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The importance of romantic relationships in preventing suicide Journal of Family Theory & Review (IF 3.833) Pub Date : 2024-03-26 Sarah P. Carter, Erin Cobb, Laura A. Novak, Eric Ekman, Andrew Ton, Jessica M. LaCroix, Marjan Ghahramanlou‐Holloway
Romantic relationships can both attenuate and exacerbate suicide risk. Suicide prevention strategies in the United States have emphasized the importance of healthy connections with others; however, suicide prevention efforts overwhelmingly continue to focus on individual‐level interventions. This presents a missed opportunity to prevent suicide through a focus on romantic relationship factors that
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Testimonio as a methodology in the study of sexual and intimate partner violence Journal of Family Theory & Review (IF 3.833) Pub Date : 2024-03-16 Veronica R. Barrios, Autumn Bermea, Ellison Luthy, Fan Xu
Sexual and intimate partner violence (SIV) continues to be a public health crisis, particularly among girls and women. Traditional and critical qualitative methodologies are often used to study SIV. This paper offers another methodology not traditionally used in family science, testimonio, as a critical, qualitative option. Testimonio is a methodology rooted in Indigenous, Latinx, and Chicano/a feminista
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Celebrating the “good‐enough families”: Family challenges and resilience during global adversity Journal of Family Theory & Review (IF 3.833) Pub Date : 2024-02-26 Carla Crespo, Ana Paula Relvas
INTRODUCTION Families have historically been and remain the most significant units of human existence (Montefiore, 2022). The recognition of the families' paradoxical position is as old as the beginning of family science. Although families are relational systems potentially providing great joy, support, and security, families are also where significant pain, loss, and trauma can originate from (Lebow
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Family keyworker as a non‐clinical and democratic figure to support hard‐to‐reach families from an attachment perspective Journal of Family Theory & Review (IF 3.833) Pub Date : 2024-02-21 Ana Berástegui, Carlos Pitillas
We express gratitude to both Silvia Lordello and Daniel J. Puhlman for their insightful comments on our paper entitled “The Family Keyworker as a Critical Element for Attachment Resilience in the Face of Adversity” (Berástegui & Pitillas, 2023). Lordello's and Puhlman's observations and concerns regarding our application of an attachment lens to the work of family keyworkers (FKWs) provide us with
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FD/FR family: Functional disconnection and reconnection in public safety personnel families Journal of Family Theory & Review (IF 3.833) Pub Date : 2024-02-13 Hanna Duffy, Megan McElheran, Andrea Stelnicki, Kelly Dean Schwartz
This paper addresses the growing recognition of occupational stressors impacting the mental health of public safety personnel (PSP) and their families. While numerous programs support PSP well-being, limited attention is given to family members, who navigate increased worry, social isolation, and the challenge of supporting a psychologically injured spouse. Drawing from the functional disconnection/functional
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Romantic relationships and attitudes in Asian emerging adults: Review and critique Journal of Family Theory & Review (IF 3.833) Pub Date : 2024-02-02 Chengfei Jiao, Celia T. Lee, Qinglan Feng, Frank D. Fincham
This article summarizes and critiques existing literature on the factors that might influence romantic relationships and attitudes among Asian emerging adults (18–29 years old). Forty-one studies were identified. Findings were categorized into two groups based on outcome variables: romantic relationship qualities (e.g., satisfaction; N = 22) and attitudes toward dating and marriage (N = 19). Common
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Development of the racial and ethnic discrimination stress model Journal of Family Theory & Review (IF 3.833) Pub Date : 2024-01-26 Renée E. Wilkins-Clark, Carmen N. Gray, Anthony J. Ferraro
Family stress models have been used extensively in family science for decades and have demonstrated utility in the examination of familial responses to stressors. Although these models have been applied to research on Black families and researchers have more recently considered the impact of integrated sociocultural context and reconceptualized models accordingly, current models do not fully explain
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Facing the heat: A descriptive review of the literature on family and community resilience amidst wildfires and climate change Journal of Family Theory & Review (IF 3.833) Pub Date : 2024-01-18 Vitória Ferreira, Luciana Sotero, Ana Paula Relvas
Family and community resilience in the contexts of natural disasters and climate change have earned a place of prominence in the research field. This article provides a descriptive review of the literature published between 1997 and 2023 examining family and community resilience in the context of wildfires, climate change, and sustainability. Ninety-two articles were included and analyzed, with three
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COVID-19: Family resilience in a context of vulnerability Journal of Family Theory & Review (IF 3.833) Pub Date : 2023-12-28 Marcelo R. Ceberio
