Journal of marital and family therapy最新文献

Superwoman Schema and Relationship Satisfaction Among Black Women in the United States: The Mediating Role of Relationship Attachment 美国黑人女性的女超人图式与关系满意度：关系依恋的中介作用

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Journal of marital and family therapy Pub Date : 2025-05-27 DOI: 10.1111/jmft.70036

Shemeka Thorpe, Kasey E. Vigil, Brenice Duroseau, Praise Iyiewuare, Natalie Malone, Jardin N. Dogan-Dixon, Jessica Ross

{"title":"Superwoman Schema and Relationship Satisfaction Among Black Women in the United States: The Mediating Role of Relationship Attachment","authors":"Shemeka Thorpe, Kasey E. Vigil, Brenice Duroseau, Praise Iyiewuare, Natalie Malone, Jardin N. Dogan-Dixon, Jessica Ross","doi":"10.1111/jmft.70036","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/jmft.70036","url":null,"abstract":"<div>\u0000 \u0000 <p>We examined insecure attachment styles as mediators of the link between Superwoman Schema (SWS) and relationship satisfaction among <i>N</i> = 288 Black women. We also examined partner race and gender as moderators of the indirect association between SWS and relationship satisfaction through relationship attachment. Avoidant attachment significantly mediated the relationship between SWS and relationship satisfaction. Anxious and avoidant attachment significantly mediated the relationship between SWS components and relationship satisfaction. Partner race (i.e., observed for participants with a Black partner) moderated the indirect effect of SWS on relationship satisfaction through avoidant attachment. While having a Black woman partner did not moderate the mediation of SWS on relationship satisfaction via avoidant attachment, a significant conditional indirect effect was observed. Findings highlight how SWS impacts Black women's relationship satisfaction. Addressing the structural and interpersonal dynamics of SWS could facilitate safe relational spaces that foster healthier, more fulfilling relationships for Black women.</p>\u0000 </div>","PeriodicalId":16320,"journal":{"name":"Journal of marital and family therapy","volume":"51 3","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.8,"publicationDate":"2025-05-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144148361","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Examining the Eye Movement Desensitization Reprocessing Flash Technique on Racial Trauma 眼动脱敏再加工闪光技术在种族创伤中的应用研究

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Journal of marital and family therapy Pub Date : 2025-05-22 DOI: 10.1111/jmft.70032

Yi-Hsin Hung, Kai-Tang Chang, Kristy Soloski, Deanna Linville

{"title":"Examining the Eye Movement Desensitization Reprocessing Flash Technique on Racial Trauma","authors":"Yi-Hsin Hung, Kai-Tang Chang, Kristy Soloski, Deanna Linville","doi":"10.1111/jmft.70032","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/jmft.70032","url":null,"abstract":"<div>\u0000 \u0000 <p>Racial trauma poses significant risks to mental health and reduces the effectiveness of traditional psychotherapy. This study evaluated the self-administered eye movement desensitization and reprocessing—flash technique (EMDR-FT) as a telehealth intervention for reducing distress associated with racial trauma memories. Thirty-nine participants with moderate distress levels completed three bilateral stimulation sessions, with disturbance measured using the subjective units of disturbance (SUDs) scale. A repeated measures ANOVA revealed a significant reduction in distress across five time points, <i>F</i>(2, 90) = 17.37, <i>p</i> < 0.001, <i>η</i>² = 0.31. Post hoc analysis confirmed decreases from pre-test (<i>M</i> = 5.41, SD = 2.51) to post-test (<i>M</i> = 3.00, SD = 2.29). These findings suggest that EMDR-FT effectively reduces distress linked to racial trauma and highlight its potential as an accessible telehealth intervention. This study underscores the need for further exploration of self-administered approaches to trauma-focused therapy.</p>\u0000 </div>","PeriodicalId":16320,"journal":{"name":"Journal of marital and family therapy","volume":"51 3","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.8,"publicationDate":"2025-05-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144117968","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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“Be Open to All Those Ways That People Can Live Their Lives:” LGBTQ+ Client Recommendations for Adapting Emotionally Focused Couple Therapy “对人们生活的所有方式持开放态度：”LGBTQ+客户对适应情感聚焦夫妻治疗的建议

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Journal of marital and family therapy Pub Date : 2025-05-20 DOI: 10.1111/jmft.70037

Caitlin Edwards, Andrea K. Wittenborn, Robert Allan

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Resource Loss and Empathy in Couples During the COVID-19 Pandemic: The Role of Attachment Behaviors COVID-19大流行期间夫妻的资源损失和同理心：依恋行为的作用

