Shekhar Chauhan

Associations between pre-widowhood psychological resilience and subsequent depressive symptom recovery following spousal loss among men and women

Published: | 1:05 pm | Posted in: Dawn C. Carr, Miles Taylor, Research, Shekhar Chauhan

Researchers with Claude Pepper Center and Pepper Institute on Aging & Public Policy examined how pre-widowhood psychological resilience (PR) affects depressive symptom recovery following spousal loss among older men and women. The team concluded that bolstering PR before spousal loss could provide protective effects against depressive symptoms.

Why do boys marry early? An enquiry into early marriages of young men in rural Uttar Pradesh, India

Published: | 10:52 am | Posted in: Research, Shekhar Chauhan

FSU Claude Pepper Center Postdoctoral Fellow Shekhar Chauhan coauthored a study on the sociocultural and economic factors contributing to male child marriages in rural India. Conducted in twelve villages in Uttar Pradesh, it surveyed young men married before 21 and their fathers. The study calls for programs to end child marriages in the region.