The crisis triggered by the emergence of COVID-19, and the subsequent mandatory isolation was one of the most significant vulnerability-inducing events in the past 100 years of humanity. The different experiences of individuals regarding this event led each person to construct their own vulnerability within the global vulnerability. Families have been major protagonists in this situation. The organized
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Routines and child development: A systematic review Journal of Family Theory & Review (IF 3.833) Pub Date : 2023-12-19 Saliha B. Selman, Janean E. Dilworth-Bart
Research has shown the importance of routines for optimal child development. A systematic review can offer a detailed overview of the evidence linking routines to child outcomes, particularly in high-risk settings. This review aimed to elucidate the association between daily routines and child development and to pinpoint the protective role of routines in high-risk environments. A search of PubMed
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Self-injurious behavior in individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities: An interdisciplinary family systems review Journal of Family Theory & Review (IF 3.833) Pub Date : 2023-12-13 Caroline L. Roberts, Frank Symons
This conceptual review paper takes an interdisciplinary approach to the study of self-injury in families. The overall goal is to begin integrating siloed bodies of knowledge from empirical work based on findings from individuals with and without intellectual and developmental disabilities and self-injury. The research literature on self-injury and family-level variables is reviewed, including dyadic
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A scoping review of research on polyamory and consensual non-monogamy: Implications for a more inclusive family science Journal of Family Theory & Review (IF 3.833) Pub Date : 2023-11-27 Shivangi Gupta, Mari Tarantino, Caroline Sanner
Polyamory and consensual non-monogamy (CNM) refer to partnerships in which individuals have romantic, emotional, and/or sexual relationships with multiple people, with the knowledge and consent of everyone involved. Recent decades have seen a surge in research interest in polyamory and CNM, warranting efforts to pause and take stock of empirical findings. In this scoping review, we evaluate and synthesize
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A framework for how homelessness impacts children's attachments to their caregiver Journal of Family Theory & Review (IF 3.833) Pub Date : 2023-11-08 Nathaniel Stekler
In this paper, I create a framework that explains how homelessness reduces a child's attachment security. Attachment theory states how over time and repeated interactions, children and caregivers develop patterns of behavior that foster the development of children's schemas about what to generally expect from relationships with others. In order for children to develop secure attachments, a caregiver
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A conceptual model of family well-being: Bridging constructs, fields, and practice applications Journal of Family Theory & Review (IF 3.833) Pub Date : 2023-11-03 AliceAnn Crandall, Erin Kramer Holmes, Sariah E. Villalon, Nomi S. Weiss-Laxer, Jerica M. Berge
Family functioning, family resilience, family health, and family flourishing are concepts used in research across multiple fields. One challenge of their interdisciplinary use is that there are a variety of definitions of each, with researchers sometimes creating their own definitions rather than using well-established definitions. This can lead to different conceptualization of the same concept across
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Dyadic bicultural competence: A new way of conceptualizing patterns of cultural competence in close relationships Journal of Family Theory & Review (IF 3.833) Pub Date : 2023-10-11 Quinn E. Hendershot, Matthew D. Johnson
In this review, we explore how bicultural competence, or the extent to which individuals effectively balance two cultures, can exist at a dyadic level, where two individuals' respective levels of cultural competence determine how effectively the dyad engages with their environment and collectively manages challenges associated with navigating two cultures. We review existing literature relevant to
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Intersectional blackness matters: Why family science should care about the College Board's A.P. African American Studies course controversy Journal of Family Theory & Review (IF 3.833) Pub Date : 2023-10-07 Ingrid Banks
This article examines how the recent controversy about the College Board's A.P. African American Studies course has implications for studies on Black families. In relegating Black feminism and Black queer theory as optional research topics in the course, the College Board failed to recognize the importance of theorizing intersectional blackness in research in Black Studies in general and research on
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Pedagogy of the great pandemic of the 21st century: Epistemic implications for individual psychology, family science, and psychotherapies Journal of Family Theory & Review (IF 3.833) Pub Date : 2023-10-06 Raúl Medina Centeno
As an effect of the severe health crisis caused by COVID-19, lockdown constituted a psychosocial laboratory that represented an experiment on a global scale. The lessons from the research findings in the pandemic environment have been of enormous importance to the disciplines of human behavior. This paper explores two themes evidenced in this context: people's psychological well-being is underpinned
