All Outputs (33)

A pilot qualitative study of a person-centered approach to eating distress in women (2023)
Journal Article
Lakin, J., & Murphy, D. (2023). A pilot qualitative study of a person-centered approach to eating distress in women. Person-Centered and Experiential Psychotherapies, https://doi.org/10.1080/14779757.2023.2273474

Person-centered experiential (PCE) psychotherapists work with the phenomenology of client experience from within their client’s frame of reference. Consequently, PCE theory does not provide proscriptions or prescriptions of therapeutic practice for h... Read More about A pilot qualitative study of a person-centered approach to eating distress in women.

Dispositional authenticity, facilitativeness, femininity ideology, and dyadic relationship functioning in opposite‐gender couples: Actor‐partner interdependence analysis (2023)
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Chen, S., Murphy, D., & Joseph, S. (in press). Dispositional authenticity, facilitativeness, femininity ideology, and dyadic relationship functioning in opposite‐gender couples: Actor‐partner interdependence analysis. Asian Journal of Social Psychology, https://doi.org/10.1111/ajsp.12584

This prospective study examined (a) the mediating roles of Carl Rogers' facilitative interpersonal conditions (i.e., genuineness, empathic understanding, and unconditional positive regard) and (b) the moderating roles of femininity ideology in the as... Read More about Dispositional authenticity, facilitativeness, femininity ideology, and dyadic relationship functioning in opposite‐gender couples: Actor‐partner interdependence analysis.

Dispositional authenticity, internalised homonegativity, and relationship quality in same-gender couples: an actor-partner interdependence moderation model (2023)
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Chen, S., Murphy, D., Joseph, S., Murphy, D., & Joseph, S. (2024). Dispositional authenticity, internalised homonegativity, and relationship quality in same-gender couples: an actor-partner interdependence moderation model. Psychology and Sexuality, 15(1), 127-146. https://doi.org/10.1080/19419899.2023.2231473

This dyadic study with 158 same-gender couples examined the relationships between dispositional authenticity, internalised homonegativity, and perceived relationship quality, introducing The Internalised Homonegativity-Authenticity Interaction Theory... Read More about Dispositional authenticity, internalised homonegativity, and relationship quality in same-gender couples: an actor-partner interdependence moderation model.

Reflecting on the use of freedom of information requests in mental health research (2023)
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Archard, P. J., Tangen, J., Giles, E., Lucas, S., Moore, I., O'Reilly, M., & Murphy, D. (2023). Reflecting on the use of freedom of information requests in mental health research. Social Work and Social Sciences Review, 23(3), 80-92. https://doi.org/10.1921/swssr.v23i3.1985

Freedom of information (FoI) legislation has been represented as a valuable but underused means of generating otherwise unavailable data from public authorities in health and social care research. This article complements extant literature on the use... Read More about Reflecting on the use of freedom of information requests in mental health research.

Mental health service provision for single homeless people: findings from a freedom of information-based study (2022)
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Giles, E., Lucas, S., Archard, P. J., Moore, I., Tangen, J., O’Reilly, M., & Murphy, D. (2024). Mental health service provision for single homeless people: findings from a freedom of information-based study. Mental Health Practice, 27(3), Article e1630. https://doi.org/10.7748/mhp.2022.e1630

Background Homeless people are at increased risk of developing mental health conditions and mental ill-health can be a precipitating factor for episodes of homelessness. However, gaps in mental health provision for homeless people remain, and they... Read More about Mental health service provision for single homeless people: findings from a freedom of information-based study.

A longitudinal analysis of person-centred therapy with suicidal clients (2022)
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Sohal, A., & Murphy, D. (2023). A longitudinal analysis of person-centred therapy with suicidal clients. Counselling and Psychotherapy Research, 23(1), 20-30. https://doi.org/10.1002/capr.12588

Background: There have been substantial research efforts demonstrating the effectiveness of person-centred therapy. However, little research has investigated whether person-centred therapy is effective in facilitating psychological growth amongst cli... Read More about A longitudinal analysis of person-centred therapy with suicidal clients.

How technology-enhanced experiential e-learning can facilitate the development of person-centred communication skills online for health-care students: a qualitative study (2022)
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Liao, F., Murphy, D., Wu, J. C., Chen, C. Y., Chang, C. C., & Tsai, P. F. (2022). How technology-enhanced experiential e-learning can facilitate the development of person-centred communication skills online for health-care students: a qualitative study. BMC Medical Education, 22, Article 60. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12909-022-03127-x

Background: The COVID-19 pandemic brought a new challenge to medical education—health-care students had fewer opportunities to interact with and treat real patients in clinical settings. Interpersonal communication skills are often developed through... Read More about How technology-enhanced experiential e-learning can facilitate the development of person-centred communication skills online for health-care students: a qualitative study.

