…of stress from economic and social factors. Beach also serves as co-director of the Center for Family Research Clinical Program in the Owens Institute for Behavioral Research at UGA. Beach…
…given child reacts may matter in the long run. Strictness causes stress The parents in the project practiced what the researchers called firm parenting. Firm parents are stricter. They don’t…
…The researchers use a coding system to analyze the speech for warmth and criticism. If they score high on criticism, the team redirects the family to emotional coaching. “My research…
…IQ190 Productions, American Documentary | POV (PBS) “POV: Midnight Traveler” Filmed on phones by Hassan Fazili, this poignant autobiographical account of his refugee family’s journey from Afghanistan to Hungary is…
…Extension specialist and family life education professor in the department of human development in the UGA College of Family and Consumer Sciences, specializes in family relationships, many of which can…
…I was a research scientist at the Mt. Hope Family Center at the University of Rochester, and I was interested in finding a tenure-track position in a research-intensive university that…
…bosses and companies to help working parents manage work-family image issues is to provide family-friendly policies and positive role models, Little said. She encourages working parents to embrace “positive distinctiveness,”…
…work. Decades of research have focused on mother-child attachment security, but there’s much less research on the father-child relationship and how a secure attachment relationship is formed. For this study,…
…in the everyday,” said lead author Allen Barton, an assistant research scientist at the Center for Family Research and the UGA College of Family and Consumer Sciences. “Routines play an…
…bachelor’s degree in psychology. She has a real estate license. She also works in the College of Family and Consumer Science’s foods and nutrition department as a research coordinator. “I…
…behaviors are imprinted early. So our research intervention was designed to intervene early when these behaviors are being established and before overweight or obesity develops.” The researchers recruited 279 first-time…
…enhances supportive parenting and strengthens family relationships, removes the effects of poverty on brain development. In a paper published today in the Journal of the American Medical Association Pediatrics, Gene…
…about how to battle this serious health concern. One of the University of Georgia’s primary research emphases is on improving human health. UGA has assembled faculty research teams that directly address…
A supportive family environment can help reduce the biological impact of racial discrimination on adolescent African-Americans, according to a new study by the UGA Center for Family Research. The study…
…lead author Gene Brody, who is the director of the UGA Center for Family Research and housed in the College of Family and Consumer Sciences. “This study shows that families…
…the study’s lead author Jacquelyn Mallette, a doctoral candidate in the College of Family and Consumer Sciences’ human development and family science department. “If they’re able to successfully achieve a…
…feel toward their child,” said the study’s lead author Jacquelyn Mallette, a doctoral student in the College of Family and Consumer Sciences’ human development and family science department. “If they’re…
…Family Therapy Certificate Program for the School of Social Work. The certificate is an interdisciplinary program with the College of Education and the College of Family and Consumer Sciences. When…
…Gene Brody, founder and co-director of the University of Georgia’s Center for Family Research, visited in his capacity as associate vice president for research. He spoke to a group of…
The support of peer groups and clinicians is critical to the development of effective breast-feeding programs, according to recent UGA research. A qualitative study of 21 mothers in the Athens-Clarke…
Athens, Ga. – The support of peer groups and clinicians is critical to the development of effective breastfeeding programs, according to recent University of Georgia research. A qualitative study of…
…Family and Consumer Sciences, said other research has shown parents who enforce restrictions on desirable foods tend to have children who are the most reactive to food in the laboratory….
…Family and Consumer Sciences’ department of human development and family science. This group partnered with UGA Extension faculty in family and consumer sciences and 4-H to refine protocols for outreach…
…expand their training in global health research while preparing them for independent research careers. This award is similar to other NIH career development awards but requires grant recipients to spend…
…provides junior U.S. scientists with the opportunity to expand their training in global health research while preparing them for independent research careers. This award is similar to other NIH career…
