Coffin Corner

2. Marital transitions during earlier adulthood and subsequent health and well-being in mid- to late-life among female nurses: An outcome-wide analysis

Ying Chen a b

,

Maya B. Mathur c

,

Brendan W. Case a

,

Tyler J. VanderWeele a b

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2590113323000020

3. Developing a Comprehensive Community-Based Prevention Strategy

ADAPT

https://www.hidta.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/Developing-a-Comprehensive-Community-Strategy_FINAL_r.pdf

4. Adult Relationship Quality Data Tool

The Marriage Strengthening Research and Dissemination Center (MAST Center)

https://mastresearchcenter.org/hmre-evaluation-data-tool/adult-relationship-quality-data-tool/

5. Racial Disparities in the Income Tax Treatment of Marriage

Janet Holtzblatt, Swati Joshi, Nora Cahill, William G. Gale

https://www.taxpolicycenter.org/publications/racial-disparities-income-tax-treatment-marriage-oct-2023

6. Opinion: A silver anniversary celebration for the Utah Marriage Commission

By Alan Hawkins, Contributor

https://www.deseret.com/opinion/2023/10/30/23939124/25th-anniversary-utah-marriage-commission

7. INTEGRATED PRIMARY PREVENTION

Commander, Navy Installations Command

https://ffr.cnic.navy.mil/Family-Readiness/Fleet-And-Family-Support-Program/INTEGRATED-PRIMARY-PREVENTION/

OR

Thriving, Not Just Surviving: Military Family Readiness

MCEC Podcast

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/hriving-not-just-surviving-military-family-readiness/id1386801038?i=1000633208728

8. Study finds more than half of teenagers have no rules for using tech at home

Roser Reyner

https://sciencex.com/wire-news/460196191/study-finds-more-than-half-of-teenagers-have-no-rules-for-using.html

9. Flourishing in Career and Family Life

Public Discourse, Nov 6, 2023 08:00 PM

https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_bEiupM5OTbib6D8P5O4RsA#/registration

10. Melissa Kearney on the Two-Parent Privilege

By Nat Malkus

https://www.aei.org/podcast/melissa-kearney-on-the-two-parent-privilege/

OR

Melissa Kearney: The Importance of the Two-Parent Home

Ep. 307 — Political Economy with James Pethokoukis

https://www.aei.org/podcast/melissa-kearney-the-importance-of-the-two-parent-home/

11. A Happy Marriage Affects Genetic Mental Health Risk

Noam Shpancer Ph.D. for PT

https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/insight-therapy/202309/a-happy-marriage-affects-genetic-mental-health-risk

12. Ep. 123—The Intricacies of Marriage

Yale University Press podcast, we talk with Devorah Baum about her new book,

On Marriage.

https://yalebooks.yale.edu/2023/10/28/ep-123-the-intricacies-of-marriage/

Thanks

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Candidates for IFS Friday Five

1. On Edge: Understanding and Preventing Young Adults’ Mental Health Challenges

Authored by Richard Weissbourd, Milena Batanova, Joseph McIntyre, and Eric Torres with Shanae Irving, Sawsan Eskander, and Kiran Bhai.

https://mcc.gse.harvard.edu/reports/on-edge?j=4835745&sfmc_sub=525067210&l=80898_HTML&u=270370879&mid=7303351&jb=1005

2. Fragile Neighborhoods: A Book Event with Seth Kaplan (replay)

With Yuval Levin,AEI

https://www.aei.org/events/fragile-neighborhoods-a-book-event-with-seth-kaplan/

3. "Shocking": More mothers are working than ever before

Emily Peck, author of Axios Markets

https://www.axios.com/2023/09/01/working-mothers-labor-market-women-equality

4. Welfare and Family Self-Sufficiency Learning Agenda

OPRE/ACF

https://www.acf.hhs.gov/opre/report/welfare-and-family-self-sufficiency-learning-agenda

