Category: Faculty

May 13, 2023

A Scoping Review of Household Factors Contributing to Dietary Quality and Food Security in Low Income Households with School-Age Children in the U.S.

The aim of this scoping review is to identify the contributing household factors to dietary quality and food security in U.S. households of school-aged children 5 to 19 years and synthesize the evidence around emergent themes for application to future...

May 1, 2023

The Role of Peers’ Executive Function and Classroom Quality in Preschoolers’ School Readiness

The present study examined associations between peers' EF and gains in individual children's EF, language, mathematics, and literacy skills across the preschool year, and whether these associations are moderated by classroom quality. Participants included three cohorts of children, their parents,...

May 1, 2023

The relations between teacher-child relationships in preschool and children’s outcomes in kindergarten

This study examined relations between closeness and conflict in the teacher-child relationship in preschool and children's problem behaviors, social skills, and executive function (EF) in kindergarten, and examined if these relations are moderated by parental education.

April 27, 2023

Center for Families announces 2023 Funding Recipients

Center for Families announces the 2023 Funding Recipients – Congratulations faculty and students focused on research about families!

April 24, 2023

Your suffering is my stressor: Proinflammatory gene expression rises with spousal distress in middle-aged and older couples

Marital quality shares ties to inflammation-related conditions like cardiovascular disease and diabetes. Lab-based studies implicate hostility during marital conflict as a mechanism via inflammatory reactivity, but little attention has been paid to the inflammatory aftermath of other marital exchanges.

April 24, 2023

479 Insomnia and Depression Trajectories in Women with and without Breast Cancer: Protective Effects of Satisfying Relationships

Breast cancer survivors have a high risk for chronic disease and early mortality, especially if their psychological and physical symptoms persist beyond treatment.

April 18, 2023

Dysfunctional communication patterns can affect immune system function in married couples, study suggests

Research published in Psychoneuroendocrinology has confirmed that negative communication patterns in heterosexual marriages are associated with decreased immune system functioning along with less positive and more negative emotions. The research highlights the physical and emotional consequences for those in marriages...

April 16, 2023

A Romantic-Partner Model of Mental Health

Romantic relationships are ubiquitous among adolescents and adults the world over. More than 90% of adults in the United States will marry at some point, and cohabitation is increasingly common among unmarried adults.

April 11, 2023

Simultaneous Recording of Objective Sleep in Mothers and School-aged Children with Developmental Disabilities: A Pilot Study of Actigraphy and Videosomnography

Mothers of school-aged children ages 3 to 17 years with developmental disabilities (DDs) commonly report sleep problems in their children associated with impaired maternal sleep. However, existing research relies heavily on mothers’ self-reported sleep. This study aimed to determine the...

April 10, 2023

CFF Faculty Partner, Maria Marshall, leading extension efforts on USDA grant for sustainable agriculture project

Purdue University has received two grants of $1 million each from the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s National Institute of Food and Agriculture for five-year projects to enhance sustainable agricultural systems.

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