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April 18, 2024

Balancing Work and Leisure: Unraveling Constraints on Work-Leisure Integration in Bleisure Travel

Xinran Lehto

Bleisure travel has gained momentum due to the flexibility of the modern workplace and the desire for work-life balance. Despite this, due to the contrasting characteristics of work and leisure and the limited resources available to travelers such as time...

April 18, 2024

Structural risks and family adjustment in midwestern Latine immigrant families: Extending the family stress model

Zoe Taylor

We tested an extended family stress model of economic hardship incorporating structural risks (discrimination, immigration, and COVID-19 experiences) and qualitative data, to better understand the impact of culturally relevant experiences on family stress processes in rural, immigrant Latine families in...

April 4, 2024

Corrigendum: A community focused approach toward making healthy and affordable daily diet recommendations

Heather Eicher-Miller

Maintaining an affordable and nutritious diet can be challenging, especially for those living under the conditions of poverty. To fulfill a healthy diet, consumers must make difficult decisions within a complicated food landscape.

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...