tag:billcoffin.org,2013:/posts Coffin Corner 2025-04-10T23:09:59Z Bill Coffin tag:billcoffin.org,2013:Post/2189591 2025-04-10T23:09:58Z 2025-04-10T23:09:59Z Candidates for IFS Friday Five
1. 

A Review of “Get Married” by: Brad Wilcox


Julie Abbinante

https://decidetocommit.com/a-review-of-get-married-by-brad-wilcox/



2. We Gon' Be Alright: Examining Culturally Relevant Coping Strategies as Promotive Factors for Black Romantic Relationships

August I C Jenkins 1,2, TeKisha M Rice 3, Shardé McNeil Smith 1, Allen W Barton 1, Steven R H Beach 4

https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC11961784/



3.  Adolescents and Technology - The True Impact of Tech

PA Schaefer

https://red.mnstate.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=2053&context=thesis




4. Life Course Insights into Social Relationship Quality: A Cross-National Analysis of 22 Countries

Renae Wilkinson, Koichiro Shiba, Cristina Gibson, Emeka Okafor, Ying Chen, Matt Bradshaw, Byron R. Johnson, i Tyler J. VanderWeele

https://osf.io/preprints/osf/n2pxk_v1





5. Teaching Kids the Art of Conflict Resolution: Managing Disputes at Any Age

https://relationshipsca.org/teaching-kids-conflict-resolution/




6.  NARME 2025

Nat'l Alli. for Relationship & Marriage Education 


https://www.narme.org/summit-2025





7. ‘Marriage and having children are like springs in the ground’ — An Interview with Catherine Pakaluk

https://www.hungarianconservative.com/articles/interview/family-child-protection-sexual-ideologies-catherine-pakaluk/



8. Mental and Behavioral Health Disorders Are Increasing in U.S.; Effective Preventive Interventions Should Be Expanded, Report Says

https://www.nationalacademies.org/news/2025/04/mental-and-behavioral-health-disorders-are-increasing-in-u-s-effective-preventive-interventions-should-be-expanded-report-says






9. Utah slides to No. 10 for fertility in U.S.

Lois M. Collins

https://www.deseret.com/family/2025/04/07/utah-drop-fertility-rate-population-birth-immigration/




10. "Matrimonial consent in today’s secularized society”

Keynote speech by Professor Gambino at the 54th ASCAI National Congress in Pompei

https://www.laityfamilylife.va/content/laityfamilylife/en/news/2024/consenso-matrimoniale-nell-attuale-societa-secolarizzata.html

Footnote 20 (of 50) of the attached 15-page speech/article refers to  
https://ifstudies.org/blog/the-rise-of-marriage-deserts-and-what-we-can-do-about-them



Speaking of the Vatican, we'll be on a pilgrimage to Assisi, Norcia, and Rome from 4/12-24 

Bill
Bill Coffin

301-625-7737 | 301-518-5657 | billcoffin68@gmail.com

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]]> Bill Coffin tag:billcoffin.org,2013:Post/2187972 2025-04-04T00:21:06Z 2025-04-04T00:21:07Z Candidates for IFS Friday Five
1. Report Release Webinar: Blueprint for a National Prevention Infrastructure for Mental, Emotional, and Behavioral Disorder


April 9th at 11:00 a.m. ET

https://www.nationalacademies.org/event/44880_04-2025_report-release-webinar-blueprint-for-a-national-prevention-infrastructure-for-mental-emotional-and-behavioral-disorders





2. The pros and cons of ‘gentle parenting’

https://whyy.org/episodes/gentle-parenting-motherhood-fatherhood/

3. America’s Missing Men

Katherine Dee





5. Fathers’ consistent parenting nurtures bonds through teen years





7. “Children will Love Like You Do”: How Adolescents’ Relationships with Parents Predict the Quality of Best Friendships and Romantic Relations