5. 'They yell and I yell back': Preschoolers' descriptions of conflict-laden interactions at home

by Uppsala University

https://medicalxpress.com/news/2023-10-preschoolers-descriptions-conflict-laden-interactions-home.html

6. Fertility Rate in Canada Fell to (Another) Record Low in 2022

Nathan Battams

https://vanierinstitute.ca/fertility-rate-in-canada-fell-to-another-record-low-in-2022/

7. There is power in telling your children ‘I don’t know’

Perspective by Maryam Abdullah

https://www.washingtonpost.com/parenting/2023/10/24/parents-dont-know/

8. Emotional Regulation: Everything You Need to Know to Improve Your Relationships

Candice Ramsey, MA, LAMFT, CPC

https://councilforrelationships.org/emotional-regulation-everything-you-need-to-know-to-improve-your-relationships/

9. Reducing Intergenerational Poverty

National Academy of Sciences

https://nap.nationalacademies.org/resource/27058/interactive/

10. GOOD DIGITAL PARENTING

https://www.fosi.org/good-digital-parenting

11. Marriage Is Not a Tool

Richard Gunderman MD, Ph.D. for PT

https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/fully-human/202310/marriage-is-not-a-tool

12. Utah celebrates 25 years of supporting healthy marriages

By Kaigan Mears Bigler, KSL.com

https://www.ksl.com/article/50764664/utah-celebrates-25-years-of-supporting-healthy-marriages

13. A Psychologist Explains The 6 Stages Of Marriage

Mark Travers, Contributor

https://www.forbes.com/sites/traversmark/2023/10/23/a-psychologist-explains-the-6-stages-of-marriage/?sh=1f3c829a5a86

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Bill

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Candidates for IFS Friday Five

1. How to Manage Holidays When a Family Member Has BPD

Linda S Austin M.D.

https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/theyre-driving-me-nuts/202310/how-to-manage-holidays-when-a-family-member-has-bpd

2. Grounds for Divorce: The Dynamics of Marriage Satisfaction as a Predictor of Divorce

Mieczysław Plopa1 ,Wojciech Plopa1 , and Anna Skuzińska2

https://scholar.google.com/scholar_url?url=https://www.ac-psych.org/en/download-pdf/page/37/volume/19/issue/3/id/406&hl=en&sa=X&d=14084354069337292553&ei=OoYuZdCfMsruygT5m5iABQ&scisig=AFWwaeYms1tsbqXgx-5CagB8XkFw&oi=scholaralrt&hist=1YCyzCEAAAAJ:2898548687067886055:AFWwaea0ssn5rusIusxp2zKz9a1O&html=&pos=4&folt=kw

3. Urban Advantage for Careers, Rural Edge for Marriage: A Study on South Korean Young Adults

http://koreabizwire.com/urban-advantage-for-careers-rural-edge-for-marriage-a-study-on-south-korean-young-adults/261968

4. How to Change Your Marriage Mindset

USU EXTENSION

https://extension.usu.edu/strongermarriage/podcast/episodes/055_Marriage_Mindset

5. Helping Vulnerable Moms and Families: How Do We Get to Bipartisan Support?

Lauretta Brown

https://www.ncregister.com/news/helping-vulnerable-moms-and-families-how-do-we-get-to-bipartisan-support

6 Marriage Rate in the U.S.: Geographic Variation, 2022

Author: Jaden Loo

https://www.bgsu.edu/ncfmr/resources/data/family-profiles/loo-marriage-rate-US-geographic-variation-2022-fp-23-23.html

7. How to Talk With Kids About the War in Gaza and Israel

BY MARYAM ABDULLAH

https://greatergood.berkeley.edu/article/item/how_to_talk_with_kids_about_the_war_in_gaza_and_israel

OR

Helping Kids Work Through the Fear and Consequences of Global Violence

https://www.militarychild.org/resourcesglobalviolence

8. Greek PM Declares 'National Danger' Over Birth Decline

https://www.barrons.com/news/greek-pm-declares-national-danger-over-birth-decline-68dcfd16

