Candidates for IFS Friday Five

1.  Identifying Informal Help‐Seeking Patterns in African American Couples 

Aimee Hubbard1 | Steven Harris2 | Chalandra M. Bryant2 | Rachel Rineman2 | Doneila McIntosh2


https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1111/jmft.70008



2. Treatment Considerations for Clinicians Working with Clients During the Transition to Parenthood

By Shannon Savell, M.A., University of Virginia






4. The Marriage Gap

Harry Benson, March 2025

https://marriagefoundation.org.uk/research/the-marriage-gap-2/




5. Happy husband or wife really could be the key to a stress-free life

By StudyFinds Staff

•

Reviewed by Sophia Naughton

Research led by Tomiko Yoneda, University of California, Davis


https://studyfinds.org/lower-stress-as-you-age-happy-partner/




6. What science tells us about fatherhood, marriage and the struggles of young men

 Samuel Wilkinson

https://www.deseret.com/family/2025/03/12/fatherhood-marriage-masculinity-crisis-solutions/

or

How State Policymakers Can Save the Nuclear Family

By Brad Wilcox, Deseret News

https://www.aei.org/op-eds/how-state-policymakers-can-save-the-nuclear-family/




7. The Heart of Couples Counseling

By Melanie Padgett Powers





8. Maternal postpartum depression and children's emotional overeating: The mediating role of executive function

Samantha J. Iwinski a, Sehyun Ju a, Qiujie Gong b, Kelly K. Bost a

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1471015325000054?via%3Dihub

or https://www.newsweek.com/postpartum-depression-lead-child-emotional-overeating-2047723



9. An Uninsurable and Unavailable Foster Care System: How Lawsuits, Regulations, Social Inflation, and Policy Failures Are Making the Most Vulnerable Children Uninsurable


Sid Madge


https://northernlifemagazine.co.uk/how-fathers-can-be-a-role-model-even-if-they-did-not-have-one-themselves/




11. Best age to get married, have a child, buy a home and retire? Here’s what Americans say

Jordan Lippert and Janell Fetterolf


Jaclyn DeJohn, CFP




If you picked McNeese to beat Clemson please take a bow!

Thanks
Bill


Candidates for IFS Friday Five

1. An Evaluation of Cost-Saving Reforms of the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program

By Kevin Corinth, American Enterprise Institute

https://www.aei.org/research-products/working-paper/an-evaluation-of-cost-saving-reforms-of-the-supplemental-nutrition-assistance-program/



2. Interdisciplinary Researchers Receive $4.71 Million Grant for Longitudinal Study on Parents’ Patience in Adversity

LORI FOGLEMAN, MEDIA & PUBLIC RELATIONS

https://bcdd.soe.baylor.edu/news/story/2025/interdisciplinary-researchers-receive-471-million-grant-longitudinal-study-0



3. Yes, parents, it reflects on you: Norms and Metanorms regulating teen daughters and parents

Monica Kirkpatrick Johnson, Stefanie Mollborn, Christine Horne






5. The Single Most Important Parenting Strategy 

Becky Kennedy | TED






5.  American Worldview Inventory 2025 – Report 2 Americans Minimize the Role of God in Their Life

  Dr. George Barna, Director of Research, Cultural Research Center at Arizona Christian University   





6. The simple way dads can ensure a strong bond with their daughters

By StudyFinds Staff, Research led by John Day, University of Essex




OR

Marriage Care and Royal Navy & Royal Marines Charity announces new partnership

RNRM Relationship Sessions

8. Parental Stress and Well-Being: A Meta-analysis


https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10567-025-00515-9



9.  U.S. Fertility Is Declining Due to Delayed Marriage and Childbearing

 Jonathan Abbamonte, Heritage Foundation

https://www.heritage.org/sites/default/files/2025-03/BG3883_0.pdf



10. Marriage 101 professors reflect on course as it turns 25





11. Purdue expert: Overall divorce rates lowest in decades but ‘gray divorce’ soars

Tim Brouk, tbrouk@purdue.edu






12. MSU study pinpoints the impact of prenatal stress across 27 weeks of pregnancy

Shelly DeJong

Candidates for IFS Friday Five

1. Coming to Terms with Risk Factors for Intimate Partner Violence Perpetration: A Scoping Review

Lisa Norén
ORCID Icon,
Martin Bergström
ORCID Icon &
Lisa Wallander
ORCID Icon





2. Intellectual humility in close relationships: Implications for relationship satisfaction, argument frequency, and conflict behaviors

