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Klaus Grawe Think Tank Meeting 2010

The purpose of this second meeting was to integrate the latest research findings in basic research, intervention, and prevention on the interrelatedness of child, couple, and individual functioning and to make the research community as well as the public aware of these (sub)system relations. Research in the field of adult and child psychopathology or behavior problems has continued to progress at an impressive rate, both in terms of (a) understanding basic forms of psychopathology themselves and (b) developing and evaluating effective prevention and intervention efforts to alleviate these disorders. However, research has progressed in a way that has left the field somewhat splintered. That is, various investigators and clinicians typically focus upon specific subsystems within the broader family system, for example the relationship between how an adult’s maladaptive behaviors influence child functioning, or how having a child with behavior problems can affect the couple’s relationship. Thus, research and interventions on children and adults have not been well integrated into a broader family perspective. The focus of the next Think Tank Meeting will be to bring together leading researchers and clinicians who explore different subsystems of the family (child, adult, couple, and family researchers and clinicians) to share their current research efforts and interventions.

The intent is to provide a forum that will lead to an integrated perspective on how various family subsystems such as parent-child interactions affect other subsystems such as the couple or the family more broadly.

It is essential that if we are to provide broad-based, empirically derived, thoughtful clinical interventions for the field, an integrated perspective on the individual, family subsystem, and holistic family functioning be taken into account. By bringing together leading investigators and clinicians from around the world who explore different family subsystems and providing them with an opportunity to learn about each other’s research and to interact with each other, we intend to move the field forward to facilitate this broader integrated family perspective. Thus, recommendations for training and supervision of professionals and students from multiple disciplines to assist children, couples, and the family will also be discussed.

Participants 

  • Prof. Susan Bögels, Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences; Universiteit van Amsterdam; Nieuwe Prinsengracht 130; 1018 VZ Amsterdam; NL
  • Prof. E. Mark Cummings, University of Notre Dame; Department of Psychology; 215 Haggar Hall; Notre Dame, Indiana 46556; USA
  • Prof. Mark Feinberg, Prevention Research Center for the Promotion of Human Development; George Washington University; 402J Marion Place; Washington DC 20037; USA
  • Prof. Ernest Jouriles, Southern Methodist University; Department of Psychology; Hyer Hall 308A; Dallas; Texas 75205; USA
  • Prof. Lynne Murray, Department of Psychology; School of Psychology & Clinical Language Sciences; University of Reading; Harry Pitt Building; Early Gate; Reading; UK; RG6 6AL
  • Prof. Thomas H. Ollendick, Faculty for Psychology; Virginia Tech; Child Study Center; 460 Turner Street; Suite 207; Blacksburg; VA 24060; USA
  • Prof. William E. Pelham, Department of Psychology, University at Buffalo, The State University of New York; 318 Diefendorf Hall, South Campus; 3435 Main Street Buffalo, NY 14214; USA
  • Ronald Rapee, Department of Psychology; Macquarie University; NSW 2109; Australien
  • Mark Whisman, University of Colorado at Boulder, Department of Psychology, 345 UCB Boulder, CO 80309-0345, USA