Exploring Similarity and Stability of Differentiation in Relationships: A Dyadic Study of Bowen's Theory.

abstract：:Domestic violence rates among veterans with posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) are higher than those of the general population. Individuals who have been diagnosed with PTSD who seek couples therapy with their partners constitute an understudied population. Self-report measures of domestic violence, relationship sat...

journal_title：Journal of marital and family therapy

authors： Sherman MD,Sautter F,Jackson MH,Lyons JA,Han X

更新日期：2006-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The myth of problem-free living is easily identifiable in Western culture through its childhood fairy tales and modern love stories. Even if inadvertently, the field of mental health perpetuates this myth with the very concept of "mental health," which implies a state without suffering. Using mindfulness, Buddhists as...

journal_title：Journal of marital and family therapy

authors： Gehart DR,McCollum EE

更新日期：2007-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Several family-based treatments of conduct disorder and delinquency in adolescents have emerged as evidence-based and, in recent years, have been transported to more than 800 community practice settings. These models include multisystemic therapy, functional family therapy, multidimensional treatment foster care, and,...

journal_title：Journal of marital and family therapy

authors： Henggeler SW,Sheidow AJ

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In relationships characterized by control, abuse, or violence, many appraisal distortions occur including denial and minimization. However, the nature of the distortion varies depending on the individual's role in the relationship (i.e., abuser or victim). Reducing these distortions is an important component in treatm...

journal_title：Journal of marital and family therapy

authors： Whiting JB,Oka M,Fife ST

更新日期：2012-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A family systems perspective was used to explore familial transactional patterns related to anorexia nervosa. Father, mother and daughter, interpersonal assessments of parental initiative and daughter responsive behaviors as reported on Benjamin's (1974) Structural Analysis of Social Behavior (SASB), were combined to ...

journal_title：Journal of marital and family therapy

authors： Grigg DN,Friesen JD,Sheppy MI

更新日期：1989-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The current investigation expands the focus of cognitive behavioral formulations of marriage by exploring the constructs of autonomy and relatedness in marriage. One hundred forty-one married couples matched to the 1990 U.S. census data on age, race, and income completed a number of self-report marital inventories inc...

journal_title：Journal of marital and family therapy

authors： Rankin-Esquer LA,Burnett CK,Baucom DH,Epstein N

更新日期：1997-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This article offers an overview of the expanding field of couple therapy, focusing on what the author considers to be new and even revolutionary in this field. In terms of outcome research, this article suggests that differential treatment effects are discernable. Emotionally focused therapy (EFT) appears to demonstra...

journal_title：Journal of marital and family therapy

authors： Johnson SM

更新日期：2003-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In an effort to understand how psychotherapy is practiced in the "real world," outpatient claims data were examined to determine the cost of individual and family therapy provided by marital and family therapists, master's nurses, master's social workers, medical doctors, psychologists, or professional counselors. Cla...

journal_title：Journal of marital and family therapy

authors： Russell Crane D,Payne SH

更新日期：2011-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study tested the theory that mindfulness contributes to greater intimate relationship satisfaction by fostering more relationally skillful emotion repertoires. A sample of married couples was administered measures of mindful awareness, emotion skills, and marital quality. We hypothesized that mindfulness would be...

journal_title：Journal of marital and family therapy

authors： Wachs K,Cordova JV

更新日期：2007-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Efforts to change the sexual orientation of lesbian, gay, and bisexual (LGB) individuals to heterosexual are referred to as conversion therapy. Given the religious groundings that support the practice of conversion therapy, we sought to explore the beliefs of Christian religious leaders about this practice and what th...

journal_title：Journal of marital and family therapy

authors： McGeorge CR,Coburn KO,Walsdorf AA

更新日期：2020-08-05 00:00:00

abstract：:Marriage and family services have not been widely recognized as part of employee assistance programs (EAP), although family and relational problems are widely cited as sources of problems on the job. EAP clients (N = 800, 97% self-referred) indicated how much family, psychological/emotional, drug, alcohol, employment-...

journal_title：Journal of marital and family therapy

authors： Shumway ST,Wampler RS,Dersch C,Arredondo R

更新日期：2004-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The valid and reliable assessment of individual and relational functioning relies on high-quality assessment tools. Most assessments used in the field of couple and family therapy were developed using Classical Test Theory (CTT). An alternate theory for guiding the creation, evaluation, and scoring of assessments is I...

journal_title：Journal of marital and family therapy

authors： Anderson SR,Miller RB

更新日期：2020-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although burnout in the helping professions is well documented, few studies have examined the phenomenon of the resilient therapist. This study used a grounded theory methodology to construct a theory of therapist resilience. The participants were eight licensed marital and family therapists: five females, three males...

journal_title：Journal of marital and family therapy

authors： Clark P

更新日期：2009-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This qualitative study examined the interactional communication strategies used by law enforcement officers during a hostage-taking incident at a high school. The research involved analysis of the negotiation conversation between police crisis (hostage) negotiators and a hostage taker who entered his former high schoo...

journal_title：Journal of marital and family therapy

authors： Charlés LL

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although the need to develop objective assessment tools in different cultures is well-recognized, there is a severe lack of objective measures about emotional functioning in the Chinese context. This project conducted three studies to validate the Chinese version of the Differentiation of Self Inventory (DSI). Study 1...

