Journal of Marital and Family Therapy 
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AbstractInformed by integrative models of cultural resilience, the purpose of this study was to (a) explore how parents are promoting their children's emotional and physical health, with a focus on race and ethnic-racial socialization strategies, and (b) identify the barriers and challenges parents are experiencing in supporting their children's health. Ethnically racially matched qualitative interviews were conducted with 33 parents (82% women, 64% Black, 36% Latin é). Results of thematic analysis revealed three overarching themes: (a) Strategies for Promoting Children's Physical and Emotional Health, (b) Challenges Prom...
Source: Journal of Marital and Family Therapy - April 24, 2024 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Daniel K. Cooper,
Jayxa K. Alonzo,
Tracey Goldson,
Isabel R. Jordan,
Fatima Jatoi,
Isabella Mallozzi,
Francesca Lupini Tags: ORIGINAL ARTICLE Source Type: research
Assessments for multi ‐heritage couple therapy: A review of existing tools
This article addresses the unique challenges faced by multi-heritage couples in therapy and explores the strengths and weaknesses of existing assessment tools suitable for their needs. The study highlights a limited number of existing tools that are available for therapists working with multi-heritage couples. Consequently, the article suggests future directions to enhance the development of assessment tools tailored to the specific needs of multi-heritage couples. (Source: Journal of Marital and Family Therapy)
Source: Journal of Marital and Family Therapy - April 13, 2024 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Doneila L. McIntosh,
Guanyu Wang Tags: ORIGINAL ARTICLE Source Type: research
The systemic ‐family‐individual approach: The heritage and continuation of Mara Selvini Palazzoli's work in integrative psychotherapy
AbstractSince the birth of family therapy, the Milan approach has been known as a foundational systemic model. Nevertheless, following the dissolution of the Milan group, Mara Selvini, alongside Matteo Selvini, Stefano Cirillo, and Anna Maria Sorrentino, began a new trajectory of clinical development, insufficiently examined within the American panorama. After her death, in 1999, the Selvini group continued to adapt and refine her systemic approach which is known today as the systemic-family-individual (SFI) approach. In this article, we delve into the constituents that constitute the SFI approach, elucidating how it furni...
Source: Journal of Marital and Family Therapy - April 12, 2024 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Luca Codec á,
Jody Russon,
Matteo Selvini Tags: ORIGINAL ARTICLE Source Type: research
Words matter: The role of family weight talk in anxiety and depression
AbstractFamily weight talk, in the forms of both family weight teasing and encouragement to diet, has been linked to numerous adverse outcomes, including increased disordered eating, unhealthy weight control behaviors, and body mass index. However, little is known about its role in mental health outcomes, especially for emerging adults. Utilizing structural equation modeling, we examined the role of family weight teasing (FWT) and parental encouragement to diet in anxiety and depression and explored body weight perception as a moderator within a sample of 292 emerging adults. Results indicated that FWT was significantly as...
Source: Journal of Marital and Family Therapy - April 12, 2024 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Maggie L. Smith,
Andrew S. Brimhall Tags: ORIGINAL ARTICLE Source Type: research
“It's an ongoing discussion about desire”: Adults' strategies for managing sexual and affectionate desire discrepancies in romantic relationships
AbstractDesire discrepancies are a common source of relationship conflict and one reason adults may seek couples counseling. Within romantic relationships, adults individually experience sexual and affectionate desire, but also experience desire relative to their partner. If desire discrepancies exist, partners may attempt to resolve these discrepancies. Thus, we examined adults' strategies for managing sexual and affectionate desire discrepancies. Our sample consisted of 300 adults (45% women;Mage = 29.5; 86.3% LGBTQ+) who were in a romantic relationship and reported a desire discrepancy. Thematic analysis revealed ...
Source: Journal of Marital and Family Therapy - April 12, 2024 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Alyssa N. Clark,
Tracy L. Walters,
Eva S. Lefkowitz Tags: ORIGINAL ARTICLE Source Type: research
Strengthening couple relationships through a digital connection
This study addresses this gap with the creation of a theory grounded in data fromN = 45 couples (n = 90 individuals) in committed relationships. Results indicate couples' technology use can augment emotional connection and unity within the relationship as couples manage the influence of technology in a way that is relationally helpful. (Source: Journal of Marital and Family Therapy)
Source: Journal of Marital and Family Therapy - April 11, 2024 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: David J. Johnson,
Jaclyn C. Pickens,
Derek Holyoak,
Amanda Denzer ‐King Tags: ORIGINAL ARTICLE Source Type: research
The trajectory of anxiety in therapy: The role of ACEs
This study was designed to compare the trajectory of improvement in anxiety symptoms over the course of 12 sessions of therapy in adults (N = 472), who reported more (greater than four) and fewer (fewer than four) ACEs using a multigroup latent growth curve analysis. Data were drawn from the Marriage and Family Therapy Practice Research Network database. Results suggested that the rate of improvement in those with more and fewer A CEs was not significantly different; however, those with more ACEs had a significantly higher average starting point of anxiety symptoms. (Source: Journal of Marital and Family Therapy)
Source: Journal of Marital and Family Therapy - April 11, 2024 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Alyssa Banford Witting,
Shayne R. Anderson,
Lee N. Johnson,
Betsy Hughes Barrow,
Allie Peery Tags: ORIGINAL ARTICLE Source Type: research
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Source: Journal of Marital and Family Therapy - April 9, 2024 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Tags: ISSUE INFORMATION Source Type: research
Flourishing Love: A secular guide to lasting intimate relationships By
Gnaulati,
Enrico, Biecester;
United Kingdom:
Karnac Books.
