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How LGBTQ Adults Maintain Ties With Rejecting Parents: Theorizing “Conflict Work” as Family Work Journal of Marriage and Family (IF 2.215) Pub Date : 2021-04-12 Rin Reczek, Emma Bosley‐Smith
The present study examines how LGBTQ‐identified adults maintain relationships with parents who reject their LGBTQ identity.
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Multiracial Children's Experiences of Family Instability Journal of Marriage and Family (IF 2.215) Pub Date : 2021-04-08 Kate H. Choi, Rachel E. Goldberg
This study compares multiracial and monoracial children's exposures to family instability, attending to variation by parents' marital status at birth.
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Precarious Work and Parenting Stress among Mexican Immigrant Women in the United States Journal of Marriage and Family (IF 2.215) Pub Date : 2021-03-23 Gabriela León‐Pérez, Caroline Richards, Amy L. Non
To qualitatively examine how precarious work contributes to parenting stress among Mexican immigrant women.
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Parent–Child Contact, Closeness, and Conflict Across the Transition to Adulthood Journal of Marriage and Family (IF 2.215) Pub Date : 2021-03-16 Shichen Fang, Nancy L. Galambos, Matthew D. Johnson
This study examined whether youth and parent perceptions of parent–child contact, closeness, and conflict change during the transition to adulthood, and how perceived parent–child relations vary as a function of life course experiences such as residential, education, and relationship status.
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Educational and Type of Day Differences in Mothers' Time Availability for Child Care and Housework Journal of Marriage and Family (IF 2.215) Pub Date : 2021-03-11 Sanjiv Gupta, Liana C. Sayer, Jessica Pearlman
The authors analyzed variation by education and type of day in the “time availability” association between U.S. mothers' paid work hours and housework and child care, types of work that vary by their urgency, affect, and symbolic meaning.
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Racial Pairings and Fertility: Do Interracial Couples Have Fewer Children? Journal of Marriage and Family (IF 2.215) Pub Date : 2021-03-05 Zhenchao Qian, Daniel T. Lichter
Our overall goal is largely descriptive—to compare recent fertility patterns between racially endogamous and exogamous couples in the United States. Evidence of lower fertility among exogamous or interracial couples arguably provides indirect evidence of social distance and cultural and economic integration.
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Adverse Childhood Experiences, Psychological Distress, and Fathering Behaviors Journal of Marriage and Family (IF 2.215) Pub Date : 2021-03-05 Kevin Shafer, Scott D. Easton
This study examines the relationship between adverse childhood experiences (ACEs), internalized and externalized psychological distress, and six measures of parenting behavior among fathers in the United States.
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Criminal Justice Contact, Residential Independence, and Returns to the Parental Home Journal of Marriage and Family (IF 2.215) Pub Date : 2021-01-20 Cody Warner, Brianna Remster
The authors investigate whether criminal justice contact is associated with residential transitions—both home‐leaving and home‐returning—among contemporary young adults.
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Nonresident Fathers' and Grandparents' Early Years Support and Middle Childhood Socio‐Emotional Adjustment Journal of Marriage and Family (IF 2.215) Pub Date : 2021-01-25 Alison Parkes, Stephanie Chambers, Katie Buston
This study investigates how different patterns of nonresident father support for children and mothers in the early years predict middle childhood adjustment, and whether grandparent support has compensating effects.
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Post‐Separation Parenting Time Schedules in Joint Physical Custody Arrangements Journal of Marriage and Family (IF 2.215) Pub Date : 2021-01-13 Anja Steinbach, Lara Augustijn
The objective of the study was to examine patterns of parenting time schedules in joint physical custody (JPC) arrangements.
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Head Start and Nonresident Fathers' Involvement with Children Journal of Marriage and Family (IF 2.215) Pub Date : 2021-02-04 Alexandra Haralampoudis, Lenna Nepomnyaschy, Louis Donnelly
This study explores the associations of children's Head Start participation with the involvement and material contributions of their nonresident fathers.
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Pregnancy Intentions of First‐Time Mothers and Their Children's Outcomes: Unraveling Reciprocal Pathways Journal of Marriage and Family (IF 2.215) Pub Date : 2021-02-02 Amy M. Claridge
This current study tested a cross‐lagged model to examine reciprocal associations among maternal depressive symptoms, parenting stress, positive parenting practices, and coparenting satisfaction, and whether they served as pathways through which pregnancy intention was associated with children's outcomes.
