Family Process

Papers
(The median citation count of Family Process is 1. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 250 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2021-04-01 to 2025-04-01.)
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Relationship satisfaction among spouse caregivers of service members and veterans with comorbid mild traumatic brain injury and post‐traumatic stress disorder92
Effect of support groups on caregiver’s quality of life43
Meaning Co‐Construction: Facilitating Shared Family Meaning‐Making in Bereavement34
Play and liberty: A brief incursion into some ideological currents in the history of systems‐oriented family therapy33
Couple and family therapy (and families) in the digital age32
Parenting experiences of single fathers: A meta‐synthesis26
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“Don’t you care about the well‐being of your race?”: African American couples discuss racial differences involving criticisms of other Black people23
Self‐compassion mediates the link between attachment security and intimate relationship quality for couples navigating pregnancy22
Generating mutual support in multifamily therapy to promote father involvement and family communication quality of Chinese families of adolescents with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder: A qual21
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Some subtleties of whiteness in the workplace: Steps for shifting the paradigm19
Juntos hacemos la diferencia [together we make the difference]: A network analysis of Latinx caregivers' use of youth support services19
“One man, one life, one marriage”: A qualitative analysis of Hmong women's divorce experiences18
“I think it’s communication and trust and sharing everything”: Qualitative evidence for a model of healthy intimate relationships in Black women living with HIV and men in KwaZulu‐Natal, South Africa17
Different perceptual worlds: Parent and youth perspectives on parenting outcome trajectories from a Latino family‐based program17
Integrative Systemic Supervision: Promoting Supervisees’ Theoretical Integration in Systemic Therapy15
Couple variables predicting retention in a brief intervention and research14
Sexual beliefs in couple relationships: Exploring the pathways of mindfulness, communication, and sexual functioning on sexual passion and satisfaction14
The impact of couple and family interventions14
Family‐centered profiles of mindful parenting: Longitudinal associations with negative parenting and youth emotional and behavioral problems13
How adult children of incarcerated parents experience ambiguous loss13
Recruitment and retention of diverse couples in relationship education with integrated economic services13
Elevating Black fathers' experiences in the National Fatherhood Initiative: Strengths and areas for improvement of 24/7 Dad® curriculum and case management services12
Silencing or silent transmission? An exploratory study on trauma communication in Kurdish refugee families12
Sources of attitudes towards parent–child co‐sleeping and their effects: A systematic scoping review12
Early‐life family and school impacts on adolescent conduct problems: A path analysis12
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Couple relationship functioning and social adjustment during the transition to parenthood among fathers with a history of maltreatment11
A socioemotional network perspective on momentary experiences of family conflict in young adults11
Psychological interventions for family members of people with psychological disorders with emotional dysregulation: Introduction to special section11
The efficacy of postdivorce intervention programs for children: A meta‐analytical review11
The effects of COVID‐19 stressors and family life on anxiety and depression one‐year into the COVID‐19 pandemic10
Families post‐release: Barriers and pathways to family therapy10
Actor–partner interdependence of socially prescribed parenting perfectionism and parental control in Chinese families10
Military couples’ childhood experiences and romantic relationship satisfaction: The role of accepting influence10
Family functioning within the context of families with adolescent children in urban India10
Parent‐adolescent coping with prolonged geopolitical conflict: A qualitative analysis focusing on distress and resilience9
“I know what you did”: Associations between relationship satisfaction and reported and suspected extramarital sex9
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Intergenerational solidarity with digital communication and psychological well‐being among older parents during the COVID‐19 pandemic9
A qualitative study on how intimate partner violence against women changes, escalates, and persists from pre‐ to postseparation9
Economic strain and quality of life among families with emerging adult children: The contributions of family rituals and family problem‐solving communication9
The Difficulties in Emotion Regulation Scale–Dyadic version: A new tool for the evaluation of the dyadic dysregulation in couple relationships9
Attending to the larger system in systemic therapy and family research9
The impact of responsible fatherhood programs on parenting, psychological well‐being, and financial outcomes: A randomized controlled trial8
Power and dialogue: A review of discursive research8
An exploration of potential pressures to engage in parenting accommodation of PTSD symptoms for military couples8