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Journal of marital and family therapy Pub Date : 2025-05-20 DOI: 10.1111/jmft.70031

Angela Bradford, Alyssa Banford Witting

{"title":"Resource Loss and Empathy in Couples During the COVID-19 Pandemic: The Role of Attachment Behaviors","authors":"Angela Bradford, Alyssa Banford Witting","doi":"10.1111/jmft.70031","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/jmft.70031","url":null,"abstract":"<div>\u0000 \u0000 <p>This dyadic, longitudinal study investigates the impact of pandemic-related resource loss on cognitive empathy through actor–partner effects via attachment behaviors in a sample of 535 cisgender heterosexual couples. The COVID-19 pandemic resulted in significant resource loss, disruption to societal functioning and transportation, panic, and isolation. In the wake of mass-stress events, preserving empathy in relationships may aid long-term adaptation; this study represents a contribution toward understanding empathy in couples during mass stress. We tested actor and partner effects of resource loss at the onset of the pandemic on changes in empathy 6 months later. We also examined the mediating role of attachment behavior changes in this relationship. Resource loss indirectly decreased empathy through reduced attachment behaviors for actors. It also indirectly increased empathy in the partner via enhanced partner attachment behaviors. Attachment behaviors supported higher empathy within partners, with no gender differences in model effects. Implications include the importance of reducing loss and enhancing attachment behaviors in couples and maintaining empathy for each other during mass stress events.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":16320,"journal":{"name":"Journal of marital and family therapy","volume":"51 3","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.8,"publicationDate":"2025-05-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144091904","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Reputation and Responsibility: A Qualitative Investigation of Parents' Experiences of Open Dialogue School Meetings 声誉与责任：公开对话学校会议家长体验的质性调查

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Journal of marital and family therapy Pub Date : 2025-05-15 DOI: 10.1111/jmft.70030

Ben Ong, Andrea McCloughen, Sarah Farrell-Whelan, Niels Buus

{"title":"Reputation and Responsibility: A Qualitative Investigation of Parents' Experiences of Open Dialogue School Meetings","authors":"Ben Ong, Andrea McCloughen, Sarah Farrell-Whelan, Niels Buus","doi":"10.1111/jmft.70030","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/jmft.70030","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Open Dialogue approaches to family therapy emphasize the voicing of multiple perspectives in a supportive collaborative environment. In a novel application of Open Dialogue, this study explored how parents of students at an Australian independent school experienced Open Dialogue meetings within a school setting. Using reflexive thematic analysis, we analyzed 4 h of audio recordings of three focus groups involving 14 parents. Parents reported that Open Dialogue meetings promoted closer relationships between the school, parents, and students and focused on adapting to the needs of the student. However, Open Dialogue meetings also interacted with parents' expectations and the school's reputation for student wellbeing to amplify parents' perceptions of the school's responsibility. Open Dialogue meetings promoted closer collaborative relationships between parents, students, and staff. Clinicians need to be mindful of broader social attitudes that influence a parent's experience, and to set up appropriate expectations to mitigate potential problems.</p>","PeriodicalId":16320,"journal":{"name":"Journal of marital and family therapy","volume":"51 3","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.8,"publicationDate":"2025-05-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/jmft.70030","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143950303","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Bangladeshi Couple Therapists’ Perspectives of Divorce Decision-Making

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Journal of marital and family therapy Pub Date : 2025-05-14 DOI: 10.1111/jmft.70028

Umme Kawser, Steven M. Harris, Pauroma Preety Mallick, Michael L. White, Lexi D. Gramlow

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Trajectories of Child and Caregiver Positive Coping Following a Brief Emotion-Focused Family Therapy (EFFT) Intervention 儿童和照顾者在短暂的以情绪为中心的家庭治疗（EFFT）干预后积极应对的轨迹

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Journal of marital and family therapy Pub Date : 2025-05-08 DOI: 10.1111/jmft.70029

Imogen M. Sloss, Jackson Smith, Laura Colucci, Mirisse Foroughe, Dillon T. Browne