 Katrina P. Jongman-Sereno a,Jessica C. Reich b, Mark R. Leary c

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0092656625000303



3.  How Long-Term Couples Cope with Chronic Stressors and Adverse Life Course Events in Marriage: A Qualitative Study 

Christian Heim & Caroline Heim

https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/pdf/10.1080/01926187.2025.2459688



4. Conflict and Father Involvement: The Unique Role of Postpartum Destructiveness for Fathers' Direct Care in Toddlerhood
Samantha A Murray‐Perdue 1,✉, Stephanie Rayburn 2, Lijuan Wang 3, E Mark Cummings 3, Julia M Braungart‐Rieker 2

https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC11830849/



5. Ready (or Not) For Love? Your Friends Likely Agree

Shelly DeJong

OR

Video series help youth build healthy relationships






6. Singleness and the Pandemic Dating Recession

Michael J. Rosenfeld

https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/0192513X251322128




7. How parenthood may help keep your brain young

ScienceDaily

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2025/02/250226141927.htm



8. Divorce rates at lowest level in 50 years

Kate O'Connor, Australian Institute of Family Studies (AIFS)






9. No sex until you are engaged, feminist author tells teens

Tom McArdle, The Telegraph

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2025/02/23/no-sex-until-you-are-engaged-feminist-author-tells-teens0/



10. Crossroads: American Family Life at the Intersection of Tradition and Modernity





11. Should we give 'gentle parenting' a time out?


https://theweek.com/culture-life/should-we-give-gentle-parenting-a-time-out



12. How the Trump Administration Can Support Healthy Marriage



Candidates for IFS Friday Five

1. Family-Friendly Policies for the 119th Congress

Timothy P. Carney | Christopher J. Scalia | Yuval Levin | Brad Wilcox | Scott Winship | Edward J. Pinto | Tobias Peter | Kevin Corinth | Howard Husock, American Enterprise Institute







2. Signs that Gen Z want marriage




3. Dating App Cover-Up: How Tinder, Hinge, and Their Corporate Owner Keep Rape Under Wraps

 Emily Elena Dugdale and Hanisha Harjani

https://themarkup.org/investigations/2025/02/13/dating-app-tinder-hinge-cover-up



4. Family Matters: Why Our Choices Determine Our Economic Prosperity

Philip Pilkington
https://www.arcforum.com/research-papers/choices-family-matters



5. Should you be using AI in your dating life?

Chance Townsend

https://mashable.com/article/ai-for-dating



6. On the Internet, No One Knows You're a Dog: Examining the Feasibility of Privacy-Preserving Age Verification Online

Luke Hogg and Evan Swarztrauber

https://www.thefai.org/posts/on-the-internet-no-one-knows-you-re-a-dog



7.   A Credibility Revolution for Relationship Science: Where Can We Step Up Our Game? 

Samantha Joel | Paul W. Eastwick | Devinder Khera

https://compass.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1111/spc3.70042



8. New dads reveal conflict and guilt in the transition to parenthood

by Pauline Braniff, Deakin University


Sid Madge





10. Elon Musk Now Has 13 Children. A Conservative Pro-Family Scholar Says He’s Missing Something.

Candidates for IFS Friday Five

1. Dibble-Annual-Report

Kay Reed, Executive Director. The Dibble Institute®   




2. https://www.marriageweek.org/live-events

Friday, February 14 (last one!)

Nurturing Emotions & Romance 

Day 8 Virtual Event3.





3. The Antidote to News: Real Life Here and Now





4. Media and Technoference in Romantic Relationships

USU EXTENSION


https://extension.usu.edu/strongermarriage/courses/media-and-technoference-in-romantic-relationships/#/



5. Alienating behaviours in separated mothers and fathers in the UK
  • Professor Ben Hine, Professor of Applied Psychology
  • Jennifer Harman, Associate Professor, Colorado State University
  • Sadie Leder-Elder, Associate Professor of Psychology, High Point University
  • Elizabeth Bates, Associate Professor in Family Violence and Abuse, University of Cumbria


