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

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1. Member Luke T. Russell, Ph.D., CFLE, was interviewed by National Public Radio affiliate WGLT about a new center at Illinois State University working to facilitate meaningful intergenerational relationships on campus.
   
   It's "really about this kind of epidemic of loneliness and this history of what I would call mono-generational practices," Dr. Russell said in the article. "We oftentimes stay in areas where we only interact with people of similar ages, or at similar life stages as us. The team that we've brought together is really interested in... how do we get some of that intergenerational contact facilitated?"
    
2. Member Susan L. Brown, Ph.D., was quoted by CNN.com about her research on gray divorce for a piece on questions couples over 50 should ask if they're considering living together.
   
   "My research has shown that following a gray divorce, women and men are more likely to form a cohabitation than a remarriage, signaling that cohabitation is gaining ground among older adults these days,” Dr. Brown said in the article.
    
3. NCFR Fellow William J. Doherty, Ph.D., was featured in a UConn Magazine article highlighting Braver Angels, the organization he founded, and how the principles used through Braver Angels connect to couples therapy principles, including "careful listening to try to understand the other person, as they see themselves. The willingness to admit that your side is not perfect. It does not have all the answers," Dr. Doherty said in the article.
    
4. A 2022 open-access Journal of Marriage and Family (JMF) article about parent–adult child estrangement was cited in two media articles in July. The JMF article, "Parent–adult child estrangement in the United States by gender, race/ethnicity, and sexuality," found that 26% of adult children respondents reported estrangement from fathers, and 6% of respondents reported estrangement from mothers. Results "show heterogeneity by gender, race/ethnicity, and sexuality," according to the article abstract. The two media pieces were:
    
   1. a Parents.com piece about adult children cutting off contact with their parents
       
   2. a HuffPost piece about being a mother when you are estranged from your own mother