8. PTSD can undermine healthy couple communication when people fear their emotions





9. Psychological science helps build digital educational media that capitalizes on how human brains learn

https://www.apa.org/monitor/2025/04-05/kids-digital-educational-media

OR

58% of teens do not get enough social and emotional support, study finds

Kirsten Weir

https://www.apa.org/monitor/2025/04-05/teen-social-emotional-support




10. Most & Least Stressed States (2025)

Adam McCann, WalletHub Financial Writer



]]> Bill Coffin tag:billcoffin.org,2013:Post/2186232 2025-03-27T22:21:02Z 2025-03-27T22:21:03Z Candidates for IFS Friday Five
1.  Short Duration Relationship and Marriage Education (RME) during Covid-19: Outcomes and Future Directions

 Pamela B. Payne University of Nevada Reno, Naomi Brower Utah State University,  Melanie Jewkes Utah State University


https://digitalcommons.usu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1005&context=tcjournal




2. Paternal perinatal mental health support: fathers’ perspectives on barriers, facilitators, and preferences


https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/jomf.13098




5. Divorce Rates in Australia at Lowest Level in 50 Years

Australian Institute of Family Studies





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

Brian G. Ogolsky, Kiersten Dobson, Matthew Rivas-Koehl, Ghada Kawas, Jennifer L. Hardesty

https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/pere.12590




7. Study: When Fewer Parents Are Married, Poverty And Violence Skyrocket

Anna Kaladish Reynolds




8. Why women are struggling with marriage

Timothy S. Goeglein







9. On this episode of Studio 2, we ask: How have gender roles in marriage changed over time? What’s worked and what hasn’t in your relationship?

Guests:

Stephanie Coontz, Director of Research and Public Education for the Council on Contemporary Families and author of the forthcoming ‘For Better AND Worse: The Problematic Past and Challenging Future of Marriage’

Jo Piazza, Journalist and author of many books, including the forthcoming thriller,‘Everyone is Lying to You.’



https://whyy.org/episodes/modern-marriage-and-motherhood/




10. GOP Wants to Teach Students High School, Job, Marriage, and Kids Will Keep Them Out of Poverty



]]> Bill Coffin tag:billcoffin.org,2013:Post/2184213 2025-03-20T22:46:40Z 2025-03-20T22:46:41Z 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


]]> Bill Coffin tag:billcoffin.org,2013:Post/2182424 2025-03-13T21:53:21Z 2025-03-13T21:53:21Z 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
]]> Bill Coffin tag:billcoffin.org,2013:Post/2180578 2025-03-06T03:43:14Z 2025-03-06T03:43:14Z 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



]]> Bill Coffin tag:billcoffin.org,2013:Post/2176980 2025-02-20T23:19:51Z 2025-02-20T23:19:52Z 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.

]]> Bill Coffin tag:billcoffin.org,2013:Post/2175128 2025-02-13T23:12:56Z 2025-02-13T23:13:19Z Re: Candidates for IFS Friday Five
]]> Bill Coffin tag:billcoffin.org,2013:Post/2175127 2025-02-13T23:10:26Z 2025-02-13T23:10:37Z 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


    ]]>     Bill Coffin     tag:billcoffin.org,2013:Post/2173526 2025-02-06T22:10:26Z 2025-02-06T22:10:26Z 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































    ]]>     Bill Coffin     tag:billcoffin.org,2013:Post/2172122 2025-01-31T00:00:58Z 2025-01-31T00:01:05Z 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

    ]]>     Bill Coffin     tag:billcoffin.org,2013:Post/2170513 2025-01-23T03:41:09Z 2025-01-23T03:41:10Z 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



    ]]>     Bill Coffin     tag:billcoffin.org,2013:Post/2169136 2025-01-17T04:36:49Z 2025-01-17T04:37:02Z 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






    ]]>     Bill Coffin     tag:billcoffin.org,2013:Post/2164637 2025-01-09T22:59:43Z 2025-01-09T22:59:44Z 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


    Thanks
    Bill


    ]]>     Bill Coffin     tag:billcoffin.org,2013:Post/2162936 2025-01-02T19:42:49Z 2025-01-02T19:42:50Z 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



    Thanks
    Bill  





















































    ]]>     Bill Coffin     tag:billcoffin.org,2013:Post/2158616 2024-12-12T23:20:21Z 2024-12-12T23:20:22Z 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  




    BEAT ARMY!