Training of interventionists and cultural adaptation procedures: A systematic review of culturally adapted evidence‐based parenting programs in Africa8
Marital satisfaction, parenting stress, and family alliance: Parental perspective taking as a moderator8
Parenting in times of refuge: A qualitative investigation8
Correction to Effectiveness of functional family therapy in a non‐Western context: Findings from a randomized‐controlled evaluation of youth offenders in Singapore8
Profiles of racial discussions and associations with parent sociocultural factors and internalized racism in Asian American families7
Demonstrating Attachment‐Based Family Therapy for Transgender and Gender Diverse Youth with Suicidal Thoughts and Behavior: A Case Study7
Couples Therapists’ Attitudes Toward Online Therapy During the COVID‐19 Crisis7
Attachment‐based family therapy for sexual and gender minority young adults and their nonaccepting parents7
Differentiating competency from content: Parental racial socialization profiles and their associated factors7
The third shift: Addressing emotion work in couple therapy7
The Efficacy of Relationship Education for Improving Children's Outcomes: A Multi‐Informant, Multi‐Method Study7
Bidirectional or unidirectional? Longitudinal associations between external stressors, perceived spousal support, and marital instability7
Profiles of perceived resources among low‐income, rural mothers: Prospective associations with maternal and child outcomes7
Dynamic characteristics of parent–adolescent closeness: Predicting adolescent emotion dysregulation7
I can still hear my baby crying: The ambiguous loss of American Indian/Alaska Native birthmothers7
The Attachment Versus Differentiation Debate: Bringing the Conversation to Parent–Child Relationships7
Friendship as a lifeline: Navigating the precarious landscape of the US employment‐based immigration as women of color psychologists7
Emotion dysregulation and couple relationship satisfaction of clinical couples: An actor‐partner interdependence model7
“I miss not being able to offer my couples a box of tissues…”: Couples' and therapists' perspectives on the therapeutic alliance with the transition to online couple therapy7
Strengthening lower‐income families: Lessons learned from policy responses to the COVID‐19 pandemic7
The Intergenerational Impact of Adverse Childhood Experiences on Hispanic Families: The Mediational Roles of Parental Depression and Parent–Adolescent Communication7
Measuring “we‐ness” in couple relationships: A social identity approach6
Stress Perception and Marital Instability Across the Family Life Cycle: An Actor‐Partner Perspective6
Demographic Characteristics and Parenthood Across Three Cohorts of Sexual Minority Adults6
Bolstering family therapy: Assimilating EMDR into ABFT in youth residential treatment6
Parental socialization of mental health in Chinese American families: What parents say and do, and how youth make meaning6
Conflict and Father Involvement: The Unique Role of Postpartum Destructiveness for Fathers' Direct Care in Toddlerhood6
Family Connections: The Impact of an Education Program for Carers of Individuals With Borderline Personality Disorder in Italian Mental Health Services6
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Assessing the Impact of a Family‐Based Intervention Program on Family Dynamics: A Pilot Study in the Context of Indicated Substance Abuse Prevention6
Impact of a digital relationship intervention for jailed individuals6
Susan M. Johnson (1947–2024)6
Linking child adjustment difficulties with mother's maladaptive parental behavior: The mediating roles of parental cognitions and parenting stress5
Replication and extension of the military family stress model: The after deployment adaptive parenting tools ADAPT4U study5
One way or another…or both: Different roles of fathers, mothers, and adolescents in the intergenerational transmission of inclusive attitudes5
Latent profile analysis of family and school supports among Chinese adolescents in stepfamilies5
Discrepancies in perceptions of PTSD symptoms among veteran couples: Links to poorer relationship and individual functioning5
The mediation model of social status on the link between parental attachment, aggressive behavior, and psychological well‐being: Evidence from two studies in Vietnamese adolescents and young adults5
Do couples who play together stay together? A longitudinal dyadic examination of shared leisure, financial distress, and relationship outcomes5
Clinical identification of a specific psychic envelope in families with anorexic symptoms5
Effects of sexual orientation‐based prejudice and discrimination in family of origin on depressive symptoms and life satisfaction in a Chinese sample: Reciprocal and authoritarian filial piety as mode5
Tuning in to Kids Together: Piloting an Emotion‐Focused Coparenting Program5
The association between marital satisfaction and perceived coparenting in infancy: A longitudinal dyadic approach5
“Anything Can Happen Here”: Mother–Child Experiences Navigating Life as Residents of an Urban Red‐Light Brothel District in India5
A conversation analysis of therapist repeats in open dialogue network meetings5
Dealing with couple infidelity in romantic relationships: A group intervention feasibility study5
Gender identity differences in the experiences of family stressors and violence among transgender and non‐binary individuals in China5
