Bibliography: Illness Beliefs Model

All known publications that cite the ILLNESS BELIEFS MODEL

Bibliography curated by Janice M. Bell, RN, PhD

Beliefs: The Heart of Healing in Families and Illness (1996) Google Scholar reports 723 citations to this 1996 edition. The 1996 edition has been translated to French, Japanese, and Swedish.

Beliefs and Illness: A Model for Healing (2009). Google Scholar reports 370 citations to this 2009 edition.

The Swedish translation of Beliefs: The Heart of Healing in Families and Illness [Familjefokuserad omvårdnad: föreställningar i samband med ohälsa och sjukdom] translated by K. Larsson-Wentz and published by Studentlitteratur in 2002] has been cited by 274+.

In 2011, Beliefs and Illness: A Model for Healing was translated to Japanese by Dr. Nami Kobayashi & K. Matsumoto.  Japanese title: “Yamai no Kunou wo Yawarageru Kazoku Sisutemu Kango”. Website for Japanese translation:  Nihon Kangokyoukai Publisher’s Inc.

In October 2021, a 3rd revised edition co-authored by Dr. Lorraine Wright and Dr. Janice Bell was published.  Illness Beliefs: The Heart of Healing in Families and Illness is now available from Amazon.

Listed by date from most recent to oldest

2023

Alfaro-Diaz, C., Esandi, N., Canga-Armayor, N., Pueyo-Garrigues, M., Canga-Armayor, N., Forjaz, M. J., Rodriguez-Blazquez, C., & Canga-Armayor, A. (2023). Psychometric evaluation of the Spanish Families Importance in Nursing Care: Nurses’ Attitudes Scale through Classical Test Theory and Rasch Analysis. Journal of Family Nursing. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1177/10748407221148083

Knauss, A., & Jensen, J. F. (2023). Solution-focused therapy in the medical family therapy field: Adapting clinical skills to different healthcare settings. Contemporary Family Therapy. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10591-023-09675-8

Marcheti, M. A., Mandata, A. P., de Oliveira Toso, B. R. G., Neves, E. T., Collet, N., Rocha, P. K., & Nascimento, L. C. (2023). Interactional model of caring for families of children with chronic conditions. In C. L. Betz, (Eds.), Worldwide Successful Pediatric Nurse-led Models of Care. Advance online publication. Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-22152-1_11

Rønne, P. F., Esbensen, B. A., Brødsgaard, A., Rosenstrøm, S. M., Voltelen, B., & Hansen, C. A. (2023). Barriers and facilitators influencing nurses’ confidence in managing family nursing conversations in the treatment of chronic noncancer pain: A longitudinal qualitative study. Journal of Family Nursing. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1177/10748407221145963

Rosenstrøm, S., Risom, S. S., Kallemose, T., Dixen, U., Hove, J. D., & Brødsgaard, A. (2023). Clinical outcomes of a short-term family-focused intervention for patients with atrial fibrillation–A randomised clinical trial. PLOS ONE, 18(3), e0282639. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0282639

Rothausen, C. S., Clausen, A. M., Voltelen, B., & Diperink, K. B. (2023). Protective buffering: Nurses facilitating communication between adults with cancer and their adult family caregivers. Journal of Family Nursing. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1177/10748407231156454

Walsh, F. (2023). Complex and traumatic loss: Fostering healing and resilience. Guilford Press.

2022

Aass, L. K., Moen, Ø. L., Skundberg‐Kletthagen, H., Lundqvist, L. O., & Schröder, A. (2022). Family support and quality of community mental health care: Perspectives from families living with mental illness. Journal of Clinical Nursing, 31(7-8), 935-948. https://doi.org/10.1111/jocn.15948.

Alfaro Diaz, C., Esandi, N., Canga Armayor, N., Pardavila-Belio, M.,  Pueyo-Garrigues, M., & Canga Armayor, A. (2022). Personal and contextual factors to the successful implementation of a family nursing approach in oncology care. Journal of Family Nursing, 28(3), 277-291. https://doi.org/10.1177/10748407221083071

Alfaro-Díaz, C., Svavarsdottir, E. K., Esandi, N., Klinke, M. E., & Canaga-Armayor, A. (2022). Effectiveness of nursing interventions for patients with cancer and their family members: A systematic review. Journal of Family Nursing, 28(2), 95-114. https://doi.org/10.1177/10748407211068816

Bentley, K., & Thissen, R. (2022). Family conundrums with psychiatric medication: An inquiry into experiences, beliefs, and desires. Community Mental Health Journal, 58. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10597-021-00792-y  [citation to: Marshall, A., Bell, J. M., & Moules, N. J. (2010). Beliefs, suffering, and healing: A clinical practice model for families experiencing mental illness. Perspectives in Psychiatric Care, 46(3), 197–208.]

Cheatham, K. L., & Fernando, D. M. (2022). Family resilience and parental stress in families of children with autism. The Family Journal, 30(3), 419- 426. https://doi.org/10.1177/10664807211052494

Chironda, G., Jarvis, M. A., & Brysiewicz, P. (2022). Family-focused nursing research in WHO Afro-Region member states: A scoping review. Journal of Family Nursing. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1177/10748407221132018 

Chivanon, N., & Wacharasin, C. (2022). ผล ของ รูป แบบ การ พยาบาล ต่อ ความ ทุกข์ ทรมาน ของ มารดา ที่ มี ทารก แรก เกิด น้ำหนัก น้อย ที่ เข้า รับ การ รักษา ใน หอ อภิบาล ทารก แรก เกิด ป่วย [Effects of Nursing Intervention Model on suffering in mothers with low birth weight infants hospitalized in sick newborn care unit. Thai Pharmaceutical and Health Science Journal-วารสาร ไทย เภสัชศาสตร์ และ วิทยาการ สุขภาพ, 17(1), 22-28.

Davis, C. E., Lamson, A. L., Meier, E. M., & Pratt, G. A. (2022). The intersect of pregnancy loss, trauma, and spirituality: A dyadic perspective. Maternal and Child Health Journal, 26(8), 1709-1718.  https://doi.org/10.1007/s10995-022-03452-z

Goumoëns, V., Ayigah, K., Joye,D., Ryvlin, P., & Ramelet, A.-S. (2022). The development of an early intervention for supporting families of persons with acquired brain injuries: The SAFIR© Intervention. Journal of Family Nursing, 28(1), 6-16. https://doi.org/10.1177/1074840721104821

Hsaio, C.-Y., Lu, H.-L., Hsieh, M.-H.,& Tsai, Y.-F., (2022). Effectiveness of a brief family strengths-oriented therapeutic conversation intervention for patients with schizophrenia and their caregivers. Journal of Nursing Scholarship, 54(2),213-225. https://doi.org/10.1111/jnu.12741

Ikander, T., Dieperink, K. B., Hansen, O., & Raunkiaer, M. (2022). Patient, family caregiver, and nurse involvement in end-of life discussions during palliative chemotherapy: A phenomenological hermeneutic study. Journal of Family Nursing, 28(1), 31-42 https://doi.org/10.1177/10748407211046308

Lacks, M., Lamson, A., & Goodman, J. (2022.). Biological, psychological, social, and spiritual health of active duty women: An exploratory study. Journal of Military, Veteran and Family Health, 8(1), 90-101. https://doi.org/10.3138/jmvfh-2021-0008

Lamson, A. L., Hodgson, J. L., Limon, F., & Feng, C. (2022).  Medical family therapy in rural community health: A longitudinal “peek” into integrated care successes. Contemporary Family Therapy, 44, 29-43. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10591-021-09626-1

Lamson, A. L., Hodgson, J. L., Pratt, K. J., Mendenhall T. J., Wong, A. G., Sesemann, E. M., Brown, B. J., Taylor, E. S., Williams-Reade, J. M., Blocker, D. J., Harsh Caspari, J., Zubatsky, M., & Martin, M. P. (2022). Couple and family interventions for high mortality health conditions: A strategic review (2010-2019). Journal of Marital and  Family Therapy, 42(1), 307-345. https://doi.org/10.1111/jmft.12564 

Leahey, M. (2022). Book Review: Illness Beliefs: The heart of healing in families and individuals. Journal of Family Nursing, 28(3),292-293. https://doi.org/10.1177/10748407221100523

Luttik, M. L., Brilstra, S., & Oud, M. A. (2023). Familiezorg ‘Samen in Actie’. https://research.hanze.nl/ws/portalfiles/portal/48462769/HANZE221065_Rapportage_Familiezorg_def.pdf

Mendenhall, T. J., McIntosh, D., & Hottinger, D. (2022) Walking-the-walk: Attending to the “spiritual” in Medical Family Therapy’s biopsychosocial/spiritual care. Contemporary Family Therapy, 44, 44–54. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10591-021-09619-0

Mkabile, S., & Swartz, L. (2022). Spiritual healers’ explanatory models of intellectual disability in Cape Town, South Africa. Journal of Disability & Religion, 26(1), 70-86. https://doi.org/10.1080/23312521.2021.1973939

Murray, C., Bain, L., Drake, P., & Avery, D. (2022). Stepping up and stepping in: Exploring the role of nurses supporting grandparents raising grandchildren. Journal of Family Nursing, 28(4) 341–352. https://doi.org/10.1177/10748407221124854  (Journal of Family Nursing: Special Issue on Supporting Structurally Diverse Families)

Novak, J. R., & Gilliss, B. T. (2022). A primer on sleep for MFTs: Implications and practical considerations. Journal of Marital and Family Therapy, 48(2), 543-559. https://doi.org/10.1111/jmft.12528

