Volume 87, 2025

Issue 3, June

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Mothers and Motherhood

Maternal differential treatment and adult children's well-being when mothers have cognitive impairment
Jill Suitor, Megan Gilligan, Robert T. Frase, Ranran He, Destiny Ogle

Mothers and grandmothers: Rethinking motherhood in the context of intergenerational caregiving
Amy Hanser, Yijia Zhang

Beyond motherhood: Childless Black women and compulsory mothering
Austin Colby Guy Lee

Paternal incarceration, child care instability, and children's wellbeing
Kristin Turney, Daniela E. Kaiser

Feeling wronged versus pressing on: Unearthing the tensions of Appalachian fatherhood
Aran Garnett-Deakin, Caroline Sanner

Parenting Experiences

A typology of US parents' mental loads: Core and episodic cognitive labor
Ana Catalano Weeks, Leah Ruppanner

Parent–teen dyadic experiences of racism: Implications for Black familial racial socialization
Shawn C. T. Jones, Sharde McNeil Smith, Naya Sutton, Lesley Blair Winchester, Broquelynn Shepard

Minority stress and structural stigma predict well-being in European LGBTQ+ parents
Magdalena Siegel, David Steyrl, Abbie E. Goldberg, Andrew A. Nicholson, Martina Zemp

Separation and Divorce

Divorce among more and less divorce-prone populations following unilateral divorce laws
Linus Andersson, Jan Saarela, Caroline Uggla

The gendered economic consequences of forming a single-parent household after separation
Luisa Fadel, Diederik Boertien, Christine Schnor

Parental separation and children's genetic influences on education
Zachary Van Winkle, Tina Baier

Families and Policy

Administrative burdens as a family affair: Navigating racialized safety-net systems post-welfare reform
Layne Amerikaner, Clayton Buck, Robyn Moore, Jennifer Martinez, Collin Mueller

Effects of welfare reform on maternal engagement and involvement with young adolescents
Hope Corman, Dhaval M. Dave, Ariel Kalil, Ofira Schwartz-Soicher, Nancy E. Reichman

Work-Family Interface

Working from home and bi-directional work–family conflict: Longitudinal evidence from Australian parents
Inga Laß, Mark Wooden

Two sides of a coin: The relationship between work autonomy and childbearing
Beata Osiewalska, Anna Matysiak

Couple Relationships

Navigating cultural crossroads: A thematic analysis of individuals' sacrifices in intercultural romantic relationships
Hanieh Naeimi, Emily A. Impett

The stickiness of unequal housework sharing: Limited effects of couples' ideological pairings
Natalie Nitsche, Daniela Grunow, Ansgar Hudde

Of General Interest

Unpacking power dynamics and women's economic empowerment in polygynous households in Burkina Faso
Sarah Eissler, Jessica Heckert, Abdoulaye Pedehombga, Armande Sanou, Rasmané Ganaba, Aulo Gelli

Brief Report

Temporary Aid for Needy Families as family policy for first time mothers
David W. Rothwell

The fall and rise of parental financial investments during the COVID-19 pandemic
Orestes P. Hastings, Mariana Amorim, Sabino Kornrich

Unmarried Americans vote more Democratic than their married counterparts: The role of race and religiosity in the marital gap (a research brief )
Karyn Vilbig, Paula England, Michael Hout

Attitudes toward same-sex couple parents: A decade of change
Wendy D. Manning, Kristen E. Gustafson

Measuring family boundary ambiguity in cohabiting stepfamilies
Gabrielle Juteau, Susan L. Brown, Wendy D. Manning, Krista K. Westrick-Payne

Issue 4, August

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Marriage: Preferences, Alternatives, and Intentions

Mate preferences and marriage-related behaviors: The case of Japan
Yuko Hara, Wei-hsin Yu

Latent profiles of Koreans' attitudes toward alternatives to traditional marital formation
Jaerim Lee, Jane Park, Seohee Son

Same-sex marriage legislation and implementation: Marital intention and barriers for marriage actualization among same-sex couples in Asia
Eliz Miu Yin Wong

Diverse Parenting Experiences

A longitudinal dyadic analysis of gender ideology during the transition into parenthood
Yexin Zheng, Senhu Wang, Muzhi Zhou

Growing together, knowing together: Dynamics of interracial parenting of mixed-race children
Marguerite Lengyell, Nic M. Weststrate

Parental burnout and mental health across COVID-19 parenting circumstances: A person-centered approach
Margaret L. Kerr, Inés Botto, Erika Gonzalez, Sydney Aronson

Maternal sleep, coparenting quality, and parenting across the first 2 years postpartum
Liu Bai, Brian Crosby, Douglas M. Teti

The Impacts of Motherhood on Women

Splitting the penalty by taking turns? Same-sex mothers' earnings losses in Norway
Ylva Moberg, Maaike van der Vleuten

Maternal education, early language skills, and mother–child interactions across three welfare states
Gülbin Sengül-Inal, Nicolai Topstad Borgen, Jan Skopek, Ane Nærde, Henrik Daae Zachrisson

Occupational autonomy, paid maternity leave, and mothers' return to work after childbirth
Camille Portier

Influences on the Division of Labor

Gender and housework in the post-retirement context: Longitudinal evidence from the U.S.
In Jeong Hwang, Joseph Svec, Jeong Eun Lee

