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Wellbeing and the importance of going “out of the realm of the classroom”: secondary school teachers’ perspectives (2024)
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Wilson, R., Sellman, E., & Joseph, S. (2024). Wellbeing and the importance of going “out of the realm of the classroom”: secondary school teachers’ perspectives. Educational Review, https://doi.org/10.1080/00131911.2024.2325060

Schools play a central role in supporting young people affected by mental health issues. This article reports a reflexive thematic analysis of focus group and interview data with English secondary teachers about their perspectives on mental health an... Read More about Wellbeing and the importance of going “out of the realm of the classroom”: secondary school teachers’ perspectives.

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.

The prosocial and pro-environmental aspects of authenticity and the mediating role of self-transcendence (2023)
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Toper, A., Sellman, E., & Joseph, S. (2023). The prosocial and pro-environmental aspects of authenticity and the mediating role of self-transcendence. Person-Centered and Experiential Psychotherapies, https://doi.org/10.1080/14779757.2023.2255634

A considerable body of relevant literature has grown up around the theme of authenticity, showing the critical role it has in relation to a variety of indicators of individual well-being. The personal benefits of authenticity are now well documented.... Read More about The prosocial and pro-environmental aspects of authenticity and the mediating role of self-transcendence.

Still surviving, rather than thriving - the need to reimagine post-pandemic wellbeing according to secondary school teachers (2023)
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Wilson, R., Sellman, E., & Joseph, S. (in press). Still surviving, rather than thriving - the need to reimagine post-pandemic wellbeing according to secondary school teachers. Pastoral Care in Education, https://doi.org/10.1080/02643944.2023.2254792

In Spring Term 2021 following the second school closure and third lockdown in England, educational recovery and catch-up were key concerns for secondary schools. Following teacher interviews regarding wellbeing in secondary school teaching practice i... Read More about Still surviving, rather than thriving - the need to reimagine post-pandemic wellbeing according to secondary school teachers.

‘Doing well’ and ‘being well’—secondary school teachers’ perspectives (2023)
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Wilson, R., Sellman, E., & Joseph, S. (2023). ‘Doing well’ and ‘being well’—secondary school teachers’ perspectives. British Educational Research Journal, 49(5), 987-1004. https://doi.org/10.1002/berj.3878

The mental health and wellbeing of young people is increasingly a concern in schools. This study explores how English secondary school teachers perceive and engage with the concept of wellbeing. By asking teachers to reflect on their practice, we can... Read More about ‘Doing well’ and ‘being well’—secondary school teachers’ perspectives.

The confluence of authenticity and mindfulness: Principal component analysis of the Authenticity Scale and the Five-Facet Mindfulness Questionnaire (2022)
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Toper, A., Sellman, E., & Joseph, S. (2022). The confluence of authenticity and mindfulness: Principal component analysis of the Authenticity Scale and the Five-Facet Mindfulness Questionnaire. Humanistic Psychologist, https://doi.org/10.1037/hum0000304

The concepts of authenticity and mindfulness have recently attracted much empirical research. Although these concepts appear to represent different phenomena and are regarded as independent research foci with their own theoretical heritage and resear... Read More about The confluence of authenticity and mindfulness: Principal component analysis of the Authenticity Scale and the Five-Facet Mindfulness Questionnaire.

Research and Innovation for and with Adolescent Young Carers to Influence Policy and Practice—The European Union Funded “ME-WE” Project (2022)
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Hanson, E., Barbabella, F., Magnusson, L., Brolin, R., Svensson, M., Hlebec, V., …Becker, S. (2022). Research and Innovation for and with Adolescent Young Carers to Influence Policy and Practice—The European Union Funded “ME-WE” Project. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 19(16), Article 9932. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph19169932

Young carers are children and adolescents who provide care to other family members or friends, taking over responsibilities that are usually associated with adulthood. There is emerging but still scarce knowledge worldwide about the phenomenon of you... Read More about Research and Innovation for and with Adolescent Young Carers to Influence Policy and Practice—The European Union Funded “ME-WE” Project.

The first cross-national study of adolescent young carers aged 15-17 in six European countries (2022)
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Lewis, F. M., Becker, S., Parkhouse, T., Joseph, S., Hlebec, V., Mrzel, M., …Hanson, E. (2023). The first cross-national study of adolescent young carers aged 15-17 in six European countries. International Journal of Care and Caring, 7(1), 6-23. https://doi.org/10.1332/239788222X16455943560342

For the first time, this article will provide a cross-national profile of adolescents who provide unpaid care to their ill or disabled family members in six European countries with varied levels of awareness, policy and service provision regarding ad... Read More about The first cross-national study of adolescent young carers aged 15-17 in six European countries.

Assessing caring activities in French adolescents and young adults: Relevance of the Multidimension Assessment of Caring Activities for Young Carers (MACA-YC18) (2022)
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Basilie, C., Géraldine, D., Eléonore, J., Stephen, J., Saul, B., Agnès, L., & Aurélie, U. (2022). Assessing caring activities in French adolescents and young adults: Relevance of the Multidimension Assessment of Caring Activities for Young Carers (MACA-YC18). Child: Care, Health and Development, 48(5), 788-799. https://doi.org/10.1111/cch.12988

Background: Young carers (YC) and young adult carers (YAC) have become of interest in research and practice. The 18-item Multidimensional Assessment of Caring Activities for Young Carers (MACA-YC18) was developed for identifying the extent and nature... Read More about Assessing caring activities in French adolescents and young adults: Relevance of the Multidimension Assessment of Caring Activities for Young Carers (MACA-YC18).

