Family Life Education: Translational Family Science in Action
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Translational family science lies at the intersection of family research and the practice of family life education (FLE). Discussion of the foundational principles of FLE (education, prevention, strengths‐based, and research and theory‐based) and its key components (culture, context, content, and practice) provide a framework for considering the reciprocal relationship between family science and family life education in the context of translational family science. Further discussion is provided regarding possible barriers to progress and the need to better integrate discovery science and practice science.
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A solid grounding in empirical evidence is considered a foundational principle of family life education.
“In fact, a solid grounding in empirical evidence is considered a foundational principle of family life education, the applied profession affiliated with HDFS (Darling et al., 2017).”
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Lessons from the field: Isn't it just common sense? Naïve realism as a barrier to learning
Dyer, K. D. (2024) · Family Relations · doi:10.1111/fare.12967 · Cited by 2 · see citing works
Harris, S. M., Hubbard, A. K., Alshareef, A., Burningham, K., Maples, A., & Williams-Wengerd, A. (2022) · The American Journal of Family Therapy · doi:10.1080/01926187.2021.1913668
- Authors
- Darling, C. A., Cassidy, D., & Rehm, M.
- Affiliations
- Florida State University (US)
- National Council on Family Relations (US)
- Corresponding author
- Darling, Carol A.
- Venue
- Family Relations
- Publisher
- Wiley
- Published
- 2017-10
- Volume
- 66
- Issue
- 4
- Pages
- 741-752
- ISSN
- 0197-6664 (ISSN-L)
- 1741-3729
- OpenAlex
- W2771516618
- Cited by
- 24
- References
- 3
- Citations by year
- 2026: 2 · 2025: 2 · 2024: 3 · 2023: 2 · 2022: 1 · 2021: 3 · 2020: 7 · 2019: 3 · 2017: 1
- FWCI
- 7.82
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Family Relations (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Demography › Family Dynamics and Relationships
- Social Sciences › Cultural Studies › Education, Sociology, Communication Studies
- Social Sciences › Education › Educational and Social Studies
- Keywords
- family life education, family science, strengths-based approach, prevention, research-practice integration, barriers to progress, family culture, family environment
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