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Overview

W. Kim Halford is affiliated with the University of Queensland in Australia and has contributed extensively to the fields of Psychology and Social Sciences, with a particular emphasis on Social Psychology and Clinical Psychology. Their research encompasses various aspects of relationship dynamics, mental health, and family processes.

Their scholarly work includes multiple recent papers, such as:

  • Helping couples achieve relationship success: A decade of progress in couple relationship education research and practice, 2010-2019 (2021, Journal of Marital and Family Therapy)
  • Mental health help-seeking and barriers to service access among lesbian, gay, and bisexual Australians (2021, Australian Psychologist)
  • Fair enough? Decreased equity of dyadic coping across the transition to parenthood associated with depression of first-time parents (2020, PLoS ONE)
  • Depression Anxiety Stress Scale-10: A Brief Measure for Routine Psychotherapy Outcome and Progress Assessment (2021, Behaviour Change)
  • Couple Relationship Education for Same-Sex Couples: A Preliminary Evaluation of Rainbow CoupleCARE (2020, Journal of Couple & Relationship Therapy)

Frequent collaborators with whom Halford has co-authored multiple publications include Çağla Sanrı, Fiona Kate Barlow, James David Albert Newton, Somboon Jarukasemthawee, and Kullaya Pisitsungkagarn.

The scientist has published frequently in venues such as:

  • Couple and Family Psychology Research and Practice
  • Journal of Marital and Family Therapy
  • Family Process
  • PsycTESTS Dataset
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)

Halford's research primarily addresses topics including:

  • Attachment and Relationship Dynamics
  • LGBTQ Health, Identity, and Policy
  • Marriage and Sexual Relationships
  • Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development
  • Family Dynamics and Relationships
  • Sexuality, Behavior, and Technology
  • Cultural Differences and Values

Within their fields of study, Halford has contributed to both broad and specialized areas, focusing on how psychological and social factors influence relationships, family systems, and mental health outcomes.

Best Publications

  • Best practice in couple relationship education.

    W. Kim Halford;Howard J. Markman;Galena H. Kline;Scott M. Stanley

  • Can skills training prevent relationship problems in at-risk couples? Four-year effects of a behavioral relationship education program.

    W. Kim Halford;Matthew R. Sanders;Brett C. Behrens

  • Strengthening couples' relationships with education: Social policy and public health perspectives.

    W. Kim Halford;Howard J. Markman;Scott Stanley

  • Parental Divorce and Premarital Couple Communication

    Matthew R. Sanders;W. Kim Halford;Brett C. Behrens

  • Effects of relationship education on maintenance of couple relationship satisfaction.

    W. Kim Halford;Guy Bodenmann

  • Clinical handbook of marriage and couples interventions

    W. Kim Halford;Howard J. Markman

  • Marriage and Relationship Education: What Works and How to Provide It

    W. Kim Halford

  • A Comparison of the Generalization of Behavioral Marital Therapy and Enhanced Behavioral Marital Therapy.

    W. Kim Halford;Matthew R. Sanders;Brett C. Behrens

  • Evidence‐based couple therapy: current status and future directions

    Douglas K. Snyder;W. Kim Halford

  • The future of couple relationship education: Suggestions on how it can make a difference*

    W. Kim Halford

  • Self-regulation in behavioral couples' therapy

    W. Kim Halford;Matthew R. Sanders;Brett C. Behrens

  • A randomized controlled trial of a couple relationship and coparenting program (Couple CARE for Parents) for high- and low-risk new parents.

    Jemima F. Petch;W. Kim Halford;Debra K. Creedy;Jennifer Ann Gamble

  • Individual psychopathology and marital distress. Analyzing the association and implications for therapy.

    W. Kim Halford;Ruth Bouma;Adrian B. Kelly;Ross McD. Young

  • Universal processes and common factors in couple therapy and relationship education.

    W. Kim Halford;Douglas K. Snyder

  • Alcohol Abuse in Clients Presenting With Marital Problems

    W. Kim Halford;Sue M. Osgarby

  • The Cross-Cultural Consistency of Marital Communication Associated with Marital Distress.

    W. Kim Halford

  • Social skills training with chronic schizophrenic patients: Effects on negative symptoms and community functioning

    Robyn L. Hayes;W. Kim Halford;Francis T. Varghese

  • Couple relationship education in Australia

    W. Kim Halford;Michele Simons

  • The Gap Between Couple Therapy Research Efficacy and Practice Effectiveness.

    W. Kim Halford;Christopher A. Pepping;Jemima Petch

  • Couple Relationship Education at the Transition to Parenthood: A Window of Opportunity to Reach High-Risk Couples

    Jemima Petch;W. Kim Halford;Debra Creedy;Jennifer Ann Gamble

  • Helping couples achieve relationship success: A decade of progress in couple relationship education research and practice, 2010–2019

    Howard J. Markman;Alan J. Hawkins;Scott M. Stanley;W. Kim Halford

Frequent Co-Authors

Matthew R. Sanders
Matthew R. Sanders University of Queensland
Fons J. R. van de Vijver
Fons J. R. van de Vijver Tilburg University
Adrian B. Kelly
Adrian B. Kelly Queensland University of Technology
Howard J. Markman
Howard J. Markman University of Denver
Jan M. Nicholson
Jan M. Nicholson La Trobe University
Guy Bodenmann
Guy Bodenmann University of Zurich
Robert Schweitzer
Robert Schweitzer Queensland University of Technology
Jeffry H. Larson
Jeffry H. Larson Brigham Young University
Ross McD. Young
Ross McD. Young University of the Sunshine Coast
Dean M. Busby
Dean M. Busby Brigham Young University

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