Children and youth thrive when they have strong, safe, and supportive relationships and environments. However, many families struggle to provide such relationships and environments. CCFP researchers engage in longitudinal studies, partnerships with state and local social service agencies, and develop and evaluate innovative programs and services to understand and support struggling families and reduce child maltreatment.
Using collected hair samples and self-reported data, this study highlights how Ukrainian youth exposed to more air alarms and explosions showed lower hair cortisol levels over time.
This study examined how socioeconomic status (SES) relates to children’s emotion recognition abilities. Findings suggest children from families with higher SES identify facial emotions slightly faster than those from lower SES families, influenced by warmer caregiving and more organized home environments
This cross-cultural longitudinal study examines how autonomy-related parenting practices influence adolescents’ disclosure to parents across different cultural contexts.
Research has underscored stark disparities in STEM interest, degree attainment, and employment among Black girls and women, highlighting systemic barriers that resulted in a long history of exclusion.
Evaluation of the Substance use Treatment and Access to Resources and Supports (STARS) program for pregnant women who have a substance use issue and babies who have been exposed to substances.
learn more about Substance Use Treatment & Access to Resources StudyProject Description This study of the postive parenting app tests the feasibility and effectiveness of a mobile-based app intervention designed to enhance home visiting by providing in-the-moment parenting tips with the goal of increasing healthy parent-child interactions leading to resiliency in high-risk children. Adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) profoundly influence brain and behavioral development and long-term…
learn more about Positive Parenting App StudyThe Durham Navigation Study is a randomized control trial to evaluate the impact of Community Navigation on outcomes for young children and their families.
learn more about Durham Navigation StudyThe Henderson-Polk Family Life Survey is an impact evaluation of the Family Connects home visiting program, when delivered using a hybrid telehealth model.
learn more about Henderson-Polk Family Life SurveyIn this paper, a longstanding gap in the educational psychology literature is addressed by introducing a critically, race-gender reimagined motivation framework created specifically for investigating the academic motivation of Black girls.
This study shows that children from higher-socioeconomic (SES) households are more accurate at recognizing facial emotions than those from lower-SES households, with maternal warmth and home environment partly explaining these differences.
This study finds that U.S. households with children exhibit higher wealth inequality, lower wealth levels, and greater net worth poverty rates than other household types.
This article highlights key developmental and family theories to explain how cultural contexts affect parenting and children’s development due to parental beliefs, behaviors, and universal children needs.