Prevalence and predictors of help‐seeking steps in a nationally representative Dutch sample of romantic couples5
A structural equation model of parenting and child's resilience after the earthquake in Türkiye5
Caregiving stress and maternal mental health during the COVID‐19 pandemic5
When not teaming up puts parents at risk: Coparenting and parental burnout in dual‐parent heterosexual families in Switzerland4
The longitudinal impact of an evidence‐based multiple family group intervention (Amaka Amasanyufu) on family cohesion among children in Uganda: Analysis of the cluster randomized SMART Afr4
Searching for who benefits most and least: An analysis of moderators of the TRUE Dads fatherhood intervention4
Impact evaluation of the family expectations program and moderation by sociodemographic disadvantage4
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Toward tailored care for families with multiple problems: A quasi‐experimental study on effective elements of care4
Assessing the effectiveness and feasibility of the Experienced Carers Helping Others program in relatives of adolescents with eating disorders using an online application format with individual sessio4
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Etiologic mechanisms in an adapted family‐based preventive intervention for underage alcohol use in Mexico: Results of an exploratory pilot study4
The multifaceted role of empathy in the transmission of postpartum depressive symptoms between parents4
Effects of family therapy for substance abuse: A systematic review of recent research4
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Fathers' experiences with supportive parenting interventions: A qualitative systematic review4
The bidirectional connection between family functioning and psychopathology: A network analysis in a large sample of adolescents with anorexia nervosa and their parents4
Development and psychometric properties of the Chinese Invalidating Family Scale4
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Reducing the incidence of domestic violence: An observational study of an equine‐assisted intervention4
Emancipatory approaches in couples' intervention research4
Congruence couple therapy for alcohol use and gambling disorders with comorbidities (part I): Outcomes from a randomized controlled trial3
Relational recovery after infidelity as a dual process: A model based on the experiences of female injured partners3
Effects of alcohol problem discrepancy on relationship adjustment: The moderating role of conflict negotiation among couples with alcohol use disorder and intimate partner violence3
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Learning from within: Therapists' actions in daily clinical practice3
Longitudinal associations between relational and sexual well‐being in couples transitioning to parenthood3
Critical consciousness and anti‐racist action as rooted in family processes3
Keeping your coparent in mind: A longitudinal investigation of mindfulness in the family system3
The role of veterans' PTSD symptoms in veteran couples' insomnia3
Resolving relationship dissolution—What predicts emotional adjustment after breakup?3
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Changes in Life Satisfaction in Couples after Successful In vitro Fertilization and Natural Pregnancy3
Mexican immigrant parents’ hopes for their children and parenting strategies in different immigration climates3
Is separate the new equal? A meta‐analytic review of correlates of intimate partner violence victimization for Black and White women in the United States3
Relationship risk factors for intimate partner violence among sexual and gender minorities: A multilevel analysis3
Predictors of change in relationship satisfaction among Black postpartum mothers3
Observations of parentadolescent interactions relate to food parenting practices and adolescent disordered eating in adolescents at risk for adult obesity3
Longitudinal impact of caregiver transition and family caregiving on psychiatric symptoms and psychosocial functioning among persons with schizophrenia in rural China3
Desire discrepancy in long‐term relationships: A qualitative study with diverse couples3
Positive experiences in the parent–child relationship during the COVID‐19 lockdown in Poland: The role of emotion regulation, empathy, parenting self‐efficacy, and social support3
Military couples' experiences in the aftermath of a cancelled deployment3
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“Turning back the clock”: A positive strategy for changing unacceptable youth behavior3
An intergenerational study of parental bonding on perceptions of parental and spousal criticism and marital relationship quality in Singapore3
Caste and Black intergenerational racial trauma in the United States of America3
Development and implementation of a relationship‐focused outpatient multifamily program for adolescent anorexia nervosa2
The Korean integrative family therapy model2
“A crossroads generation.” Great‐grandchildren of Holocaust survivors' perspectives on the impact of the genocide on family functioning2
Relational Ethics and Differentiation of Self: An Empirical Study of the Key Constructs of Contextual Theory and Bowen Family Systems Theory2
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Family reaction to coming out (FRCO): A Spanish adaptation and validation of perceived parental reactions scale2
Couple relational ethics: From theory to lived practice2
