Adam Galovan, PhD
Pronouns: he/him
Contact
Associate Professor, Faculty of Agricultural, Life and Environmental Sci - Human Ecology Dept
- adam.galovan@ualberta.ca
- Address
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321 Human Ecology Building
8905 - 116 St NWEdmonton ABT6G 2N1
Overview
Area of Study / Keywords
Couple Relationships; Virtues and Character Strengths; Strong Relationality; Quantitative Research Methodology
About
My overarching research objective is to answer the following questions: how do parents and partners (both partnered or separated) interact in their multiple roles?; what influences the way couples come together and progress in their many roles?; what child and couple outcomes of health and well-being result from these different patterns of interaction?; and what individual, couple, and family characteristics, virtues, and transition points are important to both the content and process of preventative intervention efforts? In answering these questions, I acknowledge the importance of using multiple sources of data from individuals in multiple contexts and employing multiple methods and research designs.
In conducting my research, I have knowledge and experience in advanced multivariate statistics and methods, including structural equation, longitudinal, dyadic, and latent class analyses. Indeed, one of my secondary research interests is quantitative research methodology and the related epistemological questions and implications for family science.
Announcements
I am currently accepting hard-working, quantitative-minded graduate students interested in studying couple well-being and/or relationship dynamics in families.
Courses
HECOL 321 - Introduction to Family Finance
An introduction to the principles of money management for individuals, households, and families. Students learn basic financial literacy skills and tools required to make key financial decisions by identifying financial goals, assessing current resources, developing and implementing a financial plan and evaluating financial progress. It is also expected that students will be able to apply these tools in their professional work to enhance clients' financial literacy and their ability to resolve financial management challenges. Prerequisite: ECON 101; it is recommended that students have completed both ECON 101 and 102.
HECOL 410 - Parent-Child Relationships
An exploration of parent-child relationships, with a concentration from infancy through adolescence. An examination of theoretical and research perspectives of parent-child relationships and the practical application of those perspectives. Not to be taken if credit received for HECOL 310. Prerequisite: PSYCH 223.
HECOL 550 - Selected Topics in Human Ecology
Topics of current interest. May be taken for credit more than once. Prerequisite: consent of Instructor.
Scholarly Activities
Research - The Couple Well-Being Project
Using binationally representative data from 615 couples in the United States and Canada, The Couple Well-Being Project explores a strong relationality model of individual and relationship flourishing (Galovan & Schramm, 2018) stemming from the philosophies of Martin Buber and Emmanuel Levinas. While accounting for background influences (e.g., socioeconomic status, racial and cultural background), existing relationship factors (e.g., current relationship quality), external support (e.g., elevation from others), personal states (e.g., stress), contextual challenges (e.g., trials), and individuals’ ethical responsiveness, the project explores how virtues and character traits (e.g., humility, compassion, positivity) and positive relationship-specific applications (e.g., gratitude, forgiveness, affection) contribute to individual and relationship flourishing.
Featured Publications
Brandon T. McDaniel, Jenny Radesky, Jessica Pater, Adam M. Galovan, Annalise Harrison, Victor Cornet, Lauren Reining, Alexandria Schaller, Michelle Drouin
Human Behavior and Emerging Technologies. 2024 September; 10.1155/2024/3601969
Jason S. Carroll, Adam M. Galovan, David G. Schramm
The Wheatley Institute. 2024 February;
J. Scott Crapo, Adam M. Galovan, David G. Schramm
Journal of Family Issues. 2023 June; 45 (6):1560-1582 10.1177/0192513x231181373
Adam M. Galovan, Terri L. Orbuch, M. Rosie Shrout, Emma Drebit, TeKisha M. Rice
Personal Relationships. 2023 March; 31 (1):174-216 10.1111/pere.12452
Adam M. Galovan, Johana Zuluaga Osorio, J. Scott Crapo, David G. Schramm, Emma Drebit
Journal of Family Psychology. 2022 October; 36 (7):1249-1261 10.1037/fam0000997
Adam M. Galovan, Jason S. Carroll, David G. Schramm, Nathan D. Leonhardt, Johana Zuluaga, Siobahn E. M. McKenadel, McKenna R. Oleksuik
Journal of Marital and Family Therapy. 2022 July; 48 (3):883-907 10.1111/jmft.12559
Adam M. Galovan, Alan J. Hawkins, Steven M. Harris, David M. Simpson
Journal of Marital and Family Therapy. 2022 April; 48 (2):371-390 10.1111/jmft.12480
Erin Kramer Holmes, Adam M. Galovan, Clare R. Thomas, Tiffany L. Clyde
The Routledge Handbook of Family Communication. 2021 November; 10.4324/9781003043423-8
Brandon T. McDaniel, Adam M. Galovan, Michelle Drouin
Media Psychology. 2021 September; 24 (5):637-665 10.1080/15213269.2020.1783561
David G. Schramm, Adam Galovan, Ted G. Futris, Jeremy B. Kanter
Family Relations. 2019 February; 68 (1):5-21 10.1111/fare.12351
Strong Relationality and Ethical Responsiveness: A Framework and Conceptual Model for Family Science
Adam M. Galovan, David G. Schramm
Journal of Family Theory & Review. 2018 March; 10 (1):199-218 10.1111/jftr.12238
Brandon T. McDaniel, Adam M. Galovan, Jaclyn D. Cravens, Michelle Drouin
Computers in Human Behavior. 2018 March; 80 10.1016/j.chb.2017.11.019
Adam M. Galovan, Michelle Drouin, Brandon T. McDaniel
Computers in Human Behavior. 2018 February; 79 10.1016/j.chb.2017.10.017
Alan J. Hawkins, Adam M. Galovan, Steven M. Harris, Sage E. Allen, Sarah M. Allen, Kelly M. Roberts, David G. Schramm
Family Process. 2017 December; 56 (4):852-868 10.1111/famp.12299
Matthew D. Johnson, Adam M. Galovan, Rebecca M. Horne, Joohong Min, Sabine Walper
Journal of Family Psychology. 2017 October; 31 (7):821–832 10.1037/fam0000329
David G. Schramm, Adam M. Galovan, H. Wallace Goddard
Family Relations. 2017 October; 66 (4):696-711 10.1111/fare.12270
Adam M. Galovan, David G. Schramm
Journal of Divorce and Remarriage. 2017 April; 58 (3):212-226 10.1080/10502556.2017.1303320
Adam M. Galovan, Erin Kramer Holmes, Christine M. Proulx
Journal of Social and Personal Relationships. 2017 February; 34 (1):44-68 10.1177/0265407515621179
Matthew D. Johnson, Rebecca M. Horne, Adam M. Galovan
Developmental Psychology. 2016 December; 52 (12):2031–2043 10.1037/dev0000216
H. Wallace Goddard, Jonathan R. Olson, Adam M. Galovan, David G. Schramm, James P. Marshall
Family Relations. 2016 July; 65 (3):424-438 10.1111/fare.12195
Adam M. Galovan, Erin Kramer Holmes, David G. Schramm, Thomas R. Lee
Journal of Family Issues. 2014 November; 35 (13):1846-1867 10.1177/0192513X13479948
David G. Schramm, Ted G. Futris, Adam M. Galovan, Kimberly Allen
Children and Youth Services Review. 2013 March; 35 (3):429-438 10.1016/j.childyouth.2012.12.013
Joseph M. White, Sean E. Brotherson, Adam M. Galovan, Erin K. Holmes, Jennifer A. Kampmann
Fathering: A Journal of Theory, Research, and Practice about Men as Fathers. 2011 January; 9 (1):22-43 10.3149/fth.0901.22
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