Family Focus Articles
Each issue of NCFR Report features a "Family Focus" section containing research- and practice-based articles on that issue's theme, written by family scholars and professionals.
Authors are needed for upcoming issues of Family Focus. View current calls for submissions.
NCFR members can access full PDFs of past Family Focus sections.
2024
2023
- Winter 2023: Parenting Education – Articles currently open to the public
- Fall 2023: Families in the Postpandemic Era
- Summer 2023: Marginalized Families
- Spring 2023: Behind-the-Scenes
2022
- Winter 2022: Families in the Shadows (Part 2)
- Fall 2022: Families in the Shadows (Part 1)
- Summer 2022: Promoting Mental Health
- Spring 2022: A New "Normal"
2021
- Winter 2021: Bridging the Research-Practice Divide
- Fall 2021: Dismantling Structural Inequality and Racism
- Summer 2021: Recovering From COVID-19
- Spring 2021: Mending Relationships
2020
- Winter 2020: Best of Focus, 2015-2019
- Fall 2020: Contouring Family Science’s Negative Spaces
- Summer 2020: Immigration
- Spring 2020: Family Rituals
2019
- Winter 2019: Nonnormative Transitions
- Fall 2019: Family Sustainability: Contextualizing Relationships Within Evolving Systems
- Summer 2019: Families Living Outside Society’s Systems
- Spring 2019: Policies with Unintended Consequences
2018
- Winter 2018: Understanding Gun Violence From a Family Perspective
- Fall 2018: Families and Cultural Intersections
- Summer 2018: Play and Leisure
- Spring 2018: Fictive Kin
2017
- Winter 2017: Families with Differences
- Fall 2017: Families as Catalysts
- Summer 2017: Sleep
- Spring 2017: "Doing Family" from a Distance
2016
- Winter 2016: Entrepreneurship and Family Business
- Fall 2016: Families and Human Rights
- Summer 2016: Families and Obesity
- Spring 2016: Cultural Sea Change and Families
2015
- Winter 2015: Best of Report
- Fall 2015: Conflict, Violence, and War
- Summer 2015: Effective Communication
- Spring 2015: Family Resource Management
2014
- Winter 2014: Dating and Mate Selection
- Fall 2014: International Intimate Partner Violence
- Summer 2014: Early Childhood
- Spring 2014: Families and the Criminal Justice System
2013
- Winter 2013: Aging
- Fall 2013: Families and Therapy
- Summer 2013: Family Demography
- Spring 2013: Global Families
2012
- Winter 2012: Families and Spirituality
- Fall 2012: "Open Mic"
- Summer 2012: Teaching Family Science
- Spring 2012: Military Families
2011
- Winter 2011: LGBT Families
- Fall 2011: Intergenerational Relationships
- Summer 2011: Transitioning to Parenthood
- Spring 2011: Couples
2010
2009
- Winter 2009: Poverty
- Fall 2009: Immigration/Migration
- Summer 2009: Cohabitation
- Spring 2009: Fatherhood
2008
2007
2006
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Family Focus is part of NCFR Report, a copyrighted publication of the National Council on Family Relations (NCFR). No part of NCFR Report, including Family Focus articles, may be reprinted, reproduced, disseminated, or distributed by any means, including for classroom use, without permission of NCFR.
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