Journal of Family Theory & Review最新文献

From Ego to Eco: A Theory U Framework for Understanding Parental Transformation in Families of Children With Behavioral Problems 从自我到生态：理解有行为问题儿童家庭中父母转变的理论框架

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Journal of Family Theory & Review Pub Date : 2025-10-07 DOI: 10.1111/jftr.70009

Lior Y. Somech

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Viewing the Family Court Experiences of Affirming Parents and Their Transgender and Gender Diverse Children Through the Lens of Intersectionality 从交叉性的角度看家庭法庭对父母及其跨性别和性别多样化子女的肯定

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Journal of Family Theory & Review Pub Date : 2025-10-07 DOI: 10.1111/jftr.70012

Katherine A. Kuvalanka, Maya Fiera, Jason Abram, Sophia Goldberg

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Intergenerational Trauma in Refugee Families: A Scoping Review of Contextual and Systemic Perspectives 难民家庭的代际创伤：背景和系统视角的范围审查

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Journal of Family Theory & Review Pub Date : 2025-10-07 DOI: 10.1111/jftr.70013

Zamzam Dini, Kadija Mussa

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Transfronterizo Families at the San Diego–Tijuana Border: Complicating Theories of Family, Migration, and Mobility 圣地亚哥-蒂华纳边境的跨界家庭：家庭、移民和流动的复杂理论

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Journal of Family Theory & Review Pub Date : 2025-10-07 DOI: 10.1111/jftr.70016

Kimberly Higuera, Karina Santellano

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Reflexive voices: Revealing the person behind the science 反射性声音：揭示科学背后的人

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Journal of Family Theory & Review Pub Date : 2025-08-19 DOI: 10.1111/jftr.70007

Caroline Sanner

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Mobilizing family science in the digital era: A critical retrospective of the JFTR digital scholarship board 在数字时代动员家庭科学：JFTR数字奖学金委员会的批判性回顾

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Journal of Family Theory & Review Pub Date : 2025-08-19 DOI: 10.1111/jftr.70006

Tyler B. Jamison, Casey Scheibling

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Sharing a home, but not a family: The unspoken stories of cohabiting with divorced partners and their children 共享一个家，但不是一个家庭：与离婚伴侣和他们的孩子同居的未说出口的故事

IF 4.5 1区社会学

Journal of Family Theory & Review Pub Date : 2025-07-23 DOI: 10.1111/jftr.70005

Linna Sai, Grace Gao

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The Minority Family Stress Model (MFSM): Reconceptualizing minority stress within family systems 少数族裔家庭压力模型（MFSM）：重新定义家庭系统中的少数族裔压力

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Journal of Family Theory & Review Pub Date : 2025-07-20 DOI: 10.1111/jftr.70004

Muzi Nina Li, Xiang Zhou

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Examining equifinality and multifinality using outcome-partitioned person-centered analyses: A proof-of-concept with youth developmental assets and health 使用结果分割的以人为中心的分析检查均衡性和多终局性：青少年发展资产和健康的概念验证

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Journal of Family Theory & Review Pub Date : 2025-07-17 DOI: 10.1111/jftr.70003

Luke T. Russell, Todd M. Jensen, Jonathon J. Beckmeyer, Chang Su-Russell

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A systematic review of correlates of stepparent–child relationship quality from children's perspectives: A 10-year update 从儿童角度对继父母子女关系质量相关因素的系统回顾：10年更新

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Journal of Family Theory & Review Pub Date : 2025-06-30 DOI: 10.1111/jftr.70002

Todd M. Jensen, Yushan Zhao

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