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Editor:
Tonya Allen
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PRInformation
Spring 2007
Selected Publications
Alter, T.R., J.C. Bridger, J. Findeis, T.W. Kelsey, A.E. Luloff, D.K. McLaughlin and W.C. Shuffstall (2007). Strengthening Rural Pennsylvania: An Integrated Approach to a Prosperous Commonwealth. Washington, DC: The Brookings Institution.
Alwin, D.F., J.L. Felson, E.T. Walker and P.A. Tufis (2006). "Measuring Religious Identities in Surveys." Public Opinion Quarterly 70(4):530-564.
Amato, P.R. (2006). "Marital Discord, Divorce, and Children's Well-Being: Results from a 20-Year Longitudinal Study of Two Generations." In Clarke-Stewart, A. and J. Dunn, Families Count: Effects on Child and Adolescent Development. New York: Cambridge University Press.
Amato, P.R. (2007). "Studying Marriage and Commitment with Survey Data." In Hofferth, S.L. and L.M. Casper, Handbook of Measurement Issues in Family Research. Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates Publishers.
Amato, P.R. and S.K. Irving (2006). "Historical Trends in Divorce in the United States." In Fine, M.A. and J.H. Harvey, Handbook of Divorce and Relationship Dissolution. Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates Publishers.
Amato, P.R., A. Booth, D.R. Johnson and S.J. Rogers (2007). Alone Together: How Marriage in America is Changing. Harvard University Press.
Bai, Y., M. Hillemeier and E.J. Lengerich (2007). "Racial/Ethnic Disparities in Symptom Severity among Children Hospitalized with Asthma." Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved 18(1):54-61.
Beverly, E.A., J. Penrod and L.A. Wray (2007). "Living with Type 2 Diabetes: Marital Perspectives of Middle-Aged and Older Couples." Journal of Psychosocial Nursing & Mental Health Services 45(2):24-32.
Blair, C. and R.P. Razza (2007). "Relating Effortful Control, Executive Function, and False Belief Understanding to Emerging Math and Literacy Ability in Kindergarten." Child Development 78(2):647-663.
Booth, A. (2006). "Proposals for Research on the Consequences of Divorce for Children." In Fine, M.A. and J.H. Harvey, Handbook of Divorce and Relationship Dissolution. Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates Publishers.
Bryant, C.M., J.M. Bolland, L.M. Burton, T. Hurt and B.M. Bryant (2006). "The Changing Social Context of Relationships." In Noller, P. and J.A. Feeney, Close Relationships: Functions, Forms and Processes. Hove, England: Psychology Press/Taylor & Francis.
Chen, S. and B.G. Lindsay (2006). "Building Mixture Trees from Binary Sequence Data." Biometrika 93(4):843-860.
Crouter, A.C. (2006). "Mothers and Fathers at Work: Implications for Families and Children." In Clarke-Stewart, A. and J. Dunn, Families Count: Effects on Child and Adolescent Development. New York: Cambridge University Press.
Crouter, A.C. and A.E. Pirretti (2006). "Longitudinal Research on Work and Family Issues." In Pitt-Catsouphes, M., E.E. Kossek and S. Sweet, The Work and Family Handbook: Multi-Disciplinary Perspectives, Methods, and Approaches. Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates Publishers.
Crouter, A.C., K.D. Davis, K.A. Updegraff, M. Delgado and M.R. Fortner (2006). "Mexican American Fathers' Occupational Conditions: Links to Family Members' Psychological Adjustment." Journal of Marriage and the Family 68(4):843-858.
Crouter, A.C., S.T. Lanza, A.E. Pirretti, W.B. Goodman and E. Neebe (2006). "The O*Net Jobs Classification System: A Primer for Family Researchers." Family Relations 55(4):461-472.
Cui, L., P.K. Wall, J.H. Leebens-Mack, B.G. Lindsay, D.E. Soltis, J.J. Doyle, P.S. Soltis, J.E. Carlson, K. Arumuganathan, A. Barakat, V.A. Albert, H. Ma and C.W. dePamphilis (2006). "Widespread Genome Duplication throughout the History of Flowering Plants." Genome Research 16(6):738-749.
Davis, K.D., A.C. Crouter and S.M. McHale (2006). "Implications of Shift Work for Parent-Adolescent Relationships in Dual-Earner Families." Family Relations 55(4):450-460.
De Jong, G.F., D.R. Graefe, S.K. Irving and T. St. Pierre (2006). "Measuring State TANF Policy Variations and Change after Reform." Social Science Quarterly 87(4):755-781.
