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How Can We Manage Challenges? A Grounded Theory of Finding Resiliency in a LDS Mixed-Faith Marriage
How Can We Manage Challenges? A Grounded Theory of Finding Resiliency in a LDS Mixed-Faith Marriage
The increasing disaffiliation from religious practice has contributed to a rise in interfaith relationships worldwide, inc...
Parental Acceptance, Depressive Symptoms, and Self-esteem Among Korean American Youth: Mediating Effect of Positive Communication
Parental Acceptance, Depressive Symptoms, and Self-esteem Among Korean American Youth: Mediating Effect of Positive Communication
While depression is a common form of psychological distress during adolescence, empirical evidence suggests a high prevale...
Cultural Adaptation of the Relationship Quality Interview (RQI) for Mandarin-Speaking Chinese Couples: A Pilot Study
Cultural Adaptation of the Relationship Quality Interview (RQI) for Mandarin-Speaking Chinese Couples: A Pilot Study
Research on couple assessments and interventions often overlooks cultural complexities, particularly when applying tools d...
Sexual Attraction and Perceived Relational Insecurity in Sexual Minorities of Mixed Orientation Marriages: Is Religiousness a Risk or Protective Factor?
Sexual Attraction and Perceived Relational Insecurity in Sexual Minorities of Mixed Orientation Marriages: Is Religiousness a Risk or Protective Factor?
Mixed-orientation marriages, where partners have differing sexual orientations, remain understudied despite their unique r...
Cultural Nuances in Romantic Stress: Psychometric Properties of the Thai Romantic Relationship Stress Scale (Thai-RRSS)
Cultural Nuances in Romantic Stress: Psychometric Properties of the Thai Romantic Relationship Stress Scale (Thai-RRSS)
Romantic relationship stress significantly impacts individual and dyadic well-being. This study aimed to validate the Roma...
Joint Savoring in Romantic Relationships: Correlates and Protective Effects
Joint Savoring in Romantic Relationships: Correlates and Protective Effects
Savoring is a process that involves focusing attention on sources of pleasure that one experiences. Prior research has pri...
The Long and Dual Journey to Violence-Focused Couple Therapy: A Multiperspective Qualitative Study with Couples and their Therapists
The Long and Dual Journey to Violence-Focused Couple Therapy: A Multiperspective Qualitative Study with Couples and their Therapists
Intimate partner violence (IPV) is a significant public health and clinical concern. Research indicates that IPV occurs mo...
Beyond the Surface: An Exploration of Family Secrets as Entry Points into Complex Family Dynamics
Beyond the Surface: An Exploration of Family Secrets as Entry Points into Complex Family Dynamics
This paper explores how family secrets, silences, and disclosures encountered during childhood serve as pivotal elements i...
Keeping Cystic Fibrosis in its Place: Parents’ Perceptions of the Condition, its Family Impact, and Parental Burnout
Keeping Cystic Fibrosis in its Place: Parents’ Perceptions of the Condition, its Family Impact, and Parental Burnout
Parents of children with Cystic Fibrosis (CF) face challenges associated with their child’s chronic condition, which...
Refining a Single Session Thinking Approach for Trauma-Affected Families: A Delphi Study
Refining a Single Session Thinking Approach for Trauma-Affected Families: A Delphi Study
Family roles in trauma recovery are increasingly recognised, yet systemic approaches remain underdeveloped because of limi...
Pathways to Intimate Partner Violence in Latino Couples
Pathways to Intimate Partner Violence in Latino Couples
Despite making up the largest ethnic minority in the U.S. (U.S. Census, 2024), Latino couples are greatly underrepresented...
Hyper-Connectivity and Loneliness: A Thematic Analysis of Digital Relationships in the Modern World
Hyper-Connectivity and Loneliness: A Thematic Analysis of Digital Relationships in the Modern World
Hyper-connectivity, influenced by the rapid expansion of digital communication technologies, has significantly altered hum...
Relationship Benefits of Gaming Together: A Phenomenological Approach
Relationship Benefits of Gaming Together: A Phenomenological Approach
Video gaming (also called gaming) is a contemporary activity affecting individuals and romantic partnerships. Researchers ...
Dynamic Processes in Emotion Regulation Differ Between Cancer Survivor Couples with Relationship Difficulties and Healthy Couples: Emotional Needs and Partner Responsiveness
Dynamic Processes in Emotion Regulation Differ Between Cancer Survivor Couples with Relationship Difficulties and Healthy Couples: Emotional Needs and Partner Responsiveness
Although emotion regulation within romantic couples is considered an important causal factor in keeping the relationship h...
Core Practices in Systemic Family Therapy for Adolescent Behavior Problems: A Comprehensive Modular Pathway
Core Practices in Systemic Family Therapy for Adolescent Behavior Problems: A Comprehensive Modular Pathway
This article presents a comprehensive modular pathway for delivering systemic family therapy (SFT) for adolescent behavior...
