Research and News from the Center for Families at Purdue University

September 20, 2024

What Is the Effect of an Inferred Mental Illness Label on Stigma? Theoretical and Empirical Challenges

Trenton Mize

One of the strengths of vignette-based experimental research is that it captures the mental illness labeling process in the way it often occurs—inference without full information.

September 17, 2024

Personality profiles of women in relationships involving men with pathological personality features

Susan South

Relationships involving people with personality disorders are known to be distressing to partners. There is a relative dearth of research, however, into the personalities of their partners. The current study examines the personality profiles of women in relationships with men...

September 17, 2024

Emotional Labor, Worker Solidarity, and Safety Concerns Among Police and Nurses

Elizabeth Hoffman

To understand the connections among emotional labor, solidarity, and safety, this study interviewed 19 police officers and 20 nurses. Data analysis with words as the unit of analysis engaged both deductive and inductive processes.

September 14, 2024

How Collection of Racial Demographics Highlights or Hides Participants’ Multiraciality: An Illustrative Example and Warning for Social Scientists

Annabelle Atkin

Social scientists frequently rely on a single item to assess a participant's race, but this common practice can be misleading by obscuring the number of Multiracial participants in one’s sample.

September 12, 2024

“If I Stay Silent, It Doesn’t Help Anyone”: Understanding How People Use TikTok to Talk About Sexual Violence

Laura Schwab-Reese

TikTok is the second most popular social media platform among American teenagers, suggesting it may be a way to reach young people with sexual violence-related messages.

September 5, 2024

Purdue HDFS researcher explores influence of sibling relationships on Latino youth

Kimberly Updegraff

No matter how connected or distant they may be, siblings have a strong influence on a person’s life, from social development to identity formation. Kimberly Updegraff, professor in Purdue University’s Department of Human Development and Family Science, recognized the important...

September 4, 2024

Purdue professor calls on institutions to provide bereavement time for grieving college students

Heather Servaty-Seib

With the fall semester in full gear at universities and colleges, grieving is a common obstacle that some students face. College of Education Purdue professor, Heather Servaty-Seib, states that 25-30% of college students struggle through grief at some point in...

September 4, 2024

Exploring the feasibility and acceptability of community paramedicine programs in achieving vaccination equity: a qualitative study

Laura Schwab-Reese

Mobile Integrated Health-Community Paramedicine (MIH-CP) is a novel approach that may reduce the rural-urban disparity in vaccination uptake in the United States.

September 1, 2024

Prenatal Influences Across the Life Course: Biobehavioral Mechanisms of Development

Kristine Marceau

Despite the well-established importance of prenatal experiences for offspring health throughout the lifespan, our understanding of prenatal influences on psychological outcomes faces challenges due to a wide-ranging and somewhat fragmented literature.

August 8, 2024

Inaugural CFF Fellowship Lecture to feature 2020 Fellow, Trenton Mize

Join us Thursday, September 26, for an insightful exploration into the perceptions of workers utilizing parental leave policies. Lunch provided; must register.