    Bill



    ]]>     Bill Coffin     tag:billcoffin.org,2013:Post/2157305 2024-12-05T23:36:19Z 2024-12-05T23:36:19Z 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



    Thanks
    Bill



    ]]>     Bill Coffin     tag:billcoffin.org,2013:Post/2154307 2024-11-21T18:43:58Z 2024-11-21T18:43:59Z 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




    Thanks
    Bill



    ]]>     Bill Coffin     tag:billcoffin.org,2013:Post/2152516 2024-11-14T15:52:37Z 2024-11-14T15:52:38Z 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

    ]]>     Bill Coffin     tag:billcoffin.org,2013:Post/2150639 2024-11-06T23:13:15Z 2024-11-06T23:13:16Z 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/


    Thanks
    Bill


    ]]>     Bill Coffin     tag:billcoffin.org,2013:Post/2149299 2024-10-31T16:26:44Z 2024-10-31T16:26:45Z Re: Candidates for IFS Friday Five
    12. https://www.cardus.ca/research/the-canadian-marriage-map/
    ]]>     Bill Coffin     tag:billcoffin.org,2013:Post/2149182 2024-10-31T00:10:50Z 2024-10-31T00:10:51Z 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/



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


    ]]>     Bill Coffin     tag:billcoffin.org,2013:Post/2147758 2024-10-24T21:14:43Z 2024-10-24T21:14:44Z Candidates for IFS Friday Five
    1. Trapped in an unhappy myth?

    Harry Benson, research director of the Marriage Foundation

    https://marriagefoundation.org.uk/research/trapped-in-an-unhappy-myth/




    2. Speaking of Psychology: The ‘rush hour’ of life: Navigating your 30s and 40s, with Clare Mehta, PhD

    https://www.apa.org/news/podcasts/speaking-of-psychology/established-adulthood



    3. (The UK) Government commits to taking forward the Conservatives’ family help model

    Joe Lepper

    https://www.cypnow.co.uk/content/news/government-commits-to-taking-forward-conservatives-family-help-model




    4. Heterogeneity in happiness: A latent profile analysis of single emerging adults

    Lisa C. Walsh,
    Calen Horton,
    Reed Kaufman,
    Anthony Rodriguez,
    Victor A. Kaufman

    https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0310196




    5. 2025 NARME Summit Call for Proposals

    https://www.narme.org/call-for-proposals



    6.  Children, Household Specialization and Relationship Quality

    * Belén Rodríguez Moro† , Olatz Román‡

    https://olatzroman.github.io/assets/pdf/OlatzRoman_JMP.pdf




    7.  Happy couples “see” helpful partners: Relationship quality predicts biased perceptions of partner instrumentality to one's goals

     Emily R. O'Brien | Amanda L. Forest

    https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1111/pere.12576




    8.  AN ANALYSIS OF Life to the Full 
    the Relationship and Sex Education programme adopted by the Catholic Education Service
    on behalf of the Catholic bishops of England and Wales
     
    by JOHN SMEATON and PETER NEWMAN

    https://voiceofthefamily.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/VOTF-Report-OCT-2024.pdf



    9. Study: Youth action research projects need thoughtful design, youths’ input

    Sharita Forrest

    https://news.illinois.edu/view/6367/827698178



    10. ‘Can We Talk?’: conversations with Dr. Nura Mowzoon and Penn Badgley

     Hannah Woods

    https://berkeleybeacon.com/can-we-talk-conversations-with-dr-nura-mowzoon-and-penn-badgley/