Treatment efficacy of multiple family therapy in helping Chinese children of depressed parents in Hong Kong, China2
“I never told my family I was grieving for my mom”: The not‐disclosing‐grief experiences of parentally bereaved adolescents and young adults in Chinese families2
Putting parental overprotection into a family systems context: Relations of overprotective parenting with perceived coparenting and adolescent anxiety2
I love you no matter what: Negative relationship quality and daily encounters in the parent–child tie and their implications for daily mood across the lifespan2
A call for health justice: Striving toward health equity at a community health center2
A Closer Examination of Relational Outcomes from a Pilot Study of Abbreviated, Intensive, Multi‐Couple Group Cognitive‐Behavioral Conjoint Therapy for PTSD with Military Dyads2
Parental worry about children: Scale development and validation among Chinese parents of preschool children2
Love in the time of COVID‐19: A systematic mapping review of empirical research on romantic relationships one year into the COVID‐19 pandemic2
TRUE Dads: The impact of a couples‐based fatherhood intervention on family relationships, child outcomes, and economic self‐sufficiency2
The relationship between familial factors and youth mental health outcomes in Korean American families: The mediation effects of youth's negative emotionality2
Risk, resilience and family relationships among at‐risk Ethiopian immigrant youth in Israel: A focus group investigation2
Preventing child mental health problems in southeastern Europe: Feasibility study (phase 1 of MOST framework)2
Obituary: Honoring and remembering—Dr. Evan Imber‐Black (May 19, 1944–May 29, 2024)2
Intergenerational solidarity and digital communication during the Covid‐19 pandemic in South Korea: Implications for dyadic well‐being2
Session‐to‐session bidirectional associations of alliance with depressive symptoms and relationship satisfaction2
The Development of a Brief Session‐Level Process Measure for Emotion‐Focused Couple Therapy2
Healthy couple, better sleep: Exploring connections and changes in couple relationship education participants2
Addressing power in couples therapy: Integrating socio‐emotional relationship therapy and emotionally focused therapy2
Pressurizing or encouraging: Health behaviors among long‐distance couples2
Concurrent randomized control trials of the 1‐year efficacy of two couple relationship education programs: ELEVATE and Couples Connecting Mindfully2
Child‐oriented family therapy in China: A cross‐cultural application of integrative family therapy targeting children aged 4–102
Experiences of fathers caring for children with neurodevelopmental disorders: A meta‐synthesis2
Culturally humble and anti‐racist couple and family interventions for African Americans2
Differential impact of stay‐at‐home orders on mental health in adults who are homeschooling or “childless at home” in time of COVID‐192
Pilot project for a recovery‐oriented, DBT‐informed skill‐building education course for families of adults with borderline personality, bipolar or major depressive disorders2
Sibling relationships among U.S. citizen children of undocumented Mexican parents2
Maternal and adolescent depressive symptoms and family conflict: An autoregressive cross‐lagged examination of competing models in multi‐stressed mothers and adolescents2
“I was simply trying to make it through the day”: A collaborative autoethnography of couple/marriage and family therapy program directors in a diversity and anti‐racism peer consultation group2
Implementing Open Dialogue approaches: A scoping review2
Sexual intimacy and aging: An integrative framework to promote intimacy resilience in couple therapy2
Researching what we practice—The paradigm of systemic family research: Part 22
Therapist Adherence to Two Treatments for Adolescent Suicide Risk: Association to Outcomes and Role of Therapeutic Alliance2
The Bidirectional Longitudinal Relationship Between Family Affective Responsiveness and Suicidal Ideation Among Adolescents: Mediation by Depressive Symptoms2
Couple differentiation and health‐related quality of life2
Positive and negative family communication and mental distress: Married service members during a non‐combat deployment2
“They're not my daughter, and yet…they're also not my son”: Parents negotiating their adult child's nonbinary gender identity2
Interparental conflict and adolescent emotional security across family structures2
Perceived discrimination and Latina college students' depressive symptoms: The roles of dyadic coping with sisters and familism values2
A closer look at the demographics of same‐sex marriage in the United States: Implications for research, practice, and policy2
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Another editor's farewell2
Power dynamics in couple relationships: A review and applications for systemic family therapists2
Family Environment: Protective but Reactive Associations With Cumulative Stress and Arrest Following Multisystemic Therapy2
The relationship between emotional intimate partner violence and other forms of violence: A metaanalytic review2
Transgenerational association of mentalization with child mental health: A scoping review2
Ending the silo effect: A test of the relational domain spillover model2
Becoming what you are seeking: Building Relational Self‐Awareness in emerging adults2
