One Plus One e-bulletin, No 11, November 2007
     
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Contents:
News from One Plus One
Research and policy news
About One Plus One
 
   
     
  News from One Plus One  
     
 

One Plus One Director, Penny Mansfield, appeared this month on BBC Radio 4's Woman's Hour. Penny and Denise Knowles from Relate discussed with the presenter the impact of losing intimacy with a partner. To listen to the program again click here.

 
     
 

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The One Plus One website now offers the facility to search, in particular you can search ICOR - the online Information Centre on Relationships. If you are looking for a piece of research or a statistic try out our new ICOR search box.

 
     
 

One Plus One staff attended the Parenting UK and Parentline Plus conferences this month at which Penny gave a well received presentation on How helping works. Marketing and Outreach staff also ran stalls which provided information to delegates about our training resources, current research projects and publications, including the recent literature review Growing together, or drifting apart?. We have received responses to the review including Professor Sir Albert Aynsley Green, Children's Commissioner for England who commends the issues highlighted. If you would like comment please email info@oneplusone.org.uk.

 
   
     
  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 Information Centre on Relationships.  
     
  Policy and Practice  
 
National Year of Reading announcement from Ed Balls
DCSF publishes a review of the lives of children and young people
Children and Young Persons Bill 2007
DCSF announce support for families with troubled children
Ed Balls outlines new Children's Plan
Beverley Hughes announces extension of early years services
The WHO launches new drive to encourage civil registration
DWP and DCSF: new team to tackle child poverty
Pilot offering practical and financial guidance for divorce
 
     
  Research and Statistics  
 
Research from St Mungo's on homelessness and relationships
Parentline Plus publishes research on bullying
New research from JRF on the impact of poverty on children's school experience
ESRC research on the living arrangements of older couples
New Radio 4 series with Professor Janet Reibstein (from the 17th December)
DWP publishes new research on couples and work
ESRC research on children's peer groups
BBC survey on changing family life
 
     
  Journal Articles  
 
 

Longitudinal transmission of conflict resolution styles from marital relationships to adolescent-parent relationships by Van Doorn, MD, Branhe, SJ & Meeus WH. Journal of Family Pyschology, Volume 21, Issue 3 pp426-434. To visit the Journal of Family Psychology website click here.

On the association of interparental conflict with developing behavioural inhibition and behaviour problems in early childhood by Pauli-Pott, U & Beckmann, D. Journal of Family Psychology, Volume 21, Issue 3 pp529-532. To visit the Journal of Family Psychology click here.

Which children receive grandparental care and what effect does it have? by Fergusson, E, Maughan, B & Golding, J. Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, November 2007 (online). To browse Journal of Child Pyschology and Psychiatry click here.

Mechanisms of change in cognitive behavioural couples prevention programme: does being naughty or nice matter? by Stanley, SM, Rhoades, GK, Olmos-Gallo, PA & Markman, HJ.. Prevention Science, Volume 8, Number 3 pp227-239. To browse Prevention Science 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.