Family JournalPub Date : 2023-03-14DOI: 10.1177/10664807231163268
Bridget E. Rutigliano, Amber L. Randolph, C. N. Park
{"title":"Understanding Parents’ Self-Awareness of Their Parenting Style(s) and Its Influences on Their Parenting Choices - A Grounded Theory Study","authors":"Bridget E. Rutigliano, Amber L. Randolph, C. N. Park","doi":"10.1177/10664807231163268","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/10664807231163268","url":null,"abstract":"Parenting is a process made up of approaches, styles, and daily choices. Parents are often unaware of how much their parenting style can impact the choices they make each day related to parenting their children. This grounded theory study explored how parents’ self-awareness of their parenting styles influences parenting choices in a sample of parents with children ages birth-11. Seven main themes emerged from this study: (a) the role of comparison and impact of social media, (b) parents do the best they can based on what they have learned and experienced, (c) promoting mental health and wellbeing in what is typically an autopilot experience, (d) parenting is hard, and it can be lonely, (e) navigating the impact of childhood experiences, (f) pressure to be perfect; not enough time to get it all right, and (g) intentionality through self-awareness and reflection. Upon further reflection on the themes, the following theory emerged: Parenting is hard, and it can be a lonely journey. Parents do the best they can based on their experiences and comparing to others. However, when invited to reflect on their parenting choices, parents are more intentional through self-awareness and promoting their mental health and wellbeing. This study's findings offer implications for counselor education as they underscore the need for CACREP (2016) to implement a formal standard to guide counselor training programs to offer instruction relating to parenting styles.","PeriodicalId":47151,"journal":{"name":"Family Journal","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.3,"publicationDate":"2023-03-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"43511068","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Family JournalPub Date : 2023-03-06DOI: 10.1177/10664807231160659
S. Southern
{"title":"Calling All Editors","authors":"S. Southern","doi":"10.1177/10664807231160659","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/10664807231160659","url":null,"abstract":"The Naperville Sun wants to make sure that its editorials are accurate with their information and mechanically correct before they send them to the printer. They do not want to be accused by the \"Friends of Fiefdom\" and the \"Fief Fighters\" of intentionally making them look bad. As we all know, structure is very important in writing, and it is now time to make sure we are following certain structural guidelines. In order for this to happen, your language arts teachers have agreed to offer class time to invest in you and your work. Your objective is to have a peer check your paper in class and then an adult check your paper for homework. After which, more class time will be allotted for revisions and class instruction on the self-improvement of your editorial. Because you will also be an editor of your peer's paper, you need to be meticulous in your editing. Please try to be as constructive as you can with your comments. If you think something needs to be fixed, offer a suggestion as to how to fix it. If you think your peer has made a mistake, try to word your comments in a positive way. No one likes to be told after all their hard work and effort that they did something wrong. Instead, try to say something like, \"I like the way you supported your argument with this point, but I'm not really understanding this here. Could you explain it a little more for me?\" Your teacher has provided you with a specific checklist of areas that you should look for in your peer's paper. If at any time you feel the need to offer more suggestions or comments, write directly on your peer's rough draft. When you are finished with your editing, please sign your name at the bottom of your peer's checklist. You want your peer to receive full credit for a job well done, and that includes your signature. On behalf of the Naperville Sun, we thank all editors for trying to make this the best edition to date by giving 110%.","PeriodicalId":47151,"journal":{"name":"Family Journal","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.3,"publicationDate":"2023-03-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"49329901","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Family JournalPub Date : 2023-03-06DOI: 10.1177/10664807231160660
S. Southern
{"title":"Publishing in The Family Journal","authors":"S. Southern","doi":"10.1177/10664807231160660","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/10664807231160660","url":null,"abstract":"The Family Journal (TFJ) has experienced increases in manuscripts submitted for publication, especially from international scholars and quantitative researchers. This reverses a previous trend to publish more practice-oriented articles for our clinical readership. The journal will take efforts to balance theory, research, and practice. Some manuscripts are rejected for distribution to the editorial board (or “unsubmitted”) due to problems conforming to the APA Publication Manual 7th Edition guidelines. Some submissions would benefit from reviews by colleagues and securing the services of an editor. Authors are asked to attend to guidelines concerning levels of headings and formatting of citations and references. Most importantly, authors should follow bias-free language guidelines. There are additional considerations in the desk review process such as including practice implications for Marriage and Family Counselors in the article and incorporating relevant previously published articles from TFJ in the literature review.","PeriodicalId":47151,"journal":{"name":"Family Journal","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.3,"publicationDate":"2023-03-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"46227619","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Family JournalPub Date : 2023-03-06DOI: 10.1177/10664807231160703
