Family ProcessPub Date : 2025-03-15DOI: 10.1111/famp.70028
Cristina Huertas-Domingo, Andrés Losada-Baltar, Karl Pillemer, Sara J. Czaja, Lucía Jiménez-Gonzalo, José Adrián Fernándes-Pires, María Márquez-González
{"title":"Moderating Effect of Family Function Between Dysfunctional Thoughts and Emotional Distress in Dementia Caregivers: Kinship Differences","authors":"Cristina Huertas-Domingo, Andrés Losada-Baltar, Karl Pillemer, Sara J. Czaja, Lucía Jiménez-Gonzalo, José Adrián Fernándes-Pires, María Márquez-González","doi":"10.1111/famp.70028","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/famp.70028","url":null,"abstract":"<div>\u0000 \u0000 <p>Caring for a family member with dementia impacts caregivers' mental health. Daughters who provide care seem to be particularly affected due to their multiple roles. The study analyzed the role of dysfunctional thoughts and family function for understanding caregivers' depressive and anxiety symptoms, focusing on the potential moderating effect of family function in the relationship between dysfunctional thoughts and distress. In addition, it examined potential differences in the obtained associations considering the kinship relationship. A total of 278 family caregivers of people with dementia were divided into four groups (wives, husbands, daughters, sons). Sociodemographic variables, family obligations, dysfunctional thoughts, frequency and discomfort associated with problematic behaviors, family function, anxious symptomatology, and depressive symptomatology were assessed. Regression analyses revealed that the moderating effect of family function was significant only for daughters. For depressive symptomatology, the model explained 28.6% of the variance for daughters, showing that high levels of dysfunctional thoughts were associated with increased depressive symptoms when family function was low or intermediate (<i>p</i> < 0.001), but not when it was high. Similarly, for anxious symptomatology, the model explained 23.9% of the variance for daughters, with dysfunctional thoughts again associated with higher anxiety symptoms when family function was low or intermediate (<i>p</i> < 0.001), but not significantly when family function was high. These findings suggest that a well-functioning family may buffer the negative impact of rigid caregiving beliefs, particularly for daughters. The results highlight the importance of interventions aimed at improving family dynamics to enhance caregivers' well-being.</p>\u0000 </div>","PeriodicalId":51396,"journal":{"name":"Family Process","volume":"64 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.6,"publicationDate":"2025-03-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143629760","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}
Family ProcessPub Date : 2025-03-12DOI: 10.1111/famp.70021
Marina N. Rosenthal, Crystal Dehle
{"title":"Treating Situational Couple Aggression: An Integrative Behavioral Couple Therapy Approach","authors":"Marina N. Rosenthal, Crystal Dehle","doi":"10.1111/famp.70021","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/famp.70021","url":null,"abstract":"<div>\u0000 \u0000 <p>Situational couple aggression is common; most couples who seek conjoint treatment report at least some instances of aggression. Modern couple therapy research provides support for the safe and effective use of conjoint treatment with situationally aggressive couples; however, many clinicians feel ill equipped to assess and treat aggression via relational therapy. We propose that integrative behavioral couple therapy (IBCT) offers a uniquely suited lens for working with couples who participate in situational aggression. With an integrated case study to illustrate principles, we walk therapists through each aspect of assessment and treatment using IBCT to treat relational aggression. This paper provides a comprehensive resource for couple therapists using IBCT to treat situationally aggressive couples.</p>\u0000 </div>","PeriodicalId":51396,"journal":{"name":"Family Process","volume":"64 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.6,"publicationDate":"2025-03-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143595422","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}
Family ProcessPub Date : 2025-03-12DOI: 10.1111/famp.70017
Jiaqi Guo, Chuhan Wang, Yunhong Shen, Zixi Huang, Jinglei Wu, Xin Han, Mei Yin, Jianing You
{"title":"The Bidirectional Longitudinal Relationship Between Family Affective Responsiveness and Suicidal Ideation Among Adolescents: Mediation by Depressive Symptoms","authors":"Jiaqi Guo, Chuhan Wang, Yunhong Shen, Zixi Huang, Jinglei Wu, Xin Han, Mei Yin, Jianing You","doi":"10.1111/famp.70017","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/famp.70017","url":null,"abstract":"<div>\u0000 \u0000 <p>Family functioning has been confirmed to predict adolescent suicidal ideation (SI). However, the relationships between specific dimensions of family functioning and SI, as well as related mediating mechanisms, remain unclear. Based on the McMaster Model of Family Functioning, this study aims to examine the bidirectional longitudinal relationships between family affective responsiveness (i.e., a dimension of family functioning) and SI intensity and frequency, as well as the mediating effects of depressive symptoms in these relationships among adolescents. A total of 712 adolescents (55.8% females; M<sub>age</sub> = 15.20, SD<sub>age</sub> = 1.43) completed questionnaires and were surveyed three times, six months apart. Using random intercept cross-lagged panel model analysis, this study found that at the within-person level, family affective responsiveness influenced SI intensity twelve months later through depressive symptoms six months later, and both SI intensity and frequency influenced family affective responsiveness twelve months later through depressive symptoms six months later. The findings indicate that temporal bidirectional relationships between family affective responsiveness, adolescent depressive symptoms, and adolescent SI exist and may eventually develop into vicious cycles. Breaking the vicious cycles and preventing the deterioration of SI is the key point of interventions.