{"title":"Trajectories of Child and Caregiver Positive Coping Following a Brief Emotion-Focused Family Therapy (EFFT) Intervention","authors":"Imogen M. Sloss, Jackson Smith, Laura Colucci, Mirisse Foroughe, Dillon T. Browne","doi":"10.1111/jmft.70029","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/jmft.70029","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Families play an influential role in promoting positive coping (PC) among youth, which has led to the development of family-based interventions, such as emotion-focused family therapy (EFFT). The present study examined trajectories of PC over 1 year following a 2-day virtual caregiver group EFFT intervention. Participants included 155 caregivers who attended the EFFT intervention. Caregivers completed measures on themselves and up to four children at six time points from pre-intervention to 12-month follow-up. Higher-order growth curve analysis modelled trajectories of PC for individuals nested within families. Participants exhibited an increase in PC over 12 months. Caregivers had higher initial PC levels than children and improved at a slower rate. Finally, participants in families with higher social support and lower family dysfunction had higher baseline PC. These variables did not predict change. Findings reveal that aspects of the family environment are related to PC, highlighting the importance of family-based interventions.</p>","PeriodicalId":16320,"journal":{"name":"Journal of marital and family therapy","volume":"51 3","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.8,"publicationDate":"2025-05-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/jmft.70029","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143925785","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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A Family Centered Approach to Mandated Reporting: An Anticarceral Praxis for Couple and Family Therapists Working With BIPOC Families 以家庭为中心的强制性报告方法：与BIPOC家庭一起工作的夫妇和家庭治疗师的反心脏实践

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Journal of marital and family therapy Pub Date : 2025-04-30 DOI: 10.1111/jmft.70022

Sandra Espinoza, Nicole Gutierrez-Sabatini, Iman Dadras, Kyung In Lee, Mandee Duran, Anie Garabedian

{"title":"A Family Centered Approach to Mandated Reporting: An Anticarceral Praxis for Couple and Family Therapists Working With BIPOC Families","authors":"Sandra Espinoza, Nicole Gutierrez-Sabatini, Iman Dadras, Kyung In Lee, Mandee Duran, Anie Garabedian","doi":"10.1111/jmft.70022","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/jmft.70022","url":null,"abstract":"<div>\u0000 \u0000 <p>This paper examines how current therapist training in mandated reporting (MR) and child welfare may inadvertently perpetuate oppression for Black, Indigenous, people of color (BIPOC) individuals through engagement in carceral practices rooted in systemic racism. Carceral practices involve coercive or punitive actions to control BIPOC and low-income communities, contributing to lower mental health service utilization among racial minorities, especially those with prior carceral involvement. Therapists in training, believing they are fulfilling ethical and legal duties, may overreport, negatively impacting families of color. From 2015 to 2018, only 9 in 1000 maltreatment cases were confirmed, reflecting the carceral conditioning of therapists. This paper advocates for an anticarceral praxis and proposes an ethical family centered model. It encourages therapists to critically reflect on their roles within carceral paradigms, explore alternative supportive methods for working with BIPOC clients, and review transformative justice, abolitionist approaches, and community-centered alternatives to traditional MR.</p>\u0000 </div>","PeriodicalId":16320,"journal":{"name":"Journal of marital and family therapy","volume":"51 3","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.8,"publicationDate":"2025-04-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143888963","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Client Perspectives of Family Therapy: A Qualitative Systematic Review 家庭治疗的来访者观点：一个定性的系统回顾

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Journal of marital and family therapy Pub Date : 2025-04-30 DOI: 10.1111/jmft.70024

Elif Todd, Rachael Pond, Kitt Coomber

{"title":"Client Perspectives of Family Therapy: A Qualitative Systematic Review","authors":"Elif Todd, Rachael Pond, Kitt Coomber","doi":"10.1111/jmft.70024","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/jmft.70024","url":null,"abstract":"<p>This qualitative systematic review aimed to synthesize and discuss family members' perspectives of helpful and unhelpful factors in family therapy (FT) sessions, to benefit the application of FT interventions and training. Eleven studies met eligibility criteria and were critically appraised and thematically synthesized. Four themes resulted: therapist qualities contributing to the therapeutic alliance, practitioners' use of therapeutic techniques, intervention delivery, and family engagement with the process. Helpful factors included therapist warmth, kindness, and genuine care; therapist connecting with family in a sensitive, respectful, and nonjudgmental manner; effective use of therapeutic techniques that facilitated self-reflection, emotional expression, communication, and perspective-taking; therapy sessions conducted collaboratively with active family participation; focusing on family strengths and resources; and tailoring format to family needs. Unhelpful factors included participants sharing before ready, therapist siding with a family member, therapy process not matching family needs, and insufficient progress early on. Implications for practice and future research are discussed.</p>","PeriodicalId":16320,"journal":{"name":"Journal of marital and family therapy","volume":"51 3","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.8,"publicationDate":"2025-04-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/jmft.70024","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143888964","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Trans-Cending the Mononormativity of Relationship Therapy: An Intersectional Framework for Increasing Competency 超越关系治疗的单一规范：提高能力的交叉框架

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Journal of marital and family therapy Pub Date : 2025-04-30 DOI: 10.1111/jmft.70025

Sean P. Barros, Emily M. Doyle

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