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,





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Candidates for IFS Friday Five

1. The disengagement gap: Why student engagement isn’t what parents expect

Rebecca Winthrop, Youssef Shoukry, and David Nitkin

https://www.brookings.edu/articles/the-disengagement-gap/

OR
January14,2025

11:00 am EST - 12:00 pm EST

‘The Disengaged Teen’: How to help children learn better, feel better, and live better




2. Sexual Mindfulness Course

Utah Marriage Commission, USU EXTENSION

https://extension.usu.edu/strongermarriage/course/sexual_mindfulness?







3. The Anti-Social Century

By Derek Thompson

gift article link from the author via X





4. Videoconferencing Delivery of the Seoul Premarital Education Program During COVID-19

Jisu Park & Jaerim Lee

https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11121-024-01761-z



5. Infant Affect Regulation with Mothers and Fathers: The Roles of Parent Mental Health and Marital Satisfaction







6. "Just Stop It" - A Marriage Masterclass with Dr. Scott Stanley

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/just-stop-it-a-marriage-masterclass-with-dr-scott-stanley/id1771299770?i=1000672316815



7. National Marriage Week (2/7-14) Resources

https://www.marriageweek.org/



8. Ep #125: How to Practice Intentional Parenting through Family Nature Adventures with Shaun Garrison

Families of Character Show

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GA06kCQkf5k&list=PLILijXFqNJbFhhR1iA4eMpyc7H00Vx9lm&index=8&ab_channel=FamiliesofCharacter



9. Yes, Dads Can Struggle With Postpartum Depression—Here’s Why

By Kimanzi Constable

https://www.parents.com/what-causes-postpartum-depression-in-dads-8770790


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Bill


Candidates for IFS Friday Five

1.  Romantic Relationships Matter More to Men than to Women

 Iris V. Wahring, Jeffry A. Simpson & Paul A. M. Van Lange

https://static1.squarespace.com/static/523f28fce4b0f99c83f055f2/t/6745dff6d6dd2c54ac1ee442/1732632567738/BBS+2024+Relationships+Target+Article+Final.pdf



2. Monday, January 13, 2025 | 9:00 AM to 1:30 PM ET

What Are Parents’ Rights, and How Far Do They Go?

With Naomi Schaefer Riley | Adam J. White

https://www.aei.org/events/what-are-parents-rights-and-how-far-do-they-go/



3.  Beyond Good or Bad: The Four Evaluative Quadrants of Relationships

 Francesca Righetti, Mirna Đurić, and Iris Schneider

https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1177/10888683241302247



4.  Resilient relationships: Role of partner responsiveness and relationship satisfaction in posttraumatic stress disorder

 Eline M. Meulemana , Johan C. Karremansb and Elisa van Ee






5.  Examining associations among depressive symptoms, negative partner attributions, and relationship functioning in different-gender couples using the actor-partner interdependence mediation model

 Deanna L. Pollard | Tanya V. Shah | Neha Pathak | Joseph Boudreaux | Julia C. Babcock





6. Financial dynamics in long-term marriages: Surprising findings unearthed from decades’ worth of data

by Eric W. Dolan











9. The Effectiveness of Healthy Romantic Relationship Training on Enhancing Active-Empathic Listening Skills Among Emerging Adults
LAC Utami, AS Ginanjar, SY Pranawati - Bulletin of Counseling and Psychotherapy, 2024






10. Maternal and paternal parenting stress: Direct and interactive associations with child externalizing and internalizing behavior problems

Rose Lapolice Thériault, Annie Bernier, Audrey-Ann Deneault

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0885200624001868



11.  Characteristics of adolescent romantic partnerships and their associations with partnership qualities 

Jonathon J. Beckmeyer  and Gabrielle C. Kline 

https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/pdf/10.1080/02673843.2024.2443030



12.  LIKE, COMMENT, SUBSCRIBE, AND SHARE: AN INVESTIGATION OF EMERGING ADULTS’ LIVED EXPERIENCES OF RELATIONSHIP INFORMATION ON SOCIAL MEDIA