</p>\u0000 </div>","PeriodicalId":51396,"journal":{"name":"Family Process","volume":"64 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.6,"publicationDate":"2025-03-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143595423","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":"Stress Perception and Marital Instability Across the Family Life Cycle: An Actor-Partner Perspective","authors":"Xiaoyue Wang, Qingyin Li, Ziyuan Chen, Xiaoyi Fang","doi":"10.1111/famp.70018","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/famp.70018","url":null,"abstract":"<div>\u0000 \u0000 <p>This study aimed to reveal the association between spousal stress perception and marital instability across different stages of the family life cycle, focusing on the actor and partner effects and exploring the mediating role of daily communication in this relationship. With rising divorce rates, it's essential to examine factors affecting marital instability. Drawing from the stress-divorce model, spouses' stress perception likely permeates into marriage via daily communication. It is important to consider challenges unique to different marital stages to understand variations among couples through the family life cycle. The study used the Perceived Stress Scale, the Primary Communication Inventory, and the Marital Instability Scale to survey 654 couples in the newlywed, couples with pre-school children, couples with school-age children, and empty-nest stages. The study revealed that the actor-partner effects between stress perception and marital instability were initially present in the early stages of marriage. As the duration of the marriage progressed, during the stages of pre-school age and school-age children, only actor effects existed. In the empty nest stage, the actor-partner effects gradually diminish. Throughout the life cycle, daily communication served as a mediating factor in the relationship between stress and marital instability. This research uncovers a dynamic evolution in the association between couples' stress perception and marital instability across marital longevity: at the beginning of marriage, spouses have interactive effects; at the stage with child(ren), the interactive effect diminishes; at the empty-nest stage, the role is imposed only through the medium of daily communication. Our research reveals that maintaining communication during all stages of marriage is key to effectively managing stress and maintaining marital instability.</p>\u0000 </div>","PeriodicalId":51396,"journal":{"name":"Family Process","volume":"64 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.6,"publicationDate":"2025-03-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143595317","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}
Family ProcessPub Date : 2025-03-10DOI: 10.1111/famp.70005
Mercè Rived-Ocaña, Maria Calatrava, Martiño Rodríguez-González
{"title":"Relational Ethics and Differentiation of Self: An Empirical Study of the Key Constructs of Contextual Theory and Bowen Family Systems Theory","authors":"Mercè Rived-Ocaña, Maria Calatrava, Martiño Rodríguez-González","doi":"10.1111/famp.70005","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/famp.70005","url":null,"abstract":"<div>\u0000 \u0000 <p>Contextual therapy, concerned with equity of responsibility and relational balances, seeks to reintroduce the truth of personal uniqueness and genuine dialogue in meaningful relationships by establishing a bridge between individual therapy and family therapy. Bowen family systems theory, on the other hand, is an approach that considers differentiation as a concept involving the degree to which a person becomes individuated from the parents. This process emerges from relational-family experiences, in accordance with the regulation of the emotions experienced and the balance achieved between the forces of autonomy and togetherness. We analyzed the connection between relational ethics and differentiation of self, as well as comparing these variables in a non-clinical sample (<i>N</i> = 1230) and a clinical one (<i>N</i> = 241) to whom we administered the Spanish Relational Ethics Scale and the Differentiation of Self Inventory. The empirical results suggest that relational ethics and differentiation of self are highly interconnected and linked to health and to the achievement of mature individuation, contributing to our empirical knowledge of the two constructs. Our findings suggest that these two frameworks and their respective constructs may be viewed as mutually supportive, offering a potential opportunity to thoughtfully integrate them into clinical practice where appropriate.</p>\u0000 </div>","PeriodicalId":51396,"journal":{"name":"Family Process","volume":"64 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.6,"publicationDate":"2025-03-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143594873","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}
