Center for Families

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January 21, 2025

Animals as medicine: Purdue Nursing researcher connects nature to care for older adults

Nancy Edwards

People of all ages rely on their pets for a serotonin boost, whether they’re throwing a ball for their dog, petting their cat or talking to their fish after a long day. Nancy Edwards, professor and head of the Purdue...

January 21, 2025

‘Unsupportive’ Partner Refusing to Follow GF’s New Year’s Resolution Backed: ‘The Sheer Audacity’

Rosie Shrout

Newsweek: A boyfriend is being accused by his dieting girlfriend of being "unsupportive" for what he was going to order for delivery to their home. Rosie Shrout, an assistant professor of human development at Purdue University, raises the health benefits...

January 18, 2025

Longitudinal associations between parental screen time monitoring, screen time exposure, diet, and body mass index in young U.S. children

Kameron Moding

Increased child screen exposure is associated with poor dietary and weight outcomes. There is an impetus to understand the processes connecting parental screen behaviors and children’s health. First, we tested the longitudinal associations between parental screen monitoring and screen exposure...

January 15, 2025

Purdue professor Schwichtenberg explains the correlation between sleep and Alzheimer’s

A.J. Schwichtenberg

Associate professor in Purdue’s College of Health and Human Sciences A.J. Schwichtenberg explains how sleep is directly linked with Alzheimer’s disease.

January 14, 2025

Funding Available to Support Student and Faculty Research

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

January 14, 2025

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.

January 12, 2025

Thinking Outside The Building: Four Challenges to Bridging the Work Family Divide, WFRN Big Ideas Podcast with Rosabeth Moss Kanter

Celebrating the Kanter Award's 25th Anniversary, CFF brought Rosabeth Moss Kanter to the 2024 Work and Family Researchers Network conference, June 19-22, Montreal, Canada.

January 12, 2025

Discrimination and racial socialization profiles: Associations with Asian American adolescent attachment, activism, and self-esteem

Annabelle Atkin

Theory and research suggest that racial discrimination is associated with attachment insecurity (Stern et al., 2022), whereas racial socialization is an integral aspect to fostering secure attachment with parents.

January 12, 2025

Individual and Familial Risk and Promotive Factors for Substance Use Among Multiracial American Young Adults

Annabelle Atkin

Multiracial American adults have the highest rates of binge drinking and illicit drug use of all racial groups, yet little is known about the risk and promotive factors that contribute to their substance use.

January 10, 2025

Women’s Microaggressions Scale (WoMenS): A Comprehensive Sexism Scale

Annabelle Atkin

Sexism is pervasive but often manifests as microaggressions against women, which are subtle, covert forms of gender discrimination. Thus, we developed the Women’s Microaggressions Scale (WoMenS) based on an existing theoretical taxonomy and content analysis of social media data.