Center for Families

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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.

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...