Family ProcessPub Date : 2025-03-08DOI: 10.1111/famp.70022
Herni Susanti, Sriyani Padmalatha Konara Mudiyanselage, Ni Luh Dwi Indrayani, Tutu April Ariani, Hui-Yu Tsai, Budi Anna Keliat, Mei-Feng Lin
{"title":"Social Support for Grief, Attachment, and Mental Health Among Bereaved Spouses During COVID-19 Pandemic","authors":"Herni Susanti, Sriyani Padmalatha Konara Mudiyanselage, Ni Luh Dwi Indrayani, Tutu April Ariani, Hui-Yu Tsai, Budi Anna Keliat, Mei-Feng Lin","doi":"10.1111/famp.70022","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/famp.70022","url":null,"abstract":"<div>\u0000 \u0000 <p>This study explored the associations of grief support between social support for grief and pandemic grief symptoms, attachment, and mental health through accounting for sociodemographic factors among bereaved spouses widowed as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. From September 10 to November 23, 2020, a cross-sectional mobile online survey was conducted, involving 92 participants with a mean age of 44.21 years. The sample was predominantly Islamic (91%) and female (88.8%), with an average marriage duration of 18.73 years. Participants completed assessments, including the Grief Support Assessment Scale, Brief Symptom Rating Scale-5, Pandemic Grief Scale, Revised Adult Attachment Scale, and Couple Interaction Scale for Marital Support. Results showed that the extent to which grief support was received (<i>β</i> = −0.36, <i>p</i> = 0.03) and that bereaved spouses were satisfied with (<i>β</i> = −0.29, <i>p</i> = 0.03) grief support were negatively correlated with pandemic grief. Age, education, and attachment directly influenced mental health. A k-means cluster analysis identified a younger cluster (<i>M</i><sub>age</sub> = 34.76 ± 4.63) experiencing greater mental health difficulties (14.84 ± 3.9), pandemic grief (7.23 ± 3.06), and attachment needs (51.80 ± 8.06). The findings highlight that the grief support needed was higher than the support received and the satisfaction with that support during the COVID-19 pandemic. Additionally, participants were dissatisfied with the higher demand for resources from governmental and nongovernmental organizations. The study emphasizes the importance of accessible, high-quality grief support services that are culturally and religiously sensitive, especially in diverse contexts like Indonesia.</p>\u0000 </div>","PeriodicalId":51396,"journal":{"name":"Family Process","volume":"64 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.6,"publicationDate":"2025-03-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143571346","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}
Family ProcessPub Date : 2025-03-07DOI: 10.1111/famp.70008
Aiesha T. Lee, Natoya Haskins
{"title":"Examining the Intergenerational Transmission of the Strong Black Woman Narrative","authors":"Aiesha T. Lee, Natoya Haskins","doi":"10.1111/famp.70008","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/famp.70008","url":null,"abstract":"<p>This study examines the intergenerational transmission of the strong Black woman (SBW) narrative between Black mothers and daughters, exploring how this transmission contributes to both resilience and psychological stress. Utilizing a collective case study design with 10 participants (5 mother-daughter dyads), the study reveals how the SBW narrative, encompassing pride in identity, community support, and survival lessons, is perpetuated within Black families. It also delves into strategies Black women believe can facilitate healing from generational trauma, emphasizing changing the narrative and fostering new attitudes toward self-care. The findings underscore the importance of utilizing culturally responsive systemic approaches to explore how generational narratives shape identity and mental health. These insights highlight the need for understanding and addressing the complexities of generational trauma and cultural narratives in mental health practices.</p>","PeriodicalId":51396,"journal":{"name":"Family Process","volume":"64 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.6,"publicationDate":"2025-03-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/famp.70008","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143565081","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}
Family ProcessPub Date : 2025-03-07DOI: 10.1111/famp.70024
Víctor Cabrera-Perona, Juan A. Moriano, Daniel Lloret-Irles, Inés González-Galnares, Ana Ordoñez
{"title":"Assessing the Impact of a Family-Based Intervention Program on Family Dynamics: A Pilot Study in the Context of Indicated Substance Abuse Prevention","authors":"Víctor Cabrera-Perona, Juan A. Moriano, Daniel Lloret-Irles, Inés González-Galnares, Ana Ordoñez","doi":"10.1111/famp.70024","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/famp.70024","url":null,"abstract":"<div>\u0000 \u0000 <p>Literature has consistently linked family elements as risk and/or protective factors in adolescence. Consequently, numerous family-focused prevention programs have been developed. In the context of selective and indicated prevention, the most structured actions take place within the municipal services. However, studies demonstrating the effectiveness of these interventions are scarce. Our aim was to explore the effectiveness of the Brief Intervention Program for addiction prevention in the family context (IBAF) to improve family protective dynamics. We used a quasi-experimental pretest-posttest design. The final sample consisted of 136 cases and 191 family members (64.9% women and 35.1% men). The dimensions of family functioning were measured with the self-reported Madrid Family Functioning scale. Results indicated a statistically significant increase post-intervention in family climate, family consensus, setting of rules and boundaries, coping patterns, and improvement in stress/anxiety. There were no significant differences based on the sex of the family members. The IBAF program shows promise in addressing the demand for structured interventions in family indicated prevention. Future research could build on these preliminary findings by testing the efficacy of the intervention using rigorous methodologies.