Roy A Bean

Biographic Data

ID145039
NAMERoy A Bean
GIVEN NAMESRoy A
FAMILY NAMEBean
SIGNATUREBEAN R A
AFFILIATIONSBrigham Young University
ORCID0000-0001-8668-0972
VERIFIEDYes
TOTAL WORKS39
TOTAL CITATIONS154
AUTHOR COUNT39
EDITOR COUNT0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR2003
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2026
H-INDEX5

  • Gendered Differences of Parental Autonomy Granting and Latino Adolescent Educational Aspirations and Achievement: A Structural Equation Model

    Open AccessJayson Carmona, Scott A Ketring et al.ARTICLEJournal of Latinos and Education2026

    Educational disparities persist for Latino adolescents, especially related to high school graduation rates between Latinos (83%) and White (90%). Latino cultural values of familismo, respeto, and educacion are vital in narrowing these disparities. Data were collected from the Youth and Family Project (West Texas) with 537 participants. The current study explores relationships between parental autonomy granting, parental peer influence, parental l…

  • Parental Involvement, Social Capital, and Academic Aspirations among Hispanic Adolescents: A Structural Equation Modeling Approach

    Open AccessJayson Carmona, Scott A Ketring et al.ARTICLEThe Family Journal2026

    Hispanics have the highest disparities in education and economic outcomes. To better understand lagging education rates, social capital theory is used as a framework to explore the relationship between parental involvement, social initiative, and educational aspirations. Data were collected from the Youth and Family Project (West Texas) with 785 Hispanic adolescent participants. The method section includes a structural equation model to explore r…

  • The Effects of Parental Adverse Childhood Experiences on Their Children: A Theoretical Framework for Applying Attachment-Based Treatment Models with Parents and Adolescents

    Betsy Hughes Barrow, Roy A Bean et al.ARTICLEAmerican Journal of Family Therapy2026

    Research increasingly recognizes the potential influence of parents’ adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) on their children; however, there is a notable gap in empirical or even conceptual literature about clinical intervention with parents and teens. This theoretical paper reviews available literature on systemic effects of parental ACEs and presents an attachment-based theoretical framework that supports clinical intervention in families with a…

  • Treating Adolescent OCD: Recommendations for Systemic Clinical Competence

    Daniel K Smedley, Tyson W Lovell et al.ARTICLEAmerican Journal of Family Therapy2025

    OCD can be highly distressing for both individuals and families. While evidence for the effectiveness of family-based treatments has grown, literature lacks discussion of best practices for systemically addressing family accommodation (FA) and other family factors in OCD treatment. This paper aims to integrate best practices from individual and systemic models of therapy for adolescent OCD and to further discussion on the application of MFT-based…

  • Past to Present: The Role of ACEs in Emotion Regulation and Emotion Regulation's Subsequent Association With Relationship Satisfaction in Couple Therapy

    Open AccessAngela B Bradford, Min Xu et al.ARTICLEFamily Process2025

    This study examines the longitudinal associations between relationship satisfaction and emotion regulation (ER) difficulties across 8 sessions of couple therapy. It further tests adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) as a predictor of these constructs and therapeutic alliance as a moderator of the effects of ACEs. A cross‐lagged panel model was used to test actor and partner effects in a sample of 972 different‐sex couples at intake, session four,…

  • An Exploratory Longitudinal Dyadic Analysis of Couple Attachment Trajectories

    Open AccessRachael A Dansby Olufowote, Spencer D Bradshaw et al.ARTICLEContemporary Family Therapy2025References: 6

    The purpose of this exploratory study was to first examine the dyadic trajectory of attachment change over a longer period (i.e., 5 years) than has been examined in previous research; second, to identify a mean trajectory of attachment security for couples with no history of contact with therapy as well as the effect of therapy utilization; and third, to examine couples’ attachment trajectories for gender differences. This study included 294 hete…

  • Sticks and Stones May Break Bones, But Racism Breaks Spirits: Discrimination and Bipoc Adolescent Mental Health

    Open AccessCorinne Archibald, Emily J Takamasa et al.ARTICLEYouth & Society2025References: 51

    BIPOC adolescent mental health is essential to a healthy, equitable society. Negative associations between discrimination and mental health may be ameliorated by affirmed ethnic-racial identity (ERI). We examined relations between racial discrimination and depression, anxiety, suicide ideation, chronic pain and subjective happiness moderated by ERI affirmation (353 U.S. BIPOC youth, Mage = 15.28, 48% female). Racial discrimination negatively, and…

