Center for Families

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April 3, 2024

244 Couples’ Daily Health in Breast Cancer Survivorship: Dyadic Associations in Psychological, Physical, and Relational Health

Rosie Shrout

Breast cancer survivors who experience psychological and physical symptoms after treatment ends have an increased risk for comorbid disease development, reduced quality of life, and premature mortality. However, survivors in satisfying marriages report lower stress and better health than those...

April 2, 2024

Center for Families celebrates 30th anniversary one family dinner table at a time

Center for Families celebrates 30th anniversary one family dinner table at a time

April 2, 2024

Navigating Work alongside Fertility Challenges: New Horizons in Work-Family Research

IO Colloquium Speaker Series: Winny Shen, PhD Tuesday, April 16 3:00-4:00 pm Eastern LWSN B151 Download the Flyer About the research: Existing work-family research typically focuses on how individuals simultaneously manage their current work demands and family responsibilities (e.g., childcare,...

March 31, 2024

Love of Work or Love and Work: Does a Business Owner’s Compulsion to Work Pay Off?

Maria Marshall

A business owner’s compulsion to work is a condition that can have jarring effects on business-owning families. A compulsion to work has been defined as a component of workaholism.

March 27, 2024

Watch the Kanter Lecture: Uncovering social stratification: Intersectional inequalities in work and family life courses by gender and race

On March 28, Kanter Award Winner Dr. Anette Fasang discussed her findings about intersectional life course perspective on gendered and racialized combinations of work and family lives from early adulthood to mid-life, and the long-term perspective that maps enduring and...

March 26, 2024

Skin Tone and Academic Readiness Among Young Mexican-Origin Children: Testing the Moderating Role of Ethnic-Racial Identity Attitudes and Centrality

Kim Updegraff

Skin tone-based social stratification is an enduring part of the U.S. racial landscape. Despite literature finding that skin tone informs educational outcomes among adults, few studies have examined these processes in early childhood.

March 22, 2024

Personal relationships of rural small businesses with community banks in times of crisis

Maria Marshall

As many businesses faced economic disruption due to the Covid-19 pandemic and sought financial relief, existing bank relationships became critical to getting a loan. This study examines factors associated with the development of personal relationships of rural small businesses with...

March 21, 2024

Purdue College of Health and Human Sciences launches participant registry to elevate research

As part of the College of Health and Human Sciences efforts to refresh its signature research areas, A.J. Schwichtenberg, associate professor in the Department of Human Development and Family Science, and Arielle Borovsky, associate professor in the Department of Speech,...

March 19, 2024

The impact of COVID-19 on mental health and well-being of Latine youth from rural and agricultural families in the Midwest

Zoe Taylor

The COVID-19 pandemic had significant health and socioeconomic repercussions for Latine immigrant families and their children due to long-standing social, economic, and immigration-related inequities, with rural families particularly vulnerable.

March 18, 2024

Nurses Caring for Older Adult Family Members: Disclosing Caregiving to Work Supervisors

Jiayun Xu, Karen Foli

Disclosure of family caregiving to work supervisors is needed for nurses to access work support for family caregiving. Little is known about characteristics of nurses who decide to/not to disclose family caregiving to supervisors.