Center for Families

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September 21, 2023

Longitudinal associations between popularity, peer acceptance, and academic performance in adolescents

Sharon Christ

Longitudinal associations between popularity, peer acceptance, and academic performance were examined in Chinese 7th and 10th grade adolescents across three academic years. Growth curve analysis revealed parallel changes in popularity and academic performance in both middle- and high-school students whereas...

September 19, 2023

Family connectedness and sexual minority Asian Americans’ eating behavior regulation

Annabelle Atkin

To date, psychosocial and interpersonal protective factors such as family connectedness have received little attention in studies of eating behaviors among sexual minority Asian Americans. Therefore, we investigated associations of family connectedness and two types of eating behavior regulation motives...

September 15, 2023

WATCH THE RECORDING: Finalists of the Kanter Award present at WFRN Virtual Conference Series

Work and Family Researchers Network invited the 2023 Rosabeth Moss Kanter Award finalists to discuss their research as part of their Virtual Conference Series.

September 12, 2023

MFRI: Measuring Our Communities report virtual launch 9/19, The State of Military and Veteran Families in the US

Measuring Our Communities: The State of Military and Veteran Families in the United States launch event, takes place on Tuesday, September 19, 3-4:30 pm Eastern. MFRI will provide an overview of findings along with implications for organizations and individuals serving...

September 12, 2023

MFRI: Battlemind to Home Summit Oct. 26 & 27, registration open

Battlemind is one of the most engaging conferences in the state, designed especially for those who work with service members, veterans and their families, bringing together subject matter experts to educate Indiana professionals about the critical issues facing our military and...

September 12, 2023

CEL Seminar, 9/20: Playful STEM Learning in the School Yard and Community Spaces

Children learn best in active, engaged, meaningful, and socially interactive settings, making play an ideal context for learning. This presentation will share findings and future directions from a series of projects that use developmental science to infuse everyday spaces (e.g.,...

September 11, 2023

Young adults’ perceptions of morality-based messages from parents about sex: An exploratory study

Rosie Shrout

The goal of this study was to explore the messages young adults received from their parents about sexual morality. Research on parent–child communication about sexuality has shown that parents are likely to convey moral messages about sex, however, little is...

September 10, 2023

Visual-orthographic skills predict the covariance of Chinese word reading and arithmetic calculation

David Purpura

This study provides evidence connecting two aspects of visual-orthographic skills (orthographic awareness and delayed copying) to the common variance shared by Chinese word reading and arithmetic calculation, as well as in identifying positional knowledge of numbers as a potential mediator...

September 7, 2023

The how many and give-N tasks: Conceptually distinct measures of the cardinality principle

David Purpura

In the current study we investigated performance on the how many and give-N tasks. We first investigated the relative performance of three-to-five-year-old children on these tasks. Replicating prior work, we found that children performed worse on give-N compared to how...

September 5, 2023

WFRN Invites Finalists of the Kanter Award to present at Sept 8 Virtual Conference Series

Work and Family Researchers Network has invited the 2023 Rosabeth Moss Kanter Award finalists to discuss their research as part of their Virtual Conference Series on September 8.