IU School of Liberal Arts

Linda G. Bell

Campus Address: Cavanaugh 307-D and SON 426
Phone: (317)274-0299
Email: lgbell@iupui.edu
Website: http://www.familylegacies.net
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Appointments

Professor of Communication Studies in the School of Liberal Arts and
Professor of Family Health in the School of Nursing

Professor Emerita of Psychology and Family Therapy, University of Houston - Clear Lake

Licensed Psychologist; Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist
ABPP, Family Psychology
AAMFT Approved Supervisor

1985-1987 Visiting Researcher, Japanese National Institute of Mental Health, Ichikawa, Japan. Dr. Bell also provided supervision and training in family therapy to many Japanese therapists through various Japanese clinics, hospitals and universities at a time when family therapy was just starting to grow as a profession in Japan.

1976-1991 Professor of Behavioral Sciences, and Director of Training in Family Therapy ('82-'85), University of Houston - Clear Lake. Dr. Bell initiated and helped develop a nationally accredited training program in family therapy. In 1986 the program was selected as a model program in the state of Texas.

Education

B.A. Oberlin College 196l
M.A. U. of Texas at Austin 1968; Ph.D. Duke University 1973;
National Institute of Mental Health Postdoctoral Research Fellow, U. of Chicago 1974-76
Family Institute of Chicago - Northwestern; postdoctoral training program 1974-76

Academic Interests

The relationships between family communication and family system processes and the health and wellbeing of family members, particularly adolescents.

Dr. Bell is involved in a 40-year cross-cultural longitudinal study of marriage and family; samples from the U.S. and Japan. The study involves structured home interviews and 25-year follow-ups. More information about this research can be found at www.familylegacies.net.

Teaching

Dr. Bell teaches in the areas of interpersonal, restorative, health and family communitation (School of Liberal Arts) and family health (School of Nursing). She also supervises and trains in family therapy.

Awards

Texas Association for Marriage and Family Therapy Special Commendation Award for Outstanding Dedication and Commitment to the Development of Marriage and Family Therapy in Texas (2006).

Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board grant. A longitudinal study of marriage from mid-life through old age (2000-02).

Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board grant. Adolescent family process: inter-generational patterns; relationship to mid-life well-being and adult child-elder parent relationships (1998-2000).

Japanese Ministry of Health and Welfare Scientific Research Fund grant: Adolescence and the Family Environment, A Cross Cultural Study (with T. Munakata, D.C. Bell, and Y. Kohno, 1987i-89).

NIMH research grants: Individual-Group Interface: Focus on the Family (with David Bell, 1977-83).

Hogg Foundation for Mental Health grant: Family System Dynamics and Child Abuse (with Blaire and Rita Justice, 1977-83).

Publications

Spath, M. L., Godfrey, J., Taylor, A., and Bell, L. G. (2011). "Promoting interdisciplinary care of patients and families: A classroom project". Nurse Educator, 43,175-178.

Bell, L. G. (2011). "Communication in families related to health and illness". in M. Craft-Rosenberg and Pehler, S. R. Eds., Encyclopedia of Family Health. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage, 214-215.

Bell, L. G. and Bell, D. C. (2009). "Effects of Family Connection and Family Individuation". Attachment and Human Development, 11, 471-490.

Bell, L. G. (2009). "Mindful psychotherapy". Journal of Spirituality in Mental Health, 11 (1&2).

Bell, L. G., Meyer, J., Rehal, D., Swope, C. Martin, D and Lakhani, A (2007). "Connection and individuation as separate and independent processes: A qualitative analysis", Journal of Family Psychotherapy.

Bell, L. G. and Bell, D. C. (2005). "Family dynamics in adolescence affect midlife well-being". Journal of Family Psychology.

Bell, L. G., Dendo, H., Nakata, Y., Bell, D. C., Munakata, T., and Nakamura, S. (2004). "The experience of family in Japan and the United States: Working with the constraints inherent in cross-cultural research". Journal of Comparative Family Studies.

Bell, L. G., D. C. Bell, and Y. Nakata. (2001). "Triangulation and Adolescent Development in the U. S. and Japan", Family Process.

Bell, L. G. (1992). "Song without words". In R. Simon, C. Barrilleaus, M.S. Wylie, and L. M. Markowitz (Eds.), The Evolving Therapist, New York: Guilford, 81 - 86. (reprinted from The Family Therapy Networker, 13, no. 2.

Bell, L. G., L. Ericksen, C. Cornwell, & D. C. Bell. (1991). "Experienced closeness and distance among family members". Contemporary Family Therapy.

Bell, D. C. & L. G. Bell. (1989). "Micro and macro measurement of family systems concepts". Journal of Family Psychology.

Bell, L. G., C. Cornwell, & D. C. Bell. (1988) "Peer relationships of adolescent daughters: A reflection of family relationship patterns", Family Relations.

Bell, L. G. (1986). "Using the Family Paper Sculpture for education, therapy, and research", Contemporary Family Therapy.

Bell, L. G. & D. C. Bell. (1984). "Family climate and the role of the female adolescent: Determinants of adolescent functioning", In D. H. Olson and B. C. Miller (eds.), Family Studies Yearbook, Vol. II (295-303), Beverly Hills: Sage. (Reprinted from Family Relations, 1982).

Bell, D. C. & L. G. Bell. (1983). "Parental validation and support in the development of adolescent daughters", In H. D. Grotevant and C. R. Cooper (eds.), Adolescent Development in the Family: New Directions for Child Development (pp. 27-42), San Francisco: Jossey-Bass.