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/ncfr-report/focus/couples/challenges-sharing-couple-bed
by Paul C. Rosenblatt, Ph.D., Morse–Alumni Distinguished Teaching Professor, Department of Family Social Science, University of Minnesota, St. Paul, MN, [email protected]
Family research and theory can illuminate everyday taken-for-granted relationship life in ways that enrich, empower, and educate the general public.
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Internal Dynamics of Families
Interpersonal Relationships
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/ncfr-report/focus/couples/stress-bad-couples-right
by Benjamin Karney, Ph.D. Professor of Social Psychology, UCLA
Relationship expert, Benjamin Karney from UCLA, discusses couples and stress.
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Family Health
Internal Dynamics of Families
Interpersonal Relationships
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http://archive.constantcontact.com/fs008/1101701160827/archive/1105080357122.html
A new Child Trends brief finds that relationship quality between parents is consistently and positively associated with better outcomes for children and families.
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Internal Dynamics of Families
Interpersonal Relationships
Parent Education and Guidance
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http://www.childtrends.org/Files/Child_Trends-2011_01_05_RB_YoungAdultShips.pdf
Child Trends analyzed data from the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health. Results indicate that young adult relationships are fairly diverse.
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Family Health
Human Growth and Development Across the Lifespan
Human Sexuality
Interpersonal Relationships
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/ncfr-report/focus/child-abuse-neglect/domestic-violence-and-child-abuse-what-connection-do-we-know
By Michael P. Johnson, Ph.D., Associate Professor Emeritus, Penn State University
One of NCFR's leading scholars on domestic violence examines the link between Intimate Partner Violence and child abuse.
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Family Health
Family Law and Public Policy
Internal Dynamics of Families
Interpersonal Relationships
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/sites/default/files/Ellis-Van%20Campen%20article-3-2009_0.pdf
A study shows that girls start to menstruate earlier when they experience biologically-disrupted homes in early childhood.
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Human Growth and Development Across the Lifespan
Human Sexuality
Internal Dynamics of Families
Interpersonal Relationships
Parent Education and Guidance
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/ncfr-report/focus/cohabitation/sliding-vs-deciding-understanding-mystery
By Scott M. Stanley, Research Professor and Co-director of the Center for Marital and Family Studies, and Galena K. Rhoades is a senior researcher at the Center for Marital and Family Studies, University of Denver.
The belief that cohabiting prior to marriage lowers one's odds of divorce has no evidence going for it, yet it is a strongly held belief.
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Families and Individuals in Societal Contexts
Internal Dynamics of Families
Interpersonal Relationships
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/ncfr-report/focus/innovations/prayer-relationships-new-area-scientific-research
By Frank D. Fincham, PhD, Eminent Scholar & Director, Family Institute, The Florida State University
What does science offer to support the power of prayer? Nothing it seems....up to now. But that is changing.
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Interpersonal Relationships
Religion and Families
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/ncfr-report/focus/divorce-relationship-dissolution/divorce-and-dissolution-recognizing-reality
by Stephanie Coontz, Evergreen State College
To help individuals and society cope with [divorce], we need to move beyond sweeping generalizations about the "average" outcome of divorce.
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Families and Individuals in Societal Contexts
Internal Dynamics of Families
Interpersonal Relationships
Parent Education and Guidance
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/sites/default/files/Burton-Cherlin%20Trust%20Typology%20graphic.pdf
by Linda M. Burton, Ph.D., James B. Duke Professor of Sociology, Duke University, and Andrew J. Cherlin, Ph.D., Benjamin H. Griswold III Professor of Sociology and Public Policy, Department of Sociology, Johns Hopkins University
Trust is jiggly, and it can look like something it is not.
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Family Law and Public Policy
Interpersonal Relationships
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/ncfr-report/focus/divorce-relationship-dissolution/divorce-kids-point-view-damage-control-empowermen
by Isolina Ricci, Ph.D., LMFT
During the stressful period prior to the separation — and often for several years afterward — even the most dedicated parents are unsteady.
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Counseling and Therapy
Families and Individuals in Societal Contexts
Interpersonal Relationships
Parent Education and Guidance
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/ncfr-report/focus/divorce-relationship-dissolution/divorce-and-well-being-adults-and-children
by Paul R. Amato, Ph.D., Arnold and Bette Hoffman Professor of Family Sociology and Demography, The Pennsylvania State University
Research has consistently demonstrated that children and adults who go through a divorce experience declines in subjective well-being and physical health.
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Families and Individuals in Societal Contexts
Internal Dynamics of Families
Interpersonal Relationships
Parent Education and Guidance
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