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The association between caregiver psychiatric distress and perceived barriers to behavioral health treatment participation for youth in the juvenile legal system
AbstractYouth in the juvenile legal system  (JLS) evidence high rates of behavioral health concerns but struggle to access services. Given that caregivers are often tasked with helping their child to initiate and persist with services, it seems important to understand how their own well-being impacts their experiences of barriers to treatme nt participation for their child. The present study examined the link between caregiver (N = 196; 89% female) psychiatric concerns and experiences of treatment barriers among a sample of youth involved in the JLS. A cluster analysis revealed a cluster of caregivers with clinically ...
Source: Journal of Marital and Family Therapy - November 21, 2023 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Kaitlin M. Sheerin, Shannon Williamson ‐Butler, Alyssa Vieira, Miyah Grant, Kathleen A. Kemp Tags: ORIGINAL ARTICLE Source Type: research

Exploring the effectiveness of emotionally focused therapy for depressive symptoms and relationship distress among couples in Taiwan: A single ‐arm pragmatic trial
AbstractThis is the first study to explore the effectiveness of emotionally focused couple therapy (EFT) for depressive symptoms and relationship distress among couples in Taiwan. This one-arm pragmatic trial assessed the clinical outcomes of 17 couples using multilevel modeling to investigate changes in depressive symptoms and relationship distress throughout treatment. Over half of the participants were moderately depressed and moderately distressed at baseline. Multilevel models revealed decreased depressive symptoms over time, with a small increase toward  the end of treatment. However, no significant changes were obs...
Source: Journal of Marital and Family Therapy - November 14, 2023 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Chi ‐Fang Tseng, Andrea K. Wittenborn, Preston C. Morgan, Ting Liu Tags: ORIGINAL ARTICLE Source Type: research

No Bad Parts: Healing trauma and restoring wholeness with the internal family systems model By R. C. Schwartz, Boulder, CO: Sounds True. 2021. pp. 199.
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Source: Journal of Marital and Family Therapy - October 31, 2023 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Jeffrey Kraft Tags: BOOK REVIEW Source Type: research

Development and psychometric properties of the Couple Interaction Pattern Scale
This study developed the Couple Interaction Pattern Scale (CIPS) based on the interpersonal theory, comprising five subscales: friendly complementary (FC), hostile complementary (HC), mutual hostile-dominant (MHD), friendly-dominant eliciting hostile-submissive (FDHS), and hostile-dominant eliciting friendly-submissive (HDFS). The psychometric properties of the CIPS were examined through three independent studies. Study one conducted item reduction and preliminary analysis using a sample of 662 married individuals, with an additional 80 married individuals for test –retest reliability assessment. Study two validated the ...
Source: Journal of Marital and Family Therapy - October 28, 2023 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Xiaoyi Fang, Ziyuan Chen, Wei Tong, Caixin Gao, Hongyu Zhang, Qingyin Li Tags: ORIGINAL ARTICLE Source Type: research

Black therapists' experiences with their Black clients: A systematic review
AbstractThis systematic review explores Black therapists' experiences with their Black clients. The search initially identified 459 possible articles. Through the study selection process, following the Cochrane Collaboration's guidelines, the 459 studies were narrowed down to 11 studies. A total of eight qualitative studies and three quantitative studies were identified. The analytic process of this review mirrored that of a thematic analysis due to the proportion of qualitative articles. Five themes emerged:Understanding the Black Experience, Connection to Clients, Working with Black Clients, Working While Black, andTrain...
Source: Journal of Marital and Family Therapy - October 27, 2023 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Alexus Hamilton Tags: ORIGINAL ARTICLE Source Type: research

Improvements in depressive symptoms following a brief relationship intervention
AbstractIn the United States, 21 million adults are diagnosed with depression. Couple therapy effectively treats depression,  however, couples encounter access barriers. The Relationship Checkup is an assessment and feedback intervention delivered in participants' homes. The current study examines changes in relationship satisfaction and depressive symptoms, and moderators and mechanisms of change in a community sample (N = 85 couples). Changes in depressive symptoms and satisfaction, and the association between changes in satisfaction and depressive symptoms were examined with multilevel modeling. Depressive symptoms...
Source: Journal of Marital and Family Therapy - October 27, 2023 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Erica A. Mitchell, Patricia N. E. Roberson, Michaela DiPillo, James V. Cordova, Kristina Coop Gordon Tags: ORIGINAL ARTICLE Source Type: research

JMFT annual report 2022
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Source: Journal of Marital and Family Therapy - October 24, 2023 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Steven M. Harris, Erin J. Guyette Tags: ORIGINAL ARTICLE Source Type: research

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Source: Journal of Marital and Family Therapy - October 24, 2023 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Tags: ISSUE INFORMATION Source Type: research

