A5048031665- Family Dynamics and Relationships
- Demographic Trends and Gender Preferences
- Intergenerational Family Dynamics and Caregiving
- Reproductive Health and Technologies
- Gender, Labor, and Family Dynamics
- Coaching Methods and Impact
- Marriage and Sexual Relationships
- Assisted Reproductive Technology and Twin Pregnancy
- Adult and Continuing Education Topics
- Cognitive Abilities and Testing
- Indigenous and Place-Based Education
- Crime Patterns and Interventions
- Service-Learning and Community Engagement
- Attachment and Relationship Dynamics
- Educational Games and Gamification
- Health and Medical Research Impacts
- Ovarian function and disorders
- Youth Development and Social Support
- Doctoral Education Challenges and Solutions
- Family Support in Illness
- Mentoring and Academic Development
- Education Systems and Policy
Utah Valley University
2020-2023
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
2018-2019
The Ohio State University
2016-2018
Health and Human Development (2HD) Research Network
2016
As divorce and cohabitation dissolution in the US have increased, partnering has expanded to point that sociologists describe a merry-go-round of partners American families. Could one driver increase number be an intergenerational transmission partnering? We discuss three theoretical perspectives on potential mechanisms would underlie partnering: economic hardship, marriageable characteristics relationship skills, commitment. Using National Longitudinal Survey Youth 1979 Child Young Adult...
Understanding the determinants of marital timing is critical because it has implications for functioning and divorce. One salient predictor youth's desires marriage timing. To shine light on predictors both itself, we examine offspring maternal characteristics in National Longitudinal Survey Youth, 1979 (NLSY79) cohort Child Young Adult (NLSY79-CYA; biological women cohort). Analyses showed that cohabitation postdivorce predicted decreased expectations to ever marry offspring. Maternal age...
Marriage has been identified as a mechanism that may explain decreased delinquency among young adults, but whereas marriage is increasingly delayed, crime continues to decrease across the transition adulthood. Most adolescents and adults expect marry one day, these expectations suppress delinquency. Conversely, increased also predict marital expectations. Longitudinal data from National Survey of Youth 1997 cohort ( N = 7,057), sample youth who were aged 12 17 years in 1997, used examine...
Objective: This study describes the association between explicit expectations of divorce and subsequent first union formation during transition to adulthood (ages 18–28). Background: Expectations for marriage in young predict formation. Even before marrying, adults may express a perceived risk eventual divorce, also have implications adulthood. Method: Data from 2005 2015 years Panel Study Income Dynamics Transition Adulthood Supplement ( n = 2,052) were used estimate entry into premarital...
Expectations that one may eventually divorce predict behavior in young adulthood and beyond, but studies have looked at individuals’ assessments of their likelihood been limited. Guided by the expectancy-value theory achievement motivation, we tested five categories potential predictors expectations a sample 1,610 unmarried adults from Panel Study Income Dynamics Transition to Adulthood Study. Predictors were separately gender partnership status. Results suggested some mattered more for...
Marriage and divorce expectations predict family life personal outcomes. Understanding how are associated with varying characteristics over emerging adulthood (ages 18-28) will inform understanding of adult development. Panel Study Income Dynamics Transition into Adulthood 2005-2015 data were used in hybrid-effects ordinal logistic regression to parse interindividual intraindividual variation relationship experiences, socioeconomic contextual characteristics, mental emotional wellbeing....
Most youth desire to marry, and often around a certain age, but many individuals marry earlier or later than originally desired. Off-time marriage could have consequences for subsequent relationship stability mental health. Whereas barriers goals in the short term been studied extensively, predictors of meeting marital timing expectations over life course are less well understood. This study examined possible barriers, including socioeconomic characteristics family experiences, both...
Family practitioners come from many walks of life and may include students, provided they are sufficiently prepared or supported through hands-on learning experiences. In this study, we report the outcomes community different-sex couples who participated in a free, six-week, student-facilitated Marriage Enrichment Workshop between 2015 2018, offered over distance via Interactive Video Conferencing. Data n = 39 individuals (25 couples) indicated positive change during workshop participation...
Abstract This article focuses on professional development by exploring two faculty education programs that create opportunities for to learn best practices mentoring students in scholarly work. These promote the inclusion of diverse and underrepresented student populations research experiences; help develop as effective, ethical mentors; improve support long‐term achievement.