One Plus One e-bulletin, No 15, April 2008
     
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Research and policy news
About One Plus One
 
   
     
  News from One Plus One  
     
 

One Plus One's publication Not in front of the children: how conflict between parents affects children has been used in a study evaluating a brief intervention programme for improving marital conflict. The study is discussed in an article by Cummings et al., in the current issue of the Journal of Family Psychology. Not in front of the children was assigned to couples in a self-study control group and provided the group with "a detailed and accessible review of research on marital conflict and children". To read the abstract for the article click here.
  
     
 

One Plus One has been working with Netmums to develop an online relationships course for Netmums users. The course is based One Plus One's 30 years of research investigating what makes relationships work – or fall apart. The course will be delivered via email and will include practical activities for the user and their partner. It will be available on the Netmums website from early May to all Netmums users - all 412,000 to 500,000 of them! .
 
 
Director of One Plus One, Penny Mansfield, appeared on BBC Radio 4's programme Bringing Up Britain. Penny featured along with Duncan Fisher of the Fatherhood Institute and Samantha Callan from the Centre for Social Justice, the debate was chaired by Mariella Frostrup. If you would like to hear the programme click here.
 

One Plus One is seeking interns to assist in our busy Research & Information department. If you, or someone you know is interested in applying you can find more information here. Application is by CV and covering letter along with an Equalities and Monitoring Form which can be downloaded here.
 
 

Professor Carol Smart, co-director of the Morgan Centre at the University of Manchester led a seminar attended by One Plus One staff and guests on gay and lesbian civil partnership and commitment ceremonies. To read more about Carol's work click here.

  
   
     
  Research and policy news  
     
  We regularly monitor and select information from Government departments, research centres, publishers, and relationship and family organisations. Below you will find a listing of news from the last month. Each headline provides a link to the original news release. A regularly updated news board can be found in our ICOR - the online Information Centre on Relationships.  
     
  Policy and Practice  
 
Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services Review call for evidence
Early years programmes on Teachers TV
National Forced Marriage Helpline launched
High Court Judge speaks out about family breakdown
Ed Balls announces investment in youth facilities and children's workforce
 
     
  Research and Statistics  
 
NSPCC survey of fathers
New poll on child mental health and wellbeing from the Good Childhood Inquiry
New research from Fragile Families
Child Exploitation and Online Protection Centre publishes statistics
Fatherhood Institute publishes new report on engaging fathers
National Statistics publishes Social Trends 38th edition
Ofcom publishes research on social networking
 
     
  Journal Articles  
 
 

Evaluating a brief prevention program for improving marital conflict in community families by Cummings, ME., Faircloth, BW., Mitchell, PM., Cummings, JS. & Schermerhorn, AC. Journal of Family Psychology, Volume 22, Issue 2 pp192-202. To view the tables of contents click here.

Attachment styles, alcohol and childhood experiences of abuse: an analysis of physical violence in dating couples by Rapoza, KA. & Baker, AT. Violence and Victims, Volume 23, Issue 1 pp52-65. To view the tables of contents click here.

Testing the ruler with item response theory: increasing precision of measurement for relationship satisfaction with the couples satisfaction index by Funk, J. & Rogge, R. Journal of Family Psychology, Volume 21, Issue 4 pp572-583. To view the tables of contents click here.

 
 
   
     
  About One Plus One  
     
  One Plus One is a team of researchers, practitioners and information specialists whose aim is to enhance understanding of how family relationships contribute to the well being of adults and children through three key activities:  
 
inquiring - monitoring and evaluating knowledge about relationships and effective support in order to develop key messages for policy and practice;
informing - creating imaginative formats for key messages tailored to different audiences, and raising awareness of the impact of couple relationships on the well being of individuals, families and communities;
innovating - developing innovative ways of getting specialist knowledge and skills about adult family relationships and early intervention to everyone working in the frontline with families, thereby adding value to existing practice.