Norman B Epstein
Biographic Data
| ID | 201369 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Norman B Epstein |
| GIVEN NAMES | Norman B |
| FAMILY NAME | Epstein |
| SIGNATURE | EPSTEIN N B |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Maryland, College Park |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 16 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 45 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 16 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1970 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
An Integrated Intervention to Reduce HIV Risk Behaviors Among Heterosexual HIV-Negative, African American Couples
Different perceptual worlds
Discrepancies between parent and youth perceptions of their relationship are a common aspect of generational acculturation gaps influencing immigrant families. Programs designed to strengthen parenting practices among immigrant Latino families commonly address immigration stresses, including differences between parent and youth perceptions, but little is known about discrepancies in their appraisals of program effects on parenting behavior. A ran…
Latent change modeling of Latino p arent–child conflict and pathways to mental health
Objective This secondary analysis of longitudinal data on Latino immigrant parents applied latent change modeling to investigate the association between within‐family change in parent–child conflict and within‐individual change in parent's psychological distress, and how within‐individual change in parenting stress mediates that association over time. Background Immigrant parents face additional challenges when parenting their children. There is …
Effects of Parental Warmth and Academic Pressure on Anxiety and Depression Symptoms in Chinese Adolescents
The intergenerational transmission of domestic violence
The intergenerational transmission of domestic violence has received significant research attention. In this study, a sample of 194 couples in Beijing was tested on the transmission mechanism. Thus, we asked: does marital attribution play a mediated role in the transmission from family-of-origin violence to subsequent intimate partner violence? We used three questionnaires: family-of-origin violence, Revised Conflict Tactics Scale (CTS2), and Mar…
The context of violent disagreements between parents
When describing acute triggers, parents most commonly mentioned that arguments were instigated by concerns about the division of household labor and parenting, a finding that may have significant implications for intervention development; this was particularly notable for parents of infants. Our findings emphasize the need for innovative programs that help parents cope with the stresses of raising a family as well as programs that directly addres…
Therapy with Families in China
Perceived racial discrimination, acculturative stress, and psychological distress among Asian immigrants
Low intimacy as a mediator between depression and clinic couple relationship satisfaction
This study examined low intimacy as a mediator between partners' depression symptoms and low relationship satisfaction in a sample of 82 heterosexual couples who sought therapy at an outpatient clinic. Both the amount of intimate behavior that partners enact and the level of pleasure they experience from each other's intimate acts were assessed. Using an actor–partner interdependence model approach, path model analysis simultaneously included bot…
Female‐demand/male‐withdraw communication in Argentinian couples
Based on a dyadic version of R. D. Conger and colleagues' stress model, this study examined whether the demand/withdraw pattern in couples' communication mediates the association between partners' economic strain and their level of relationship distress. Data were from self‐report questionnaires completed by 144 heterosexual couples seeking psychotherapy at a community clinic in Argentina 3 years after a major national economic crisis. As hypothe…
Relationship satisfaction in Argentinean couples under economic strain
This study tested a dyadic stress model that inter-partner psychological aggression and positive behaviors mediate the negative association between economic strain and couples' relationship satisfaction. Heterosexual couples at a large community clinic in Argentina (N = 144 couples) completed self-report questionnaires three years after the initiation of a major economic crisis. Path analytic results indicated that gender differences - greater ma…
Treating Delinquent-Prone Adolescents and Preadolescents
Journal Article Treating Delinquent-Prone Adolescents and Preadolescents Get access Norman Epstein, Ph.D., Norman Epstein, Ph.D. Director Transitional Services Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic PubMed Google Scholar Nikos Maragos, MSW Nikos Maragos, MSW Coordinator Partial Hospitalization Programs for Children, Children's Psychiatric Center/Community Mental Health Center, Morganville, New Jersey Search for other works by t…
Cognition and relationship maladjustment
Perceptions of cotherapists as a function of therapist sex roles and observer sex roles
A measure of emotional empathy1
Brief Group Therapy in a Child Guidance Clinic
An experiment with the offering of brief group therapy to parents and children has evolved into the predominant treatment modality of the child guidance clinic discussed here. Presented are the agency's philosophical orientation and a detailed description of the program. In essence, the group is used as a means of enhancing personal competence in coping with the problems of the parent-child relationship
Relationship satisfaction in Argentinean couples under economic strain
This study tested a dyadic stress model that inter-partner psychological aggression and positive behaviors mediate the negative association between economic strain and couples' relationship satisfaction. Heterosexual couples at a large community clinic in Argentina (N = 144 couples) completed self-report questionnaires three years after the initiation of a major economic crisis. Path analytic results indicated that gender differences - greater ma…
Perceived racial discrimination, acculturative stress, and psychological distress among Asian immigrants
Brief Group Therapy in a Child Guidance Clinic
An experiment with the offering of brief group therapy to parents and children has evolved into the predominant treatment modality of the child guidance clinic discussed here. Presented are the agency's philosophical orientation and a detailed description of the program. In essence, the group is used as a means of enhancing personal competence in coping with the problems of the parent-child relationship
