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April 21, 2025
ALL HAIL! Give Back to the Old Gold and Black
Be a hero for the Center for Families – celebrating 30 years using research to strengthen families!
April 19, 2025
Emotional contagion and social dynamics: a study of communal dining for solo international travelers
Xinran Lehto – Despite the increasing popularity of solo travel, little attention has been given to the social experiences of solo international travelers.
April 16, 2025
Small Business Disaster Recovery in the United States
Maria Marshall – Natural disasters pose significant challenges to small businesses, as they are more vulnerable to shocks. Their recovery is crucial to the resilience of communities. This literature review explores the topic of US small business disaster recovery by examining research in economics, management, and disaster studies.
Social Media Facilitates Disclosure Among People Experiencing Child Maltreatment: A Brief Report
Laura Schwab Reese – Many victims, particularly adolescents, must disclose abuse or neglect to have their experiences identified by people able to provide support and resources. Social media may be part of how young people seek support.
April 10, 2025
Financial health and well-being of rural female caregivers of older adults with chronic illnesses
Nasreen Lalani – Rural caregivers experience significant financial stressors while caring for their older family members with chronic illnesses. Limited access to care, support, and resources in rural areas poses significant financial threats and insecurity for some caregivers.
The mediational role of anxiety and familism in the associations between mothers’ and fathers’ parenting behaviors and U.S. Latine youth’s aggression
Zoe Taylor – Personal relationships research is increasingly addressing the impact of both mothers’ and fathers’ parenting behaviors on youth’s development.
Mexican-origin mothers’ and fathers’ workplace ethnic–racial discrimination and youth’s educational adjustment
Kimberly Updegraff – Drawing from the integrative model and emotional spillover framework, the current study examined whether parents’ experiences of ethnic–racial discrimination informed Latino adolescents’ educational adjustment via features of their adaptive culture and youth’s ethnic–racial identity.
INventure Business Planner benefits farmers long term operations
Maria Marshall – INventure Business Planner to help farmers plan their operations.
April 9, 2025
WATCH THE LECTURE Kanter Lecture explores the implications of ‘invisible family load’ for employee health & well-being, job attitudes, and family-to-work spillover
April 4, 2025
The Factor Structure of Parents’ Math-Related Talk and Its Relation to Children’s Early Academic Skills
Sarah Eason, Arielle Borovsky, David Purpura – This study, involving 120 children and their parents, examined parent talk constructs and their relation to children’s early academic skills in 2021.