Membership of Professional Associations
- Member, Australian Psychological Society (APS)
- Member, College of Clinical Psychologists (APS)
- Registered Psychologist in the state of Queensland
- Member, Australian Association of Cognitive and Behaviour Therapies
- Member, Association for the Advancement of Behaviour Therapy
- International Affiliate, American Psychological Association
Research Interests
- Couples relationships including couple therapy, prevention of relationship problems, the interaction of individual and couple adjustment, and how couples adjust to major life changes (e.g., life threatening illness, divorce).
- Psychological adjustment and coping with cancer diagnosis and treatment.
Recent Publications
Refereed Journal Articles
In press
Halford, W. K., Nicholson, J. M., & Sanders, M. R. (in press). Couple communication in step families. Family Process .
Halford, W. K., Lizzio, A., Wilson , K.L., & Occhipinti, S. (in press). Does working at your relationship help? Couple relationship self-regulation and satisfaction in the first 4 years of marriage. Journal of Family Psychology.
Kelly, A. B., & Halford, W. K. (in press). Responses to ethical challenges in conducting research with Australian adolescents. Australian Psychologist .
Kelly, A. B., & Halford, W. K. (in press). Verbal and physical aggression in couples where the female partner is drinking heavily. Journal of Family Violence.
2006
Halford, W. K. (2006). Strength in numbers: the couple relationship in adult therapy. Behaviour Change, 23, 87-102.
Halford, W.K., O'Donnell, C., Lizzio, A.J., & Wilson , K.L. (2006) Do couples at high risk of relationship problems attend pre-marriage education? Journal of Family Psychology, 92 (1), 160-163.
Sweeper, S., & Halford, W. K. (2006). Assessing adult adjustment to relationship separation: the Psychological Adjustment to Separation Test (PAST). Journal of Family Psychology, 20, 632-640.
2005
Wilson, K. L., Charker, J., Lizzio, A., Kimlin, S., & Halford, W. K. (2005). Assessing how much couples work at their relationship: the Behavioral Self-Regulation for Effective Relationships Scale. Journal of Family Psychology, 19, 385-393.
Halford, W. K., & Simons, M. ( 2005). Couple relationship education in Australia. Family Process, 44, 147-259.
Markman, H. J., & Halford, W. K. (2005). International perspectives on couple relationship education. Family Process, 44, 139-146.
2004
Bouma, R. O., Halford, W. K., & Young, R. M. (2004). Evaluation of the Controlling Alcohol and Relationship Enhancement (CARE) program with Hazardous Drinkers. Behaviour Change, 21, 1-22.
Scott, J. L., Halford, W. K., & Ward, B. (2004). United We Stand? The Effects of a couple-coping intervention on adjustment to early stage breast or gynaecological cancer. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 72, 1122-1135 .
Halford, W. K., Moore, E. M., Wilson, K. L., Dyer, C., & Farrugia, C. (2004). Benefits of a flexible delivery relationship education: An evaluation of the Couple CARE program. Family Relations, 53, 469-476.
Halford, W. K. (2004). The future of couple relationship education: some suggestions on how it can make a difference. Family Relations, 53, 559-566.
Skuja, K., & Halford, W. K. (2004). Repeating the errors of our parents? Parental violence in men’s family of origin and conflict management in dating couples. Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 19, 623-638.
2003
Halford, W. K., Markman, H. J., Stanley, S., & Kline, G. (2003). Best practice in relationship education. Journal of Marital and Family Therapy, 29 ,385-406.
2002
Halford, W. K., Bernoth-Doolan, S., & Eadie, K. (2002). Schemata as moderators of the clinical effectiveness of cognitive behavioural treatments for depression and anxiety disorders. Behavior Modification, 26, 571-593 .
Halford, W. K., Osgarby, S. M., & Keefer, E. (2002). How has the week been for you two? Relationship satisfaction and hindsight memory bias in couple’s reports of relationship events. Cognitive Therapy and Research, 26, 759-773.
Halford, W. K., Price, K. Kelly, A. Bouma, R. O., & Young, R. McD. (2002). Helping the female partners of men abusing alcohol: A comparison of three treatments. Exartisis,1, 64-81. (Published in Greek, reprinted from original published in English in 2001).
Kelly, A. B., Halford, W. K., & Young, R. M. (2002). Expectations of the effects of drinking on relationship functioning: An assessment of women in distressed relationships who consume alcohol at harmful levels. Addictive Behaviors, 27, 451-464.
Kelly, A. B., Halford, W. K., & Young, R. M. (2002). Couple communication and female problem drinking: a behavioral observation study. Psychology of Addictive Behaviors, 16, 269-271.
2001
Halford, W. K., Price, K. Kelly, A. Bouma, R. O., & Young, R. M. (2001). Helping the female partners of men abusing alcohol: A comparison of three treatments. Addiction, 96, 1497-1508.
Halford, W. K., Sanders, M. R., & Behrens, B. C. (2001). Can skills training prevent relationship problems in at-risk couples? Four-year effects of a behavioral relationship education program. Journal of Family Psychology, 15, 750-768.
2000
Halford, W. K., Sanders, M. R., & Behrens, B. C. (2000). Repeating the Errors of Our Parents?
Family-of-Origin Spouse Violence and Observed
Conflict Management in Engaged Couples. Family Process, 39, 219-235 .
Kelly, A., Halford, W. K., & Young, R. M. (2000) Maritally distressed women with alcohol
problems: the impact of a short-term
alcohol-focused intervention on drinking
behaviour and marital satisfaction. Addiction, 57, 1032-1037.
