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Marriage, Family, and the Mental Health Crisis

WEBTweet This. Category: Marriage. As of 2022, 15% of U.S. teens reported a major depressive episode 1 (up from 8% in 2007). 2 The suicide rate has increased by …

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New Gallup Data on Emotional Well-Being by Family Status

WEBSubjective well-being fell to new lows during the onset of COVID-19, but everyone was affected differently. We were all in a storm, but some of us were in …

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Family Structure and Children’s Health

WEBFamily structure is widely known to be associated with children's chances of growing up in poverty, struggling or succeeding academically, and more. Relatively less …

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Briefs Institute for Family Studies

WEBMarriages today are more stable, thanks to the steady decline of divorce rates since the 1980s. At the same time, however, a declining share of Americans marry. In 2018, a …

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Families Matter to Kids' Mental Health Institute for Family Studies

WEBAs shown in Figure 1, the percentage of youngsters getting mental health treatment doubles with age, from 10% of 7- and 8-year-olds to 20% of 15 to 17-year …

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The Crisis of Well-Being Among Young Adults and the Decline of

WEBFor decades, well-being across adulthood has followed what social scientists call a “U-shaped pattern:” higher well-being in young adulthood, a dip during midlife, and …

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The Positive Effects of Religion on Mental Illness

WEB1. Note that Weber & Pargament (2014) express that the influence of religion on mental health is not only positive but can also be negative: "Studies indicate that …

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Building a Healthier Family Life in 2023

WEB4. Put Down the Smartphone and Avoid Porn. Speaking of smartphones, one step to a healthier family life is for parents to put away their screens and focus more on …

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Parenting Is the Key to Adolescent Mental Health

WEBThe most important factor in the mental health of adolescent children is the quality of the relationship with their caregivers. This, in turn, is strongly related to …

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How Parental Conflict Hurts Kids Institute for Family Studies

WEBConflict between parents harms kids in part because of a spillover effect: parents in high-conflict relationships tend to be worse parents, engaging in more …

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Religious Upbringing and Adolescence

WEBWe also found that a religious upbringing contributes to a wide range of health and well-being outcomes later in life. Our study used a large sample of over …

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Religious Service Attendance, Marriage, and Health

WEBConsiderable research over the last two decades has been devoted to the relationship between religious participation and health and well-being. Our research on …

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Children First: Why Family Structure and Stability Matter for Children

WEBEditor’s Note: What follows is a chapter from Rebalancing: Children First, a new report from the AEI-Brookings Working Group on Childhood in the United States.. …

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How Instability Affects Kids Institute for Family Studies

WEBThe Ways Instability Affects Kids. As mentioned above, instability creates stress and can threaten children's and parents' sense of security and control over their …

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Toddlers and Seniors Together: The Benefits of Intergenerational …

WEBAccording to one study from the University of California San Francisco, 43% of seniors report feeling lonely. That same study found that identifying as lonely comes …

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Confronting the Toll of Hookup Culture Institute for Family Studies

WEBAn APA survey of 1468 undergraduate students found that 82.6% reported negative mental and emotional consequences after hookups, including embarrassment, …

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Measuring the Long-Term Effects of Early, Extensive Day Care

WEBBy age four-and-a-half, extensive hours in day care predicted negative social outcomes in every area including social competence, externalizing problems, and …

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The Overlooked Risks of Surrogacy for Women

WEBMultiple births come with an increased risk of Caesarian sections and longer hospital stays, according to the British Journal of Medicine, as well as gestational …

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