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“One man, one life, one marriage”: A qualitative analysis of Hmong women's divorce experiences Family Process (IF 4.319) Pub Date : 2024-03-14 Malina Her, Zha Blong Xiong, Cahya Haniva Yunizar
Despite the rising divorce rates in some immigrant communities in the US, there has been scant scholarly attention on how immigrants experience divorce, particularly on the role of culture in the divorce process. The primary goal of the present study was to explore the diverse divorce experiences of Hmong immigrants in the United States. As a patrilineal and patriarchal community, divorce is generally
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Some subtleties of whiteness in the workplace: Steps for shifting the paradigm Family Process (IF 4.319) Pub Date : 2024-03-14 Kenneth V. Hardy
This paper asserts that whiteness is a major ideological framework that is subtlety interwoven into our institutional structures and is a major organizing principle in the workplace. Efforts to increase racial equity, inclusion, and belongingness within the workplace and throughout society at large are ineffectual and virtually impossible without addressing the deleterious effects of whiteness. Addressing
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The bidirectional connection between family functioning and psychopathology: A network analysis in a large sample of adolescents with anorexia nervosa and their parents Family Process (IF 4.319) Pub Date : 2024-03-14 Alessio Maria Monteleone, Chiara Marchetto, Giammarco Cascino, Michela Criscuolo, Marco Carfagno, Maria Chiara Castiglioni, Annamaria Caramadre, Eugenia Barone, Valeria Zanna
Family functioning is a risk and maintaining factor for anorexia nervosa (AN). This study aims to identify specific areas of family functioning according to adolescents and parental perspectives associated with eating and general psychological symptoms in people with AN. Four‐hundred‐forty‐five adolescents with AN or atypical AN and their parents were enrolled. Adolescents completed the Eating Disorder
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Exploring associations among baseline emotion regulation and change in relationship satisfaction among couples in a randomized controlled trial of emotionally focused therapy compared to usual care Family Process (IF 4.319) Pub Date : 2024-03-11 Jennifer M. White VanBoxel, Debra L. Miller, Preston Morgan, Nazia Iqbal, Caitlin Edwards, Andrea K. Wittenborn
BackgroundData from a two‐arm randomized controlled trial of emotionally focused therapy (EFT) compared to usual care were used to examine whether baseline emotion regulation influences relationship satisfaction for female and male partners. This is clinically relevant as clinicians have debated whether clients' initial emotion regulation skills predict positive outcomes in EFT.MethodsDyadic multilevel
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Factor structure, internal consistency, and construct validity of the Caregiver strain questionnaire in Latinx families Family Process (IF 4.319) Pub Date : 2024-03-09 Melanie M. Domenech Rodríguez, Alejandro L. Vázquez, Thania Galvan, Omar G. Gudiño
Caregiver strain or stress directly related to caring for a youth with emotional and/or behavioral problems may be an important and understudied cultural factor associated with mental health disparities among Latinx families. Caregiver strain is a highly relevant construct for research questions focused on the identification of youth's mental health needs, family‐level impacts of youth mental health
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Healthy couple, better sleep: Exploring connections and changes in couple relationship education participants Family Process (IF 4.319) Pub Date : 2024-03-09 Menglin Wei, Francesca Adler‐Baeder, Julianne M. McGill, Josh R. Novak
Considerable evidence suggests couple relationship education (CRE) programs are effective in improving couples' relationship functioning, yet few studies have examined the implications of CRE programs on indicators of physical health despite substantial research supporting links between relational and physical health. This study utilized a sample of 308 couples randomly assigned to a CRE curriculum
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Introduction to a special section: Racial disparities in health care Family Process (IF 4.319) Pub Date : 2024-03-05 Marianne Z. Wamboldt
Papers in the Special Section on Racial Disparities in Health Care stemmed from. the 60th Anniversary of Family Process Conference, The Heart of the Matter: Systemic Imperatives to Address Health Disparities and Racism in the Time of COVID, which took place in Washington, DC in September 2021. Of the 12 presenters at the conference, these four were asked to recreate their talks into articles. They