Rajaei, A. (2022).Couples coping with cancer: Implications of adaptive process and relationship outcomes in recent findings for marriage and family therapists and medical family therapists. The Family Journal, 33(3), https://doi.org/10.1177/10664807211052487 

Richardson, N. M., & Lamson, A. L. (2022). Understanding moral injury: Military-related injuries of the mind, body, and soul. Spirituality in Clinical Practice, 9(3), 145–158. https://doi.org/10.1037/scp0000270

Richardson, N. M., Lamson, A. L., & Hutto, O. (2022). “My whole moral base and moral understanding was shattered”: A phenomenological understanding of key definitional constructs of moral injury. Traumatology, 28(4), 458–470. https://doi.org/10.1037/trm0000364https://doi.org/10.1037/trm0000364

Rosa, I. T., Rossato, L. M., Guedes, D. M. B., Fogaça, V. D., Domingues, F., & Silva, L. (2022). Beliefs, knowledge, actional of nursing techniques in breast feeding, in pain management, in immunization.  Rev. Bras. Enferm, 75(6), https://doi.org/10.1590/0034-7167-2021-0546

Skuladottir, A., Sigurdardottir, A. O., & Svavarsdottir, E. K. (2022). The ‘Better sleep better well-being’ intervention for parents of infants with moderate sleep problems: A quasi-experimental study. Nordic Journal of Nursing Research, 42(2), 85-92. https://doi.org/10.1177/20571585211044503

Svavarsdottir, E. K.,  Hraunfjord, H., & Sigurdardottir, A. O. (2022). Nursing student’s perception of family importance in nursing care during the COVID-19 pandemic: A cross-sectional study. Nurse Education Today, 118, 105529. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nedt.2022.105529

Sveinbjarnardóttir, E. K., & Kilkku, N. (2022). Collaboration with families, networks and communities. In A. Higgins, N. Kilkku, & G. Kort Kristofersson, (Eds.). Advanced Practice in Mental Health Nursing. Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-05536-2_7

2021

Aass, L. K. (2021). Think family, Work family! Families living with mental illness. Perspectives of everyday life, family-centered support, and quality of community mental healthcare [Unpublished doctoral thesis]. Norwegian University of Science and Technology. https://ntnuopen.ntnu.no/ntnu-xmlui/handle/11250/2768707?locale-attribute=en

Aass, L. K., Skundberg-Kletthagen, H., & Schrøder, A., & Moen, O. L. (2021). It’s not a race, it’s a marathon! Families living with a young adult suffering from mental illness. Issues in Mental Health Nursing, 42(1), 15-23. https://doi.org/10.1080/01612840.2020.1770384

Ambrosio, L., Navarta-Sánchez, M. V., Carvajal, A., & Garcia-Vivar, C. (2021). Living with chronic illness from the family perspective: An integrative review. Clinical Nursing Research, 30(5), 579-590. https://doi.org/10.1177/1054773820947983   

Arabiat, D., Whitehead, L., AL Jabery, M., Hamdan-Mansour, A., Shaheen, A., & Sabbah, E. A. (2021). Beliefs about illness and treatment decision modeling during ill-health in Arabic families. Journal of Multidisciplinary Health, 14, 1755-1768. https://doi.org/10.2147/JMDH.S311900 [citation to:  Bell, J. M., & Wright, L. M. (2015). The Illness Beliefs Model: Advancing practice knowledge about illness beliefs, family healing, and family interventions [Editorial]. Journal of Family Nursing, 21(2), 179-185.]

Batista, S. M. L. P., & Martins, R. M. L. (2021). Suffering-associated factors in chronic disease in hospitalised patients in Portugal [Factores asociados al sufrimiento en la enfermedad crónica en pacientes hospitalizados en Portugal]. Enfermeria Clinica, 31(3), 135-147. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.enfcle.2020.12.002

Broekema, S., Paans, P., Oosterhoff, A. T., Roodbol, P. F., & Luttik, M. L. A. (2021). Patients’ and family members’ perspectives on the benefits and working mechanisms of family nursing conversations in Dutch home healthcare. Health & Social Care in the Community, 29(1), 259-269. https://doi.org/10.1111/hsc.13089

Burles, M., Holtslander, L., & Peternelj-Taylor, C. (2021). Palliative and hospice care in correctional facilities: Integrating a family nursing approach to address relational barriers. Cancer Nursing, 44(1), 29-36. doi: 10.1097/NCC.0000000000000754

Coulon, D. B., & Lacharite, C. (2021). L’expérience parentale lors de la transition à la parentalité: une formation professionnelle centrée sur le soutien à la résilience des parents [Parental experience during the transition to parenthood: Professional training focused on supporting parents’ resilience]. In Vulnérabilités et familles [Vulnerabilities of families], Chapter 18. Les Cahiers du CEIDEF – volume 8 – Septembre 2021.

Crespo, J. (2021). Latino women’s experience of sexual violence: A phenomenological study [Unpublished doctoral dissertation]. Department of Human Development and Family Science East Carolina University. https://thescholarship.ecu.edu/bitstream/handle/10342/9699/CRESPO-DOCTORALDISSERTATION-2021.pdf?sequence=1&isAllowed=yde

Eden, I., & Widen, J. (2021).  KOMMUNENS ANHÖRIGSTÖD: En kvalitativ intervjustudie om anhörigkonsulenters erfarenheter [MUNICIPALITY’S RELIABLE SUPPORT: A qualitative interview study on relatives ‘consultants’ experiences]. (This publication cites ‪Familjefokuserad omvårdnad‬: Swedish translation of the Illness Beliefs Model) 

Esandi, N., Nolan, M., Canga-Armayor, N., Pardavila-Belio, M. I., & Canga-Armayor, A. (2021). Family dynamics and the Alzheimer’s disease experience. Journal of Family Nursing, 27(2), 124-135. https://doi.org/10.1177/1074840720986611

France, V. W. (2021). Examining the role of self-compassion in resilience among African American women: A qualitative perspective. [Doctoral dissertation, Liberty University]. https://digitalcommons.liberty.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=4035&context=doctoral

Gomes, J. S., Van de Sand, I, C. P., & Giradon-Perlini, N. M. O. (2021). Cáncer gestacional: del diagnóstico a la repercusión en la vivencia familiar de la maternidad [Cancer during pregnancy: From the diagnosis to the repercussions on the family experience of maternity]. Revista da Escola de Engermagem da USP, 55:e20200518. http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/1980-220X-REEUSP-2020-0518

Gutiérrez-Alemán, T., Esandi, N., Pardavilla-Belio, M. I., Pueyo-Garrigues, M., Canga-Armayor, N., Alfaro-Diaz, C., Canga-Armayor, A. (2021). Effectiveness of educational programs for clinical competence in family nursing: A systematic review. Journal of Family Nursing, 27(4), 255-274. https://doi.org/10.1177/10748407211038683

Ivarsson, H., & Ambadiang, S. M. V. (2021). Upplevelsen att vara närstående till en person som drabbats av stroke och som vårdas i hemmet [The experience of being close to a person who has suffered a stroke and who is being cared for at home]. Blekinge Tekniska Högskola. (This publication cites ‪Familjefokuserad omvårdnad‬: Swedish translation of the Illness Beliefs Model) 

Jonsdottir, J. A., Vilhjalmsson R., & Svavarsdottir, E. K. (2021). Effectiveness of a couple-based intervention on sexuality and intimacy among women in active cancer treatment: A quasi-experimental study. European Journal of Oncology Nursing, 44(6),  E589-E599. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejon.2021.101975

Jonsdottir, J. A., Vilhjalmsson R., & Svavarsdottir, E. K. (2021). The benefit of a couple-based intervention among women in active cancer treatment on sexual concerns: A quasi-experimental study. Cancer Nursing, 52, 1015. https://doi.org/10.1097/NCC.0000000000000949

Mariana, A., & Österberg, M. (2021). Icke-farmakologiska interventioner som reducerar preoperativ oro och ångest hos föräldrar till barn som ska genomgå kirurgi: En systematisk litteraturstudie [Non-pharmacological interventions that reduce preoperative anxiety and distress in parents of children undergoing surgery: A systematic literature review]. Master’s thesis, Linnaeus University. https://www.diva-portal.org/smash/record.jsf?pid=diva2%3A1546811&dswid=-2228 [in Swedish]

Martinez, A.-M., Castiglione, S., Dupuis, F., Legault, A., Proulx, M. C., & Carnevale, F. (2021). Having therapeutic conversations with fathers grieving the death of a child. Omega – Journal of Death and Dying, 82(4), 609-662. https://doi.org/10.1177/0030222819825916 

Moen, O. L., Aass, L. K., Schroder, A., & Skundberg-Kletthagen, H. (2021). Young adults suffering from mental illness: Evaluation of the family‐centred support conversation intervention from the perspective of mental healthcare professionals. Journal of Clinical Nursing, 30(19-20), 2886-2896. https://doi.org/10.1111/jocn.15795

Naef, R., Ernst, J., & Müeller, M. (2021). Translation and psychometric validation of the German version of the Family Nursing Practice Scale (FNPS). Journal of Family Nursing, 27(1), 34-42.  https://doi.org/10.1177/1074840720969387

Ostergaard, B., Mahrer-Imhof, R., Shamali, M., Norgaard, B., Jeune, B., Pedersen, K. S., & Lauridsen, J. (2021). Effect of family nursing therapeutic conversations on patients with heart failure and their family members: Secondary outcomes of a randomised multicentre trial. Journal of Clinical Nursing, 30, 5-6, 742-756.  https://doi.org/10.1111/jocn.15603 [citation to Bell, J. M., & Wright, L. M. (2015).  The Illness Beliefs Model: Advancing practice knowledge about illness beliefs, family healing, and family interventions [Editorial]. Journal of Family Nursing, 21, 179– 185.]

