Marriage & Family
Understanding family relationships: families are the most fundamental unit of society and can be a source of strength, support, and personal fulfillment. Explore current research on the unique qualities of modern families, including marital and parent-child relationships. Learn how to navigate challenges and promote resilience within family relationships.
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“His and Hers” Marriage and Couple Satisfaction
The quip that “there are two marriages in every marital union, his and hers” is attributed to Jesse Bernard in her 1972 book, The Future of Marriage[i]. To this quip, she added that marriage is better for men than for women. Over the ensuing decades since the book’s publication, researchers have added to a growing…
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Exploring the Interplay of Religion, Marital Satisfaction, and Divorce
At present, we have more than half-a-century of research on marriage, and many studies focus on solving the divorce problem. With the costliness of divorce to the couple and their children, including financial, physical, and socio-emotional costs, why would anyone undertake the endeavor without real commitment to making it work? Even with commitment to success,…
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Unlocking the Path from Happiness to Health: A Positive Psych Intervention
Within the branch of positive psychology, happiness studies may be one of the hottest topics. After all, who doesn’t want to be happy? Several decades of happiness research, including books, articles, and websites devoted to the topic, have uncovered its unique qualities. Certainly, happiness can easily be connected to overall psychological well-being. But, what about…
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Elevating Child and Adolescent Mental Well-Being Through Movement
Connections between exercise and healthy psychological functioning are abundant in research on adults and the elderly. As a lifestyle choice, people who choose to exercise can’t go wrong! There is accumulating evidence that exercise can be equally beneficial for adolescents with mental disorders such as depression. What about the role of exercise in promoting overall…
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The Happy Family Blueprint: Training for Bliss
Books, documentaries, websites, even a scholarly journal (“The Journal of Happiness Studies”) are tackling the seemingly elusive construct of happiness and proposing ways that people can get more of it in their lives. The study of happiness is an outgrowth of the field of positive psychology, founded by Martin Seligman. Positive psychology represents an important…
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Empowering Parents: Mediation Strategies to Tackle Problematic Media Use
Media use is a daily, and some would say an hourly, activity for children and adults. According to Statista, the average daily time using digital media in the U.S. was 7 hours, 19 minutes in 2022. Children 8-10 years old spend 6 hours per day on screens and those 11-14 spend almost 9 hours per…