ISSN: 0192-6187 The American Journal of Family Therapy Volume 37 2009 2=» Roouuttll edge Taylor & Francis Group The American Journal of Family Therapy EDITOR-IN-CHIEF S. Richard Sauber, Founding Editor, The American Journal of Family Th )-preser it Bow JOURNAL ADVISOR Daniel L. Araoz, Founding Editor, Journal of Family Counselir EDITORIAL BOARD MEMBERS James Alexander University of Utah Ronald F, Levant ( Akron, OH Harlene Anderson Houston, TX David L. Levy ehts Council, DC Joan D. Atwood Hofstra University Jerry M. Lewis Timberlaw n Psych. Hospita) li tal anadnd1 Charles P. Barnard University of Wisconsin-Stout Unive rsity of Texas Health Sciences W. Robert Beavers Southwest Family Institute, Dallas Ce tel William Bernet Vanderbilt Medical School Demosthenes Lorandos Ann Arbor, MI Anna Beth Benningfield Dallas, TX Jane Major Breaktl hrough Parenting Services Barry Bricklin Widener University ine Los Angeles, CA William L. 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Permissions: For further information, please visit http://www.tandf.co.uk/journals/permissions.asp Author Index to Volume 37 Anderson 239 Atwood. J. D.. 318 Baiocco, R W Blumer, M Bow, J. N Brown, A Bulham Busby, D Cohen, O., 299 Crow, J. R Dakin, J. I Donoghue Downs, A Duffy, M Farchi, A Fischer,] Flens, J Franzen Garcia, M., 239 Geron, Y., 299 sould, J. W 127 sraves, K. N., 227 sreeff, A. P., 114 ireen, M. S., 159 sreif, G. L., 273 Hamilton, S., 336 Harriger, D. J., 209 Harris, S. M.. 12, 209, 373 Hook,J . N., 169 Kaslow, N. J Katz, J., 185 Kosutic, [., Kuo, F.-¢ L’ Abate, L Lev, A. I Levy