Journal of marital and family therapy最新文献

{"title":"Mindfulness, awareness, partner caring, and romantic relationship quality: Structural equation modeling","authors":"Cheolwoo Park M.Ed., Ed.S.,&nbsp;Victor W. Harris PhD,&nbsp;Kate Fogarty PhD","doi":"10.1111/jmft.12685","DOIUrl":"10.1111/jmft.12685","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Studies investigating the potential structures underlying the connection between mindfulness and romantic relationship quality are not sufficient and require additional empirical findings. The current study aimed to examine a hypothesized model underlying the association between mindfulness and relationship quality, while investigating the roles of individuals' level of awareness and application of care in a romantic relationship among 199 adult participants in a southeastern region of the United States. Structural equation modeling (SEM) and path analysis were executed to examine the hypothesized structural model, testing a multi-step pathway as to how mindfulness influences relationship quality. The SEM and path analyses showed a good fit for the present study's hypothesized model, indicating that individuals' mindfulness had a direct influence on their self-awareness level. Individuals' self-awareness and application of care mediated the link between mindfulness and relationship quality. Implications for family life educators, dyadic couples researchers, and marriage and family practitioners are discussed.</p>","PeriodicalId":16320,"journal":{"name":"Journal of marital and family therapy","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":2.2,"publicationDate":"2023-12-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"138823687","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":"An attachment perspective on couple interaction: Helping couples signal needs clearly and respond appropriately","authors":"Ryan B. Seedall PhD,&nbsp;Karen S. Wampler PhD","doi":"10.1111/jmft.12684","DOIUrl":"10.1111/jmft.12684","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Attachment theory provides some important insights into couple relationships, including highlighting the importance of communicating one's needs clearly while also having a partner who is properly attuned and appropriately responsive to those needs. The purpose of this study was to provide an initial empirical examination of the signal-response dynamic. More specifically, we used data from 63 couples to examine the efficacy (in terms of psychophysiological arousal and feelings toward their partner) of a micro-intervention designed to help couples improve their signaling and responding when compared to a seminatural condition where the discussion more closely resembled how couples interact at home. We also explored the emotional experience of participants in various signaling and responding roles. Overall, we found preliminary evidence for addressing signaling and responding dynamics. We also found evidence that emotional experience varied according to signaling or responding roles. These findings have important potential clinical implications, which we discuss in depth.</p>","PeriodicalId":16320,"journal":{"name":"Journal of marital and family therapy","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":2.2,"publicationDate":"2023-12-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"138581135","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":"Is the association of sexual quality with relationship satisfaction really stronger when the sexual relationship is functioning poorly?","authors":"Dean M. Busby PhD,&nbsp;Nathan D. Leonhardt PhD,&nbsp;Veronica Hanna-Walker MSc,&nbsp;Chelom E. Leavitt PhD","doi":"10.1111/jmft.12683","DOIUrl":"10.1111/jmft.12683","url":null,"abstract":"<p>The purpose of this article is to bring empirical evidence to the oft-quoted assumption that sexual quality has a stronger association with the overall relationship when sexuality is dysfunctional as compared to when it is optimal. Using three national samples to analyze a structural equation model, the results verified this assumption with some adaptations. There was an interaction between the association of sexual quality and the overall relationship depending on how sexually satisfied couples were in the sexuality area. However, it was when sexuality was only moderately satisfying rather than at high or low levels that it had the strongest associations with relationship satisfaction. Also, female sexual quality had a significant association with both partner's relationship satisfaction whereas male's sexual quality only had actor effects. Additionally, the sexual relationship had a stronger association with relationship satisfaction and dissatisfaction for couples who reported both low levels of sexual satisfaction and dissatisfaction.