Preshous Benjamin, Ju Ann “Esther” Park, Jared A. Durtschi
{"title":"“My Mama Don't Like You and She Likes Everyone”: The Role of Family Approval in Partner Conflict and Satisfaction","authors":"Preshous Benjamin, Ju Ann “Esther” Park, Jared A. Durtschi","doi":"10.1111/jmft.70062","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/jmft.70062","url":null,"abstract":"<div>\u0000 \u0000 <p>Family members' acceptance of one's romantic partner may play an important role in the progress of new and developing romantic relationships. This study used a sample of 707 couples that completed a questionnaire from the Marriage Matters Panel Survey of Newlywed Couples to observe the effects from family approval to conflict to relationship quality across the first three to 4 years of marriage. Results indicated that an increase in husbands’ family approval at Wave 1 was significantly linked with the relationship quality of both spouses at Wave 3 via the indirect effect through both spouses' conflict at Wave 2. More specifically, as husbands' families were more approving of their wives shortly after marriage, both spouses reported less conflict 18 months into marriage, and higher relationship quality 3 to 4 years into marriage. Clinical implications will be reviewed for helping couples and families navigate this developmental stage of marriage formation.</p>\u0000 </div>","PeriodicalId":16320,"journal":{"name":"Journal of marital and family therapy","volume":"51 4","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.1,"publicationDate":"2025-08-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144861882","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}
Francesca Balestra, Laura Fruggeri, Elena Venturelli
{"title":"Families and Therapists Facing Familistic Prejudices in Italy. Developing Context-Sensitive Therapeutic Practices","authors":"Francesca Balestra, Laura Fruggeri, Elena Venturelli","doi":"10.1111/jmft.70060","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/jmft.70060","url":null,"abstract":"<div>\u0000 \u0000 <p>This paper aims to contextualize CFT within the contradictory socio-cultural environment in which families live and develop in Italy: new family lifestyles and old prejudices against new family forms coexist. It is important for therapists to be aware of the possibility that clients may internalize prejudices or social stereotypes and thus make decisions that are ultimately inappropriate for their own situation. Equally, it is important for psychotherapists to have first distanced themselves from the prejudices that clients may socially and culturally share or that might be present in their models. We will address this issue through the analysis of three different clinical cases selected according to a pattern that connects them despite their differences. The clinical cases reflect the specificity of the Italian socio-cultural context while also demonstrating how a second-level perspective—articulated through defined competencies—fosters context-sensitive clinical practice.</p>\u0000 </div>","PeriodicalId":16320,"journal":{"name":"Journal of marital and family therapy","volume":"51 4","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.1,"publicationDate":"2025-08-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144782723","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}
Summer L. Vail, Tianjun Sun, Jared R. Anderson, Chelsea M. Spencer
{"title":"Self-Regulatory Profile Scale: Development and Initial Psychometric Validation Using Exploratory Structural Equation Modeling","authors":"Summer L. Vail, Tianjun Sun, Jared R. Anderson, Chelsea M. Spencer","doi":"10.1111/jmft.70059","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/jmft.70059","url":null,"abstract":"<div>\u0000 \u0000 <p>The ability to self-regulate, and the consequences of under-regulation, have long been an area of inquiry for many disciplines. Various domains of self-regulation have historically been studied independent of one another, despite the interactive nature and interdependent development of the domains. Currently, no quantitative measure exists that evaluates the whole of the self-regulatory system. This study seeks to confirm a factor structure of six pillars (i.e., domains) of self-regulation, as proposed by the Self-Regulation Model of Attachment Trauma and Addiction (Padykula and Conklin, 2010) using exploratory structural equation modeling (ESEM). A psychometric validation of the measure was completed in two cross-sectional studies. In a third study, the measure was externally validated against a nomological network of related constructs. ESEM confirmed the use of the six-pillar-12-facet model to examine a profile of self-regulation. Clinical and research implications of the findings are discussed.</p>\u0000 </div>","PeriodicalId":16320,"journal":{"name":"Journal of marital and family therapy","volume":"51 4","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.1,"publicationDate":"2025-07-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144740218","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}
