• Sexual Minority Parents' Perceptions of Their Residential Communities as Tolerant vs. Supportive
• LGBTQ Community Connection Among New Invisible Sexual Minority Mothers
• Heterosexism, Instability, and Commitment in Same-sex Relationships
• Understanding LGB Identity Salience in Context: Race, Place, Gender, and Sexuality
• The Paradox of Visibility: Perspectives on Community Involvement and Victimization from LGBTQ+ Youth

• The Moderating Effects of Gender on Substance Use and Protective Mechanisms Among Hispanic Urban Youth
• Parental Involvement in School and Adolescent Drug Use: Spillover Effects and Tipping Points
• Mediating the Link Between Gang Presence and Substance Use Among Latino(a) Youth
• 2015 NCFR Innovation Grant Winner - How Does Place Matter? Examining Latino Caregiver-child Dynamics in a New Immigrant Destination

• Can Supportive Coparenting Protect New Mothers' and Fathers' Parenting Quality From Work-Family Conflict?
• Paternal Support Factors as Predictors of Change in Mothers' Mental Health Across the Transition to Parenthood
• Transitions in Maternal Work Schedules: Implications for Infant Mental Health in Impoverished Families
• Low-wage Parents' Early Work Conditions and Children's Academic Readiness

• Evaluation of a Universal Screening Protocol for Violence in a CFT Clinical Training Clinic
• Speaking the Client's Language: Practicing Language Switching as Social Justice in Therapy
• Applying Structural Family Therapy to Sports Team Performance Problems
• The Treatment of Adjustment Disorder: A Symbolic-experiential Case Study
• A Couple-based Personality Prototype Based on Big Five: A Latent Class Analysis
• Effects of Child Therapy Following Post Traumatic Stress on Family Dyads

• A Meta-analysis of Youth-focused Relationship Education
• Integrating Relationship Education: Strengthen the Safety Net for Families
• Couple Characteristics and Different Types of Marriage Preparation Interventions
• Changes in Marital Communication Patterns After Premarital Education

• The Contexts of Child Abuse: Using an Ecological Model to Help Students Understand the Complex Factors Associated With Child Abuse
• "Find Your Match!": An Activity for Applying Social Exchange Theory to Romantic Relationships
• Using An Exercise on Family Poverty to Teach Human Ecological Theory
• Infographics: An Innovative Tool to Teach Family Stress Theories and Digital/Visual Literacy
• "Show Me Your Family and I Will Show You Mine": An Activity for Immersing Students in Family Development Theory
• Develecological Parenting: Bronfenbrenner in the Family

Table topics:

1. African American Families and Incarceration or Police Brutality
2. Latino Families and Immigration
3. Muslim Families and Islamophobia within North America
4. Native American/Indigenous Families and Historic Trauma
5. White Families and White Privilege

Sponsored by North Dakota State University

Open and free to all affiliate council members (state/regional and student) this year. To RSVP, add this workshop to your conference registration at my.ncfr.org.

The workshop will include roundtables/networking, a workshop topic, and presentation of affiliate awards. Refreshments will be available.

Sponsored by the University of Southern Mississippi

• Dyadic Analyses of Couples' Daily Reports of Love and Sexual Satisfaction
• Couple Conflict, Relationship Efficacy, and Relationship Outcomes
• The Rewards and Costs of Parenthood as Predictors of Relationship Quality: A Dyadic Analysis
• Sexual Satisfaction Associated With a Shift in Dyadic Trajectories of Depression in German Couples Across Five Years
• Romantic Relationship Work: Sharing Our Problems With Parents and Friends
• Daily Stress and Relationship Quality: The Role of Emotion Regulation

Note: The start time for this session has changed.

All attendees are welcome to attend the member meetings of NCFR's sections. These are opportunities for you to become more involved with NCFR and the sections that match your areas of interest.

The Families and Health Section is sponsored this year by the Glen Taylor Nursing Institute for Family & Society at Minnesota State University Mankato.

Human trafficking represents a threat to the psychological wellness and rights of individuals, families, and communities. This talk will describe human trafficking using a human rights lens and include considerations for clinical work with survivors.

Sponsored by the University of Minnesota

• Attitudes to Transnational Intermarriage in China
• Acculturation Gaps, Perceived Stress, and Refugee Family Functioning
• The Journey Home: The Return Migration Experiences of Taiwanese Adult Former "Parachute Kids"
• Research Challenges With African Families: Dilemma of Cultural Rights vs. Human Rights

• Applying the Contextual Model of Family Stress to Guide Therapeutic Intervention and Prevention: The Example of Ambiguous Loss, Globally and Locally
• Viewing Family Grief Through Cultural Lenses
• Contributions of Communities to Family Resilience
• Observations on Contexts and Family Stress: Perspectives From a Family Therapist
• The Future of Family Stress Theorizing and Research

Sponsored by North Dakota State University

• Parent Feeding Practices With Siblings: A Mixed-methods Study
• The Developmental Unfolding of Sibling Influences on Alcohol Use Over Time
• Sibling Tension and Psychological Well-being in Midlife
• Siblings and Well-being in Very Late Life

• Using Sesame Street to Start Critical Conversations About Parental Incarceration in Minnesota
• Using Diverse Methods to Disseminate Research on Parental Incarceration to Public Audiences
• Leveraging Diverse Methods to Communicate Research on Parental Incarceration to Policymakers, Professionals, and Graduate Student Audiences