</p>","PeriodicalId":16320,"journal":{"name":"Journal of marital and family therapy","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":2.2,"publicationDate":"2023-12-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"138477844","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":"The association between caregiver psychiatric distress and perceived barriers to behavioral health treatment participation for youth in the juvenile legal system","authors":"Kaitlin M. Sheerin PhD,&nbsp;Shannon Williamson-Butler BA,&nbsp;Alyssa Vieira BA,&nbsp;Miyah Grant PsyD,&nbsp;Kathleen A. Kemp PhD","doi":"10.1111/jmft.12682","DOIUrl":"10.1111/jmft.12682","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Youth 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 treatment participation for their child. The present study examined the link between caregiver (<i>N</i> = 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 significant levels of psychiatric distress and a cluster with low levels of psychiatric distress. Hierarchical regression analyses revealed that belonging to the high-distress cluster was predictive of experiencing certain types of barriers to treatment participation. These findings have implications for interventions for addressing barriers to treatment participation for caregivers of legally involved youth.</p>","PeriodicalId":16320,"journal":{"name":"Journal of marital and family therapy","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":2.2,"publicationDate":"2023-11-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"138176394","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":"Exploring the effectiveness of emotionally focused therapy for depressive symptoms and relationship distress among couples in Taiwan: A single-arm pragmatic trial","authors":"Chi-Fang Tseng PhD,&nbsp;Andrea K. Wittenborn PhD,&nbsp;Preston C. Morgan PhD,&nbsp;Ting Liu PhD","doi":"10.1111/jmft.12681","DOIUrl":"10.1111/jmft.12681","url":null,"abstract":"<p>This 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 observed in relationship distress over time. The study was limited by the low “dose” of EFT (<i>M</i> = 7 sessions) received by participants and the small sample size (<i>n</i> = 17). A comprehensive discussion of the findings from a cultural perspective was provided. Future research is needed to further examine the effectiveness of EFT for couples in Taiwan and Asia.</p>","PeriodicalId":16320,"journal":{"name":"Journal of marital and family therapy","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":2.2,"publicationDate":"2023-11-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/jmft.12681","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"92154767","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}

{"title":"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.","authors":"Jeffrey Kraft","doi":"10.1111/jmft.12680","DOIUrl":"10.1111/jmft.12680","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":16320,"journal":{"name":"Journal of marital and family therapy","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":2.2,"publicationDate":"2023-10-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"136069163","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":"Development and psychometric properties of the Couple Interaction Pattern Scale","authors":"Xiaoyi Fang PhD,&nbsp;Ziyuan Chen MSc,&nbsp;Wei Tong PhD,&nbsp;Caixin Gao MSc,&nbsp;Hongyu Zhang MSc,&nbsp;Qingyin Li PhD","doi":"10.1111/jmft.12679","DOIUrl":"10.1111/jmft.12679","url":null,"abstract":"<p>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 scale through 1207 married individuals. In study three, the effect of couple interaction pattern (CIP) on marital quality was analyzed among 310 newlywed couples using the actor–partner interdependence model (APIM). Results supported the construct validity, acceptable internal consistency, and test–retest reliability of the CIPS. Besides, concurrent validity was also proved by associations with conflictual communication patterns, marital quality, stability, emotional connection, and perceived partner support. APIM analysis also supported the association between CIP and marital quality.</p>","PeriodicalId":16320,"journal":{"name":"Journal of marital and family therapy","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":2.2,"publicationDate":"2023-10-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"61563189","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":"Improvements in depressive symptoms following a brief relationship intervention","authors":"Erica A. Mitchell PhD,&nbsp;Patricia N. E. Roberson PhD,&nbsp;Michaela DiPillo MA,&nbsp;James V. Cordova PhD,&nbsp;Kristina Coop Gordon PhD","doi":"10.1111/jmft.12673","DOIUrl":"10.1111/jmft.12673","url":null,"abstract":"<p>In 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 (<i>N</i> = 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 (Cohen's <i>d</i> = 0.36) and satisfaction (<i>d</i> = 1.43) improved from baseline to 1-month follow-up, with greater declines in depression (<i>d</i> = 0.44) for those with more severe symptoms. Increases in satisfaction were associated with decreases in depressive symptoms (<i>d</i> = 0.23), and decreases in depressive symptoms were associated with increases in satisfaction (<i>d</i> = 0.33). Individuals with depression and relationship distress may be well served by this intervention.</p>","PeriodicalId":16320,"journal":{"name":"Journal of marital and family therapy","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":2.2,"publicationDate":"2023-10-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/jmft.12673","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"61563190","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}

