Document Type

Article

Publication Title

The American Journal of Family Therapy

Abstract

This study examined the Bowenian construct of Self- Differentiation (SD), defined as the degree to which a person can think according to their personal beliefs while remaining emotionally connected to the family. This study examined the degree to which negative emotionality accounted for the relationship between SD and Relationship Satisfaction (RS). Emotional Cutoff (EC) emerged as the sole predictor of RS. When Trait Anxiety (TA) was entered into the model it mediated between EC and RS. We discuss the importance of treating anxiety of the individual in family therapy and that SD may best be understood when taking anxiety into account.

First Page

534

Last Page

549

DOI

https://doi.org/10.1080/01926187.2020.1841586

Publication Date

1-1-2021

Department

Department of Psychology

Comments

This is an Accepted Manuscript of an article published by Taylor & Francis in The American Journal of Family Therapy 2021, available at: https://doi.org/10.1080/01926187.2020.1841586.

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