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Adult ADHD and romantic relationships: What we know and what we can do to help
AbstractIt has been widely maintained that enduring and healthy romantic relationships are critical to quality of life in adulthood, and can buffer the impact of adversity, including psychological disorder. Unfortunately, much research points toward adults with attention ‐deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) having short‐lived and discordant romantic relationships. Despite this ample evidence, relatively little research has focused on identifying specific factors that may strengthen or explain their relational difficulties, which would have obvious relationship distress prevention and intervention implications. The cu...
Source: Journal of Marital and Family Therapy - January 9, 2021 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Brian T. Wymbs, Will H. Canu, Gina M. Sacchetti, Loren M. Ranson Tags: INVITED REVIEW Source Type: research

“The troublesome other and I”: Parallel stories of separated parents in prolonged conflicts
AbstractThis qualitative study aims to explore how noncohabiting parenting couples in prolonged conflict construct the other parent and themselves. Ten parents from five parent couples were interviewed. A dyadic analytical design was used, where parent's stories of conflict were analyzed in parallel with their co ‐parent. Drawing on positioning theory, self‐identity as parents emerged as implicit counter positions in storylines, which construct the co‐parent as “the troublesome other. ” Two typologies of conflicted storylines were prominent in the findings:storylines of violations of trust, positioning the co ‐...
Source: Journal of Marital and Family Therapy - January 9, 2021 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Jan Stokkebekk, Anette Iversen, Ragnhild Hollekim, Ottar Ness Tags: ORIGINAL ARTICLE Source Type: research

How long do people wait before seeking couples therapy? a research note
AbstractA widely cited but poorly supported idea in the couples therapy field is that the average couple waits six years before starting therapy for serious relationship problems. This figure is often accompanied by the notion that many couples come “too late” and have poor prospects for recovery. This is the first large‐sample study on the delay between the onset of serious marital problems and entry into couples therapy (N = 270) and individual therapy (N = 101) for relationship problems. We found an average interval of 2.68 years from onset of problems and entering couples therapy, with the great majority of ...
Source: Journal of Marital and Family Therapy - January 7, 2021 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: William J. Doherty, Steven M. Harris, Eugene L. Hall, Aimee K. Hubbard Tags: ORIGINAL ARTICLE Source Type: research

How Long Do People Wait Before Seeking Couples Therapy? A Research Note
AbstractA widely cited but poorly supported idea in the couples therapy field is that the average couple waits six years before starting therapy for serious relationship problems. This figure is often accompanied by the notion that many couples come “too late” and have poor prospects for recovery. This is the first large‐sample study on the delay between the onset of serious marital problems and entry into couples therapy (N = 270) and individual therapy (N = 101) for relationship problems. We found an average interval of 2.68 years from onset of problems and entering couples therapy, with the great majority of ...
Source: Journal of Marital and Family Therapy - January 7, 2021 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: William J. Doherty, Steven M. Harris, Eugene L. Hall, Aimee K. Hubbard Tags: ORIGINAL ARTICLE Source Type: research

What are they doing? A national survey of help ‐seeking and relationship‐repair behavior of individuals who are thinking about divorce
AbstractGuided by the Stages of Change (SOC) model, we explored relationship ‐repair behaviors among those thinking about divorce, employing a recent national longitudinal survey of married individuals (N = 745). Person‐centered analyses explored whether there were distinct typologies of relationship‐repair behaviors. We found four distinct classes:Intense Seekers (6%), who engaged at high levels of all kinds of repair behaviors, including professional services;Moderate‐fading Seekers (14%), who engaged in moderate levels of various repair behaviors, including professional services, but did not sustain that behav...
Source: Journal of Marital and Family Therapy - January 6, 2021 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Adam M. Galovan, Alan J. Hawkins, Steven M. Harris, David M. Simpson Tags: ORIGINAL ARTICLE Source Type: research

Trauma, social media, and #WhyIDidntReport: An analysis of twitter posts about reluctance to report sexual assault
AbstractRecent social trends regarding sexual violence and gender have included elements of “hashtag activism,” which involves using social media tools for cultural awareness and change. For example, the Twitter hashtag: #WhyIDidntReport was created for survivors of sexual victimization to share their barriers to reporting. In this project, 600 tweets attached to this hashtag were anal yzed using a combination of grounded theory and content analysis methods. Results were organized into a conceptual map, with a central category (power), connected to three other ecological categories (culture, community systems, and rela...
Source: Journal of Marital and Family Therapy - December 22, 2020 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Jason B. Whiting, Jaclyn Cravens Pickens, Abby Luthi Sagers, Morgan PettyJohn, Bria Davies Tags: ORIGINAL ARTICLE Source Type: research

