2008 Funded Projects

Heather J. Bachman, University of Pittsburgh, School of Education

Rebekah Levine Coley, Co-PI, Boston College, Lynch School of Education "Distinguishing between Family Structure and Family Instability on Child and Adolescent Well-Being in Low-income Families"

Shannon Cavanagh, Sociology/Population Research Center, The University of Texas at Austin "Family Instability and the Home Environment"

Paula Fomby, University of Colorado, Denver "Racial and Ethnic Differences in the Effect of Family Instability on Adolescents' Behavior"

Holly E. Heard, Department of Sociology, Rice University "Family Instability and Adolescent Educational Success: The Cumulation and Timing of Family Transitions Across Childhood"

Patricia Pendry, Program on Human Development and Social Policy, Northwestern University "Family Instability, Interparental Conflict and Child Adjustment: Exploring the Role of Children's Physiological Stress-System Activity and Negative Emotionality"