‘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.

From Instrumental to Integral Mindfulness: Toward a More Holistic and Transformative Approach in Schools (2021)
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Brito, R., Joseph, S., & Sellman, E. (2022). From Instrumental to Integral Mindfulness: Toward a More Holistic and Transformative Approach in Schools. Studies in Philosophy and Education, 41(1), 91-109. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11217-021-09810-8

Although the implementation of mindfulness-based interventions (MBIs) in educational contexts appear to have demonstrated some benefits for students and teachers in research studies conducted over the last two decades, there are also those who critic... Read More about From Instrumental to Integral Mindfulness: Toward a More Holistic and Transformative Approach in Schools.

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.

How Humanistic Is Positive Psychology? Lessons in Positive Psychology From Carl Rogers' Person-Centered Approach—It's the Social Environment That Must Change (2021)
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Joseph, S. (2021). How Humanistic Is Positive Psychology? Lessons in Positive Psychology From Carl Rogers' Person-Centered Approach—It's the Social Environment That Must Change. Frontiers in Psychology, 12, Article 709789. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2021.709789

Both positive psychology and the person-centered approach share a common aim to promote human flourishing. In this article I will discuss how the person-centered approach is a form of positive psychology, but positive psychology is not necessarily pe... Read More about How Humanistic Is Positive Psychology? Lessons in Positive Psychology From Carl Rogers' Person-Centered Approach—It's the Social Environment That Must Change.

Mental health and other factors associated with work productivity after injury in the UK: multicentre cohort study (2021)
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Kellezi, B., Dhiman, P., Coupland, C., Whitehead, J., Morriss, R., Joseph, S., …Kendrick, D. (2022). Mental health and other factors associated with work productivity after injury in the UK: multicentre cohort study. Injury Prevention, 28(2), 131-140. https://doi.org/10.1136/injuryprev-2021-044311

Introduction: Mental health conditions are a major contributor to productivity loss and are common post-injury. This study quantifies post-injury productivity loss and its association with pre and post-injury mental health, injury, demographic, healt... Read More about Mental health and other factors associated with work productivity after injury in the UK: multicentre cohort study.

Pathways to Mental Well-Being in Young Carers: The Role of Benefit Finding, Coping, Helplessness, and Caring Tasks (2021)
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Wepf, H., Joseph, S., & Leu, A. (2021). Pathways to Mental Well-Being in Young Carers: The Role of Benefit Finding, Coping, Helplessness, and Caring Tasks. Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 50(9), 1911-1924. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10964-021-01478-0

Although prior research has shown that young carers may perceive benefits from their challenging situation, it is unclear how and when benefit finding leads to better mental health. This study examines pathways through which benefit finding may influ... Read More about Pathways to Mental Well-Being in Young Carers: The Role of Benefit Finding, Coping, Helplessness, and Caring Tasks.

Benefit finding moderates the relationship between young carer experiences and mental well-being (2021)
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Wepf, H., Joseph, S., & Leu, A. (2022). Benefit finding moderates the relationship between young carer experiences and mental well-being. Psychology and Health, 37(10), 1270-1286. https://doi.org/10.1080/08870446.2021.1941961

Objective Research has shown that some young carers face many negative consequences because of their caring experiences, whereas others seem to be unaffected or even report greater well-being. To understand how caring for a family member or close fr... Read More about Benefit finding moderates the relationship between young carer experiences and mental well-being.

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.

Exploring mindfulness in/as education from a Heideggerian perspective (2021)
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Brito, R., Joseph, S., & Sellman, E. (2021). Exploring mindfulness in/as education from a Heideggerian perspective. Journal of Philosophy of Education, 55(2), 302-313. https://doi.org/10.1111/1467-9752.12553

Over the past decade or so, within this journal there have been critical debates concerning the role of mindfulness within education, the influence of neoliberalism on education in general and wellbeing interventions specifically, and the relevance o... Read More about Exploring mindfulness in/as education from a Heideggerian perspective.

Mindfulness ‘in’ Education as a form of Iatrogenesis (2021)
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Brito, R., Joseph, S., & Sellman, E. (2021). Mindfulness ‘in’ Education as a form of Iatrogenesis. Journal of Transformative Education, 19(3), 261-283. https://doi.org/10.1177/1541344620987231

Mindfulness-based Interventions (MBIs) can result in positive ‘side-effects’, such as concentration and individual well-being, highly desirable to schools operating within a neoliberalist agenda emphasizing performativity. However, employing a critic... Read More about Mindfulness ‘in’ Education as a form of Iatrogenesis.

Psychological Formulation, a Critical Viewpoint: Illness Ideology in Disguise (2021)
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Joseph, S. (2022). Psychological Formulation, a Critical Viewpoint: Illness Ideology in Disguise. Journal of Humanistic Psychology, 62(5), 683-693. https://doi.org/10.1177/0022167820985411

Recent years have seen a surge of interest by clinical psychologists in the idea of psychological formulation. Interest in this idea has also been shown by humanistic psychologists as evidenced by a recent issue of this journal, in which formulation... Read More about Psychological Formulation, a Critical Viewpoint: Illness Ideology in Disguise.

