Journal of Marital and Family Therapy

Papers
(The TQCC of Journal of Marital and Family Therapy is 2. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 250 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2021-09-01 to 2025-09-01.)
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Gender, attachment, and demand/withdraw patterns in the context of moderate couple conflict in cisgender, heterosexual relationships40
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NicholsMargaret (2021). The modern clinician's guide to working with LGBTQ+ clients: The inclusive therapist. New York, NY: Routledge, pp. 352, $44.95.19
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JMFT annual report 202218
Client Perspectives of Family Therapy: A Qualitative Systematic Review15
The effects of gender identity change efforts on Black, Latinx, and White transgender and gender nonbinary adults: Implications for ethical clinical practice15
The trajectory of anxiety in therapy: The role of ACEs15
Is it really that important to you? How the topics of conflict and emotional reactions to conflicts explain the associations between attachment insecurities and relationship satisfaction13
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Relationship satisfaction in Black heterosexual couples: The role of self‐compassion and openness11
Exploring Gender Minority Stress and the Interpersonal Theory of Suicide: A Path Analysis of Suicidality Among Transgender and Gender‐Diverse People11
Understanding the emotional landscape in the withdrawer re‐engagement and blamer softening EFCT change events8
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A Grounded Theory Analysis of Control and Freedom in Intimate Relationships7
Fostering connection: A dyadic analysis of the relationships between mattering, attachment, and mental health7
Hendrix, H., & LaKelly Hunt, H. (2021). Doing imago relationship therapy in the space‐between. New York, NY: W.W. Norton & Company, 488 pp., $47.507
Explaining the Mental Health Consequences of Internalized Racial Oppression: The Mediating Roles of Family Resilience and Collective Action7
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Work–Family Conflict and Enrichment, Family Routines and Rituals Meaning, and Parental Burnout in UK and Vietnamese Families6
Estimating Dyad Level Processes in MFT Research: General Overview of the Common Fate Model and Extensions Into Mediation, Moderation, Growth, and Hybrid Models6
Which therapist perceptions best predict client outcomes? A naturalistic examination6
Understanding the Experiences of Parents Who Have a Strained Relationship With Their Child in the Context of Divorce or Separation5
It got me thinking: The impact of participating in a divorce decision‐making interview5
Brief emotion‐focused family therapy: A 12‐month follow‐up study5
A case study of virtually delivered emotion‐focused family therapy5
The Efficacy of the Hold Me Tight Relationship Education Program Delivered by Paraprofessionals in South Africa5
“As Therapists, We Get to Be Quietly Subversive”: A Qualitative Exploration of CFTs' Social Justice Practices5
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Couple and family interventions for high mortality health conditions: A strategic review (2010–2019)4
Improvements in depressive symptoms following a brief relationship intervention4
Is Our Attachment Hurting Us? Unraveling the Associations Between Partners' Attachment Pairings, Negative Emotions During Conflict, and Intimate Partner Violence4
The Premise of Intersectionality for Family Therapy Interventions With Asylum Seekers in the United States4
Wampler, K. S. & Blow, A. J. (Eds.), (2020). The Handbook of Systemic Family Therapy: Volume 3. Systemic Family Therapy with CouplesJohn Wiley & Sons.4
Divided we fall: Constructive dialoguing about our political differences within family therapy training4
One year of COVID‐19: A longitudinal study of individual and relational factors of psychological adjustment of individuals living in a romantic relationship in Portugal during the COVID‐19 pandemic4
Resource Loss and Empathy in Couples During the COVID‐19 Pandemic: The Role of Attachment Behaviors4
A culturally adapted parenting intervention for the Chilean context: Qualitative indicators of participant satisfaction and contextual and cultural relevance4
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Exploring the effectiveness of emotionally focused therapy for depressive symptoms and relationship distress among couples in Taiwan: A single‐arm pragmatic trial4
