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October 31, 2022

Purdue Public Health research lab explores digital options for children seeking help from domestic violence

Schwab Reese’s overall work looks at violence in society. However, her most recent projects examine domestic violence and intimate partner violence. Although often used interchangeably, the latter is defined as any violence between current or former intimate partners. Domestic violence...
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October 24, 2022

Faculty and students invited to apply for funding for research about families

The Center for Families’ annual funding program supports the study of families from a cross-disciplinary, life course perspective. Faculty and students from all departments and colleges are encouraged to apply.
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October 24, 2022

Nominations sought for Burkhart Award for Excellence in Research about Families

The Lorene Burkhart Award for Excellence in Research about Families recognizes outstanding family research being conducted by Purdue Faculty.
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October 18, 2022

Price of school sports makes access difficult for low-income families

Kids can learn great life lessons by playing sports, but the price tag to participate is a major stress point for families. Youth sports is big business with 56% of kids under the age of 17 playing on a team....
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October 15, 2022

Enhancing parent and child shape talk during puzzle play

Shape puzzles offer opportunities for families to talk about geometric concepts, which supports early spatial reasoning. However, puzzle features may influence the nature of parent-child talk about shapes.
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October 15, 2022

Parenting Processes Mediate the Link Between Maternal Depressive Symptoms and Adolescent Psychopathology

There is now strong evidence documenting an association between maternal depression and psychopathology in children and adolescents, but an increased understanding of the explanatory mechanisms is needed.
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October 12, 2022

Female Opioid Court Participants’ Narratives of Siloed Medical, Legal, and Social Service Sector Interactions to Inform Future Integrated Interventions

A gap exists regarding how to design gender-specific interventions for women charged with opioid use disorder (OUD)-related crimes. National recent efforts include opioid courts. Treatment courts present opportunities for earlier intervention for women under judicial supervision.
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October 7, 2022

Implementation of a Global Health Equity fellowship established in partnership between an academic institution and governmental agency

Health disparities exist globally in high-income and low- and middle-income countries. They are driven by social determinants of health (SDOH). While a role for pharmacists in addressing SDOH exists, a lack of structured postgraduate training limits pharmacists from being equipped...
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October 7, 2022

Bi-directional relations between behavioral problems and executive function: Assessing the longitudinal development of self-regulation

During childhood, the ability to limit problem behaviors (i.e., externalizing) and the capacity for cognitive regulation (i.e., executive function) are often understood to develop in tandem, and together constitute two major components of self-regulation research. The current study examines bi-directional...
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September 28, 2022

Gig Work and the Pandemic: Looking for Good Pay from Bad Jobs During the COVID-19 Crisis

COVID-19 led to work hour reductions and layoffs for many Americans with wage/salary jobs. Some gig work, however, which is usually considered precarious, remained available. We examine whether people doing gig microtasks right before the pandemic increased their microtask hours...
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