Journaling: A More Mindful Approach to Researching a Mindfulness-Based Intervention in a Junior School (2021)
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Joseph, S., Sellman, E., & Crawford, A. (2021). Journaling: A More Mindful Approach to Researching a Mindfulness-Based Intervention in a Junior School. International Journal of Qualitative Methods, 20, Article 160940692110147. https://doi.org/10.1177/16094069211014771

Mindfulness, often defined as present-moment awareness, has in recent years become a topic of multidisciplinary interest. This article addresses methodological issues for researching mindfulness and education. It is argued that there are advantages t... Read More about Journaling: A More Mindful Approach to Researching a Mindfulness-Based Intervention in a Junior School.

Examining the structure of authenticity: A factor analytic study of the Authenticity Scale and Authenticity Inventory Subscales. (2020)
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Bayır-Toper, A., Sellman, E., & Joseph, S. (2022). Examining the structure of authenticity: A factor analytic study of the Authenticity Scale and Authenticity Inventory Subscales. Humanistic Psychologist, 50(2), 304-319. https://doi.org/10.1037/hum0000223

Authenticity has received much empirical research attention in recent years. It is currently often measured using one of two psychometric tools - The Authenticity Scale (AS) and The Authenticity Inventory (AI). Although the development of both was in... Read More about Examining the structure of authenticity: A factor analytic study of the Authenticity Scale and Authenticity Inventory Subscales..

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.

From ego-centred to eco-centred: an investigation of the association between authenticity and ecological sensitivity (2020)
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Ottiger, A. S., & Joseph, S. (2022). From ego-centred to eco-centred: an investigation of the association between authenticity and ecological sensitivity. Person-Centered and Experiential Psychotherapies, 20(2), 139-151. https://doi.org/10.1080/14779757.2020.1846600

This study aimed to assess the empirical validity of Carl Rogers’ vision of the authentic person to be ecologically minded. 238 participants were asked to complete the Authenticity Scale, the Connectedness to Nature Scale, the Love and Care for Natur... Read More about From ego-centred to eco-centred: an investigation of the association between authenticity and ecological sensitivity.

Post‐traumatic growth in prisoners and its association with the quality of staff–prisoner relationships (2020)
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Hearn, N., Joseph, S., & Fitzpatrick, S. (2021). Post‐traumatic growth in prisoners and its association with the quality of staff–prisoner relationships. Criminal Behaviour and Mental Health, 31(1), 49-59. https://doi.org/10.1002/cbm.2173

Background: Being sentenced to prison can be a traumatic experience for many people that leads to negative effects, including reoffending or disorders of mental health. Emerging research, however, has suggested that traumatic events can at times also... Read More about Post‐traumatic growth in prisoners and its association with the quality of staff–prisoner relationships.

Being yourself for the ‘greater good’: An empirical investigation of the moderation effect of authenticity between self-compassion and compassion for others (2020)
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Bayır-Toper, A., Sellman, E., & Joseph, S. (2022). Being yourself for the ‘greater good’: An empirical investigation of the moderation effect of authenticity between self-compassion and compassion for others. Current Psychology, 41, 4871-4884. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12144-020-00989-6

Self-compassion offers profound benefits to well-being and healthy psychological functioning. Surprisingly however, the relationship assumed between compassion for self and others has been questioned by recent research findings and is at best inconsi... Read More about Being yourself for the ‘greater good’: An empirical investigation of the moderation effect of authenticity between self-compassion and compassion for others.

Authenticity Is Correlated With Mindfulness and Emotional Intelligence (2020)
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Tohme, O., & Joseph, S. (2020). Authenticity Is Correlated With Mindfulness and Emotional Intelligence. Journal of Humanistic Psychology, https://doi.org/10.1177/0022167820940926

Humanistic psychology has long been interested in authenticity. Carl Rogers proposed that authenticity leads to more fully functioning behavior. However, it is only in recent years that there has been empirical research into the correlates of authent... Read More about Authenticity Is Correlated With Mindfulness and Emotional Intelligence.

A quiet revolution? Reflecting on the potentiality and ethics of mindfulness in a junior school (2020)
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Crawford, A., Joseph, S., & Sellman, E. (2021). A quiet revolution? Reflecting on the potentiality and ethics of mindfulness in a junior school. British Journal of Educational Studies, 69(2), 237-255. https://doi.org/10.1080/00071005.2020.1791795

This article examines the potentiality, acceptability and ethical considerations of a mindfulness-based intervention (MBI) for supporting pupils’ mental well-being in a junior school. To date, research has predominantly focused on the psychological o... Read More about A quiet revolution? Reflecting on the potentiality and ethics of mindfulness in a junior school.

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.

