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The Handbook of Bowen Family Systems Theory and Research Methods 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. 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. An essential resource for clinicians and researchers in the social and natural sciences, the Handbook of Bowen Family Systems Theory and Research Methods provides a comprehensive framework for understanding the application of Bowen theory to family practice and family research.

The Family Emotional System: An Integrative Concept for Theory, Science, and Practice presents an ongoing dialogue among scientists, family investigators, and clinicians related to a natural systems view of the family and human behavior that has been occurring over several decades.

In this text, Butler takes an in-depth look at the development of Bowen family systems theory, which considers the family as an emotional unit, and explores the therapeutic relationship in terms of its three primary components: the alliance, transference/countertransference, and the real relationship-better known as the tripartite model.

This chapter provides an overview and describes some of the specific theories of family therapy. This information is synthesized with attributes that have been shown to be characteristic in families with a substance abusing member. The systemic tendencies of homeostasis and morphostasis provide the framework for family rules, expectations, roles, and power dynamics. Most helping professionals conceptualize addiction and substance use disorder (SUD) within the context of the family. The chapter then highlights how clinicians can use the theoretical grounding to work with clients who have experienced familial substance abuse. There are a number of theoretical frameworks for explaining family functioning. The types of family therapy include psychoanalytic, experiential, Bowenian, structural, and strategic. Psychoanalytic and experiential theories explain family functioning as a result of the mental health of the individual family members. Finally, the chapter reviews a case example that provides an opportunity to apply the theoretical to practice.

Using Bowenian theory as a foundation, this study examined the hypothesis that properties of close relationships are transmitted from one generation to the next. A large sample of single, never married, late adolescents (N = 977) completed measures regarding trait anxiety, family dynamics (triangulation, fusion, and control) in the family of origin, and communication patterns in romantic relationships. Multivariate regression analyses indicated that fusion and control were associated with higher anxiety. In addition, fusion and control in the family of origin were related to communication in romantic relationships of late adolescents. In accordance with Bowenian theory, anxiety mediated the effects of fusion and control in the family of origin on romantic relationships. Although triangulation in the family of origin was unrelated to anxiety, triangulation was related to aversive communication in close relationships. The findings provide partial confirmation and suggest several extensions to Bowen's theory of intergenerational transmission.