Petersen, J. J., Østergaard, B., Svavarsdóttir, E. K., Rosenstock, S. J., & Brødsgaard, A. (2021).  A challenging journey: The experience of elderly patients and their close family members after major emergency abdominal surgery. Scandinavian Journal of Caring Sciences, 35(3), 903-910. https://doi.org/10.1111/scs.12907

Roenne, P. F., Esbensen, B. A., Broedsgaard, A., Andersen, L. O., & Hansen, C. A. (2021). Family nursing conversations with patients with chronic non-cancer pain and their selected family members. A protocol for the FANCOC-PAIN quasi-experimental trial. Medicine: Case Reports and Study Protocols, 2, 5 (e0103). doi: 10.1097/MD9.0000000000000103

Svavarsdottir, E. K., Tryggvadottir, M., Gisladottir, M., & Eriendsdottir, R. O. (2021). Enhancing family nursing practice in schools: School nurses’ perspectives on illness beliefs and family nursing practice skills when caring for children with attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder or asthma – A cross-sectional study. Nordic Journal of Nursing Research, 41(4), 216-223.  https://doi.org/10.1177/20571585211009690

2020

Aass, L. K., Skundberg-Kletthagen, H., & Schrøder, A. (2020). Young adults and their families living with mental illness: Evaluation of the usefulness of family-centered support conversations in community mental health care settings. Journal of Family Nursing, 26(4), 302-314. https://doi.org/10.1177/1074840720964397

Broekema, S., Luttik, M. L. A., Steggerda, G. E., Pans, W., & Roodbol, P. F. (2018). Measuring change in nurses’ perceptions about family nursing competency following a 6-day educational intervention. Journal of Family Nursing, 24(4), 508-537. https://doi.org/10.1177/1074840718812145 

Duhamel, F. (2018). Translating knowledge from a Family Systems Approach to clinical practice: Insights from knowlege translation research. Journal of Family Nursing, 23(4), 461-487. https://doi.org/10.1177/1074840717739030

Encarnação, P., Olivera, C. C., & Martins, T. (2018). Psychometric properties of the suffering assessment questionnaire in adults with chronic diseases or life‐threatening illness. Scandinavian Journal of Nursing Sciences, 32(4), 1279-1287. https://doi.org/10.1111/scs.12569 

Meiers, S. M., Eggenberger, S. K., & Krumwiede, N. (2018).  Development and implementation of a family-focused undergraduate nursing curriculum:  Minnesota State University, Mankato. Journal of Family Nursing, 24, 307-344. https://doi.org/10.1177/1074840718787274 

Østergaard, B., Mahrer Imhof, R., Wagner, L., Barington, T., Videbæk, L., & Lauridsen, J. (2018). Effect of family nursing therapeutic conversations on health-related quality of life, self-care and depression among outpatients with heart failure: A randomized multi-centre trial. Patient Education and Counseling, 101(8), 1385-1393. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pec.2018.03.006

Rolland, J. S. (2018). Helping couples and families navigate illness and disability: An integrated approach. Guilford Press.

Svavarsdottir, E. K., & Looman, W., Tryggvadottir, G. B., & Garwick, A. (2018). Psychometric testing of the Iceland Health Care Practitioner Illness Beliefs Questionnaire among school nurses. Scandinavian Journal of Caring Sciences, 32(1), 261-269. https://doi.org/10.1111/scs.12457

Svavarsdottir, E. K., & Sigurdardottir, A. O., Konradsdottir, E., & Tryggvadottir, G. B. (2018). The impact of nursing education and job characteristics on nurse’s perceptions of their family nursing practice skills.  Scandinavian Journal of Caring Sciences, 32(4), 1297-1307.  https://doi.org/10.1111/scs.12573

Sundin, K., Pusa, S., Jonsson, C., Savement, B.-I., & Östlund, U. (2018). Envisioning the future as expressed within family health conversations by families of persons suffering from stroke. Scandinavian Journal of Caring Sciences, 32(2), 707-714. https://doi.org/10.1111/scs.12501

Trudeau, S. M. (2018). Suffering and spirituality: The path to illness healing [Book review]. Journal of Family Nursing, 24(3), 493-495.  https://doi.org/10.1177/1074840718788082

Voletelen, B., Konradsen, H., & Ostergaard, B. (2018). Ethical considerations when conducting joint interviews with close relatives or family: An integrative review. Scandinavian Journal of Caring Sciences, 32(2), 515-526. https://doi.org/10.1111/scs.12535

Voltelen, B., Konradsen, H., & Østergaard, B. (2018). Family nursing therapeutic conversations: Family reorganization processes after diagnosis.  Family Relations, 67(5), 600-614. https://doi.org/10.1111/fare.12329

2017

Coyne, E., & Dieperink, K. B. (2017). A qualitative exploration of oncology nurses’ family assessment practices in Denmark and Australia. Supportive Care in Cancer, 25, 559-566. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00520-016-3438-1

Gisladottir, M., Svavarsdottir, E. K. (2017). The effectiveness of therapeutic conversation intervention for caregivers of adolescents with ADHD: A quasi-experimental design. Journal of Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing, 24(1), 15-27.https://doi.org/10.1111/jpm.12335

Gisladottir, M., Treasure, J., & Svavarsdottir, E. K. (2017). Effectiveness of therapeutic conversation intervention among caregivers of people with eating disorders: Quasi experimental design. Journal of Clinical Nursing, 26(5-6), 735-750. https://doi.org/10.1111/jocn.13412

Golfenshtein, N., Hanlon, A. L., & Deatrick, J. A., & Medoff-Cooper, B. (2017). Parenting stress in parents of infants with congenital heart disease and parents of healthy infants: The first year of life. Comprehensive Child and Adolescent Nursing, 40(4), 294-314. https://doi.org/10.1080/24694193.2017.1372532

Gusdal, A. K., Josefsson, K., Adolfsson, E. T., & Martin, L. (2017). Nurses’ attitudes toward family importance in heart failure care. European Journal of Cardiovascular Nursing, 16(3), 256-266. https://doi.org/10.1177/1474515116687178

International Family Nursing Association. (2017). IFNA Position Statement on Advanced Practice Competencies for Family Nursing. https://internationalfamilynursing.org/2017/05/19/advanced-practice-competencies/

Köhler, A. K., Nilsson, S., Jaarsma, T., & Tingström, P. (2017). Health beliefs about lifestyle habits differ between patients and spouses 1 year after a cardiac event – a qualitative analysis based on the Health Belief Model. Scandinavian Journal of Caring Sciences, 31(2), 332-341. https://doi.org/10.1111/scs.12351

Rolland, J. S. (2017). Neurocognitive impairment: Addressing couple and family challenges. Family Process, 56(4), 799-818.  https://doi.org/10.1111/famp.12316

Rolland, J. S., Emanuel, L. L., & Torke, A. M. (2017). Applying a family systems lens to proxy decision making in clinical practice and research. Families, Systems, & Health, 35(1), 7–17. https://doi.org/10.1037/fsh0000250

Sigurdardottir, A. O., Garwick, A. W., & Svavarsdottir, E. K. (2017). The importance of family support in pediatrics and its impact on healthcare satisfaction.  Scandinavian Journal of Caring Sciences, 31(2), 241-252. https://doi.org/10.1111/scs.12336

Thirsk, L. M., & Clark, A. M. (2017). Using qualitative research for complex interventions: The contributions of hermeneutics. International Journal of Qualitative Methods, 16(1). https://doi.org/10.1177/1609406917721068

Wacharasin, C. (2017). Nursing interventions for families experiencing chronic illness. Chon-Buri, Thailand: Chonburi Printing. [in Thai]

Weingarten, K., & Worthen, M. (2017). Unreliable bodies: A follow-up twenty years later by a mother and daughter about the impact of illness and disability on their lives. Family Process, 56(1), 262-277.https://doi.org/10.1111/famp.12197

Wright, L. M. (2017). Suffering and spirituality: The path to illness healing. Calgary, Alberta, Canada: 4th Floor Press.

2016

Bell, J. M. (2016). The central importance of therapeutic conversations in family nursing: Can talking be healing? [Editorial]. Journal of Family Nursing, 22(4), 439-449. https://doi.org/10.1177/1074840716680837

Boss, P., Bryant, C. M., & Mancini, J. A. (2016). Family stress management: A contextual approach (3^rd ed.). SAGE Publications.

