Candidates for IFS Friday Five

1. The Couple Relationship Skills Inventory: Is There Added Benefit of Partner's Report?






2. Loneliness Linked To Nearly 6 Fewer Years Free Of Depression, Anxiety

Research led by Lu Qi (Tulane University)





3. CONNECTING, COLLABORATING, AND CONTRIBUTING: SUPPORTING THE DEVELOPMENT OF RELATIONAL SKILLS FOR THE TRANSITION TO ADULTHOOD

Natalie Saragosa-Harris, PhD and Meghan Lynch Forder, MA







4. Supportive Adult Connections, Teen Pregnancy, and Youth Mental Health

Beckwith, S. Mihalec-Adkins, B., Huang, L. A., Smith, S., & Tallant, J.





5. How high‑quality friendship supports teen well‑being

Ryan J. Persram







6. Sliding vs Deciding: Why Moving in Should Come After Marriage

Untold





7. You Can't Teach a Flooded Brain: The Neuroscience of Why Mind Matters Comes First

Oct 14, 2026 04:00 PM in Eastern Time (US and Canada)







8. Behind the Research: A Straus Scholar's Summer at the Institute for Family Studies

Matthew Minsk (YC '26)





9. The Missing Measure: Family Structure and Child Outcomes

Tuesday, October 13, 2026 | 3:30 PM to 4:30 PM ET




10. The rise of dual income households and female breadwinners

By Abby Alecock





11. SmartLoving: The Dating Recession

Francine & Byron Pirola






12. Universities to provide courses on family life






Thanks
Bill