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Reflecting on the Past: A Content Analysis of Family Therapy Research from 2000‐2015
Author(s) -
LambertShute Jennifer J.,
Nguyen Hoa N.,
Peterson Paul W.,
Pirasteh Annisa B.
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
journal of marital and family therapy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.868
H-Index - 68
eISSN - 1752-0606
pISSN - 0194-472X
DOI - 10.1111/jmft.12334
Subject(s) - family therapy , publishing , psychology , clinical research , content analysis , diversity (politics) , medical education , psychotherapist , clinical psychology , medicine , family medicine , social science , sociology , political science , pathology , anthropology , law
In this content analysis, researchers examine articles published from 2000 to 2015 in three family therapy journals, yielding a total of 948 empirical articles. The purpose is to provide an overview of the research being published, assess who is publishing, and investigate the current state of clinical effectiveness research in marriage and family therapy ( MFT ). Most first authors were affiliated with MFT programs and primarily included diversity and couples in their research. There was a significant increase of research on clinical process—though the number of clinical outcome studies held steady. There were no significant changes with regard to research funding. Implications support the use of innovative research methods to provide evidence of clinical effectiveness.