  • Internet Gaming Disorder in Adolescents: Clinical Considerations and an Attachment-Based Treatment Approach

    Brady C Eisert, Roy A Bean et al.ARTICLEAmerican Journal of Family Therapy2024

    Videogaming rates among adolescents in the U.S. are very high. In addition, gaming disorder was recently added to the ICD-11 and Internet gaming disorder (IGD) is a part of the DSM-5-TR’s Conditions for Further Study, suggesting increasing import in the clinical realm. This review is an up-to-date resource for clinicians treating adolescent IGD, highlighting important areas of knowledge, awareness, and skills/behaviors to consider. Given evidence…

  • Lost in translation: Therapeutic Alliance as a mediator in the relationship between teletherapy and marital satisfaction

    Open AccessAngela B Bradford, Alyssa Banford Witting et al.ARTICLEFamily Process2024

    The global impact of the SARS‐COV‐2 pandemic necessitated a rapid shift to online/teletherapy psychotherapy services. While research suggests the feasibility and efficacy of teletherapy, there is limited investigation into couple teletherapy's impact on satisfaction and therapeutic alliance. This study aimed to address this gap by examining changes in couple satisfaction during tele‐ and in‐person therapy sessions over 12 sessions and exploring w…

  • Emerging Adults’ Experiences of Managing Social Group Disruptions

    Open AccessJared M Hawkins, Carissa D’Aniello et al.ARTICLEEmerging Adulthood2024

    Emerging adults experience frequent life transitions that disrupt social groups and increase loneliness. However, limited research examines how emerging adults respond to social group disruptions. Drawing upon the Social Identity Model of Identity Change (SIMIC), this study explored 11 emerging adults’ experiences of managing social group disruptions. Using interpretive phenomenological analysis (IPA), we identified seven themes that helped parti…

  • Adolescents in Stepfamilies: An Attachment-Based Approach to Therapy

    Open AccessIesha Gibbons, Janette Driscoll et al.ARTICLEContemporary Family Therapy2024Cited by: 1References: 2

  • Emotion dysregulation and couple relationship satisfaction of clinical couples: An actor‐partner interdependence model

    Open AccessMin Xu, Lee N Johnson et al.ARTICLEFamily Process2023

    Despite the pivotal role that emotion regulation is thought to occupy for individual and relational wellbeing, emotion regulation in couples has been surprisingly understudied. With a clinical sample consisting of 275 couples starting therapy from 2017 to 2022, this study sought to clarify the actor and partner effects of clinical couples' emotion dysregulation on relationship satisfaction. Our results showed that, for partners' emotion dysregula…

  • Behavioral Indicators of the Therapeutic Alliance in Relation to Discontinuation in Couple Therapy

    Open AccessS Celeste Esplin, Shayne R Anderson et al.ARTICLEContemporary Family Therapy2023Cited by: 1

  • Treatment of Adolescent Non-Suicidal Self-Injury: A Review of Family Factors and Family Therapy

    Roy A Bean, Bethany Hicken Keenan et al.ARTICLEAmerican Journal of Family Therapy2022

    In order to more fully prepare clinicians for the challenging individual and familial dynamics inherent in non-suicidal self-injury cases, this article reviews the literature concerning family factors in relation to adolescent self-harm. Topics that are discussed include: the etiological contributors to non-suicidal self-injury, the common forms of treatment, the strengths and potential shortcomings of these treatments, and how these treatments c…

  • Representation of Race and Ethnicity in Counseling and Counseling Psychology Journals

    Open AccessJared M Hawkins, Roy A Bean et al.ARTICLEThe Counseling Psychologist2022Cited by: 3References: 50

    Literature reviews have concluded that People of Color are underrepresented in psychological literature; however, the fields of counseling and counseling psychology have taken a clear affirmative stance with respect to human diversity. This study sought to evaluate the representation of People of Color in four key journals across the 2000–2019 timespan: The Counseling Psychologist, Journal of Counseling Psychology, Journal of Counseling & Develop…

  • Culturally Competent Therapy with Latinxs: Addressing Isolation

    Jared M Hawkins, Lorena Posadas et al.ARTICLEAmerican Journal of Family Therapy2021