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Connection abstract theory: An exercise in abstract theorizing after Bowlby Journal of Family Theory & Review (IF 3.833) Pub Date : 2023-09-28 David C. Bell
This paper proposes connection abstract theory as a detailed abstract formulation of the volitional elements of John Bowlby's theory of child attachment and its expansion to include adult relationships. Connection abstract theory is a formal statement of causal connections within and between attachment and caregiving systems. It is so-called to give an unambiguous name to the attachment–caregiving
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The family keyworker as a critical element for attachment resilience in the face of adversity Journal of Family Theory & Review (IF 3.833) Pub Date : 2023-09-25 Ana Berástegui, Carlos Pitillas
Attachment resilience is the ability of attachment relationships to survive adversity and maintain their functions in the face of stress and is a critical component of personal and family resilience. This property is the result of interactive influences across multiple systems of care. In this way, security is transferred across what we call chains of security. This paper will delve into how family
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Familial critical consciousness socialization: How key family theories can expand racial-ethnic socialization research among Asian American families Journal of Family Theory & Review (IF 3.833) Pub Date : 2023-09-13 J. Abigail Saavedra, Ronae Matriano, Hyung Chol Yoo, Rebecca M. B. White
As systems of oppression (e.g., racism) become more evident in public consciousness, Asian American families are grappling with critical discussions about social justice and oppression. To define and explore these increasingly common conversations, we propose critical consciousness socialization as an important construct for socialization research among Asian American families. Critical consciousness
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Safety and security in family life: Experiences of involuntary dislocation Journal of Family Theory & Review (IF 3.833) Pub Date : 2023-09-04 Arlene Vetere, Karen Shimwell
Safety and security is at the heart of expectations of family life. Or is it? When Russia invaded Ukraine, it unleashed another massive movement of peoples in search of safety, fleeing from a lack of security, and forced to leave behind other loved ones, such as husbands, partners, fathers, and grandparents. Many countries, including the United Kingdom, offered to host dislocated Ukrainian mothers
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Racial discrimination and romantic relationship dynamics among Black Americans: A systematic review Journal of Family Theory & Review (IF 3.833) Pub Date : 2023-08-31 TeKisha M. Rice, August I. C. Jenkins, Shardé McNeil Smith, Chelsea Alexander, Casey M. McGregor
Despite increasing research, the links between racial discrimination and Black Americans' romantic relationship dynamics remain unclear. Guided by models of mundane extreme environmental stress (Peters & Massey, 1983), sociocultural family stress (McNeil Smith & Landor, 2018), and Black marital outcomes (Bryant et al., 2010), we conducted a systematic review of the literature examining racial discrimination
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Living single in late life among African Americans Journal of Family Theory & Review (IF 3.833) Pub Date : 2023-08-21 Tera R. Jordan, Peter Martin
The conceptual literature is scant on the experiences of older single African American adults. We aim to contribute to the scholarship on singlehood within specific populations (e.g., African American) and in particular life phases (e.g., late adulthood). We begin with a presentation of life course theory. We then review literature that underscores the importance of age, resources (i.e., individual
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Parental support is not enough: How parental socialization theories can advance LGBTQ+ youth family research, practice, and health Journal of Family Theory & Review (IF 3.833) Pub Date : 2023-08-18 Jessica N. Fish, Pond Ezra
LGBTQ+ youth endure health inequities resulting from stigma and would benefit from strategies that help them navigate unique developmental challenges. One promising strategy to address LGBTQ+ youths' health is augmenting parenting behaviors to support youth's adaptive strategies in the face of stigma. There remain limited conceptual frameworks and empirical focus on parenting LGBTQ+ youth. Adjacent
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Post-traumatic stress symptoms and parenting in military families: A systematic integrative review Journal of Family Theory & Review (IF 3.833) Pub Date : 2023-08-14 Aditi Gupta, Abigail H. Gewirtz, Lynn M. Borden
Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) among service members portends substantial impairments not only for the affected individual but also for their families. However, the association between PTSD symptoms and specific parenting domains remains understudied. Drawing upon the Military Family Stress Model and the Cognitive Behavioral Interpersonal Theory of PTSD, this systematic review provides an overview
