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JUNE 2010 FEATURED ARTICLE
Toward a Better Understanding of Psychological Well-Being in Dementia Caregivers: The Link Between Marital Communication and Depression
Article By: Braun, Mura, Peter-Wight, Hornung, and Scholz
Melanie Braun, Ph.D. is a post doctoral research assistant at the Social and Health Psychology Group in the Department of Psychology at the University of Zurich, Switzerland. Her main research interests are dyadic communication, caregiver burden, depression and well-being in couples with one spouse suffering from dementia. She is currently involved in research focusing on categorical and dimensional aspects of dyadic communication in couples affected by depression.
Katharina Mura, B.A.is a graduate psychology student at the University of Mannheim, Germany, Department of Psychology. In 2008, she completed a research internship at the University of Zurich. Her major interests are clinical and health psychology (chronic diseases, psychophysiology), work psychology (ergonomics, human-machine-interaction), and statistics.
Melanie Peter-Wight, M.A. is a post doctoral research assistant at the Department of Gerontopsychology at the University of Zurich. Her research interest is the development of dyadic relationships over the lifespan. She currently focuses on older couplesê collaborative cognition and relationship satisfaction.
Rainer Hornung is full professor at the Social and Health Psychology Group at the Department of Psychology at the University of Zurich, Switzerland. His research focus is on health behavior and health promotion, stress and health, sexual health, health/ illness and social support, and evaluation research.
Urte Scholz, Dr.Phil. is currently Assistant Professor at the Social and Health Psychology Group in the Department of Psychology at the University of Zurich, Switzerland. Her research focuses on the role of individual and social factors and dyadic exchanges for health behavior change and well-being in different populations. |
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Family Process mourns the passing of Rosmarie Welter-Enderlin. She was a member of the Family Process Institute board and an advisory editor for the journal. The American Family Therapy Academy recognized her achievements with its Award for Innovations in Theory and Practice. Rosmarie was the first woman director of a Family Therapy Institute in Europe. She led the feminist critique of family therapy in Europe. She published several important Family Therapy books in the German language, and was the past editor of an important German Family Therapy journal. She organized ground-breaking congresses in Zurich, and created scholarly bridges between the United Staes and the German speaking countries.
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CALL FOR NEW EDITOR FOR FAMILY PROCESS FOR 2012
Do you want to have a major impact on the field of family therapy and research? Please consider applying to be the next editor of Family Process with the term beginning in 2012. The Family Process Institute would like to select the next editor by November, 2010. This person will serve as Editor Elect for one year, and then become Editor as of January 1, 2012. The term of the editor is four years, with the potential of one renewal. If interested, please send a letter detailing your relevant experience and your vision for the journal, your CV, and two letters of recommendation (pdf files) to George Howe, PhD at cfrgwh@gwumc.edu by April 16, 2010. The current editor, Evan Imber-Black, PhD, will be happy to discuss the role in more depth. You can contact her at editor@familyprocess.org
Family Process is a peer-reviewed, multidisciplinary, international journal that publishes research, training, and theoretical contributions in the broad area of families, family therapy, systems theory, and practice. The journal is published quarterly.
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Welcome from the President of the Family Process Instiute, Dr. Nadine Kaslow,
at "About Family Process" (menu at left.)
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