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Sun, 21 Mar 2010 16:33:03 +0100 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3265712&cid=s_38727_46_f&fid=38727&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdx.doi.org%2F10.1111%252Fj.1545-5300.2010.01303.x (Source: Family Process) Family Process journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3265712 Fri, 12 Feb 2010 15:33:57 +0100 3265712 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3265722&cid=s_38727_46_f&fid=38727&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdx.doi.org%2F10.1111%252Fj.1545-5300.2010.01313.x (Source: Family Process) Family Process journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3265722 Thu, 11 Feb 2010 00:00:00 +0100 3265722 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3265721&cid=s_38727_46_f&fid=38727&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdx.doi.org%2F10.1111%252Fj.1545-5300.2010.01312.x Some authors have argued that certain acts of family therapists[mdash]despite their best intentions[mdash]may represent a form of colonizing the family. When acting as a colonizer, a therapist is understood as becoming overly responsible for the family and focusing too strongly on change. In so doing, the therapist disrespects the family's pace, and neglects their own resources for change. This paper aims to highlight the need for therapists to be hypersensitive both to the resources of families entering therapy as well as to the impact of prevailing ideologies on their own positioning in the session. The kind of sensitivity advocated here is dialectical in the sense that every family is understood as having potentials promoting dynamism, happiness, and well-being as well as potentials con... Family Process journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3265721 Thu, 11 Feb 2010 00:00:00 +0100 3265721 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3265720&cid=s_38727_46_f&fid=38727&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdx.doi.org%2F10.1111%252Fj.1545-5300.2010.01311.x Men's difficulty with emotional intimacy is a problem that therapists regularly encounter in working with heterosexual couples in therapy. The first part of this article describes historical and cultural factors that contribute to this dilemma in men's marriages and same-sex friendships. Therapeutic men's groups can provide a corrective experience for men, helping them to develop emotional intimacy skills while augmenting their work in couples therapy. A model for such groups is presented, including guidelines for referral, screening, and collaboration with other therapists. Our therapeutic approach encourages relationship-based learning through direct emotional expression and supportive feedback. We emphasize the development of friendship skills, core attributes of friendship (connection,... Family Process journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3265720 Thu, 11 Feb 2010 00:00:00 +0100 3265720 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3265719&cid=s_38727_46_f&fid=38727&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdx.doi.org%2F10.1111%252Fj.1545-5300.2010.01310.x In this longitudinal study, we examine whether the effect of parental separation on kindergarten children's behavioral/emotional problems varies according to the level of family conflict, and children's parental representations. One hundred and eighty seven children were assessed at ages 5 and 6. Family conflict was assessed using parents' ratings. Children's parental representations were assessed using a story-stem task. A multiinformant approach (parent, teacher, child) was employed to assess children's behavioral/emotional problems. Bivariate results showed that separation, family conflict, and negative parental representations were associated with children's behavioral/emotional problems. However, in multivariate analyses, when controlling for gender and symptoms at age 5, we found tha... Family Process journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3265719 Thu, 11 Feb 2010 00:00:00 +0100 3265719 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3265718&cid=s_38727_46_f&fid=38727&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdx.doi.org%2F10.1111%252Fj.1545-5300.2010.01309.x This study tested a model predicting behavior symptoms in preschoolers with asthma. Specifically, it examined the role that asthma severity and children's representations of family functioning may play in the development of child behavior problems in a sample of 53 low-income preschoolers. The study included parent report of asthma severity and a narrative story-stem method to assess children's representations of both general and disease-specific family processes. A regression model tested the inclusion of both types of family processes in predicting child internalizing and externalizing behavior. Disease severity and children's family narratives independently predicted children's behavior over and above the combined effects of demographic variables including child age, socioeconomic statu... Family Process journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3265718 Thu, 11 Feb 2010 00:00:00 +0100 3265718 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3265717&cid=s_38727_46_f&fid=38727&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdx.doi.org%2F10.1111%252Fj.1545-5300.2010.01308.x This study used model-fitting analyses