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by Judith Treas, Ph.D., Professor of Sociology, University of California, Irvine
Housework has been a gold mine for research.
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Families and Individuals in Societal Contexts
Family Resource Management
Internal Dynamics of Families
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by Benjamin Karney, Ph.D. Professor of Social Psychology, UCLA
Relationship expert, Benjamin Karney from UCLA, discusses couples and stress.
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Internal Dynamics of Families
Interpersonal Relationships
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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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Interpersonal Relationships
Parent Education and Guidance
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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 Law and Public Policy
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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
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RAND has many research briefs on child and family well-being.  Find them here.
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Human Growth and Development Across the Lifespan
Internal Dynamics of Families
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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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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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Internal Dynamics of Families
Interpersonal Relationships
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by Leah Schmalzbauer, Ph.D., Montana State University
Whereas poor women used to migrate primarily to reunite with family, they are increasingly migrating in search of wages to support their children.
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Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
Families and Individuals in Societal Contexts
Family Law and Public Policy
Internal Dynamics of Families
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by Richard Rhodes, Guest Columnist, Winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Non-Fiction (1988) and the National Book Award (1987)
I know today that violence is not genetic nor merely neurological: violence is learned through a process of violent socialization.
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Family Health
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Internal Dynamics of Families
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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
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