journal_title：Journal of marital and family therapy

authors： Lam CM,Chan-So PC

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this essay, we respond to Simon's article (2012). We discuss our view that therapy works best when therapists can match therapeutic interventions to the worldview of clients. We see this matching to client worldview as rooted in research evidence, and we suggest that therapists can practice authentically and effect...

journal_title：Journal of marital and family therapy

authors： Blow AJ,Davis SD,Sprenkle DH

更新日期：2012-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This article provides an overview of the political implications of various approaches to gender within the clinical literature. It emphasizes the process of therapy within the social context of gender relations and identifies the political consequences of various clinical responses. Issues surrounding the appropriate ...

journal_title：Journal of marital and family therapy

authors： Knudson-Martin C

更新日期：1997-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Few studies have investigated therapist interns' growth experiences, both personal and professional, and the interplay between them. This qualitative study explored the reciprocal process of growth during clinical training: the personal life experiences that affect professional growth and the professional/clinical exp...

journal_title：Journal of marital and family therapy

authors： Paris E,Linville D,Rosen K

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Research supports that child parent relationship therapy (CPRT), a filial therapy approach, has strong effects on participating parents and children. Some speculate that filial therapy improves the family system; however, minimal research exists to support this claim. Using a single-case design, researchers examined C...

journal_title：Journal of marital and family therapy

authors： Cornett N,Bratton SC

更新日期：2014-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Marriage and family therapy (MFT) faculty and graduate students rated the "typical" or predictable behaviors of husbands or wives coming for therapy using the Georgia Marriage Q-sort. Scores were compared with previously published scores for both "ideal" couples (i.e., showing positive behaviors, attitudes, and proble...

journal_title：Journal of marital and family therapy

authors： Ro HS,Wampler RS

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Self-help literature is pervasive and influential in the United States. A critical analysis of self-help books would help therapists to determine their utility for the therapeutic process and assist them in making reading recommendations to clients. In this study, a content analysis was conducted of the top 11 relatio...

journal_title：Journal of marital and family therapy

authors： Zimmerman TS,Holm KE,Starrels ME

更新日期：2001-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although extensive research has found a strong relationship between poor family functioning and depression, previous research has not examined this relationship among low-income Latinos. In this study, we examined how family functioning may be associated with depression in a sample of low-income Latino couples. In add...

journal_title：Journal of marital and family therapy

authors： Sarmiento IA,Cardemil EV

更新日期：2009-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Professional accreditation of graduate programs in marital and family therapy (MFT) is intended to ensure the strength of the education students receive. However, there is great difficulty in assessing the real-world impact of accreditation on students. Only one measure is applied consistently to graduates of all MFT ...

journal_title：Journal of marital and family therapy

authors： Caldwell BE,Kunker SA,Brown SW,Saiki DY

更新日期：2011-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study examined the representation of minorities and minority issues in the American Association for Marriage and Family Therapy. The relationship between AAMFT conference program content and changing social demographics from 1980 to 1996 was explored through an ecosystemic lens, and descriptive data were elicited...

journal_title：Journal of marital and family therapy

authors： Killian KD,Hardy KV

更新日期：1998-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Behavioral couple therapy (BCT) and emotionally focused couples therapy (EFCT) are well-established treatments to reduce couple distress. This meta-analysis summarizes the current state of knowledge on the efficacy of these two therapy methods by focusing on randomized controlled trials only. A literature search revea...

journal_title：Journal of marital and family therapy

authors： Rathgeber M,Bürkner PC,Schiller EM,Holling H

更新日期：2019-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:People's attributions for their own psychological problems are linked to their interpersonal behaviors and attitudes. However, depressed individuals' inferences about their romantic partners' attributions for their depressive symptoms have yet to be studied in relation to their perceptions of relationship quality. Thi...

journal_title：Journal of marital and family therapy

authors： Blais RK,Renshaw KD

更新日期：2014-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study examines the role of religious coping in couples' diabetes management processes. Eighty-seven couples where one spouse had type 2 diabetes were surveyed. The relationships between religious coping (positive and negative), shared glycemic control activities (e.g., planning a healthy diet), and glycemic contr...

journal_title：Journal of marital and family therapy

authors： Fincham FD,Seibert GS,May RW,Wilson CM,Lister ZD

更新日期：2018-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The influence of religious and ethnic differences on marital intimacy was examined by administering the Personal Assessment of Intimacy in Relationships and a demographic/attitudinal questionnaire to 25 Jewish couples (intramarried) and 25 couples with one Jewish partner (intermarried). All couples were childless and ...

journal_title：Journal of marital and family therapy

authors： Heller PE,Wood B

更新日期：2000-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Measuring attachment behaviors is relevant to creating secure couple relationships. This article seeks to test and examine the reliability and validity of the Brief Accessibility, Responsiveness, and Engagement (BARE) Scale-a practical measure of couple attachment-in a clinical sample. Couples took the BARE and other ...

journal_title：Journal of marital and family therapy

authors： Sandberg JG,Novak JR,Davis SY,Busby DM

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Several authors have written about family secrets in the family therapy literature in interesting ways. According to these authors, the questions "who knows the secret?" and "who does not know the secret?" are central. In the present study, we have qualitatively analyzed the documentary film Familiegeheim (Family Secr...

journal_title：Journal of marital and family therapy

authors： Rober P,Walravens G,Versteynen L

更新日期：2012-07-01 00:00:00