to include both wives and husbands in a test of these two alternative models of the role of coparenting in the family system. Our data suggested that both the traditional indirect model (marital health to coparenting to parenting practices), and the alternative predictor model where coparenting alliance directly and simultaneously predicts marital health and parenting practices, fit for both spouses. This suggests that dynamic and multiple roles may be played by coparenting in the overall family system, and raises important practical implications for family clinicians. A medida que las investigaciones sobre sistemas familiares se han expandido, también lo han hecho las investigaciones de cómo los compañeros conyugales comparten la crianza de sus hi... Family Process journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3265717 Thu, 11 Feb 2010 00:00:00 +0100 3265717 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3265716&cid=s_38727_46_f&fid=38727&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdx.doi.org%2F10.1111%252Fj.1545-5300.2010.01307.x To read this article's abstract in both Spanish and Mandarin Chinese, please visit the article's full-text page on Wiley InterScience (http://interscience.wiley.com/journal/famp). The aim of our study is to examine the interface between children's physiological changes and the specificities of parental conflict, and to develop a procedure in which such information can be shared with the family for therapeutic change. Children from 20 families were exposed to parental conflict discussion (CD) while their arousals were measured through skin conductance and heart rate sensors. It was found that regardless of the subject of the argument, 80% of the time they were complaining about each other. Likewise, 80% of the time the children were responding to the parents' own interpersonal tension, incl... Family Process journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3265716 Thu, 11 Feb 2010 00:00:00 +0100 3265716 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3265715&cid=s_38727_46_f&fid=38727&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdx.doi.org%2F10.1111%252Fj.1545-5300.2010.01306.x This study uses the case of transracially adopted multiracial adults to highlight an alternative family context and thus process of African American enculturation. Interpretive analyses of interviews with 25 adult multiracial adoptees produced 4 patterns in their bicultural identity formation: (1) claiming whiteness culturally but not racially, (2) learning to "be Black"[mdash]peers as agents of enculturation, (3) biological pathways to authentic Black kinship, and (4) bicultural kinship beyond Black and White. Conceptualizing race as an ascribed extended kinship network and using notions of "groundedness" from bicultural identity literature, the relational aspects of participants' identity development are highlighted. Culturally relevant concepts of bicultural identity are proposed for pr... Family Process journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3265715 Thu, 11 Feb 2010 00:00:00 +0100 3265715 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3265714&cid=s_38727_46_f&fid=38727&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdx.doi.org%2F10.1111%252Fj.1545-5300.2010.01305.x To read this article's abstract in both Spanish and Mandarin Chinese, please visit the article's full-text page on Wiley InterScience (http://interscience.wiley.com/journal/famp). Hope may be the most laden shorthand term of all time. Everyone wants it; few know how to articulate what it is. Although family therapists frequently work to restore hope with hopeless families, they have contributed little to the abundant literature on hope. I present a new conceptualization of hope[mdash]reasonable hope[mdash]that reflects how family therapists think and practice. By subscribing to reasonable hope, clinicians enhance their ability to offer accompaniment and bear witness to clients. I describe clinical practices that, informed by reasonable hope, also facilitate its cocreation. Finally, I sugge... Family Process journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3265714 Thu, 11 Feb 2010 00:00:00 +0100 3265714 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3265713&cid=s_38727_46_f&fid=38727&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdx.doi.org%2F10.1111%252Fj.1545-5300.2010.01304.x (Source: Family Process) Family Process journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3265713 Thu, 11 Feb 2010 00:00:00 +0100 3265713 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3021793&cid=s_38727_46_f&fid=38727&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdx.doi.org%2F10.1111%252Fj.1545-5300.2009.01295.x (Source: Family Process) Family Process journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3021793 Tue, 24 Nov 2009 16:21:07 +0100 3021793 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3021800&cid=s_38727_46_f&fid=38727&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdx.doi.org%2F10.1111%252Fj.1545-5300.2009.01302.x This article provides a glimpse into the development of family therapy in China, by reviewing family therapy articles written in Chinese and published in journals in China that are not, therefore, readily accessible to the international community. A content analysis of journals published between 1978 and 2006 revealed 199 family therapy articles in 109 