Couple and Family Formation: How attitudes, values, behaviors, and other factors in young adulthood influence pathways into marriage and cohabitation and how these different trajectories change relational outcomes.
Healthy Relationship/Sexual Development: How healthy dating and marital relationships are maintained. How sexuality and sexual behaviors impact relational and individual development.
Emerging Adulthood Development: Social and interpersonal development of emerging adults (aged 18-25). How behaviors and relationships during this time period influence later development and relationships.
Research Methods: Integrating recent advances in statistical approaches to research design and analysis