S. Southern
{"title":"Welcome from the IAMFC President","authors":"S. Southern","doi":"10.1177/10664807231160703","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/10664807231160703","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":47151,"journal":{"name":"Family Journal","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.3,"publicationDate":"2023-03-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"44439222","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Family JournalPub Date : 2023-03-02DOI: 10.1177/10664807231157023
Lucy Parker-Barnes, N. McKillip, C. Powell
{"title":"Helping Adolescents with Trauma: Using Neuro-Informed Family Counseling","authors":"Lucy Parker-Barnes, N. McKillip, C. Powell","doi":"10.1177/10664807231157023","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/10664807231157023","url":null,"abstract":"Trauma and trauma-informed care are crucial components for family counselors to know. Considering the recent COVID-19 pandemic, the counseling field is reinforced with this continued need to address trauma. This article will provide an overview of how trauma impacts the adolescent brain, how personality is shaped by trauma, and how integration of neuro-informed and trauma-informed family counseling can help young clients and their families. For practical purposes, this documentation will feature a hypothetical client with the pseudonym “Noah,” to further apply neuro-informed and trauma-informed family counseling for readers.","PeriodicalId":47151,"journal":{"name":"Family Journal","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.3,"publicationDate":"2023-03-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"42260793","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Family JournalPub Date : 2023-02-27DOI: 10.1177/10664807231157021
Chelsea Noble, T. D. R. Schudlich, Eve Du Rocher Schudlich
{"title":"Family Chaos, Interparental Conflict, and Preschooler Adjustment: Comparing Mediation and Moderation Models","authors":"Chelsea Noble, T. D. R. Schudlich, Eve Du Rocher Schudlich","doi":"10.1177/10664807231157021","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/10664807231157021","url":null,"abstract":"Children residing in chaotic homes exhibit greater behavior and adjustment problems. Proximal factors, such as interparental conflict, may play a role, although the ways in which these factors interplay in predicting adjustment problems is unclear. We explored different models for how chaos and conflict work together to predict child adjustment. We hypothesized that chaos would both moderate and mediate the relationship between interparental conflict and preschooler adjustment and that there would be a stronger pattern of associations for fathers than mothers. A community sample of 70 families with preschoolers participated in the current study. Parents engaged in a conflict resolution task during which their child was present. Interparental conflict was coded assessing for specific positive and negative conflict expressions, intensity of emotional expressions, and degree of resolution. Conflict codes were sorted into three categories: positive, angry, and depressive conflict. Parents completed the Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire (SDQ) assessing child adjustment and the Confusion, Hubbub, and Order Scale (CHAOS) assessing levels of chaos and disruption in the home. Path analyses revealed evidence for mediation in the father: fathers’ angry conflict was significantly predictive of greater chaos, which was in turn predictive of greater child peer problems. No evidence of mediation was found for mothers. Chaos also moderated associations between conflict and child adjustment for both mothers and fathers, such that dimensions of conflict were significantly associated with child adjustment in high chaos, but not low chaos homes. Clinical implications are discussed.","PeriodicalId":47151,"journal":{"name":"Family Journal","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.3,"publicationDate":"2023-02-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"45931739","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Family JournalPub Date : 2023-02-27DOI: 10.1177/10664807231157022
Amani ElBarazi
{"title":"Childhood Maltreatment and its Mental Health Consequences among University's Students","authors":"Amani ElBarazi","doi":"10.1177/10664807231157022","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/10664807231157022","url":null,"abstract":"Background: Childhood maltreatment is associated with a higher likelihood of developing a mental illness during adolescence and adulthood.Objective: (1) Investigate the correlations between CM and depression, anxiety, obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD), and difficulties in emotion regulation (DER) (2) assess the depression, anxiety, OCD, and DER in a sample of Egyptian university students in two-time points (baseline, and 12-months later). Participants and Setting: A total of 319 university students were asked to complete questionnaires. Method: Childhood Trauma Questionnaire (CTQ), Beck Depression Inventory (BDI-II), Beck Anxiety Inventory (BAI), Yale-Brown Obsessive-Compulsive Scale (YBOCS), and Emotion Regulation Difficulties Questionnaire (DERS). Results: Childhood maltreatment significantly affects students’ depression. t(1) = 40.1, p < .000, anxiety t(1) = 16.3, p < .000, OCD t(1) = 22.9, p < .000 and emotional regulation problems. t(1) = 105.6, p < .000. 2) After 1 year of university, students felt more depressed, anxious, had more obsessions and compulsions, and had greater difficulty regulating their emotions ( ps < .000) Conclusions: Childhood maltreatment should be considered as a serious health threat with significant impacts on mental health. Specific treatment and prevention approaches for university students’ mental health problems are urgently needed. Implications for Marriage and Family Counselors are included.","PeriodicalId":47151,"journal":{"name":"Family Journal","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.3,"publicationDate":"2023-02-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"42296781","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Family JournalPub Date : 2023-02-22DOI: 10.1177/10664807231157024