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Voluntary and involuntary singlehood: Salience of concepts from four theories Journal of Family Theory & Review (IF 3.833) Pub Date : 2023-08-09 Jacki Fitzpatrick
Reconfiguring theoretical approaches is needed as growing numbers of adults are experiencing extended periods of singlehood. There is a central distinction in intentionality, which creates a voluntary or involuntary status. Voluntary individuals have chosen to be marriage-free. Involuntary individuals wish to be cohabited/married but have been unable to do so. The purpose of this paper is to describe
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Family practice with fathers, social care, and capabilities Journal of Family Theory & Review (IF 3.833) Pub Date : 2023-08-04 Nadav Perez-Vaisvidovsky
The aim of this article is to offer a novel theoretical perspective on family practitioners' engagement with fathers, through the lens of theories of social care and capabilities. The paper shows how research on low engagement of fathers in family- and child-related social interventions has advanced along three main axes: (a) giving voice to fathers, (b) analyzing workers' perceptions, and (c) what
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The temporal intersectional minority stress model: Reimagining minority stress theory Journal of Family Theory & Review (IF 3.833) Pub Date : 2023-08-03 Matthew Rivas-Koehl, Dane Rivas-Koehl, Shardé McNeil Smith
Two decades have passed since Ilan Meyer first published the minority stress theory (MST) model. Since then, scholars have used MST extensively to expand the field's understanding of LGBTQ+ populations' experiences with stress and mental health. To better represent these experiences, scholars have combined MST with other theories in empirical articles, but a theoretical model has yet to be proposed
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An examination of power in a triadic model of parent–child–pediatrician relationships related to early childhood gender development Journal of Family Theory & Review (IF 3.833) Pub Date : 2023-07-30 Eline Lenne, Christina J. Sun, Susanne Klawetter
In this paper, the authors introduce the Triadic Model of Pediatric Care, an innovative conceptual framework for pediatric practice with transgender and gender diverse children. The Triadic Model of Pediatric Care consists of three experts—pediatricians, primary caregiver(s), and children—who each possess unique insights, knowledge, and decision-making power. This model guides pediatricians to provide
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Single and flourishing: Transcending the deficit narratives of single life Journal of Family Theory & Review (IF 3.833) Pub Date : 2023-06-30 Bella DePaulo
From the couples-centered perspective that has dominated public discourse and scholarly literature, the values and interests of coupled people are the implicit standard against which single people are judged, resulting in deficit narratives of single life. From that perspective, single people are “alone” and “unattached,” the important people in their lives are mere substitutes for a romantic partner
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Singlehood during later life: Theoretical considerations for health and social relationships Journal of Family Theory & Review (IF 3.833) Pub Date : 2023-06-27 Ashley E. Ermer, Jaclyn Elisa Keenoy
Older adults are a growing segment of the population. The number of single older adults is increasing, making older adulthood a salient developmental period to examine singlehood. In this article, we focus on older adults' singlehood experiences based on marital status and delve into theoretical perspectives and methodological approaches. Specifically, we focus on theories related to the life course
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How sociocultural contexts may shape the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on couples' relationships Journal of Family Theory & Review (IF 3.833) Pub Date : 2023-06-19 Paula R. Pietromonaco, Nickola C. Overall
The COVID-19 pandemic continues to affect couples worldwide who vary in sociocultural values, norms, and expectations, but most work examining connections between pandemic-related stress and couples' relationships has been conducted in the US or similar Western cultures. Guided by the vulnerability-stress-adaptation (VSA) model (Karney & Bradbury, 1995), we present a revised theoretical framework for
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Queering singlehood: Examining the intersection of sexuality and relationship status from a queer lens Journal of Family Theory & Review (IF 3.833) Pub Date : 2023-06-08 Erin S. Lavender-Stott
This paper uses a queer theoretical lens to redefine family boundaries and structures by exploring LGBTQIA+ and single adults' relationships through the interconnectedness of their marginalized histories. Queer theory both centers LGBTQIA+ lives and deconstructs normativities. The overlapping history of singlehood and LGBTQIA+ will be explored using examples including romantic friendships, same-sex
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Intersectionality in studying and theorizing singlehood Journal of Family Theory & Review (IF 3.833) Pub Date : 2023-06-05 Elyakim Kislev, Kris Marsh
This article underscores the importance of recognizing the diversity and intricacy of singlehood and transcending a simplistic view of singles as a monolithic group. By adopting an intersectional approach, researchers can obtain a deeper understanding of singles' experiences and identify their unique needs. Moreover, this understanding has profound implications for social justice endeavors, as singles