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Toward a culturally sensitive application of emotionally focused couples therapy: A qualitative study of therapists' experience using EFT in Spanish‐speaking countries/cultures Family Process (IF 4.319) Pub Date : 2024-03-04 Jonathan G. Sandberg, María Calatrava, Dania Andrade, Ragan Lybbert, Sara Mazo, Martiño Rodríguez‐González
The purpose of the current study was to identify specific ways Emotionally Focused Couples Therapy (EFT; S. Johnson) could be adapted to better meet the needs of clients in Spanish‐speaking countries throughout Europe and the Americas. The results were drawn from responses to a qualitative questionnaire regarding the experiences of learning and applying EFT; 103 therapists in 12 different countries
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The elusive nature of neutrality: The role of values in couple therapy Family Process (IF 4.319) Pub Date : 2024-03-01 Tamara Feldman
This paper will explore the role of the therapist's values in couple therapy and the challenge these values pose to therapeutic neutrality. It will illuminate how the therapist's values shape what is considered healthy and unhealthy, functional and dysfunctional, and hence frame the problem the couple therapist seeks to treat. Values have particular relevance for couple treatment because the conversations
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“A crossroads generation.” Great-grandchildren of Holocaust survivors' perspectives on the impact of the genocide on family functioning Family Process (IF 4.319) Pub Date : 2024-02-28 Justin Olstein, Jade Sheen, Andrea Reupert
As a cultural trauma, the Holocaust exerted negative psychological effects on many survivors, with such effects often extending to their families. Research has explored these effects with respect to the survivors' children and grandchildren, but the experiences of the next generation have yet to be canvassed. Knowledge about resilience in Holocaust survivor families is also comparatively sparse. In
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EMBRACING THE OTHER: Revisiting the epistemological foundations of family systems therapy Family Process (IF 4.319) Pub Date : 2024-02-18 Norbert A. Wetzel
Family systems therapy originated in the 1960s, 1970s, and 1980s through the work of innovative thinkers and clinicians. However, despite the creative contributions of the mentioned colleagues and of later innovations in family therapy theory and practice, it seems as though the dominant culture of establishment psychiatry in the United States (and in most Western countries) to this day has not seriously
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Dynamic characteristics of parent–adolescent closeness: Predicting adolescent emotion dysregulation Family Process (IF 4.319) Pub Date : 2024-02-21 Shou‐Chun Chiang, Sunhye Bai, Hio Wa Mak, Gregory M. Fosco
Emotion dysregulation is linked to adolescent psychological problems. However, little is known about how lability in daily closeness of parent–adolescent dyads affects the development of emotion dysregulation. This study examined how closeness lability with parents was associated with emotion dysregulation 12 months later. The sample included 144 adolescents (M = 14.62, SD = 0.83) who participated
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Pressurizing or encouraging: Health behaviors among long‐distance couples Family Process (IF 4.319) Pub Date : 2024-02-19 Shveta Kumaria, Hayley Fivecoat, Jessie Li, Brandon Scott, Tamara Goldman Sher
Couples in long‐distance relationships face unique challenges that affect their health outcomes and relationship dynamics in ways that are different from couples in close proximal relationships (PR). The results of previous literature analyzing health outcomes for long‐distance relationship (LDR) couples have been mixed, and factors such as couple satisfaction and gender of the individuals contribute
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Couple differentiation and health-related quality of life Family Process (IF 4.319) Pub Date : 2024-02-15 Sarah Worch, Suzanne Bartle-Haring
The purpose of this study was to examine whether couple differentiation influenced mental and physical health-related quality of life in couple members. Data for this study were derived from a larger study at a couple a family therapy clinic. One hundred and thirty-three couples were included in a latent profile analysis, and seventy-two couples were included in analyses of mean differences. The latent
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“I know what you did”: Associations between relationship satisfaction and reported and suspected extramarital sex Family Process (IF 4.319) Pub Date : 2024-02-04 Mark A. Whisman, Lizette Sanchez