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Mothers' Employment Participation: The Role of Partner Involvement and Selection Processes Journal of Marriage and Family (IF 2.215) Pub Date : 2021-01-23 Julia Ingenfeld
This paper examines how a couple's division of housework and child care affects mothers' postnatal work hours, taking into account selection processes.
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Grieving a Grandparent: The Importance of Gender and Multigenerational Relationships Journal of Marriage and Family (IF 2.215) Pub Date : 2021-01-15 Jeffrey E. Stokes, Yijung K. Kim, Kyungmin Kim, Karen L. Fingerman
This study examined adult grandchildren's experience of losing a grandparent in the context of a multigenerational family.
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The Ideal Job‐Seeker Norm: Unemployment and Marital Privileges in the Professional Middle‐Class Journal of Marriage and Family (IF 2.215) Pub Date : 2021-01-12 Aliya Hamid Rao
To understand how heterosexual US married parents interpret and respond to a spouse's unemployment and subsequent job‐searching.
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Classed Pathways to Marriage: Hometown Ties, College Networks, and Life after Graduation Journal of Marriage and Family (IF 2.215) Pub Date : 2021-01-11 Elizabeth A. Armstrong, Laura T. Hamilton
This article identifies mechanisms through which social class background shapes the marital outcomes of college‐going white American women.
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Does the Marriage Tax Differential Influence Same‐Sex Couples' Marriage Decisions? Journal of Marriage and Family (IF 2.215) Pub Date : 2020-11-03 Christine Cheng, D. Larry Crumbley, Charles Enis, Amy J. N. Yurko, Joseph P. Yurko
This article evaluates whether the federal marriage tax penalty (penalty) or federal marriage bonus (bonus) affects the marriage decisions of same‐sex couples (SSCs).
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Cash‐for‐Care Use and Union Dissolution in Finland Journal of Marriage and Family (IF 2.215) Pub Date : 2020-11-17 Kathrin Morosow, Marika Jalovaara, Juho Härkönen
This study examines how the receipt of the cash‐for‐care (CFC) benefit affects short‐ and long‐term risks of union dissolution.
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Cohabitation and Marital Dissolution: A Comment on Rosenfeld and Roesler (2019) Journal of Marriage and Family (IF 2.215) Pub Date : 2020-12-29 Wendy D. Manning, Pamela J. Smock, Arielle Kuperberg
Our goal is to comment on a recently published paper (Rosenfeld & Roesler, 2019. Journal of Marriage and Family, 81, 42‐58) and provide an alternative analysis of the association between premarital cohabitation and marital instability.
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Premarital Cohabitation and Marital Dissolution: A Reply to Manning, Smock, and Kuperberg Journal of Marriage and Family (IF 2.215) Pub Date : 2020-12-29 Michael J. Rosenfeld, Katharina Roesler
Our goal is to show how premarital cohabitation's association with marital dissolution can be measured consistently over time.
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Erratum Journal of Marriage and Family (IF 2.215) Pub Date : 2020-11-03
Umberson, D., Thomeer, M. B., Pollitt, A. M., & Mernitz, S. E. (2020). The psychological toll of emotion work in same‐sex and different‐sex marital dyads. Journal of Marriage and Family, 82(4), 1141–1158. https://doi.org/10.1111/jomf.12686 In the above‐referenced article, the figures were published incorrectly. The x‐ and y‐axes were mislabeled. These figures have been amended.
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#HealthyDads: “Fit Fathering” Discourse and Digital Health Promotion in Dad Blogs Journal of Marriage and Family (IF 2.215) Pub Date : 2020-11-28 Casey Scheibling, William Marsiglio
This study examines the thematic content and social‐health orientation of fathers' online blogs about parenting, health, and fitness.
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Family Structure and Inequalities in Parents' Financial Investments in Children Journal of Marriage and Family (IF 2.215) Pub Date : 2020-11-26 Orestes P. Hastings, Daniel Schneider
This study examines family structure differences in parents' financial investments in children.
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Net Worth Poverty in Child Households by Race and Ethnicity, 1989–2019 Journal of Marriage and Family (IF 2.215) Pub Date : 2020-11-26 Christina Gibson‐Davis, Lisa A. Keister, Lisa A. Gennetian
This study is the first to examine net worth poverty, and its intersection with income poverty, by race and ethnicity among child households in the United States.