  Marquitta Fields

https://aura.antioch.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=2103&context=etds



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Candidates for IFS Friday Five

1. Expert Tips for Protecting Kids Online featuring Cyber Fareedah

 Jordan Langdon




2. When Did We Start Giving Each Other Wedding Rings?

https://historyfacts.com/arts-culture/article/when-did-we-start-giving-each-other-wedding-rings/



3. China love course proposal for universities to encourage marriage, childbirth draws backlash

Yating Yang




5. “Healthy Marriage and Responsible Fatherhood (HMRF)” NARME Webinar
January 15, 2025, 2:00 pm ET

https://www.narme.org/webinars

(see the slides from today's Dibble webinar on same topic attached below)



6. ‘What God Has Joined’: Courageous Catholics Live Truth That Marriage Is for Life

Beverly Willett

https://www.ncregister.com/features/beverly-willett-atlanta-retreat




7. Associations among PTSD Symptoms, Fear of Emotion, and Couple Communication Difficulties: A Between-Person Dyadic Analysis

SJ Fredman, J Lee, Y Le, E Taverna, AD Marshall - Behaviour Research and Therapy, 2024






8.  Exploring Young Women’s Experiences of Economic Abuse in Intimate Relationships

 by Erica M. Johnston




9. 'We Don't Let It Build Up': Relationship Satisfaction and Well-Being Among Equal-Sharing, Role-Reversed and Semi-Traditional Parents

M Pinho, R Gaunt, A Jordan, A Tarrant, N Chanamuto… - Journal of Family Issues, 2024




10.  Understanding Opportunities and Risks of Synthetic Relationships: Leveraging the Power of Longitudinal Research with Customised AI Tools

 Alfio Ventura and Nils Köbis  




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Candidates for IFS Friday Five

1. ICPSR Child and Family Data Archive 

OR



Collecting and Using Meaningful Program Data and Participant Information to Support Evaluation and Services

Office of Family Assistance, Peer TA

https://peerta.acf.hhs.gov/content/collecting-and-using-meaningful-program-data-and-participant-information-support-evaluation



2. The Challenges and Benefits of Integrative Healthy Marriage and Responsible Fatherhood Programming: Unique Perspectives From Three Veteran Grantees

Research and Evaluation Conference on Self-Sufficiency (RECS) 2024






3. China calls on universities to provide 'love education'




4.  A Safe Haven Through Attachment: A Dyadic Perspective on the Association Between Cumulative Childhood Trauma and Relationship Satisfaction

Mathilde Baumann , Marie-Ève Daspe , Claude Bélanger and Natacha Godbout  

https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1177/08862605241270013



5. Elevating Prevention and Promotion in Early Childhood Mental Health

Ana Maria Meléndez Guevara, Megan Streeter, Sonia Alves, Eileen Gao, and Danielle Rockman


Ruben Alarcon

https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s41042-024-00201-1



9.  Examining associations among depressive symptoms, negative partner attributions, and relationship functioning in different-gender couples using the actor-partner interdependence mediation model 

Deanna L. Pollard | Tanya V. Shah | Neha Pathak | Joseph Boudreaux | Julia C. Babcock


OR








10. How Does Parental Relationship Affect Teen Cannabis Use?

Annie Lennon



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Bill



Candidates for IFS Friday Five

1. Why a "Living Room Family" Is What Many Modern Parents Are Striving For

By Taylor Andrews






2. To break cycles of trauma, we need family-friendly addiction treatment

Nisha Chandra

https://harvardpublichealth.org/policy-practice/children-of-addicts-with-opioid-use-disorder-need-more-support/




3. “Honey, I’m Home”: When a Romantic Partner Returns From Deployment



https://decidetocommit.com/honey-im-home-when-a-romantic-partner-returns-from-deployment/