Dorell, A., Bäckström, B., Ericsson, M., Johansson, M., Östlund, U., & Sundin, K. (2016). Experiences with Family Health Conversations at residential homes for older people. Clinical Nursing Research, 25(5), 560-582. https://doi.org/10.1177/1054773814565174

Dorell Å., Östlund, U., & Sundin K. (2016). Nurses’ perspective of conducting family conversation. International Journal of Qualitative Studies on Health and Well-being, 11(1). https://doi.org/10.3402/qhw.v11.30867  

Dorell, Å., & Sundin, K. (2016). Becoming visible – Experiences from families participating in Family Health Conversations at residential homes for older people. Geriatric Nursing, 37(4), 260-265. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gerinurse.2016.02.015

Eggenberger, S., & Sanders, M. (2016). A family nursing educational intervention support nurses and families in an adult intensive care unit. Australian Critical Care, 29(4), 217-223. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.aucc.2016.09.002 

Gisladottir, M., & Svavarsdottir, E. K. (2016). Development and psychometric testing of the Iceland-Family Illness Beliefs Questionnaire (ICE-FIBQ). Journal of Family Nursing, 22(3), 321-338. https://doi.org/10.1177/1074840716661593

Gisladottir, M., & Svavarsdottir, E. K. (2016). The effectiveness of therapeutic conversation intervention for caregivers of adolescents with ADHD: A quasi-experimental design. Journal of Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing, 24(1), 15-27. https://doi.org/10.1111/jpm.12335

Golfenshtein, N., Srulovici, E., & Deatrick, J. A. (2016). Interventions for reducing parenting stress in families with pediatric conditions: An integrative review. Journal of Family Nursing, 22(4), 460-492. https://doi.org/10.1177/1074840716676083

Lämås, K., Sundin, K., Jacobsson, C., Saveman, B-I., & Östlund, U. (2016). Possibilities to evaluate cost-effectiveness of family system nursing: An example based on Family Health Conversations with families in which a middle-aged family member had suffered stroke. Nordic Journal of Nursing Research, 36(2), 74-81. https://doi.org/10.1177/0107408315610076

Lindgren, E., Soderberg, S., & Skar, L. (2016). Being a parent to a young adult with mental illness in transition to adulthood. Issues in Mental Health Nursing, 37(2), 98-105. https://doi.org/10.3109/01612840.2015.1092621

McKechnie, A. C., Pridham, K., & Tluczek, A. (2016). Walking the “emotional tightrope” from pregnancy to parenthood: Understanding parental motivation to manage health care and distress after a fetal diagnosis of complex congential heart disease. Journal of Family Nursing, 22(1), 74-107. https://doi.org/10.1177/1074840715616603

Östlund, U., Bäckström, B., Saveman, B.-I., Lindh, V., & Sundin, K. (2016). A Family Systems Nursing approach for families following a stroke: Family Health Conversations. Journal of Family Nursing, 22(2), 148-171. https://doi.org/10.1177/107484071664279 

Voltelen, B., Konradsen, H., & Østergaard, B. (2016). Family nursing therapeutic conversations in heart failure outpatient clinics in Denmark: Nurses’ experiences. Journal of Family Nursing, 22, 172-198. https://doi.org/10.1177/1074840716643879

Wright, L. M. (2016). Brain science and illness beliefs: An unexpected explanation of the healing power of therapeutic conversations and the family interventions that matter. Journal of Family Nursing, 21(2), 186-205. https://doi.org/10.1177/1074840715575822

Yamaguchi, S., Cohen, S. R., & Uza, M. (2016). Family caregiving in Japan: The influence of cultural constructs in the care of adults with cancer. Journal of Family Nursing, 22(3), 392-418. https://doi.org/10.1177/1074840716655530

2015

Arestedt, L., Benzein, E., & Persson, E. (2015). Families living with chronic illness: Beliefs about illness, family, and health care. Journal of Family Nursing, 21(1), 206-231. https://doi.org/10.1177/1074840715576794 [SPECIAL ISSUE ON THE ILLNESS BELIEFS MODEL]

Bell, J. M. (2015). Growing the science of Family Systems Nursing: Family health intervention research focused on illness suffering and family healing [L’avancement de la recherché sur l’intervention infirmiere systémique en santé familiale: bilan]. In F. Duhamel (Ed.), La santé et la famille: Une approche systémique en soins infirmiers [Families and health: A systemic approach in nursing care] (3rd ed., 102-125.) Montreal, Quebec, Canada: Gaëtan Morin editeur, Chenelière Éducation. [In French] English language translation available from U of C Institutional Repository, PRISM: University of Calgary Repository. https://prism.ucalgary.ca/handle/1880/51114 

Bell, J. M., & Wright, L. M. (2015). The Illness Beliefs Model: Advancing practice knowledge about illness beliefs, family healing, and family interventions [Editorial]. Journal of Family Nursing, 21(2), 179-185. https://doi.org/10.1177/1074840715586889  [SPECIAL ISSUE ON THE ILLNESS BELIEFS MODEL]

Benzein, E., Olin, C., & Persson, C. (2015). ‘You put it all together’- families’ evaluation of participating in Family Health Conversations. Scandinavian Journal of Caring Sciences, 29(1), 136-144. https://doi.org/10.1111/scs.12141

Eggenberger, S. K., & Krumwiede, N. (2015). Using simulation pedagogy in the formation of family-focused generalist nurses.  Journal of Nursing Education, 54(10). https://doi.org/10.3928/01484834-20150916-08

Fernandes, C. S., & Pereira Gomes, J. A., Martins, M. M., Pereira Gomes, B., Hisako Takase Gonçalves, L. (2015) A Importância das Famílias nos Cuidados de Enfermagem: Atitudes dos Enfermeiros em Meio hospitalar [The importance of families in nursing care: Nurses’ attitudes in the hospital environment].  Referência – Revista de Enfermagem, 14(7), 21-30. https://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=388243209002

International Family Nursing Association. (2015). IFNA Position Statement on Generalist Competencies for Family Nursing Practice. https://internationalfamilynursing.org/2015/07/31/ifna-position-statement-on-generalist -competencies-for-family-nursing-practice/

Melcher, U., Sandell, R., & Henriksson, A. (2015).  Maintaining everyday life in a family with a dying parent: Teenagers’ experiences of adapting to responsibility. Palliative and Supportive Care, 13(6), 1595-1601. doi:10.1017/S1478951515000085

Östlund, U., Bäckström, B., Lindh, V., Sundin, K., & Saveman, B.-I. (2015). Nurses’ fidelity to theory-based core components when implementing Family Health Conversations—a qualitative inquiry. Scandinavian Journal of Caring Sciences, 29(3), 582-590. https://doi.org/10.1111/scs.12178

Sato, N., Araki, A., Ito, R., & Ishigaki, K. (2015). Exploring the beliefs of Japanese mothers caring for a child with disabilities. Journal of Family Nursing, 21(2), 232-260. https://doi.org/10.1177/1074840715586551  [SPECIAL ISSUE ON THE ILLNESS BELIEFS MODEL]

Sundin, K., Pusa, S., Lundstedt, E., Östlund, U., Lindh, V., & Saveman, B.-I. (2015). What couples choose to focus on during nurse-led Family Health Conversations when suffering stroke. The International Journal for Human Caring, 19(2), 22-28. http://dx.doi.org/10.20467/1091-5710-19.2.22

Svavarsdottir, E. K., Sigurdardottir, A. O., Konradsdottir, E., Stefansdottir, A., Sveinbjarnardottir, E. K., Ketilsdottir, A., Blondal, K., Jonsdottir, A., Bergs, D., & Gudmundsdottir, H. (2015). The process of translating family nursing knowledge into clinical practice. Journal of Nursing Scholarship, 47(1), 5-15. https://doi.org/10.1111/jnu.12108

Wacharasin, C., Phaktoop, M., & Sananreangsak, S. (2015). Examining the usefulness of a Family Empowerment Program guided by the Illness Beliefs Model for families caring for a child with thalassemia. Journal of Family Nursing, 21(2), 295-321. https://doi.org/10.1177/1074840715585000  [SPECIAL ISSUE ON THE ILLNESS BELIEFS MODEL]

West, C. H., Bell, J. M., Woodgate, R. L., & Moules, N. J. (2015). Waiting to return to normal: An exploration of family systems intervention in childhood cancer. Journal of Family Nursing, 21(2), 261-294.  https://doi.org/10.1177/1074840715576795 [SPECIAL ISSUE ON THE ILLNESS BELIEFS MODEL]

Wright, L. M. (2015). Brain science and illness beliefs: An unexpected explanation of the healing power of therapeutic conversations and the family interventions that matter. Journal of Family Nursing, 21(2), 186-205. https://doi.org/10.1177/1074840715575822 [SPECIAL ISSUE ON THE ILLNESS BELIEFS MODEL]

2014

Angelo, M., Cruz, A. C., Mekitarian, F. F. P., da Silva dos Santos, C. C., Martinho, M. J. C. M., da Silva Martins (2014).   Actitudes de enfermeras sobre la importancia de las familias en los cuidados de enfermería en pediatría [Nurses’ attitudes regarding the importance of families in pediatric nursing care]. Revista da Escola de Enfermagem da USP, 48. https://doi.org/10.1590/S0080-623420140000600011

Arestedt, L., Persson, C., & Benzein, E. (2014).  Living as a family in the midst of chronic illness. Scandinavian Journal of Caring Sciences, 28(1), 29-37. https://doi.org/10.1111/scs.12023

Bally, J. M. G., Holtslander, L., & Duggleby, W. (2014). Understanding parental experiences through their narratives of restitution, chaos, and quest: Improving care for families experiencing childhood cancer. Journal of Family Nursing, 20(3), 287-312. https://doi.org/10.1177/1074840714532716

Bell, J. M. (2014). Creating a culture of feedback in family nursing [Editorial]. Journal of Family Nursing, 20(4), 383-389. https://doi.org/10.1177/1074840714559505

Bell, J. M. (2014). Family centered care and family nursing: Three beliefs that matter most [Guest Editorial for a Special Issue on Family Centered Care]. Pfelge, 27(4), 213-217. https://doi.org/10.1024/1012-5302/a000369

Bell, J. M. (2014). Knowledge translation in family nursing: Gazing into the Promised Land [Editorial]. Journal of Family Nursing, 20(1), 3-12. https://doi.org/10.1177/1074840714521731

Gudnadottir, M., & Svarvarsdottir, E. K. (2014). Advanced nursing intervention for families of children and adolescents with asthma: The father’s perspective. Nordic Journal of Nursing Research, 34(2), 49-52. https://doi.org/10.1177/010740831403400210