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Fatherhood and Racial/Ethnic Differences in the Progression of Romantic Relationships Journal of Marriage and Family (IF 2.215) Pub Date : 2020-11-16 Emily Parker, Sharon Sassler, Laura Tach
This study examines the influence of fatherhood on the progression of men's romantic relationships.
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Long‐Term Physical Health Consequences of Financial and Marital Stress in Middle‐Aged Couples Journal of Marriage and Family (IF 2.215) Pub Date : 2020-11-10 Seonhwa Lee, Kandauda K. A. S. Wickrama, Tae Kyoung Lee, Catherine Walker O'Neal
To examine psychological health as a mechanism linking economic pressure and marital instability in the early middle years to poor physical health in later life.
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Mothers' and Fathers' Well‐Being: Does the Gender Composition of Children Matter? Journal of Marriage and Family (IF 2.215) Pub Date : 2020-11-05 Daniela V. Negraia, Jill E. Yavorsky, Denys Dukhovnov
This study examines whether—and if so how—gender composition of children matters for mothers' and fathers' well‐being during parenting activities.
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Parental Responses to Coming out by Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Queer, Pansexual, or Two‐Spirited People across Three Age Cohorts Journal of Marriage and Family (IF 2.215) Pub Date : 2020-11-03 Diana D. van Bergen, Bianca D.M. Wilson, Stephen T. Russell, Allegra G. Gordon, Esther D. Rothblum
The study aimed to better understand the complexities of parental responses to coming out in the narratives from Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Queer, Pansexual, or Two‐Spirited (LGBQ+) individuals, and to examine whether those from recent cohorts experience a different parental response than those in older cohorts.
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Undocumented Mothers and Work–Family Conflict in Restrictive Policy Contexts Journal of Marriage and Family (IF 2.215) Pub Date : 2020-10-31 Holly Straut‐Eppsteiner
This research examines how undocumented Latina mothers negotiate work–family conflict amid restrictive immigration policies.
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Parenting in Postdivorce Families: The Influence of Residence, Repartnering, and Gender Journal of Marriage and Family (IF 2.215) Pub Date : 2020-11-26 Tara Koster, Anne‐Rigt Poortman, Tanja van der Lippe, Pauline Kleingeld
This study investigates the role of residence (including shared residence), repartnering (including LAT relationships), and additional children (step‐ and half‐siblings) on parenting in postdivorce families, and whether patterns differ by gender and type of parenting behavior.
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The Transition to Fatherhood and the Health of Men Journal of Marriage and Family (IF 2.215) Pub Date : 2020-10-23 Florencia Torche, Tamkinat Rauf
This study examines the impact of fatherhood on diverse health behaviors and outcomes among a representative sample of Millennial men in the United States.
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Does Parental Separation Lower Genetic Influences on Children's School Performance? Journal of Marriage and Family (IF 2.215) Pub Date : 2020-10-02 Tina Baier, Zachary Van Winkle
A behavioral genetics approach is used to test whether parental separation lowers the importance of genes for children's school performance.
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Explaining the Decline in Young Adult Sexual Activity in the United States Journal of Marriage and Family (IF 2.215) Pub Date : 2020-09-28 Lei Lei, Scott J. South
The main goal of this study is to identify the causes of the decline in sexual activity among young adults in the United States.
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Grandparents' Support to Young Families: Variations by Adult Children's Union Status† Journal of Marriage and Family (IF 2.215) Pub Date : 2020-09-18 Teresa M. Cooney
This study investigates whether grandparents' support to their children's families varies by the child's union status—single, cohabiting, or married.
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Nonstandard Employment, Gender, and Subjective Well‐Being in Japan Journal of Marriage and Family (IF 2.215) Pub Date : 2020-09-15 Jia Wang, James M. Raymo
This study examines how relationships between nonstandard employment (NSE) and subjective well‐being (SWB) differ by gender in Japan, paying particular attention to employees' motivation for engaging in NSE, their marital status, and their spouses' employment status.
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Bridewealth Marriage in the 21st Century: A Case Study from Rural Mozambique Journal of Marriage and Family (IF 2.215) Pub Date : 2020-09-14 Sophia Chae, Victor Agadjanian, Sarah R. Hayford
This study examines trends over several decades in bridewealth marriage and analyzes the association of bridewealth with women's experiences in marriage in a rural sub‐Saharan setting.
