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by Ashley Rockwell, doctoral student, Department of Sociology, Georgia State University
The National Football League (NFL) has a long-standing domestic violence problem.
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by Jacki Fitzpatrick, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Texas Tech University
There have been ongoing discussions about the NFL's influence on cultural values/behaviors in social processes, such as family functioning and domestic violence.
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by Michelle D. Sherman, Ph.D., Kyle R. Hawkey, M.Ed., and Lynne M. Borden, Ph.D., Department of Family Social Sciences, Center for Research and Outreach, University of Minnesota
Supporting military families across all phases of the deployment cycle is important, and attention to the reintegration phase is especially relevant.
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by Jan D. Brooks, M.Ed., Department of Human and Community Development, University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign; Sarai Coba-Rodriguez, M.S., Department of Human and Community Development, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
What is life like for families still living in poverty today in South Africa, 20 years after apartheid?
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by Jay A. Mancini, Ph.D., Department of Human Development and Family Science, University of Georgia; Gary L. Bowen, Ph.D., Department of Social Work, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
In 1949, Reuben Hill published Families Under Stress: Adjustment to the Crises of War Separation and Reunion.
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by Clara Gerhardt, Ph.D., CFLE, Department of Human Development and Family Science, Samford University; Thea Loubser, M.A.
Societal violence and the extremes of war have far-reaching effects on both adult and child victims
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This Family Focus section of NCFR Report — "Conflict, Violence, and War" — contains articles on ambiguous loss and disappearance of loved ones and more.
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Mapping Family Change and Child Well-Being Outcomes
The World Family Map report monitors the global health of families by tracking 16 indicators in 49 countries, representing all regions of the world.
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This 2015 report from the Pew Research Center details survey findings about how parents use social media for information-gathering and social support.
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Parent Education and Guidance
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The United Nations' Millennium Development Goals Report 2015 reflects on efforts since the year 2000 to achieve eight anti-poverty goals around the world.
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This 2015 report by the Pew Research Center aims at understanding intergenerational relations in three countries that are undergoing rapid aging.
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Human Growth and Development Across the Lifespan
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The Journal of Juvenile Justice is a semi-annual, peer-reviewed journal available free online.
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This set of U.S. Census Bureau statistics comes from the 2014 Current Population Survey's Annual Social and Economic Supplement.
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The Winter 2015 issue of Healthy Generations — a publication of the U. of Minnesota's School of Public Health — focuses on incarceration and public health.
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by Vivian J. Carlson, Ph.D., Professor and Human Development and Family Studies Chair, Department of Human Development and Family Studies, University of Saint Joseph; Rev. Angelia D. Hemric, Missionary, Global Partners
In very resource-poor communities, intimate partner violence (IPV) is often accepted as inevitable because so many stressors and triggers interact.
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Interpersonal Relationships
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by Nancy Nason-Clark, Ph.D., Professor of Sociology, University of New Brunswick, Canada
Churches and their leaders can be part of the solution to domestic violence, not just part of the problem.
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Religion and Families
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by Jonathan C. Davis, Ph.D., LMFT, CFLE, Associate Professor, Human Development and Family Life Education, Samford University
Most academics and students like to think of our campuses as safe places.
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Interpersonal Relationships
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These two documents summarize the benchmark measures selected by grantees of the Maternal, Infant and Early Childhood Home Visiting Program.
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An initiative persuades foundations and organizations to support more robust strategic communication programs using the most effective, persuasive messages.
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Family Law and Public Policy
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by Sarah Bradshaw
A healthy individual may struggle finding a family-work balance, but imagine the challenges when a chronic illness is added to the mix.
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The 2014 KIDS COUNT Data Book from the Annie E. Casey Foundation provides a detailed picture of how children are faring in the United States.
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This well-known piece about white privilege provides examples of visible and invisible advantages that members of dominant cultures experience.
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Evidence from the Gallup World Poll
This report summarizes results from more than 130 countries, documenting differences among industrialized and developing countries. 
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David Brooks' New York Times column begins: "There used to be four common life phases: childhood, adolescence, adulthood and old age. Now, there are at least six."
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Human Growth and Development Across the Lifespan