The positive psychology of relational depth and its association with unconditional positive self-regard and authenticity (2020)
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Kim, J., Price, S., & Joseph, S. (2020). The positive psychology of relational depth and its association with unconditional positive self-regard and authenticity. Person-Centered and Experiential Psychotherapies, 19(1), 12-21. https://doi.org/10.1080/14779757.2020.1717983

© 2020 World Association for Person-Centered & Experiential Psychotherapy & Counseling. Relational depth (RD) refers to moments in a therapeutic relationship in which a person has feelings of aliveness, satisfaction and immersion. However, no res... Read More about The positive psychology of relational depth and its association with unconditional positive self-regard and authenticity.

Posttraumatic growth as a process and an outcome: Vexing problems and paradoxes seen from the perspective of humanistic psychology (2019)
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Joseph, S. (2019). Posttraumatic growth as a process and an outcome: Vexing problems and paradoxes seen from the perspective of humanistic psychology. Humanistic Psychologist, 49(2), 219-239. https://doi.org/10.1037/hum0000156

The aim of this article is to discuss the concept of posttraumatic growth (PTG) from the perspective of humanistic psychology. Research findings in PTG have posed what seem to be challenging theoretical questions. Questions that seem perplexing or pa... Read More about Posttraumatic growth as a process and an outcome: Vexing problems and paradoxes seen from the perspective of humanistic psychology.

Why we need a more humanistic positive organizational scholarship: Carl Rogers' person- centered approach as a challenge to neoliberalism (2019)
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Joseph, S. (2020). Why we need a more humanistic positive organizational scholarship: Carl Rogers' person- centered approach as a challenge to neoliberalism. Humanistic Psychologist, 48(3), 271-283. https://doi.org/10.1037/hum0000151

Recent years have seen much interest in the new field of Positive Organizational Scholarship (POS). POS focuses specifically on what is positive, flourishing, and life-giving in organizations, and how to cultivate individual and organizational perfor... Read More about Why we need a more humanistic positive organizational scholarship: Carl Rogers' person- centered approach as a challenge to neoliberalism.

Young Carers Research, Practice and Policy: An Overview and Critical Perspective on Possible Future Directions (2019)
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Joseph, S., Sempik, J., Leu, A., & Becker, S. (2020). Young Carers Research, Practice and Policy: An Overview and Critical Perspective on Possible Future Directions. Adolescent Research Review, 5(1), 77–89. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40894-019-00119-9

Many children, adolescents, teenagers, and young adults have caring responsibilities for parents and family members. These young carers and young adult carers are present in every country. Their responsibilities include domestic chores as well as int... Read More about Young Carers Research, Practice and Policy: An Overview and Critical Perspective on Possible Future Directions.

Young carers in England: Findings from the 2018 BBC survey on the prevalence and nature of caring among young people (2019)
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Joseph, S., Kendall, C., Toher, D., Sempik, J., Holland, J., & Becker, S. (2019). Young carers in England: Findings from the 2018 BBC survey on the prevalence and nature of caring among young people. Child: Care, Health and Development, 45(4), 606-612. https://doi.org/10.1111/cch.12674

Background. Many young people are involved in caring for parents, siblings, or other relatives who have an illness or disability. The aim of this study was to estimate the prevalence of caring by young people in England. Method. A national survey of... Read More about Young carers in England: Findings from the 2018 BBC survey on the prevalence and nature of caring among young people.

Perceived posttraumatic growth and depreciation after spinal cord injury: actual or illusory? (2018)
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Kunz, S., Joseph, S., Greyhand, S., & Peter, C. (2018). Perceived posttraumatic growth and depreciation after spinal cord injury: actual or illusory?. Health Psychology, 38(1), 53-62. https://doi.org/10.1037/hea0000676

Objective: This study examined whether retrospective reports of posttraumatic growth (PTG) and depreciation (PTD) of individuals recently diagnosed with a spinal cord injury (SCI) coincide with prospectively measured changes in the conceptually close... Read More about Perceived posttraumatic growth and depreciation after spinal cord injury: actual or illusory?.

Focusing manner and posttraumatic growth (2018)
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Zwiercan, A., & Joseph, S. (2018). Focusing manner and posttraumatic growth. Person-Centered and Experiential Psychotherapies, 17(3), 191-200. https://doi.org/10.1080/14779757.2018.1517659

© 2018, © 2018 World Association for Person-Centered & Experiential Psychotherapy & Counseling. Recent scholarship in the person-centered experiential (PCE) approach has theorized how organismic valuing might be an important process factor in the... Read More about Focusing manner and posttraumatic growth.

After the genocide in Rwanda: humanistic perspectives on social processes of post-conflict posttraumatic growth (2018)
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Joseph, S. (2018). After the genocide in Rwanda: humanistic perspectives on social processes of post-conflict posttraumatic growth. Humanistic Psychologist, 46(3), 245-257. https://doi.org/10.1037/hum0000088

The aim was to contribute to an understanding of social processes of post-conflict healing, reconciliation and development, by reflecting on what lessons might be taken from posttraumatic growth research to inform trauma practitioners and researchers... Read More about After the genocide in Rwanda: humanistic perspectives on social processes of post-conflict posttraumatic growth.

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.

The multidimensional peer victimization scale: A systematic review (2018)
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Joseph, S., & Stockton, H. (2018). The multidimensional peer victimization scale: A systematic review. Aggression and Violent Behavior, 42, 96-114. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.avb.2018.07.009

© 2018 Developing bullying interventions and testing their success depends on the valid and reliable measurement of peer victimization. The objective of this study was to examine the psychometric properties of the Multidimensional Peer Victimization... Read More about The multidimensional peer victimization scale: A systematic review.

