Other Lab Projects
Collaborations, Individual Projects, and Masters' Theses
We explore diverse research areas related to various aspects of family functioning, adversity, and trauma. Check out what our lab members have been up to!
Deployment and Post-Deployment Predictors of Dyadic Adjustment in Military Couples in Long-Term Relationships
Bonnie Woodward
The purpose of this study is to understand how homefront stress during deployment, by way of PTSD symptoms, predicts later dyadic adjustment in a sample of military service members and veterans in long-term relationships. Unit-level social support is examined as a buffer against homefront stress during deployment. This project is a secondary data analysis being conducted in collaboration with Dr. Jennifer Vasterling, principal investigator of the Neurocognition Deployment Health Study, Cooperative Studies Program #566, and Family Adaptation to OIF Deployment.
PTSD, Social Support, and Relationship Quality in Trauma-Exposed Newlywed Couples
Rebecca Nguyen
The purpose of this study is to examine how couples' PTSD symptoms might negatively impact relationship quality by amplifying negative social support processes. Specifically, this project examines social support provision and confiding frequency as mechanisms through which both partners’ initial PTSD severity may impact relationship quality two years later. Data will be drawn from a longitudinal study of newlywed couples who completed a series of self-report measures and behavioral tasks. This project is being conducted in collaboration with Dr. David DiLillo's lab at University of Nebraska- Lincoln.
Protective Factors for the Intergenerational Child Maltreatment and Abuse: A meta-analysis
Lab Project
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