Dodoo, F.N. and B.K. Takyi (2006). "Africans in the Diaspora: Black-White Earnings Differences among America's Africans." In Konadu-Agyeman, K., B.K. Takyi and J.A. Arthur, The New African Diaspora in North America: Trends, Community Building, and Adaptation. Boulder, CO: Lexington Books.
Dodoo, F.N., B.K. Takyi and J.R. Mann (2006). "On the Brain Drain of Africans to America: Some Methodological Observations." Perspectives on Global Development and Technology 5(3):155-162.
Dodoo, F.N., E.M. Zulu and A.C. Ezeh (2007). "Urban-Rural Differences in the Socioeconomic Deprivation-Sexual Behavior Link in Kenya." Social Science and Medicine 64(5):1019-1031.
Drago, R. (2007). "Balancing Act: Harvard and the Academic Glass Ceiling." The Chronicle of Higher Education 53(30):C3.
Drago, R. (2007). Striking a Balance: Work, Family, Life. Boston: Dollars & Sense.
Drago, R. and L. Golden (2006). "The Role of Economics in Work-Family Research." In Pitt-Catsouphes, M., E.E. Kossek and S. Sweet, The Work and Family Handbook: Multi-Disciplinary Perspectives, Methods, and Approaches. Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates Publishers.
Dunifon, R., K. Hynes and H.E. Peters (2006). "Welfare Reform and Child Well-Being." Children and Youth Services Review 28(11):1273-1292.
Eloundou-Enyegue, P.M. and C.S. Stokes (2007). "Demographic Transitions and Children's Resources: Growth or Divergence?" Demographic Research 16(7):195-218.
Felson, R.B. and J.A. Staff (2006). "Explaining the Academic Performance-Delinquency Relationship." Criminology 44(2):299-320.
Firebaugh, G. (2007). "Income Inequality, Global." In Ritzer, G., Blackwell Encyclopedia of Sociology. Oxford: Blackwell Publishing.
Fisher, W.H., E. Silver and N. Wolff (2006). "Beyond Criminalization: Toward a Criminologically Informed Framework for Mental Health Policy and Services Research." Administration and Policy in Mental Health and Mental Health Services Research 33(5):544-557.
Flanagan, C.A. (2006). "Public Scholarship and Youth at the Transition to Adulthood." In Eberly, R.A. and J. Cohen (Eds.), New Directions for Teaching and Learning. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass.
Flanagan, C.A., N.S. Webster and D.F. Perkins (2006). "Public Policy: Encouraging Adult Voluntarism with Young People." In Clary, E.G. and J.E. Rhodes, Mobilizing Adults for Positive Youth Development: Strategies for Closing the Gap between Beliefs and Behaviors. New York: Springer Publishing Co..
Foshee, V.A., S.T. Ennett, K.E. Bauman, D.A. Granger, T. Benefield, C. Suchindran, A.M. Hussong, K.J. Karriker-Jaffe and R.H. DuRant (2007). "A Test of Biosocial Models of Adolescent Cigarette and Alcohol Involvement." Journal of Early Adolescence 27(1):4-39.
Goodvin, R., D.R. Johnson, S.A. Hardy, M.I. Graef and J.M. Chambers (2007). "Development and Confirmatory Factor Analysis of the Community Norms of Child Neglect Scale." Child Maltreatment 12(1):68-85.
Gordis, E.B., D.A. Granger, E.J. Susman and P.K. Trickett (2006). "Asymmetry between Salivary Cortisol and Alpha-Amylase Reactivity to Stress: Relation to Aggressive Behavior in Adolescents." Psychoneuroendocrinology 31(8):976-987.
Graefe, D.R., G.F. De Jong and D.C. May (2006). "Work Disability and Migration in the Early Years of Welfare Reform." Population Research and Policy Review 25(4):353-368.
Graefe, D.R., G.F. De Jong and S.K. Irving (2006). "The Whole is the Sum of Its Parts: Theory, Technique, and Measurement Science Applied to TANF Rules." Social Science Quarterly 87(4):818-827.
Grim, B.J., A.H. Harmon and J.C. Gromis (2006). "Focused Group Interviews as an Innovative Quanti-Qualitative Methodology (QQM): Integrating Quantitative Elements into a Qualitative Methodology." The Qualitative Report 11:516-537.
