''Family Process'' is a quarterly
peer-reviewed academic journal
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covering research on family system issues, including policy and applied practice. It is published by
Wiley-Blackwell
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on behalf of the Family Process Institute.
Since 2007, the journal publishes its abstracts in Chinese and Spanish in addition to English. The journal publishes original articles, including theory and practice, philosophical underpinnings, qualitative and quantitative clinical research, and training in couple and family therapy, family interaction, and family relationships with networks and larger systems.
Abstracting and indexing
The journal is abstracted and indexed in:
According to the ''
Journal Citation Reports
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'', the journal has a 2020
impact factor
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of 3.532.
History
The journal was established in 1962 by
Nathan Ackerman
Nathan W. Ackerman (November 22, 1908, Bessarabia, Russian Empire – June 12, 1971, New York) was an American psychiatrist, psychoanalyst, and one of the most important pioneers of the field of family therapy. He also was an expert in marria ...
,
Donald deAvila Jackson
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Donald deAvila Jackson, M.D. (2 January 1920 – 29 January 1968) was an American psychiatrist best known for his pioneering work in family therapy.
From 1947 to 1951, he studied under Harry Stack Sullivan.
From 1953 to 1962, he worked ...
, and
Jay Haley
Jay Douglas Haley (July 19, 1923 – February 13, 2007) was one of the founding figures of brief and family therapy in general and of the strategic model of psychotherapy, and he was one of the more accomplished teachers, clinical supervisors, an ...
as a mutual project of the
Mental Research Institute
The Palo Alto Mental Research Institute (MRI) is one of the founding institutions of brief and family therapy.Nichols, M., & Schwartz, R. (2005). ''Family Therapy: Concepts and Methods'' (7th Edition), New York City: Prentice Hall. Founded by Do ...
and the Family Institute (later to be named the
Ackerman Institute for the Family).
Haley became the first
editor-in-chief
An editor-in-chief (EIC), also known as lead editor or chief editor, is a publication's editorial leader who has final responsibility for its operations and policies.
The highest-ranking editor of a publication may also be titled editor, managing ...
. During this decade, the journal was sold for $1,000 to what would become the Family Process Institute.
Don Bloch became the second editor.
Included in the journal during his tenure was the development of the many types of
family therapy models, emphasis on the family life cycle, culture, immigration,
marital therapy
Couples therapy (also couples' counseling, marriage counseling, or marriage therapy) attempts to improve romantic relationships and resolve interpersonal conflicts.
History
Marriage counseling originated in Germany in the 1920s as part of the eu ...
, and
gender
Gender is the range of characteristics pertaining to femininity and masculinity and differentiating between them. Depending on the context, this may include sex-based social structures (i.e. gender roles) and gender identity. Most cultures ...
.
In the early 1980s, Bloch retired as editor, and was succeeded by Carlos Sluzki. During his tenure, the journal became more focused on the diversity of families.
Peter Steinglass became editor in the 1990s.
Two different trends appeared: a growth of
empirical research
Empirical research is research using empirical evidence. It is also a way of gaining knowledge by means of direct and indirect observation or experience. Empiricism values some research more than other kinds. Empirical evidence (the record of ...
and the advancement of evidence-based and evidence-informed models of treatment, and the unfolding of the
narrative approach in family therapy. These different paradigms, belief systems, sets of assumptions, and approaches to knowledge inhabited the journal side by side.
Randomized clinical trials
A randomized controlled trial (or randomized control trial; RCT) is a form of scientific experiment used to control factors not under direct experimental control. Examples of RCTs are clinical trials that compare the effects of drugs, surgical t ...
were reported in the journal for the first time.
From 1998-2003, the editorship passed to Carol Anderson, the journal's first woman editor.
In the first decade of the 21st century, Evan Imber-Black became editor
with the journal publishing both clinical and research issues on such topics as
divorce
Divorce (also known as dissolution of marriage) is the process of terminating a marriage or marital union. Divorce usually entails the canceling or reorganizing of the legal duties and responsibilities of marriage, thus dissolving the ...
,
Latino
Latino or Latinos most often refers to:
* Latino (demonym), a term used in the United States for people with cultural ties to Latin America
* Hispanic and Latino Americans in the United States
* The people or cultures of Latin America;
** Latin A ...
families,
asthma
Asthma is a long-term inflammatory disease of the airways of the lungs. It is characterized by variable and recurring symptoms, reversible airflow obstruction, and easily triggered bronchospasms. Symptoms include episodes of wheezing, co ...
, and
interdisciplinary training. During this time, the first translations into Spanish appeared along with translated abstracts into simple Chinese and Spanish.
In 2012,
Jay Lebow became the current editor.
Video abstracts are now available online for many of the journal's articles, and the first
Chinese
Chinese can refer to:
* Something related to China
* Chinese people, people of Chinese nationality, citizenship, and/or ethnicity
**''Zhonghua minzu'', the supra-ethnic concept of the Chinese nation
** List of ethnic groups in China, people of ...
translation of a full article was published in the journal in 2012.
References
External links
*{{Official website, https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/15455300
Family therapy journals
Multilingual journals
Wiley-Blackwell academic journals
Quarterly journals
Publications established in 1962
Psychotherapy journals