Bidirectional longitudinal relationships between parents' marital satisfaction, parenting stress, and self‐compassion in China2
In‐session gaming as a tool in treating adolescent problematic gaming2
A special section: Contributions of family science to anti‐racism efforts2
Parents in couple therapy: An intervention targeting marital and coparenting relationships2
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“Family Connections”, a program for relatives of people with borderline personality disorder: A randomized controlled trial2
The Co‐Parenting Across Family Structures Scale: Replication for Mandarin parents2
Application of Family Stress Theory: Predicting Wellbeing by Demands, Resources and Perceptions Among Caregivers of Older Adults2
Parent‐to‐child aggression, intimate partner aggression, conflict resolution, and children’s social–emotional competence in early childhood2
Parent and child adjustment dual trajectories at the beginning of the COVID‐19 syndemic2
Family resources, resilience beliefs, and parental adaptation: A moderated mediation analysis2
Parental burnout during the COVID‐19 pandemic2
The therapeutic alliance in couple therapy: Patterns by treatment and sex in a randomized controlled trial of emotionally focused therapy and treatment as usual2
Exploring the factors contributing to parent stress symptoms during the COVID‐19 pandemic in Europe: An ABC‐X model approach2
Bidirectional relationships between parenting stress and child behavior problems in multi‐stressed, single‐mother families: A cross‐lagged panel model1
Effects of a brief parenting intervention on Latinx mothers and their children1
The intergenerational transmission of relationship instability: A focus on emerging adult on‐off relationships1
Family and individual risk factors for triangulation: Evaluating evidence for emotion coaching buffering effects1
Reflections on our efforts to help mental health agencies become more “culturally competent”1
Implementing Behavioral Couples Therapy for Substance Use Disorders in Real‐World Clinical Practice1
Siblings’ Perspectives of the Impact of Child Sexual Abuse Disclosure on Sibling and Family Relationships1
Daily implementation of health‐protective behaviors and family life during the early months of the COVID‐19 pandemic1
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An application of the Biobehavioral Family Model: Examining the impact of maternal depression on child asthma mediated by insecure attachment and child depression1
How can white parents raise anti‐racist children? Introducing the routes to effective anti‐racist parenting (REAP) model1
Assessment of the Perceived Importance of Religion in Couple Relationships in Christians, Muslims, Buddhists, and the Nonreligious1
“A cuff is not enough”: A community‐based participatory research approach to soliciting perspectives of African Americans with hypertension and their family members on self‐management<1
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Parent–Child Relationship Quality in the Family of Origin and Later Romantic Relationship Functioning: A Systematic Review1
Comparing individually based and family‐based treatments for internalizing, externalizing, and family symptoms in Latino youth1
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Holocaust communication, attachment orientation and distress among descendants of female holocaust survivors1
Case Examples and Process‐Oriented Questions in Teletherapy with Couples and Families1
The Weaving Healthy Families program: Promoting parenting practices, family resilience, and communal mastery1
Partner Emotional Support and Child Problem Behaviors: The Indirect Role of Harsh Parenting for Young Mothers and Their Children1
The use of emotionally focused therapy with polyamorous relationships1
Mattering and parental presence in systemic therapy using nonviolent resistance: The utilization of imaginary methods1
Employment and child support outcomes among noncustodial fathers: An evaluation of the Fathers Advancing Community Together program1
Latina mothers’ mental health: An examination of its relation to parenting and material resources1
Trajectories of Chinese paternal emotion‐related socialization behaviors during early adolescence: Contributions of father and adolescent factors1
Religious Coping and Gender Moderate Trajectories of Marital Love among Black Couples1
Subjective emotion trajectories in couple therapy and associations with improvement in relationship satisfaction1
Examining the stability of emotional regulation and psychological distress for low‐income individuals: A latent transition analysis1
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Effectiveness of community‐based family‐focused interventions on family functioning among families of children with chronic health conditions: A systematic review and meta‐analysis1
Individual’s pretreatment psychological symptoms and progress in couples therapy: A person‐centered analysis1
Building bridges through cultural adaptation: Examining the initial impact of a culturally adapted parent training intervention for the Chilean context1
Differentiation of self, anxiety, triangling and distress: A test of Bowen theory1
Is it me or my child? The association between maternal depression and children's behavior problems in mothers and their children with or without autism1
Relational concerns and change in relationship satisfaction in a relationship education program1
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