Volume 88, 2026

Issue 1, February

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Families and Incarceration

Indian Wives of Incarcerated Men Tell Their Own Stories: An Intersectional Narrative Analysis of Disenfranchisement and Resilience
Shivangi Gupta, Caroline Sanner

Forgotten Family Relationships: How Incarcerated Brothers Experience Sibling Support
Estefani Marin, Kristin Turney, Angie B. Monreal

Partnered Relationship Dynamics and Influences

Intimate Partner Violence: A Dyadic Examination of Self-Differentiation and Responsive Caregiving
Izhar Harani, Anat Ben-Porat

Childhood Sexual Abuse and Cognitive, Affective, and Behavioral Responses to Partner Touch
Catherine Fortier, Veronique Charbonneau-Lefebvre, Ateret Gewirtz-Meydan, Natalie O. Rosen, Marie-Eve Daspe, Marie-Pier Vaillancourt-Morel

Resettlement and Relational Adjustment: Gender and Liberian Couple Relationships After Forced Migration
Lekie Dwanyen, Sarah Griffes, Elizabeth Wieling

A Marriage Premium for Whom? Sexual Identity, Relationship Status and Earnings
Fernanda Fortes de Lena, Diederik Boertien

Parenthood, Parenting, and Coparenting Experiences

Early Maternal Parenting Profiles and Subsequent Child Well-Being in an Asian Cohort
Claramae Seow, Mioko Sudo, Yena Kyeong, Helen Chen, Michelle Z. L. Kee, Michael J. Meaney, Anne Rifkin-Graboi, Evelyn C. Law, Yap Seng Chong, Henning Tiemeier, Peipei Setoh

Longitudinal Links of Parenthood Regret and Parental Burnout at the Between-Person and Within-Person Levels
Konrad Piotrowski, Moira Mikolajczak, Isabelle Roskam

Prenatal Expectations as Predictors of Postnatal Coparenting: Moderation Effect of Psychological Distress
Emmi Lindroos, Eija Raikkonen, Kaisa Malinen, Liana Leach, Marisa Matias, Anna K. Ronka

Parental Gender and Adult Attachment Style in the Transition to Parenthood: Implications for Parent–Infant Interaction, Parenting Stress, and Parental Leave Practices
Eivor Fredriksen, Tilmann von Soest, Mona Bekkhus, Hedvig Svendsrud, Lars Smith, Torill Sundet Siqveland, Vibeke Moe

The Changing Links Between Socioeconomic Status and Single Women's Entry Into Parenthood
Denise B. Musni, Christine Schnor

Instability in Post-Divorce Residence Arrangements and Child Difficulties
M. D. (Anne) Brons, A. R. Poortman

How Do Employers View Applicants With and Without Children?
Morien El Haj, Axana Dalle, Louis Lippens, Stijn Baert

Of General Interest

“First Phone Call Is Usually Family”: Informal Borrowing Among Low-Income Debtors
Trisha Chanda, Jason N. Houle, Lisa Klein Vogel, Rachel E. Dwyer, Lawrence M. Berger

The (Housing) Complex Web of Race, Ethnicity, Family Structure, and Housing Tenure: An Analysis on Housing Instability Risks and Residential Outcomes
Kimberly Gan, Sarah McCarthy

Brief Report

Parental Health Shocks and Child Outcomes at Ages 17–25: Evidence From Germany
Alessandro Ferrara, Jan P. Heisig, Jonas Radl, Alena Scheinert

A Brief Report Comparing Younger and Older Cohabitors
Matthew R. Wright, Susan L. Brown, Wendy D. Manning, Madelyn Flowers, Jenna M. Ward

Making (Enough for) Love: The Association of Income and Relationship Readiness
Johanna Peetz, Geoff MacDonald

A Typology of Younger Adults' Nuclear and Extended Family Relations in the United States
Bettina Hunteler, Karsten Hank, Diego Alburez-Gutierrez, Thomas Leopold

The Compensatory Model of Resilience Process of Indonesian Married Individuals
Edwin Adrianta Surijah, Kate Murray, Ian Shochet

Issue 2, April

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Financial and Childcare Resources

Cash-for-Care and the Cost of Parenthood: Evidence From Same-Sex and Adoptive Parents
Maaike van der Vleuten, Ylva Moberg

Parenthood and Subjective Financial Well-Being: Reconsidering the Economic Consequences of Parenthood
Muzhi Zhou, Senhu Wang

The Role of Resources in Influencing Fathers' and Mothers' Parenting Stress
Francesca A. Marino, Kei Nomaguchi

Children and Wealth Contexts in the United States: Differences by Household Type
Christina Gibson-Davis

Unequal Time Transfers: Between-Sibling Inequality in Older Parents' Childcare Support in Korea
Jung In

Mothers' and Fathers' Perceived Parent–Grandparent Co-Parenting and Marital Conflict in Intergenerational Families
Xinpei Xu, Lihong Song, Yiyi Yang, Jiajie Xiong, Yan Li

Couple and Family Dynamics

Multidimensional Racism-Related Stress and the Undermining of Black Romantic Relationships
TeKisha M. Rice Wallace, Chalandra M. Bryant, Claire Kamp Dush

Division of Labor Over the Life Course: Structural or Symbolic Pressures?
Jaclyn A. Tabor, Cassie Mead, Jamie Oslawski-Lopez, Rebecca K. Grady

