Research and News from the Center for Families at Purdue University

May 18, 2024

Book Chapter: Linking Infidelity and Health: An Integrated Stress Perspective

Rosie Shrout

The second edition of Infidelity, A Practitioner's Guide to Working with Couples in Crisis, which is part of Family Systems Counseling: Innovations Then and Now Series was recently published.

May 15, 2024

Rapport Building in Written Crisis Services: Qualitative Content Analysis

Laura Schwab-Reese

Building therapeutic relationships and social presence are challenging in digital services and maybe even more difficult in written services. Despite these difficulties, in-person care may not be feasible or accessible in all situations.

May 14, 2024

Identifying Barriers to Implementation of the Medicare Annual Wellness Visit for Patients of a Rural Federally Qualified Health Center

Vicki Simpson

As the population ages, the Medicare Annual Wellness Visit provides an opportunity to address determinants of health and improve quality of life.

May 12, 2024

You can’t spell distress without stress: Expanding our perspective of the intersection between mental and physical health in cancer survivors

Rosie Shrout

Although many breast cancer survivors adjust to cancer treatment and survivorship, a sizable subgroup of women do not do so, resulting in psychological distress. Over time, this psychological distress can contribute to immune dysfunction and accompanying worsened physical symptoms as...

May 7, 2024

Center for Families announces 2024 Funding Recipients

NEW PHOTOS! Center for Families announces the 2024 Funding Recipients – Congratulations faculty and students focused on research about families!

Lorene Burkhart Award for Excellence in Research about Families Sarah Eason, PhD, Assistant Professor of Human Development and Family Science, College of Health and Human Sciences Family Math Engagement in Rural Families Eason, S. H., Leech, K. A., Anderson, K....

May 3, 2024

The role of prediction error in the development of language learning and memory

Arielle Borovsky

Prediction error plays a pivotal role in theories of learning, including theories of language acquisition and use. Researchers have investigated whether and under which conditions children, like adults, use prediction to facilitate language comprehension at different levels of linguistic representation.

April 30, 2024

Early risk for child externalising symptoms: Examining genetic, prenatal, temperamental and parental influences

Kristine Marceau

This study utilized the Early Growth and Development Study, a study of children adopted at birth, to examine heritable (birth parent psychopathology) and prenatal risk (prenatal maternal distress and smoking during pregnancy), infant negative affectivity, adoptive parent over-reactivity and warmth...

April 30, 2024

Educational Inequalities in Dual-Function Life Expectancy

Patti Thomas

This study investigates educational inequalities in dual functionality, a new concept that captures a combination of physical and cognitive functioning, both of which are important for independent living and quality of life.

April 28, 2024

Mexican-origin siblings’ unique and shared perspectives of sibling Conflict: Links with adjustment

Kim Updegraff

Siblings are ubiquitous in the lives of youth, but sibling conflict is linked to adjustment problems and risky behaviors.

April 28, 2024

CFF Faculty Partner, Arielle Borovsky, recipient of Barbara H. and Ben R. Edmondson HHS Faculty Development Award

Presented each year to a College of Health and Human Sciences (HHS) faculty member, the award provides $10,000 to be expended over two years or less for purposes related to the faculty member’s own professional development within any of Purdue’s mission areas:...