    • https://www.uwl.ac.uk/research/research-impact/family-breakdown



    6. Marriage, Couple, and Family Counseling

    DR Corey, KY Billingsley, CL Conner - …

    Tavistock Relationships

    https://watermark.silverchair.com/11791010.pdf?token=AQECAHi208BE49Ooan9kkhW_Ercy7Dm3ZL_9Cf3qfKAc485ysgAAA2wwggNoBgkqhkiG9w0BBwagggNZMIIDVQIBADCCA04GCSqGSIb3DQEHATAeBglghkgBZQMEAS4wEQQM3KKuQn_WZ20XD5PoAgEQgIIDH4I_2_pdTiWmlax3b6gtKW0rnkPXMHvs-xofxfowkK0PfmOx31Efsxu1n-gLnLoJgyhPTFz8fL007VJkWsc4sX6HpHXgYXUj_0ca8UCru4MUekkC3qyR24eha7-TS9jiHg2VXC6DvdOFA9Eb6rC-RPhtod6FM-N4_CIgfxaQxOm6fvv4INr0ipNyHiPYIVGRTNNUwCzZ8ghL24EwW78KJkmzXoUC8xvR46V1PZn2KnalqZsHJhVFn32wj4OWh25tHGpR30mFKTFBWr2LP0qiZNJoNE7HJ_-rl4mLB4s-jM16z8zaZ9NPsHqreUZPmNs321fkrHC4wgKrKcor-OTECTkNLOK-WSXCRsbjhOPkl7qKZRJZs15Ar1N516UUTZQc1VuVsjSuRIK_XXPo9E6E45wkLyDml5-Pk6zeDi-A081DmdA8nJBXmXEzXhJEGTGzo3KrQ-Ksu-Pr0wfIVy8RdYcOVzsYBbMgCaTNNcaCQIeaI5EDZNraLyBg8NII8PHjM-1mZHHjWKizESfMGYgtCpjjvC5CpZEswi6to282e2uaa7sg0c0HoYp1h6w0RCaOBT9-RvFgYW6mjua4KF18APRUZmKNsN1ktRDziuo4ygBwN0bCKhM83Fjm576ViZPDDCfQP6gD4zhzPmSapBMXFKusqRwi242nDf7tTdoAld5y2_yY_WhVXfPJdqFYxu7hvj1PdCwJuh9WiPli56jNoPnzp9DvivzQrgCLIseWeDvRgfSVAAYfJ8ML4nr_D82C4m9MqINL9inyXNLsd6KGDWXel2JJS3bDmd_bIrgF_XLBa4xusbJdcoAp7FLEliMXtFwYJvgqqQHcb_5MfkExjpcEbBzhP6ujMt0ZlN2eIiepluSXmrdQP0-IdO8yzo3zyLPz0J4p2X_fubYpnZDU0h5pRWI-Icv6NK3fTiD_v9phlo2zq6uDUGls2iAUYetr6kE4F7-ZN_q1crDsKudLDPbTqdYynhBLqAnMekw9lCQukTrNJ2EgwMttaFqs4qJKFyy2DwGNS94hm_Ys14Q1EJJuYgVx4NLLPlJ6x1qeMkc





    9. ‘Sexlessness’ is on the rise. Can the Church use this moment to promote marriage?

    https://www.catholicnewsagency.com/news/262165/sexlessness-is-on-the-rise-can-the-church-use-this-moment-to-promote-marriage




    10. Study finds dating isn't broken, but relationship paths have evolved

    by Sharita Forrest, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign



    OR

    The Progression of College Student Romantic Relationship Development: Stability and Change Over 10 Years







    Thanks
    Bill


    Candidates for IFS Friday Five

    1. Strengthening marriage – one date night at a time

    THERESA BREITENBACH





    2. Marriage and the stable society: The continued importance of marriage

    Daniel Lilley

    https://www.civitas.org.uk/publications/marriage-and-the-stable-society/



    3. The Five Stages of Western Fertility

    Written by ArctotheriumAporia


    https://www.aporiamagazine.com/p/the-five-stages-of-western-fertility



    4. How marriage counseling might just save American democracy

    By StudyFinds Staff

    https://studyfinds.org/marriage-counseling-democracy-political-polarization/



    5. A digital intervention to enhance couple relationships, the Paired app: mixed methods evaluation

    Aicken, C., Gabb, J., Di Martino, S.






    6.  Interparental mutually responsive orientation during pregnancy impacts toddler socioemotional development by promoting parent-infant relational dynamics

     Erin L. Ramsdell1,2 , Lauren M. Laifer1 , Kelsey McCoy1 and Rebecca L. Brock1











    9. 8 Essentials of a Lasting Love (one each night starting tomorrow)




    10. What Are the 6 Types of Intimacy?


    Genee Francis, assistant director of content and programming at WinShape Marriage































    Candidates for IFS Friday Five

    1. The 10th Annual American Family Survey: Opportunities and Obstacles to a Broad-Based Political Coalition for Families

    Thursday, February 6, 2025, | 1:00 PM to 2:30 PM ET With Daniel A. Cox | Brad Wilcox





    2.  The Values and Rituals of Authentic Relationships: What the Relationship Enhancement Model Teaches Us about Marriage

     Robert F. Scuka, Ph.D., M.S.W., LCSW-C





    3.  “The beginning of children's stimulation”.