    11. How parents interact with children could shape how they play with peers
    • Sydney Barrilleaux, UGA Today

    https://www.cnhinews.com/exchange/states/georgia/article_62ffc4a1-e821-5195-9b0c-4a57d6c909db.html



    12. Man’s Search for Marriage
    |
    By Darren Geist

    https://www.thepublicdiscourse.com/2024/10/96203/



    Thanks
    Bill




    ]]>     Bill Coffin     tag:billcoffin.org,2013:Post/2145940 2024-10-17T17:36:59Z 2024-10-17T17:37:00Z Candidates for IFS Friday Five
    1. Do Black Newborns Fare Better with Black Doctors? The Limits of Measuring Racial Concordance

    George J. Borjas, Robert VerBruggen, The Manhattan Institute

    https://manhattan.institute/article/do-black-newborns-fare-better-with-black-doctors




    2. 

    No-Fault Divorce is Bad For Kids. Divorce Justice is the Answer.


     Katy Faust

    https://divorcereform.us/no-fault-divorce-is-bad-for-kids-divorce-justice-is-the-answer/




    3. Encouraging Kindness in Kids

    https://ggia.berkeley.edu/practice/how_to_praise_kids_in_ways_that_make_them_more_kind



    4. Families and Politics Module

    a Braver Angels course on how to talk to family members across the political divide

    https://courseware.braverangels.org/families-and-politics/index.html#/lessons/i7XN9Xt0wGkknegRlscZuR73apbMG0Nw




    5. Four Lessons for Raising Resilient Children in the Digital Age

    Seth Kaplan and Caroline Bryk

    https://www.afterbabel.com/p/four-lessons-for-raising-resilient




    6. 5 Common Parenting Practices You Can Ditch

    BJ Foster

    https://www.allprodad.com/common-parenting-practices-you-can-ditch/




    7. Characteristics and Financial Circumstances of TANF Recipients for FY 2023

    OFA/ACF

    https://www.acf.hhs.gov/ofa/data/characteristics-and-financial-circumstances-tanf-recipients-fiscal-year-2023


    OR

    ACF Releases Inaugural Data Strategy to Improve Services for Children and Families

    Jeff Hild, Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary, Administration for Children and Families

    https://www.acf.hhs.gov/blog/2024/10/acf-releases-inaugural-data-strategy




    8. Gen Z believes adulthood begins at 27

    Olivia Hebert

    https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/gen-z-adulthood-survey-b2624432.html

    OR

    Household mess strains relationships – can a professional de-clutterer help mine?

    Anya Meyerowitz

     






    9. Beyond The Porn Phenomenon

    https://puredesire.org/beyond-porn-phenomenon/

    OR

    Porn and Marital Conflict: How Compulsive Use Erodes Intimacy

    Dr. Kathy McMahon

    https://www.couplestherapyinc.com/porn-and-marital-conflict/




    10. Parents must reclaim the central role if growing crisis among children is to end, suggests new book

    Helen O’Callaghan




    11. Adverse Childhood Experiences and Health Conditions and Risk Behaviors Among High School Students — Youth Risk Behavior Survey, United States, 2023

    Elizabeth A. Swedo, MD1; Sanjana Pampati, PhD; et.al.

    https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes/73/su/su7304a5.htm



    12.  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



    13. Partnership quality and maternal depressive symptoms in the transition to parenthood: a prospective cohort study

    Cornelia E. Schwarze, Veronika Lerche, Stephanie Wallwiener & Sabina Pauen

    https://bmcpregnancychildbirth.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12884-024-06757-9



    Thanks
    Bill





    ]]>     Bill Coffin     tag:billcoffin.org,2013:Post/2142995 2024-10-03T22:58:51Z 2024-10-03T22:58:51Z Candidates for IFS Friday Five
    1. Domestic Violence Awareness Month

