Welcome to the Family Science 5, helping you catch up on some of the Family Science research and researchers featured in the media during April 2024.

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1. NPR's special April series, "The Science of Siblings," featured NCFR journal articles and several NCFR members, including:
   • "Blended Families are Common. Here Are Tips to Help Stepsiblings Get Along" — features NCFR Fellows Marilyn Coleman, Ph.D., and Lawrence H. Ganong, Ph.D., and members Patricia L. Papernow, Ed.D., and Caroline Sanner, Ph.D.
   • "Got Brothers or Sisters? Warm Sibling Bonds Help Boost Happiness as You Age" — features member Megan Gilligan, Ph.D.
   • "At the Heart of This Cozy Coffee Shop Lies a Big Sister's Love for Her Little Brothers" — features member Shawn D. Whiteman, Ph.D.; the 2020 Journal of Family Theory & Review (JFTR) article "Sibling Relationship in Adulthood: Research Findings and New Frontiers," whose authors include Dr. Gilligan; and the 2012 Journal of Marriage and Family (JMF) article "Sibling Relationships and Influences in Childhood and Adolescence," whose authors include Dr. Whiteman and NCFR Fellow Kimberly A. Updegraff, Ph.D.
   • "All Grown Up, But Still Fighting? Why More Siblings Are Turning to Therapy, Together" — features member Geoffrey L. Greif, Ph.D., LCSW-C, and the aforementioned 2012 JMF article.
      
2. Time interviewed member Karen Benjamin Guzzo, Ph.D., and linked to the 2022 JMF article "An Increasing Disinterest in Fatherhood Among Childless Men in the United States: A Brief Report," for its feature "Why So Many Women Are Waiting Longer to Have Kids."
    
3. The Washington Post cited the 2021 JMF article "Does Couple Communication Predict Later Relationship Quality and Dissolution? A Meta-Analysis" in its piece about couple communication problems. JMF authors include NCFR members Jeremy B. Kanter, Ph.D., Justin A. Lavner, Ph.D., and J. Kale Monk, Ph.D., CFLE.
    
4. American Heart Association News interviewed member Keith V. Osai, Ph.D., for its article about the links between siblings and health. It also cites the 2014 article from Family Relations: Journal of Applied Family Science (FR), "Family Relationships and Adolescents' Health Attitudes and Weight: The Understudied Role of Sibling Relationships," whose authors include Dr. Whiteman.
    
5. Time interviewed NCFR Fellow William J. Doherty, Ph.D., for its piece, "It’s Going to Be Rough Around the Thanksgiving Table This Year. Start Planning Now." The article also highlights the organization Dr. Doherty co-founded, Braver Angels, a "cross-partisan, volunteer-led movement to bridge the partisan divide."