Studying Individual and Family Development: Linking Theory and Research.

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Maternal Gate Closing and Gate Opening in Postdivorce Families (2008, methodology): “To date, the evidence for the impact of gate-closing beliefs and behaviors on outcomes in intact families is mixed, with Pleck and Masciadrelli (2004) noting that the evidence is not robust.”
Mixed Methods Approaches in Family Science Research (2008, background): “Addressing such complexity requires research that is “multidisciplinary, broad in scope, and linked to the contexts in which people live” (O’Brien, 2005, p. 881).”
Still Misused After All These Years? A Reevaluation of the Uses of Bronfenbrenner's Bioecological Theory of Human Development (2016, background): “O’Brien (2005) contrasted the mismatch between our field’s “contextual and dynamic” worldview (a worldview that involves “a complex system of reciprocal influence”) and research that examines “direct or linear effects of individual or contextual characteristics on some outcome that is described as…”
Assessment framework of the OECD Study on Social and Emotional Skills (2019, background): “Furthermore, it is not just parent-child relationships that are important but family relationships as they are complex, dynamic and intertwined, where each member influences and is influenced by the other members (Minuchin, 1988[218]; O’Brien, 2005[219]).”