Contributions from the person-centred experiential approach to the field of social pedagogy (2018)
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Murphy, D., & Joseph, S. (2019). Contributions from the person-centred experiential approach to the field of social pedagogy. Cambridge Journal of Education, 49(2), 181-196. https://doi.org/10.1080/0305764X.2018.1488946

© 2018, © 2018 University of Cambridge, Faculty of Education. The aim of this article is to show how the theory and philosophy of the person-centred experiential approach, originally developed by the psychologist Carl Rogers, can usefully inform the... Read More about Contributions from the person-centred experiential approach to the field of social pedagogy.

Early risk factors for depression, anxiety and post-traumatic distress after hospital admission for unintentional injury: multicentre cohort study (2018)
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Kendrick, D., Baker, R., Hill, T., Beckett, K., Coupland, C., Kellezi, B., …Morriss, R. (2018). Early risk factors for depression, anxiety and post-traumatic distress after hospital admission for unintentional injury: multicentre cohort study. Journal of Psychosomatic Research, 112, 15-24. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpsychores.2018.06.008

Objective: To quantify psychological morbidity and identify baseline factors associated with depression, anxiety and post-traumatic distress symptoms up to 12 months post-injury. Methods: Multicentre cohort study of 668 adults, aged 16 to 70,... Read More about Early risk factors for depression, anxiety and post-traumatic distress after hospital admission for unintentional injury: multicentre cohort study.

Coping and posttraumatic growth: a longitudinal comparison of two alternative views (2018)
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Kunz, S., Joseph, S., Geyh, S., & Peter, C. (2018). Coping and posttraumatic growth: a longitudinal comparison of two alternative views. Rehabilitation Psychology, 63(2), 240-249. https://doi.org/10.1037/rep0000205

Purpose: The current study aimed to examine two possible explanations for why higher levels of posttraumatic growth (PTG) were repeatedly found to be predicted by both approach - and avoidance - oriented coping, focusing on individuals recently diagn... Read More about Coping and posttraumatic growth: a longitudinal comparison of two alternative views.

Executive derailment, coaching and posttraumatic growth: reflections on practice guided by theory (2018)
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Joseph, S. (in press). Executive derailment, coaching and posttraumatic growth: reflections on practice guided by theory. Coaching: An International Journal of Theory, Research and Practice, https://doi.org/10.1080/17521882.2018.1478438

The aim is to discuss the issue of executive career derailment in relation to posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and the developing field of posttraumatic growth (PTG). There is much research on PTSD and PTG in a variety of contexts but as yet they... Read More about Executive derailment, coaching and posttraumatic growth: reflections on practice guided by theory.

Looking for post-traumatic growth in perpetrators of the 1994 genocide in Rwanda: a discussion of theoretical and ethical issues (2017)
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Blackie, L. E., Hitchcott, N., & Joseph, S. (2017). Looking for post-traumatic growth in perpetrators of the 1994 genocide in Rwanda: a discussion of theoretical and ethical issues. https://doi.org/10.21039/jpr.v1i1.39

The theory of post-traumatic growth claims that, in the struggle to overcome difficult experiences, individuals may identify positive ways in which the experience has changed them. There is extensive evidence of survivors of extreme adversities repor... Read More about Looking for post-traumatic growth in perpetrators of the 1994 genocide in Rwanda: a discussion of theoretical and ethical issues.

Development of the short version of the Scales of General Well-Being: the 14-item SGWB (2017)
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Longo, Y., Coyne, I., & Joseph, S. (2018). Development of the short version of the Scales of General Well-Being: the 14-item SGWB. Personality and Individual Differences, 124, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.paid.2017.11.042

The Scales of General Well-Being (SGWB, Longo, Coyne, & Joseph, 2017) is a 65-item tool assessing fourteen different constructs. The aim of this study was to develop a short 14-item version. One item was chosen from each of the fourteen scales follow... Read More about Development of the short version of the Scales of General Well-Being: the 14-item SGWB.

A theory on reports of constructive (real) and illusory posttraumatic growth (2017)
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Boerner, M., Joseph, S., & Murphy, D. (in press). A theory on reports of constructive (real) and illusory posttraumatic growth. Journal of Humanistic Psychology, https://doi.org/10.1177/0022167817719597

It has been suggested that self-reported posttraumatic growth could sometimes be considered as a way for people to protect themselves from the distress of trauma. In this case, reports of posttraumatic growth could be illusory. We suggest a theory on... Read More about A theory on reports of constructive (real) and illusory posttraumatic growth.

Client congruence in therapy and its association withmindfulness and the therapeutic relationship (2017)
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Ivtzan, I., & Joseph, S. (2017). Client congruence in therapy and its association withmindfulness and the therapeutic relationship. International Journal of Psychology and Counseling, 9(4), 23-25. https://doi.org/10.5897/IJPC2017.0487

In order to investigate clients’ role in the mutuality of therapeutic encounter, this pilot study examined data from 49 participants who had undergone at least three sessions of therapy. The participants completed the Working Alliance Inventory and t... Read More about Client congruence in therapy and its association withmindfulness and the therapeutic relationship.

