Dr Deborah Bailey-Rodriguez is a Lecturer in Psychology, with key interests in attachment theory and qualitative research methods. She completed her PhD exploring the transition to second-time parenthood in couple relationships, using qualitative mixed methods at Middlesex University. Her doctoral research drew and built upon her undergraduate qualitative exploration of the transition to second-time motherhood, where the second child has a disability.
Deborah graduated with a BSc Psychology with Counselling Skills with a First Class, followed by a PG Cert in Professional Practice in Research Methods; both of these also at Middlesex University
Deborah is an Executive Committee member of the International Attachment Netwok (IAN-UK) as well as a member of the Network for Pluralistic Qualitative Researchers (N-PQR), and the Centre for Abuse and Trauma Studies (CATS) at Middlesex University.
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Attachment theory, adult attachment, development across the lifespan, couple relationships and family research, identity, the psycho-social, psychotherapy, qualitative and pluralistic research, multi- and mixed methods.
Bailey-Rodriguez, D. (2017). “We’re in the trenches together”: A pluralistic exploration of attachment behaviour dynamics in a heterosexual couple relationship across the transition to second-time parenthood. (Unpublished doctoral thesis) Middlesex University, London.
Publications so far include:
- PEER REVIEWED ARTICLES
Bifulco, A., Spence, R., Nunn, S., Kagan, L., Bailey-Rodriguez, D., Hosang, G. M., Taylor, M., & Fisher, H. L. (2018). The Computerised Life Events and Assessment Record (CLEAR) online measure of life events: Reliability, validity and association with depression. JMIR Mental Health.
Rodriguez, D., Frost, N. A., & Oskis, A. (2016). The application of a qualitative approach to adult attachment research: A short report. The Quarterly, 100, 10-14.
Rodriguez, D. (2015). A qualitative analysis on John Bowlby’s final interview on attachment theory. Attachment: New Directions in Psychotherapy and Relational Psychoanalysis, 9, 158-164.
Frost, N. A., & Rodriguez, D. (2015). "And it was all my choice but it didn't feel like a choice": A re-examination of interpretation of data using a 'rhetoric of choice' lens. Women's Studies International Forum. Special Issue: Choosing Mothering? The gendering of agency. Advance online publication doi:10.1016/j.wsif.2014.12.003.
Elichaoff, F., Rodriguez, D., and Murphy, A. (2014). More than just a method: doctoral students' perspectives on the place of qualitatively driven mixed methods. Qualitative Methods in Psychology Bulletin (17). pp. 17-22.
Rodriguez, D., & Frost, N. A. (2015). "Even though I always wanted to be a mum, it is not all that I wanted to be." Experiences of mothering more than one child, with and without disability. Manuscript in preparation.
- BOOK CHAPTERS
Bailey-Rodriguez, D., Frost, N., & Elichaoff, F. (in press). Narrative analysis. In M. Forrester & C. Sullivan (Eds.), Doing qualitative research in psychology: A practical guide.
Frost, N., & Bailey-Rodriguez, D. (in press). Quality in qualitative research. In M. Forrester & C. Sullivan (Eds.), Doing qualitative research in psychology: A practical guide.
Hesse-Biber, S., Rodriguez, D., & Frost, N. A. (2015). A Qualitatively-Driven Approach to Multimethod and Mixed Methods Research. In B. Johnson and S. Hesse-Biber (Eds.), The Oxford Handbook of Multimethod and Mixed Methods Research Inquiry, (pp. 3-20). New York: Oxford University Press.
- OTHERS
Rodriguez, D. (2017). QMiP Conference 2015 Event Review. Qualitative Methods in Psychology Bulletin (23), pp. 15-16.
Rodriguez, D. (2015). Marga Vicedo, The nature and nurture of love: From imprinting to attachment in cold war America. Feminism and Psychology, 23, 423-425.
Wanat, M., & Rodriguez, D. (2014). Audience reflections on the PsyPAG Psychotherapy Section symposium July 2013. Psychotherapy Section Review, 51, 69-70.
