Robert Neimeyer
University of Memphis, Psychology, Faculty Member
... ROBERT A. NEIMEYER University of Nebraska SETH R. KRIEGER Plantation, Florida ... bSubjects included 50 high school teachers, 88 crisii center workcn, and 11 members of a church study group. Page 10. 254 M. A. Rigdon et al. TABLE 5... more
... ROBERT A. NEIMEYER University of Nebraska SETH R. KRIEGER Plantation, Florida ... bSubjects included 50 high school teachers, 88 crisii center workcn, and 11 members of a church study group. Page 10. 254 M. A. Rigdon et al. TABLE 5 Sex Differences in Mean TI Scores ...
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Few empirical studies have explored the grieving process among different ethnic groups within the United States, and very little is known about how African Americans and Caucasians may differ in their experience of loss. The purpose of... more
Few empirical studies have explored the grieving process among different ethnic groups within the United States, and very little is known about how African Americans and Caucasians may differ in their experience of loss. The purpose of this study was to examine the African-American experience of grief, with particular emphasis on issues of identity change, interpersonal dimensions of the loss, and continuing attachments with the deceased. Participants were 1,581 bereaved college students (940 Caucasians and 641 African Americans) attending classes at a large southern university. Each participant completed the Inventory of Complicated Grief-Revised, the Continuing Bonds Scale, and questions regarding the circumstances surrounding his or her loss. Results revealed that African Americans experienced more frequent bereavement by homicide, maintenance of a stronger continuing bond with the deceased, greater grief for the loss of extended kin beyond the immediate family, and a sense of su...
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ABSTRACT The present study tested whether knowledge is retrieved from memory as separate propositions or as complete dichotomous constructs. According to proposition-based models, only the most directly related concept within a construct... more
ABSTRACT The present study tested whether knowledge is retrieved from memory as separate propositions or as complete dichotomous constructs. According to proposition-based models, only the most directly related concept within a construct should be retrieved. However, one implication of Kelly's dichotomy corollary is that both poles of a relevant construct should be activated to the same extent when the construct is retrieved from memory. To compare the two predictions, subjects performed a lexical decision task that measured the degree to which unipolar propositions or bipolar constructs were activated when primed by names of familiar persons. The results tended to support a construct-based rather than a proposition-based position. Both construct poles were equally activated when the name was related to the construct, and were activated to a greater extent than when the name was unrelated to the construct
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Previous quantitative reviews of research on the efficacy of psychotherapy for depression have included only a subset of the available research or limited their focus to a single outcome measure. The present review offers a more... more
Previous quantitative reviews of research on the efficacy of psychotherapy for depression have included only a subset of the available research or limited their focus to a single outcome measure. The present review offers a more comprehensive quantitative integration of this literature. Using studies that compared psychotherapy with either no treatment or another form of treatment, this article assesses (a)
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... Requests for repnnti ihould be ient lo Eddie M. Clark, Departmen1 of Psychology. ... Women tend to be devalued as compared with men, even if all other information about the individuals is identical (Goldberg, 1968; Lott, 1985). ...
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This study tested the hypothesis that family members showing greater commonality (similarity) and sociality (predictive accuracy) in their construing of family relationships would display greater satisfaction with those relationships than... more
This study tested the hypothesis that family members showing greater commonality (similarity) and sociality (predictive accuracy) in their construing of family relationships would display greater satisfaction with those relationships than would individuals in families whose relational construing was more discrepant and unpredictable. Forty-seven family triads participated in the study, including a mother, father, and adolescent from each family. Measures of
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This study examined group perceptions as predictors of treatment outcome for 49 adult survivors of father–daughter incest participating in a 10-week group therapy program. Repertory grid measures of clients' perceptions of other... more
This study examined group perceptions as predictors of treatment outcome for 49 adult survivors of father–daughter incest participating in a 10-week group therapy program. Repertory grid measures of clients' perceptions of other group members and leaders in early and late treatment were considered as potential predictors of outcome, with pretreatment symptomatology treated as a covariate. Findings indicated that reduced identification, negativity, and tendency to construe members and therapists in extreme, polarized terms were associated with poorer outcome, defined in terms of social adjustment, self-concept, and symptomatic distress at termination and 6-month follow-up. However, the specific set of predictors shifted over time, with perceptions of other group members playing a more significant role early in therapy, and perceptions of therapists being more predictive of outcome when assessed in the penultimate session.
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Previous quantitative reviews of research on the efficacy of psychotherapy for depression have included only a subset of the available research or limited their focus to a single outcome measure. The present review offers a more... more
Previous quantitative reviews of research on the efficacy of psychotherapy for depression have included only a subset of the available research or limited their focus to a single outcome measure. The present review offers a more comprehensive quantitative integration of this literature. Using studies that compared psychotherapy with either no treatment or another form of treatment, this article assesses (a) the overall effectiveness of psychotherapy for depressed clients, (b) its effectiveness relative to pharmacotherapy, and (c) the clinical significance of treatment outcomes. Findings from the review confirm that depressed clients benefit substantially from psychotherapy, and these gains appear comparable to those observed with pharmacotherapy. Initial analysis suggested some differences in the efficacy of various types of treatment; however, once the influence of investigator allegiance was removed, there remained no evidence for the relative superiority of any 1 approach. In view of these results, the focus of future research should be less on differentiating among psychotherapies for depression than on identifying the factors responsible for improvement.