Division of Labor, Multiplication of Gratitude? Gratitude and Resentment Within Households
Allison Daminger, Amanda Nerenberg, Rachel Drapper, Alexandra C. Feldberg, Kathleen L. McGinn

Same-Sex and Different-Sex Couples' Divorce Risks: The Role of Cohabitation and Childbearing
Maria Ponkilainen, Elina Einio, Mine Kuhn, Mikko Myrskyla

Examining Functional Solidarity in Families With the Social Relations Model
Leila Van Imschoot, Lara Stas, Ann Buysse

The Role of Family Complexity in Mental and Physical Health in Mid-Adulthood
Philipp Dierker, Mine Kuhn, Zachary Van Winkle

Singlehood and Mate Selection

Who Remains Single? Educational Gradients in Long-Term Singlehood Across Ethnic Groups
Kasimir Dederichs, Evelina Akimova, Nan Dirk de Graaf

What Makes a Desirable Spouse in China? New Evidence From a National Survey Experiment
Jia Yu, Yue Qian, Yang Hu, Yang Zhou, Yu Xie

Of General Interest

Parental Sexual Orientation Socialization for Sexual Minority Youth: An Empirically-Derived Conceptual Model
Jessica N. Fish, Megan S. Paceley, Pond Ezra, Eric K. Layland, Katherine V. Tomlinson, Mia Smith Bynum

Brief Report

Qualitative Data Analysis Software and Family Science: 2011–2020 Usage Trends
Aine M. Humble

Child Care Labor Division: Expectations, Experiences, and Relationship With Life Goal Satisfaction
Whitney Barnett, Abigail Blum, Lauren G. Bailes, Kathryn L. Humphreys

Formal and Informal Shared Parenting Among Divorced and Never-Married Parents
Maria Cancian, Molly A. Costanzo, Daniel R. Meyer

Male Spousal Caregivers Are Increasing, but Only in Less Demanding Care Roles
Hyungmin Cha, Jennifer Ailshire

Life Course Family Dynamics and Transfers From Children to Biological Parents
Sarah E. Patterson, Paula Fomby

Issue 3, June 2026

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Diverse Pathways to Parenthood and Family Formation

Working Toward Parenthood: Employment and First Births Among Different-Sex Couples in the United States
Kristen Lagasse Burke

Reproductive Curation: Assisted Reproductive Technologies (ARTs) and Lesbian Motherhood-Making
Xiaomin Cai, Susanne Y. P. Choi

Future Life Plans and Relationship Formation: A Bidirectional Approach Based on Evidence From Finland
Steffen Peters, Rasmus Mannerstrom, Katariina Salmela-Aro

What Lies Between Them? Exploring Relational Dynamics Among Hetero-Gay Co-Parents
Lior Bar, Ahuva Even-Zohar

Parenting Roles, Identities, and Experiences

Redefining Father Roles in Family Sexual Health Communication: A Qualitative Exploration
Jennifer M. Grossman, Juliana A. Juarbe Toledo, Amanda M. Richer, Michelle Sullivan, Laura Widman

Compromising Fatherhood: Expansion Versus Constriction in Fathers' Gender Identities and Role Performances
Casey Scheibling, Jillian Sunderland

The Job Task Penalty for Motherhood
Wiebke Schulz, Gundula Zoch

Parenting While Black: Ethnic-Racial Socialization Among Netherlands-Based Caribbean and West-African Heritage Mothers
Daudi van Veen, Rosanneke A. G. Emmen, Judi Mesman

Parental Racial-Ethnic Socialization and Competence in Asian Families
Frances M. Lobo, Gabriela Livas, Rashmita S. Mistry, Richard M. Lee, Charissa S. L. Cheah, Virginia W. Huynh, J. Abigail Saavedra, Asian American Families Study Collaborative

Families and Socioeconomic Contexts

Single Parenthood and the Poverty Debate: How Pathways and Policies Explain Cross-National Differences
Roxana-Diana Burciu

Unexpected Changes in Rural Families: Fewer Married Parents, Lower Child Poverty
Matthew M. Brooks, Shelley Clark

Integrating the In-Laws: Class and Kin Support Within Marriage in Urban Kenya
Kirsten Stoebenau, Nikita Viswasam, Estelle M. Sidze, Sangeetha Madhavan

Intergenerational Relationships

Sibling Dynamics in Adult Children's Support Across Parental Widowhood Phases in Korea
Mengni Chen, Dahye Kim

Intergenerational Support and Later Life Health: Associations by Role, Type and Direction of Support
Ariane Bertogg, Anna Manzoni

Parent–Child Conflict and Prosocial Behavior in Preschoolers: Social Information Processing Perspective
Zhaoqing Li, Wan Ding, Wenfeng Zheng, Songyue Lin, Ruoxi Wang, Siman Liu

Brief Report

Mental Health Following Silver Splits: A Dyadic Approach to Depressive Symptoms
Lisa Jessee, Jeffrey E. Stokes

Partners Mirror Each Other's Informal Helping Behavior: Evidence From a Longitudinal Study
Marlou J. M. Ramaekers, Marieke Voorpostel

Timing and Trajectories: Shifts in Migration and Family Formation Trajectories in Nepal
Emma Labovitz, Ka U. Ng

Same-Sex Marriage Market Opportunity and Racial Exogamy: Testing the Availability Thesis
Haoming Song

Gender Norms in Transition? Parents' Housework and Childcare Time in the COVID-19 Era
Jennifer March Augustine, Kate Prickett