Bibliography developed by Dr. Kathleen Knafl, Professor, School of Nursing, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, USA
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Updated October 2023
Al‐Amer, R., Ramjan, L., Glew, P., Darwish, M., & Salamonson, Y. (2015). Translation of interviews from a source language to a target language: Examining issues in cross‐cultural health care research. Journal of Clinical Nursing, 24(9-10), 1151-1162. https://doi.org/10.1111/jocn.12681.
Brown, S. L., Manning, W. D., & Stykes, J. B. (2015). Family structure and child well‐being: Integrating family complexity. Journal of Marriage and Family, 77(1), 177-190. https://doi.org/10.1111/jomf.12145.
Burr, W. R. (1991). Rethinking levels of abstraction in family systems theories. Family Process, 30(4), 435-452. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1545-5300.1991.00435.x.
Card, N. A., & Barnett, M. A. (2015). Methodological considerations in studying individual and family resilience. Family Relations, 64(1), 120-133. https://doi.org/10.1111/fare.12102.
Chesla, C. A., & Rungreangkulkij, S. (2001). Nursing research on family processes in chronic illness in ethnically diverse families: A decade review. Journal of Family Nursing, 7(3), 230-243. https://doi.org/10.1177/107484070100700302.
Feetham, S. (1991). Conceptual and methodological issues in research of families. In A. Whall & J. Fawcett, Family theory development in nursing: State of the science and art, (pp. 55-68). Philadelphia, PA: F.A. Davis.
Deatrick, J. A., Hobbie, W., Ogle, S., Fisher, M. J., Barakat, L., Hardie, T., Reilly, M., Li, Y., & Ginsberg, J. P. (2014). Competence in caregivers of adolescent and young adult childhood brain tumor survivors. Health Psychology, 33(10), 1103–1112. https://doi.org/10.1037/a0033756.
Gilliss, C. L. (1983). The family as a unit of analysis: Strategies for the nurse researcher. Advances in Nursing Science, 5(3), 50-59.
Ginn, C. S., Mughal, M. K., Syed, H., Storteboom, A. R., & Benzies, K. M. (2017). Sustaining engagement in longitudinal research with vulnerable families: A mixed-methods study of attrition. Journal of Family Nursing, 23(4), 488-515. https://doi.org/10.1177/1074840717738224.
Greenstein, T., & Davis, S. (2012). Methods of family research (3rd ed.). Los Angeles, CA: Sage.
Hadley, E. K., Smith, C. A., Gallo, A. M., Angst, D. B., & Knafl, K. A. (2008). Parents’ perspectives on having their children interviewed for research. Research in Nursing & Health, 31(1), 4-11. https://doi.org/10.1002/nur.20231.
Horowitz, J. A., Ladden, M. D., & Moriarty, H. J. (2002). Methodological challenges in research with vulnerable families. Journal of Family Nursing, 8(4), 315-333. https://doi.org/10.1177/107484002237510.
Knafl, K., & Van Riper, M. (2017). Tips for developing a successful family research proposal. Journal of Family Nursing, 23(4), 450-460. https://doi.org/10.1177/1074840717743248.
Lynn, M. R. (1995). Family research: Consideration of who to study. Journal of Pediatric Nursing, 10, 383-384.https://doi.org/10.1016/s0882-5963(05)80036-3.
Mandara, J. (2003). The typological approach in child and family psychology: A review of theory, method, and research. Clinical Child and Family Psychology Review, 6(2), 129-146.
McCann, J. J., Hebert, L. E., Beckett, L. A., Morris, M. C., Scherr, P. A., & Evans, D. A. (2000). Comparison of informal caregiving by black and white older adults in a community population. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, 48(12), 1612-1617. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1532-5415.2000.tb03872.x.
Nelson, M. (2013). Fictive kin, families we choose and voluntary kin: What does the discourse tell us? Journal of Family Theory & Review, 5, 259-281. https://doi.org/10.1111/jftr.12019.
Niska, K., Snyder, M., & Lia-Hoagberg, B. (1999). The meaning of family health among Mexican American first-time mothers and fathers. Journal of Family Nursing, 5(2), 218-233. https://doi.org/10.1177/107484079900500207.
Opollo, J., Opollo, D.A., Gray, J. et al. (2014). Conducting international nursing research: challenges and opportunities. Nursing Researcher, 22(2), 29-33. https://doi.org/10.7748/nr.22.2.29.e1279.
Racher, F. E., Kaufert, J. M., & Havens, B. (2000). Conjoint research interviews with frail, elderly couples: Methodological implications. Journal of Family Nursing, 6(4), 367-379. https://doi.org/10.1177/107484070000600404.
Stevens, M. M., Lord, B. A., Proctor, M. T., Nagy, S., & O’Riordan, E. (2010). Research with vulnerable families caring for children with life-limiting conditions. Qualitative Health Research, 20(4), 496-505. https://doi.org/10.1177/1049732309356097.
Uphold, C. R., & Strickland, O. L. (1989). Issues related to the unit of analysis in family nursing research. Western Journal of Nursing Research, 11(4), 405-417. https://doi.org/10.1177/019394598901100403.
Yu, W. H. (2015). Placing families in context: challenges for cross‐national family research. Journal of Marriage and Family, 77(1), 23-39. https://doi.org/10.1111/jomf.12152.