    Office of Family Violence Prevention and Services in ACF

    https://www.acf.hhs.gov/ofvps/domestic-violence-awareness-month

    OR

    Evidence-based Recommendations for Policy and Practice

    Lauren Supplee

    Office of Planning, Research & Evaluation/ACF




    2. Raising Kids In America Shouldn’t Be This Hard

     Timothy P. Carney

    https://media.benedictine.edu/media/raising-kids-in-america-shouldnt-be-this-hard-timothy-p-carney



    3. Artificial intelligence in applied family research involving families with young children: A scoping review

    Joyce Y. Lee, Eunhye Ahn, Amy Xu, Yuanyuan Yang, Yujeong Chang, Hunmin Cha, Tawfiq Ammari

    https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/fare.13090?campaign=wolearlyview



    4. 4 Tips to help parents navigate sibling rivalry

    https://www.fox13now.com/the-place/4-tips-to-help-parents-navigate-sibling-rivalry



    5. 5 tips for how to talk politics with friends and loved ones


    https://www.axios.com/local/denver/2024/10/01/tips-politics-friends-loved-ones-howard-markman



    6. The Couples' Daily Health in Survivorship Study

    The Relationships & Health Lab at Purdue University

    https://mshrout.wixsite.com/research/couples-daily-health-study?



    7. Sleeping With the "Enemy"? Maybe a Politically Mixed Marriage Is a Good Thing

    By Courtney Kocak




    8. For the Sake of the Kids: Strengthening Families in the Lone Star State

    By Brad Wilcox | Andrew C. Brown | Nicholas Zill | Nicholas Armstrong | Noah Torres | Caroline Welton | Amylynn Smith

    https://www.aei.org/research-products/report/for-the-sake-of-the-kids-strengthening-families-in-the-lone-star-state/

    OR

    The Right Idea | Episode 61: Saving Civilization by Getting Married with Brad Wilcox

    By Brad Wilcox | Brian Phillips | Derek Cohen





    9. Facilitating friendships: Parents' role

    https://mottpoll.org/reports/facilitating-friendships-parents-role




    10. UNL: Strengthening family support would boost Nebraska economy, review shows

    University of Nebraska-Lincoln and Chuck Green

    https://news.unl.edu/article/strengthening-family-supports-would-boost-nebraska-economy-review-shows




    11. The role of family conflict and cohesion in adolescents’ social responsibility: Emotion regulation ability as a mediator

    Wing Yee Cheng,Rebecca Y. M. Cheung ,Kevin Kien Hoa Chung

    https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0311265



    12. Study explores what families fight about: Communication, moods, and chores

    Marianne Stein

    https://aces.illinois.edu/news/study-explores-what-families-fight-about-communication-moods-and-chores



    13. Director of Communities of Practice (CoP)– NARME

    https://www.narme.org/job-openings



    Thanks
    Bill

    ]]>     Bill Coffin     tag:billcoffin.org,2013:Post/2140946 2024-09-25T17:19:36Z 2024-09-25T17:19:36Z Candidates for IFS Friday Five
    1. How to Help Students Learn to Listen to Each Other’s Stories

    Jessica Fagen

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



    2. UNM professor creates educational tool for professionals, families going through contentious divorces

    By Alexa Skonieski

    https://news.unm.edu/news/unm-professor-creates-educational-tool-for-professionals-families-going-through-contentious-divorces



    3. Family and Contemporary Megatrends

     hosted by the State of Qatar and organized by the Doha International Family Institute, to be held from 29 to 31 October 2024”

    https://www.difi.org.qa/iyf30/



    4. What Parents Can Do Now

    https://www.afterbabel.com/t/what-parents-can-do-now

    or https://www.afterbabel.com/p/what-actually-matters-kids-screens



    5. Want to Boost Birthrates? Build More Homes

    John Ketcham

    https://www.city-journal.org/article/want-to-boost-birthrates-build-more-homes?