Trauma, Social Media, and #WhyIDidntReport: An Analysis of Twitter Posts About Reluctance to Report Sexual Assault
AbstractRecent social trends regarding sexual violence and gender have included elements of “hashtag activism,” which involves using social media tools for cultural awareness and change. For example, the Twitter hashtag: #WhyIDidntReport was created for survivors of sexual victimization to share their barriers to reporting. In this project, 600 tweets attached to this hashtag were anal yzed using a combination of grounded theory and content analysis methods. Results were organized into a conceptual map, with a central category (power), connected to three other ecological categories (culture, community systems, and rela...
Source: Journal of Marital and Family Therapy - December 22, 2020 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Jason B. Whiting, Jaclyn Cravens Pickens, Abby Luthi Sagers, Morgan PettyJohn, Bria Davies Tags: ORIGINAL ARTICLE Source Type: research

Clients ’ perceptions of marriage and family therapists’ way‐of‐being: a phenomenological analysis
AbstractPrevious research highlights the influence of therapist factors on treatment outcomes. One therapist factor proposed as fundamental to the process of therapy is the therapist's way ‐of‐being, a relational concept that refers to how the therapist regards a client—either as a person or object (Fife et al., [2014]Journal of Marital and Family Therapy, 40, 20 –33). Although this case has been made conceptually, there is little empirical research on therapists’ way‐of‐being with clients. The primary purpose of this research is to investigate clients’ perceptions of their therapists’ way‐of‐being. U...
Source: Journal of Marital and Family Therapy - December 5, 2020 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Derek L. Holyoak, Stephen T. Fife, Katherine M. Hertlein Tags: ORIGINAL ARTICLE Source Type: research

Romantic relationship experiences and emotion regulation strategies of regular mindfulness meditation practitioners: A qualitative study
AbstractUsing attachment theory as the framework, this qualitative study focused on the romantic relationship experiences of regular mindfulness meditators and their meditation ‐naïve or nonregularly meditating partners (NMPs). The sample consisted of eight heterosexual and two same‐sex couples. Thematic analysis (TA) yielded seven themes on three levels. Three intrapersonal themes were (a) meta‐awareness of one's emotional strategies; (b) shift in emotion regulatio n strategies; and (c) shift in relationship with oneself. The relationship‐level themes of meditators emerged as (d) experiential shift in stressful s...
Source: Journal of Marital and Family Therapy - December 4, 2020 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: It ır Erkan, Nilüfer Kafesçioğlu, Alev Cavdar, Senem Zeytinoğlu‐Saydam Tags: ORIGINAL ARTICLE Source Type: research

Romantic Relationship Experiences and Emotion Regulation Strategies of Regular Mindfulness Meditation Practitioners: A Qualitative Study
AbstractUsing attachment theory as the framework, this qualitative study focused on the romantic relationship experiences of regular mindfulness meditators and their meditation ‐naïve or nonregularly meditating partners (NMPs). The sample consisted of eight heterosexual and two same‐sex couples. Thematic analysis (TA) yielded seven themes on three levels. Three intrapersonal themes were (a) meta‐awareness of one's emotional strategies; (b) shift in emotion regulatio n strategies; and (c) shift in relationship with oneself. The relationship‐level themes of meditators emerged as (d) experiential shift in stressful s...
Source: Journal of Marital and Family Therapy - December 4, 2020 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: It ır Erkan, Nilüfer Kafesçioğlu, Alev Cavdar, Senem Zeytinoğlu‐Saydam Tags: ORIGINAL ARTICLE Source Type: research

“Is it us or is it me?”: Family experiences of connectedness following a reflecting team intervention
This study demonstrates the importance of considering family connectedness as a multilevel relat ionship construct that potentially changes in response to RT. (Source: Journal of Marital and Family Therapy)
Source: Journal of Marital and Family Therapy - November 8, 2020 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Dillon T. Browne, Jerika Norona, Amy Busch, Keith Armstrong, Sarah Crouch, Teo Ernst, Sabrina Darrow, Jackson A. Smith, Eva C. Ihle Tags: ORIGINAL ARTICLE Source Type: research

Way of being and the therapeutic pyramid: Expanding the application of a common factors meta ‐model
This study illustrates th e broad applicability of common factors meta‐models by applying the therapeutic pyramid to couples therapy, family therapy, training and supervision, and professional ethics. (Source: Journal of Marital and Family Therapy)
Source: Journal of Marital and Family Therapy - November 8, 2020 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Sean D. Davis, Stephen T. Fife, Jason B. Whiting, Kay P. Bradford Tags: ORIGINAL ARTICLE Source Type: research