4.  For the Children: Attitudes Toward Marriage and Divorce in the United States

 Gayle Kaufman, Shuo Meng, Keya Zhou & D’Lane Compton









6. Briefing Document for Mini-Inquiry into Relationship and Sexuality Education Northern Ireland: Healthy Young Adult Relationships (HYAR) Education  

Lagdon, S., & Jordan , J.-A. (2024 

https://pure.ulster.ac.uk/ws/portalfiles/portal/214916187/Lagdon_Jordan_HYAR_Breif_2024.pdf  




7.  Sexual satisfaction mediates daily associations between body satisfaction and relationship satisfaction in new parent couples
 
Erin T. Fitzpatrick a, Natalie O. Rosen b, James J. Kim c, Marta T. Kolbuszewska a, Gracielle C. Schwenck d, Samantha J. Dawson a


https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1740144524001323



8. A dyadic multimethod study of “partner phubbing”, smartphone conflict, and relationship quality in opposite-sex couples from Belgium

https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s12144-024-06893-7



9. How Parents Can Fight Back Against the Digital Deluge of Life

https://www.afterbabel.com/p/how-parents-can-fight-back-against



10. Tuesday, December 3, 2024 | 12:00 PM to 1:15 PM ET

What Are Family Men For? A Conversation with Samuel Wilkinson




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Bill



Candidates for IFS Friday Five

1. Swedish Death Cleaning and Aging in Place

Cadence McManimon

https://intellectualtakeout.org/2024/11/swedish-death-cleaning-and-aging-in-place/


OR

How Parenting Got So Intense

Lenore Skenazy

https://intellectualtakeout.org/2024/11/how-parenting-got-so-intense/



2. Thinking about drinking: A guide for men.

Jett Stone

https://aibm.org/commentary/thinking-about-drinking-a-guide-for-men/



3. ACF Grant Opportunity Forecast

Family, Relationship, and Marriage Education Works - Adults (FRAMEWorks)


https://grants.gov/search-results-detail/355694



4. Four in Five Family Households With a Householder Ages 35-39 Included a Child Under 18 in 2024

Paul Hemez, Clayton Buck, and Lydia Anderson

https://www.census.gov/library/stories/2024/11/family-households.html



5.  How Modern Approaches to Relationships Decrease the Likelihood of a Healthy Marriage 

Rachel Sheffield

https://www.heritage.org/sites/default/files/2024-11/BG3843.pdf




6.  Relationship Instability and Depression among Women at Midlife: A Longitudinal Analysis

Cassandra Dorius,  Iowa State University, Quentin Riser,  University of Wisconsin-Madison, Crystal Hemesath   

https://assets-eu.researchsquare.com/files/rs-5374110/v1/0cadd4f4-a2a9-4e07-91a7-865343cf3d04.pdf?c=1730706702



7. Genetic variations as predictors of dispositional and dyadic empathy—a couple study

Maria Kaźmierczak, Magda Rybicka & Paweł Syty

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-024-78857-7



8. Positive Steps for Preventing Divorce and Building a Lasting Love - Dr. Howard J. Markman

Together in Happiness




9. Saying ‘thank you’ really matters: Science shows it’s the secret weapon for family happiness

Research led by Allen Barton, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign


https://studyfinds.org/saying-thank-you-family-happiness/




10. Study tests novel approach to PTSD treatment that helps individuals and spouses

Scott Sheaffer

Candidates for IFS Friday Five

1. Seven Tips for Talking With Kids About Politics

By Sahar Habib Ghazi

https://greatergood.berkeley.edu/article/item/seven_tips_for_talking_with_kids_about_politics?




