Research and News from the Center for Families at Purdue University

August 6, 2022

Flexible fast-mapping: Deaf children dynamically allocate visual attention to learn novel words in American Sign Language

his study provides first evidence for fast-mapping in sign language, and contributes to theoretical accounts of how word learning develops when all input occurs in the visual modality.

August 2, 2022

Trends in overall and micronutrient-containing dietary supplement use among U.S. adults and children, NHANES 2007-2018

Dietary supplement (DS) use is widespread in the U.S. and contributes large amounts of micronutrients to users. Most studies have relied on data from one assessment method to characterize the prevalence of DS use. Combining multiple methods enhances the ability...

August 1, 2022

Revisiting work-nonwork boundary nanagement: Lessons from the pandemic for the future

Boundaries around the work and nonwork domains help individuals to adopt domain appropriate roles and create a balance between the two domains. But the extreme conditions imposed by the pandemic (e.g., both spouses working from home; prolonged use of work...

July 22, 2022

Household conditions modulate associations between cesarean delivery and childhood growth

Cesarean delivery is associated with childhood obesity in urbanized and sanitized environments, but this is not well-studied across broader epidemiologic settings. We examine birth mode, household conditions, and child growth in a Yucatec Maya farming community with limited sanitary infrastructure....

July 18, 2022

Error Characteristics Lend Specificity to Nonword Repetition Performance in Children Who Stutter With and Without Concomitant Disorders

The aim of this study was to determine whether NWR error characteristics distinguish these groups of children with different speech sound production and language abilities yielding insight into the deficits underlying poorer performance.

July 1, 2022

Children’s understanding of relational language for quantity comparisons

Numerical order and magnitude are important aspects of early number knowledge. We investigated children’s understanding of relational vocabulary for representing and communicating about order (before/after) and magnitude (bigger/smaller, more/less).

June 30, 2022

A Randomized Intervention of Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program–Education Did Not Improve Dietary Outcomes Except for Vitamin D Among Lower-Income Women in Indiana

The objective of the study was to evaluate the long-term effects of a direct SNAP-Ed intervention in which participants actively engage in learning with educator instruction about dietary quality and usual intake of key nutrient and food groups among Indiana...

June 30, 2022

Relationship maintenance among military couples

A burgeoning body of research on the relationship maintenance of military couples over the past two decades suggests the time is right to organize, assimilate, and critique the literature. We conducted a systematic review informed by the integrative model of...

June 30, 2022

Virtuality at work: A doubled-edged sword for women’s career equality?

Organizational scholarship on virtuality and women’s career equality are growing research streams relevant to the changing nature of work. Yet they are under-integrated, which creates a lack of nuanced understanding on how virtuality impacts gender equality in the workplace.

June 27, 2022

Congratulations 2022 Kanter Award Winners!

Elizabeth Ananat and Anna Gassman-Pines are the recipients of the 2022 Kanter Award for their 2021 article Work Schedule Unpredictability: Daily Occurrence and Effects on Working Parents' Well‐Being, published in the Journal of Marriage and Family.