{"title":"Black therapists' experiences with their Black clients: A systematic review","authors":"Alexus Hamilton MMFT, PhD","doi":"10.1111/jmft.12678","DOIUrl":"10.1111/jmft.12678","url":null,"abstract":"<p>This 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: <i>Understanding the Black Experience, Connection to Clients, Working with Black Clients, Working While Black</i>, and <i>Training Black Therapists</i>. Implications for training and supervision are discussed.</p>","PeriodicalId":16320,"journal":{"name":"Journal of marital and family therapy","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":2.2,"publicationDate":"2023-10-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"61563188","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":"JMFT annual report 2022","authors":"Steven M. Harris PhD,&nbsp;Erin J. Guyette MS","doi":"10.1111/jmft.12675","DOIUrl":"10.1111/jmft.12675","url":null,"abstract":"<p>In last year's annual report I indicated that the flow of manuscripts had begun to taper off midway through 2021. In 2022 this trend continued. As I reflect on my own scholarly productivity at the University of Minnesota, I know that the COVID-19 years took a toll on me and my energy for work. It is almost as if working non-stop for 2 years wore me down…go figure. I'm assuming that the restricted flow of manuscripts that we experienced in 2022 was a reflection of many of us feeling low energy for work and needing a bit of a break from having our laptops opened 24/7. Despite the challenges we've all faced in 2022 and in previous years, JMFT continues to be a go-to journal for the authors and readers of some of the best relationally-oriented clinical research that is being conducted around the world. I am happy to report that overall, the numbers that reflect the health and vitality of the Journal are still in good shape.</p><p>Perhaps the most significant thing that happened within the pages of JMFT in 2022 was the continuation of the trend set by my predecessors, to do a decade-review of all the systemic family therapy outcome research. These magnificent and informative articles are in the January 2022 issue of the Journal. I would like to thank each contributing author for their high-quality work that serves to advance the field. Additionally, I'd like to thank Drs. Kendal Holtrop and Andrea Wittenborn of Michigan State University as guest editors for this January issue. Their leadership was unparalleled in helping get authors engaged and producing the final product. I encourage each reader of this report to review the contents of this issue and see where these manuscripts can inform your practice, research, or teaching.</p><p>In 2022 (January 1st - December 31st) we received 150 total original submissions, a 16% decrease from the previous year's 179 submissions which was a decrease from 200 in 2020. In my mind, I still attribute these decreases to the after-effects of the pandemic. Despite the overall numbers being down a bit, I believe the quality of the manuscripts we have received is just as high as in previous years. Additionally, I have noticed a marked increase in the number of manuscripts that center the experiences of marginalized populations in family therapy, from both a therapist and client vantage point. I think the George Floyd murder and other such police-lead injustices, the country's current immigration crisis, and the country's political bifurcation all contribute to a social environment that has social justice-oriented MFTs generating more content on populations that have been less represented in our research. I am hopeful that this trend will continue well into the future.</p><p>Our acceptance rate in 2022 was 29.2%. This represents a decrease as the acceptance rate in 2021 was 34.33%. Our submissions came from 27 different countries, an increase of 8% from last year's 25 countries. Seeing more international representation","PeriodicalId":16320,"journal":{"name":"Journal of marital and family therapy","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":2.2,"publicationDate":"2023-10-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/jmft.12675","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"49690940","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}