</p>\u0000 </div>","PeriodicalId":51396,"journal":{"name":"Family Process","volume":"64 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.6,"publicationDate":"2025-03-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143565080","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}
Family ProcessPub Date : 2025-03-05DOI: 10.1111/famp.70019
Jaap van der Meiden
{"title":"Is the Exoneration-Forgiveness Distinction in Contextual Therapy Evident in Practice, and What Can We Learn From It?","authors":"Jaap van der Meiden","doi":"10.1111/famp.70019","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/famp.70019","url":null,"abstract":"<div>\u0000 \u0000 <p>This article compares exoneration with the correlated concept of forgiveness. According to Contextual Therapy, a fundamental distinction exists between the two. It states that exoneration depends on an adult reassessment of history, resulting in the offender being freed of guilt. Conversely, according to Contextual Therapy, forgiveness is beyond reassessment and relies on the generosity of the forgiver while retaining the assumption of guilt on the part of the wrongdoer. After briefly introducing and concisely overviewing contextual theory, the five core elements of exoneration are identified as (a) an intrapersonal, interpersonal, or posthumous process; (b) motivated by loyalty and obligation; (c) recognition of suffered injustice; and (d) an adult reassessment, leading to (e) a promise of improvement. Then, the core elements are compared with the findings of a previously conducted international phenomenological research study on forgiveness processes between children and parents. Instead of finding evidence of the distinction between exoneration and forgiveness as Contextual Therapy proposes, this article confirms the importance of the five identified elements for both exoneration and forgiveness.</p>\u0000 </div>","PeriodicalId":51396,"journal":{"name":"Family Process","volume":"64 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.6,"publicationDate":"2025-03-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143554521","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}
Family ProcessPub Date : 2025-03-03DOI: 10.1111/famp.70015
Beiming Yang, Zexi Zhou, Yang Qu, Bin-Bin Chen
{"title":"Is There a Vicious Cycle Between Parental Burnout and Parent–Adolescent Conflict? A Three-Wave Within-Family Analytic Approach","authors":"Beiming Yang, Zexi Zhou, Yang Qu, Bin-Bin Chen","doi":"10.1111/famp.70015","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/famp.70015","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Parental burnout is a chronic condition of experiencing exhaustion, inefficacy, and emotional distance in one's parental role. Given the detrimental influence of parental burnout on both parents and children, it is important to study the antecedents and consequences of parental burnout, particularly at the within-family level. Using a three-wave sample of 443 Chinese parents (70% mothers; mean age = 41.81 years, SD = 3.81 years) of middle school adolescents (50% girls; mean age = 13.35 years, SD = 0.36 years), the present study examined the transactional processes between parental burnout and parent–adolescent conflict. Random intercept cross-lagged panel modeling allowed the present study to focus on within-family effects by using random intercepts to account for between-family effects. In this way, this study can rule out time-invariant confounds by focusing on whether the ups and downs of parental burnout at a family level contribute to the changes in parent–adolescent conflict, and vice versa. At the within-family level, parental burnout predicted greater parent–adolescent conflict over time, and parent–adolescent conflict also predicted greater parental burnout over time. Notably, multigroup comparisons showed that the link from parent–adolescent conflict to parental burnout was only significant among parents with lower but not higher educational attainment, and the link from parental burnout to parent–adolescent conflict was only evident among mothers but not fathers. Taken together, the findings suggest that parental burnout and parent–adolescent conflict positively shape and sustain one another over time, highlighting the necessity to adapt the designs of family conflict interventions in treating and preventing parental burnout.</p>","PeriodicalId":51396,"journal":{"name":"Family Process","volume":"64 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.6,"publicationDate":"2025-03-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/famp.70015","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143535970","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}