The problem of choosing between irreconcilable theoretical orientations: comment on Melchert (2016) (2017)
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Joseph, S. (2017). The problem of choosing between irreconcilable theoretical orientations: comment on Melchert (2016). American Psychologist, 72(4), 397-398. https://doi.org/10.1037/amp0000134

Melchert (2016) argues that knowledge of psychological processes is now grounded in experimental tests of falsifiable theories that support a unified, paradigmatic understanding of human psychology. While his argument for leaving behind our preparadi... Read More about The problem of choosing between irreconcilable theoretical orientations: comment on Melchert (2016).

Psychological morbidity and return to work after injury: multicentre cohort study (2017)
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Kendrick, D., Dhiman, P., Kellezi, B., Coupland, C., Whitehead, J., Beckett, K., …Morriss, R. (in press). Psychological morbidity and return to work after injury: multicentre cohort study. British Journal of General Practice, https://doi.org/10.3399/bjgp17X691673

Background: The benefits of work for physical, psychological and financial wellbeing are well documented. Return to work (RTW) after unintentional injury is often delayed, and psychological morbidity may contribute to this delay. The impact of psycho... Read More about Psychological morbidity and return to work after injury: multicentre cohort study.

The association between sense of humour and trauma-related mental health outcomes: two exploratory studies (2017)
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Boerner, M., Joseph, S., & Murphy, D. (in press). The association between sense of humour and trauma-related mental health outcomes: two exploratory studies. Journal of Loss and Trauma, https://doi.org/10.1080/15325024.2017.1310504

Two studies (n = 73, n = 132) explored the association between sense of humour and trauma related well-being outcomes. It was found that sense of humour was not associated with reports of posttraumatic growth as measured by the Posttraumatic Growth I... Read More about The association between sense of humour and trauma-related mental health outcomes: two exploratory studies.

The impact of extrafamilial victimization and poly-victimization on the psychological well-being of English young people (2017)
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Jackson-Hollis, V., Joseph, S., & Browne, K. (2017). The impact of extrafamilial victimization and poly-victimization on the psychological well-being of English young people. Child Abuse and Neglect, 67, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chiabu.2017.03.004

Childhood victimization impacts on the well-being of children and young people, particularly those experiencing an extreme amount of different types of victimization (i.e., poly-victims). However, limited attention has been given to the impact of dif... Read More about The impact of extrafamilial victimization and poly-victimization on the psychological well-being of English young people.

Career derailment: burnout and bullying at the executive level (2017)
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McCormack, L., Abou-Hamdan, S., & Joseph, S. (2017). Career derailment: burnout and bullying at the executive level. International Coaching Psychology Review, 12(1),

Executive derailment refers to unexpected and unwanted changes in the trajectory of an executive career caused either by factors within the person or by organisational factors external to the person, or a combination of both, leading to loss of ident... Read More about Career derailment: burnout and bullying at the executive level.

Unconditional Positive Self-Regard, Intrinsic Aspirations, and Authenticity: Pathways to Psychological Well-Being (2017)
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Murphy, D., Joseph, S., Demetriou, E., & Karimi Mofrad, P. (2020). Unconditional Positive Self-Regard, Intrinsic Aspirations, and Authenticity: Pathways to Psychological Well-Being. Journal of Humanistic Psychology, 60(2), 258-279. https://doi.org/10.1177/0022167816688314

Unconditional positive self-regard (UPSR) is regarded by humanistic psychologists as an important determinant of well-being. However, until recently it has received little empirical attention. The current study aims to examine the association between... Read More about Unconditional Positive Self-Regard, Intrinsic Aspirations, and Authenticity: Pathways to Psychological Well-Being.

The scales of general well-being (SGWB) (2017)
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Longo, Y., Coyne, I., & Joseph, S. (2017). The scales of general well-being (SGWB). Personality and Individual Differences, 109, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.paid.2017.01.005

This paper presents the development and validation of a new well-being questionnaire: the Scales of General Well-Being (SGWB). A review of current measures identified fourteen common constructs as lower-order indicators of well-being: happiness, vita... Read More about The scales of general well-being (SGWB).

Therapeutic implications of counselling psychologists’ responses to client trauma: an interpretative phenomenological analysis (2016)
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Merriman, O., & Joseph, S. (in press). Therapeutic implications of counselling psychologists’ responses to client trauma: an interpretative phenomenological analysis. Counselling Psychology Quarterly, 31(1), https://doi.org/10.1080/09515070.2016.1266601

The past two decades have seen a surge of interest in the impact of working with trauma survivors on therapists’ psychological well-being. Existing literature assumes that therapists’ strong subjective responses to traumatic material adversely influe... Read More about Therapeutic implications of counselling psychologists’ responses to client trauma: an interpretative phenomenological analysis.

The impact of psychological factors on recovery from injury: a multicentre cohort study (2016)
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Kellezi, B., Coupland, C., Morriss, R., Beckett, K., Joseph, S., Barnes, J., …Kendrick, D. (2016). The impact of psychological factors on recovery from injury: a multicentre cohort study. Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology, 52(7), https://doi.org/10.1007/s00127-016-1299-z

Purpose Unintentional injuries have a significant long-term health impact in working age adults. Depression, anxiety and post-traumatic stress disorder are common post-injury, but their impact on self-reported recovery has not been investigated in g... Read More about The impact of psychological factors on recovery from injury: a multicentre cohort study.