Who can work when, and why do we have to care? Education, care demands, and the gendered division of work schedules in France and Germany
Carolin Deuflhard, Jeanne Ganault

Divorce

Partners' health and silver splits in Europe: A gendered pattern?
Daniele Vignoli, Giammarco Alderotti, Cecilia Tomassini

Women who initiate divorce embrace autonomy
Ephrat Almog, Anat Herbst-Debby

Couple and Family Processes

Upward transfer in Southeast China and Taiwan: Longitudinal trends of a family ritual
Ming-Chang Tsai, Chin-Han Chan

Barriers to comforting: Couples' attachment and emotional reactivity in a German sample
Yan Li, Ute Kunzmann, Martina Schulz, Philipp Kanske, Margund K. Rohr

Of General Interest

Educational gap between partners and sterilization
Kate H. Choi

Tracking types of non-parents in the United States
Jennifer Watling Neal, Zachary P. Neal

Comment

Estimating the percentage of men who are childfree using the National Survey of Family Growth: A comment on Bozick (2023)
Zachary P. Neal, Jennifer Watling Neal

Brief Report

Cognitive housework and Parents' relationship satisfaction
Richard J. Petts, Daniel L. Carlson, Jaclyn S. Wong

Yes, parents, it reflects on you: Norms and Metanorms regulating teen daughters and parents
Monica Kirkpatrick Johnson, Stefanie Mollborn, Christine Horne

Exploring African American marital strengths during COVID-19
Lori Nixon Bethea

Does perceived gender conflict shape young Koreans' attitudes toward marriage and childbearing?
Min-Ah Lee, Rira Song, Juyeon Park

Issue 5, October

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Parental Leave

Paternity leave-taking and early childhood development: A longitudinal analysis in Singapore
Nanxun Li, Wei-Jun Jean Yeung

Gone too long or back too soon? Perceptions of paid parental leave-taking and variations by gender and family structure
Richard J. Petts, Reilly Kincaid, Trenton D. Mize, Gayle Kaufman

How Does Taking Parental Leave Affect the Wages of Highly Educated Parents?
Steffen Jaksztat, Lea Goldan, Christiane Gross

Parenthood, Parenting and Parent-Child Relations

“I don't try to seek him out”: Views of child support over time
Grace Landrum-Hall, Sarah Halpern-Meekin, Maretta Darnell McDonald

Surveilling system exposure and parental institutional disengagement
Allison Dwyer Emory, Grace C. Sementilli

How Do Parents Share Childcare That Interferes With Paid Work? Work Arrangements, Flexible Working, and Childcare
Bernice Kuang, Brienna Perelli-Harris, Ann Berrington

Parenthood in Europe: Not More Life Satisfaction, but More Meaning in Life
Ansgar Hudde, Marita Jacob

Beyond the Paycheck: Family Systems, Adult Children's Job Sector, and Parental Subjective Well-Being in China
Mengke Zhao, Yuying Tong

Parenthood and Gendered Mental Health: The Role of Paid Work and Housework Time
Sandrine Metzger, Pablo Gracia

“Mom, I'm Polyamorous”: Parental Reactions to Polyamory Identity Disclosures
Mari Tarantino, Caroline Sanner, Shivangi Gupta, Jim Tillett

Partnered Relationship Experiences

Lifting the Veil: Exploring Premarital Hesitation and Engagement Dissolution Consideration
Kale Monk, Tyler Jamison, Matthew A. Ogan, Karen E. Talley, Dawson E. Boron, Jennifer L. Harper, Amber Haas, Lauren Huff

Roka Engagements and the Hybridization of Arranged and “Love” Marriage in Urban India
Megan N. Reed

What is your type? Latent classes of newly married couples' gender ideologies
Ashley Larsen Gibby, Jane Lankes Smith, Jeremy B. Yorgason, Aubrey Bardsley, Erin Kramer Holmes, Spencer L. James

Economic situation and late-life divorce: A “his” and “hers” perspective
Linda Kridahl, Sofi Ohlsson-Wijk, Ann-Zofie Duvander

Relational Turbulence Among Retired Couples in Arab Society: An APIM Analysis
Reem Nashef-Hamuda, Roi Estlein, Yuval Palgi, Dikla Segel-Karpas

Family Factors Shaping Child and Adolescent Education

Preschools, family social capital, and child development in Cambodia
Sothy Eng, Kelly Grace

Mexican-origin mothers' and fathers' workplace ethnic–racial discrimination and youth's educational adjustment
Stefanie Martinez-Fuentes, Kimberly A. Updegraff, Adriana J. Umaña-Taylor, Katharine H. Zeiders

Brief Report

The Role of Interparental Conflict in Divergent Perceptions of Parenting
Carlie J. Sloan, Stephanie T. Lanza, Emily J. Forrester, Mark E. Feinberg, Gregory M. Fosco

Gender-Role Attitudes and Marriage Desires Among Never-Married Adults in South Korea
Soo-Yeon Yoon, Hyunjoon Park

Sex of Child, the Fatherhood Bonus, and Fathers' Work Hours
Elizabeth Aura McClintock, Emily Fitzgibbons Shafer

Caring for Parents/In-Laws and Cognitive Functioning of Adult Children in China
Zhiyong Lin, Haoshu Duan, Jianfeng He, Ying Huang