Family Process, an international, multidisciplinary, peer-reviewed journal, publishes articles on theory, research and practice for families and larger systems.
The impact of the COVID-19 virus disproportionately affected U.S. Indigenous peoples, who experienced the highest infection and death rates in comparison with non-Indigenous peoples. In this articl...
The current study aims to examine whether family functioning would moderate the indirect effect of general psychological distress on suicidality through perceived burdensomeness (PB) and thwarted...
Intimate partner sexual violence (IPSV) is a devastating yet often overlooked form of violence around the world. Using social learning theory to guide our study, we examined childhood maltreatment...
As intercultural marriages become increasingly common in the United States, it is crucial to examine the factors that affect their stability and satisfaction. This study explores how demographic...
Although parenting is critical to children's emotional development, broader family processes can also play an important role in the development of anxiety and depressive symptoms in children. The...
This study introduces the Black Mother-Daughter Developmental Model (BMDDM), a life course framework that theorizes the evolving relational, psychological, and cultural dynamics of Black mother-dau...
Attention to climate- and nature-related issues is largely absent from systemic practice and the field of Couple and Family Therapy (CFT). The effects of climate change and the consequences of...
High-quality home-school partnership can bring significant benefits to children's learning and wellbeing. While evidence-based parenting programs often target key determinants of high-quality...
To rigorously evaluate family-based prevention programs, there is need for culturally appropriate, valid, and reliable evaluation measures; few have been validated for use with Indigenous children...
Emotionally Focused Couple Therapy (EFCT) is an empirically validated treatment for relationship distress with well-established efficacy. However, there is an increased need to understand its...
This study examines the prevalence, key domains, and underlying drivers of parentāchild disagreements in Ghana, with the aim of enhancing understanding of family interaction dynamics in a low- and...
This study explored the reciprocal associations between maternal physical discipline and children's externalizing problems across childhood, distinguishing between trait-like (i.e., between-person)...
Mother-adolescent interactions are important contexts for teens to develop essential autonomy and relatedness skills. The Autonomy and Relatedness Coding System was designed to measure these behavi...
Romantic relationships are a cornerstone of adult life, profoundly influencing individuals' overall well-being. When these relationships become distressed, the consequences often extend beyond the...
Parents exposed to childhood interpersonal trauma are at risk of reporting difficulties following the birth of a child. Although parenting alliance is crucial for both parental and infant well-bein...
While previous studies have demonstrated significant associations between partners' emotion regulation (ER) and overall well-being, very few studies provide knowledge on ER in clinical couples,...
Family conflict plays a central role in adolescent mental health. However, little is known about how interparental conflict, father-child conflict, and motherāchild conflict interact with and...
This study examined post-therapy trajectories among parent couples who received either the Integrative Brief Systemic Intervention (IBSI)ātargeting both romantic and coparenting relationshipsāor...