Chinese journals. Most of the studies were conducted by psychiatry or medical professionals, and were based on general systems theory or a systemic family therapy model. The articles focused on the promotion of family therapy theories and interventions in China, but did not specify the application of theory to specific clientele or symptoms. After the year 2000, a threefold increase in the number of family therapy publications was noted. The... Family Process journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3021800 Mon, 23 Nov 2009 00:00:00 +0100 3021800 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3021799&cid=s_38727_46_f&fid=38727&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdx.doi.org%2F10.1111%252Fj.1545-5300.2009.01301.x The study assessed the effects of war captivity on posttraumatic stress symptoms and marital adjustment among Prisoners of War (POWs) from the Yom Kippur War. It was hypothesized that men's perception of level of forgiveness mediates the relation between posttraumatic symptoms and marital adjustment. The sample consisted of 157 Israeli veterans divided into 3 groups: 21 POWs with Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), 58 former POWs without PTSD, and 70 control veterans. The findings indicated that former POWs with PTSD reported lower levels of marital satisfaction and forgiveness than veterans in the other 2 groups. In addition, men's perception of level of forgiveness mediated the relationship between their posttraumatic symptoms and their marital adjustment. The theoretical and clinical ... Family Process journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3021799 Mon, 23 Nov 2009 00:00:00 +0100 3021799 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3021798&cid=s_38727_46_f&fid=38727&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdx.doi.org%2F10.1111%252Fj.1545-5300.2009.01300.x Gottman has proposed that there are 3 functional styles of conflict management in couple relationships, labeled Avoidant, Validating, and Volatile, and 1 dysfunctional style, labeled Hostile. Using a sample of 1,983 couples in a committed relationship, we test the association of perceived matches or mismatches on these conflict styles with relationship outcome variables. The results indicate that 32% of the participants perceive there is a mismatch with their conflict style and that of their partner. The Volatile-Avoidant mismatch was particularly problematic and was associated with more stonewalling, relationship problems, and lower levels of relationship satisfaction and stability than the Validating matched style and than other mismatched styles. The most problematic style was the Hosti... Family Process journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3021798 Mon, 23 Nov 2009 00:00:00 +0100 3021798 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3021797&cid=s_38727_46_f&fid=38727&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdx.doi.org%2F10.1111%252Fj.1545-5300.2009.01299.x This study examined the effects of Pathways Triple P (PTP), an early intervention program designed to promote positive parent-child relationships. Sixty parents met the inclusion criteria of borderline to clinically significant relationship disturbance and child emotional and behavioral problems. They were randomly allocated into PTP or a wait-list (WL) control group. PTP was delivered in a group format for 9 weeks and consisted of parent skills training and cognitive behavior therapy targeting negative attributions for child behavior. Significant intervention effects were found for improving parent-child relationships and reducing behavior problems with gains maintained at 3-month follow-up. Limitations of the study and implications for future research are discussed. Programa de paternida... Family Process journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3021797 Mon, 23 Nov 2009 00:00:00 +0100 3021797 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3021796&cid=s_38727_46_f&fid=38727&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdx.doi.org%2F10.1111%252Fj.1545-5300.2009.01298.x The current study examined the coparenting and toddler's interactive styles in family coalitions. According to structural family theory, boundaries between generations are clear in alliances, but disturbed in coalitions: the parents look to the child to regulate their conflictual relationship and the child attempts to meet this need. In a normative sample studied longitudinally during the Lausanne Trilogue Play situation (LTP, N=38), 15 coalition cases were detected. Styles of coparenting and of child's interactions were determined and compared in coalition and alliance cases at 18 months. Findings confirm the structural family model by showing the specific ways in which the coparenting and the toddler's interactive styles are associated in 3 different patterns of coalitions: binding, deto... Family Process journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3021796 Mon, 23 Nov 2009 00:00:00 +0100 3021796 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3021795&cid=s_38727_46_f&fid=38727&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdx.doi.org%2F10.1111%252Fj.1545-5300.2009.01297.x This article first notes the benefits of family pets and their importance for resilience. It then examines their role in couple and family processes and their involvement in relational dynamics and