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"Love Is Gender Blind": The Lived Experiences Of Transgender Couples Who Navigate One Partner's Gender Transition, Barry Lynn Motter
"Love Is Gender Blind": The Lived Experiences Of Transgender Couples Who Navigate One Partner's Gender Transition, Barry Lynn Motter
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This study investigated the experiences of romantic couples who maintained their relationship when one partner transitioned gender. For this phenomenology, 13 couples were interviewed as a dyad and individually from within systemic, feminist, and queer research theories. Couples were interviewed together to best encapsulate their couple narrative and honor their experiences. Themes that emerged from the interviews appeared overall consistent with research regarding transgender couple experiences. Couples discussed how much they loved each other and cared about their relationship above and beyond a partner’s gender identity, sharing they felt committed to their partners as people. Several common relationship changes were …
The Effects Of Self-Compassion And Shame On The Relationship Between Perfectionism And Depression, Julie Ann Barritt
The Effects Of Self-Compassion And Shame On The Relationship Between Perfectionism And Depression, Julie Ann Barritt
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The following study examined how self-compassion and shame effect the relationship between adaptive/maladaptive perfectionism and depression. Hierarchical multiple regression was used to examine the predictive role of adaptive/maladaptive perfectionism, shame, and self-compassion on depression. This study included a sample size of 226 undergraduate and graduate students from a university in the Rocky Mountain region. Results from the multiple regression analysis found maladaptive perfectionism was a significant predictor of depression (β = .540, p < .01), which supported findings from previous research. When shame and self-compassion were included, results indicated self-compassion (β = -.257, p < .01) and shame (β = .382, p < .01) were full mediators in the relationship between maladaptive perfectionism (β = .035, p = .707) and depression. The change in significance for maladaptive perfectionism from β = .540 to β = .035 was statistically significant (p < .01) showing important mediating effects of self-compassion and shame. Interestingly, adaptive perfectionism was found to act as a suppressor variable in this study; which provided important theoretical and methodological implications for future research. Overall, results emphasized the importance of targeting decreasing shame and increasing self-compassion for those with depression and maladaptive perfectionistic behaviors and beliefs.
The Experience Of Parents And Adolescents With The Medical Care For The Condition Of Cleft Lip And Palate: A Phenomenological Study., Sarah Breseke
The Experience Of Parents And Adolescents With The Medical Care For The Condition Of Cleft Lip And Palate: A Phenomenological Study., Sarah Breseke
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The purpose of this qualitative study was to explore the experiences of adolescents born with cleft lip and/or palate and parents of adolescents with the condition. Individuals born with this condition experience extensive medical treatment from birth to late adolescence with impacts on both individuals and families. This study utilized a phenomenological design to explore and describe participants’ experiences of the impact of this condition, its medical treatment, as well as coping mechanisms utilized in adjusting to the condition. Criterion sampling was utilized to recruit adolescents between the ages of 12 and 18 and parents of this age group, all …
Effects Of Interrelated Goals, Anxiety, And Mindfulness On Somatic Symptoms, Liesel Christoe-Frazier
Effects Of Interrelated Goals, Anxiety, And Mindfulness On Somatic Symptoms, Liesel Christoe-Frazier
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The present study investigated the interrelationships between interrelated goals, anxiety, somatic symptoms, and mindfulness among a sample of undergraduate college students (n = 454). Structural equation modeling was used to develop a well-fitting model based on collected data. Results showed that goal conflict was positively associated with higher levels of anxiety and somatic symptoms. Anxiety was found to mediate the relationship between goal conflict and somatic symptoms. Goal facilitation was found to be unrelated to anxiety and somatic symptoms. Mindfulness was not found to moderate the relationship between anxiety and somatic symptoms, but was found to be negatively related to …
Counselor-Trainees' Readiness For Multicultural Competency And Social Justice Advocacy, Thomas Steven Killian
Counselor-Trainees' Readiness For Multicultural Competency And Social Justice Advocacy, Thomas Steven Killian
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With the growth of multicultural populations in the United States, counselors-intraining are called to provide multiculturally competent counseling services (Estrada, Poulsen, Cannon, & Wiggins, 2013). In 2015, the Multicultural Social Justice and Counseling Competencies (MSJCC) was formed in response to a call to revise the dated Multicultural Counseling Competencies (MCC) developed in 1982 (Ratts, Singh, NassarMcMillan, Butler, & McCullough, 2016). The MSJCC now addresses the roles of advocacy, social justice, and privileged and oppressed identities and their impact on the multicultural counseling relationship (Ratts et al.), and coverage of these important topics is expected in counselor preparation programs. For this …
The Impacts Of Sexual Minority Stress On Degree Of Perceived Burdensomeness, Thwarted Belongingness, And Suicidal Ideation, Caroline J. Hicks
The Impacts Of Sexual Minority Stress On Degree Of Perceived Burdensomeness, Thwarted Belongingness, And Suicidal Ideation, Caroline J. Hicks
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As rates of suicidal ideation, suicide attempts, and completed suicides within the sexual minority population have surpassed those of heterosexuals, it has become crucial for researchers and counseling psychologists to better understand the unique stress that sexual minority individuals experience. The present study examined the impact that sexual minority stress had on two constructs of the interpersonal theory of suicide, thwarted belongingness and perceived burdensomeness, as well as on suicidal ideation among a sample of sexual minority adults (n = 197). Three multiple linear regressions were conducted to assess if the sexual minority stress constructs of sexual orientation victimization, rejection …
Medicaid Expansion, Medicaid Reimbursement Methodologies, And Counselor Employment At Federally Qualified Health Centers, Alison Phillips Sheesley
Medicaid Expansion, Medicaid Reimbursement Methodologies, And Counselor Employment At Federally Qualified Health Centers, Alison Phillips Sheesley
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Advocacy for the counseling profession necessitates a thorough understanding of the factors influencing the hiring and reimbursement of licensed professional counselors. The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA) enacted several health care reforms that may influence the utilization of mental health services and the employment of mental health professionals. These reforms included the option for states to expand their Medicaid population (effective January 1, 2014), mental health parity requirements for most insurance plans including Medicaid plans, and increased funding for Federally Qualified Health Centers (FQHCs or health centers). FQHCs, created by Congress in 1989, provide primary care services, including …