The association between marriage and well-being has led to policies that promote marital
interventions and discourage divorce. These include federal initiatives specifically targeting …

In this article, we examine family‐based interventions designed to increase parenting
effectiveness, fathers' positive involvement, and couple relationship quality, all with the goal …

Since the last decade review of the fathering literature in 2000, scholars across numerous
disciplines such as demography, family studies, medicine, nursing, law, psychology, social …

The aim of this study was to examine preliminary evidence of the validity of the Trauma
Reflective Functioning Scale and to investigate reflective functioning (RF) and attachment in …

Fathers can influence child development through various pathways, such as via their
caregiving behaviors, marital relationships, and their psychosocial wellbeing. However, few …

The present study aims to test some of the assumptions of Bowen's Family Systems Theory,
specifically, to assess the relationships between differentiation of self (DoS), marital …

The aim of this study was to examine coparenting perceptions of support and trust as a link
between marital quality and parent–child relationship quality. Mothers and fathers with 33 …

We utilized a life course framework to examine associations between the accumulation,
timing, and duration of adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) across early childhood (ages …

Government interest in strengthening families in the United States and Great Britain has
contributed to a rapid growth in couple relationship education (CRE) interventions, with a …

Self-report data from 112 two-parent families were used to compare levels and predictors of
four types of mothers' and fathers' engagement with their preschool-aged children …