The single-parent family: an author's reflection.

abstract：:This study examined the family system differences between 40 volunteer natural-father and stepfather families. Family triads consisting of the husband, the wife, and a child whose age ranged from 12 to 15 years were studied. Four instruments were used: (a) the Family Concept Q-Sort; (b) a Semantic Differential; (c) a ...

journal_title：Family process

authors： Perkins TF,Kahan JP

更新日期：1979-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The genogram, or family diagram, is an assessment tool widely used by clinicians to study family members and their relationships over several generations. The standard genogram format is limited, however, because it does not show temporal patterns directly. An alternative, the Time-Line Genogram (TLG), which plots tim...

journal_title：Family process

authors： Friedman H,Rohrbaugh M,Krakauer S

更新日期：1988-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This paper describes recent developments in the use of the "absent but implicit" in narrative therapy. Michael White used the term "absent but implicit" to convey the understanding that in the expression of any experience of life, there is a discernment we make between the expressed experience and other experiences th...

journal_title：Family process

authors： Carey M,Walther S,Russell S

更新日期：2009-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The paper examines two related concepts utilized by two different schools of family therapy. Any family seen to be "enmeshed" is also seen as "fused," and vice versa. The difference in the level of focus, on the "system containing the individuals" (structural) or the "individual in the system" (fusion), determines the...

journal_title：Family process

authors： Klugman J

更新日期：1976-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Children's attributions about the causes of family arguments affect both their interpretations of the meaning of and their adjustment to such events. Children's attributions about family arguments are, therefore, of importance in family therapy, especially for therapists who work from a cognitive or constructivist per...

journal_title：Family process

authors： Weston HE,Boxer P,Heatherington L

更新日期：1998-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study was conducted to explore the relationship among retrospective reports of family-of-origin functioning, reported perceptions of a laboratory-based conflict resolution discussion, and outsiders' ratings of communication behaviors between young adult dating couples, with a special focus on predicted gender dif...

journal_title：Family process

authors： Levy SY,Wamboldt FS,Fiese BH

更新日期：1997-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A growing number of divorcing families become locked in intractable disputes over child custody and visitation. This article describes an integrative family therapy approach targeted toward such families. Aspects of this treatment include negotiating a clear therapy contract, creating a multipartial alliance with all ...

journal_title：Family process

authors： Lebow J,Rekart KN

更新日期：2007-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Most children with psychosocial problems do not present for treatment in mental health settings. They are managed by primary care physicians. Children with psychosocial problems often have parents and/or families with psychosocial distress. The present study measured associations between parental reports of child, par...

journal_title：Family process

authors： Kinsman AM,Wildman BG,Smucker WD

更新日期：1999-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The contemporary psychotherapist is exposed to a variety of conceptual models and paradigms. These are usually presented as opposing truths in different doctrinal schools, but actually they are all valid from one point of view or another. And accordingly, they are all tactically useful at some point or another. I thou...

journal_title：Family process

authors： Scheflen AE

更新日期：1978-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Disasters affect families as a whole, and symptoms displayed by a family member may lead to secondary traumatizations for other members of the family, especially the children. This study examines the effects of parental psychopathology and family functioning on children's psychological problems six months after the ea...

journal_title：Family process

authors： Kiliç EZ,Ozgüven HD,Sayil I

更新日期：2003-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hate may be the most dangerous of all emotions for the survival of the planet. The author addresses two questions: What obscures hate when it is actually present? and What masquerades as hate but isn't? Using illustrations from a wide range of fields, the author contends that discerning hate is both essential and far ...

journal_title：Family process

authors： Weingarten K

更新日期：2006-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This article challenges the popular assumption that coming out to family of origin is important for lesbians and gay men's mental health and couple relationships. First, I present theory emphasizing the unique position of lesbians/gays in families of origin and the significance of "families of choice." Second, I revie...

journal_title：Family process

authors： Green RJ

更新日期：2000-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The purpose of this study was to conduct research to understand nonheterosexual youths' decision to disclose their sexual orientation information to their parents. The sample for this study includes 22 youth between the ages of 14 and 21. Constructivist grounded theory guided the qualitative methodology and data analy...

journal_title：Family process

authors： Grafsky EL

更新日期：2018-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study aimed to compare therapists' observable behaviors to promote alliances with involuntary and voluntary clients during brief family therapy. The therapists' contributions to fostering alliances were rated in sessions 1 and 4 using videotapes of 29 families who were observed in brief therapy. Using the System ...

journal_title：Family process

authors： Sotero L,Cunha D,da Silva JT,Escudero V,Relvas AP

更新日期：2017-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Step-families are situated within the sociopolitical context of family change and are examined as a prototype of the "post-modern" family. This essay looks at the cultural construction of step-family life and proposes a model for collaboratively reconstructing stories that liberate step-relationships from the legacy o...

journal_title：Family process

authors： Bernstein AC

更新日期：1999-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This is a longitudinal randomized control trial on the impact of adding a parent psychoeducation intervention (TEPSI) as part of cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT) for adolescents with Major Depressive Disorder (MDD) in a Puerto Rican sample. We tested the efficacy of adding 8 group sessions of TEPSI to 12 sessions of...