tensions. Next, it addresses bereavement in the loss of a cherished pet, influences complicating grief, and facilitation of mourning and adaptation. Finally, it explores the ways that clients' pets and the use of therapists' companion animals in animal-assisted therapy can inform and enrich couple and family therapy as valuable resources in healing. Vínculos entre animales y humanos II: El rol de las mascotas en los sistemas familiares y en la terapia familiar La gran mayoría de los dueños de mascotas consideran a sus animales de compañía como miembros de la familia, sin embargo, el rol de ... Family Process journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3021795 Mon, 23 Nov 2009 00:00:00 +0100 3021795 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3021794&cid=s_38727_46_f&fid=38727&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdx.doi.org%2F10.1111%252Fj.1545-5300.2009.01296.x This article briefly surveys the evolution of human-animal bonds, reviews research on their health and mental health benefits, and examines their profound relational significance across the life course. Finally, the emerging field of animal-assisted interventions is described, noting applications in hospital and eldercare settings, and in innovative school, prison, farm, and community programs. The aim of this overview paper is to stimulate more attention to these vital bonds in systems-oriented theory, practice, and research. A companion paper in this issue focuses on the role of pets and relational dynamics in family systems and family therapy (Walsh, 2009a). Vínculos entre animales y humanos I: La importancia de los animales de compañía en las relaciones La importancia de los víncul... Family Process journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3021794 Mon, 23 Nov 2009 00:00:00 +0100 3021794 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2687177&cid=s_38727_46_f&fid=38727&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdx.doi.org%2F10.1111%252Fj.1545-5300.2009.01283.x (Source: Family Process) Family Process journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2687177 Tue, 11 Aug 2009 11:31:28 +0100 2687177 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2687188&cid=s_38727_46_f&fid=38727&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdx.doi.org%2F10.1111%252Fj.1545-5300.2009.01294.x This research project examined the adolescent/young adult-parent relationships of African Jamaican immigrants currently living in Canada. Specifically, we focused on the transmission of cultural values and beliefs within these relationships and how the adolescents navigated and negotiated potential changes in these values because of their acculturative experiences. An examination of various mundane family/cultural practices provided insight into perceived transmission attempts by parents and the adolescent/young adult interpretation of these attempts. Twenty in-depth interviews were conducted with adolescent/young adult members of African Jamaican immigrant families living in Canada. Using Grounded Theory methodology (Glaser & Strauss, 1967), several themes emerged during the analysis of t... Family Process journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2687188 Sun, 09 Aug 2009 23:00:00 +0100 2687188 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2687187&cid=s_38727_46_f&fid=38727&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdx.doi.org%2F10.1111%252Fj.1545-5300.2009.01293.x Very little is known about the married life of couples with schizophrenia. In this paper, authors report perceptions and experiences of 5 married couples with schizophrenia on their strategies in forming and maintaining healthy marriage. Our data reveal that participants had realistic expectations of marriage, and recognized benefits as well as obstacles in their marriages with respect to their recovery. This paper examines the importance of extended family members, mental health professionals, and the larger society's attitudes toward marriage as a factor in the recovery process for persons with schizophrenia. The authors identify implications for mental health professionals regarding the respect of client dignity and the applicability of a strengths perspective when working with couples ... Family Process journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2687187 Sun, 09 Aug 2009 23:00:00 +0100 2687187 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2687186&cid=s_38727_46_f&fid=38727&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdx.doi.org%2F10.1111%252Fj.1545-5300.2009.01292.x The objective of this case series is to explore the applicability of FFT in a non-Western culture. Ten patients with bipolar disorder and their family members attended the 9-month FFT as adjunctive to pharmacotherapy in an outpatient specialty clinic in Izmir, Turkey. Patients improved in Global Assessment of Functioning Scores and Clinical Global Impression Scores from pre- to posttreatment. Case studies are given, which illustrate the differences between Western and non-Western families coping with bipolar disorder. FFT was easily applied to a Turkish sample with few changes in format or focus. Adaptations included substitution of oral for written therapeutic tasks or homework assignments. Randomized controlled trials are needed to test the clinical effectiveness of FFT and other psychos... Family Process journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2687186 