Handbook of Bowen Family Systems Theory and Research Methods

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.

Mignonette N. Keller, Ph.D., is faculty at the Bowen Center for the Study of the Family in Washington, D.C., and former assistant professor in the School of Social Work at Howard University, Washington, D.C. She received her doctorate from Howard University, Washington, D.C., master's from the University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, and postgraduate training at Georgetown University School of Medicine, Washington, D.C. Robert J. Noone, Ph.D., is faculty at the Center for Family Consultation, Evanston, IL, and the Bowen Center for the Study of the Family in Washington, D.C. He is the editor of the journal Family Systems and co-editor of The Family Emotional System (2015). He received his doctorate from the University of Illinois at Chicago and postgraduate training at Georgetown University Medical Center in Washington, D.C.

Part I. 1. The Role of Theory in Family Research C. Margaret Hall, Mignonette N. Keller 2. The Origins of Family Research John F. Butler 3. Developing a Systems Model for Family Assessment Daniel V. Papero Part II. 4. Bowen Theory: A Systems Model for Family Research Mignonette N. Keller 5. Data Collection and Family Research Mignonette N. Keller 6. Data Analysis and Family Research Carrie Collier Part III. 7. Stress, Chronic Anxiety and Symptom Development: A Family Systems Perspective Robert J. Noone 8. Bowen theory in the Study of Physiology and Family Systems Victoria Harrison 9. Human Stress Genomics and Bowen Theory: Potential for Future Research Laurie Lassiter 10. Use of Differentiation of Self in Family Research Randall Frost 11. Emotional Cutoff Anne McKnight 12. Cutoff and Self-Functioning in Three Generations of Families with Substance Abusing Teenagers Anne McKnight 13. Within Family Variability: Intergenerational Cutoff and Family Projection in an Adopted Family Laura Brooks PART VI. 14. Nuclear Family Emotional Process Robert J. Noone 15. The Primary Triangle and Variation in Family Functioning Phillip Klever 16. Family Emotional Functioning and the African American Family Mignonette N. Keller 17. Multigenerational Transmission Process Robert J. Noone 18. The Multigenerational Transmission of Family Unit Functioning Phillip Klever 19. The Multigenerational Transmission Process and Family Functioning Mignonette N. Keller Part V. 20. Anthropological Contributions to the Study of the Human Family Joanne Bowen 21. Nursing: Bowen Theory Integrated into Practice and Research Phyllis Sharps 22. The Family - A Public Health Approach Yvonne Bronner, Paul Archibald, Ian Lindong, & Barbara Laymon 23. Social Support and Academic Achievement from a Systems Perspective Clancie Wilson Part VI. 24. Extension of Bowen Theory to Include Natural Systems of Human Societies and Their Sustaining Environments Patricia A. Comella 25. Future Directions of Family Research C. Margaret Hall