Although extradyadic sex has been repeatedly shown to be inversely associated with relationship quality, researchers have rarely evaluated partners' beliefs (or suspicions) of such behavior and the degree to which relationship quality varies as a function of suspected extradyadic sex. This study examined, in a United States probability sample of couples (National Couples Survey; N = 236 couples), the
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Dyadic effects of stigma on quality of life in people with schizophrenia and their family caregivers: Mediating role of patients' perception of caregivers' expressed emotion Family Process (IF 4.319) Pub Date : 2024-01-28 Yanan Peng, Ronghua Xu, Yan Li, Ling Li, Lanjun Song, Juzhe Xi
Schizophrenia, as a stressful diagnosis, profoundly impacts the whole family, especially people with schizophrenia and their caregivers. This study tested the potential mediating role of expressed emotion in the association between mental health stigma and quality of life in caregiver-patient dyads. Using a 2-wave longitudinal design with a 6-month interval between assessments, 161 dyads of patients
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Inclusion and anti-racism work as performance or deep work? It literally is either-or: A qualitative study in the CFT field Family Process (IF 4.319) Pub Date : 2024-01-26 Afarin Rajaei, Tyler Lattenhauer
This study explores the experience of promoting inclusion and anti-racism work as either performance or deep work in the couple and family therapy (CFT) field through narrative qualitative analysis. While performance-based approaches focus on meeting external expectations and diversity quotas, deep work involves critical self-reflection, ongoing learning, and a commitment to addressing systemic inequalities
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Different perceptual worlds: Parent and youth perspectives on parenting outcome trajectories from a Latino family-based program Family Process (IF 4.319) Pub Date : 2024-01-24 Ghaffar Ali Hurtado Choque, HaeDong Kim, Norman B. Epstein, Diego Garcia-Huidobro, Maria Veronica Svetaz, Michele L. Allen
Discrepancies between parent and youth perceptions of their relationship are a common aspect of generational acculturation gaps influencing immigrant families. Programs designed to strengthen parenting practices among immigrant Latino families commonly address immigration stresses, including differences between parent and youth perceptions, but little is known about discrepancies in their appraisals
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Clinical identification of a specific psychic envelope in families with anorexic symptoms Family Process (IF 4.319) Pub Date : 2024-01-24 Marie Naimi, Almudena Sanahuja
Our clinical experience in psychoanalytic family therapy with families where one member has anorexic symptoms has shown that the therapy space is often invaded by the deathly dimension, by an absence of family historicity, and by a lack of autonomy. These different elements appear as “voids,” missing pieces of a family puzzle, and reflect a psychic container damaged by the weight of inherited intergenerational
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Autonomy and overparenting: Are parents of emerging adults being responsive? Family Process (IF 4.319) Pub Date : 2024-01-23 Jian Jiao, Margaret Jane Pitts, Chris Segrin
Recognizing the various negative consequences of overparenting for the child such as poor mental health and relationship quality and delayed transition to full adulthood, this study examined to what extent parents of emerging adults were being responsive and tailoring their parenting practices to meet their child's characteristics, such as need for autonomy and trait autonomy. Survey data from 256
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The Difficulties in Emotion Regulation Scale–Dyadic version: A new tool for the evaluation of the dyadic dysregulation in couple relationships Family Process (IF 4.319) Pub Date : 2024-01-23 Filippo Faccini, Guyonne Rogier, Roberta Gabriella Cavalli, Alessandra Santona, Patrizia Velotti
A new measure for assessing an individual's perception of the dyadic difficulties in emotion regulation with a romantic partner is tested. The Difficulties in Emotion Regulation Scale–Dyadic (DERS-D) was obtained by adapting some items of the previous Difficulties in Emotion Regulation Scale (DERS) to the dyadic context. The scale was administered both to a sample of university students (N = 835) to
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“At the end of the day, someone done lost their child”: A mixed methods analysis of Black families' experiences of the sociopolitical climate Family Process (IF 4.319) Pub Date : 2024-01-22 Kimberly R. Osborne, LaRen B. Morton, Leslie A. Anderson, Margaret O’Brien Caughy