Psychological morbidity and health related quality of life after injury: multicentre cohort study (2016)
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Kendrick, D., Kellezi, B., Coupland, C., Maula, A., Beckett, K., Morriss, R. K., …Christie, N. (2017). Psychological morbidity and health related quality of life after injury: multicentre cohort study. Quality of Life Research, 26(5), 1233-1250. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11136-016-1439-7

Purpose: To demonstrate the impact of psychological morbidity one month post-injury on subsequent post-injury quality of life (HRQoL) in a general injury population in the UK to inform development of trauma care and rehabilitation services. Method... Read More about Psychological morbidity and health related quality of life after injury: multicentre cohort study.

Can people experience post-traumatic growth after committing violent acts? (2016)
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Blackie, L. E., Roepke, A. M., Hitchcott, N., & Joseph, S. (2016). Can people experience post-traumatic growth after committing violent acts?. Peace and Conflict: Journal of Peace Psychology, 22(4), 409-412. https://doi.org/10.1037/pac0000218

The concept of post-traumatic growth refers to the positive psychological changes that some people experience as a result of their struggle with highly stressful and often traumatic circumstances. Research into post-traumatic growth has typically foc... Read More about Can people experience post-traumatic growth after committing violent acts?.

A review of research into business coaching supervision (2016)
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Joseph, S. (in press). A review of research into business coaching supervision. Coaching: An International Journal of Theory, Research and Practice, 9(2), https://doi.org/10.1080/17521882.2016.1210187

A systematic search of the coaching literature for original peer-reviewed studies into business coaching supervision yielded seven research reports. Evaluation of these studies showed them to be low in the reporting of methodological rigour. However,... Read More about A review of research into business coaching supervision.

Posttraumatic growth and adjustment to spinal cord injury: moderated by posttraumatic depreciation? (2016)
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Kunz, S., Joseph, S., Geyh, S., & Peter, C. (in press). Posttraumatic growth and adjustment to spinal cord injury: moderated by posttraumatic depreciation?. Psychological Trauma: Theory, Research, Practice, and Policy, 9(4), 434-444. https://doi.org/10.1037/tra0000164

Objective: Findings on the relationship of posttraumatic growth (PTG) with adjustment to potentially traumatic events are inconsistent, whereupon posttraumatic depreciation (PTD) has been suggested as a possible moderator. The objective of this study... Read More about Posttraumatic growth and adjustment to spinal cord injury: moderated by posttraumatic depreciation?.

Support for a general factor of well-being (2016)
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Longo, Y., Coyne, I., Joseph, S., & Gustavsson, P. (in press). Support for a general factor of well-being. Personality and Individual Differences, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.paid.2016.03.082

Well-being is typically defined as positive feeling (e.g. happiness), positive functioning (e.g. competence, meaning) or a combination of the two. Recent evidence indicates that well-being indicators belonging to different categories can be explained... Read More about Support for a general factor of well-being.

Postmission Altruistic Identity Disruption Questionnaire (PostAID/Q): identifying humanitarian-related distress during the reintegration period following international humanitarian aid work (2016)
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McCormack, L., Orenstein, A., & Joseph, S. (2016). Postmission Altruistic Identity Disruption Questionnaire (PostAID/Q): identifying humanitarian-related distress during the reintegration period following international humanitarian aid work. Traumatology, 22(1), 1-8. https://doi.org/10.1037/trm0000053

Psychological care of humanitarian personnel exposed to high risk environments is not standardized across the sector. Particularly, returnees experiencing re-integration distress specific to prior aid deployment, is randomly addressed. The Postmissio... Read More about Postmission Altruistic Identity Disruption Questionnaire (PostAID/Q): identifying humanitarian-related distress during the reintegration period following international humanitarian aid work.

The prevalence of childhood victimization experienced outside of the family: findings from an English prevalence study (2015)
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Jackson, V., Browne, K., & Joseph, S. (2016). The prevalence of childhood victimization experienced outside of the family: findings from an English prevalence study. Child Abuse and Neglect, 51, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chiabu.2015.08.006

There has been little research carried out in the United Kingdom (UK) aimed at providing a holistic exploration of the victim experiences of young people within the school and community environments (extrafamilial victimization). This study therefore... Read More about The prevalence of childhood victimization experienced outside of the family: findings from an English prevalence study.

A cross-sectional study to explore the mediating effect of intrinsic aspiration on the association between unconditional positive self-regard and posttraumatic growth (2015)
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Murphy, D., Demetriou, E., & Joseph, S. (in press). A cross-sectional study to explore the mediating effect of intrinsic aspiration on the association between unconditional positive self-regard and posttraumatic growth. Person-Centered and Experiential Psychotherapies, 14(3), https://doi.org/10.1080/14779757.2015.1051238

Person-centered psychotherapy is based on the growth paradigm of psychological distress. Person-centered therapy is, therefore, ideally placed to facilitate posttraumatic growth. There were two aims of this study. The first was to explore the associa... Read More about A cross-sectional study to explore the mediating effect of intrinsic aspiration on the association between unconditional positive self-regard and posttraumatic growth.