Relationship mindfulness, negative relationship quality, and physical health
AbstractRomantic relationships have the potential to be a great source of support or a significant stressor depending on the quality of the relationship. Given the importance of these relationships, it is important to explore possible predictors of relationship quality, primarily if such predictors can be targeted in a clinical setting. Relationship mindfulness, or the propensity to be mindful in the setting of a romantic relationship, is one such option. The current study explored the associations between relationship mindfulness, negative relationship quality, and physical health. An online assessment was completed by 11...
Source: Journal of Marital and Family Therapy - October 20, 2023 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Katherine L. Morris, Chrystal N. McDowell, Dania Tawfiq, Carson Outler, Jonathan G. Kimmes Tags: ORIGINAL ARTICLE Source Type: research

Transracial adoption, identity, and racism in the United States: Between two worldsBy   Kyrai E. Antares,  Lexington Books.  2023. pp.  174. $45.00 (eBook) $95.00 (Hardcover)
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Source: Journal of Marital and Family Therapy - October 12, 2023 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Michael L. White Tags: BOOK REVIEW Source Type: research

“I'm fighting with BPD instead of my partner”: A dyadic interpretative phenomenological analysis of the lived experience of couples navigating borderline personality disorder
AbstractBorderline personality disorder (BPD) is associated with romantic relationship distress and dissolution. The complex interaction between BPD and romantic relationships warrants further attention. Dyadic interviews (N = 10) were conducted to examine the experience and impact of BPD on couples' relationships. The results of interpretative phenomenological analysis consisted of two superordinate themes describing the couple experience of navigating BPD: (a) the shared experience of BPD as a relational stressor ; and (b) adaptive dyadic coping in the context of BPD. Although BPD was experienced as a relational stre...
Source: Journal of Marital and Family Therapy - October 9, 2023 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Abigail M. O'Leary, Ashley L. Landers, Jeffrey B. Jackson Tags: ORIGINAL ARTICLE Source Type: research

Married women's response to spousal pornography use: A grounded theory
This study included the experiences of 30 married women who reported spousal pornography use as a threat to relational attachment, who chose to remain with their spouse, and who reported evidence of individual and relational healing thereafter. The research question, “How do married women describe the experience of learning of their spouse's pornography use and the individual and relationship sequelae that follow?” was explored using grounded theory methods to analyze deidentified blogpost accounts emphasizing response to a spouse's pornography use. The resu lts describe a process model highlighting three interrelated ...
Source: Journal of Marital and Family Therapy - October 9, 2023 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Misha D. Crawford, Mark H. Butler, Loren D. Marks, Chelom J. Leavitt Tags: ORIGINAL ARTICLE Source Type: research

Parental efficacy after a military parenting program: A dyadic latent growth model
AbstractParental efficacy is an important aspect of parenting and a key outcome in many parenting programs. However, most studies focus on mothers, and less is known about the relationship between coparents' parental efficacy over time following intervention, and how parental distress can impact parental efficacy. The current study (N = 271 heterosexual couples; 162 intervention and 109 control) used a dyadic latent growth model to explore the dependence structure of parental efficacy between couples 2 years after assignment to a military parenting program, After Deployment, Adaptive Parenting Tools or a control condit...
Source: Journal of Marital and Family Therapy - September 27, 2023 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Qiyue Cai, Sydni Basha, Abigail H. Gewirtz Tags: ORIGINAL ARTICLE Source Type: research

Relationship satisfaction in Black heterosexual couples: The role of self ‐compassion and openness
AbstractThe study examined how Black heterosexual couples cope with the impact of racial discrimination on their relationship. The Vulnerability Stress Adaptation (VSA) model was utilized to examine the role of self-compassion in mitigating negative interaction in the relationship and how racial discrimination might disrupt this protective process. Further, the influence of open communication on the relationship between negative interaction and overall relationship satisfaction was explored. Participants included 210 Black married heterosexual couples. A common-fate moderated mediation model was used to analyze the data. T...
Source: Journal of Marital and Family Therapy - September 27, 2023 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Zenova Williams, Joyce Baptist Tags: ORIGINAL ARTICLE Source Type: research

The role of emotional dysregulation in the association between family ‐of‐origin conflict and romantic relationship maintenance
AbstractFamily-of-origin systems are consequential for the emotional well-being of offspring. These influences are likely to last into adulthood, affecting adult children's romantic relationships. The mechanisms by which family-of-origin environments influence adult romantic relationships are not fully understood. In a sample of 118 different-sex couples, we tested the effects of negative family-of-origin conflict on adult offspring's provision of relationship maintenance to their romantic partner using structural equation modeling. We evaluated emotional dysregulation as a mediator of this effect, using two measures of em...
Source: Journal of Marital and Family Therapy - September 27, 2023 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Matthew A. Ogan, J. Kale Monk, Rachel B. Thibodeau ‐Nielsen, Amber Vennum, Kristy Soloski Tags: ORIGINAL ARTICLE Source Type: research