Keep up with the latest research from the three scholarly NCFR journals — Journal of Marriage & Family (JMF), Family Relations: Interdisciplinary Journal of Applied Family Science (FR), and Journal of Family Theory & Review (JFTR) — all of which publish early-view articles online. Below are the early-view articles published within the listed timeframe.

New Early-View Articles (June 9 – June 22)

Journal of Family Theory & Review

• Relationship education and couples experiencing violence: Is something better than nothing? — Kaley G. Turner, M. L. Parker
• Ecoexpansive kinship: A model for expanding conceptualizations of family to include companion animals — Rachel M. Schmitz, Heather A. Love, Jennifer Tabler

Journal of Marriage and Family

• How intergenerational estrangement matters for maternal and adult children's health (open access) — Rin Reczek, Mieke Beth Thomeer, Christina Bijou
• The life course boat: A theoretical framework for analyzing variation in family lives across time, place, and social location (open access) — Anette Eva Fasang, Rob J. Gruijters, Zachary Van Winkle
• Heterogenous causal effects: Potentials and pitfalls as illustrated with fatherhood and earnings (open access) — Peter Fallesen, Lars Højsgaard Andersen, Felix Elwert
• “The panic stays in your mind…concentrating more on the worries than the relationship”: Intimate partnerships during COVID-19 for immigrant women in New York City — Heather M. Wurtz, Goleen Samari

Family Relations

• The role of Black men in protecting Black girls' sexual development (open access) — Natasha Crooks, Wuraola Sosina, Alyssa Debra, Diamond Coleman, Rabiatu Barrie, Randi Singer
• Residual and emergent: Good mother ideals in China and the role of cultural values — Yixuan Liu, Yi Xu
• Motor behaviors in children with autism spectrum disorder with a neurotypical sibling — Yuemei Lu, Janet L. Hauck
• Family leisure and negative links between family of origin adversity and marital satisfaction — Jocelyn S. Wikle, Ashley Forbush, Jeremy Yorgason, Erin K. Holmes
• The Illinois Strong Couples project: A proof of concept for sustainable, effective couples' programming (open access) — Allen W. Barton, Noah B. Larsen, Qiujie Gong, Illinois Strong Couples project team

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