People who marry are significantly less likely to engage in crime, because marriage enables them to develop greater self-control, according to a new study. The research examined changes in marital status and self-control between late adolescence and early adulthood. One factor it looked at in measuring levels of self-control was marijuana use. It found that […]
A collection of working papers written by faculty affiliates, researchers, and advanced graduate students. Kei Nomaguchi and Melissa A. Milkie Gender, Beliefs about Spouse's Work-Family Conflict, and Relationship Quality (WP-11-04) Heather J. Bachman and Rebekah Levine Coley published in Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology (2011) 39:1149-1161 DOI 10.1007/s10802- 011-9535-1 Distinguishing between Family Structure and Family […]
The NCFMR announced the release of a series of family profiles focusing on new findings about U.S. families. These profiles are the latest in the Center's series of marriage and divorce data resources using the 2010 ACS data. *View First Marriage Rate in the U.S., 2010 (FP-11-12) Family Profile *View Marriage Data Resources by Topic […]
Their work is the first to try to gauge the mental toll of child marriage, which has already been tied to several health problems, such as pregnancy complications and an increased risk of sexually transmitted infections. So far, most research has focused on child marriages in low- and middle-income nations in Africa and Asia, where […]
NCFMR has released the Married and Cohabiting Couples pilot data via the Inter-University Consortium for Political and Social Research (ICPSR). The data were collected between July and October 2010 by teams of researchers from across the country. The NCFMR contracted with the large, web-based household survey Knowledge Networks panel to provide the research teams with […]
The National Center for Family and Marriage Research has released a series of data resources on adoption. According to the 2007 National Survey of Adoptive Parents (NCFMR tabulations), American families include 1.8 million adopted children. One quarter (25%) of these children are adopted internationally, while 37% are adopted from the public foster care system, […]
Newlyweds, take note: There just might be a silver lining in the next stressor coming your way. UT researcher Lisa Neff has found that couples who face stressful events early in marriage are happier with their relationships later on. Neff and her team at the Austin Marriage Project, an interdisciplinary lab in UT’s Department of […]
Tara Parker Pope (who writes The New York Times' Well blog) explores the scientific evidence that explains why some couples succeed and others fail. Read More
As a punishing rain lashed across the narrow peninsula of Ocean City, Heidi and Kirk Noll stood facing each other in a windowless conference room of the aging Carousel Resort Hotel. Read More
USCRI is helping refugee families build healthy, loving relationships, as they build a new life in America. Read More