Today’s Couples and Families Research Program is the home for studies in three areas:
1) Building knowledge about the close relationships (especially those between romantic partners) can influence individual health, well-being, and psychological health.
2) Basic research to increase our understanding of understudied and underserved groups of couples, who often face marginalization and additional challenges to maintaining healthy stable relationships. We are particularly interested in the relationships of sexual and gender minority individuals, emerging adults, and couples forming stepfamilies.
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3)Developing and evaluating relationship-based interventions.
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a)Relationship education programs tailored for understudied and underserved groups of couples and families, particularly same-sex couples. These programs are designed to help couples maintain healthy and stable relationships that will promote the health and wellbeing of the adults involved and foster healthy child development.
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b)Health behavior programs that incorporate strategies to help couples work together to be healthier, such as our Partner Assisted Smoking Cessation Treatment (PACT).
Click on the links below to learn more about our areas of interest:
