Research Digest

Spankings may actually be harmful to a child’s brain development. This form of punishment may affect how individuals make decisions and process situations for life. [Jorge Cuartas et al. – [...]

Attempts at comprehensive quantitative assessments of sustainable development can focus on either determinants or constituents of long-term human well-being. While much research on determinants [...]

New York’s paid family leave policy, which took effect in January 2018 and is funded by an employee payroll tax, does not seem to hurt employers. It seems to improve their ease of managing worker [...]

Institutionalized racism and inherent bias in child welfare policy, practice, and decision making contribute to families and communities of color disproportionately experiencing the failings of [...]

What role does population play in thinking about the problem of climate change and some of its solutions? This survey asked European demographers to state their views and asked them to rate their [...]

Results indicate a need for widespread family support and intervention to prevent potential family “scarring,” that is, prolonged, intertwined individual mental health and family relationship [...]

Given the lack of research on convivial family meals in Mediterranean countries, the purpose of this qualitative study was to analyze the family meal representations and practices of families [...]

Despite a string of controversies and the public’s relatively negative sentiments about aspects of social media, roughly seven-in-ten Americans say they ever use any kind of social media site – a [...]

Children in humanitarian settings are experiencing the compound crises of a public health emergency and additional barriers to their opportunities to learn, develop and thrive. [United Nations [...]

Individualism plays a larger role in parental burnout than either economic inequalities or any other individual and family characteristic. Cultural values in Western countries may put parents [...]