Emotion Regulation in Parent–Child Relationships: A Decade (2013–2023) Review
Emotion Regulation in Parent–Child Relationships: A Decade (2013–2023) Review
As emotion is a constant in life, successful emotion regulation is important to manage mental health, and create and maint...
Adult Insecure Attachment Styles, Neuroticism, and Dating Relationship Quality
Adult Insecure Attachment Styles, Neuroticism, and Dating Relationship Quality
The purpose of this study was to better understand the impact of insecure attachment (i.e., avoidant and anxious) on neuro...
Demonstrations of Resilience by Christian Couples Parenting Autistic Children: A Pilot Integration of the Double ABCX Model and a Theory of Couple Resilience
Demonstrations of Resilience by Christian Couples Parenting Autistic Children: A Pilot Integration of the Double ABCX Model and a Theory of Couple Resilience
This qualitative pilot study seeks to bridge problem-focused and resilience- and strengths-based perspectives on the relat...
Personal Values of Couple/Marriage and Family Therapy Trainees: Association with Practicum Work and Burnout
Personal Values of Couple/Marriage and Family Therapy Trainees: Association with Practicum Work and Burnout
Couple/Marriage and Family Therapists’ (C/MFT) career choice and practice are likely to be closely linked to who the...
Eye of the Beholder: Self- and Spouse-Perceived Attachment Behaviors and Relationship Quality
Eye of the Beholder: Self- and Spouse-Perceived Attachment Behaviors and Relationship Quality
This study sought to examine whether self-reported attachment behaviors or perceptions of spouse’s attachment behavi...
Feasibility, Acceptability, and Preliminary Effectiveness of a Military Cultural Competence Intervention for Helping Professionals
Feasibility, Acceptability, and Preliminary Effectiveness of a Military Cultural Competence Intervention for Helping Professionals
Military-connected individuals and families regularly seek services from community-based providers. Thus, helping professi...
Recursive Frame Analysis as a Method of Psychotherapy Change Process Research
Recursive Frame Analysis as a Method of Psychotherapy Change Process Research
This article focuses on Recursive Frame Analysis (RFA), the qualitative research method developed to analyze discursive sh...
Marital Quality Mediates Parenting Intervention Effects on Parental Distress: A Randomized Trial
Marital Quality Mediates Parenting Intervention Effects on Parental Distress: A Randomized Trial
Understanding mechanisms of change in parenting interventions for early-onset conduct problems is crucial for improving tr...
Anxiety and Relational Connectivity in Couples
Anxiety and Relational Connectivity in Couples
Despite the growing body of research on anxiety and intimate relationships, no studies have explored the association betwe...
This Smokey Thing Called Healing: A Grounded Theory Analysis of Recovery from Self-Identified C-PTSD
This Smokey Thing Called Healing: A Grounded Theory Analysis of Recovery from Self-Identified C-PTSD
Complex posttraumatic stress disorder (C-PTSD) encompasses a set of symptoms associated with prolonged or chronic trauma e...
Core Competencies in Family Therapy for Adolescent Behavior Problems: Systemic Stance and Systemic Skills
Core Competencies in Family Therapy for Adolescent Behavior Problems: Systemic Stance and Systemic Skills
Although Systemic Family Therapy (SFT) is an evidence-based approach for adolescent behavior problems, manualized SFT mode...
Dynamic Narrative Therapy: A Metamodern Integration of Narrative, and Strategic Family Therapy
Dynamic Narrative Therapy: A Metamodern Integration of Narrative, and Strategic Family Therapy
Systemic models of couple and family therapy (CFT) are often categorized into two transtheoretical paradigms: modernism an...
The Efficacy of Digital Help for Divorced Danes: Randomized Controlled Trial of Cooperation After Divorce (CAD) and Sick Days
The Efficacy of Digital Help for Divorced Danes: Randomized Controlled Trial of Cooperation After Divorce (CAD) and Sick Days
Few digital divorce interventions have undergone rigorous randomized control trial study (RCT) testing of their physical a...
An Exploratory Longitudinal Dyadic Analysis of Couple Attachment Trajectories
An Exploratory Longitudinal Dyadic Analysis of Couple Attachment Trajectories
The purpose of this exploratory study was to first examine the dyadic trajectory of attachment change over a longer period...
Mentalization and Parenting: Preliminary Validation of the Parent Development Interview-Brief (PDI-B): Optimizing the Assessment of Parental Reflective Functioning
Mentalization and Parenting: Preliminary Validation of the Parent Development Interview-Brief (PDI-B): Optimizing the Assessment of Parental Reflective Functioning
Parental Reflective Functioning is considered a critical variable, both for the exercise of parenthood and for child devel...
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