- CONFERENCE PAPERS
Rodriguez, D., Frost, N., & Oskis, A. (July, 2018). Pushing at the boundaries of narrative research: A pluralistic exploration of a couple relationship across the transition to second-time parenthood. Paper presented at Narrative Matters 2018, University of Twente, Enschede, The Netherlands.
Rodriguez, D., Frost, N., & Oskis, A. (May, 2018). A pluralistic exploration of attachment behaviour dynamics in a couple relationship across the transition to second-time parenthood. Paper presented at the European Society for Research in Adult Development, University of Greenwich, London, UK.
Rodriguez, D., & Frost, N. A. (2015, May & September). Presionando los límites de la investigación cualitativa: El avance de innovación en métodos cualitativos mixtos. (Pushing at the boundaries of qualitative research: The emergence and development of qualitative mixed methods innovations). Paper presented at both A Day in Spanish at the Eleventh International Congress of Qualitative Inquiry, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA and at the 2015 BPS Qualitative Methods in Psychology Section Biennial Conference, Anglia Ruskin University, Cambridge, UK.
Rodriguez, D., & Frost, N. A. (2015, May & September). A methodological reflection on the application of qualitative pluralistic research to couple relationships. Paper presented at the American Psychological Association’s Society for Qualitative Inquiry in Psychology Second Annual Conference, City University New York, New York, USA and at the 2015 BPS Qualitative Methods in Psychology Section Biennial Conference, Anglia Ruskin University, Cambridge, UK.
Rodriguez, D., Frost, N. A., & Oskis, A. (2015, May & June). Rethinking the adult attachment paradigm: The application of a qualitative pluralistic approach to couple relationships. Paper presented at both the Eleventh International Congress of Qualitative Inquiry, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA and at the Research Students Summer Conference, Middlesex University, London, UK.
Rodriguez, D. (2014, September). Comparando las metodologías clínica y empírica en la investigación sobre el apego a lo largo del ciclo vital. (Comparing clinical and empirical methodology in attachment theory across the lifespan). Paper presented at the International Attachment Network Iberoamerican Attachment and Psychotherapy Conference, Hospital Clínico San Carlos, Madrid, Spain.
Rodriguez, D. (2014, September). Empirical Pluralistic Research. Roundtable discussion at the Afternoon of Pluralism Event, Middlesex University, UK.
Rodriguez, D., & Frost, N. A. (2014, June). The application of a qualitatively-driven multimethod approach to the reformulation of identity in mothers of children with and without disability. Paper presented at both the Mixed Methods International Research Association Inaugural Conference, Boston College, Boston, USA and at the Troubling Narratives: Identity Matters Conference, Huddersfield University, Huddersfield, UK.
Rodriguez, D. (2013, September). Adult attachment: It’s about time qualitative methods made an appearance. Paper presented at the 2013 BPS Qualitative Methods in Psychology Section Biennnial Conference, University of Huddersfield, UK.
Rodriguez, D. (2013, July). “Even though I always wanted to be a mum, it is not all that I wanted to be.” Experiences of mothering more than one child, with and without disability. In A. W. Griffiths (Chair), Caring for Caregivers: Exploring Mental and Physical Health in Caregivers, and its Impact on Patient Outcome Symposium. Symposium conducted at the PsyPAG Annual Conference, Lancaster University, UK.
Rodriguez, D. (2013, July). “Even though I always wanted to be a mum, it is not all that I wanted to be.” Experiences of mothering more than one child, who are and are not identified as having a disability. Paper presented at the BPS Psychology of Women Annual Conference, Cumberland Lodge, UK.
Rodriguez, D. (2013, June). The application of narrative analysis to the changes in the sense of identity in mothers of children with and without disability. Paper presented at the Applied Qualitative Research in Psychology Annual Conference, University of Derby, UK.
View more publicationsDeborah is an Executive Committee member of the International Attachment Network (IAN-UK) which seeks to promote the understanding of attachment theory in the caring, educational and legal professions, such as among psychotherapists and counsellors, doctors and nurses, social workers, teachers, family lawyers, police and probation officers.
IAN offers bi-monthly CPD seminars as well as other events.
In addition, Deborah is a member of IAN's International Liaison Committee, which liaises with and supports the organisation's other international chapters.
