Read more in Butkutė and colleagues (2023) where the authors explore how long-term divorcees in Lithuania (re)birth a more valued self following separation, navigate uncertainty, and protect valued portions of the self through the divorce transition. doi.org/10.1080/105025…

1 week left to submit your abstracts for IARR's conference in July 2024! Have you turned your work in? We are so excited to read through the amazing research happening across the globe!

Super cool visualization of the very different configurations of living arrangements of single men and women in midlife. Key takeaway: Majority of single women are living with kids; majority of single men are not.

Bakhtiari & Plunkett (2023) use dominance analyses and relative weight analyses to examine factors associated with men and women's mental health and conflict post-divorce. (A neat shinyapp here if you're interested in your own: rwa-web.shinyapps.io/multipleregres… ) doi.org/10.1080/105025…

The first issue of Family Transitions is almost here! We are putting the finishing touches on the first issue, and are really excited for the work we'll be featuring as we kick off with our new name. Here is a quick sneak peak of the inaugural editorial.

The first issue of Family Transitions has arrived! In this issue we present a new format w our 1st "Critical Dialogue Series" examining contrasting perspectives on the five-factor model of Parental Alienation (and Parent-Child Contact Problems more broadly) tandfonline.com/toc/wjdr21/65/…

Issue 1 of Family Transitions also features 4 comments and 1 rejoinder by prominent family law and divorce scholars. Working to bring clarity to points of agreement, disagreement, and where further investigation on Parent-Child Contact Problems is needed. tandfonline.com/toc/wjdr21/65/…

Finally, our first issue ends with an empirical report examining the construct validity of a Spanish translation of the Baker Strategies Questionnaire (BSQ) which seeks to retrospectively assess parental alienation and parental alienation behaviors. doi.org/10.1080/105025…

Really thrilled to have our first issue of Family Transitions out in the world. In our opening editorial and issue we highlight our Critical Dialogues format. Expect ongoing contributions of new and exciting work from this outlet! doi.org/10.1080/283753…

Kołodziej-Zaleska et al, 2024 examined a three interaction between self esteem, initiator status, sense of loss, and the extent to which individuals experience posttraumatic growth after divorce. Check it out: doi.org/10.1080/283753…

Excited to share my brief commentary published in American Psychological Association Families, Systems, & Health. In this piece, I seek to discourage using terms like "stepchild" as a pejorative. NCFR doi.org/10.1037/fsh000…

Amini and colleagues (2024) explore how cultural stigma of divorce, conflict, and gender roles may shape Iranian children's adjustment to parental divorce. New article in Family Transitions doi.org/10.1080/283753…

New special issue call for papers on "Navigating Multiple Family Structure Transitions" guest edited by Ray Petren and @carolannacoffee Abstracts for consideration should be submitted by Sep 15th, 2024 Full manuscripts will be due by May 1st, 2025 think.taylorandfrancis.com/special_issues…

In our third issue of Family Transitions we feature 4 articles examining children's divorce experiences in variable cultural and regional contexts (Netherlands, Iranian-American Families, India, Midwestern U.S.). As well as our 1st Translational Commentary! doi.org/10.1080/283753…