{"title":"Intragenerational Support for Gender-Questioning and Trans Youth: Centering the Sibling Subsystem in Affirmative Systemic Therapy","authors":"Anaïs Cadieux Van Vliet, Marjorie Aude Rabiau","doi":"10.1111/jmft.70057","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/jmft.70057","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Affirmative systemic therapy (AST) is an emerging trend in family therapy for accompanying families with a gender questioning, nonbinary, or trans child. Simultaneously, research from across the globe reports that the inclusion of siblings and the focus on the sibling subsystem are often lacking in systemic work. The authors write from a shared Canadian perspective toward expanding the inclusion of siblings of gender diverse young people in therapy. Siblings may serve as early sources of self-disclosure and exploration surrounding gender identity for young gender questioning and trans individuals. Siblings may also play important roles as mediators, educators, and advocates among peers and family, given their shared generational zeitgeist. Through a case study, we exemplify the importance of involving the sibling subsystem while working with gender diverse families. More specifically, we begin by focusing on obstacles to the inclusion of siblings in affirmative systemic therapy. Then, we discuss strategies toward better inclusion and integration, namely, systemic approaches and techniques for working with the sibling subsystem with a focus on the theme of gender creativity, transition, or questioning. In this article, we advocate for the greater inclusion of siblings in family therapy generally, and hope to contribute to an ongoing conversation by illustrating some techniques for working with the sibling subsystem, in AST more specifically.</p>","PeriodicalId":16320,"journal":{"name":"Journal of marital and family therapy","volume":"51 3","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.8,"publicationDate":"2025-07-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/jmft.70057","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144695735","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}
Thanh-Minh Nguyen, Moïra Mikolajczak, Wei Wang, Huy The Hoang Le, Isabelle Roskam
{"title":"Work–Family Conflict and Enrichment, Family Routines and Rituals Meaning, and Parental Burnout in UK and Vietnamese Families","authors":"Thanh-Minh Nguyen, Moïra Mikolajczak, Wei Wang, Huy The Hoang Le, Isabelle Roskam","doi":"10.1111/jmft.70056","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/jmft.70056","url":null,"abstract":"<div>\u0000 \u0000 <p>Limited research has examined how micro- and mesosystem-level family factors relate to parental burnout across cultural contexts. Using a cross-cultural design, this study explored the relationships and underlying mechanisms linking work–family conflict, work–family enrichment, family routine, and family ritual meaning to parental burnout. The sample consisted of 1373 parents from the United Kingdom and Vietnam (<i>M</i>age = 37.90, SDage = 7.93 years; 77.7% mothers). We found that work–family conflict, work–family enrichment, family routines, and ritual meaning were significantly correlated with parental burnout, with similar patterns of association between the two countries. However, culture-specific differences emerged. After controlling for demographic variables, work–family conflict was the strongest predictor of parental burnout in the UK sample, whereas family routines played a more prominent role in the Vietnamese sample. These findings underscore the importance of cultural context in understanding parental burnout and offer insights for theoretical frameworks and clinical prevention and intervention.</p>\u0000 </div>","PeriodicalId":16320,"journal":{"name":"Journal of marital and family therapy","volume":"51 3","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.8,"publicationDate":"2025-07-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144647652","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}
Mónica Guzmán-González, Fabiola Gómez, Marie-France Lafontaine, Karla Tay-Karapas
{"title":"Profiles of Psychological Adjustment to Divorce and Separation: Associations With Attachment Insecurity, Forgiveness of the Former Partner, and Emotion Regulation Difficulties","authors":"Mónica Guzmán-González, Fabiola Gómez, Marie-France Lafontaine, Karla Tay-Karapas","doi":"10.1111/jmft.70055","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/jmft.70055","url":null,"abstract":"<div>\u0000 \u0000 <p>Divorce and separation represent the dissolution of one of the most significant attachment bonds during adulthood. Previous research has shown that divorced individuals often face heightened mental health challenges. However, this overarching view, focusing on average effects, fails to capture the diverse responses to this life transition, and the identification of profiles of psychological adaptation to divorce–separation remains limited. The present cross-sectional study aimed to identify latent profiles of psychological adaptation to divorce and separation using a person-centered approach. A sample of 938 Chilean adult participants completed specific measures of psychological adaptation and mental health indicators. Latent profile analysis revealed five distinct profiles: two with positive outcomes and three experiencing persistent difficulties. Factors such as attachment insecurity, forgiveness of the former partner, and emotion regulation difficulties were linked to profile membership, along with demographic and divorce-related variables. These findings offer valuable insights to tailor support services for individuals navigating divorce or separation.</p>\u0000 </div>","PeriodicalId":16320,"journal":{"name":"Journal of marital and family therapy","volume":"51 3","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.8,"publicationDate":"2025-07-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144647574","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}
Marissa A. Mosley, Nicholas R. Yoshida, Farris A. Turner
