Jennifer S. Ripley

Jennifer S. Ripley
Regent University · Department of Psychology

PhD

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August 1999 - present
Regent University
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Publications (78)
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Although numerous self-report measures of humility have been developed, no behavioral measure has been scientifically vetted. We examined partner-rated relational humility and coded behaviors indicating state humility in couples (N = 69) transitioning to parenthood. Observed state humility behaviors were coded by examining video-recorded problem-fo...
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Ministering to Families in Crisis provides leaders with an essential shelf reference for supporting your community's mental and emotional health. In each chapter, Christian leaders with unique expertise address common ministry challenges, providing evidence-based insights and practical suggestions. The book covers a full range of topics affecting f...
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This article passes on the lessons from 25 years of learning from Everett L. Worthington Jr. His lessons include integrating science and faith, mentoring the next generation, and maintaining close relationships in learning communities. This tribute is a special thank you to my friend and mentor who selflessly gave of his time, energy, and resources...
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Spiritually incorporating couple therapy (SICT)-couple therapy that incorporates spiritual interventions-has a growing research base. Information is limited on how spiritual interventions are used in practice; thus we studied treatment-as-usual (TAU). SICT is treatment that, at a couple's request, sometimes draws upon spiritual resources when addre...
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Multiple factors have been studied to determine their relationship to posttraumatic growth, with findings suggesting the importance of resiliency (Bensimon, 2012), social support (Tedeschi & Calhoun, 2004), event centrality (Taku et al., 2014), religious coping (Pargament et al., 2006), relationship to the deceased (Oginska–Bulik, 2015), and the ci...
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Hope focused couple therapy (HFCT) is often spiritually integrated treatment using forgiveness, prayer, sanctification themes, and relational virtues as mechanisms for change. Building on earlier work examining the effects of HFCT, this clinical field study of couple therapy examined trends and predictors of relational outcomes. Couples (N = 236; N...
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Pre-print A community-based study was conducted to examine the effectiveness of relational vir- tues as the curricular focus of a peer-led marital intervention within a Christian church. The curriculum addressed pain and defense patterns of within marital relationships, with relational virtues such as grace as mechanisms for change. A one-day marit...
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Spiritually integrated couple therapy addresses spiritual needs, strivings and struggles as part of a couple’s therapeutic process. It is common for couples to have spiritual distress that coincides with their relationship distress. Research has indicated that marital relationships are often perceived as sacred parts of the couple’s life, and there...
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Several explicitly Christian doctoral psychology programs exist in the United States, providing training in the integration of psychology and Christianity. The purpose of this study was to conduct a program evaluation of student and faculty perspectives on the Christian integration training in six explicitly Christian doctoral psychology programs....
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Couple research, and specifically religion and couple research, is commonly conducted in individualistic cultures. The collectivistic milieu of China makes a useful contrast to Western culture. With Chinese churches, we conducted two studies on marriage relationships. In Study 1 ( N = 810), we report a survey on marriages of parishioners. Satisfact...
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The birth of a first child can be stressful on intimate partner relationships and the women having their first child. Conflict can occur, and hurts might be experienced, which could lead to post-partum depression. Thus, capacity for forgiveness with specific hurts might affect post-partum depression. We investigated women having their first child (...
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Humility predicts relationship satisfaction, partially mediated by commitment, in college students. The present study tested this mediation in a non-college sample of participants who have been in exclusive relationships for at least three months (N = 349). We supported a partial mediation model in predicting relationship satisfaction (Hypothesis 1...
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Relational humility is defined as having an accurate view of the self, a modest social portrayal, and an interpersonal stance that is other-oriented rather than self-focused. In the current study, we sought to examine relational humility in relation to dyadic stress, hypothesizing relational humility would predict lower levels of perceived stress,...
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Although statistical methods and research design are crucial areas of competency for psychologists, few studies explore how statistics are taught across doctoral programs in psychology in the United States. The present study examined 153 American Psychological Association–accredited doctoral programs in clinical and counseling psychology and aimed...
