A primary purpose of this article was to test part of Bowen's intergenerational family systems
theory. A secondary purpose was to provide further evidence for the construct validity of a …

This project was a replication of previous work. In the current investigation, a sample of
adults seeking services at a university marriage and family therapy clinic was used to test …

A multitrait-multimethod (or more precisely, a multidyad-multiperspective) approach to family
assessment is used to investigate the relation of conflict, cohesion, and expressiveness in …

Drawing on Olson's circumplex model, this study examined the role of family process
variables in mediating the impact of life events on adolescent depression. Subjects for this …

The present study examined adolescents' stressors, coping, and psychological health in the
family context in 42 adolescents, ranging in age from 11 to 18. Perceptions of …

We explored the relations among stress, emotional support, and differentiation of self from
the family of origin as predictors of psychological distress in a sample of 200 college …

Using family stress theory, this study examined the relationship between adolescent reports
of selected demographic variables (gender, age, family form), interparental conflict (style …

This study tests three alternative causal models of the relations among self-esteem,
depressed mood and family processes in a longitudinal sample of adolescent girls (N= 193) …

Examined the effects of depression on the current family constructions of college students. It
was hypothesized that, relative to 74 of their nondepressed peers, 64 depressed …

The construct of family differentiation describes patterns of distance regulation within
families. These patterns reflect the relative degree of individuality and intimacy that …