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Recently, although studies have attempted to provide guidance for family therapy by focusing on the relationship between family function and negative emotions, the specific effects of improved family function during family therapy on alleviation of anxiety and depressive symptoms have been obscured. Thus, this study attempted to elucidate the impact of specific family functioning on specific symptoms of anxiety and depression through network analysis.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Methods<\/jats:title><jats:p>Family APGAR Index Questionnaire (APGAR), Generalized Anxiety Scale (GAD-7), and Patient Health Questionnaire Depression Scale (PHQ-9) were used to survey 897 adults with disabilities in Sichuan Province. Meanwhile, network analysis for studying the relationship between anxiety, depression and family functioning among the disabled via R software.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Results<\/jats:title><jats:p>The network analysis showed that (1) Nodes PHQ4 (\u201cEnergy\u201d), APGAR3 (\u201cGrowth\u201d), GAD1 (\u201cNervousness\u201d) and GAD4 (\u201cRelaxing Trouble\u201d) were central nodes in the network model; (2) Bridge nodes linking family function, anxiety and depressive symptoms in the sample were PHQ9 (\u201cSuicide ideation\u201d), PHQ6 (\u201cWorthlessness\u201d), GAD1 (\u201cNervousness\u201d) and GAD5 (\u201cRestlessness\u201d); (3) The node APGAR5 (\u201cResolve\u201d) directly connects the bridge symptoms PHQ9 (\u201cSuicide ideation\u201d) and PHQ8 (\u201cMotor\u201d).<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Conclusion<\/jats:title><jats:p>This study suggests that therapists could target the resolve of family members during family therapy to reduce suicidal ideation and enhance the level of activity of people with disabilities, thereby improving the network of anxiety and depression symptoms and alleviating negative emotions of people with disabilities.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.3389\/fpubh.2023.1181203","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2023,10,31]],"date-time":"2023-10-31T09:50:31Z","timestamp":1698745831000},"update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3389\/crossmark-policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":23,"title":["Family function, anxiety and depression in adults with disabilities: a network analysis"],"prefix":"10.3389","volume":"11","author":[{"given":"Bin","family":"Wang","sequence":"first","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Dongling","family":"Yuan","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Xiao","family":"Zhong","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Fan","family":"Yang","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Haojie","family":"Fu","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"1965","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2023,10,31]]},"reference":[{"key":"B1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","first-page":"560","DOI":"10.24869\/psyd.2021.560","article-title":"Relationship between stigma and mental health of physicaly disabled: mediating effect of resilience","volume":"33","author":"Liu","year":"2021","journal-title":"Psychiatr Danub."},{"key":"B2","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","first-page":"314","DOI":"10.1016\/j.jad.2015.09.005","article-title":"What are \u201cgood\u201d depression symptoms? 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