Grim, B.J., R. Finke, J. Harris, C. Meyers and J. VanEerden (2006). "Measuring International Socio-Religious Values and Conflict by Coding U.S. State Department Reports." In JSM Proceedings, AAPOR-Section on Survey Research Methods [CD-ROM]. Alexandria, VA: American Statistical Association.
Helms, H.M., C.M. Proulx, M.M. Klute, S.M. McHale and A.C. Crouter (2006). "Spouses' Gender-Typed Attributes and Their Links with Marital Quality: A Pattern Analytic Approach." Journal of Social and Personal Relationships 23(6):843-864.
Hillemeier, M., C.S. Weisman, G.A. Chase and A. Dyer (2007). "Individual and Community Predictors of Preterm Birth and Low Birthweight Along the Rural-Urban Continuum in Central Pennsylvania." Journal of Rural Health 23(1):42-48.
Holman, D.J., K.A. O'Connor and J.W. Wood (2006). "Age and Female Reproductive Function: Identifying the Most Important Biological Determinants." In Sauvin-Dugerdil, C., H. Leridon and N. Mascie-Taylor, Human Clocks: The Bio-Cultural Meanings of Age. New York: Peter Lang Publishing.
Jensen, L.I., J.H. Cohen, A.J. Toribio, G.F. De Jong and L. Rodriguez (2006). "Ethnic Identities, Language, and Economic Outcomes Among Dominicans in a New Destination." Social Science Quarterly 87(5):1088-1099.
Kanter, R.K. and J.R. Moran (2007). "Pediatric Hospital and Intensive Care Unit Capacity in Regional Disasters: Expanding Capacity by Altering Standards of Care." Pediatrics 119(1):94-100.
Kanter, R.K. and J.R. Moran (2006). "Recent Trends in Pediatric Hospitalization in New York State." Journal of Pediatrics 148(5):637-641.
Kemper, P. (2007). "Commentary: Social Experimentation at Its Best: The Cash and Counseling Demonstration and Its Implications." Health Services Research 42(1p2):577-586.
Kim, J., S.M. McHale, D.W. Osgood and A.C. Crouter (2006). "Longitudinal Course and Family Correlates of Sibling Relationships from Childhood through Adolescence." Child Development 77(6):1746-1761.
King, G., A.P. Polednak, P. Fagan, T. Gilreath, E. Humphrey, A. Fernander, R.B. Bendel and F. Noubary (2006). "Heterogeneity in the Smoking Behavior of African American Women." American Journal of Health Behavior 30(3):237-246.
Klein Hattori, M. and F.N. Dodoo (2007). "Cohabitation, Marriage, and 'Sexual Monogamy' in Nairobi's slums." Social Science and Medicine 64(5):1067-1078.
Knoester, C. and D.J. Eggebeen (2006). "The Effects of the Transition to Parenthood and Subsequent Children on Men's Well-Being and Social Participation." Journal of Family Issues 27(11):1532-1560.
Kranz, S. (2006). "Meeting the Dietary Reference Intakes for Fiber: Sociodemographic Characteristics of Preschoolers With High Fiber Intakes." American Journal of Public Health 96(9):1538-1541.
Kranz, S., T.J. Hartman, A.M. Siega-Riz and A.H. Herring (2006). "A Diet Quality Index for American Preschoolers Based on Current Dietary Intake Recommendations and an Indicator of Energy Balance." Journal of the American Dietetic Association 106(10):1594-1604.
Lee, B.A. (2007). "Invasion-Succession." In Ritzer, G., Blackwell Encyclopedia of Sociology. Oxford: Blackwell Publishing.
Mahabir, S., D.J. Baer, L.L. Johnson, T.J. Hartman, J.F. Dorgan, W.S. Campbell, B.A. Clevidence and P.R. Taylor (2006). "Usefulness of Body Mass Index as a Sufficient Adiposity Measurement for Sex Hormone Concentration Associations in Postmenopausal Women." Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers & Prevention 15(12):2502-2507.
May, A.L., J. Kim, D.W. Osgood and A.C. Crouter (2006). "Parent-Adolescent Relationships and the Development of Weight Concerns from Early to Late Adolescence." International Journal of Eating Disorders 39(8):729-740.
McHale, S.M., A.C. Crouter, J. Kim, L.M. Burton, K.D. Davis, A.M. Dotterer and D.P. Swanson (2006). "Mothers' and Fathers' Racial Socialization in African American Families: Implications for Youth." Child Development 77(5):1387-1402.