    6. California is tackling addictive social media feeds at the state level

     

    https://www.tubefilter.com/2024/09/23/california-social-media-youth-mental-health-algorithm-law/




    7. Director of Communities of Practice (CoP)– NARME

    https://www.narme.org/job-openings

    OR

    The Institute for Family Studies is Seeking a New President

    https://ifstudies.org/blog/the-institute-for-family-studies-is-seeking-a-new-president



    8. WORKING WITH FATHERS
    L Anderson, E Fernandez - The Routledge Handbook of Child and Family Social …, 2024
    … The findings of this study are particularly relevant to child protection practice,
    policy, and education. The finding that caseworker approaches to fathers are
    influential in encouraging fathers' involvement, such as being respectful, flexible …

    https://books.google.com/books?id=egMjEQAAQBAJ&newbks=0&printsec=frontcover&pg=PA231&dq=marriage+and+relationship+education&hl=en&source=newbks_fb#v=onepage&q=marriage%20and%20relationship%20education&f=false




    9. We Have Spent Time, Money, and Effort Making Self-Help Digital Mental Health Interventions: Is Anyone Going to Come to the Party?

    https://www.jmir.org/2024/1/e58198/



    10.  Do you still find me physically attractive? Partners’ daily perceptions of attractiveness during the transition to parenthood

    Rachel S. Blickman, Marci E. J. Gleason, and Lisa A. Neff  

    https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1177/02654075241280666



    11.  Childlessness in Korea: Role of education, marriage postponement, and marital childlessness

    Misun Lee, Kryštof Zeman  

    https://www.demographic-research.org/volumes/vol51/21/51-21.pdf



    12. 1 in 4 young Americans claim they’re too poor to have children, but many put off kids for other reasons

    Jillian Schneider

    https://readlion.com/1-in-4-young-americans-claim-theyre-too-poor-to-have-children-but-many-put-off-kids-for-other-reasons/




    13. Kiss, Miss, or Hiss- The Best, Worst or Weirdest Marriage Advice Unveiled: The Finalists!

     Melissa Grant

    https://livingsnoqualmie.com/kiss-miss-or-hiss-the-best-worst-or-weirdest-marriage-advice-unveiled-the-finalists/



    Thanks
    Bill


    ]]>     Bill Coffin     tag:billcoffin.org,2013:Post/2139598 2024-09-19T20:04:01Z 2024-09-19T20:04:03Z Candidates for IFS Friday Five
    1. 5 Peace-Making Tactics To Not Let Politics Ruin A Good Friendship Or Marriage

    Scott M. Stanley, Galena K. Rhoades, Howard J. Markman, Janice R. Levine

    https://www.yourtango.com/self/peace-making-tactics-not-let-politics-ruin-friendship-marriage



    2. Call for Syllabi:  University and College Courses

    Focusing on Marital and Romantic Relationships

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



    3. Why Boys Struggle in School and How to Help

    Free Live Webinar, Tuesday, September 24 at 5:30 pm ET

    https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_5FA1rlUeTuKWaf9g2zcd9A#/registration




    4. If We Really Wanted Fewer School Shootings, We’d Work To End Divorce

     Beverly Willett

    https://thefederalist.com/2024/09/17/if-we-really-wanted-fewer-school-shootings-wed-work-to-end-divorce/



    5. 
    There is Much to Be Said About Silence When it Comes to How Partners Relate to Each Other

    Netta Weinstein and C. Raymond Knee

    https://spsp.org/news/character-and-context-blog/weinstein-knee-romantic-partners-silence




    6. 

