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publications
These publications and various online materials are organized into three categories (online program development, program evaluation, and divorce education) with the most recent contributions at the beginning of each section.
Online Program Development
Hughes, Jr., R. (2006-present). Open2Learn—Open Learning in Higher Education.
Major posts related to Online Family Life Programming:
Family Life Education Model Update (9/13/2008)
Teaching Family Life Education 2.0 (9/6/2008)
Framework for Online Family Life Education (6/10/2008)
Extension or Public Engagement 2.0 (3/26/2008)
Hughes, Jr., R. (2009, March 13). Guidelines for writing Brief Answers Based on Scientific Information to Questions for the Web.
Hughes, Jr., R. (2008). Human Development and Family Life Website Review.
Fetsch, R.J., Collins, C. L., & Hughes, Jr., R. (2008). Evaluating Family Life Web SitesHughes, Jr., R. & Hans, J. D. (2004). Effects of the Internet on families. In M. Coleman & L. Ganong (Eds.), Handbook of contemporary families. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.
Hughes, Jr., R. (2002). First Annual Report on MissouriFamilies. Columbia, MO: University of Missouri.
Hughes, Jr., R. (2001). A process evaluation of a website for family life educators. Family Relations, 50, 164-170.
Hughes, Jr., R. & Hans, J. D. (2001). Computers, the Internet and families: A review of the role of new technology in family life. Journal of Family Issues, 22, 776-790
Hughes, Jr., R., Ebata, A. T., Dollahite, D. (1999). Family life education in the information age. Family Relations, 48, 5-6.
Hughes, Jr., R., Joo, E., Zentall, S. R., Ulishney, K. (1999). Information Technology and human services. Human Development and Family Life Bulletin, 5(1).
Hughes, Jr., R., Joo, E., Zentall, S. R., & Ulishney, K. (1999). Access and use of information technology by human service providers. Journal of Technology in Human Services, 16, 1-16.
Hughes, Jr., R. (1999). FAQs about the use of information technology in family life education. Human Development and Family Life Bulletin, 5(1).
Todd, C. M., Ebata, A., Hughes, R., Jr. (1998). Encouraging university and community collaboration. In R. Lerner & L. A. Simon (Eds.), University‑community collaborations for the twenty‑first century : Outreach scholarship for youth and families. New York: Garland Publishing.
Hughes, Jr., R. (1997). Human Development and Family Life Website Review Form. Columbus, OH: The Ohio State University.
Hughes, Jr., R. (1996). Divorce and Children E-mail In-service Evaluation Results. Columbus, OH: The Ohio State University. Retrieved from archival source, March 26, 2009.
Illinois archive is here.
Hughes, Jr., R., & Ong, B. (1995). Effective prevention programs for children. Human Development and Family Life Bulletin,1(2).
Hughes, Jr., R. & Todd, C. M. (1995). Strengths and needs assessment in impoverished communities. Human Development and Family Life Bulletin,1(2).
Hughes, R., Jr. (1994). A framework for developing family life education programs. Family Relations, 43, 74-80.
Program Evaluation
Hughes, Jr., R., & Kirby, J. J. (2000). Strengthening evaluation strategies for divorcing family support services: Perspectives of parent educators, mediators, attorneys, and judges. Family Relations, 49, 53-61.
Hughes, Jr., R. (1997). Evaluating community-based programs to prevent violence. Human Development and Family Life Bulletin,3(3).
Hughes, Jr., R., & Schroeder, J. D. (1997). A review of family life education programs for stepfamilies. Marriage and Family Review, 26, 281-300.
Hughes, Jr., R. (1996). Evaluating the effectiveness of caregiving interventions. Human Development and Family Life Bulletin,2(4).
Hughes, Jr., R. (1996). Program clarification: What are we really trying to do? Human Development and Family Life Bulletin,2(3).
Hughes, Jr., R. (1996) Integrating services for families. Human Development and Family Life Bulletin, 2(2).
Hughes, Jr., R. (1995). Are a lot of satisfied participants enough? Human Development and Family Life Bulletin,1(3).
Hughes Jr., R. (1995). Evaluating family life education programs. Human Development and Family Life Bulletin,1(1).
Hughes, R., Jr., Clark, C.D., Schaefer-Hernan, P., & Good, E.S. (1994). An evaluation of a newsletter intervention for divorced mothers. Family Relations, 43, 298-304.
Divorce Education
Hughes, Jr. R. (2005). The effects of divorce on children. Parenting24/7.
Note: This article was originally published online in 1996 at The Ohio State University. From 1996-2002 it was the top article in a search for “effects of divorce on children” In 2002 this document was viewed about 87,000 times (or 1 page view every 6 minutes). This number reminds us of the power of the web to make scientific information available to the general public. This is the original publication.
The current article was re-published in 2005 in Parenting24/7 which is a website for parents created by Dr. Aaron Ebata. In 2009 this article was among the top results of a Google search for either “effects of divorce” or “effects of divorce on children.” Clearly, this topic continues to be a frequently searched issue.
Divorce education articles contributed to MissouriFamilies.org (2001-2003). In addition to my role in creating this website, I also contributed information related to my expertise on the effects of divorce on families. In 2009 all these documents remain online.
Demographics of Divorce
These two documents on “divorce statistics” were one of the early attempts to demonstrate that a short answer to a frequently asked question could be used to build an intentional “learning pathway” to more extensive educational material. In this case, the point was to teach the viewer about the meaning of various divorce statistics.
Based on usage statistics in 2004, the most frequent path through MissouriFamilies was the search on Google for “divorce rate” to the question “What is the current….” followed by a click on the feature article “The Demographics of Divorce.” In short, these results demonstrated that we could build intentional learning pathways from brief answers to more in-depth information for educational purposes.
In terms of PageRank these pages remain popular on the web. In 2002 a web search on Google for “united states divorce rate”, resulted in finding that the “current divorce rate” webpage was number 1 of 196,000 webpages. In March 2009, a similar search resulted in this same webpage ranking number 7 out of 6,440,000 webpages.Effects of Divorce on Children
What are some of the problems children whose parents divorce have?
Do boys and girls differ in their response to the divorce of their parents?
What is the affect of divorce on children's success in school?
How does the age of a child affect the way that children react to the divorce of their parents?
Can scientists predict which children will have problems as a result of changes in their families due to divorce?
In general, how likely are children whose parent's divorce to have problems?Helping Children Deal with Divorce
What can parents do to reduce the possible negative effects of divorce?
How might friends or other family members help children adjust to a divorce?
Questions that Children often Ask about Dealing with Their Parents' Divorce
What can teachers and child care providers do to help children adjust to a divorce?
Is counseling useful for children who may be having some difficulty adjusting to their parent's divorce?
In spite of parents' efforts, do some children simply adjust more easily to a divorce than others?
How might friends or other family members help children adjust to a divorce?
Social Skills for Children whose Parents Have Divorced
Helping Children Understand Emotions
Helping Children Cope with Loss
Helping Children Adjust to Changes
Helping Children Feel Good About Themselves
Helping Children Learn about Kindness
Helping Children Get Along with Friends
Helping Children Deal with Anger at Friends
Helping Children Manage Anger at ParentsVarious other contributions to MissouriFamilies.org
Book Review: For Better or For Worse: Divorce ReconsideredOrdinary Magic: Families that Beat the Odds