M. Minten
{"title":"Adapting the Marriage Checkup for Gender, Romantic, and Sexual Minority Relationships: Responses From 18 LGBTQ Partners Completing a Pilot Program","authors":"M. Minten","doi":"10.1177/10664807231157024","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/10664807231157024","url":null,"abstract":"Eighteen lesbian, gay, and transgender partners (gender, romantic, and sexual minority, acronym GRSM, for this article) responded to two questions about their experience with the Marriage Checkup (MC): (1) the helpfulness of the checkup and (2) what they would like added to the checkup. Participants included six lesbians, six gay males, and six individuals in relationships where at least one partner identified as gender diverse. On the helpfulness of the checkup, the Likert scale offered three choices: helpful, a mix of helpful and not helpful, and not helpful. Of 18 participants, 17 chose “helpful.” One participant chose “a mix of helpful and not helpful.” Regarding what to add to the MC topics, top responses were “defining and managing roles,” “coping with discrimination and prejudice,” and “handling relationship disclosures.” In responses to open-ended questions, participants explored both topics in more depth. Two topics emerged to add to the MC: aging and adding additional time.","PeriodicalId":47151,"journal":{"name":"Family Journal","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.3,"publicationDate":"2023-02-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"46126393","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Family JournalPub Date : 2023-02-21DOI: 10.1177/10664807231157027
Deirdre O’Keeffe, Rita Glover
{"title":"Being Resolute in Being a Voluntarily Childless Woman Living in Ireland: A Hermeneutic Phenomenological Study","authors":"Deirdre O’Keeffe, Rita Glover","doi":"10.1177/10664807231157027","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/10664807231157027","url":null,"abstract":"Almost one-fifth of women living in Ireland remain childless. While this trend reflects changing views towards mothering and womanhood, inquiry to date has predominantly concerned itself with the “why” of choosing to be childless, leading to a dearth of research on the lived experience of this phenomenon. The aim of this research study was to address this imbalance and to explore the lived experience of women living in Ireland who choose to be childless. To do this, a hermeneutic phenomenological research approach was taken. The evocative lived experiences of 15 voluntarily childless women living in Ireland were borrowed. Data analysis identified the common yet divergent human experiences of being fearful, being decisive, being judged, and being free. The original findings of this study consider fear as a positive factor in influencing the decision-making process around procreation for the participants of this study. While voluntarily childless women are often portrayed as wishing to avoid responsibility, the participants in this study experienced a sense of moral responsibility as well as freedom and self-expansion in choosing to forego motherhood. Consideration is also given to how best to respond psychotherapeutically to women who choose to be childless.","PeriodicalId":47151,"journal":{"name":"Family Journal","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.3,"publicationDate":"2023-02-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"49238272","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Family JournalPub Date : 2023-02-21DOI: 10.1177/10664807231157025
Michelle Befi, Vincent Bemmel, Doreen Samelson, Lindsey Sneed, Jennifer Hoobing
{"title":"Parents’ Experience of the Diagnosis of Autism Spectrum Disorder: Opportunities for Marriage and Family Therapists","authors":"Michelle Befi, Vincent Bemmel, Doreen Samelson, Lindsey Sneed, Jennifer Hoobing","doi":"10.1177/10664807231157025","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/10664807231157025","url":null,"abstract":"The purpose of this exploratory study was to understand how parents experience their child's autism spectrum disorder diagnosis and highlight opportunities for marriage and family therapists (MFTs) to apply their specific training and expertise to support these families. A thematic analysis was performed on data collected during the parents’ initial assessment to better understand the components of their experience. Four major themes emerged from the analysis: understanding, acceptance, coping, and emotion. Many subthemes were also identified across these major themes and while the majority of parents revealed positive experiences, a portion of parents expressed challenges with the diagnosis. Marriage and family therapists are equipped with specific training and expertise which can help identify difficulties in the diagnostic experience, help families improve their well-being through building resilience, and create a healthy environment for the treatment journey ahead in the context of individual, couples, or family therapy. We present recommendations for MFTs working with families with autistic children.","PeriodicalId":47151,"journal":{"name":"Family Journal","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.3,"publicationDate":"2023-02-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"46339631","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}