How Black Americans in the United States (U.S.) make sense of a sociopolitical climate marked by racist imagery, tensions, and police violence is important to understand given the numerously documented detrimental effects of racism-related stress on the well-being of Black parents and children. Informed by Racism-Related Stress Theory, the current study employed a convergent parallel mixed methods
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Desire discrepancy in long-term relationships: A qualitative study with diverse couples Family Process (IF 4.319) Pub Date : 2024-01-18 Katherine Arenella, Abby Girard, Jennifer Connor
Sexual desire discrepancy is one of the most common, and potentially distressing, aspects of couples' sexual health. There are gaps in the literature exploring desire discrepancy specifically in distressed couples, as well as in queer (sexual and/or gender minority) couples. This study sought to gather qualitative data regarding long-term couples' experiences with distressing desire discrepancy. Semi-structured
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Correction to Effectiveness of functional family therapy in a non-Western context: Findings from a randomized-controlled evaluation of youth offenders in Singapore Family Process (IF 4.319) Pub Date : 2024-01-04
Gan, D. Z. Q., Zhou, Y., Abdul Wahab, N. D. B., Ruby, K. and Hoo, E. (2021). Effectiveness of functional family therapy in a non-Western context: Findings from a randomized-controlled evaluation of youth offenders in Singapore. Family Process, 60: 1170–1184. https://doi.org/10.1111/famp.12630 In the article, there was an error in the description of the treatment groups in the abstract and in main body
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Experiences of cisgender youth with a transgender and/or nonbinary sibling Family Process (IF 4.319) Pub Date : 2024-01-03 Eli G. Godwin, LB. M. Moore, Annie Pullen Sansfaçon, Melissa MacNish Nishman, Milagros C. Rosal, Sabra L. Katz-Wise
While recent research has begun to address the effects of family support on transgender and/or nonbinary youth (TNY), almost no studies have directly examined how cisgender siblings in families with TNY navigate their sibling's gender disclosure and affirmation within both their families and their larger communities. We conducted an exploratory secondary analysis of in-person, semi-structured interviews
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Addressing power in couples therapy: Integrating socio-emotional relationship therapy and emotionally focused therapy Family Process (IF 4.319) Pub Date : 2023-12-25 Amanda Jenks, Gwen Adams, Bonnie Young, Ryan Seedall
Romantic relationships are more satisfying and fulfilling when power is balanced relatively equally between partners (Leonhardt et al., Journal of Family Psychology, 34, 2020, and 1). Yet, few couples therapy models explicitly outline how to confront relational power issues (Knudson-Martin & Huenergardt, 2015, Socio-emotional relationship therapy: Bridging emotion, societal context, and couple interaction
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Family issues and custodial mothers' quest for justice: Evidence from Colombia Family Process (IF 4.319) Pub Date : 2023-12-21 Angela Guarin, Laura Cuesta, Kasey J. Eickmeyer
Access to justice is limited for many worldwide. Although prior research generally recognizes the legal needs and barriers faced by women, less is known about mothers. This study examined the legal needs of mothers in different family configurations and the actions they took in response to these needs through the lens of help-seeking theories. We used unique data from the 2016 Colombian Quality of
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Co-occurring trajectory of housing stability and parenting stress with child behavior problems: A randomized trial of a housing intervention for young mothers experiencing homelessness Family Process (IF 4.319) Pub Date : 2023-12-18 Jing Zhang, Qiong Wu, Xin Feng, Jodi Ford, Ruri Famelia, Natasha Slesnick
This study examined the effects of an integrative housing intervention (Ecologically Based Treatment, EBT – independent housing and supportive services) on the co-occurring pattern of housing stability and parenting stress among a sample of substance-using mothers who experience homelessness and have young children in their care. The association between the co-occurring patterns of housing stability
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I and thou in dialogue: Becoming more relational in couple therapy Family Process (IF 4.319) Pub Date : 2023-12-21 Jason B. Whiting, Douglas M. Wendt, Brady C. Eisert, Stephen T. Fife
Couple therapists have the unique and challenging opportunity of helping people find deeper connection in their intimate relationships. These clinicians apply therapeutic models and interventions designed to help couples. However, many of these models are derived from theoretical, scientific, and sociocultural traditions that conceptualize human phenomena as individualistic and reductionistic, and