Imber-Black, E. (2014). Will talking make it worse? Facilitating family conversations in the context of chronic and life-shortening illness. Journal of Family Nursing, 20(2), 151-163. https://doi.org/10.1177/1074840714530087

Østergaard, B., & Wagner, L. (2014). The development of family nursing in Denmark: Current status and future perspectives. Journal of Family Nursing, 20(4), 487-500. https://doi.org/10.1177/1074840714557780

Ostlund, U., Bäckström, B., Lindh, V., Sundin, K., & Saveman, B.-I. (2014). Nurses’ fidelity to theory-based core components when implementing Family Health Conversations—a qualitative inquiry. Scandinavian Journal of Caring Sciences, 29(3), 582-590. https://doi.org/10.1111/scs.12178

Östlund, U., & Persson, C. (2014). Examining family responses to Family Systems Nursing interventions: An integrative review. Journal of Family Nursing, 20(3), 259-286. https://doi.org/10.1177/1074840714542962

Persson, C., & Benzein, E. (2014). Family Health Conversations: How do they support health? Nursing Research and Practice, 2014, Article ID 547160. http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2014/547160 [Predatory publication]

Woodgate, R., West. C. H., & Tailor, K. (2014).  Essential anxiety and growth: An exploration of computerized drawings and perspectives of children and adolescents with cancer. Cancer Nursing, 37(2), 146-159. doi: 10.1097/NCC.0b013e31829ded29

2013

Bell, J. M. (2013). Family nursing is more than family centered care [Editorial]. Journal of Family Nursing, 19(4), 411-417. https://doi.org/10.1177/1074840713512750

Kamban, S., & Svavarsdottir, E. K. (2013). Does a therapeutic conversation intervention in an acute paediatric setting make a difference for families of children with bronchiolitis caused by respiratory syncytial virus (RSV)? Journal of Clinical Nursing, 22(19-20), 2723-2733. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2702.2012.04330.x

Konradsdottir, E., & Svavarsdottir, E. K. (2013). The role of the advanced nurse practitioners in offering brief therapeutic conversation intervention for families of children and adolescents with Type 1 diabetes. Nordic Journal of Nursing Research, 33(1), 44-47. https://doi.org/10.1177/010740831303300310

Lindh, V., Persson, C., Saveman, B-I., Englund, C., Idberger, K., & Östlund, U. (2013). An initiative to teach family Systems Nursing using online health-promoting conversations: A multi-methods evaluation. Journal of Nursing Education and Practice, 3(2), 54-66. [Predatory publication]

Rallison, L. B., & Raffin-Bouchal, S. (2013). Living in the in-between: Families caring for a child with progressive neurodegenerative illness. Qualitative Health Research, 23(2), 194-206. https://doi.org/10.1177/1049732312467232

Sigurdardottir, A. O., & Svavarsdottir, E. K., Rayens, M. K., & Adkins, S. (2013). Therapeutic conversations intervention in pediatrics: Are they of benefit for families of children with asthma? Nursing Clinics of North America, 48(2), 287-304. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cnur.2013.01.007

Silverman, J., Kurtz, S., & Draper, J. (2013). Skills for communicating with patients (3rd. ed.). CRC Press.

Svavarsdottir, E. K., & Sigurdardottir, A. (2013). Benefits of a brief therapeutic conversation intervention for families of children and adolescents in active cancer treatment. Oncology Nursing Forum, 40(5), E-346-E357. doi: 10.1188/13.ONF.E346-E357

Sveinbjarnardottir, E .K., Svavarsdottir, E. K., & Wright, L. M. (2013). What are the benefits of a short therapeutic conversation intervention with acute psychiatric patients and their families? A controlled before and after study. International Journal of Nursing Studies, 50(5), 593-602. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijnurstu.2012.10.009

Thirsk, L. M., & Moules, N. J. (2013). “I can just be me”: Advanced practice nursing with families experiencing grief. Journal of Family Nursing, 19, 74-98. https://doi.org/10.1177/1074840712471445

Weingarten, K. (2013). The “cruel radiance of what is”: Helping couples live with chronic illness. Family Process, 52(1), 83-101. https://doi.org/10.1111/famp.12017

Wright, L. M. (2013). Don’t get married… Unless… Know when, to whom, and IF you should tie the knot–and how to fortify your marriage once you do. 4th Floor Press.

2012

Benzein, E., Hagberg, M., & Saveman, B.-I. (2012). Att möta familjer inom vård och omsorg [Meeting with families in health and community care].  Studentlitteratur. [in Swedish]

Coyne, E., Wollin, J., & Creedy, D. K. (2012).  Exploration of the family’s role and strengths after a young woman is diagnosed with breast cancer: Views of women and their families. European Journal of Oncology Nursing, 16(2), 124-130. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejon.2011.04.013 

Erlingsson, C. L., Magnusson, L., & Hanson, E. (2012). Family caregivers’ health in connection with providing care. Qualitative Health Research, 22(5), 640-655. https://doi.org/10.1177/1049732311431247

Moules, N. J., Bell, J. M., Paton, B. I. & Morck, A.C. (2012). Examining pedagogical practices in Family Systems Nursing: Intentionality, complexity, and doing well by families. Journal of Family Nursing, 18(2), 261-295. https://doi.org/10.1177/1074840711435508

Nyirati, C. M., Denham, S. A., & Raffle, H. (2012). Where is the family in the family nursing practitioner program? Results of a US family nurse practitioner survey. Journal of Family Nursing, 18(3), 378-408. https://doi.org/10.1177/1074840712443872

Svavarsdottir, E. K., Tryggvadottir, G. B., & Sigurdardottir, A. O. (2012). Knowledge translation in family nursing: Does a short-term therapeutic conversation intervention benefit families of children and adolescents in a hospital setting? Findings from the Landspitali University Hospital Family Nursing Implementation Project. Journal of Family Nursing, 18(3), 303-327. https://doi.org/10.1177/1074840712449202

Sveinbjarnardottir, E. K., Svavarsdottir, E. K., & Hrafnkelsson, B. (2012). Psychometric development of the Iceland-Expressive Family Functioning Questionnaire (ICE-EFFQ). Journal of Family Nursing, 18(3), 353–377. https://doi.org/10.1177/1074840712449204

Sveinbjarnardottir, E. K., Svavarsdottir, E. K., & Hrafnkelsson, B. (2012). Psychometric development of the Iceland-Family Perceived Support Questionnaire (ICE-FPSQ). Journal of Family Nursing, 18(3), 328–352. https://doi.org/10.1177/1074840712449203

Thirsk, L. M., & Moules, N. J. (2012). Considerations for grief interventions: Eras of witnessing with families. OMEGA – Journal of Death and Dying, 65(2), 107-124. https://doi.org/10.2190/OM.65.2.b

Walsh, F. (2012). Family resilience: Strengths forged through adversity. In F. Walsh (Ed.), Normal family processes: Growing diversity and complexity (p. 399–427). Guilford Press.

2011

Bell, J. M. (2011). Relationships: The heart of the matter in family nursing [Editorial]. Journal of Family Nursing, 17(1), 3-10. https://doi.org/10.1177/1074840711398464

Bell, J. M., & Wright, L. M. (2011). The Illness Beliefs Model: Creating practice knowledge for families experiencing illness suffering. In E. K. Svarvarsdottir & H. Jonsdottir (Eds.), Family nursing in action (pp. 15-51). University of Iceland Press.

Feetham, S. (2011). The relationship of family to health: An overview. In M. Craft-Rosenburg & S.-R.Peller (Eds.), Encyclopedia of family health, (Vol. 1, pp. xxxi-xxxvi). Sage Publications.

Ganong, L. (2011). Return of the “intimate outsider”: Current trends and issues in family nursing research revisited. Journal of Family Nursing, 17(4), 416-440. https://doi.org/10.1177/1074840711425029

Gísladóttir, M., & Svavarsdottir, E. K. (2011). Educational and support intervention to help families assist in the recovery of relatives with eating disorders. Journal of Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing, 18(2), 122-130. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2850.2010.01637.x

Sveinbjarnardottir, E. K., Svavarsdottir, E. K., & Saveman, B. I. (2011). Nurses attitudes towards the importance of families in psychiatric care following an educational and training intervention program. Journal of Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing, 18(10), 895-903. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2850.2011.01744.x

West, C. H. (2011). Addressing illness suffering in childhood cancer: Exploring the beliefs of family members in therapeutic nursing conversations. Unpublished doctoral thesis, University of Calgary, Alberta, Canada. (Supervisor: Dr. Janice M. Bell). PRISM: University of Calgary Repository. http://dx.doi.org/10.11575/PRISM/20785

2010

Binding, L. L., Morck, A. C., & Moules, N. J. (2010). Learning to see the other: A vehicle of reflection. Nurse Education Today, 30(6), 591-594. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nedt.2009.12.014

Duhamel, F. (2010). Implementing family nursing: How do we translate knowledge into clinical practice? Part II: The evolution of 20 years of teaching, research, and practice to a Center of Excellence in Family Nursing. Journal of Family Nursing, 16(1), 8-25. https://doi.org/10.1177/1074840709360208

Eggenberger, S. K., & Regan, M. (2010). Expanding simulation to teach family nursing. Journal of Nursing Education, 49(10), 550-558. https://doi.org/10.3928/01484834-20100630-01

Fast Braun, V., & Hyndman, K., & Foster, C. (2010). Family nursing for undergraduate nursing students: The Brandon University Family Case Model approach. Journal of Family Nursing, 16(2), 161-176. https://doi.org/10.1177/1074840710366565