Association between help‐seeking and motivation for completing a couple relationship education program across service modality4
Communication Is Key: The Mediating Effect of Demand–Withdraw Patterns on Partner Phubbing and Couple Satisfaction4
Black therapists' experiences with their Black clients: A systematic review3
Indirect Effects of Self‐Differentiation and Mentalization on Family of Origin Health and Marital Satisfaction Among Korean Adults3
The role of emotional dysregulation in the association between family‐of‐origin conflict and romantic relationship maintenance3
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Coparenting change after couple therapy using self‐reports and observational data3
JacobB. Priest. (2021). The Science of Family Systems TheoryNew York: Routledge, 190 pp., $48.953
Talking and making meaning about parental mental health problems: The role of children's family caregivers3
Exploring Infidelity Behavior Patterns in a Sample of Peruvian Young Adults: A Latent Class Analysis3
Sexual Health and Integrative Pleasure (SHIP) Model: Using a clinical case example to guide assessment and treatment3
Dulberger, D., & Omer, H. (2021). Non‐emerging adulthood: Helping parents of adult children with entrenched dependence. New York: Cambridge University Press, 150 pp., $29.993
What to expect physiologically when you're expecting couples in therapy: A Changing Hearts and Minds in relationshiPS (CHAMPS) descriptive study3
The impact of a parent‐based prevention intervention on Mexican‐descent youths' perceptions of harm associated with drug use: Differential intervention effects for male and female youths3
No Bad Parts: Healing trauma and restoring wholeness with the internal family systems model By R. C.Schwartz, Boulder, CO: Sounds True. 2021. pp. 199.3
Emotionally focused therapy with African American couples: Love heals,Paul T.Guillory,New York; London:Routledge.2021. US$42.95 (paperback). ISBN: 978‐0‐367‐37573‐73
Outcomes for Emerging Therapists: Synthesizing Two Decades of Trainee‐Centered Research in C/MFT Master's Programs3
Canfield, B. (Ed.). (2020). Intercultural perspectives on family counseling. Routledge, 229 pp. $49.953
Relevance of Positive Dyadic Coping for Couples Undergoing Assisted Reproduction Treatments: A Systematic Review3
Mental Health, Substance Use, Trauma Exposure, and Experiences of Discrimination Among Caregivers of Youth With Juvenile Legal System Involvement2
A new way to measure partner burden in depression: Construction, validation, and sensitivity to change of the partner burden in depression questionnaire2
When Parental Burnout Hits: Dyadic Effects on Depressive Symptoms in Chinese Families, Buffering Role of Supportive Coparenting and Differences Across Family Fertility Situations2
Cost‐Effectiveness of Functional Family Therapy for Youth Probationers in Singapore: Findings From a Randomized Controlled Trial2
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Perceptions of the effect of parental deportation on adult intimate relationships2
State of research in MFT: Thoughts from the Editor's Chair2
The interplay of negative urgency and cognitive reappraisal in couples' communication conflict2
A randomized controlled trial of a 5‐year marriage checkup booster session for a subsample of responder couples2
Superwoman Schema and Relationship Satisfaction Among Black Women in the United States: The Mediating Role of Relationship Attachment2
Gambescia, N., Weeks, G. R., & Hertlein, K. M. (2020). A clinician's guide to systemic sex therapy. 3rd Edition. Routledge. ISBN: 978‐03672280642
A Randomized Controlled Trial of the Getting Our Hearts Right Program and the Prevention and Relationship Enhancement Program in a Sample of Iranian Couples2
Changes in couple, parenting, and individual functioning following Family Expectations program participation2
Consensus, Need Fulfillment, Commitment, and Satisfaction in Couple Relationships: Structural Equation Modeling2
Thematic analysis of therapists' experiences integrating EMDR and EFT in couple therapy: Theoretical and clinical complementarity, and benefits to client couples2
Resilient relationships: Techniques for surviving hyper‐individualism, social isolation, and a mental health crisis By C.Heim, C.Heim, New York, London: Routledge. 2023. 280 pages. US$42.95 (paperback2
Correction to “Relationship mindfulness, negative relationship quality, and physical health”2
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