Session II: Barbie Tootle Room

Session II Oral Presenters- Barbie Tootle Room (from left): Kyle Bartholomew, Rachel Brown & Micah Gerhardt.

Session II Oral Presenters- Barbie Tootle Room (from left): Kyle Bartholomew, Rachel Brown & Micah Gerhardt.


Kyle Bartholomew
Human Sciences, Human Development and Family Science
Claire Kamp Dush, Advisor

Title: Does Divorce Impact Your Sex Life? Understanding Associations Among Divorce, Sexuality, And Relationship Quality
Abstract: Previous research on divorcees’ sexuality has been qualitative and focused on females. Differences in sexual frequency/desire were examined by relationship types and how they relate to relationship quality. Results suggest divorcees report high sexual frequency/desire and that sexual desire is important to divorcees’ relationship satisfaction.
Contact: bartholomew.123@osu.edu


Rachel Brown
Human Sciences, Human Development and Family Science
Claire Kamp Dush, Advisor

Title: Predictors and Consequences of Met and Unmet Marital Timing Desires
Abstract: This study examined predictors of adolescent and emerging adult desires for age at first marriage, predictors of met and unmet desires over more than thirty years, and the association between unmet desires and probability of divorce using data from the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth 1979 cohort.
Contact: brown.5493@osu.edu


Micah Gerhardt
Human Sciences, Human Development and Family Science
Xin Feng, Advisor

Title: Do Fathers Matter? A Study of Fathers’ Emotion Socialization and Children’s Emotion Regulation
Abstract: This novel naturalistic study of 43 families utilized electronic activated recorder technology to examine the effects of father emotion coaching on children’s acquisition of emotion regulation skills. Results demonstrate that fathers can positively influence children’s emotional development between the ages of 3-3.5.
Contact: gerhardt.35@osu.edu