{"title":"Communication Is Key: The Mediating Effect of Demand–Withdraw Patterns on Partner Phubbing and Couple Satisfaction","authors":"Marissa A. Mosley, Nicholas R. Yoshida, Farris A. Turner","doi":"10.1111/jmft.70053","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/jmft.70053","url":null,"abstract":"<div>\u0000 \u0000 <p>Technology use in the presence of partners is a common occurrence, with the connection it may have on communication and satisfaction in romantic relationships still being explored. An Actor–Partner Interdependence Mediation Model was run with a sample of 103 heterosexual couples to explore the mediating role of demand–withdraw patterns on partner phubbing and couple satisfaction for both male and female partners. Results indicated significant mediation present for both men and women, impacting their own satisfaction and that of their partners. Clinical implications are discussed, focusing on the relational impact of the findings for practitioners.</p>\u0000 </div>","PeriodicalId":16320,"journal":{"name":"Journal of marital and family therapy","volume":"51 3","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.8,"publicationDate":"2025-07-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144647575","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}
Peter Muntigl, Claudio Scarvaglieri, Cathy Van Gorp, July De Wilde
{"title":"A Conversation Analytic Study of Interpreter-Mediated Systemic Therapy: What Makes It Work?","authors":"Peter Muntigl, Claudio Scarvaglieri, Cathy Van Gorp, July De Wilde","doi":"10.1111/jmft.70033","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/jmft.70033","url":null,"abstract":"<div>\u0000 \u0000 <p>For this paper, we use the methods of conversation analysis to examine video-recorded sessions of interpreter-mediated psychotherapy (IMP) involving a female systemic therapist, a male interpreter, and an Arabic-speaking male refugee. We analyze how all conversational participants shape and negotiate the therapeutic interaction—as essential building blocks of the dialogical therapeutic relationship—and what verbal and nonverbal communicative means they use in the process. We present examples of three different conversational practices in IMP, oriented to doing systemic work: Interpreter renderings of systemic interventions; Maintaining affiliation with the client in the absence of verbal engagement; and the interpreter co-driving the therapeutic project forward. The identification of systemic practices that build working alliance in this mediated transcultural setting is crucial for understanding how IMP sessions may work productively for systemic trauma therapy. Implications for systemic practice and training are discussed.</p>\u0000 </div>","PeriodicalId":16320,"journal":{"name":"Journal of marital and family therapy","volume":"51 3","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.8,"publicationDate":"2025-07-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144582375","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}
Umme Kawser, Steven M. Harris, Akib Ul Huque, Mehrin Quazi Richi, Alison Butterfield
{"title":"Data-Driven Insights: A University-Based Family Therapy Clinic Study in Dhaka, Bangladesh, Using the SCORE-15","authors":"Umme Kawser, Steven M. Harris, Akib Ul Huque, Mehrin Quazi Richi, Alison Butterfield","doi":"10.1111/jmft.70054","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/jmft.70054","url":null,"abstract":"<p>As family therapy is in its infancy in Bangladesh, we know very little about who accesses it and how it is being used or received. This article reports on a year's worth of quantitative and qualitative clinical data from the very first family therapy clinic in Dhaka, Bangladesh. Data come from the Systemic Clinical Outcome and Routine Evaluation-15 (SCORE-15) measure, which was administered to the clients of this university-based clinic. A total of 46 families participated in both the qualitative and quantitative parts of the study, resulting in 134 individual responses. The sample consisted of six couples and 40 individual families. This descriptive study points to the importance of family relationships to the Bengali people and the general acceptability of family therapy as a possible treatment modality for couple, family, and relational problems in this South Asian context.</p>","PeriodicalId":16320,"journal":{"name":"Journal of marital and family therapy","volume":"51 3","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.8,"publicationDate":"2025-07-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/jmft.70054","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144582204","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}
Michael Fitzgerald, Adam Galovan, Viktoria Papp, Matt Brosi, Ron Cox
{"title":"Reasons for Separation and Divorce, Coparenting, and Child Behavioral and Emotional Difficulties: A Common Fate Analysis","authors":"Michael Fitzgerald, Adam Galovan, Viktoria Papp, Matt Brosi, Ron Cox","doi":"10.1111/jmft.70034","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/jmft.70034","url":null,"abstract":"<div>\u0000 \u0000 <p>Despite reasons for separation and divorce being critical to understanding coparenting and children's adjustment, they are often overlooked risk factors. Additionally, by incorporating both partners' perspectives, dyadic data help us fully understand the interplay between reasons for separation/divorce, coparenting, and child adjustment. Using data from 926 separating or divorcing heterosexual couples in a coparenting educational program, we explore the indirect effects from partners' shared perceptions of two common reasons for divorce (family violence and parenting differences) to children's behavioral and emotional problems via coparenting, utilizing the common fate mediation model. Results indicated that the indirect effects from shared perceptions of both family violence and parenting differences as reasons for divorce on both children's behavioral and emotional problems were significant. Extra-dyadic analyses indicate that women's unique perceptions of both reasons for divorce were indirectly connected to their perceptions of children's behavioral and emotional problems via their perceptions of coparenting.</p>\u0000 </div>","PeriodicalId":16320,"journal":{"name":"Journal of marital and family therapy","volume":"51 3","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.8,"publicationDate":"2025-07-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144574017","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}