9. English bishop claims marriage ‘disappearing in Britain’

Charles Collins

https://cruxnow.com/church-in-uk-and-ireland/2023/10/english-bishop-claims-marriage-disappearing-in-britain

10. For relationship maintenance, accurate perception of partner's behavior could be key

by Marianne Stein, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

https://phys.org/news/2023-10-relationship-maintenance-accurate-perception-partner.html

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Bill

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Candidates for IFS Friday Five

1. More than 1 in 7 men have no close friends. The way we socialize boys is to blame

LAURA NEWBERRY

https://www.latimes.com/lifestyle/newsletter/2023-10-10/more-than-1-in-7-men-have-no-close-friends-the-way-we-socialize-boys-is-to-blame-group-therapy?

2. Adolescent delinquency: The role of early childhood exposure to intimate partner violence

Shannon Cheung, Chien-Chung Huang

https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/fare.12949

3. Persevering in a Marriage That Tries Your Patience

GARY THOMAS

https://garythomasbooks.substack.com/p/persevering-in-a-marriage-that-tries?

4. How Do Elementary Students Show Kindness to Others?

BY SUMMER S. BRAUN, MICHAEL T. WARREN, KIMBERLY A. SCHONERT-REICHL

https://greatergood.berkeley.edu/article/item/how_do_elementary_students_show_kindness_to_others

5. Summary: Reducing Parental Conflict programme 2018 to 2022 diary research with parents accessing interventions

Anna Silk and Sophie Talbot (Department for Work and Pensions)

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/reducing-parental-conflict-programme-2018-to-2022-diary-research-with-parents-accessing-interventions/summary-reducing-parental-conflict-programme-2018-to-2022-diary-research-with-parents-accessing-interventions

6. 7 in 10 adults have strong relationship with their parents — and childhood chores are a big reason why!

Sophia Naughton

https://studyfinds.org/chores-parents-cleaning-house/

7. Local Programs Keep Incarcerated Parents Connected to Kids

Sarah Sample

https://conduitstreet.mdcounties.org/2023/10/12/local-programs-keep-incarcerated-parents-connected-to-kids/

8. Family resiliency in the aftermath of COVID-19 pandemic: A latent profile analysis

Allen W. Barton, Noah B. Larsen, Qiujie Gong, Scott M. Stanley

https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/jomf.12929

9. Mitch Albom: Breaking news: Marriage, two-parent homes good for children!

https://www.dailyfreeman.com/2023/10/07/mitch-albom-breaking-news-marriage-two-parent-homes-good-for-children/

10. Marital First Responder Workshop

October 14, 2023, 9am to 4 pm Central Time, Online via Zoom and In Person

https://maritalfirstresponders.org/mfr-workshop-registration/

and if you need a getaway... First hotel in space is set to open in 2025

Katherine Sidnell

https://www.unilad.com/technology/space/space-travel-hotel-orbital-assembly-opens-797402-20231007

Happy Birthday Alysse!

Bill

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Candidates for IFS Friday Five

1. Baby Bonds Would Reduce Racial Wealth Inequities. Here’s What Policymakers Need to Know.

Madeline Brown, Marokey Sawo, Ofronama Biu

https://www.urban.org/urban-wire/baby-bonds-would-reduce-racial-wealth-inequities-heres-what-policymakers-need-know

2. Couples delay getting married in order to buy new home

Charlie Bayliss

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/couples-love-marriage-home-sale-b2418735.html

3. Fathers have ‘unique effect’ on children’s educational outcomes, study finds

Sally Weale, Education correspondent

https://www.theguardian.com/society/2023/sep/20/fathers-have-unique-effect-on-childrens-educational-outcomes-study-finds

