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Beatrice Lisabeth Wood, Ph.D. (b. 1947)
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Dr. Beatrice Wood has contributed to the field of family therapy, family medicine, and pediatrics through her extensive research, teaching, and writing. Her work explores patterns in family systems and their relationship to child health, particularly in the context of long-term illnesses such as asthma. Her “Biobehavioral Family Model” has been an invaluable contribution to the understanding of the relationship between psychosomatics and family health. In addition, Dr. Wood has served as president of the Family Process Institute and has been on several editorial boards, including The Journal of Family Psychology, Clinical Child Psychology and Psychiatry, Family Process, and the Journal of Marital & Family Therapy. She continues to present her work nationally and internationally. Her career has been remarkable because of its impact on several interrelated fields.
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At the University of Pennsylvania, Dr. Wood received...
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Miller, B. D., & Wood, B. L. (1991). Childhood asthma in interaction with family, school, and peer systems: A developmental model for primary care: Review article. Journal of Asthma, 28(6), 405–414.
Miller, B. D., & Wood, B. L. (1994). Psychophysiologic reactivity in asthmatic children: A cholinergically mediated confluence of pathways. Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, 33(9), 1236–1245.
Miller, B. D., & Wood, B. L. (1997). Influence of specific emotional states on autonomic reactivity and pulmonary function in asthmatic children. Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, 36(5), 669–677.
Wood, B. (1985). Proximity and hierarchy: Orthogonal dimensions of family interconnectedness. Family Process, 24(4), 487–507.
Wood, B. L. (1993). Beyond the “psychosomatic family”: A biobehavioral family model of pediatric illness. Family Process, 32(3), 261–278.
Wood, B., & Talmon, M. (1983). Family boundaries in transition: A search for alternatives. Family Process, 22(3), 347–357.
Wood, B., Watkins, J. B., Boyle, J. T., Nogueira, J., Zimand, E., & Carroll, L. (1989). The “psychosomatic family” model: An empirical and theoretical analysis. Family Process, 28(4), 399.
Wood, B. L., Klebba, K. B., & Miller, B. D. (2000). Evolving the biobehavioral family model: The fit of attachment. Family Process, 39(3), 319–344.
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Breunlin, D.C., James, C.R.M. (2019). Wood, Beatrice. In: Lebow, J.L., Chambers, A.L., Breunlin, D.C. (eds) Encyclopedia of Couple and Family Therapy. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-49425-8_700
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