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Sex and single women in midlife: Theoretical perspectives, recent findings, and future directions Journal of Family Theory & Review (IF 3.833) Pub Date : 2023-05-30 Nancy Luke, Michelle Poulin
Demographic trends, such as the graying of divorce, have led to increasing numbers of unmarried women in midlife, yet little is known about the meaning of sex and intimacy among this population. This article reviews the nascent literature on single women's sexual experiences at midlife, theoretical frameworks that have been employed, and key findings. Challenging the stereotype that single women in
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Defining and measuring singlehood in family studies Journal of Family Theory & Review (IF 3.833) Pub Date : 2023-05-30 Dimitri Mortelmans, Elke Claessens, Gert Thielemans
Many authors have documented a global rise in singlehood during the past decades, expanding beyond Western or industrialized countries. Simultaneously, the number of single households is increasing, not only due to the aging of the population, but also because young adults are increasingly living solo. Whereas having no partner and solo living do not necessarily coincide, existing studies tend to overlook
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Studying stepfamilies, surfacing secrets: A reflection on the private motivations behind efforts to humanize family complexity Journal of Family Theory & Review (IF 3.833) Pub Date : 2023-05-17 Caroline Sanner
Feminist family scholars have long called for greater transparency of the partial perspectives embedded within family science. In this paper, I employ feminist reflexive autoethnography to unpack the private motivations that guide my research on family complexity. Using critical storytelling, I trace the personal developments that led to a research program on structurally complex families—families
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Racism and the mechanisms maintaining racial stratification in Black families Journal of Family Theory & Review (IF 3.833) Pub Date : 2023-05-12 Deadric T. Williams
Structural racism is central for understanding Black families, but structural racism has not been central to quantitative research on Black families. Instead, research on Black families has disproportionately used deficit frameworks and race-neutral explanations that misrepresent the reality of Black families. For the current commentary, I begin with a straightforward question: why are scholars still
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Unveiling motivations and keeping what's sacred: Engaging reflexivity in a research program on diverse romantic relationships Journal of Family Theory & Review (IF 3.833) Pub Date : 2023-05-11 TeKisha M. Rice
Guided by Allen's (2023) call for developing a critical consciousness, this paper applies feminist reflexive practice to uncover the personal curiosities and contradictions that have motivated my research program on diverse romantic relationships. Specifically, I examine faith, race, and heterosexism as the root of an unresolved collision of privilege and oppression that undergird my burgeoning research
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The associations between relationship self-regulation, partner regulation, and relationship outcomes: A meta-analysis Journal of Family Theory & Review (IF 3.833) Pub Date : 2023-05-10 Elizabeth K. Ferguson, Gery C. Karantzas, Emma M. Marshall, Laura Knox
The aim of this meta-analysis was to determine whether relationship self-regulation (changing aspects of the self for the sake of the relationship) or partner regulation (changing the partner for the sake of the self/relationship) was more strongly associated with romantic relationship quality. Twenty studies (5 on relationship self-regulation, 15 on partner regulation; N = 15,563) were included. A
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It's not the rotten apples! Why family scholars should adopt a structural perspective on racism Journal of Family Theory & Review (IF 3.833) Pub Date : 2023-05-06 Eduardo Bonilla-Silva
In this article, I urge family scholars to anchor their race work on the structural racism perspective. First, I provide some limitations of the prejudice problematic used by most family scholars. Second, I discuss the basic components of my structural theory, which I call the racialized social system approach. Third, I bolster my original theorization with a new conceptual map to make the structure
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More–than–relationship quality: A feminist new materialist analysis of relationship quality and the potential of digital couple interventions Journal of Family Theory & Review (IF 3.833) Pub Date : 2023-05-03 Jacqui Gabb, Catherine Aicken, Salvatore Di Martino, Tom Witney, Mathijs Lucassen
Long-established studies and scales have advanced understandings of family function, marital satisfaction, and couple relationship quality. The underpinning constructs nevertheless remain under-conceptualized and largely removed from the heuristic of everyday life and the dynamic of contemporary coupledom. We propose that a paradigm shift is required to sufficiently engage with the digital worlds of
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The stability of singlehood: Limitations of the relationship status paradigm and a new theoretical framework for reimagining singlehood Journal of Family Theory & Review (IF 3.833) Pub Date : 2023-04-26 Hannah Tessler
