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.

New early-view articles published in all three NCFR journals offer a span of scholarship to include, but not limited to, how families are studied and highlight multidimensional approaches to understanding families, relationships and religion, and more!

New Early-View Articles (December 10 - December 30, 2023)

Family Relations:

• Spousal religious difference, marital satisfaction, and psychological well-being of Chinese older adults — Jia Li, Qi Wang, Xiaochen Zhou

• Contextualizing singlehood among young adults: Exploring the meanings and perceived reasons for being single (open access) — Jonathon J. Beckmeyer, Tyler B. Jamison

• Parental microprotections: Testing measurement equivalence in Black, Latinx, and White families — Aryn M. Dotterer, Melissa Ferguson, Sarah Schwartz, Anthony G. James

• Lessons From the Field. Chronic disease: Action for post-pandemic wellness and health (open access) — Dawn A. Contreras, Danielle Dalimonte-Merckling, Christi R. Demitz, Laura Anderson, Anita Carter, Abigail Cudney, Tanner Derror, Zelda Felix-Mottley, Kai N. Gritter, Sheilah Hebert, Nicole Persing-Wethington, Holly B. Tiret, Elizabeth Williams

• The science of families: Nurturing hope, happiness, and health — Tammy L. Henderson, Patricia Matthews-Juarez, Sharon N. Obasi

• Exploring the associations between being single, romantic importance, and positive well-being in young adulthood (open access) — Nicole K. Watkins, Jonathon J. Beckmeyer, Tyler B. Jamison

• Conceptual review of symbolic cultural practices in children's racial/ethnic identity: Making room for mixed methods inquiry (open access) — Amber B. Sansbury, Megan G. Stutesman, Divya Varier

• Acceptability and feasibility of an intervention for Alaska Native and American Indian couples — Jaedon P. Avey, Kyle Wark, Polly Andrews, James Donadio, Thomas Bradbury, Bobbi Outten

• Role of pandemic-related experiences and maternal psychological distress in maternal rejection (open access) — Ayşe Büşra İplikçi, Yağmur İlgün, Aybegüm Memisoglu-Sanli, Ezgi Aydoğdu Sözen, Basak Sahin-Acar, Aysun Doğan, Deniz Tahiroglu, Sibel Kazak Berument

• Integrity and fidelity in highly religious marriages — Chelom E. Leavitt, Justin J. Hendricks, Rebecca W. Clarke, Loren D. Marks, David C. Dollahite, Andrew H. Rose

• Stressor pileup, family and couple relational well-being, and parent stress during the COVID-19 pandemic (open access) — Anis Ben Brik, Natalie A. Williams, Sarah Barker Ladd

• Sign here: Coresidence contracts for parents and young adults who live together — Jordan Wellsch, Jan Gelech, Kathrina Mazurik

Journal of Family Theory & Review:

• Self-injurious behavior in individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities: An interdisciplinary family systems review (open access) — Caroline L. Roberts, Frank Symons

• Routines and child development: A systematic review (open access) — Saliha B. Selman, Janean E. Dilworth-Bart

• COVID-19: Family resilience in a context of vulnerability — Marcelo R. Ceberio

Journal of Marriage & Family:

• Support matters: How formal and informal institutions shape young Indians' work-family preferences — Ieva Zumbyte

• State-level safety net spending and educational gaps in maternal time with children — Margot Jackson, Haoming Song, Ariel Kalil

• Using experiments to study families and intimate relationships (open access) — Long Doan, Natasha Quadlin, Katharine Khanna

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