November 23, 2019
Graduate student Thao Nguyen presented our recently published paper “A comparison of low-income vs. higher-income individuals seeking an online relationship intervention” at NCFR.
Graduate student Thao Nguyen presents at NCFR
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Graduate student Megan Schouweiler presents at NCFR
November 21, 2019
Graduate student Megan Schouweiler presented her research on “Does the Quantity of Time Couples Share Differ by Household Income?” at NCFR in Fort Worth.
New publication in Journal of Family Psychology
October 31, 2019
Dr. Williamson has published a new paper, along with collaborators at the University of Georgia and UCLA, that examines the relationship processes and outcomes of couples who get married after having a child, in comparison to couples who started marriage without a child. Results show that among couples who entered marriage with a shared biological child (premarital parents), satisfaction levels were lower and communication was less effective, less positive, and more negative than couples entering marriage without children. Rates of change in marital functioning did not differ between groups, but the rate of marital dissolution was twice as high among premarital parents (19.1%) relative to couples who were not parents at the start of marriage (9.5%).
New paper published in Family Process
October 29, 2019
Dr. Williamson and graduate student Thao Nguyen, in collaboration with Dr. Brian Doss and his graduate student Karen Rothman at the University of Miami, have published a new paper in Family Process which compares couples seeking an online couple therapy program to examine whether low-income couples have similar presenting problems to higher-income couples.
Dr. Williamson quoted in Forge Magazine
October 3, 2019
Dr. Williamson was quoted in an article on forge.medium.com about research on couples communication.
Recruiting a new graduate student
September 26, 2019
Dr. Williamson will be admitting a new graduate student to enter the UT Austin HDFS PhD program in Fall 2020. The deadline to apply is Dec 1. See the Join Our Team page for more information.
New grant from the Russell Sage Foundation
September 5, 2019
The lab has received a grant from the Russell Sage Foundation to investigate how the experienced of living in poverty affects pro-relationship behaviors.
New paper in Social Psychological and Personality Science
August 29, 2019
The lab has published a new paper in SPPS, Trajectories of Marital Satisfaction in Diverse Newlywed Couples, with collaborator Justin Lavner at UGA.
See coverage of this paper on Forbes.com.
Graduate student Thao Nguyen receives NSF GRFP
April 9, 2019
1st year graduate student Thao Nguyen has been awarded a prestigious Graduate Research Fellowship from the National Science Foundation. The fellowship provides $138,000 of funding over 3 years. Congratulations Thao!
New publication in NCFR Report: Family Focus
April 8, 2019
Dr. Williamson published an article in the National Council on Family Relations Report, in the special section Family Focus: Policies with Unintended Consequences. This is a brief that summarizes the results and policy implications of her previous research on efforts to support unmarried new parents with economic interventions. You can read the new article here.
