Category: HDFS

September 26, 2022

Purdue Center for Families shapes policy, discovery to improve family outcomes

“The idea of family and the work that families do becomes more and more important,” said Shelley MacDermid Wadsworth, professor of human development and family studies and director of the Center for Families. “If families are not able to do...

April 20, 2022

Congrats to 2022 Funding Recipients!

Lorene Burkhart Award for Excellence in Research about Families Rosie Shrout, PhD, Assistant Professor of Human Development and Family Studies, College of Health and Human Sciences Breast Cancer Survivors' Satisfying Marriages Predict Better Psychological and Physical Health: A Longitudinal Comparison...

April 1, 2022

CFF Celebrates 25th Anniversary

The Center for Families and the Military Family Research Institute at Purdue Universityheld a joint anniversary celebration on April 1, marking 25 years for CFF and 20 for MFRI. The event, titled “Forging Better Futures for Families,” attracted a capacity...

October 8, 2021

Purdue’s Military Family Research Institute partners with Hamilton Center to promote high standards of care for military families

The Military Family Research Institute at Purdue University (MFRI) has reached a milestone in its goal of promoting high-quality care for veterans, current service members and their families. Hamilton Center in Terre Haute has become the first three-star center in...

May 6, 2021

Purdue addiction studies concentration awards its first graduate

Issues of Substance Abuse in Family Systems investigates the family component of addiction. “That connected a lot to my internship because everybody has a family. A lot of codependency and substance use starts in childhood… I was always, always interested

May 5, 2021

Want to improve your child’s math skills? Read them a book.

CFF Faculty Partners, David Purpura and Sara Schmitt, collaborated with a professional children’s book author and illustrator to produce “The Little Elephants” series starring Benjamin, Lucy and their best friend,

April 29, 2020

Strength in Single Mother Families Newsletter

The Resilient Families Lab at Purdue University released their April 2020 newsletter on the Strength in Single Mother Families project. The project, led by Zoe Taylor, Associate Professor in the Human Development and Families Studies Department at Purdue, studies the risks...

April 16, 2020

Families Tackling Tough Times Together – an online support community during COVID-19 pandemic

“Families are facing stress from numerous actions associated with the COVID-19 pandemic,” said Shelley MacDermid Wadsworth, “Every family has strengths, but at times like this they can benefit from being encouraged and reminded of that. We are providing resources to...

June 12, 2018

Block play could improve your child’s math skills, executive functioning

Semi-structured block play among preschool-age children has the potential to improve two skills – mathematics and executive functioning – critical to kindergarten readiness, according a new study by Sara Schmitt, an assistant professor in the Department of Human Development and

October 31, 2017

Making the Most of Talk About Numbers

Parent number talk is critical to young children’s math learning. Here are easy ways to make number talk a part of everyday life.