    Marriage Market Sorting in the U.S

    Anton Cheremukhin, Paulina Restrepo-Echavarria and Antonella Tutino

    https://econpapers.repec.org/paper/fipfedlwp/96828.htm




    7. Differences Between Poverty Measures May Reflect Differences in Housing Costs or Noncash Benefits Across States

    Kalee Burns

    https://www.census.gov/library/stories/2024/09/supplemental-poverty-measure-states.html

    OR

    Nearly 1 Million More Children Were in Poverty in 2023 Than 2022, Despite Economic Growth

    By Christina M. Padilla and Dana Thomson

    https://www.childtrends.org/publications/more-children-in-poverty-in-2023-than-2022-economic-growth




    8. Family Scholars Explain the Current Marriage Paradox in America

    Posted by Daily Citizen Staff

    https://dailycitizen.focusonthefamily.com/family-scholars-explain-the-current-marriage-paradox-in-america/



    9. 45% of Young Adults in Australia Gamble Every Week

     

    https://gamblingindustrynews.com/news/australia/young-adults-gamble-weekly/



    10. Marriage Monday highlights happy couples who are willing to share their love story!

    ,nbcrightnow.com





    11. Yes the Friday Five turns 11 tomorrow! https://ifstudies.org/blog/friday-five (9/20/2013)

     


    Thanks
    Bill


    ]]>     Bill Coffin     tag:billcoffin.org,2013:Post/2136338 2024-09-05T22:19:33Z 2024-09-05T22:19:34Z Candidates for IFS Friday Five
    1. Connecting Conversations

    Tips for Supporting Communication between Parents/Caregivers and Their Children and Teens



    https://www.cdc.gov/healthyyouth/back-to-school/connecting-conversations.html




    2. 2023 Data Release Schedule

    ACS/Census

    https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/news/data-releases/2023/release-schedule.html

    OR

    Tuesday, Sept10, 2024 | 11:45 AM to 1:30 PM ET
    New Census Data on American Families’ Economic Well-Being

    With Kevin Corinth | Michael R. Strain | Scott Winship

    https://www.aei.org/events/new-census-data-on-american-families-economic-well-being/



    3. The truth about why we stopped having babies

    Helen Coffey

    https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/babies-birth-rate-decline-fertility-b2605579.html

    OR

     ‘Not our tradition’: calls in Sweden to ban fathers walking brides down the aisle



    https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/article/2024/aug/31/swedish-church-leaders-seek-to-ban-father-giving-the-bride-away




    4. 1 Skill Most Needed in Your Marriage





    5. Wednesday, September 11, 2024 | 11:00 AM to 3:30 PM ET

    Doing Right by Kids: A Book Event

    With Beth Akers | Kevin Corinth | Yuval Levin | Matt Weidinger | Scott Winship | Brad Wilcox

    https://www.aei.org/events/doing-right-by-kids-a-book-event/



    6. Adult Attachment and Emotion Regulation Flexibility in Romantic Relationships

    by Farnaz Mosannenzadeh ,Maartje Luijten ,Dominique F. MacIejewski ,Grace V. Wiewel  and Johan C. Karremans 

    https://www.mdpi.com/2076-328X/14/9/758



    7.  Institutional power and the deinstitutionalization of marriage 

    Rhys James Herden

    https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1111/jftr.12583



    8. Porn or Partner Arousal? When It Comes to Romantic Relationships, Not All Sexual Arousal Is Equal: A Prospective Study

  • Nicholas J. Lawless & 
  • Gery C. Karantzas 

  • https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10508-024-02985-4

    • OR

    Pleasure and Peril: Young Men's Mental

    R Benakovic, MJ Wilson, Z Seidler - Masculinities and Mental Health in Young Men





    9. New relationship project strengthens couples’, individual partners’ well-being

    by Sharita Forrest

    https://news.illinois.edu/view/6367/23342908



    10. About Those “Childless Cat Ladies”

    George Hawley

    https://www.city-journal.org/article/about-those-childless-cat-ladies


    Thanks.
    Bill



    ]]>     Bill Coffin     tag:billcoffin.org,2013:Post/2134555 2024-08-29T21:38:19Z 2024-08-29T21:38:20Z Candidates for IFS Friday Five
    1. Couples Quick Lessons