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The first 6 months of marriage are optimal for marriage enrichment interventions. The Hope-Focused Approach to couple enrichment was presented as two 9-hr interventions-(a) Handling Our Problems Effectively (HOPE), which emphasized communication and conflict resolution, and (b) Forgiveness and Reconciliation through Experiencing Empathy (FREE). HOP...
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Mixed-orientation couples (MOC) are under-represented in the literature. Often when sexual minorities disclose their sexual orientation it is a stressful experience for their spouse who progresses through stages and experiences both negative and supportive responses as they address disclosure-related issues. Participants completed an online survey...
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Teaching pedagogy and praxis on the integration of research skills with Christianity are introduced with practical classroom strategies. The authors discuss the purpose of Christian integration in statistics and research design courses as a spiritual and scientific endeavor. They discuss how they address students' attitudes towards research with re...
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Religion-accommodative psychotherapy has developed with trends toward equal or improved outcomes compared with psychotherapy that pays no attention to spirituality or religion (Worthington, Hook, Davis, & McDaniel, 2011b; Worthington, Hook, Davis, Gartner, & Jennings, 2013). Research on religion-accommodative psychotherapy in couples contexts is sp...
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This article discusses the process of spiritual formation as it is understood and practiced at Regent Uni-versity's doctoral program in clinical psychology. Our definition of spiriaial formation and contemporary issues in spiritual formation and their relationship to the overarching goals of a Christian university are introduced. Practical applicat...
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Mixed-orientation couples are defined as a heterosexual couple in which 1 partner experiences same-sex attraction and the other does not. Despite the fact that there is a sizable number of mixed-orientation couples in the U.S. adult population, few researchers have studied this population, and thus, there is limited understanding of these relations...
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This paper forecasts changes to the integration of Psychology and Christianity for the next decade. The focus of the paper is on proposals to address six trends that are seen as hope for the future of the integrationist movement: the healthcare crisis, education, research, application, global networks and technology.
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Two researchers describe their approaches to creating a meaningful research team within a PsyD program. Experience with mentoring is emphasized with a discussion of creating purpose with research that will influence the students, clients, churches, communities and broader audiences. Research teams are the context for creating mentoring relationship...
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Hope-focused couple enrichment (HFCE) has been evaluated as one of four empirically supported couple enrichment interventions (Jakubowski et al., 2004). We first review the essence of the hope-focused approach. We then review outcome research on HFCE and its components. We present and discuss four possible reasons for the efficacy of the non-religi...
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Although perfectionism and forgiveness are associated with marital satisfaction, little is known regarding the relation between perfectionism and forgiveness, and their relative contributions to marital satisfaction (goal of the study). The purposes of this study were twofold. First, the extent to which perfectionism predicts forgiveness of self an...
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Student perspectives on the transmission of integration in integrative programs were examined through a qualitative study. Participants in the study were 595 graduate and undergraduate students (305 women and 247 men) drawn from four Evangelical Christian institutions of higher education. Participants provided written data in response to three open...
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Graduate students' perspectives on integration of faith and profession were investigated using item response to identify underlying constructs. Students (N = 595) from various professions and four universities were sampled. Three factors were supported asseparate and important constructs for students. The first two factors were drawn from Sorenson'...
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Graduate students' perspectives on integration of faith and profession were investigated using item response to identify underlying constructs. Students (N = 595) from various professions and four universities were sampled. Three factors were supported as separate and important constructs for students. The first two factors were drawn from Sorenson...
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This chapter examines common ethical concerns arising from clinical practice with religious and spiritual issues. The authors enumerate and explore a variety of ethical concerns, as well as, reference a professional therapist's growing body of professional guidance from which to determine an ethical response. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2012 APA,...