    International Federation for Family Development




    4. Getting Our Hearts Right: Three Keys to Better Relationships

    H. Wallace Goddard, PhD and James P. Marshall, PhD

    https://www.uaex.uada.edu/life-skills-wellness/personal-family-well-being/personal/getting-hearts-right.aspx



    5. Partners Now Parents: Supporting Couples During the Journey to Parenthood

    Shannon M Savell 1,, Lauren V Breeden 1, Robert E Emery 1

    https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC11753894/




    6. American Greatness Depends on Strong Families

    By Brad Wilcox | Chris Bullivant, Commonplace






    7. The Effects of Parenting Styles on Children's Emotional and Social Skill Development: The Mediating Role of Emotion Regulation Skills

    Jie Zheng1

    https://leger360.com/the-youth-study/









    11. 3 Keys to Igniting Your Fatherhood Program in 2025


    Antoine Johnson, NFI

    Candidates for IFS Friday Five

    1. 5 Marriage Trends for 2025

    Kevin A. Thompson






    2. The 2025 National Marriage Week theme is "Pursuing a Lasting Love."

    Feb.7-14






    3. RSVP for 'I...Do? Why Marriage Still Matters' Book Launch

    2/12

    https://share.hsforms.com/1XdW8LwvxR4-XgTus-kSjZwd6y2f?



    4. We all need a little more recess

    Karyn Allee and Kathy Hirsh-Pasek


    https://www.brookings.edu/articles/we-all-need-a-little-more-recess/



    5. The Demographic Shift

    By Mark J. Warshawsky, AEI





    6. Study: Effective parenting support strengthens rural families

    Sherri Buri McDonald, University Communications

    https://news.uoregon.edu/content/study-effective-parenting-support-strengthens-rural-families



    7. Which Program Elements Are Associated with Better Outcomes for Fathers?

    OPRE/ACF

    https://www.acf.hhs.gov/opre/report/which-program-elements-are-associated-better-outcomes-fathers




    8.  Changes in well-being and relationship satisfaction in the years before and after marriage in a sample of New Zealand adults

     Hannah E. Dupuis1, Yuthika U. Girme1, Nickola C. Overall2, Emily J. Cross2 and Chris G. Sibley2






    9. Chapter 1: Introduction to the Research Handbook on Couple and Family Relationships








    10. MSU study finds children of color experience more variability in sleep times

    Katie Frey, MSU

    https://msutoday.msu.edu/news/2025/msu-study-finds-children-of-color-experience-more-variability-in-sleep-times




    11. About Those Men

    Mona Charen




    12. Black Emerging Adults Identify Protective Community Resources That Promote Their Well-being





    Thanks.
    Bill



    Candidates for IFS Friday Five

    1. Couple relationship education content: What we have and what we are missing

    OR

    Comparing the OurRelationship Program and Bibliotherapy for Parents Experiencing Couple Distress: A Randomized Pilot

    Tea L Trillingsgaard 1, Frederik Godt Hansen 1,2,✉, Hanne Nørr Fentz 1
    https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC11707500/





    2. UK Families to receive £126 million in early years support

    OR

    Why Erdogan declared 2025 as the ‘Year of the Family’?

    Yusuf Kamadan






    3. Evolving Connections: How Culture Rewrites Our Past (and Future) in Relationships

    Prakash Thambipillai and Li-Jun Ji






    4.  I love you no matter what: Negative relationship quality and daily encounters in the parent-child tie and their implications for daily mood across the lifespan 

    Jane M. Stephenson1 | Angela Turkelson1 | Karen L. Fingerman2 | Kira S. Birditt






    5.  Transitivity and couple relationship satisfaction: Sharing and visiting friends and family make the difference 

    Guillaume Drevon1 *, Jacques-Antoine Gauthier2 , Gil Viry3 , Vincent Kaufmann1 , Florian Masse1 , and Alexis Gumy1 1






    6.  Couple therapy and systemic interventions for adult-focused problems: The evidence base

     Alan Carr, Journal of Family Therapy





    8. Social Media as a Healthy Relationship Service Strategy

    February 12, 2025 @ 1:00 pm Pacific/4:00 pm Eastern





    9. Marriage Week (2/7-14) Events and Resources





    10. Despite gains, women still do most of the housework. Will this gender gap ever narrow?

    Natalie Stechyson, CBC News





    11.  Analyzing the Cohesion and Adaptability of Families of Children with Intellectual Disability Using the FACES-20Esp Scale

     Esther Vela Llaurado´ 1 , Laura Serrano Ferna´ndez1 , and Laura Martı´n Martı´nez1






    12. Researcher on Family Is Newest University Professor

     Bryan McKenzie,





    Thanks
    Bill