The term single is limited as it is defined as the absence of a romantic partner, which places one's relationship status within a binary, assumes availability for romantic partnership, and implies single is a transitory state preceding union formation. These perceptions of singlehood serve to maintain hegemonic structures of marriage and nuclear family. However, the implications associated with the
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Figuring out how to participate in the system: Using reflexive feminist autoethnography to explore intersectional experiences in the professional and political spheres of academia Journal of Family Theory & Review (IF 3.833) Pub Date : 2023-04-25 Sarah Mitchell
The practice of critically reflexive feminist autoethnography—or connecting one's personal experiences and beliefs to professional and political processes—can be a challenging and often invisible process. Nonetheless, it is a method worthy of engagement, given the impact one's positionality often has on one's scholarship. In this article, I reflect on how I understand myself as an intersectional Black
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Mixing races, maintaining racism? Considering the connection between interracial families, social distance, and racial inequality Journal of Family Theory & Review (IF 3.833) Pub Date : 2023-04-22 Jenifer L. Bratter, Mary E. Campbell
Researchers often assume that close interracial relationships, especially intermarriage, simultaneously reflect and cause a weakening of racial and ethnic boundaries and inequality between groups. In fact, interracial marriage is often used as a measure of social distance. We question those assumptions, noting the salient boundaries and durable inequalities that remain despite decades of increases
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The rise of the childless single in South Korea Journal of Family Theory & Review (IF 3.833) Pub Date : 2023-04-21 Kate H. Choi, Yue Qian
We review the literature to show why South Korea is witnessing a dramatic rise in young adults who opt into childless singlehood. We argue that social change occurred over a compressed amount of time in South Korea. Confucian familism and ideational factors specific to the Second Demographic Transition (SDT) coexist and collide. The demands of Confucian familism also tend to be incompatible with the
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Critically feminizing family science: Using femme theory to generate novel approaches for the study of families and relationships Journal of Family Theory & Review (IF 3.833) Pub Date : 2023-04-08 Rhea Ashley Hoskin, Toni Serafini
How do values, beliefs, and assumptions about femininity shape relational experiences? To answer this question, we critically feminize family science by applying femme theory to the field. Through this analysis, we present some of the ways that femmephobia (i.e., the systematic devaluation and regulation of femininity across all bodies and identities) is established in childhood and perpetuated throughout
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From safety in silence to speaking up for LGBTQ+ families: A reflection on the personal, professional, and political through a feminist lens Journal of Family Theory & Review (IF 3.833) Pub Date : 2023-04-05 Abbie E. Goldberg
In this article, I employ a feminist perspective in examining the interconnections across my personal, professional, and political activities. Rather than smoothing out the inconsistencies, tensions, and difficult spots, I strive to engage with them as points of entry to deeper knowledge and understanding. I begin by discussing elements of my personal upbringing, and the ways that it shaped my lens
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Using social exchange theory to examine relationship processes in asexual-allosexual couples Journal of Family Theory & Review (IF 3.833) Pub Date : 2023-03-22 Alyssa N. Clark
I use social exchange theory to contextualize relationship processes associated with relationship stability in asexual-allosexual couples and to propose directions for future research. Social exchange theory suggests that asexual-allosexual couples might experience varied relationship exchanges compared to other relationship types based on costs/benefits, equity, and available alternatives. These exchanges
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Understanding singlehood as a complex and multifaceted experience: Insights from relationship science Journal of Family Theory & Review (IF 3.833) Pub Date : 2023-03-20 Jonathon J. Beckmeyer, Tyler B. Jamison
Singlehood is often framed as not being in a relationship and treated as the referent category in research on the impacts of romantic involvement. However, growing research illustrates the multifaceted and complex experience of singlehood. Within our own research on the interconnections between romantic and individual development during young adulthood, the diverse nature of singlehood has emerged
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Women at the margins: Experiences with spousal incarceration in India Journal of Family Theory & Review (IF 3.833) Pub Date : 2023-03-18 Shivangi Gupta, Joyce A. Arditti