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Alcohol problems have pervasive effects on family functioning, with negative effects on the marriage relationship and children. In addition, family members and family relationships have a powerful positive or negative effect on treatment. This article provides a model for understanding the relationship between alcohol abusers' traits and situations...
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Abstract Cultural constructions of marriage have developed to form 2 marital values orientations. These marital values can be understood along a continuum from covenantal at 1 pole to contractual at the other pole. Covenantal marital values prioritize individual sacrifice for the marriage to promote marital health, commitment, and vow taking to res...
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Dietary behavior, specifically a low-fat, high-fiber diet, plays a role in the primary prevention of chronic diseases including cancer. A community-based randomized trial to assess the impact of a low-intensity, physician-endorsed, self-help dietary intervention that provided tailored dietary feedback, and was designed to promote improved fat and f...
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The decloseting of masturbation? The Joy of Self-Pleasuring: Why Feel Guilty About Feeling Good? By Edward L. Rowan. Amherst, NY: Prometheus, 2000, 226 pages. Paper, $19.00. Masturbation as Means of Achieving Sexual Health. Edited by Walter O. Bockting and Eli Coleman. New York: Haworth, 2002, 147 pages. Paper, $17.95. Masturbation: The History of...
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This article is the Editor's introduction to the special issue of the Journal of Psychology and Theology on Current Issues in Christian Marriages. The current literature on religious marriages are used to understand the materials discussed in this journal issue. Future directions for the development of the scholarly basis and community intervention...
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The authors report the development of the Religious Commitment Inventory--10 (RCI-10), used in 6 studies. Sample sizes were 155, 132, and 150 college students; 240 Christian church-attending married adults; 468 undergraduates including (among others) Buddhists ( n= 52), Muslims ( n=12), Hindus ( n=10), and nonreligious ( n= 117); and 217 clients an...
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The authors report the development of the Religious Commitment Inventory—10 (RCI–10), used in 6 studies. Sample sizes were 155, 132, and 150 college students; 240 Christian church-attending married adults; 468 undergraduates including (among others) Buddhists (n 􏰃 52), Muslims (n 􏰃 12), Hindus (n 􏰃 10), and nonreligious (n 􏰃 117); and 217 clients a...
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The authors report a clinical trial (N = 43 couples) that compares a hope‐focused marital enrichment (E. L. Worthington et al., 1997) with empathy‐centered forgiveness‐based marital enrichment (M. E. McCullough, 1997; E. L. Worthington, 1998a) and a wait‐list control. Treatment group couples improved relative to the wait‐list control group in obser...
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Highly religious couples constitute a substantial portion of marital therapy clients in the U.S. Married Christian individuals ( N = 211) completed a survey of demographics and religiosity (religious values and Christian beliefs). They rated preferences and expectations for one of four marital therapy situations: Christian therapist using Christian...
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Numerous accounts of research on promoting forgiveness in group settings have been published, indicating that forgiveness can be promoted successfully in varying degrees. Many have suggested that empathy-based interventions are often successful. It takes time to develop empathy for an offender. We report three studies of very brief attempts to prom...
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A one-year intervention project was developed and implemented to demonstrate the utility of using community organization methods to mobilize a rural, predominantly minority work site community toward smoking and dietary change. This intervention for smoking and dietary change was conducted in a rural work site (n = 235 at baseline) and guided by em...
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Strategic hope-focused relationship enrichment is a brief, eclectic, research-based program to enhance couples' relationships. Couples ( N = 51; 16 married, 24 cohabiting, 11 engaged) completed 5 sessions of enrichment counseling ( n = 26) or 3 written assessments ( n = 25) from 1 of 12 counselors. Couples receiving enrichment counseling had higher...
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One of the most challenging couples for the therapist to work with is couples with high levels of emotionally charged, volatile, and dysfunctional conflict. Even if this conflict never spills over into violence, it can be overwhelming for the couple and the therapist. Often these couples will display their distress in the therapy room in the way th...

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