Sun, 09 Aug 2009 23:00:00 +0100 2687186 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2687185&cid=s_38727_46_f&fid=38727&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdx.doi.org%2F10.1111%252Fj.1545-5300.2009.01291.x Community mental health agencies are consistently challenged to provide realistic and effective home-based family-centered treatment that meets local needs and can realistically fit within available budget and resource capabilities. Integrated Family and Systems Treatment (I-FAST) is developed based on existing evidence-based approaches for working with at-risk children, adolescents, and families and a strengths perspective. I-FAST identified 3 evidence-based, core treatment components and integrated them into a coherent treatment protocol; this is done in a way that builds on and is integrated with mental health agencies' existing expertise in home-based treatment. This is an intervention development study in which we conducted an initial feasibility trial of I-FAST for treating families ... Family Process journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2687185 Sun, 09 Aug 2009 23:00:00 +0100 2687185 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2687184&cid=s_38727_46_f&fid=38727&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdx.doi.org%2F10.1111%252Fj.1545-5300.2009.01290.x (Source: Family Process) Family Process journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2687184 Sun, 09 Aug 2009 23:00:00 +0100 2687184 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2687183&cid=s_38727_46_f&fid=38727&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdx.doi.org%2F10.1111%252Fj.1545-5300.2009.01289.x This article tells the story of a couple presenting for sex therapy due to their unconsummated marriage, and is told to exemplify how sex therapy and couples therapy can be integrated in order to best meet the needs of couples. As the story unfolds, the multilayered facets of the presenting issue are revealed. The therapy incorporates and weaves together family of origin history, intrapsychic and cognitive issues, relational dynamics, patterns of interaction, and physiological/medical concerns into a postmodern couples therapy with behavioral interventions. This combined approach recognizes the value of each method on its own and their greater usefulness when blended together. Si bien la sexualidad es un asunto importante y generalmente complejo para muchas parejas, tradicionalmente no ha ... Family Process journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2687183 Sun, 09 Aug 2009 23:00:00 +0100 2687183 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2687182&cid=s_38727_46_f&fid=38727&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdx.doi.org%2F10.1111%252Fj.1545-5300.2009.01288.x Written to honor the immense contribution of Michael White as a leader in the development of narrative therapy, this historical essay contrasts the origins of psychoanalysis, family therapy and narrative therapy. Changes in the understanding of therapeutic strategies, methods of training and supervision, styles of leadership, the involvement of audiences in the therapeutic and training processes, and conceptions of the nature of the mind are described. A style of direct demonstration of methods, especially of the formulation of questions, is important in narrative work. The central master-role of the therapist in analysis and family therapy is replaced in narrative work by eliciting local knowledge, and the recruitment of audiences to the work. This is consistent with narrative therapy's "... Family Process journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2687182 Sun, 09 Aug 2009 23:00:00 +0100 2687182 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2687181&cid=s_38727_46_f&fid=38727&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdx.doi.org%2F10.1111%252Fj.1545-5300.2009.01287.x This paper reviews Michael White's early work with communities and extends ideas and practices from that work into the realm of consulting with organizations. We draw on Michael's writing and the records of two specific projects, as well as the recollections of team members in those projects, to describe how ideas and practices that were originally developed in working with individuals and families came to be applied in community settings. Specifically, we show how the central intention of the work is to use narrative ideas and practices in ways that allow communities to articulate, appreciate, document, utilize, and share their own knowledges of life and skills of living. We discuss the basic narrative ideas of stories, double listening, telling and retelling, making documents, and linkin... Family Process journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2687181 Sun, 09 Aug 2009 23:00:00 +0100 2687181 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2687180&cid=s_38727_46_f&fid=38727&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdx.doi.org%2F10.1111%252Fj.1545-5300.2009.01286.x The philosophical groundwork of Gilles Deleuze is examined for its relevance for narrative practice in therapy and conflict resolution. Deleuze builds particularly on Foucault's analytics of power as "actions upon actions" and represents power relations diagrammatically in terms of lines of power. He also conceptualizes lines of flight through which people become other. These concepts are explored