journal_title：Family process

authors： Bernal G,Rivera-Medina CL,Cumba-Avilés E,Reyes-Rodríguez ML,Sáez-Santiago E,Duarté-Vélez Y,Nazario L,Rodríguez-Quintana N,Rosselló J

更新日期：2019-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Caregiving relationships are significant factors in the development, mediation, or moderation of childhood mental health problems. However, epidemiological and clinical research has been limited by lack of reliable, succinct, and standardized methods of assessing parent-child relationship constructs. The Relational Pr...

journal_title：Family process

authors： Wamboldt M,Cordaro A Jr,Clarke D

更新日期：2015-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This article explores the challenges presented by the mandate for evidence-based practice for family therapists who identify with the philosophical stance of social construction. The history of psychotherapy outcome research is reviewed, as are current findings that provide empirical evidence for an engaged, dialogic ...

journal_title：Family process

authors： Tilsen J,McNamee S

更新日期：2015-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To evaluate the effectiveness of Functional Family Therapy (FFT) 42 cases were randomized to FFT and 55 to a waiting-list control group. Minimization procedures controlled the effects of potentially confounding baseline variables. Cases were treated by a team of five therapists who implemented FFT with a moderate degr...

journal_title：Family process

authors： Hartnett D,Carr A,Sexton T

更新日期：2016-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this article, we explore intimate partner violence (IPV) from an intersectional, feminist perspective. We describe how an updated feminist view guides us to a perspective on IPV that is more strongly grounded in an antioppressive, nonviolent, socially just feminist stance than a second-wave gender-essential feminis...

journal_title：Family process

authors： George J,Stith SM

更新日期：2014-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A conceptual model of some of the intrapsychic and interpersonal forces that stimulate and maintain repetitive, nonproductive marital conflict behavior is presented. In this model, concepts derived from psychoanalytic and social-learning theory and integrated within a family systems framework. Implications for conjoin...

journal_title：Family process

authors： Feldman LB

更新日期：1979-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this commentary, I outline the common and distinctive components in the cultural adaptation studies in this special issue and compare cultural adaptations with universalistic and culture-specific perspectives. The term cultural attunement may be more reflective than cultural adaptation insofar as the cultural addit...

journal_title：Family process

authors： Falicov CJ

更新日期：2009-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Supportive coparenting is an identified protective factor for child development and behavioral outcomes. What is less known is how supportive coparenting dynamically links with other aspects of parenting and parent well-being, particularly in multi-stressed nonmarital families. This study used data from the Fragile Fa...

journal_title：Family process

authors： Choi JK,Becher EH

更新日期：2019-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Therapists today face a dramatic increase in the cultural diversity of their client populations. Cultural literacy, long the dominant model for preparing to do cross-cultural therapy, advocates study of the prospective client's history and culture. This model, however, poses logistical problems, emphasizes scholarship...

journal_title：Family process

authors： Dyche L,Zayas LH

更新日期：1995-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The extant literature has attested to the importance of poverty on child well-being generally using a unidimensional approach. Researchers have yet to establish solid evidence on how multiple dimensions of poverty (e.g., depth, volatility, and spells of exposure) might be associated with children's socioemotional well...

journal_title：Family process

authors： Zhang L,Han WJ

更新日期：2020-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This article explores family therapy trainees' subjective experiences of working as cotherapists with a supervisory-level therapist in a Chinese context, regarding their perceptions of and positioning in it and also their opinions on the benefits and/or pitfalls of cotherapy. Individual interviews with a total of six ...

journal_title：Family process

authors： Xia LLL,Ma JLC

更新日期：2020-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this meta-analysis, we examine attachment styles-something commonly incorporated into couples therapy-and their association with physical intimate partner violence (IPV) perpetration and victimization among men and women. This meta-analysis incorporated 33 studies that looked at the association between four differe...

journal_title：Family process

authors： Spencer CM,Keilholtz BM,Stith SM

更新日期：2020-05-22 00:00:00

abstract：:A child's disclosure of sexual victimization is a difficult experience for parents and has been associated with traumatization, disbelief, denial, self-blame, and clinical difficulties. To date, most studies on parents' responses have been quantitative assessments of the psychological impact of disclosure on parents. ...

journal_title：Family process

authors： McElvaney R,Nixon E

更新日期：2020-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although family systems theory posits reciprocal causality between subsystems of the family, such as intimate partner violence exacerbating harsh parenting and vice versa, longitudinal studies with cross-lagged models have been used infrequently to test these principles. As guided by the spillover model, this study ex...

journal_title：Family process

authors： Pu DF,Rodriguez CM

更新日期：2020-05-20 00:00:00

abstract：:The author presents some new theoretical aspects and therapeutic implications of the concept of Couples in Collusion, (22), first published in 1975. According to this concept, the emotional attraction in the selection of a mate is based on a fascinating, mutual, and alarming theme, shared by both partners in order to ...

journal_title：Family process

authors： Willi J

更新日期：1984-06-01 00:00:00