Freed, P. E., SmithBattle, L., Leander, S., & Westhus, N. (2010). Therapeutic letters in undergraduate nursing education: Ideas for clinical nurse educators. Nurse Education Today, 30(5), 470-475. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nedt.2009.10.009

Lapp., C. A., Taft, L. B., Tollefson, T., Hoepner, A., Moore, K., & Divyak, K. (2010). Stress and coping on the home front. Guard and reserve spouses searching for a new normal. Journal of Family Nursing, 16(1), 45-67. https://doi.org/10.1177/1074840709357347

Marshall, A., Bell, J. M., & Moules, N. J. (2010). Beliefs, suffering, and healing: A clinical practice model for families experiencing mental illness. Perspectives in Psychiatric Care, 46(3), 197-208. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1744-6163.2010.00259.x

Moules, N. J., & Johnstone, J. (2010). Commendations, conversations, and life-changing realizations: Teaching and practicing family nursing. Journal of Family Nursing, 16(2), 146-160. https://doi.org/10.1177/1074840710365148

Nelms, T. P., & Eggenberger, S. K. (2010). The essence of the family critical illness experience and nurse-family meetings. Journal of Family Nursing, 16(4), 462-486. https://doi.org/10.1177/1074840710386608

Phelps, K. W. (2010). [Review of the book Beliefs and illness: A model for healing by L. M. Wright & J. M. Bell]. Families, Systems, & Health, 28(1), 70–71. https://doi.org/10.1037/a0018945

Saveman, B.-I. (2010). Family nursing research for practice: The Swedish perspective. Journal of Family Nursing, 16(1), 26-44. https://doi.org/10.1177/1074840709360314

Skerrett, K. (2010). Extending family nursing: Concepts from positive psychology. Journal of Family Nursing, 16(4), 487-502.https://doi.org/10.1177/1074840710386713

Stajduhar, K. K., Funk, L., Toye, C., Grande, G. E., Aoun, S., & Todd, C. J. (2010). Part 1: Home-based family caregiving at the end of the life: A comprehensive review of published quantitative research (1998-2008). Palliative Medicine, 24(6), 573-593. https://doi.org/10.1177/0269216310371412

Wacharasin, C. (2010). Families suffering with HIV/AIDS: What family nursing interventions are useful to promote healing? Journal of Family Nursing, 16(3), 302-321. https://doi.org/10.1177/1074840710376774

Walsh, F. (2010). Spiritual diversity: Multifaith perspectives in family therapy. Family Process, 49(3), 330-348. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1545-5300.2010.01326.x

2009

Bell, J. M. (2009). Family Systems Nursing re-examined [Editorial]. Journal of Family Nursing, 15(2), 123-129. https://doi.org/10.1177/1074840709335533

Bell, J. M., Moules, N. J., & Wright, L .M. (2009). Therapeutic letters and the Family Nursing Unit: A legacy of advanced nursing practice. Journal of Family Nursing, 15(1), 6-30. https://doi.org/10.1177/1074840709331865

Bor, R., Gill, S., Miller, R., & Evans, A. (2009). Counselling in health care settings: A handbook for practitioners. Palgrave Macmillan.

Duhamel, F., Dupuis, F., & Wright, L. (2009). Families’ and nurses’ responses to the “One Question Question”: Reflections for clinical practice, education, and research in family nursing. Journal of Family Nursing, 15(4), 461-485. https://doi.org/10.1177/1074840709350606 

Erlingsson, C. (2009). Undergraduate students writing therapeutic letters to families: An educational strategy. Journal of Family Nursing, 15(1), 83-101. https://doi.org/10.1177/1074840708330447

Moules, N. J. (2009). Grief and families: Applying the Illness Beliefs Model to bereavement. In L.M. Wright & J.M. Bell. Beliefs and illness: A model for healing (pp. 305-317). 4th Floor Press.

Moules, N. J. (2009). Therapeutic letters in nursing: Examining the character and influence of the written word in clinical work with families experiencing illness. Journal of Family Nursing, 15(1), 31-49. https://doi.org/10.1177/1074840709331639

Moules, N. J. (2009). The past and future of therapeutic letters: Family suffering and healing words. Journal of Family Nursing, 15(1), 102-111. https://doi.org/10.1177/1074840709332238

St. John, W., & Flowers, K. (2009). Working with families: From theory to clinical nursing practice. Collegian, 16(3), 131-138. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.colegn.2009.04.001

Thirsk, L. M. (2009). Understanding the nature of nursing practices and interventions with grieving families. [Doctoral thesis, University of Calgary] (Supervisor: Dr. Nancy J. Moules). PRISM: University of Calgary Repository. https://prism.ucalgary.ca/handle/1880/48641

Wright, L .M., & Bell, J. M. (2009). Beliefs and illness: A model for healing. 4th Floor Press. Free download of the Table of Contents and Chapter 1 is available from PRISM: University of Calgary Repository. https://prism.ucalgary.ca/bitstream/handle/1880/48559/Beliefs_and%20Illness_2009.pdf

2008

Bell. J. M. (2008). The Family Nursing Unit, University of Calgary: Reflections on 25 years of clinical scholarship (1982-2007) and closure announcement [Editorial]. Journal of Family Nursing, 14(3), 275-288. https://doi.org/10.1177/1074840708323598

Benzein, E., Hagberg, M., & Saveman, B.-I. (2008). ‘Being appropriately unusual’: A challenge for nurses in health-promoting conversations with families. Nursing Inquiry, 15(2), 106-115. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1440-1800.2008.00401.x

Benzein, E. G., & Saveman, B.-I. (2008). Health-promoting conversations about hope and suffering with couples in palliative care. International Journal of Palliative Nursing, 14, 439-445. https://doi.org/10.12968/ijpn.2008.14.9.31124

Clausson, E., & Berg, A. (2008). Family intervention sessions: One useful way to improve schoolchildren’s mental health. Journal of Family Nursing, 14(3), 289-313. https://doi.org/10.1177/1074840708322758

Flowers, K., St. John, W., & Bell, J. M. (2008). The role of the clinical laboratory in teaching and learning family nursing skills. Journal of Family Nursing, 14(2), 242-267. https://doi.org/10.1177/1074840708316562

Houger Limacher, L. (2008). Locating relationships at the heart of commending practices. Journal of Systemic Therapies, 27(4), 90-105. https://doi.org/10.1521/jsyt.2008.27.4.90

Marshall, A. J., & Harper-Jaques, S. (2008). Depression and family relationships: Ideas for healing. Journal of Family Nursing, 14(1), 56-73. https://doi.org/10.1177/1074840707312717

McLeod, D. L., & Wright, L. M. (2008). Living the as-yet unanswered: Spiritual care practices in Family Systems Nursing. Journal of Family Nursing, 14(1), 118-141. https://doi.org/10.1177/1074840707313339

Svavarsdottir, E. K. (2008). Excellence in nursing: A model for implementing Family Systems Nursing in nursing practice at an institutional level in Iceland. Journal of Family Nursing, 14(4), 456-468. https://doi.org/10.1177/1074840708328123

Wacharasin, C., & Theinpichet, S. (2008). Family nursing practice, education, and research: What is happening in Thailand?  Journal of Family Nursing, 14(4), 429-435. https://doi.org/10.1177/1074840708327515

Wright, L. M. (2008). Softening suffering through spiritual care practices: One possibility for healing families. Journal of Family Nursing, 14(4), 394-411. https://doi.org/10.1177/1074840708326493

2007

Bell, J. M., & Wright, L. M. (2007). La recherche sur la pratique des soins infirmiers à la famille [Research on family interventions]. In F. Duhamel (Ed.), La santé et la famille: Une approche systémique en soins infirmiers [Families and health: A systemic approach in nursing care] (2nd ed., pp. 87-105). Montreal, Quebec, Canada: Gaëtan Morin editeur, Chenelière Éducation. [In French] (An English version of this book chapter available for public access at PRISM, University of Calgary Repository:http://dx.doi.org/10.11575/PRISM/29979 http://dspace.ucalgary.ca/handle/1880/44060)

Duhamel F. (2007). Les interventions systémiques familiales auprès de la famille [Family nursing intervention]. In F. Duhamel (Ed.), La santé et la famille : Une approche systémique en soins infirmiers [Families and health: A systemic approach in nursing care] (2nd ed., pp. 63-86). Montréal, Quebec, Canada: Gaëtan Morin éditeur. Chenelière Éducation.

Duhamel, F., Dupuis, F., Reidy, M., & Nadon, N. (2007). A qualitative evaluation of a family nursing intervention. Clinical Nurse Specialist, 21(1), 43-49.

