Center for Families

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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.

May 27, 2024

Nurse Practitioner’s Liminal Space: Applying Foli’s Theory of Psychological Trauma

Karen Foli

Applying Foli’s middle-range theory of nurses’ psychological trauma to nurse practitioners (NPs) allows further understanding of the experiences of this group of nurses.

May 24, 2024

Celebrating veterans on Memorial Day

On Monday, May 27th, military families and communities alike will come together to celebrate Memorial Day.

May 24, 2024

The roles of mathematical language and emergent literacy skills in the longitudinal prediction of specific early numeracy skills

David Purpura

Mathematical language and emergent literacy skills predict children’s broad numeracy development. However, little work has examined whether these domains predict development of individual numeracy skills.

May 20, 2024

More than machines: Computer scientist prepares robots to improve human lives

There is no avoiding robots. With increasing autonomy, satellites span the skies; vacuums vroom underfoot; and bots conduct surgery, deliver packages and explore the solar system.