Understanding how families, systems, and public policies impact the social, emotional, and cognitive development of children and adolescents is at the heart of much of CCFP’s work. Our researchers engage in longitudinal studies, partnerships with state and local agencies serving children and families, and develop and evaluate innovative programs and services to understand and support child and youth development.
In 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 systematic review and meta-analysis examines how different types and sources of perceived social support affects the 5 domains of human thriving.
This study examines how the activity of daily living (ADL) limitations, such as difficulty walking or dressing, affects the mental health of others living in the same household.
This research brings together 11 studies to explore how individuals and communities adapt to adversity, highlighting resilience mechanisms, protective factors, and implications for tailored interventions in high-stress environments.
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This study focuses on understanding how Ukrainian youth and young adults are navigating the challenges of war not only regarding their coping strategies and individual adjustment, but also in how they are developing meaningful relationships with peers, partners, and parents, and the ways in which they are seeking and receiving support.
learn more about Understanding How Interpersonal Relationships and Social Support During War Promote Resilience and RecoveryProject Description Midlife Health in the Rural South: Risk and Resilience (Midlife HiRS) aims to recruit residents of eastern North Carolina (NC), with particular focus on residents living in what has historically been referred to as Black Belt Counties of NC, to participate in a baseline survey and short follow-up surveys about health and life…
learn more about Midlife Health in the Rural South: Risk and ResilienceThis project will pilot a daily diary study of youth in Ukraine and Poland to develop a state-of-the art assessment tool for measuring within-person changes in coping and adjustment related to the war in Ukraine.
learn more about Daily Diary Study of Youth Adjustment in the Russia-Ukraine WarThis project will produce research and policy reports on four megatrends identified by the United Nations related to families and (1) climate change, (2) technology, (3) migration and urbanization, and (4) demographic trends.
learn more about Megatrends and the FamilyAcross this longitudinal study between 9 countries, results showed that while depressive symptoms can affect an individual’s core beliefs, core beliefs do not necessarily promote or affect the onset of depression.
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 looks at how the way parents used to communicate with their own parents may affect their children’s mental health, highlighting the role of parental depression and emotional trends across generations.
This study finds that Family Connects, a short-term postnatal nurse home visiting program, led to lower depressive symptoms and higher social well-being in parents.