‘Sucking results out of children' : reflective lifeworld case study of a primary school teacher striving for authenticity (2021)
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Plust, U., Joseph, S., & Murphy, D. (2022). ‘Sucking results out of children' : reflective lifeworld case study of a primary school teacher striving for authenticity. British Journal of Educational Studies, 70(6), 719-736. https://doi.org/10.1080/00071005.2021.2006600

This qualitative study presents an analysis of the experiences of a teacher who had recently left working in an England state funded primary school. Using reflective lifeworld methodology, this study explored the teacher’s struggle to be authentic in... Read More about ‘Sucking results out of children' : reflective lifeworld case study of a primary school teacher striving for authenticity.

Development and validation of a 12-item version of the Barrett-Lennard Relationship Inventory (B-L RI:mini) using item response theory (2021)
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Chen, S., Liao, F., Murphy, D., & Joseph, S. (2021). Development and validation of a 12-item version of the Barrett-Lennard Relationship Inventory (B-L RI:mini) using item response theory. Current Psychology, https://doi.org/10.1007/s12144-021-02348-5

The Barrett-Lennard Relationship Inventory (B-L RI; Barrett-Lennard, (2015). The Relationship Inventory A Complete Resource and Guide. http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:101:1-201602103917) is the most widely used measure of the facilitative conditio... Read More about Development and validation of a 12-item version of the Barrett-Lennard Relationship Inventory (B-L RI:mini) using item response theory.

Assessment of well‐being in the clinic: Using the state version of the short Scale of General Well‐Being as a clinical outcome measure (2021)
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Holland, J., Murphy, D., & Joseph, S. (2021). Assessment of well‐being in the clinic: Using the state version of the short Scale of General Well‐Being as a clinical outcome measure. Journal of Clinical Psychology, 77(7), 1629-1643. https://doi.org/10.1002/jclp.23166

Objective Interest in the concept of well-being within clinical and applied psychology settings has increased, highlighting a need to develop appropriate measures. The aim was to adapt and test the validity of the 14-item Scale of General Well-Being... Read More about Assessment of well‐being in the clinic: Using the state version of the short Scale of General Well‐Being as a clinical outcome measure.

A systematic review and metasynthesis of qualitative research into teachers’ authenticity (2020)
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Plust, U., Murphy, D., & Joseph, S. (2021). A systematic review and metasynthesis of qualitative research into teachers’ authenticity. Cambridge Journal of Education, 51(3), 301-325. https://doi.org/10.1080/0305764X.2020.1829546

Teachers’ authenticity is a topic of emerging interest in the field of education. This paper systematically reviews existing qualitative research on the subject of teachers’ authenticity from the perspective of teachers and students. The findings fro... Read More about A systematic review and metasynthesis of qualitative research into teachers’ authenticity.

Pedagogical devices as children’s social care levers: A study of social care workers’ attitudes towards boarding schools to care for and educate children in need (2020)
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Murphy, D., Oliver, M., Pourhabib, S., Adkins, M., & Hodgen, J. (2020). Pedagogical devices as children’s social care levers: A study of social care workers’ attitudes towards boarding schools to care for and educate children in need. British Educational Research Journal, 46(6), 1300-1320. https://doi.org/10.1002/berj.3633

It has been proposed that boarding schools in England can be used to provide a stable education and care environment for vulnerable children in need and the government is expanding their use. However, for vulnerable children to be placed in boarding... Read More about Pedagogical devices as children’s social care levers: A study of social care workers’ attitudes towards boarding schools to care for and educate children in need.

Client-centred therapeutic relationship conditions and authenticity: a prospective study (2020)
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Bayliss-Conway, C., Price, S., Murphy, D., & Joseph, S. (2021). Client-centred therapeutic relationship conditions and authenticity: a prospective study. British Journal of Guidance and Counselling, 49(5), 637-647. https://doi.org/10.1080/03069885.2020.1755952

The aim was to investigate the association between experiencing a therapeutic relationship and subsequent authenticity. Forty-six clients completed the Barrett-Lennard Relationship Inventory (B-LRI, 1968), Relational Depth Inventory (RDI, Wiggins, E... Read More about Client-centred therapeutic relationship conditions and authenticity: a prospective study.