4. The Effects of Harsh Parenting: A negative self-perpetuating loop

By Lydia Speyer

https://childandfamilyblog.com/harsh-parenting-effects/

5. Intentional marriage plus family ministries yield good results

Therese Horvat

http://theleaven.org/intentional-marriage-plus-family-ministries-yield-good-results/

6. 10 Ways to Start Your Child's Day with Caring and Empathy

https://mcc.gse.harvard.edu/whats-new/caring-school-dropoff

7. Three Years Later: The Impact of Relationship Smarts Plus on Youth in Georgia

Wed, Oct 11, 2023, 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM EDT

https://register.gotowebinar.com/register/206821869541470299

8. Cutting-edge AI boosts healthy relationships, social and emotional learning for youth and adults

Fatherhood Channel

https://fatherhoodchannel.com/2023/09/27/cutting-edge-ai-boosts-healthy-relationships-social-and-emotional-learning-for-youth-and-adults-92723/

9. Youth groups, classes may be key in maintaining faith as kids age

Leigh Beeson

https://news.uga.edu/youth-groups-may-maintain-faith-as-kids-age/

10. Feeling Undervalued? Relationship Interventions May Aid

Marianne Stein

https://www.miragenews.com/feeling-undervalued-relationship-interventions-1098316/

11. 100 Percent of Couples Have Conflict. This Could Help.

Tyler Jamison Ph.D. for PT

https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/assembly-required/202309/100-percent-of-couples-have-conflict-this-could-help

12. Economics Newsletter: The Marriage Decline

Commentary By Allison Schrager

https://manhattan.institute/article/economics-newsletter-the-marriage-decline

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Bill

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Candidates for IFS Friday Five # 485 (10th year anniversary)

1. The psychology of commitment and marriage

Harry Benson

https://marriagefoundation.org.uk/the-psychology-of-marriage/

2. The Modern American Family

BY CAROLINA ARAGÃO, KIM PARKER, SHANNON GREENWOOD, CHRIS BARONAVSKI AND JOHN CARLO MANDAPAT

https://www.pewresearch.org/social-trends/2023/09/14/the-modern-american-family/

3. Measuring the Nation’s Social and Economic Well-Being

https://www.census.gov/library/visualizations/2023/comm/well-being.html

4. Policies and Programs to Reduce Intergenerational Poverty

(I wonder if they'll mention marriage)

https://www.nationalacademies.org/our-work/policies-and-programs-to-reduce-intergenerational-poverty

5. Intimate Partner Violence Among Military Spouses: A Qualitative Study of Power and Control in Context (Preview)

Smith, Allison L. University of Kansas

https://www.proquest.com/openview/a61ff1bcb74b6e24bfde00939db6009a/1?pq-origsite=gscholar&cbl=18750&diss=y

6. Marital First Responder Workshop

October 14, 2023, 9am to 4 pm Central Time, Online via Zoom and In Person

https://maritalfirstresponders.org/mfr-workshop-registration/

7. Prenatal Version of the Coparenting Relationship Scale Among Finnish Couples Expecting Their Firstborn

Emmi Lindroos,

Eija Räikkönen,

Kaisa Malinen &

Anna K. Rönkä

https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10826-023-02659-0

8. Opinion Liberals don’t like talking up marriage. Here’s how they can start.

By Alyssa Rosenberg

https://wapo.st/3EOhNUS

9. Marriage is about more than math

Conn Carroll, Commentary Editor

https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/marriage-is-about-more-than-math

10. Fewer and less expensive weddings hurting China's massive marriage industry

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-09-19/declining-marriages-hurting-wedding-industry-birth-rate/102873800

11. The Knot Worldwide Launches Inaugural Future of Marriage Report, Revealing More Than 70% of Gen Zers are Looking Forward to Their Wedding Day

https://finance.yahoo.com/news/knot-worldwide-launches-inaugural-future-130000916.html

Thanks!

