental divorce. Three hundred and twelve young adults participated in the study. The results indicate that the quality of social support had a signifi…
Mechanisms behind Prolonged Effects of Parental Divorce
Much research has been aimed at evaluating the effect of divorce on children. The effects via the perceptions of adult children of divorce, however, are substantially underrepresented in this literature. Further, the studies that are published are out of date (often 20 years old), thus leading to questions as to whether the effects are the same as described. The purpose of this phenomenological study was to obtain a retrospective analysis directl…
Techniques for the Couple Therapist
Martin Buber's Philosophy of Dialogue and Implications for Qualitative Family Research
Martin Buber is well‐known for his seminal book I and Thou and his philosophy of dialogue. Although he is often characterized as an existentialist, Buber referred to himself as a philosophical anthropologist, given his study of the wholeness and uniqueness of human being. Buber viewed human existence as grounded in relationships. However, in spite of his view of human being as fundamentally relational, his ideas have received relatively little at…
Deductive Qualitative Analysis
Although qualitative research is often equated with inductive analysis, researchers may also use deductive qualitative approaches for certain types of research questions and purposes. Deductive qualitative research allows researchers to use existing theory to examine meanings, processes, and narratives of interpersonal and intrapersonal phenomena. Deductive qualitative analysis (DQA; Gilgun, 2005, 2019) is one form of deductive qualitative resear…
Values in Family Therapy Practice and Research
Martin Buber's Philosophy of Dialogue and Implications for Qualitative Family Research
Martin Buber is well‐known for his seminal book I and Thou and his philosophy of dialogue. Although he is often characterized as an existentialist, Buber referred to himself as a philosophical anthropologist, given his study of the wholeness and uniqueness of human being. Buber viewed human existence as grounded in relationships. However, in spite of his view of human being as fundamentally relational, his ideas have received relatively little at…
Individual healing from infidelity and breakup for emerging adults
Objective: Infidelity is a relationship betrayal that can lead to significant negative individual and relational outcomes. When infidelity leads to relationship dissolution, this can further exacerbate these challenges. The purpose of the present study is to develop a grounded theory of the process of healing from infidelity and consequent relationship dissolution for non-straying partners who are emerging adults. Methods: We employed constructiv…
Couple healing from infidelity
Infidelity is a common experience in committed relationships that can lead to significant distress for both partners. While many couples end their relationship following infidelity, a significant portion choose to stay together and attempt reconciliation. In our study, we employed constructivist grounded theory to study the process of healing from infidelity for couples who stay together. Our sample consisted of 16 heterosexual couples who experi…
Refining the Meta-Theory of Common Factors in Couple and Family Therapy
Living With Parkinson's
Individuals with Parkinson's disease (PD) often experience poor mental and emotional well-being, which negatively affect their quality of life. Optimism is a protective factor which has been shown to promote resiliency, reduce distress in health crises, and protect against the effects of negative mental health outcomes. The current article utilized grounded theory methodology to examine personal accounts ( N = 85) detailing how individuals were a…
Clinician Experiences of Discrimination
Adolescent Experience With Parental Cancer and Involvement With Medical Professionals
Experiencing the death of a loved one can be a difficult occurrence. Adolescents, in particular, experience death in a unique way. Yet there is relatively little research on adolescents’ experience with parental death and their involvement in the medical setting during a parent’s terminal illness. This qualitative study utilized heuristic inquiry, a type of phenomenological research, to investigate adolescents’ involvement in the hospital setting…
Values in Family Therapy Practice and Research
The Joy Luck Club
The Joy Luck Club is a 1993 Western American film based upon the book of the same name by Amy Tan. The film focuses primarily on the relationship between four Chinese American women and their relat
It’s not Easy Becoming Green
Couples in Treatment
This third edition of Couples in Treatment helps readers conceptualize and treat couples from multiple perspectives and with a multitude of techniques. The authors do not advocate any single approach to couple therapy and instead present basic principles and techniques with wide-ranging applicability and the power to invite change, making this the most useful text on integrative, systemic couple therapy. Throughout the book the authors consider t…
Martin Buber's Philosophy of Dialogue and Implications for Qualitative Family Research
Martin Buber is well‐known for his seminal book I and Thou and his philosophy of dialogue. Although he is often characterized as an existentialist, Buber referred to himself as a philosophical anthropologist, given his study of the wholeness and uniqueness of human being. Buber viewed human existence as grounded in relationships. However, in spite of his view of human being as fundamentally relational, his ideas have received relatively little at…
Techniques for the Couple Therapist
Mechanisms behind Prolonged Effects of Parental Divorce
Much research has been aimed at evaluating the effect of divorce on children. The effects via the perceptions of adult children of divorce, however, are substantially underrepresented in this literature. Further, the studies that are published are out of date (often 20 years old), thus leading to questions as to whether the effects are the same as described. The purpose of this phenomenological study was to obtain a retrospective analysis directl…
The Impact of Parental Divorce
Parental divorce is a life transition that affects a substantial number of children each year. The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship between social support and confidence levels (defined as career expectations and confidence in romantic relationships) for those impacted by parental divorce. Three hundred and twelve young adults participated in the study. The results indicate that the quality of social support had a signifi…
Living With Parkinson's
Individuals with Parkinson's disease (PD) often experience poor mental and emotional well-being, which negatively affect their quality of life. Optimism is a protective factor which has been shown to promote resiliency, reduce distress in health crises, and protect against the effects of negative mental health outcomes. The current article utilized grounded theory methodology to examine personal accounts ( N = 85) detailing how individuals were a…
The Intergenerational Effects of Parental Divorce on Young Adult Relationships
