The International Research Conference Aims and Objectives
The International Research Conference is a federated organization dedicated to bringing together a significant number of diverse scholarly events for presentation
within the conference program. Events will run over a span of time during the conference depending on the number and length of the presentations.
With its high quality, it provides an exceptional value for students, academics and industry researchers.
International Conference on Marriage and Family Therapy
aims to bring together leading academic scientists, researchers and research scholars to exchange and share their experiences and research results on all aspects of
Marriage and Family Therapy.
It also provides a premier interdisciplinary platform for researchers, practitioners and educators to present and discuss the most recent innovations,
trends, and concerns as well as practical challenges encountered and solutions adopted in the fields of Marriage and Family Therapy.
Call for Contributions
Prospective authors are kindly encouraged to contribute to and help shape the conference through submissions of their research abstracts, papers and e-posters.
Also, high quality research contributions describing original and unpublished results of conceptual, constructive, empirical, experimental, or
theoretical work in all areas of Marriage and Family Therapy are cordially invited for presentation at the conference.
The conference solicits contributions of abstracts, papers and e-posters that address themes and topics of the conference, including figures, tables and references of
novel research materials.
Guidelines for Authors
Please ensure your submission meets the conference's strict guidelines for accepting scholarly papers.
Downloadable versions of the check list for
Full-Text Papers and
Abstract Papers.
Please refer to the
Paper Submission Guideline,
Abstract Submission Guideline and
Author Information
before submitting your paper.
Conference Proceedings
All submitted conference papers will be blind peer reviewed by three competent reviewers.
The peer-reviewed conference proceedings are indexed in the Open Science Index,
Google Scholar,
Semantic Scholar,
Zenedo,
BASE,
WorldCAT,
Sherpa/RoMEO,
and other index databases. Impact Factor Indicators.
Special Journal Issues
18. International Conference on Marriage and Family Therapy has teamed up with the Special Journal Issue on
Marriage and Family Therapy.
A number of selected high-impact full text papers will also be considered for the special journal issues.
All submitted papers will have the opportunity to be considered for this Special Journal Issue.
The paper selection will be carried out during the peer review process as well as at the conference presentation stage.
Submitted papers must not be under consideration by any other journal or publication.
The final decision for paper selection will be made based on peer review reports by the Guest Editors and the Editor-in-Chief jointly.
Selected full-text papers will be published online free of charge.
Conference Sponsor and Exhibitor Opportunities
The Conference offers the opportunity to become a conference sponsor or exhibitor.
To participate as a sponsor or exhibitor, please download and complete the
Conference Sponsorship Request Form.
Selected Papers
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Impact of Non-parental Early Childhood Education on Digital Friendship Tendency
Sheel Chakraborty
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Drive-Related Behaviors as Elements of Thinking
Peter Pfeifer, Julian Pfeifer, Niko Pfeifer
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The Qualitative Methodology Exposure and Experiences of Journal Reviewers: A Qualitative Exploration
Salomé Elizabeth Scholtz
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Willingness and Attitude Towards Organ Donation of Nurses in Taiwan
Min-Chuan Huang, I-Ping Chen, Shu-Ying Chung
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A Comparative Study on Achievement Motivation and Sports Competition Anxiety among the Students of Different Tier of Academic Hierarchy
Nitai Biswas, Prasenjit Kapas, Arumay Jana, Asish Paul
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Applying Bowen’s Theory to Intern Supervision
Jeff A. Tysinger, Dawn P. Tysinger
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A Socio-Technical Approach to Cyber-Risk Assessment
Kitty Kioskli, Nineta Polemi
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The Desire to Know: Arnold’s Contribution to a Psychological Conceptualization of Academic Motivation
F. Ruiz-Fuster
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Deciphering Chinese Calligraphy as the Architectural Essence of Tao Fong Shan Christian Center in Hong Kong
Chak Kwong Lau
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Attributes of Ethical Leadership and Ethical Guidelines in Malaysian Public Sector
M. Norazamina, A. Azizah, Y. Najihah Marha, A. Suraya
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When Psychology Meets Ecology: Cognitive Flexibility for Quarry Rehabilitation
J. Fenianos, C. Khater, D. Brouillet
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The Experiences of Hong Kong Chinese Divorced Wives in Facing the Cancer Death of Their Ex-Husbands
M. L. Yeung
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The Effect of Socio-Affective Variables in the Relationship between Organizational Trust and Employee Turnover Intention
Paula A. Cruise, Carvell McLeary
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Impact of Positive Psychology Education and Interventions on Well-Being: A Study of Students Engaged in Pastoral Care
Inna R. Edara, Haw-Lin Wu
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A Study on How Newlyweds Handle the Difference with Parents on Wedding Arrangements and Its Implication for Services in Hong Kong
K. M. Yuen
Digital Program consists of the e-proceedings book which is available online-only
and includes the conference communications (proceedings abstracts and papers).