Bill

We are headed to Prague and then on a weeklong cruise on the Danube...back Oct 2

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Candidates for IFS Friday Five

1. The two-parent privilege: A conversation on the case for marriage

Featuring author Melissa Kearney and Jim Tankersley

Thursday, September 21, 2023

11:00 AM - 12:15 PM EDT

https://www.brookings.edu/events/the-two-parent-privilege-a-conversation-on-the-case-for-marriage/

2. 5 Million More Children Experienced Poverty in 2022 Than in 2021, Following Expiration of COVID-era Economic Relief

Dana Thomson, Renee Ryberg

https://www.childtrends.org/blog/5-million-more-children-experienced-poverty-in-2022-than-in-2021-following-expiration-of-covid-era-economic-relief

3. What’s the Best Strategy for Supporting an Upset Partner?

BY JILL SUTTIE

https://greatergood.berkeley.edu/article/item/whats_best_strategy_for_supporting_an_upset_partner

4.

Study confirms it: Opposites don't actually attract

University of Colorado at Boulder

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2023/09/230905124922.htm

5. Conservatives in Denmark propose action against divorces

CNE.news

https://cne.news/article/3580-conservatives-in-denmark-propose-action-against-divorces

6. Measuring Poverty: The New Census Estimates and the Future of Poverty Measurement

https://www.aei.org/events/measuring-poverty-the-new-census-estimates-and-the-future-of-poverty-measurement/

7. 5 Ways the Sibling Dynamic Reappears in Adult Relationships

Fern Schumer Chapman, PT

https://www.psychologytoday.com/gb/blog/brothers-sisters-strangers/202309/5-ways-the-sibling-dynamic-reappears-in-adult-relationships

8. Across U.S. religious groups, more see decline of marriage as negative than positive

BY GREGORY A. SMITH

https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2023/09/14/across-us-religious-groups-more-see-decline-of-marriage-as-negative-than-positive/

9. Marriage could mean losing life-saving benefits for people with disabilities. So they’re protesting.

Sara Luterman, Caregiving reporter

https://19thnews.org/2023/09/disability-advocates-marriage-equality-commitment-ceremony/

10. The Impact of Marriage

ELAINE SCHWARTZ

https://econlife.com/2023/09/inequality-impact-of-marriage/

11. WHAT IS THE ‘MARRIAGE LANGUAGE’ TIKTOK TREND THAT COUPLES KEEP POSTING?

Article by Kaitlin Stanford

https://www.intheknow.com/post/marriage-language-trend-tiktok/

12. Start a Family Book Club

https://www.doinggoodtogether.org/projects/family-book-club

or https://www.doinggoodtogether.org/bigheartedfamilies/

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Bill

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Candidates for Friday Five

1. 6 Ways to Jump-Start Your Relationship's Ability to Flourish

Susan Krauss Whitbourne, PhD, ABPP for PT

https://www.psychologytoday.com/intl/blog/fulfillment-at-any-age/202309/6-ways-to-jump-start-your-relationships-ability-to-flourish

2. First-time fathers seem to experience a steeper decline in relationship satisfaction in the first two years post-partum than second-time fathers

in the open-access journal PLOS ONE by Judith T. Mack and Lena Brunke from Technische Universität Dresden, Germany, and colleagues.

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2023/08/230830151756.htm

3. Say Yes to the Mess

https://slate.com/tag/say-yes-to-the-mess

4. Experiences Of Peer Educators Teaching Relationship Ed. to College Students

Sep 13, 2023, 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM EDT |

The Dibble Institute

https://register.gotowebinar.com/register/2737613962020257621

5. Let’s Talk Relationships: When we’re alone, together: Unpacking how loneliness, now considered a public health crisis, winds up in our relationships

AMY NEWSHORE, for the Recorder

https://www.recorder.com/amy-newshore-sept-2-52132639

6. The best reasons to marry military

By Sarah Sicard

https://www.militarytimes.com/off-duty/military-culture/2023/09/06/the-best-reasons-to-marry-military/

7.