    15 Minute Lessons


    OR

    The State of Divorce Education in the United States

    BJ Higginbotham, JJ Turner, DG Schramm - Journal of Family Strengths, 2024






    2. Many Canadians in their 20s and 30s are delaying having kids — and some say high rent is a factor


    Natalie Stechyson 



    OR

    'It's this or that': Why some Canadians aren't having kids anymore






    3. The key to raising secure children: Why parental sensitivity matters for fathers and mothers

    Audrey-Ann Deneault,Sheri Madigan




    4. Attachment Styles in Romantic Relationships and Perceived Support in Postpartum Couples

     Saul McLeod, PhD, MRes, Katherine Berry, ClinPsyD, PhD, Peter Taylor, ClinPsyD, PhD, Alison Wearden, CPsychol, PhD, Lucy Oakes, MSc Clinical and Health Psychology




    5. Appearance investment and intimacy: direct and indirect effects in the context of romantic relationships






    6. A Time to Speak — Unplugging your marriage

    by The Record





    7. SURGEON GENERAL FRETS OVER PARENTING



    8. Thirteen: A First Look at Gen Alpha

      Springtide Research Institute  




    9. Join the Authors, Don & Alex Flecky, LIVE on Zoom!

    Get a DEEPER CONNECTION and learn to HANDLE CONFLICT!





    10. Why Fathers Matter

    Carol Skewes for The Baytown Sun



    Thanks
    Bill

    ]]>     Bill Coffin     tag:billcoffin.org,2013:Post/2132789 2024-08-22T22:52:00Z 2024-08-22T22:52:01Z Candidates for IFS Friday Five
    1. Nonresident fathers' seeking continuity in relationships with their children: Commitment, personal change, and reliance on others

    Dominic Violi, Cannas Kwok, Peter Lewis, Nathan J. Wilson

    https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/fare.13075



    2. Five Ways Parents Can Help Kids Navigate Social Media

    Joanne Chen

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



    3. 
    Identifying Solutions to Address Wealth Inequities:
    A Conversation with Government, Business,
    and Nonprofit Leaders

    Monday, August 26, 2024, 2:00 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. ET

    https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_Cz880Iv8SC68YT8jbHvPPA?#/registration



    4. Lopsided Love: Asymmetrical Commitment in Romantic Relationships

    When: Tuesday*, September 10 @ 1:00pm Pacific/4:00pm Eastern

    https://register.gotowebinar.com/register/7361906988692483674



    5. Demand for help with parental conflict rises by almost half, charity finds

    Amrit Virdi





    6. The kids are not OK—What can we do about it?

    Carol Graham

    https://www.brookings.edu/articles/the-kids-are-not-ok-what-can-we-do-about-it/



    7.  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



    8. In It Together: effects from a randomized controlled trial of a digital intervention for elderly individuals with sensory loss and their spouses

  • Camilla S. Øverup & 
  • Gert Martin Hald 

  • https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s12144-024-06351-4



  • 9. The Benefits of Premarital Counseling and Relationship Education

    •  and D. Scott Sibley Ph.D., LMFT, CFLE

    https://decidetocommit.com/the-benefits-of-premarital-counseling-and-relationship-education/




    10. Mapping Declining US Marriage Rates

    Posted by Daily Citizen Staff

    https://dailycitizen.focusonthefamily.com/mapping-declining-us-marriage-rates/



    11. Young families have continued leaving big cities post-pandemic

    Connor O’Brien

    https://eig.org/families-exodus/



    12. ‘The playdate is dying’: US parenting ‘lonelier’ than in previous generations, data suggests

    Shanxi Omoniyi

    https://readlion.com/the-playdate-is-dying-us-parenting-lonelier-than-in-previous-generations-data-suggests/



    Thanks
    Bill


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