1999
Halford, W. K., Bouma, R., Kelly, A., & Young, R. M. (1999). Individual Psychopathology and Marital Distress: Analysing the Association and Implications for Therapy. Behavior Modification, 23, 179-216.
Halford, W. K., Steindel, S., Schweitzer, R., & Varghese, F. N. (1999). Observed family interaction and the course of first admission psychoses. Behavior Therapy, 30, 555-580.
Sanders, M. R., Halford, W. K., & Behrens, B. C. (1999). Parental divorce and communication in engaged couples. Journal of Family Psychology, 14, 60-78.
Non-refereed journal articles and other publications
Scott, J. L., & Halford, W. K. (1999). CanCope: a guide for women coping with breast cancer and their partners. Brisbane: Epic Productions.
Books, Monographs
Halford, W. K., (in press). Marriage and relationship education: what works and how to provide it . New York : Guilford .
Halford, W K., Moore , E. M., Wilson , K., Dyer, C., & Farrugia, C. (2006) Couple Commitment and Relationship Enhancement: a guidebook for life partners . Brisbane : Australian Academic Press.
Halford, W K., Moore , E. M., Wilson , K., Dyer, C., & Farrugia, C. (2006) Couple Commitment and Relationship Enhancement: Professional leaders manual . Brisbane : Australian Academic Press.
Halford, W K., Moore , E. M., Wilson , K., Dyer, C., Farrugia, C., & Judge, K. (2006) Couple Commitment and Relationship Enhancement [Audiovisual production available as DVD or videotape] . Brisbane : Australian Academic Press.
Halford, W. K. (2001). Brief Couple Therapy . New York : Guilford .
Halford, W. K. (1999). Australian couples in Millenium three: a research and development agenda for marriage and relationship education. Canberra: Australian Department of Family and Community Services.
Book Chapters
In press
Halford, W. K, Wilson, K. L., & Moore, E. (in press). Promoting a love for life: couple relationship education to enhance relationship outcomes. In E. Shaw. & L. Sheehan, (Eds.) Couple Therapy in Australia . Melbourne : Psychoz. (Accepted February 14, 2006)
2002
Halford, W. K., Wilson, K.L., Lizzio, A., Moore, E. (2002) Does working at a relationship work? Relationship self-regulation and relationship outcomes. In J.A. Feeney & P. Noller (Eds) Understanding Marriage: Developments in the study of couple interaction. (pp. 493-517) New York: Cambridge University Press.
Halford, W. K. (2002). Relationship education in groups: a skills training approach. In: T. Patterson (Ed.) Comprehensive handbook of psychotherapy, Volume 2: Cognitive-behavioral approaches (pp. 495-518). New York : Wiley.
Halford, W. K., Markman, H. J., Stanley, S., & Kline, G. (2002). Relationship enhancement. In D. H. Sprenkle (Ed.) Effectiveness Research in Marriage and Family Therapy (pp. 191-222). Alexandria , VA : American Association for Marriage and Family Therapy.
Halford, W. K., & Moore, E. (2002). Relationship education and the prevention of couple relationship problems. In: A. S. Gurman & N. S. Jacobson (Eds.) Clinical handbook of couple therapy (3 rd . Ed.) (pp. 400-419). New York : Guilford .
2001
Markman, H. J., Halford, W. K., & Lindahl, K. (2001). Marriage In: A. Kazdin (Ed.) Encyclopedia of psychology . Washington D.C. : American Psychological Association.
2000
Halford, W. K., Scott, J., & Smythe, J. (2000). Couples and cancer. In: K. Schmaling & T. Sher (Eds.) Couples and illness. Washington D. C.: American Psychological Association
Grants
United States Department of Health and Human Services, Administration for Children and Families.
"Couple CARE for Parents Evaluation Dissemination and Evaluation with Low-Income Unwed Expectant or New Parents."
Investigators: Heyman, R. E, Slep, A. & Halford, W. K.
2007-2011
$3,615,000
Queensland Government Responsible Gambling Research Grants Program
"Increasing Engagement and Enhancing Treatment Outcome: A Pilot Evaluation of a Couple-Based Intervention for Problem Gambling."
Investigators: Casey, L. & Halford, W.K.
2007 -2010
$158,635
Relate Institute of Brigham Young University and Relationships Australia (Queensland)
"Preliminary evaluation of the RELATE with Couple CARE flexible delivery relationship education progam ."
Investigators: Halford, W. K., Wilson , K.L., Larson,. J., Holman, T., & Bussby, D.
2006-2007
$19,986 (plus $20,000 matching funds from Griffith Univrsitty Industry Collaborative Grant)
Australian Research Council – Discovery
“Relationship self-regulation as a predictor of marital satisfaction and stability in the early years of marriage”
Chief Investigators: Halford, W.K., Wilson, K. and Lizzio, A.
$113,000 (2005 – 2006)
This is a continuation of ongoing research into indicators and strategies for success in the early years of marriage. The aim is to test whether the level of effective effort by partners to sustain a relationship predicts relationship satisfaction and stability in the early years of marriage. If relationship self-regulation is important, then couples might be taught how to self-regulate more effectively to enhance their relationship satisfaction and stability.
National Health and Medical Research Council – Project Grant
“Promoting a positive transition to parenthood”
Chief Investigators: Halford, W.K. and Creedy, D
$554,000 (2005 – 2007)
This work involves a trial of a couple-based program assisting people who are having their 1st child. It will focus on helping couples develop realistic shared expectations of parenting roles, family negotiation skills , infant care skills, ability to use available support networks, and ultimately to enjoy the challenges of new parenthood.
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