Family psychology : science-based interventions / edited by Howard A. Liddle ... [and others].

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Liddle, Howard A.

Series:

Decade of behavior

APA science volumes

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Family psychotherapy.

Marital psychotherapy.

Families--Psychological aspects.

Families.

Operant behavior.

Physical Description:

xxiii, 384 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Washington, D.C. : American Psychological Association, [2002]

Summary:

The editors provide a thorough and concise historical overview of the science of family intervention, which is considered the applied branch of family psychology. Leading experts in the field present therapy techniques, procedures, and research strategies that are empirically based. Contributors stress the need to link research and practice. Also emphasized is the need to identify specific patient characteristics that set these patients apart from the rest of the population, in order to enhance the effectiveness of the intervention.

Contents:

Part 1 Science of Family Psychology: Overview of the Field 1

Chapter 1 Family Psychology Intervention Science: An Emerging Area of Science and Practice / Howard A. Liddle, James H. Bray, Ronald F. Levant, Daniel A. Santisteban 3

Chapter 2 The Developmental Status of Family Therapy in Family Psychology Intervention Science / James F. Alexander, Thomas L. Sexton, Michael S. Robbins 17

Chapter 3 Studying a Matrix of Change Mechanisms: An Agenda for Family-Based Process Research / Guy S. Diamond, Gary M. Diamond 41

Part 2 Advances in Assessment and Methods 67

Chapter 4 Conceptual Issues in Assessing Couples and Families / Douglas K. Snyder, Jebber J. Cozzi, Laurel F. Mangrum 69

Chapter 5 Methodological Issues and Innovations in Family Psychology Intervention Research / James H. Bray 89

Part 3 Advances in Marital Intervention Research 103

Chapter 6 Developments in Couple Therapy Research / Jackie K. Gollan, Neil S. Jacobson 105

Chapter 7 Preventive Interventions for Couples / Benjamin Silliman, Scott M. Stanley, William Coffin, Howard J. Markman, Pamela L. Jordan 123

Chapter 8 Toward a Scientifically Based Marital Therapy / John M. Gottman, Kimberly D. Ryan, Sybil Carrere, Annette M. Erley 147

Part 4 Advances in Family Intervention Research 175

Chapter 9 Toward Prevention and Clinical Relevance: A Preventive Intervention Model for Family Therapy Research and Practice / William M. Pinsof, Alexandra B. Hambright 177

Chapter 10 Family-Focused Prevention Research: "Tough but Tender" / Patrick H. Tolan 197

Chapter 11 Toward Family-Level Attribute x Treatment Interaction Research / Michael J. Rohrbaugh, Varda Shoham, Melissa W. Racioppo 215

Chapter 12 Linking Basic and Applied Research in a Prevention Science Process / Marion S. Forgatch, Nancy M. Knutson 239

Chapter 13 Mental Health Services Research and Family-Based Treatment: Bridging the Gap / Sonja K. Schoenwald, Scott W. Henggeler 259

Chapter 14 Challenges in a 30-Year Program of Research: Conduct Disorders and Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, the Marital Discord and Depression Link, and Partner Abuse / K. Daniel O'Leary 283

Part 5 Contextual Considerations in Family Intervention Research 299

Chapter 15 Conceptualizing Gender in Marital and Family Therapy Research: The Gender Role Strain Paradigm / Ronald F. Levant, Carol L. Philpot 301

Chapter 16 Integrating the Study of Ethnic Culture and Family Psychology Intervention Science / Daniel A. Santisteban, Joan A. Muir-Malcolm, Victoria B. Mitrani, Jose Szapocznik 331.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

ISBN:

1557987866

OCLC:

46321200