The intergenerational transmission of domestic violence
The intergenerational transmission of domestic violence has received significant research attention. In this study, a sample of 194 couples in Beijing was tested on the transmission mechanism. Thus, we asked: does marital attribution play a mediated role in the transmission from family-of-origin violence to subsequent intimate partner violence? We used three questionnaires: family-of-origin violence, Revised Conflict Tactics Scale (CTS2), and Mar…
Treating Delinquent-Prone Adolescents and Preadolescents
Journal Article Treating Delinquent-Prone Adolescents and Preadolescents Get access Norman Epstein, Ph.D., Norman Epstein, Ph.D. Director Transitional Services Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic PubMed Google Scholar Nikos Maragos, MSW Nikos Maragos, MSW Coordinator Partial Hospitalization Programs for Children, Children's Psychiatric Center/Community Mental Health Center, Morganville, New Jersey Search for other works by t…
Brief Group Therapy in a Child Guidance Clinic
An experiment with the offering of brief group therapy to parents and children has evolved into the predominant treatment modality of the child guidance clinic discussed here. Presented are the agency's philosophical orientation and a detailed description of the program. In essence, the group is used as a means of enhancing personal competence in coping with the problems of the parent-child relationship
A measure of emotional empathy1
Perceptions of cotherapists as a function of therapist sex roles and observer sex roles
Cognition and relationship maladjustment
Treating Delinquent-Prone Adolescents and Preadolescents
Journal Article Treating Delinquent-Prone Adolescents and Preadolescents Get access Norman Epstein, Ph.D., Norman Epstein, Ph.D. Director Transitional Services Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic PubMed Google Scholar Nikos Maragos, MSW Nikos Maragos, MSW Coordinator Partial Hospitalization Programs for Children, Children's Psychiatric Center/Community Mental Health Center, Morganville, New Jersey Search for other works by t…
Relationship satisfaction in Argentinean couples under economic strain
This study tested a dyadic stress model that inter-partner psychological aggression and positive behaviors mediate the negative association between economic strain and couples' relationship satisfaction. Heterosexual couples at a large community clinic in Argentina (N = 144 couples) completed self-report questionnaires three years after the initiation of a major economic crisis. Path analytic results indicated that gender differences - greater ma…
Female‐demand/male‐withdraw communication in Argentinian couples
Based on a dyadic version of R. D. Conger and colleagues' stress model, this study examined whether the demand/withdraw pattern in couples' communication mediates the association between partners' economic strain and their level of relationship distress. Data were from self‐report questionnaires completed by 144 heterosexual couples seeking psychotherapy at a community clinic in Argentina 3 years after a major national economic crisis. As hypothe…
Low intimacy as a mediator between depression and clinic couple relationship satisfaction
This study examined low intimacy as a mediator between partners' depression symptoms and low relationship satisfaction in a sample of 82 heterosexual couples who sought therapy at an outpatient clinic. Both the amount of intimate behavior that partners enact and the level of pleasure they experience from each other's intimate acts were assessed. Using an actor–partner interdependence model approach, path model analysis simultaneously included bot…
The context of violent disagreements between parents
When describing acute triggers, parents most commonly mentioned that arguments were instigated by concerns about the division of household labor and parenting, a finding that may have significant implications for intervention development; this was particularly notable for parents of infants. Our findings emphasize the need for innovative programs that help parents cope with the stresses of raising a family as well as programs that directly addres…
Therapy with Families in China
Perceived racial discrimination, acculturative stress, and psychological distress among Asian immigrants
Effects of Parental Warmth and Academic Pressure on Anxiety and Depression Symptoms in Chinese Adolescents
The intergenerational transmission of domestic violence
The intergenerational transmission of domestic violence has received significant research attention. In this study, a sample of 194 couples in Beijing was tested on the transmission mechanism. Thus, we asked: does marital attribution play a mediated role in the transmission from family-of-origin violence to subsequent intimate partner violence? We used three questionnaires: family-of-origin violence, Revised Conflict Tactics Scale (CTS2), and Mar…
Latent change modeling of Latino p arent–child conflict and pathways to mental health
Objective This secondary analysis of longitudinal data on Latino immigrant parents applied latent change modeling to investigate the association between within‐family change in parent–child conflict and within‐individual change in parent's psychological distress, and how within‐individual change in parenting stress mediates that association over time. Background Immigrant parents face additional challenges when parenting their children. There is …
Different perceptual worlds
Discrepancies between parent and youth perceptions of their relationship are a common aspect of generational acculturation gaps influencing immigrant families. Programs designed to strengthen parenting practices among immigrant Latino families commonly address immigration stresses, including differences between parent and youth perceptions, but little is known about discrepancies in their appraisals of program effects on parenting behavior. A ran…
An Integrated Intervention to Reduce HIV Risk Behaviors Among Heterosexual HIV-Negative, African American Couples
Psychology (16 works) · Clinical Psychology (12 works) · Developmental psychology (9 works) · Psychiatry (9 works) · Attachment and Relationship Dynamics (7 works) · Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development (7 works) · Social Psychology (7 works) · Clinical Psychology (6 works) · Medicine (6 works) · Mental health (5 works)