A person-centered perspective on working with people who have experienced psychological trauma and helping them move forward to posttraumatic growth (2015)
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Joseph, S. (2015). A person-centered perspective on working with people who have experienced psychological trauma and helping them move forward to posttraumatic growth. Person-Centered and Experiential Psychotherapies, 14(3), https://doi.org/10.1080/14779757.2015.1043392

Over the past decade posttraumatic growth (PTG) has become a major topic for theory, research and practice in mainstream trauma psychology. The aim of this paper is to discuss the implications of PTG for the person-centered approach. It is argued tha... Read More about A person-centered perspective on working with people who have experienced psychological trauma and helping them move forward to posttraumatic growth.

A longitudinal investigation of the relationship between unconditional positive self-regard and posttraumatic growth (2015)
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Flanagan, S., Patterson, T. G., Hume, I. R., & Joseph, S. (2015). A longitudinal investigation of the relationship between unconditional positive self-regard and posttraumatic growth. Person-Centered and Experiential Psychotherapies, 14(3), https://doi.org/10.1080/14779757.2015.1047960

The present study investigated whether unconditional positive self-regard (UPSR) is associated with subsequent posttraumatic growth (PTG) following the experience of a traumatic life event. A total of 143 participants completed an online questionnair... Read More about A longitudinal investigation of the relationship between unconditional positive self-regard and posttraumatic growth.

Positive functioning inventory: initial validation of a 12-item self-report measure of well-being (2014)
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Joseph, S., & Maltby, J. (2014). Positive functioning inventory: initial validation of a 12-item self-report measure of well-being. Psychology of Well-Being, 4(15), https://doi.org/10.1186/s13612-014-0015-6

Background: This paper describes the validation of the Positive Functioning Inventory (PFI-12). This is a 12-item self-report tool developed to assess a spectrum of functioning ranging from states of mental distress to states of well-being. Method:... Read More about Positive functioning inventory: initial validation of a 12-item self-report measure of well-being.

Expressive writing and posttraumatic growth: an Internet-based study (2014)
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Stockton, H., Joseph, S., & Hunt, N. (2014). Expressive writing and posttraumatic growth: an Internet-based study. Traumatology, 20(2), https://doi.org/10.1037/h0099377

This study examined the effects of Internet-based expressive writing on posttraumatic growth. Expressive (n = 14) and control writing (n = 10) participants wrote for 15 min on 3 occasions spaced 3 days apart. Measures of intrusive and avoidant though... Read More about Expressive writing and posttraumatic growth: an Internet-based study.

Psychological growth in aging Vietnam veterans: redefining shame and betrayal (2013)
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McCormack, L., & Joseph, S. (2014). Psychological growth in aging Vietnam veterans: redefining shame and betrayal. Journal of Humanistic Psychology, 54(3), https://doi.org/10.1177/0022167813501393

This study offers alternative interpretations of war-related distress embedded within the social and political context of the Vietnam War. Subjective interpretations from aging Vietnam veterans were analyzed using interpretative phenomenological anal... Read More about Psychological growth in aging Vietnam veterans: redefining shame and betrayal.

The Psychological Well-Being—Post-Traumatic Changes Questionnaire (PWB-PTCQ): Reliability and validity (2012)
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Joseph, S., Maltby, J., Wood, A. M., Stockton, H., Hunt, N., & Regel, S. (2012). The Psychological Well-Being—Post-Traumatic Changes Questionnaire (PWB-PTCQ): Reliability and validity. Psychological Trauma: Theory, Research, Practice, and Policy, 4(4), 420-428. https://doi.org/10.1037/a0024740

The Psychological Well-Being Post-Traumatic Changes Questionnaire (PWB-PTCQ) is an 18 item self-report measure to assess perceived changes in psychological well-being following traumatic events. The aim was to test its psychometric properties. Across... Read More about The Psychological Well-Being—Post-Traumatic Changes Questionnaire (PWB-PTCQ): Reliability and validity.

An interpretative phenomenological analysis of posttraumatic growth in adults bereaved by suicide (2011)
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Smith, A., Joseph, S., & das Nair, R. (in press). An interpretative phenomenological analysis of posttraumatic growth in adults bereaved by suicide. Journal of Loss and Trauma, 16(5), https://doi.org/10.1080/15325024.2011.572047

This study explored experiences of posttraumatic growth in adults bereaved by suicide. Six participants were interviewed using a semi-structured interview schedule. Transcribed interviews were analyzed from an interpretative phenomenological framewor... Read More about An interpretative phenomenological analysis of posttraumatic growth in adults bereaved by suicide.

The Warwick-Edinburgh Mental Well-Being Scale
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Tennant, R., Hiller, L., Fishwick, R., Platt, S., Joseph, S., Weich, S., …Stewart-Brown, S. The Warwick-Edinburgh Mental Well-Being Scale. Health and Quality of Life Outcomes,

Background There is increasing international interest in the concept of mental well-being and its contribution to all aspects of human life. Demand for instruments to monitor mental well-being at a population level and evaluate mental health promot... Read More about The Warwick-Edinburgh Mental Well-Being Scale.