2. Developing an early love of reading

Article by Jessica Henderson, Illustration by Jeffrey C. Chase

https://www.udel.edu/udaily/2024/november/childrens-book-week/




3.eCourses & Quick Lessons

https://extension.usu.edu/strongermarriage/ecourses



4.  The Global Flourishing Study: Study Profile and Initial Results on Flourishing 

Tyler VanderWeele

https://assets-eu.researchsquare.com/files/rs-5312412/v1/715db4a2-d5e1-4c9f-bc51-1749646f184c.pdf?c=1730306407



5. 24 Ways to Make the Holidays Kid-Friendly

Karen Cicero

https://childmind.org/article/how-to-make-holidays-kid-friendly/




6. Tuesday, November 19, 2024 | 9:00 AM to 2:00 PM ET

Marriage and Work Penalties in Government Programs

With Kevin Corinth | Angela Rachidi | Matt Weidinger | Brad Wilcox

https://www.aei.org/events/marriage-and-work-penalties-in-government-programs/




7. Written Comments in Response to House Committee on Ways and Means Hearing on Reforming Temporary Assistance for Needy Families

 ACF OFA - PeerTA


https://peerta.acf.hhs.gov/content/written-comments-response-house-committee-ways-and-means-hearing-reforming-temporary

OR

Webinar / Webcast

Healthy Relationships Training

https://peerta.acf.hhs.gov/content/healthy-relationships-training



8. ‘My marriage doesn’t come before my kids’: The viral post sparking a family-priority debate

By Stefania Sainato

https://www.mother.ly/news/viral-trending/viral-instagram-kids-first-marriage/



9. Families consulted on best ways to be active with their children

Dr Kate Freire

https://news.csu.edu.au/in-brief/families-consulted-on-best-ways-to-be-active-with-their-children



10. Family Expectations

https://familyexpectations.com/about-us/fe-works/


11. Parenting affects kids’ brains differently at different ages

https://news.umich.edu/parenting-affects-kids-brains-differently-at-different-ages/



12. Research Briefly: What in the world is anosognosia?

Dr. Xavier Amador

https://www.tac.org/research-briefly-what-in-the-world-is-anosognosia/


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Bill


Candidates for IFS Friday Five

1. How have American households changed over time?

https://usafacts.org/articles/how-has-the-structure-of-american-households-changed-over-time/




2. DIFI Executive Director to QNA: 30th Anniversary of International Year of Family Conference a Platform for Presenting New Visions

https://www.qna.org.qa/en/News-Area/News/2024-10/27/0032-difi-executive-director-to-qna-30th-anniversary-of-international-year-of-family-conference-a-platform-for-presenting-new-visions



3. Why gentle parenting is proving too rough for many parents

Lynda Lin Grigsby


https://www.nbcnews.com/news/gentle-parenting-style-hard-on-parents-rcna176917





4. Young Person Explains Why Young People Aren’t Getting Married

by Emily Washburn

https://dailycitizen.focusonthefamily.com/young-person-explains-why-young-people-arent-getting-married/



5. Sociologist: Ending US poverty is doable but requires 'each of us' to 'become poverty abolitionists'

Kimberley Heatherington




6. DECADE OF THE CHILD

A Call to Action! 2025-2035

https://www.npscoalition.org/projects/decade-of-the-child




7. The Sneaky Third Wheel

https://www.prepare-enrich.com/blog/the-sneaky-third-wheel/




8. ‘Mom Is Texting': Teachers Say Parents Are a Daily Distraction During Class

By Arianna Prothero

https://www.edweek.org/technology/mom-is-texting-teachers-say-parents-are-a-daily-distraction-during-class/2024/10




9. How Does Your State Compare With National Marriage and Divorce Trends?

Clayton Buck, Paul Hemez, and Lydia Anderson

https://www.census.gov/library/stories/2024/10/marriage-and-divorce.html




10. Call for Syllabi:  University and College Courses Focusing on Marital and Romantic Relationships

https://www.narme.org/syllabus-collection



11. Five ways to create joyful daily routines for your family

Claire Sibonney
Special to The Globe and Mail

https://www.theglobeandmail.com/life/article-five-ways-to-create-joyful-daily-routines-for-your-family/



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Bill
(In Clermont, FL watching World Series with brother Bob)