Center for Families

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August 4, 2021

How do changes in family role status impact employees? An empirical investigation

Despite the proliferation of work–family research, a thorough understanding of family role status changes (e.g. the gaining of elder or child caregiving responsibilities) remain under-theorized and under-examined. The purpose of this paper is to conceptualize various forms of family role...

July 14, 2021

Congratulations to CFF Funding Recipients

2021 Faculty Awards Kontos Faculty Fellowship – Dr. Xiang Zhou, Assistant Professor in Counseling Psychology in the College of Education, Burmese refugee adolescents’ psychosocial development: A longitudinal follow-up study Research Enhancement Grant – Dr. AJ Schwichtenberg, Associate Professor, Human Development...

June 29, 2021

Research about Families: Melissa Robertson

Why is research about families important to you? Many people find their relationships with family members to be among the most important sources of meaning, purpose, and motivation in their lives. We know that the quality of relationships with family...

May 28, 2021

New Illinois program seeks to serve low-income, homeless and low-resource rural veterans

The Military Family Research Institute (MFRI) at Purdue University is collaborating with University of Illinois Extension and select Illinois food pantries and faith-based communities on Reaching Rural Veterans (RRV), a Purdue-based program that connects low-income, homeless and low-resource rural veterans

May 6, 2021

Purdue addiction studies concentration awards its first graduate

Issues of Substance Abuse in Family Systems investigates the family component of addiction. “That connected a lot to my internship because everybody has a family. A lot of codependency and substance use starts in childhood… I was always, always interested

May 5, 2021

Want to improve your child’s math skills? Read them a book.

CFF Faculty Partners, David Purpura and Sara Schmitt, collaborated with a professional children’s book author and illustrator to produce “The Little Elephants” series starring Benjamin, Lucy and their best friend,

March 29, 2021

Work-home boundary role transitions: Telework before, during and after COVID-19

2021 Kanter Lecture: Dr. Joni Delanoeije, 2020 Kanter Award Nominee

March 10, 2021

Mobile technology helps give voice to nonverbal autistic children during pandemic

Mobile technology helps give voice to nonverbal autistic children during pandemic Purdue University technology to assist nonverbal children on the autism spectrum is helping families around the world during the COVID-19 pandemic, which has forced schools and clinics to rely

February 28, 2021

WINNER: Reconceptualizing what and how women negotiate for career advancement

2020 Kanter Award Winner Announced: The Center for Families at Purdue University and the Boston College Center for Work & Family are delighted to announce the winner of the 2020 Rosabeth Moss Kanter Award for Excellence in Work-Family Research. Hannah...

February 28, 2021

The Digital Divide: How Does it Divide Hoosiers

Indiana’s 23rd Family Impact Seminar - The issue overview report for the 23rd Indiana Family Impact Seminar, The Digital Divide: How Does it Divide Hoosiers, is now available. This report provides an overview of the issues covered in the seminar,...