Handbook of Bowen Family Systems Theory and Research Methods

<p>The <i>Handbook of Bowen Family Systems Theory and Research Methods</i> presents innovative approaches on a range of issues inherent in family research and discusses the links between theory, data collection, and data analysis based on Bowen family systems theory.</p><p>This multi-authored volume discusses core issues within family systems theory, including anxiety, stress, emotional cutoff, differentiation of self, multigenerational transmission process, and nuclear family emotional process. Chapters also examine related constructs in the research literature such as adaptation, resilience, social support, social networks, and intergenerational family relations. Readers will be able to view theoretical and methodological issues from the perspective of Bowen theory and develop a clearer knowledge of ways to navigate the challenges faced when studying individual, familial, and societal problems.</p><p>An essential resource for clinicians and researchers in the social and natural sciences, the <i>Handbook of Bowen Family Systems Theory and Research Methods </i>provides a comprehensive framework for understanding the application of Bowen theory to family practice and family research.</p> <p><strong>Part I. </strong>1. The Role of Theory in Family Research <i>C. Margaret Hall, Mignonette N. Keller </i>2. The Origins of Family Research <em>John F. Butler </em>3. Developing a Systems Model for Family Assessment <em>Daniel V. Papero </em><strong>Part II</strong><em>.</em><strong> </strong>4. Bowen Theory: A Systems Model for Family Research <em>Mignonette N. Keller </em>5. Data Collection and Family Research <em>Mignonette N. Keller </em>6.<em> </em>Data Analysis and Family Research<em> Carrie Collier </em><strong>Part III. </strong>7. Stress, Chronic Anxiety and Symptom Development: A Family Systems Perspective <i>Robert J. Noone</i> 8. Bowen theory in the Study of Physiology and Family Systems <em>Victoria Harrison 9. </em>Human Stress Genomics and Bowen Theory: Potential for Future Research <em>Laurie Lassiter</em><strong> 10. </strong>Use of Differentiation of Self in Family Research <em>Randall Frost </em>11. Emotional Cutoff <em>Anne McKnight </em>12. Cutoff and Self-Functioning in Three Generations of Families with Substance Abusing Teenagers <em>Anne McKnight </em>13. Within Family Variability: Intergenerational Cutoff and Family Projection in an Adopted Family <em>Laura Brooks </em><strong>PART VI.</strong> 14. Nuclear Family Emotional Process <em>Robert J. Noone </em>15. The Primary Triangle and Variation in Family Functioning <em>Phillip Klever</em> 16. Family Emotional Functioning and the African American Family <em>Mignonette N. Keller </em>17. Multigenerational Transmission Process <em>Robert J. Noone </em>18. The Multigenerational Transmission of Family Unit Functioning <em>Phillip Klever </em>19. The Multigenerational Transmission Process and Family Functioning <em>Mignonette N. Keller </em><strong>Part V<em>. </em></strong><em> </em>20. Anthropological Contributions to the Study of the Human Family <em>Joanne Bowen </em>21. Nursing: Bowen Theory Integrated into Practice and Research <em>Phyllis Sharps </em>22. The Family - A Public Health Approach <em>Yvonne Bronner, Paul Archibald, Ian Lindong, & Barbara Laymon </em>23. Social Support and Academic Achievement from a Systems Perspective<em> </em><em>Clancie Wilson </em><strong>Part VI.</strong> <em> </em>24. Extension of Bowen Theory to Include Natural Systems of Human Societies and Their Sustaining Environments <em>Patricia A. Comella 25. </em>Future Directions of Family Research <em>C. Margaret Hall</em></p>