Family Studies Research
Just as families make up an interdependent system, the research by family studies faculty members is also dynamic and interrelated. Their research has particular strengths in the areas of adolescent development, child advocacy and family policy, child development, and marriage and family therapy (note that incarcerated individuals is deleted). The department’s outreach programs are informed by this research and, in each case, model a “best practice” standard. Their outreach programs are the UNH Center on Adolescence, the Child Study and Development Center, and the Marriage and Family Therapy Center. Here is a more detailed list of research areas:
Adolescence
- Adolescent siblings
- Family relationships in adolescence
- Gender role socialization
- Positive youth development
- Sexuality education
- Women’s and girls’ identity and sexuality issues
Child Advocacy and Family Policy
- Child care facilities and administration
- Institutional molestation
- International family issues
- Remarried and unmarried families
- Rural, low-income families
- Welfare reform and its implications
Child Development
- Children's social and emotional development
- Differential effects of maternal and paternal attachment relationships
- Diversity and equity issues
- Early childhood education and development
- Inquiry-based early education
- Peer conflicts and conflict resolution in preschoolers
- Role of teachers in children’s development of social competence
- Teacher reflective practice
- Young children and technology
- Young children's participation in their community
Marriage and Family
- Active therapy techniques
- Adult psychotherapy from a systemic perspective
- Family therapy training/clinical supervision
- Systemic supervision
- Team consultation
- Couples therapy
- Families of with children with disabilities
- Family treatment for substance abuse
- Family violence
- Gender and cultural issues in family therapy
- Grievous loss and the family
- Home-based counseling
- Narrative approaches
- Same-sex families
- Using educational and therapeutic methods to solve problems