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Unsettled adoptive identity: Understanding relationship challenges in adopted adolescents' identity narratives Family Process (IF 4.319) Pub Date : 2023-12-03 Albert Y. H. Lo, Harold D. Grotevant, Amanda L. Baden, Christina M. Hogan
Adopted adolescents create identity narratives conceptualizing their connections to their families of adoption and birth. Previous work with a sample of adoptive adolescents identified a sub-group who reported negative experiences regarding adoption as part of their navigating of adoptive identity processes (the “Unsettled” group). The current study examined interviews with adolescents in the “Unsettled”
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Caste and Black intergenerational racial trauma in the United States of America Family Process (IF 4.319) Pub Date : 2023-12-01 Marlene F. Watson
The United States (U.S.) racial caste system and White dominance began in slavery, culminating in Black intergenerational racial trauma. Until recently, Black intergenerational racial was trauma largely ignored by family scholars and therapists. Given that Black intergenerational racial trauma is inseparable from racial caste in the United States, it should be regarded as a wider, systemic problem
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Validation and psychometric properties of a brief measure of parental attributions in a sample from Spain Family Process (IF 4.319) Pub Date : 2023-11-27 Lucía Halty, Amaia Halty, Elena Gismero, Jose Manuel Caperos
The parental attribution measure (PAM) is an instrument that assesses the attributions made by parents regarding their children's behavior, for both clinical and community samples. This research has aimed at evaluating the psychometric properties of the PAM in a community sample in Spain. Data were analyzed from several samples of fathers and mothers (N1 = 253; N2 = 458, N3 = 711) who reported on their
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How can white parents raise anti-racist children? Introducing the routes to effective anti-racist parenting (REAP) model Family Process (IF 4.319) Pub Date : 2023-11-14 Shequanna Belizaire, Margaret Powers, Yara Mekawi
In response to highly publicized instances of overt racial injustice, there has been a recent resurgence of interest and commitment to identifying processes through which anti-racist behaviors develop among White individuals. One particularly important context in which anti-racist behaviors can develop is within families and as a result of childrearing. Theories of anti-racism typically neglect the
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The biobehavioral family model and the family relational assessment protocol: Map and GPS for family systems training Family Process (IF 4.319) Pub Date : 2023-11-09 Beatrice L. Wood
The Biobehavioral Family Model (BBFM) was developed and evolved as a heuristic research model to support the investigation of pathways by which family relational function impacts individual family member wellbeing and disorder. Recently, the BBFM and its related assessment approach, the Family Relational Process Assessment Protocol (FRAP), have emerged as tools for clinical practice and training. The
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Fathering styles in a traditional culture and its association with marital relationship: A latent profile analysis with a nationally representative sample Family Process (IF 4.319) Pub Date : 2023-11-08 Yasemin Kisbu, Meryem Şeyda Özcan, G. Hilal Kuşcul, Mehmet Bozok, Mustafa Kaya, Güler Fişek
This study had two main objectives. The first goal was to examine fathers' parenting styles in a society with traditional patriarchal values. The second goal was to understand the extent to which marital relationship variables (i.e., marital satisfaction and spousal support) are related with the identified fathering profiles. The theoretical and empirical underpinnings of the “parenting styles” literature
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Development of the internal family systems model: Honoring contributions from family systems therapies Family Process (IF 4.319) Pub Date : 2023-11-04 Elizabeth G. Brenner, Richard C. Schwartz, Carol Becker
We describe Richard Schwartz's development of the Internal Family Systems model (IFS) from his position as a Structural/Strategic family therapist. Four decades ago, Schwartz struggled to help clients who exhibited serious risk of harm to self and others. Through a process of inquiry, he began to work with the positive intentions behind his most challenging clients' harmful thoughts and behaviors.
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European gay fathers via surrogacy: Parenting, social support, anti-gay microaggressions, and child behavior problems Family Process (IF 4.319) Pub Date : 2023-11-02 Salvatore D'Amore, Robert-Jay Green, Benedicte Mouton, Nicola Carone
The present study investigated child behavior problems, parenting styles, coparenting, and couple relationship satisfaction in 67 European gay father families via surrogacy and 67 European heterosexual parent families via unassisted conception, all with children aged 1.5–10 years (M = 3.57 years, SD = 2.09). The two family groups were matched for child age and gender. In the gay father group only,
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Longitudinal associations between the quality of family interactions and school-age children's narrative abilities in the context of financial insecurity Family Process (IF 4.319) Pub Date : 2023-10-29 Éléonore Sabourin-Guardo, Raphaële Miljkovitch, Annie Bernier, Chantal Cyr, Diane St-Laurent, Karine Dubois-Comtois
This longitudinal study investigates whether the quality of family interactions at 3–5 years of age predicts narrative abilities in 7–9-year-old children from socioeconomically disadvantaged families. The sample consists of 67 children and their parents receiving social welfare. Family interactions were filmed during mealtime at home and coded using the Mealtime Interaction Coding System. Children's
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Emotion socialization profiles in military parents: Associations with post-traumatic stress disorder Family Process (IF 4.319) Pub Date : 2023-09-22 Sarah T. Giff, Keith D. Renshaw, Susanne A. Denham, Laura N. Martin, Abigail H. Gewirtz
Military families face many difficulties, including a parent deploying to a warzone and the subsequent risk of returning with symptoms of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Symptoms of PTSD are associated with parenting difficulties; however, little is known about how PTSD symptoms may be associated with emotion socialization (ES), a set of processes crucial to children's emotional well-being. This
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“A cuff is not enough”: A community-based participatory research approach to soliciting perspectives of African Americans with hypertension and their family members on self-management intervention features Family Process (IF 4.319) Pub Date : 2023-09-18 Sarah B. Woods, Victoria Udezi, Patricia N. E. Roberson, Elizabeth Mayfield Arnold, Shawna Nesbitt, Angela Hiefner
We aimed to solicit the perspectives of African Americans with hypertension and their family members on the desired features of a behavioral hypertension self-management intervention. Using a community-based participatory approach to intervention design, we conducted four dyadic focus groups, including African American community members with hypertension (n = 23) and their family members (n = 23),
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An intergenerational study of parental bonding on perceptions of parental and spousal criticism and marital relationship quality in Singapore Family Process (IF 4.319) Pub Date : 2023-09-15 Michelle Jin Yee Neoh, An An Lieu, Enrico Perinelli, Jan Paolo Macapinlac Balagtas, Hilda Nah, Moon-Ho Ringo Ho, Gianluca Esposito
Criticism is a form of interpersonal social rejection and destructive conflict behavior which has been associated with poor relationship outcomes in both parent–child and marital relationships. However, the role of the individual's perceptions of parental and spousal criticism in influencing the perceptions of criticism of other members in the family unit has not been examined. This study investigated
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Relationship risk factors for intimate partner violence among sexual and gender minorities: A multilevel analysis Family Process (IF 4.319) Pub Date : 2023-09-15 Elissa L. Sarno, Gregory Swann, Michael E. Newcomb, Sarah W. Whitton
Intimate partner violence (IPV) is alarmingly prevalent among sexual and gender minority youth assigned female at birth (SGM-AFAB), making it important to identify risk factors that can be targeted in prevention efforts for this population. Although several relationship-level risk factors for IPV have been identified in different-sex couples, research on SGM-AFAB is sparse and predominantly cross-sectional
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Culturally humble and anti-racist couple and family interventions for African Americans Family Process (IF 4.319) Pub Date : 2023-09-15 Nadine J. Kaslow, Christina Clarke, Joya N. Hampton-Anderson
Anti-Black racism including structural racism and racism-related disparities have come to the foreground in recent years with the increasingly frequent and brutal police killings of innocent African Americans, the disproportionate impacts of the pandemic on the Black community, and the effectiveness of the Black Lives Matter movement. There have been calls to action to ensure cultural effectiveness
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“Work through it on your own”: parent-centered emotion socialization beliefs and parenting stress Family Process (IF 4.319) Pub Date : 2023-09-13 Jackie A. Nelson, Alyssa B. Aguas, Julia M. Katz
Parent-centered emotion socialization beliefs that children should manage their emotions on their own without parent support may seem convenient for parents but may actually relate to greater parenting stress if this approach is incompatible with children's developmental needs. We explored relations between mothers' and fathers' parent-centered autonomy beliefs about children's emotions and their parenting
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Using questionnaires as conversational tools to bolster the therapeutic alliance in family therapy practice Family Process (IF 4.319) Pub Date : 2023-09-08 Peter Rober, Karine Van Tricht
In this clinical paper, the focus is on the use of questionnaires in family therapy practice. Psychotherapy research has indicated that the quality of the therapeutic relationship is the most robust predictor of therapeutic change. While the therapeutic relationship is even more important in family therapy than in individual therapy, it is also more complex. As will be illustrated in this paper, questionnaires
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A call for health justice: Striving toward health equity at a community health center Family Process (IF 4.319) Pub Date : 2023-09-05 Roberta Waite, Deena A. Nardi
Community health centers play a key role in promoting health justice and equity. Health justice, which is the attainment of health equity, or the fair, unambiguous, and non-arbitrary distribution of all health resources necessary for optimal health of the individual, family, and community, is necessary to optimize their wellbeing and to build healthy communities. Community-based health centers are
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The use of emotionally focused therapy with polyamorous relationships Family Process (IF 4.319) Pub Date : 2023-09-05 Caitlin Edwards, Robert Allan, Nick Marzo, Ted Wynfield, Ryan Hicks
Approximately 5% of people in the United States engage in some form of consensual non-monogamy (CNM; Archives of Sexual Behavior, 2018, 47, 1439). Therapists are becoming increasingly aware of the need to treat members of CNM relationships, including polyamorous relationships. To date, no research has been conducted and little has been written about applying existing couple therapy models normed on
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Emotion regulation of the family therapist Family Process (IF 4.319) Pub Date : 2023-09-02 Peter Rober
Outcome research highlights the importance of the therapeutic alliance for the outcome of therapy. Meta-analyses suggest that in family therapy, the therapeutic alliance is even more important than in individual therapy. In family therapy, however, the alliance is more complex than in individual therapy. Through empathy, authenticity and hopefulness the therapist can contribute to an effective alliance
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Parent-adolescent coping with prolonged geopolitical conflict: A qualitative analysis focusing on distress and resilience Family Process (IF 4.319) Pub Date : 2023-08-30 Dafna Albala, Stav Shapira
Adolescents who were raised in conflict-ridden areas may face unique challenges that may also impact their transition to adulthood. We explored coping processes, distress symptoms, and resilience resources of late adolescents and their parents residing in Israeli communities bordering Gaza and exposed to ongoing conflict-related violence. We conducted in-depth interviews with late adolescents and one
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Online coaching blended couple-oriented intervention for preventing depression among Korean middle adulthood: A feasibility study Family Process (IF 4.319) Pub Date : 2023-08-28 Minji Gil, Suk-Sun Kim, Daeun Kim, Sunhai Kim
Depression and marital satisfaction have a reciprocal cause-and-effect relationship. Thus, couple relationships should be considered to maximize the effectiveness of couple-oriented interventions for depression. Moreover, developing culturally tailored couple-oriented interventions is critical for improving cultural acceptability and enhancing the perceived effectiveness of the interventions. A new
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Effectiveness of community-based family-focused interventions on family functioning among families of children with chronic health conditions: A systematic review and meta-analysis Family Process (IF 4.319) Pub Date : 2023-08-27 Anasthasha Bte Sudar Sono Nur, Joelle Yan Xin Chua, Shefaly Shorey
Community-based family-focused interventions can offer support to families of children with chronic health conditions. This review aimed to evaluate the effectiveness of community-based family-focused interventions in improving family functioning, disease knowledge, and child health outcomes among families of children with chronic health conditions. Eight electronic databases (MEDLINE, EMBASE, CINAHL
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Intergenerational solidarity and digital communication during the Covid-19 pandemic in South Korea: Implications for dyadic well-being Family Process (IF 4.319) Pub Date : 2023-08-22 Woosang Hwang, Joohong Min, Maria T. Brown, Merril Silverstein
Previous research has not considered how digital communication fits with the established intergenerational solidarity paradigm, although the paradigm has undergone other refinements over time. Consequently, less is known about how the use of digital communication creates new types of intergenerational solidarity between parents and adult children, and how they are associated with their well-being.