Due to the current high rates of divorce, many young adults have experienced the effects of parental divorce. Although a large body of research has investigated both the positive and negative intrapersonal implications of divorce for individuals, relatively little research has looked at the interpersonal effects of parental divorce. Yet divorce likely influences both parent-child relationships and young adult romantic relationships. The purpose o…
Active Husband Involvement During Pregnancy
Objective The purpose of this grounded theory qualitative study was to build a theory describing how husband involvement during pregnancy impacts the couple relationship. Background The transition to parenthood presents a significant life change for couples. Although many couples experience this life cycle change, there is relatively little empirical research on how husbands can meaningfully contribute during pregnancy and how husband involvement…
Stress Experienced and Meaning-Making of Couples with Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder
Couples who have a child diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder experience more stress than parents of neurotypical children. The purpose of this study is to understand the stress experiences of couples with a child diagnosed with autism and the meaning-making in their relationship. We conducted interviews with 18 couples (N = 36) utilizing a phenomenological methodology to collect and analyze the data. Themes for stress experienced by couples i…
Microlevel Advocacy
Advocacy is an essential element to mental health practitioners’ professional identity. Some scholars contend that many couple and family therapists lack the skill set needed to effectively advocate. However, these researchers often discuss advocacy solely on the macrolevel, which makes advocacy appear unidimensional and may feel out of reach for many practitioners. In this article, we argue that advocacy is not unidimensional, but consists of tw…
Adolescent Experience With Parental Cancer and Involvement With Medical Professionals
Experiencing the death of a loved one can be a difficult occurrence. Adolescents, in particular, experience death in a unique way. Yet there is relatively little research on adolescents’ experience with parental death and their involvement in the medical setting during a parent’s terminal illness. This qualitative study utilized heuristic inquiry, a type of phenomenological research, to investigate adolescents’ involvement in the hospital setting…
Refining the Meta-Theory of Common Factors in Couple and Family Therapy
Individual healing from infidelity and breakup for emerging adults
Objective: Infidelity is a relationship betrayal that can lead to significant negative individual and relational outcomes. When infidelity leads to relationship dissolution, this can further exacerbate these challenges. The purpose of the present study is to develop a grounded theory of the process of healing from infidelity and consequent relationship dissolution for non-straying partners who are emerging adults. Methods: We employed constructiv…
Clinician Experiences of Discrimination
Couple healing from infidelity
Infidelity is a common experience in committed relationships that can lead to significant distress for both partners. While many couples end their relationship following infidelity, a significant portion choose to stay together and attempt reconciliation. In our study, we employed constructivist grounded theory to study the process of healing from infidelity for couples who stay together. Our sample consisted of 16 heterosexual couples who experi…
The Influence of Ethical Responsiveness on Relationships Through Distress
This study examined the role of ethical responsiveness on relationship satisfaction from a partner's perspective after experiencing a distressing life event (DLE). We used data from the Panel Analysis of Intimate Relationships and Family Dynamics (pairfam), which is a multidisciplinary, longitudinal study in Germany. Our study used anchor data, the original respondents who were randomly selected and gave permission to interview their partners. Th…
Winning Together
Experiences of change from the perspective of both chronically conflictual couples and their therapist has not been explored, thus inhibiting current understanding of what is important for in-session change. The present study examines couple and therapist experiences of therapy for chronically conflictual couples. Sixteen interviews from four couples (n = 8) and their therapists (n = 4) were analyzed using Colaizzi’s method of phenomenological in…
Childhood Sexual Abuse and Couple Relationships
Adult survivors of childhood sexual trauma often report higher levels of marital dissolution, less sexual satisfaction, and higher rates of divorce. When it comes to childhood sexual abuse, the trauma often occurs with a known and trusted individual, inevitably connecting the experience of trauma to interpersonal relationships that carry implications for the survivor’s intimate partnership. This study developed a grounded theory of how partners h…
I and thou in dialogue
Couple therapists have the unique and challenging opportunity of helping people find deeper connection in their intimate relationships. These clinicians apply therapeutic models and interventions designed to help couples. However, many of these models are derived from theoretical, scientific, and sociocultural traditions that conceptualize human phenomena as individualistic and reductionistic, and the language in these theories may not match clie…
Emerging Adults’ Experiences of Managing Social Group Disruptions
Emerging adults experience frequent life transitions that disrupt social groups and increase loneliness. However, limited research examines how emerging adults respond to social group disruptions. Drawing upon the Social Identity Model of Identity Change (SIMIC), this study explored 11 emerging adults’ experiences of managing social group disruptions. Using interpretive phenomenological analysis (IPA), we identified seven themes that helped parti…
Cultural and Practical Barriers to Seeking Help for Intimate Partner Violence Among Korean Immigrants
Immigrants in the United States, including Korean immigrants, are more vulnerable to intimate partner violence (IPV), yet they are less likely to seek help than non-immigrants. This qualitative study sought to understand barriers to seeking help for IPV among Korean immigrants and to explore age and gender differences in Korean immigrants' understanding of these barriers. We conducted four focus groups with 38 adults grouped by age and gender. Th…
Deductive Qualitative Analysis
Although qualitative research is often equated with inductive analysis, researchers may also use deductive qualitative approaches for certain types of research questions and purposes. Deductive qualitative research allows researchers to use existing theory to examine meanings, processes, and narratives of interpersonal and intrapersonal phenomena. Deductive qualitative analysis (DQA; Gilgun, 2005, 2019) is one form of deductive qualitative resear…
Psychology (24 obras) · Psychotherapist (16 obras) · Social Psychology (16 obras) · Attachment and Relationship Dynamics (12 obras) · Qualitative research (12 obras) · Clinical Psychology (10 obras) · Developmental psychology (10 obras) · Medicine (9 obras) · Sociology (9 obras) · Counseling, Therapy, and Family Dynamics (8 obras)