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The Effect of Expanded Parental Benefits on Union Dissolution Journal of Marriage and Family (IF 2.215) Pub Date : 2020-09-14 Rachel Margolis, Youjin Choi, Anders Holm, Nirav Mehta
The aim of the study was to examine whether gender equality‐focused parental benefits affect the union stability of couples.
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Division of Baby Care in Heterosexual and Lesbian Parents: Expectations Versus Reality Journal of Marriage and Family (IF 2.215) Pub Date : 2020-09-14 Esra Ascigil, Britney M. Wardecker, William J. Chopik, Robin S. Edelstein
We examined the extent to which prenatal expectations matched postpartum reality, and the implications of expectancy violation for relationship quality at postpartum, among heterosexual and lesbian couples transitioning to parenthood.
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Who Gives Birth (First) in Female Same‐Sex Couples in Sweden? Journal of Marriage and Family (IF 2.215) Pub Date : 2020-09-12 Katarina Boye, Marie Evertsson
The aim of the study was to analyze factors predicting (a) the transition to parenthood for female same‐sex couples in Sweden and (b) which partner is the birth mother for the first and (any) second child.
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Converging Educational Differences in Parents' Time Use in Developmental Child Care Journal of Marriage and Family (IF 2.215) Pub Date : 2020-09-08 Yun Cha, Hyunjoon Park
This study examines parents' time use in developmental child care by parental education and assesses whether the educational gap has widened or narrowed over the period of 2003–2017.
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Cross‐National Differences in Income Pooling among Married and Cohabiting Couples Journal of Marriage and Family (IF 2.215) Pub Date : 2020-09-08 Ann Evans, Edith Gray
To examine cross‐national differences in income pooling by relationship type.
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Who Reacts to Less Restrictive Divorce Laws? Journal of Marriage and Family (IF 2.215) Pub Date : 2020-09-07 Peter Fallesen
To study how divorce behavior in Denmark changed following a July 2013 reform that removed previous restriction on immediate divorce by repealing mandatory 6‐month separation periods for uncontested divorces, instead allowing for immediate administrative divorce.
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Intergenerational Ambivalence and Loneliness in Later Life Journal of Marriage and Family (IF 2.215) Pub Date : 2020-09-05 Cassandra L. Hua, J. Scott Brown, Jennifer R. Bulanda
This brief report examined the relationship between intergenerational ambivalence and loneliness in later life among a group of older adults with at least one child.
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Long‐Distance Mothering in Urban Kenya Journal of Marriage and Family (IF 2.215) Pub Date : 2020-09-04 Cassandra Cotton, Donatien Beguy
To explore the long‐distance mothering strategies of migrant women living in urban slums in Nairobi, Kenya.
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Connecting Models of Family Stress to Inequality: Parental Arrest and Family Life Journal of Marriage and Family (IF 2.215) Pub Date : 2020-09-04 Kristin Turney, Naomi F. Sugie
We expand upon family stress models, highlighting how stressors are structured by broader contexts of social inequality, to understand how criminal justice contact is associated with family functioning.
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With Greater Power Comes Greater Stress? Authority, Supervisor Support, and Work‐Family Strains Journal of Marriage and Family (IF 2.215) Pub Date : 2020-08-21 Philip J. Badawy, Scott Schieman
This study investigates how status gains in job authority over time are related to three work‐ and family‐related stressors: job pressure, role blurring, and work‐to‐family conflict.
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Ethnicity and Parental Discipline Practices: A Cross‐National Comparison Journal of Marriage and Family (IF 2.215) Pub Date : 2020-08-20 Florencia Silveira, Kevin Shafer, Mikaela J. Dufur, Maia Roberson
Examine whether the relationship between ethnicity and parental discipline practices is consistent across contexts.
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Kinship Practices Among Alternative Family Forms in Western Industrialized Societies Journal of Marriage and Family (IF 2.215) Pub Date : 2020-08-19 Frank F. Furstenberg, Lauren E. Harris, Luca Maria Pesando, Megan N. Reed
This article discusses how kinship is construed and enacted in diverse forms of the family that are now part of the culturally pluralistic family system of Western societies.
