Center for Families

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December 6, 2024

Food donations can focus on nutrition, not just hunger

Heather Eicher-Miller

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December 4, 2024

Relation between general vocabulary knowledge and early numeracy competence: The mediating role of mathematical language

David Purpura

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December 4, 2024

Early-Life Parental Affection, Social Relationships in Adulthood, and Later-Life Cognitive Function

Patti Thomas

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December 2, 2024

Long-term trajectories of depressive symptoms by military affiliation

Shelley MacDermid Wadsworth, Zoe Taylor Laura Schwab-Reese, Sharon Christ

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November 28, 2024

Associations among parents’ math anxiety, math-related leisure activities, children’s early numeracy interest and skills

David Purpura

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November 26, 2024

CFF welcomes Leigha MacNeill as a faculty partner!

Leigha MacNeill joins CFF as an Assistant Professor of Human Development and Family Science. Research interests include Social-emotional development in the family system and how such trajectories lead to mental health. She is actively aiming to translate developmental knowledge base...
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November 14, 2024

CFF welcomes Mark Suchman as a faculty partner!

Mark Suchman joins CFF as a Professor of Sociology. Research interests include The impact of law and legal institutions on social and economic life, with a particular focus on how legal conditions create—or foreclose—opportunities for innovation, entrepreneurship, and technological change.
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November 5, 2024

Recording Available – Building Connection, One Table at a Time – The Family Dinner Project Webinar

As part of its 30th anniversary, CFF hosted a webinar featuring Anne Fishel, PhD, to discuss the transformative impact of family meals. Learn how and why to harness the benefits of family dinners, and gain valuable insights.
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November 4, 2024

Weathering the storm: How agribusinesses and farms can prepare for natural disasters

Maria Marshall

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November 4, 2024

Purdue Center for Early Learning finds new research PURPOSE

David Purpura, Sarah Eason

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