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The relatives of people with depression: A systematic review and methodological critique of qualitative studies Family Process (IF 4.319) Pub Date : 2023-08-21 Niels Buus, Alan Petersen, Susan McPherson, Graham Meadows, Gabrielle Brand, Ben Ong
Being a close relative of a person with depression can take a heavy toll on the former, but these relatives are increasingly made responsible for taking on extensive carer roles. Research on relatives of people with depression is currently dominated by a focus on “carer burden” and although such a focus can explain many relatives' experiences and daily lives, it provides very limited insight into the
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The experiences of parents in an early-intervention program for young people with borderline personality disorder features Family Process (IF 4.319) Pub Date : 2023-08-21 Chloe Bosworth, Clare Watsford, Annaleise Naylor, Dean Buckmaster, Debra Rickwood
Previous research demonstrates that parents' communication skills may contribute to the development and maintenance of their young person's borderline personality disorder (BPD). Carers of people with BPD also experience their own psychosocial stressors and feel unsupported. Consequently, Dialectical Behavior Therapy for adolescents (DBT-A) invites parents to partake in group therapy alongside their
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Session-to-session bidirectional associations of alliance with depressive symptoms and relationship satisfaction Family Process (IF 4.319) Pub Date : 2023-08-17 Preston C. Morgan, Andrea K. Wittenborn, Caitlin Edwards
The relationship between therapeutic alliance and treatment outcomes is one of the most widely studied topics in psychotherapy research. Research has primarily considered a unidirectional model whereby alliance predicts outcomes, which implies that building alliance early in therapy results in later symptom improvement and ignores the possibility that early symptom improvement could also subsequently
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A qualitative study on how intimate partner violence against women changes, escalates, and persists from pre- to postseparation Family Process (IF 4.319) Pub Date : 2023-08-13 Carrie K. W. Li
Research has focused on intimate partner violence (IPV) against women either before or after separation, but little attention has been paid to the changes in and persistence of violent behaviors from one situation to the next. This study contributes to the literature by comparing the changes in types and frequencies of abusive behaviors of women's former husbands. This allows us to understand how mechanisms
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A conditional process analysis of suicidal thoughts and behaviors in outpatient parents: Examining the Narrative Crisis Model by parenthood status Family Process (IF 4.319) Pub Date : 2023-08-07 Lauren B. Lloveras, Olivia C. Lawrence, Igor Galynker
No study to date has examined the moderating effect of parenthood on suicidal states and outcomes using a conditional process model. The Narrative Crisis Model, a multi-stage model from interpersonal distress to suicidal outcomes mediated by Suicide Crisis Syndrome severity, was assessed (H1). The present study tested whether (H2) parenthood moderates the indirect association between interpersonal
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Researching what we practice—The paradigm of systemic family research: Part 2 Family Process (IF 4.319) Pub Date : 2023-08-08 Kristoffer Whittaker, Jan Stokkebekk, Lennart Lorås, Terje Tilden
This is the second of two articles focusing on ideological and philosophical preferences for relating to and conducting research in the field of systemic couple and family therapy (CFT). To emphasize the need for the field of systemic CFT to be based on the best available knowledge, in the first article, we argue the benefits of applying the principles of evidence-based practice, and in the current
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A scale of parent-to-child emotions: Adaptation, factor structure, and measurement invariance Family Process (IF 4.319) Pub Date : 2023-08-07 Ayako Hada, Yukiko Ohashi, Yuriko Usui, Toshinori Kitamura
Emotions that parents feel when they think about their own child are extremely important in determining parenting approaches toward a child. Parental emotions should be defined under the rubric of human emotions that include both basic and self-conscious emotions. The Scale for Parent-to-Baby Emotions (SPBE) was developed underlying this concept, whereas an applicable scale for parent-to-child emotions