Much of the early psychological research on Black fathers and families employed a deficit
lens, pathologizing Black fathers as absent and uninvolved contributors to their children's …

This third edition of Family Communication carefully examines state-of-the art research and
theories of family communication and family relationships. In addition to presenting …

Committed, long-term romantic relationships are ubiquitous among modern society. They
are one of the most important contexts for the development, maintenance, and treatment of …

Because of the potential stepparent-stepchild relationships have for tension and conflict,
clinicians have identified the development of a positive stepparent-stepchild connection as …

Childhood maltreatment is associated with mental health problems across the life course
and depression and social anxiety are two of the more common problems. Given the …

Childhood abuse has been widely associated with mental health problems in adulthood and
marital quality may be one possible mediator. We examine marital quality as a mediator …

Specific risk factors can negatively impact marital adjustment (MA) in remarriage and
contribute to higher dissolution rates. However, more than understanding the differences …

Background Childhood maltreatment is known to influence adult physical health among
midlife adults. Evidence suggests that depressive symptoms mediate the association …

Childhood maltreatment influences adult physical health through cascading effects over the
life course and it is critical to identify intervening processes. Marital quality has significant …

Stepfamily relationships remain important over the life course to both children and parents.
Unfortunately, limitations in availability of longitudinal data that include useful measures of …