Justice-involved families in India are underserved despite concurrent challenges including inadequate penal systems and widespread poverty. Families provide emotional and financial support to incarcerated individuals—burdens that fall upon female kin who are underresourced. Women experiencing spousal incarceration in India are likely to be from marginalized sections of society, vulnerable to co-occurring
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Qualitative genogram analysis: A methodology for theorizing family dynamics Journal of Family Theory & Review (IF 3.833) Pub Date : 2023-03-15 Daniel Puhlman, Aya Shigeto, Gustavo A. Murillo-Borjas, Rakesh Kumar Maurya, Virginia B. Vincenti
Genograms have been an important tool for clinicians and therapists working with families; however, the use of genograms has not been extended beyond clinical settings. To address this gap in research, we developed qualitative genogram analysis (QGA), a three-step protocol for analyzing transcribed interviews using family systems theory, representing family systems relational concepts visually in genograms
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Anomie, gender, and inequality: Developing sociological theory of singlehood from Japanese experiences Journal of Family Theory & Review (IF 3.833) Pub Date : 2023-03-13 Akiko Yoshida
The increase in the number of never-married and not-cohabiting singles, or “effective singles,” was first observed in Japan and Southern Europe. In Northern and Western Europe and North America, increased singlehood was due largely to increased cohabitation. Existing sociological theories of singlehood, however, are formulated based on the observations of the latter, and fall short in explaining why
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Navigating the theoretical landscape of loneliness research: How interdisciplinary synergy contributes to further conceptualizations Journal of Family Theory & Review (IF 3.833) Pub Date : 2023-01-09 Haike Delafontaine, Dries Van Gasse, Dimitri Mortelmans
Despite the relevance of loneliness to family scholarship, an attempt to integrate various perspectives on loneliness with relevant insights from loneliness research for understanding contemporary families has not yet been made. Although quantitative researchers have developed measures that have been fruitful in broadening insights about loneliness, they have failed to grasp its multidimensional and
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Erratum to “Queering family trees: Race, reproductive justice, and lesbian motherhood by Patton-Imani, Sandra” Journal of Family Theory & Review (IF 3.833) Pub Date : 2022-12-29
Sarah Mitchell. Journal of Family Theory & Review. 2022; 14: 725–733. https://doi.org/10.1111/jftr.12481 In the originally published version of the above article, the following paragraph was italicized and the paragraph should be un-italicized as below. Ultimately, the topics discussed are underscored by the stories of the mothers and their families in this book; likewise, these powerful narratives
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Genetic moderation of the effects of family-focused interventions (GxI interaction): A systematic review Journal of Family Theory & Review (IF 3.833) Pub Date : 2022-11-25 Lijun Li, Jingchen Zhang, Jessie H. Rudi, Abigail H. Gewirtz
Gene by Intervention (GxI) interaction studies examine how a person's genotype may moderate (i.e., increase or decrease benefit from) an intervention's impact, typically in the context of randomized controlled trials. This systematic review examines genetic moderation effects for psychosocial and behavioral interventions that are family-based or school-/individual-based with family components. Differential
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Final editorial: Principles that cut across professions and disciplines Journal of Family Theory & Review (IF 3.833) Pub Date : 2022-11-22 Mark A. Fine, Paul L. Fine
As my 4-year term ends, I have reflected on principles that I have learned from editing JFTR and how those principles apply across different professions and disciplines. One of these was brought to my awareness when my co-author (and brother), who is a physician at the University of Michigan, recently shared with me this excerpt from an essay he wrote for incoming medical students: In relationship-based
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What makes a good mother? Two decades of research reflecting social norms of motherhood Journal of Family Theory & Review (IF 3.833) Pub Date : 2022-11-22 Eva-Maria Schmidt, Fabienne Décieux, Ulrike Zartler, Christine Schnor
Over the past two decades, scholars have investigated a multitude of different aspects of motherhood. This article provides a scoping review of research published from 2001 to 2021, covering 115 Social Science Citation Index-referenced papers from WEIRD countries, with the aim of reconstructing social norms around motherhood and mothers' responses to them. The analysis is theoretically based on normological
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Sibling dynamics in the context of parental child maltreatment: A theoretical model grounded in data Journal of Family Theory & Review (IF 3.833) Pub Date : 2022-11-15 Carmit Katz, Noa Cohen, Dafna Tener, Yochay Nadan
This article presents and discusses a theoretical model grounded in data regarding sibling dynamics in the context of parental child maltreatment. The model aimed to explain the process by which parental maltreatment shaped the siblings' dynamics while following the process from childhood to adulthood. The model is based on the triangulated analysis of three samples: 120 forensic interviews with maltreated