Provides step-by-step guidance on planning and implementing effective, site-based intensive family preservation program research and evaluations. Discusses research processes and describes appropriate research designs and methodologies. Considers issues in collaborating with university researchers and other stakeholders in the process. (JPB)

Longitudinal survey data from eight primarily rural regions of China and in-depth interviews suggest that the one-child policy, in so far as it limits couples to one or two children, leads to greater parent involvement in child care. Additional effects of policy vary by children's gender. (Contains 65 references.) (Author/SV)

Child-driven and transactional models of child-family interactions were tested with 80 children (ages 3-11) with developmental delays and their families. Results indicate that the longitudinal relationships among children's cognitive competence, personal-social competence, behavioral and communication difficulties, and family accommodations are…

Examined the role of marriage, children, and aging parents on research productivity of a large national sample of college faculty. Found that factors affecting research productivity are nearly identical for men and women and that family-related variables exhibit little or no effects on productivity. (EV)

Examined psychosocial engagement of adopted adolescents as a function of longitudinal patterns of stability and change in parents' perceptions of the child's compatibility within the family. Identified five patterns of stability and change in compatibility. Found that a sense of compatibility within the family is related to the emergence of…

Used national, longitudinal data from two generations to assess explanations for intergenerational transmission of marital instability, one based on relationship skills and the other on marital commitment. Results suggest that offspring with divorced parents have an elevated risk of seeing their own marriages end in divorce because they hold a…

Preserving the personhood of one's partner emerged as a guiding directive for spouses caring for a partner with dementia. On the basis of data from open-ended interviews with 38 husband and wife caregivers, 4 strategies that facilitate this directive were identified: maintaining continuity, sustaining existing competencies, protecting the partner…

Gives data on the racial, ethnic, and gender composition of family and consumer sciences and extension faculty and students. Provides a content analysis of diversity in family and consumer sciences research. Makes recommendations for professional associations and higher education programs. (SK)

A study reviewed 60 research articles on family adjustment published over a 20-year period to determine whether research reflected less negative and/or more positive conceptions of families rearing children with developmental disabilities. Results indicate that although negativity declined from the 1970s to 1983, there was no concurrent increase…

Reports on an interview with Angela Johnson, winner of the Coretta Scott King Author Award, whose work centers on the themes of family love and the connections between generations, especially in African American families. Suggests activities related to her books and includes a selected bibliography. (LRW)

The migration experience creates a unique set of challenges for families, which can result in intergenerational conflict and create the conditions for abuse or neglect. Alternatively, families can cope with these challenges in creative and seemingly contradictory ways, thus strengthening family relationships. This article introduces the process of…

The current study evaluated Couple CARE, a flexible delivery relationship education program. Fifty-nine couples were randomly assigned to either Couple CARE or a control condition and assessed on relationship self-regulation, satisfaction and stability, and communication. Retention, engagement, and satisfaction with the program were all high. As…

Assumptions about learner identity are often based on a deficit view of the working classes. This chapter illustrates an alternative discourse that shows how one family literacy program in Scotland generated useful knowledge.

We evaluated 10 college marriage textbooks for their efficacy in teaching the premarital predictors of marital quality identified in the literature. They also were evaluated on their use of an integrative teaching approach that personalizes the content for readers and assists readers in learning, remembering, and using the information in their own…

The landscape of rural America is changing. Rural areas have been described as the country's "bread basket"--feeding citizens of the United States and many countries abroad. But these areas are struggling with declining crop prices, escalating production costs, and increased competition from overseas producers. Where amber waves of…