in relation to a conversation with a couple about a crisis in their relationship. Tracing lines of power and lines of flight are promoted as fresh descriptions of professional practice that fit well with the goals of narrative practice. Se estudia la relevancia del trabajo preliminar filosófico de Gilles Deleuze para la práctica narrativa en la terapia y la resolución de conflictos. Deleuze se... Family Process journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2687180 Sun, 09 Aug 2009 23:00:00 +0100 2687180 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2687179&cid=s_38727_46_f&fid=38727&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdx.doi.org%2F10.1111%252Fj.1545-5300.2009.01285.x This paper describes recent developments in the use of the "absent but implicit" in narrative therapy. Michael White used the term "absent but implicit" to convey the understanding that in the expression of any experience of life, there is a discernment we make between the expressed experience and other experiences that have already been given meaning and provide a contrasting backdrop, which "shapes" the expression being foregrounded. In therapeutic conversations, we can use the concept of the "absent but implicit" to enquire into the stories of self that lie beyond the problem story. We review as a foundation for appreciating this particular practice the ways in which narrative therapy supports an exploration of the accounts of life that lie "outside of" the problem story. We follow this... Family Process journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2687179 Sun, 09 Aug 2009 23:00:00 +0100 2687179 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2687178&cid=s_38727_46_f&fid=38727&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdx.doi.org%2F10.1111%252Fj.1545-5300.2009.01284.x (Source: Family Process) Family Process journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2687178 Sun, 09 Aug 2009 23:00:00 +0100 2687178 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2498478&cid=s_38727_46_f&fid=38727&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdx.doi.org%2F10.1111%252Fj.1545-5300.2009.01275.x The stark contrast between frequent calls for research and practice that are applicable across a broad spectrum of cultural and ethnically diverse groups and the dearth of empirical knowledge about Latino families provided the impetus for this special issue on advances in Latino family research. A focus on empirically based practice frames the issue, focusing specifically on how concepts (expressed emotion, parenting style) can be used within interventions, how Latino parents perceive efforts to deliver evidence-based interventions, and how pilot projects that delivered culturally adapted interventions in three separate cities impacted family functioning. In all, the introduction highlights the complexities for researchers in meeting the needs of the field to ensure that effective interven... Family Process journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2498478 Sun, 31 May 2009 23:00:00 +0100 2498478 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2498485&cid=s_38727_46_f&fid=38727&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdx.doi.org%2F10.1111%252Fj.1545-5300.2009.01282.x In this commentary, I outline the common and distinctive components in the cultural adaptation studies in this special issue and compare cultural adaptations with universalistic and culture-specific perspectives. The term cultural attunement may be more reflective than cultural adaptation insofar as the cultural additions in these studies make the treatments more accessible by adding language translation, cultural values, and contextual stressors. These additions most likely enhance the level of engagement and retention in therapy for Latino families. The work ahead requires a deeper examination of the cultural theories of psychological distress and the cultural theories of change in therapy. A final proposal is made in this commentary for considering the bicultural aspects of the cultural... Family Process journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2498485 Mon, 18 May 2009 23:00:00 +0100 2498485 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2498484&cid=s_38727_46_f&fid=38727&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdx.doi.org%2F10.1111%252Fj.1545-5300.2009.01281.x This paper describes the process for and safety/feasibility of adapting the Beardslee Preventive Intervention Program for Depression for use with predominantly low income, Latino families. Utilizing a Stage I model for protocol development, the adaptation involved literature review, focus groups, pilot testing of the adapted manual, and open trial of the adapted intervention with 9 families experiencing maternal depression. Adaptations included conducting the intervention in either Spanish or English, expanding the intervention to include the contextual experience of Latino families in the United States with special attention to cultural metaphors, and using a strength-based, family-centered approach. The families completed preintervention measures for maternal depression, child behavioral... Family Process journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2498484 Mon, 18 May 2009 23:00:00 +0100 2498484 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2498483&cid=s_38727_46_f&fid=38727&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdx.doi.org%2F10.1111%252Fj.1545-5300.2009.01280.x