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... Marlin K. Moore and Robert A. Neimeyer Memphis State University ... Neimeyer et al., 1977; Nei-meyer & Dingemans, 1980; Robinson & Wood, 1984; Wood & Robinson, 1982), the Collett-Lester... more
... Marlin K. Moore and Robert A. Neimeyer Memphis State University ... Neimeyer et al., 1977; Nei-meyer & Dingemans, 1980; Robinson & Wood, 1984; Wood & Robinson, 1982), the Collett-Lester Fear of Death Scale (Nei-meyer, 1985; Neimeyer & Chapman, 1980; Neimeyer & ...
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... and risk factors for poor adaptation following problematic life experiences. JasonHolland is a clinical psychologist with a degree from the University of Memphis (2008). He is presently working as a postdoctoral research fellow ...
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Page 1. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology 1988, Vol. 56, No. 1,5-8 Copyright 1988 by the American Psychological Association, Inc. 0022-006X/88/S00.75 Long-Term Effects of Incestuous Child Abuse in College Women: Social ...
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The relative efficacy of professional and paraprofessional therapists in providing group cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT) and mutual support group therapy (MSG) was examined. Depressed outpatients (N = 98) were randomly assigned to CBT... more
The relative efficacy of professional and paraprofessional therapists in providing group cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT) and mutual support group therapy (MSG) was examined. Depressed outpatients (N = 98) were randomly assigned to CBT or MSG led by either 2 professional or 2 paraprofessional therapists. Results suggest that nonprofessionals were as effective as professionals in reducing depressive symptoms and that clients in the CBT and MSG conditions improved equally. Clinically significant improvement was demonstrated for both conditions. However, following treatment, more patients in the professionally led CBT groups were classified as nondepressed and alleviated than in the paraprofessionally led CBT groups. Additionally, therapist adherence to manual-based treatments was associated with greater improvement in clinician-rated depressive symptoms in both conditions and skills in cognitive restructuring were associated with greater improvement among clients in CBT.
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Forty clinically depressed women were randomized to a running, weight lifting, or delayed treatment condition. Self-concept was assessed at baseline, pre-, mid-, and posttreatment for all subjects and at 1, 7, and 12 months for exercise... more
Forty clinically depressed women were randomized to a running, weight lifting, or delayed treatment condition. Self-concept was assessed at baseline, pre-, mid-, and posttreatment for all subjects and at 1, 7, and 12 months for exercise groups. Significant improvements in self-concept were found for exercise groups relative to control groups. No significant differences between exercise groups were found, and improvements were reasonably well-maintained over time. Differential changes on dimensions of self-concept were not demonstrated. These results suggest that both running and weight lifting exercise programs improve self-concept in clinically depressed women.
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... Eric Bowman is now at the Department of Leadership and Law, US Naval Academy, Annapolis, Maryland 21402. Robert Neimeyer is now at the Department of Psychology, Memphis State University, Memphis, Tennessee 38152. ...
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... [CSA] View all references; Scarinci, Worrall, & Hickson, 200913. Scarinci, N., Worrall, L. and Hickson, L. 2009. ... A single investigator, who was a licensed audiologist holding the certificate of clinical competence (CCC-A) in... more
... [CSA] View all references; Scarinci, Worrall, & Hickson, 200913. Scarinci, N., Worrall, L. and Hickson, L. 2009. ... A single investigator, who was a licensed audiologist holding the certificate of clinical competence (CCC-A) in audiology (Rebecca J. Kelly), conducted all interviews. ...
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... Heather Gaines Hardison. and. Robert A. Neimeyer. ... the enterprises, the ontology of individuals so convinced there is something out there, really and truly, that they will not relent, no matter what befalls them, until they have... more
... Heather Gaines Hardison. and. Robert A. Neimeyer. ... the enterprises, the ontology of individuals so convinced there is something out there, really and truly, that they will not relent, no matter what befalls them, until they have seized it in their own hands. (Kelly, 1955, p. 183). ...
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... DOI: 10.1080/10720530500311182 James Gillies a & ... Drawing on the theories reviewed above, we propose that people engage in three major activities by which they reconstruct ... Posttraumatic growth: Positive changes... more
... DOI: 10.1080/10720530500311182 James Gillies a & ... Drawing on the theories reviewed above, we propose that people engage in three major activities by which they reconstruct ... Posttraumatic growth: Positive changes in the aftermath of crisis , Mahway, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum. ...
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... Authors: NEIMEYER RA 1 ; RAY L. 1 ; HARDISON H. 1 ; RAINA K. 1 ; KELLEY R. 1 ; KRANTZ J. 1. ... Since Kelly's pioneering work on Fixed Role Therapy (FRT) in the late 1930s, this novel method for fostering experimentation with and... more
... Authors: NEIMEYER RA 1 ; RAY L. 1 ; HARDISON H. 1 ; RAINA K. 1 ; KELLEY R. 1 ; KRANTZ J. 1. ... Since Kelly's pioneering work on Fixed Role Therapy (FRT) in the late 1930s, this novel method for fostering experimentation with and performance of alternative identities has ...
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In this article we present a system of 45 content categories for analyzing personal constructs elicited in the context of a repertory grid administration. These categories are divided into six basic areas: moral, emotional, relational,... more
In this article we present a system of 45 content categories for analyzing personal constructs elicited in the context of a repertory grid administration. These categories are divided into six basic areas: moral, emotional, relational, personal, intellectual/operational, and values/ ...