Penn State Family Relationships Project

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The Penn State Family Relationships Project is a set of studies, funded by the National Institute for Child Health and Human Development, that seeks to understand the family context of socialization in middle childhood and adolescence. We are currently conducting three studies:

  1. a ten-year longitudinal study of European-American families;
  2. a three-year longitudinal study of African-American families; and,
  3. a cross-sectional study of Mexican-American families (in collaboration with Arizona State University).

In each study, we gather information on the perspectives and experiences of four family members--mothers, fathers, and two adolescent siblings--and pay close attention to the familial and extra-familial context, especially those features pertaining to parents' work and family roles.