Positive education: A new look at Freedom to Learn (2020)
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Joseph, S., Murphy, D., & Holford, J. (2020). Positive education: A new look at Freedom to Learn. Oxford Review of Education, 46(5), 549-562. https://doi.org/10.1080/03054985.2020.1726310

Recent years have seen much interest in positive education. In this article, we will show how person-centred education, like positive education, is concerned with the promotion of human flourishing. Both offer ways in which education goes beyond trad... Read More about Positive education: A new look at Freedom to Learn.

Unnecessary and incompatible: a critical response to Cooper and McLeod’s conceptualization of a pluralistic framework for person-centered therapy (2020)
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Ong, W. T., Murphy, D., & Joseph, S. (2020). Unnecessary and incompatible: a critical response to Cooper and McLeod’s conceptualization of a pluralistic framework for person-centered therapy. Person-Centered and Experiential Psychotherapies, 19(2), 168-182. https://doi.org/10.1080/14779757.2020.1717987

© 2020 World Association for Person-Centered & Experiential Psychotherapy & Counseling. The aim of this paper is to critically examine the axiom of Cooper and McLeod that the person-centered approach should incorporate pluralistic practices based... Read More about Unnecessary and incompatible: a critical response to Cooper and McLeod’s conceptualization of a pluralistic framework for person-centered therapy.

Identifying and developing therapeutic principles for trauma‐focused work in person‐centred and emotion‐focused therapies (2019)
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Murphy, D., Elliott, R., & Carrick, L. (2019). Identifying and developing therapeutic principles for trauma‐focused work in person‐centred and emotion‐focused therapies. Counselling and Psychotherapy Research, 19(4), 497-507. https://doi.org/10.1002/capr.12235

The aim of this research was to identify facilitative therapeutic principles in person-centred and emotion-focused therapy for working with traumatised clients in the early stages of therapy. Four cases were selected from the Strathclyde Experiential... Read More about Identifying and developing therapeutic principles for trauma‐focused work in person‐centred and emotion‐focused therapies.

Mutality in psychotherapy: a meta-analysis and meta-synthesis (2018)
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Cornelius-White, J., Kanamori, Y., Murphy, D., & Tickle, M. (2018). Mutality in psychotherapy: a meta-analysis and meta-synthesis. Journal of Psychotherapy Integration, 28(4), 489-504. https://doi.org/10.1037/int0000134

This manuscript presents a systematic review of mutuality in psychotherapy, including meta-analysis of quantitative and meta-synthesis of qualitative studies. A search with specified keyword combinations yielded 21 studies, including 10 quantitative... Read More about Mutality in psychotherapy: a meta-analysis and meta-synthesis.

The mediating role of authenticity on mindfulness and wellbeing: a cross cultural analysis (2018)
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Chen, S., & Murphy, D. (2018). The mediating role of authenticity on mindfulness and wellbeing: a cross cultural analysis. Asia Pacific Journal of Counselling and Psychotherapy, 10(1), 40-55. doi:10.1080/21507686.2018.1556171

Both mindfulness and authenticity have been found to positively affect psychological well-being. The current study investigated the relationships between an interesting mix of eastern and western phenomena including mindfulness, authenticity and psyc... Read More about The mediating role of authenticity on mindfulness and wellbeing: a cross cultural analysis.

Therapist empathy and client outcome: an updated meta-analysis (2018)
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Elliott, R., Bohart, A. C., Watson, J. C., & Murphy, D. (2018). Therapist empathy and client outcome: an updated meta-analysis. Psychotherapy, 55(4), 399-410. https://doi.org/10.1037/pst0000175

Put simply, empathy refers to understanding what another person is experiencing or trying to express. Therapist empathy has a long history as a hypothesized key change process in psychotherapy. We begin by discussing definitional issues and presentin... Read More about Therapist empathy and client outcome: an updated meta-analysis.

Counselling training in higher education in the United Kingdom: Challenges and opportunities for research (2018)
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Joseph, S., Murphy, D., & Holford, J. (2018). Counselling training in higher education in the United Kingdom: Challenges and opportunities for research. Counselling and Psychotherapy Research, 18(4), 387-394. https://doi.org/10.1002/capr.12189

© 2018 British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy Many Higher Education Institutes (HEIs) in the United Kingdom (UK) now offer undergraduate and postgraduate courses in counselling. However, counselling is a relatively new and developing p... Read More about Counselling training in higher education in the United Kingdom: Challenges and opportunities for research.