The increasing utilization of evidence-based treatments has highlighted the need for treatment development efforts that can craft interventions that are effective with Hispanic substance abusing youth and their families. The list of evidence-based treatments is extremely limited in its inclusion of interventions that are explicitly responsive to the unique characteristics and treatment needs of young Hispanics and that have been rigorously tested with this population. Some treatments that have been tested with Hispanics do not articulate the manner in which cultural characteristics and therapy processes interact. Other treatments have emphasized the important role of culture but have not been tested rigorously. The value of well designed interventions built upon an appreciation for unique ... Family Process journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2498483 Mon, 18 May 2009 23:00:00 +0100 2498483 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2498482&cid=s_38727_46_f&fid=38727&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdx.doi.org%2F10.1111%252Fj.1545-5300.2009.01279.x This study evaluates the initial efficacy of the Parent-Child Interaction Therapy (PCIT) for Puerto Rican preschool children aged 4[ndash]6 years with a diagnosis of attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), combined or predominantly hyperactive type, and significant behavior problems. Thirty-two families were randomly assigned to PCIT (n=20) or a 3.5-month waiting-list condition (WL; n=12). Participants from both groups completed pretreatment and posttreatment assessments. Outcome measures included child's ADHD symptoms and behavior problems, parent or family functioning, and parents' satisfaction with treatment. ANCOVAs with pretreatment measures entered as covariates were significant for all posttreatment outcomes, except mother's depression, and in the expected direction (p (Sou... Family Process journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2498482 Mon, 18 May 2009 23:00:00 +0100 2498482 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2498481&cid=s_38727_46_f&fid=38727&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdx.doi.org%2F10.1111%252Fj.1545-5300.2009.01278.x This study contributes to the cultural adaptation/fidelity balance debate by highlighting the necessity of exploring ways to develop culturally adapted interventions characterized by high cultural relevance, as well as high fidelity to the core components that have established efficacy for evidence-based parenting interventions. A pesar de las circunstancias únicas y difíciles que enfrentan las familias de inmigrantes latinos, aún se debate si es necesario adaptar culturalmente las intervenciones basadas en evidencia para esta población. Siguiendo el método de muestreo teórico, en la investigación cualitativa actual se realizaron entrevistas a grupos focales de 83 padres latinos inmigrantes a fin de analizar la relevancia de la adaptación cultural de una intervención sobre crianza... Family Process journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2498481 Mon, 18 May 2009 23:00:00 +0100 2498481 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2498480&cid=s_38727_46_f&fid=38727&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdx.doi.org%2F10.1111%252Fj.1545-5300.2009.01277.x Current literature presents four primary parenting styles: authoritative, authoritarian, permissive, and neglectful. These styles provide an important shortcut for a constellation of parenting behaviors that have been characterized as consisting of warmth, demandingness, and autonomy granting. Empirically, only warmth and demandingness are typically measured. Research reporting on parenting styles in Latino samples has been equivocal leading to questions about conceptualization and measurement of parenting styles in this ethnic/cultural group. This lack of consensus may result from the chasm between concepts (e.g., authoritarian parenting) and observable parenting behaviors (e.g., warmth) in this ethnic group. The present research aimed to examine parenting styles and dimensions in a sampl... Family Process journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2498480 Mon, 18 May 2009 23:00:00 +0100 2498480 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2498479&cid=s_38727_46_f&fid=38727&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdx.doi.org%2F10.1111%252Fj.1545-5300.2009.01276.x We examined the distribution of expressed emotion (EE) and its indices in a sample of 224 family caregivers of individuals with schizophrenia pooled from 5 studies, 3 reflecting a contemporary sample of Mexican Americans (MA 2000, N=126), 1 of an earlier study of Mexican Americans (MA 1980, N=44), and the other of an earlier study of Anglo Americans (AA, N=54). Chi-square and path analyses revealed no significant differences between the 2 MA samples in rates of high EE, critical comments, hostility, and emotional over-involvement (EOI). Only caregiver warmth differed for the 2 MA samples; MA 1980 had higher warmth than MA 2000. Significant differences were consistently found between the combined MA samples and the AA sample; AAs had higher rates of high EE, more critical comments, less war... Family Process journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2498479 Mon, 18 May 2009 23:00:00 +0100 2498479