2024. pp.
225. $19.95. ISBN: 13: 978‐1‐80013‐208‐5
(Source: Journal of Marital and Family Therapy)
Source: Journal of Marital and Family Therapy - April 9, 2024 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: McKenna Walsh Tags: BOOK REVIEW Source Type: research
Racial trauma: Clinical strategies and techniques for healing invisible wounds By
Kenneth V.
Hardy,
New York, NY:
W.W. Norton & Company, Inc.
2023. pp.
480. $36.99. ISBN: 978-1-324-03043-0
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Source: Journal of Marital and Family Therapy - April 9, 2024 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Doneila McIntosh Tags: BOOK REVIEW Source Type: research
Validation of the intersession alliance measure: Individual, couple, and family versions
AbstractMonitoring the therapeutic alliance throughout treatment can improve client outcomes and lead to improved care. The individual, couple, and family versions of the intersession alliance measure (IAM) were developed to facilitate routine monitoring of the expanded therapeutic alliance. Psychometric properties of the three versions of the IAM were examined using a clinical sample. Participants were drawn from clinics in the United States participating in the Marriage and Family Therapy Practice Research Network. Using this sample, results indicate that items on each version of the IAM load on one factor, are invariant...
Source: Journal of Marital and Family Therapy - April 4, 2024 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Shayne R. Anderson,
Lee N. Johnson,
Alyssa Banford Witting,
Richard B. Miller,
Angela B. Bradford,
Quintin A. Hunt,
Roy A. Bean Tags: ORIGINAL ARTICLE Source Type: research
The Couples' Closeness –Distance Scale– Observation through joint‐drawing: A pilot dyadic validation study
AbstractThe study aimed to evaluate the Couples' Closeness –Distance Scale (CCDS), an observational assessment reflecting couples' relational dynamics; based on joint-drawing, it offers measurable dimensions. Forty cohabiting Israeli couples participated in the joint-drawing task and answered self-report questionnaires for attachment, differentiation of self, and relationship satisfaction. The paintings were assessed by trained observers on the CCDS scales (too distant, too close, autonomy, engagement) for both the women's and men's experiences. A two-level-dyadic model showed that differentiation and relationship satis...
Source: Journal of Marital and Family Therapy - April 3, 2024 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Sharon Egozi,
Or Shalev,
Lotem Svorai,
Ruth Touch,
Sharon Snir Tags: ORIGINAL ARTICLE Source Type: research
“Extremely toxic and evil” reflections on gender identity change efforts by Christian religious leaders: Implications for therapy with transgender and nonbinary clients
AbstractGiven the religious groundings that support the practice of gender identity change efforts (GICE), we sought to explore the beliefs of Christian religious leaders about this practice and their understanding of marginalized gender identities. Nineteen religious leaders mainly from diverse Mainline Christian Protestant traditions were interviewed. Queer theory-informed thematic analysis revealed two themes related to participants' beliefs about transgender and nonbinary identities: (1) Transgender and nonbinary identities are normative and authentic and (2) God created gender diversity. The analyses also highlighte...
Source: Journal of Marital and Family Therapy - March 7, 2024 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Christi R. McGeorge,
Katelyn O. Coburn Tags: ORIGINAL ARTICLE Source Type: research
How does my partner see me? Metaperceptions of personality and couple satisfaction
This study examined the association between congruence in the two partners' perceptions and their relationship satisfaction. We considered congruence between metaperception and partner-perception (meta-partner) and between metaperceptions and self-rated personality (meta-self). The participants were 236 heterosexual couples. Each couple member reported couple satisfaction and personality traits (in terms of self-perception, partner-perception, and metaperception). The actor –partner interdependence model (APIM) revealed that individuals who believed to be viewed by their partner as more agreeable, conscientious, or emoti...
Source: Journal of Marital and Family Therapy - March 6, 2024 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Camilla Matera,
Elena Pirani Tags: ORIGINAL ARTICLE Source Type: research
Hearing the voices of Black Africans: Essential components for culturally relevant marriage enrichment programs in South Africa
This study aimed to redress gaps in literature and practice, outlining elements for inclusion into a marriage enrichment program (MEP) grounded on PREP 8.0 (Prevention and Relationship Education Program) and current baseline research conducted in South Africa. A qualitative descriptive phenomenological design was utilized, using face-to-face interviews with leaders and social services practitioners (SSPs) and a pilot study with couples, all sampled purposively. Findings show that (1) Black Africans are in high need of MEPs, revealed through intense gratitude and (2) a prerequisite for positive outcomes is the integration o...
Source: Journal of Marital and Family Therapy - March 5, 2024 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Kabaro Grace Neswiswa,
Susanne Jacobs Tags: ORIGINAL ARTICLE Source Type: research