    Social isolation and loneliness are major public health concerns in the U.S., and researchers have called for greater efforts to develop interventions to alleviate loneliness. Latinxs may be particularly vulnerable to social isolation and loneliness due to discrimination, familial separation, and acculturation difficulties. Unfortunately, little has been written to help therapists effectively intervene to address social isolation for Latinxs in a…

  • Addressing Problematic Pornography Use in Adolescent/Young Adult Males: A Literature Review and Recommendations for Family Therapists

    Iesha Gibbons, Julia Bernards et al.ARTICLEAmerican Journal of Family Therapy2021

    A growing body of research indicates pornography use can become problematic for adolescents and emerging adults, but little research has addressed how to treat problematic pornography use in therapy. We here provide information about the clinical knowledge, awareness and skills therapists need to successfully treat problematic pornography use. Clinical knowledge includes information about patterns of use, outcomes, and correlates of problematic u…

  • Family Implicit Rules, Shame, and Adolescent Prosocial and Antisocial Communication Behaviors

    Open AccessJeffrey Crane, James M Harper et al.ARTICLEThe Family Journal2020

    This study examined the relationship between implicit family process rules and adolescent prosocial and antisocial communication behaviors. Data came from two-parent families in Wave 5 of the Flourishing Families Project which consisted of 322 families (fathers, mothers, and children ages 13–17). Both observational and questionnaire data were used in data collection. Prosocial and antisocial behaviors were assessed using observational codes from …

  • The Impact of Parents and Teachers on Externalizing Behavior Among Latino/a Adolescents via Academic Achievement: Combining the Mental Health and Educational Perspectives

    Open AccessSergio B Pereyra, Roy A Bean et al.ARTICLEThe Family Journal2020

    Given the Latino adolescents’ heightened risk of externalizing behaviors and academic disparities experienced by Latino adolescents, this study unifies the mental health and educational perspectives to better understand factors that impact the externalizing behavior among them. Eco-developmental theory was used to conceptualize the link between parenting factors, academic factors, and externalizing behavior. Structural equation modeling was used …

  • Family Therapy for Substance Use among Sexual Minority Youth: A Review of Treatment Options

    Samantha Simpson, Samantha K J Simpson et al.ARTICLEAmerican Journal of Family Therapy2020

    Substance use disorders are nearly twice as common among sexual minority youth (SMY) as among their heterosexual peers. Most applied literature about this population suggests interventions on either the individual or community level, and the benefits of family therapy for this population are often overlooked. The present literature review (a) outlines clinical knowledge related to sexual minority youth and substance use (e.g., prevalence rates, c…

  • Status report for the field of social work: A content analysis of its racial/ethnic/cultural-focused research

    Lauren Smithee, Roy A Bean et al.ARTICLEJournal of Ethnic & Cultural…2020References: 2

    This study analyzes scholarly articles in four broad-audience social work journals, examining racial/ethnic/cultural-focused studies published in the discipline. Growth in quality and quantity of research is demonstrated, although there is room for improvement in terms of several topics (e.g., multicultural competence). African American and Latinx groups were most-often studied, with much more limited attention to Asian Americans and Native Ameri…

  • We Shall Overcome: The Association Between Family of Origin Adversity, Coming to Terms, and Relationship Quality in African Americans

    Open AccessKylee Marshall, Alyssa Banford Witting et al.ARTICLEContemporary Family Therapy2020Cited by: 1References: 10

  • Childhood attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder: Family therapy from an attachment based perspective

    Open AccessAnnaLisa W Carr, Roy A Bean et al.ARTICLEChildren and Youth Services Review2020References: 18

  • The moderating effect of differentiation: Education and health in married couples

    Open AccessSuzanne Bartle-Haring, Megan Ferriby et al.ARTICLEPersonal Relationships2019References: 2

    This study had four hypotheses based on Bowen Family Systems Theory. First, to determine the similarity in couple members' levels of differentiation, a latent profile analysis was performed. About 67% of couples reported less than a point difference on average between their scores on the differentiation subscales used. Second, whether differentiation was associated with physical health was determined by comparing the means of health indicators fo…

  • Non-suicidal self-injury among sexual minority youth: An etiological and treatment overview

    Open AccessLauren C Smithee, Lauren Smithee et al.ARTICLEChildren and Youth Services Review2019Cited by: 1References: 40