Registered participants can access the digitally available conference
proceedings ( and certificates ) by visiting their profile pages.
1 Family and 1 Couple
A Contextual Therapy Framework for Family Health
A Framework for Work with Sex Offenders
Applying Harm Reduction to Couple and Family Therapy
Assessing Couples with the New Relationship Evaluation
Becoming a Systemic Digital Therapist
Best Practices in Technology Assisted Distance Supervision
Clinician Directed, Solution-Focused Supervision
Competencies in Family Therapy with Transgender Clients
Couples’ Experiences of Military Deployment
Demystifying Writing for Publication in MFT
Discovering Prevention within Treatment and Intervention
Doing Well While Doing Good
Emotionally Focused Couples Therapy with a Bipolar Partner
Emotionally Focused Therapy for Couples with Depression
Engaging the System: Strategies to Build Systemic Rapport
Enhancing MFT Training and Practice using Clinical Feedback Systems
Enhancing Therapist Common Factors in MFT Practice
Ethical and Legal Issues in the Practice of Supervision
Ethics and Supervisee Technology Usage
Ethics in a Modern World
Experientially Exploring the Intersections of Resiliency and Spirituality
Families Living with ASD: Integrating MFT in Systems of Care
Finding Voice and Flourishing as Beginning MFTs
Heading for a Crisis? Narrative Therapy as an Intervention
How Technology will Radically Change Family Therapy’s Future
Integrate your MFT Skills into an Evidenced Based-Practice
Intellectual Disabilities
LGBTQ Youth in the Foster Care System
Metaphoric Expansion of the Scaling Question Training
MFT and MedFT in Preschools: Applications and Interventions
MFTs Changing the World One Community at a Time
Mindfulness and Self-care: Not Just for Clients
Neither Here Nor There: Working with Transnational Immigrant Families in Marriage and Family Therapy
Permanent Change in Habitual Patterns
Preparing for Late Life
Self-of-the-Spiritual-Therapist Among Sexual Topics
Sex, Intimacy and Globalization: Ideas for Family Therapy
Silent Death of Sexual Intimacy: Confronting Cultural Bias about Aging and Sexuality
Suicide Bereavement
Systemic Science: MFT's Innovation in Healthcare and Training
Technology: Ethical Challenges for Today’s Supervisor
The Cost of Caring: Trauma and Grief in Clinicians
The Effective Use of Social Media in Private Practice
Therapy with Intercultural Couples and Families
Treating Anxiety: Partnering with Primary Care Physicians
Treating Families of Children with Developmental Disabilities
When an Eating Disorder Comes to Dinner
When the Bully is Your Brother or Sister: Sibling Violence
Working on What Works: School-based Systemic Change
Working with Clients through the Bariatric Surgery Process
Working with Sexual Desire Problems in LGBT Couples
Abstracts/Full-Text Paper Submission Deadline |
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August 15, 2024 |
Notification of Acceptance/Rejection |
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August 30, 2024 |
Final Paper (Camera Ready) Submission & Early Bird Registration Deadline |
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November 11, 2024 |
Conference Dates |
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December 16-17, 2024 |