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Norman B. Epstein is affiliated with the University of Maryland, College Park in the United States. Their academic work primarily spans the fields of Psychology and Social Sciences, with a focus on various subfields including Clinical Psychology, Social Psychology, Education, General Health Professions, and Sociology and Political Science.

Their research interests concentrate on topics such as Attachment and Relationship Dynamics, Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development, Psychotherapy Techniques and Applications, Counseling, Therapy, and Family Dynamics, as well as Racial and Ethnic Identity Research, Health Disparities and Outcomes, and Migration, Health and Trauma.

Epstein has published in several scientific venues frequently contributing to:

  • The Handbook of Systemic Family Therapy
  • Stress and Health
  • Journal of Marriage and the Family
  • Family Process
  • AIDS and Behavior

Recent papers authored by Epstein include:

  • Behavioral and Cognitive-Behavioral Approaches in Systemic Family Therapy, 2020, The Handbook of Systemic Family Therapy
  • Behavioral and Cognitive-Behavioral Approaches in Systemic Family Therapy, 2020, The Handbook of Systemic Family Therapy (a separate publication with similar title)

Other relevant publications (by frequent co-authors) include:

  • Racism, stress and health in Asian Americans: A structural equation analysis of mediation and social support group differences, 2020, Stress and Health
  • Latent change modeling of Latino parent-child conflict and pathways to mental health, 2022, Journal of Marriage and the Family
  • Different perceptual worlds: Parent and youth perspectives on parenting outcome trajectories from a Latino family-based program, 2024, Family Process

Epstein has collaborated frequently with several researchers in their field, including Frank M. Dattilio, HaeDong Kim, María Verónica Svetaz, Michele Allen, and Mariana K. Falconier. These collaborations have contributed to an interdisciplinary and multifaceted approach to systemic family therapy and related psychological topics.

Best Publications

  • An inventory for measuring clinical anxiety: psychometric properties.

    Aaron T. Beck;Norman Epstein;Gary Brown;Robert A. Steer

  • A measure of emotional empathy.

    Albert Mehrabian;Norman Epstein

  • Cognitive-Behavioral Marital Therapy

    Donald H. Baucom;Norman Epstein

  • Enhanced Cognitive–Behavioral Therapy for Couples: A Contextual Approach

    Norman B. Epstein;Donald H. Baucom

  • Cognition and relationship maladjustment: Development of a measure of dysfunctional relationship beliefs.

    Roy J. Eidelson;Norman Epstein

  • The Role of Cognitions in Marital Relationships: Definitional, Methodological, and Conceptual Issues

    Donald H. Baucom;Norman Epstein;Steven Sayers;Tamara Goidman Sher

  • Cognitions, attitudes and personality dimensions in depression.

    Aaron T. Beck;Norman Epstein;Raymond Harrison

  • Family cohesion, family adaptability, social support, and adolescent depressive symptoms in outpatient clinic families

    Patricio E. Cumsille;Norman Epstein

  • Unrealistic beliefs of clinical couples: Their relationship to expectations, goals and satisfaction

    Norman Epstein;Roy J. Eidelson

  • Effects of Parental Warmth and Academic Pressure on Anxiety and Depression Symptoms in Chinese Adolescents

    Andrew S. Quach;Norman B. Epstein;Pamela J. Riley;Mariana K. Falconier

  • Assessing relationship standards : The Inventory of Specific Relationship Standards

    Donald H. Baucom;Norman Epstein;Lynn A. Rankin;Charles K. Burnett

  • Beck Self-Concept Test.

    Aaron T. Beck;Robert A. Steer;Norman Epstein;Gary Brown

  • Cognitive therapy with couples

    Norman Epstein

  • Assessing the Role of Relationship Conflict in Sexual Dysfunction

    Michael E Metz;Norman Epstein

  • Homework compliance: An uncontrolled variable in cognitive therapy outcome research

    Laura Primakoff;Norman Epstein;Lino Covi

  • Cognitions in marriage : The relationship between standards and attributions

    Donald H. Baucom;Norman Epstein;Anthony D. Daiuto;Robert A. Carels

  • Cognitive-behavioral couple therapy.

    Norman B Epstein;Le Zheng

  • Conjoint Treatment of Intimate Partner Violence: A Cognitive Behavioral Approach

    Jaslean J. LaTaillade;Norman B. Epstein;Carol A. Werlinich

  • Relationship satisfaction in Argentinean couples under economic strain: Gender differences in a dyadic stress model:

    Mariana K. Falconier;Norman B. Epstein

  • THE INTERACTION BETWEEN MARITAL STANDARDS AND COMMUNICATION PATTERNS: HOW DOES IT CONTRIBUTE TO MARITAL ADJUSTMENT?

    Kristina Coop Gordon;Donald H. Baucom;Norman Epstein;Charles K. Burnett

Frequent Co-Authors

Donald H. Baucom
Donald H. Baucom University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Aaron T. Beck
Aaron T. Beck University of Pennsylvania
Robert A. Steer
Robert A. Steer Rowan University
Xiaoyi Fang
Xiaoyi Fang Beijing Normal University
Gary Brown
Gary Brown Royal Holloway University of London
Andrew Christensen
Andrew Christensen University of California, Los Angeles
Albert Mehrabian
Albert Mehrabian University of California, Los Angeles
Randy O. Frost
Randy O. Frost Smith College
Eric A. Storch
Eric A. Storch Baylor College of Medicine
Michael P. Twohig
Michael P. Twohig Utah State University

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