Center for Families

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June 25, 2024

Purdue Psychological Sciences researcher to explore daily mood, social engagement effects on potential Alzheimer’s patients

Susan South

Recognizing the signs of Alzheimer’s disease is crucial for families to prepare for treatments and care for older individuals. These signs include memory loss that affects daily life, changes in personality and poor judgement, according to the Centers for Disease...

June 20, 2024

Safe, sustainable, and nutritious food labels: A market segmentation of fresh vegetables consumers

Maria Marshall

Food labels can help consumers make choices by providing information regarding the nutritional content, food safety, and environmental footprint of a product.

June 14, 2024

Food sharing in tourism: A comparative analysis of U.S. and Chinese perspectives

Xinran Lehto

Destinations are constantly searching for ways to improve tourists’ dining experiences. However, the impact of dining styles on tourists' social and wellness needs has received limited attention.

June 6, 2024

A qualitative content analysis of cannabis-related discussions on Reddit during the COVID-19 pandemic

Laura Schwab-Reese

Social media has become an increasingly important way to seek and share experiences, support, knowledge, and advice during the COVID-19 pandemic. Reddit, a pseudonymous social media platform, was one way that young people interacted during the pandemic.

June 3, 2024

A latent class analysis of public perceptions about shared mobility barriers and benefits

Sharon Christ

The United States faces urban issues like congestion and pollution due to heavy car dependency, with over 91% owning cars and 87% driving to work.

June 3, 2024

Social–Emotional Competence as a Predictor of Early Numeracy Skills

Germán Posada, David J. Purpura

his study examined the association between preschool children’s social-emotional competence (SEC), defined by their social skills and problem behaviors, and numeracy skills. It also examined if any subdomains of SEC predicted preschool numeracy above and beyond latent social skills or...

May 30, 2024

A method to “gamify” exposure to vegetable flavor and its potential influence on liking

Kameron Moding, Cordelia Running

Unpleasant flavor is a commonly stated reason for avoiding vegetables. However,repeated exposure to flavors, even unpleasant vegetable flavors, improves accept-ability.

May 28, 2024

Robert Duncan receives the Family Tree Award

This year, Rob Duncan received the Family Tree Award. This award is given as a way to show gratitude for a person's instrumental role in joining families and communities together, through their support, advocacy, education, influence, and inspiration.

May 28, 2024

The impact of screen use on sleep health across the lifespan: A National Sleep Foundation consensus statement

Michelle Garrison - To achieve consensus on whether screen-based digital media (1) in general, (2) via prebedtime content, and (3) via prebedtime light impairs sleep health in (a) childhood, (b) adolescence, and (c) adulthood. Furthermore, to address whether employing behavioral...

May 28, 2024

2024 Kanter Award Nominees and Finalists announced

The Center for Families and Center for Work and Family at Boston College announced this year's Kanter Award nominated articles, with six in the running for the top honor, to be announced June 20th at the WFRN conference.