James, I., Andershed, B., & Ternestedt, B.-M. (2007). A family’s beliefs about cancer, dying, and death in the end of life. Journal of Family Nursing, 13(2), 226-252. https://doi.org/10.1177/1074840707300849

2006

Goudreau, J., Duhamel, F., & Ricard, N. (2006). The impact of a Family Systems Nursing educational program on the practice of psychiatric nurses. A pilot study. Journal of Family Nursing, 12(3), 292-306. https://doi.org/10.1177/1074840706291694

Houger Limacher, L., & Wright, L. M. (2006). Exploring the therapeutic family intervention of commendations: Insights from research. Journal of Family Nursing, 12(3), 307-331. https://doi.org/10.1177/1074840706291696

Moules, N. J., Thirsk, L. M., & Bell, J .M. (2006). A Christmas without memories: Beliefs about grief and mothering–A clinical case analysis. Journal of Family Nursing, 12(4), 426-441. https://doi.org/10.1177/1074840706294244

Rolland, J. (2006). Genetics, family systems, and multicultural influences. Families, Systems & Health, 24(4), 425-441.https://doi.org/10.1037/1091-7527.24.4.425

Rolland, J. S., & Walsh, F. (2006). Facilitating family resilience with childhood illness and disability. Current Opinion in Pediatrics, 18(5), 527-530. doi: 10.1097/01.mop.0000245354.83454.68

Simpson, P., Yeung, K. K., Kwan, T. Y., & Wah, W. K. (2006). Family systems nursing. A guide to mental health care in Hong Kong. Journal of Family Nursing, 12(3), 276-291. https://doi.org/10.1177/1074840706291436

Wright, L. M. (2006). Facilitating healing in illness: Practical therapeutic techniques for diabetes educators. The Diabetes Communicator, Jan/Feb, 8. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/1880/48635

2005

Robinson, W. D., Carroll, J. S., & Watson, W. L. (2005). Shared experience building around the family crucible of cancer. Families, Systems, & Health, 23(2), 131-147. https://doi.org/10.1037/1091-7527.23.2.131

Rolland, J. (2005). Cancer and the family: An integrative model. Cancer, 104(S11), 2584-2595. https://doi.org/10.1002/cncr.21489

Saveman B-I., Måhlén C., & Benzein E. (2005). Nursing students´ beliefs about families in nursing care. Nurse Education Today, 25(6), 480-486. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nedt.2005.05.002

Wright, L. M. (2005). Family Nursing: Challenges and opportunities– Marriage: It matters in sickness and in health. Journal of Family Nursing, 11(4), 344-349. https://doi.org/10.1177/1074840705280822

2004

Barss, K. S. (2004). Building bridges: An interpretive phenomenological analysis of nurse educators’ clinical experience using the T.R.U.S.T. Model for inclusive spiritual care. International Journal of Nursing Education Scholarship, 9(1), https://doi.org/10.1515/1548-923X.2389

Bell, J. M., Moules, N. J., Simonson, K., & Fraser, J. (2004). Marriage and illness: Therapeutic conversations with couples who are suffering. P. Amato & N. Gonzalez (Eds.), Vision 2004: What is the future of marriage? (pp. 47-52). Minneapolis, MN: National Council on Family Relations.

Duhamel, F., & Dupuis, F. (2004). Guaranteed returns: Investing in conversations with families of cancer patients. Clinical Journal of Oncology Nursing, 8(1), 68-71. doi: 10.1188/04.CJON.68-71

Duhamel, F., & Talbot, L. (2004). A constructivist evaluation of family interventions in cardiovascular nursing practice. Journal of Family Nursing, 10(1), 12-32. https://doi.org/10.1177/1074840703260906

Tapp, D. M. (2004). Dilemmas of family support during cardiac recovery: Nagging as a gesture of support. Western Journal of Nursing Research, 26(5), 561-580. https://doi.org/10.1177/0193945904265425

Wright, L. M., & Bell, J. M. (2004). Retrospective – Nurses, families, and illness: A new combination [Editorial]. Journal of Family Nursing, 10(1), 3-11. https://doi.org/10.1177/1074840703261066

2003

Bell, J. M. (2003). Clinical scholarship in family nursing [Editorial]. Journal of Family Nursing, 9(2), 127-129. https://doi.org/10.1177/1074840703009002001

Bohn, U., Wright, L. M., & Moules, N. J. (2003). A family systems nursing interview following a myocardial infarction: The power of commendations. Journal of Family Nursing, 9(2), 151-165. https://doi.org/10.1177/1074840703009002003

Bomar, P. J. (2003). Promoting health in families: Applying family research and theory to nursing .(3rd ed.). Saunders.

Boss, P. (Ed.), & Mulligan, C. (2003). Family stress. Classic and contemporary readings. SAGE Publications.

Duhamel, F., & Dupuis, F. (2003). Families in palliative care: Exploring family and health–care professionals’ beliefs. International Journal of Palliative Nursing, 9(3), 113-119. https://doi.org/10.12968/ijpn.2003.9.3.11481

Goudreau, J., & Duhamel, F. (2003). Interventions in perinatal family care: A participatory study. Families, Systems, & Health, 21(2), 165-180. https://doi.org/10.1037/1091-7527.21.2.165

Griffith, J. L., & Griffith, M. W. (2003). Encountering the sacred in psychotherapy: How to talk with people about their spiritual lives. Guilford.

Houger Limacher, L. (2003). Commendations: The healing potential of one family systems nursing intervention. Unpublished doctoral thesis, University of Calgary, Alberta, Canada. (Supervisor: Dr. Lorraine M. Wright) PRISM: University of Calgary Repository. https://prism.ucalgary.ca/handle/1880/49062

Houger Limacher, L., & Wright, L. M. (2003). Commendations: Listening to the silent side of a family intervention. Journal of Family Nursing, 9(2), 130-135. https://doi.org/10.1177/1074840703009002002

 

McLeod, D. L. (2003). Opening space for the spiritual: Therapeutic conversations with families living with serious illness. Unpublished doctoral thesis, University of Calgary, Alberta, Canada. (Supervisor: Dr. Lorraine M. Wright).  PRISM: University of Calgary Repository. https://prism.ucalgary.ca/handle/1880/45183

Moules, N. J. (2003). Therapy on paper: Therapeutic letters and the tone of relationship. Journal of Systemic Therapies, 22(1), 33-49. https://doi.org/10.1521/jsyt.22.1.33.24091

Walsh, F. (2003). Family resilience: A framework for clinical practice. Family Process, 42(1), 1-18. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1545-5300.2003.00001.x

2002

Krusky, M. (2002). Women and thinness: The watch on the eve of the feast. Therapy with families experiencing troubled eating. Journal of Systemic Therapies, 21(1), 58-76. https://doi.org/10.1521/jsyt.21.1.58.23101

Moules, N. J. (2002). Nursing on paper: Therapeutic letters in nursing practice. Nursing Inquiry, 9(2), 104-113. https://doi.org/10.1046/j.1440-1800.2002.00133.x

2001

McLeod, D., & Wright, L .M. (2001). Conversations of spirituality: Spirituality in family systems nursing – making the case with four clinical vignettes. Journal of Family Nursing, 7(4), 391-415. https://doi.org/10.1177/107484070100700405

Tapp, D. M. (2001). Conserving the vitality of suffering: Addressing family constraints to illness conversations. Nursing Inquiry, 8(4), 254-263. https://doi.org/10.1046/j.1440-1800.2001.00118.x

Wright, L. M. (2001). Suffering and family nursing intervention research: A healing combination. Japanese Journal of Family Nursing, 6(2), 133-140. [In Japanese]

2000

Moules, N. J. (2000). Nursing on paper: The art and mystery of therapeutic letters in clinical work with families experiencing illness. Unpublished doctoral thesis, University of Calgary, Alberta, Canada. (Supervisor: Dr. Janice M. Bell).  PRISM: University of Calgary Repository.https://prism.ucalgary.ca/handle/1880/40483

Tapp, D. M. (2000). The ethics of relational stance in family nursing: Resisting the view of “nurse as expert”. Journal of Family Nursing, 6(1), 69-91. https://doi.org/10.1177/107484070000600105 

1999

Bell, J. M. (1999). Therapeutic failure: Exploring uncharted territory in family nursing [Editorial]. Journal of Family Nursing, 5(4), 371-373. https://doi.org/10.1177/107484079900500401

Rolland, J. (1999). Parental illness and disability: A family systems framework. Journal of Family Therapy, 21(3), 242-266. https://doi.org/10.1111/1467-6427.00118

Wright, L. M. (1999). Spirituality, suffering, and beliefs. In F. Walsh (Ed.). Spiritual resources in family therapy (2nd ed., pp. 65-80). Guilford Press.

1998

Levac, A. M., McLean, S., Wright, L. M., Bell, J. M., “Ann”, & “Fred”. (1998). A “Reader’s Theater” intervention to managing grief: Posttherapy reflections by a family and a clinical team. Journal of Marital and Family Therapy, 24(1), 81-94. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1752-0606.1998.tb01064.x

Moules, N. J. (1998). Legitimizing grief: Challenging beliefs that constrain. Journal of Family Nursing, 4(2), 138-162. https://doi.org/10.1177/107484079800400203

Robinson, C. A. (1998). Women, families, chronic illness, and nursing interventions: From burden to balance. Journal of Family Nursing, 4(3), 271-290. https://doi.org/10.1177/107484079800400304 

Rolland, J. S. (1998). Beliefs and collaboration in illness: Evolution over time. Families, Systems, & Health, 16(1-2), 7-25. https://doi.org/10.1037/h0089839

1997

Tapp, D. M. (1997). Exploring therapeutic conversations between nurses and families experiencing ischemic heart disease. Unpublished doctoral dissertation, University of Calgary, Alberta, Canada. (Supervisor: Dr. Janice M. Bell). PRISM: University of Calgary Repository. https://prism.ucalgary.ca/handle/1880/26879

Wright, L. M. (1997). Beliefs, illness, and healing: A dynamic threesome. AFTA Newsletter, Summer (68), 15-18.

Wright, L. M. (1997). Multiple sclerosis, beliefs and families: Professional and personal stories of suffering and strength. In S. McDaniel, J. Hepworth, & W.J. Doherty (Eds.), The shared experience of illness: Stories of patients, families, and their therapists (pp. 263-273). Basic Books.