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Pre‐parenthood Sense of Self and the Adjustment to the Transition to Parenthood Journal of Marriage and Family (IF 2.215) Pub Date : 2020-08-04 Eva Yi‐Ju Chen, Eli Yi‐Liang Tung, Robert D. Enright
The present study examined the moderation role of pre‐parenthood self‐esteem and sense of mastery in psychological well‐being across the transition to parenthood.
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Gender and Changes in Household Wealth after the Dissolution of Marriage and Cohabitation in Germany Journal of Marriage and Family (IF 2.215) Pub Date : 2020-07-31 Diederik Boertien, Philipp M. Lersch
To document how changes in household wealth following the dissolution of marriage and cohabitation differ by gender in Germany.
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Military Families' Stressful Reintegration, Family Climate, and Their Adolescents' Psychosocial Health Journal of Marriage and Family (IF 2.215) Pub Date : 2020-07-30 Catherine Walker O'Neal, Jay A. Mancini
Grounded in the Contextual Model of Family Stress, this study sought to identify (a) how military families' postdeployment reintegration experiences relate to the psychosocial health of adolescents and (b) indicators of family climate as a linking mechanism.
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Parenthood Wage Gaps Across the Life Course: A Comparison by Gender and Race Journal of Marriage and Family (IF 2.215) Pub Date : 2020-07-30 Zachary Van Winkle, Anette Eva Fasang
We map the magnitude, timing, and persistence of parenthood wage gaps in the life course for Black, Hispanic, and White men and women in the United States.
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Longitudinal Associations Between Adult Relations with Intimate Partners and Siblings Journal of Marriage and Family (IF 2.215) Pub Date : 2020-07-29 Matthew D. Johnson, Karsten Hank, Jennifer Yurkiw
Drawing on a relational developmental systems approach, this brief report examines spillover and compensation processes in self‐disclosure and conflict in adult relations with intimate partners and siblings.
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The Repercussions of Parental Depression for Perceptions of Coparental Cooperation Journal of Marriage and Family (IF 2.215) Pub Date : 2020-07-29 Kristin Turney, Jessica Halliday Hardie
This study investigates the repercussions of parental depression for perceptions of coparental cooperation.
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Women's Marital Experiences Following Premarital Fertility in Sub‐Saharan Africa Journal of Marriage and Family (IF 2.215) Pub Date : 2020-07-27 Emily Smith‐Greenaway, Alissa Koski, Shelley Clark
The aim of the study was to offer a descriptive overview of the stability and quality of marriages formed by women following premarital fertility in contemporary sub‐Saharan Africa.
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Family Complexity and Children's Behavior Problems over Two U.S. Cohorts Journal of Marriage and Family (IF 2.215) Pub Date : 2020-07-24 Paula Fomby, Ariane Ophir, Marcia J. Carlson
We consider the prevalence of family complexity and its association with children's externalizing behavior problems over children's life course and over historical time.
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Parent Work‐to‐Family Conflict and Child Psychological Well‐Being: Moderating Role of Grandparent Coresidence Journal of Marriage and Family (IF 2.215) Pub Date : 2020-07-22 Sarah Mustillo, Miao Li, Weidong Wang
This study examines how grandparental coresidence influences the daily crossover of parent work‐to‐family conflict (WTFC) to child psychological well‐being.
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Too Early for Early Education? Effects on Parenting for Mothers and Fathers Journal of Marriage and Family (IF 2.215) Pub Date : 2020-07-17 Henrik D. Zachrisson, Margaret T. Owen, Kristin B. Nordahl, Luisa Ribeiro, Eric Dearing
To estimate the effect of children's age of entry into early childhood education and care (ECEC) on parenting quality of mothers and fathers in a context of universal access to subsidized ECEC following a 1 year paid parental leave.
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Divorce, Economic Resources, and Survival among Older Black and White Women Journal of Marriage and Family (IF 2.215) Pub Date : 2020-07-17 Joseph D. Wolfe, Mieke Beth Thomeer
This study identifies which midlife economic resources reduce the association between divorce and mortality risk among older Black and White women.
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Marital Dissolution and Personal Wealth: Examining Gendered Trends across the Dissolution Process Journal of Marriage and Family (IF 2.215) Pub Date : 2020-07-17 Nicole Kapelle, Janeen Baxter
This study examined potentially gendered net worth changes over the marital dissolution process, starting up to 3 years prior to separation and continuing up to 15 years postdivorce.
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