The Association between Family Relationships and Psychological Health
A special issue of International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health (ISSN 1660-4601). This special issue belongs to the section "Mental Health".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 December 2023) | Viewed by 1472
Special Issue Editors
Interests: parenting-related processes; couples-related processes; families at risk and danger; child and adolescent psychosocial care and protection; adverse experiences in childhood and adolescence; african family- related processes; addiction; intervention with families at risk; change processes
Interests: clinical and health psychology; couple-related processes; grief process; individual and marital adjustment after the loss of a child; dyadic coping; post-traumatic growth; continuing bonds; impact of the pandemic on the grief processes; perinatal trauma, and parenting
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
The fundamental role of family in the psychological health of family members across the life course has been well-established in the scientific and clinical literature. However, there is still a need to better understand the complexities of family relationships with greater attention paid to diverse family relationships/structures. Additionally, there is still insufficient knowledge of the processes and correlations contributing to the psychological health of family members.
In this Special Issue, we are particularly interested in original or review articles exploring novel/understudied aspects of family relationships, psychological health, or the association between them. In particular, we welcome research focusing on the primary pathways and processes through which family relationships influence family members’ psychological health, namely under challenging circumstances. Additionally, associations of specific family structures with psychological health and how these patterns unfold across the life course (from infancy to adulthood) are of interest. Data gathered on multiple members within the same family are valued as these might provide information on how families influence psychological health in complex ways, including reciprocal influences between family members. Likewise, focus on diverse family relationships (e.g., marital relationships; intergenerational relationships, such as parents and grandparents; sibling relationships, parenting-related processes; family adversities and resilience; family structures (e.g., monoparental families; same-sex/different-sex couples; blended families with stepchildren); or family assessment measures) is appreciated. We use broad definitions of psychological health and well-being, as well as psychopathology, as indicators.
We look forward to receiving your contributions in the hope of providing a comprehensive picture of the complexity of the association between family relationships and psychological health.
Dr. Isabel Narciso
Dr. Sara Albuquerque
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- family psychological health, mental health or well-being
- protective family factors
- risk family factors
- support/satisfaction or conflict/strain in family relationships
- family structures (e.g., same-sex/different-sex couples
- blended families with stepchildren)
- family relationships (e.g., marital relationships
- intergenerational relationships, such as parents and grandparents
- sibling relationships)
- psychological or psychosocial explicative processes
- dyadic processes
- family assessment measures
- preventive or therapeutic intervention with families
- community or clinical samples