Wright, L .M. (1997). Suffering and spirituality: The soul of clinical work with families [Guest Editorial]. Journal of Family Nursing, 3(1), 3-14. https://doi.org/10.1177/107484079700300101

1996

Gale, J., Chenail, R. J., Watson, W. L., Wright, L. M., & Bell, J. M. (1996). Research and practice: A reflexive and recursive relationship. Three narratives and five voices. Marriage and Family Review, 24(3/4), 275-295. [Special issue: Methods and Methodologies of Qualitative Family Research.] https://doi.org/10.1300/J002v24n03_03

Robinson, C. A. (1996). Health care relationships revisited. Journal of Family Nursing, 2(2), 152-173. https://doi.org/10.1177/107484079600200204

Robinson, C. A., & Wright, L. M. (1995). Family nursing interventions: What families say makes a difference. Journal of Family Nursing, 1(3), 327-345. https://doi.org/10.1177/107484079500100306

Tapp, D. M., & Wright, L. M. (1996). Live supervision and family systems nursing: Post-modern influences and dilemmas. Journal of Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing, 3(4), 225-233. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2850.1996.tb00116.x

Wright, L. M., Watson, W. L., & Bell, J. M. (1996). Beliefs: The heart of healing in families and illness. Basic Books.

1995

Duhamel, F. (Ed.). (1995). La santé et la famille: Une approche systémique en soins infirmiers [Families and health: A systemic approach in nursing care]. Gaëtan Morin, Chenelière Education. [in French]

Wright, L. M., Bell, J. M., Watson, W. L., & Tapp, D. (1995). The influence of the beliefs of nurses: A clinical example of a post-myocardial-infarction couple. Journal of Family Nursing, 1(3), 238-256. https://doi.org/10.1177/107484079500100302

1994

Duhamel, F. (1994). A family systems approach: Three families with a hypertensive member. Family Systems Medicine, 12(4), 391-404. https://doi.org/10.1037/h0089166

Duhamel, F., Watson, W. L., & Wright, L. M. (1994). A family systems approach to hypertension. Canadian Journal of Cardiovascular Nursing, 5(4), 14-24.

Harper-Jaques, S., & Masters, A. (1994). Written communication with survivors of sexual abuse: Use of letters in therapy. Journal of Psychosocial Nursing, 32(8), 11-16. https://doi.org/10.3928/0279-3695-19940801-09

McElheran, N. G., & Harper-Jaques, S. R. (1994). Commendations: A resource intervention for clinical practice. Clinical Nurse Specialist, 8(1), 7-10, 15.

Robinson, C. A. (1994). Nursing interventions with families: A demand or an invitation to change? Journal of Advanced Nursing, 19, 897-904. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2648.1994.tb01167.x

Robinson, C. A. (1994). Women, families, chronic illness and nursing interventions: From burden to balance. Unpublished doctoral dissertation, University of Calgary, Alberta, Canada. (Supervisor: Dr. Lorraine M. Wright) PRISM: University of Calgary Repository. https://prism.ucalgary.ca/handle/1880/48642

Robinson, C. A., Wright, L. M., & Watson, W. L. (1994). A nontraditional approach to family violence. Archives of Psychiatric Nursing, 8(1), 30-37. https://doi.org/10.1016/0883-9417(94)90018-3

Wright, L. M. (1994). Live supervision: Developing therapeutic competence in family systems nursing. Journal of Nursing Education, 33(7), 325-327. https://doi.org/10.3928/0148-4834-19940901-10

Wright, L. M., & Bell, J. M. (1994). The future of family nursing research: Interventions, interventions, interventions. The Japanese Journal of Nursing Research, 27(2-3), 4-15. [In Japanese] English translation of this article available from PRISM: University of Calgary Repository. https://prism.ucalgary.ca/handle/1880/48640

1993

Watson, W. L., & Lee, D. (1993). Is there life after suicide?: The systemic belief approach for “survivors” of suicide. Archives of Psychiatric Nursing, 7(1), 37-43. https://doi.org/10.1016/0883-9417(93)90021-N

Wright, L. M., & Levac, A. M. (1993). The non-existence of non-compliant families: The influence of Humberto Maturana. In S. L. Feetham, S. B. Meister, J. M. Bell, & C. L. Gilliss (Eds.), The nursing of families: Theory/research/education/practice (pp.111-117). SAGE (reprinted with permission).

1992

Bell, J. M., Wright, L. M., & Watson, W. L. (1992). The medical map is not the territory; or, “Medical Family Therapy?” – Watch your language! Family Systems Medicine, 10(1), 35-39. https://doi.org/10.1037/h0089250

Watson, W. L., Bell, J. M., & Wright, L .M. (1992). Osteophytes and marital fights: A single case clinical research report of chronic pain. Family Systems Medicine, 10(4), 423-435. https://doi.org/10.1037/h0089297

Wright, L. M., & Levac, A. M. (1992). The non-existence of non-compliant families: The influence of Humberto Maturana. Journal of Advanced Nursing, 17(8), 913-917. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2648.1992.tb02018.x

1991

Wright, L. M., & Simpson, P. (1991). A systemic belief approach to epileptic seizures: A case of being spellbound. Contemporary Family Therapy: An International Journal, 13(2), 165-180. https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00890873

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List of Articles About the Importance of  Beliefs

Dagnan, D., Hull, A., & McDonnell, A. (2013). The Controllability Beliefs Scale used with carers of people with intellectual disabilities: Psychometric properties. Journal of Intellectual Disability Research, 57(5), 422-428. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2788.2012.01554.x

Darr, A., Astin, F., & Atkin, K. (2008). Causal attributions, lifestyle change, and coronary heart disease: Illness beliefs of patients of South Asian and European origin living in the United Kingdom. Heart & Lung, 37(2), 91-104. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.hrtlng.2007.03.004

dela Cruz, F. A., & Galang, C. B. (2008). The illness beliefs, perceptions, and practices of Filipino Americans with hypertension. Journal of the American Academy of Nurse Practitioners, 20(3), 118-127. doi: 10.1111/j.1745-7599.2007.00301.x

Dodgson, J. E., Bloomfield, M., & Choi, M. (2014). Are health science students’ beliefs about infant nutrition evidence-based? Nurse Education Today, 34(1), 92-99. doi: 10.1016/j.nedt.2013.02.015

Feudtner, C., Walter, J. K., Faerber, J. A., Hill, D. L., Carroll, K. W., Mollen, C. J…. Hinds, P. S. (2015). Good-parent beliefs of parents of seriously ill children. JAMA Pediatrics, 169(1), 39-47. doi: 10.1001/jamapediatrics.2014.2341

Gisladottir, M., & Svavarsdottir, E. K. (2016). Development and psychometric testing of the Iceland-Family Illness Beliefs Questionnaire (ICE-FIBQ). Journal of Family Nursing, 22(3), 321-338. doi:10.1177/1074840716661593

Kazak, A. E., McClure, K. S., Alderfer, M. A., Hwang, W-T., Crump, T. A., Le, L. T….Rourke, M. T. (2004). Cancer-related parental beliefs: The Family Illness Beliefs Inventory (FIBI). Journal of Pediatric Psychology, 29(7), 531-542. doi: 10.1093/jpepsy/jsh055

McCabe, P. J., Barnason, S. A., & Houfek, J. (2011). Illness beliefs in patients with recurrent symptomatic atrial fibrillation, Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology, 34(7), 810-820. doi: 10.1111/j.1540-8159.2011.03105.x

Nan, X., Zhao, X., & Briones, R. (2014).Parental cancer beliefs and trust in health information from medical authorities as predictors of HPV vaccine acceptability. (2014). Journal of Health Communication: International Perspectives, 19(1), 100-114. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/10810730.2013.811319

October, T. W., Fisher, K. R., Feudtner, C., & Hinds, P. S. (2014). The parent perspective: “Being a good parent” when making critical decisions in the PICU. Pediatric Critical Care Medicine, 15(4), 291-298. doi: 10.1097/PCC.0000000000000076 [Good Parent Tool]

Oyesanya, T. O., Thomas, M. A., Brown, R. L., & Turkstra, L. S. (2016). Nurses’ beliefs about caring for patients with traumatic brain injury. Western Journal of Nursing Research, 38(9), 1114-1138. doi: 10.1177/0193945916636629

Rolland. J. S. (1987). Family illness paradigms: Evolution and significance. Family Systems Medicine, 5(4), 482-503. https://doi.org/10.1037/h0089735

Rolland, J. S. (1998). Beliefs and collaboration in illness: Evolution over time. Families, Systems, & Health, 16(1-2),17-25.  http://doi.org/10.1037/h0089839

Sint Nicolaas, S. M., Schepers, S. A., van den Bergh, E. M. M., Evers, A. W. M., Hoogerbrugge, P. M., Grootenhuis, M. A., & Verhaak, C. M. (2016). Illness cognitions and family adjustment: Psychometric properties of the Illness Cognition Questionnaire for parents of a child with cancer. Supportive Care in Cancer, 24(2), 529-537. doi: 10.1007/s00520-015-2795-5

Weine, S., Feetham, S., Kulauzovic, Y., Knafl, K., Besic, S., Klebic, A.,…Pavkovic, I. (2006). A family beliefs framework for socially and culturally specific preventive interventions with refugee youths and families. American Journal of Orthopsychiatry, 76(1), 1-9. doi: 10.1037/0002-9432.76.1.1

Zhang, J., While, A. E., & Norman, I. J. (2012). Development and testing of an instrument to assess nurses’ knowledge, risk perception, health beliefs and behaviours related to influenza vaccination. Journal of Clinical Nursing, 21(17-18), 2636-2646. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2702.2011.03794.x