Monahan, J., H.J. Steadman, P.S. Appelbaum, T. Grisso, E.P. Mulvey, L.H. Roth, P.C. Robbins, S. Banks and E. Silver (2006). "The Classification of Violence Risk." Behavioral Sciences and the Law 24(6):721-730.
Moran, J.R. and K.I. Simon (2006). "Income and the Use of Prescription Drugs by the Elderly: Evidence from the Notch Cohorts." Journal of Human Resources 41(2):411-432.
Morgan, P.L. and D. Fuchs (2007). "Is There a Bidirectional Relationship Between Children's Reading Skills and Reading Motivation?" Exceptional Children 73(2):165-183.
Morgan, P.L. and G.D. Sideridis (2006). "Contrasting the Effectiveness of Fluency Interventions for Students with or at Risk for Learning Disabilities: A Multilevel Random Coefficient Modeling Meta-Analysis." Learning Disabilities: Research and Practice 21(4):191-210.
Mpofu, E. and D.A. Harley (2006). "Racial and Disability Identity: Implications for the Career Counseling of African Americans with Disabilities." Rehabilitation Counseling Bulletin 50(1):14-23.
Mpofu, E. and T. Oakland (2006). "Assessment of Value Change in Adults with Acquired Disabilities." In Hersen, M., Clinician's Handbook of Child Behavioral Assessment. San Diego: Elsevier Academic Press.
Mpofu, E., J.V. Carney and M.C. Lambert (2006). "Peer Sociometric Assessment." In Hersen, M., Clinician's Handbook of Child Behavioral Assessment. San Diego: Elsevier Academic Press.
Mpofu, E., K. Myambo, A.A. Mogaji, T. Mashego and O.H. Khaleefa (2006). "African Perspectives on Creativity." In Kaufman, J.C., The International Handbook of Creativity. New York: Cambridge University Press.
Mpofu, E., L.L. Caldwell, E.A. Smith, A.J. Flisher, C. Mathews, L. Wegner and T. Vergnani (2006). "Rasch Modeling of the Structure of Health Risk Behavior in South African Adolescents." Journal of Applied Measurement 7(3):323-334.
Mpofu, E., M.M. Mutepfa, R. Chireshe and J.M. Kasayira (2007). "School Psychology in Zimbabwe." In Jimerson, S.R., T.D. Oakland and P.T. Farrell, The Handbook of International School Psychology. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications, Inc..
Mroczek, D.K., D.M. Almeida, A. Spiro and C. Pafford (2006). "Modeling Intraindividual Stability and Change in Personality." In Mroczek, D.K., Handbook of Personality Development. Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates Publishers.
Nader, P.R., M. O'Brien, R. Houts, R. Bradley, J. Belsky, R. Crosnoe, S. Friedman, Z. Mei and E.J. Susman (2006). "Identifying Risk for Obesity in Early Childhood." Pediatrics 118(3):E594-E601.
Newsome, Y.D. and F.N. Dodoo (2006). "Reversal of Fortune: Explaining the Decline in Black Women's Earnings." In Durr, M. and S.A. Hill, Race, Work, and Family in the Lives of African Americans. Lanham, MD: Rowman and Littlefield.
Pacheco, J.S. and E. Plutzer (2007). "Stay in School, Don't Become a Parent - Teen Life Transitions and Cumulative Disadvantages for Voter Turnout." American Politics Research 35(1):32-56.
Palen, L., E.A. Smith, A.J. Flisher, L.L. Caldwell and E. Mpofu (2006). "Substance Use and Sexual Risk Behavior among South African Eighth Grade Students." Journal of Adolescent Health 39(5):761-763.
Plessen, K.J., R. Bansal, H. Zhu, R. Whiteman, J. Amat, G.A. Quackenbush, L. Martin, K. Durkin, C. Blair, J. Royal, K. Hugdahl and B.S. Peterson (2006). "Hippocampus and Amygdala Morphology in Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder." Archives of General Psychiatry 63(7):795-807.
Pong, S. and L. Hao (2007). "Neighborhood and School Factors in the School Performance of Immigrants' Children." International Migration Review 41(1):206-241.
Ridley, C.A., R.M. Cate, D.M. Collins, A.L. Reesing, A.A. Lucero, M.S. Gilson and D.M. Almeida (2006). "The Ebb and Flow of Marital Lust: A Relational Approach." Journal of Sex Research 43(2):144-153.
Schiefelbein, V.L. and E.J. Susman (2006). "Cortisol Levels and Longitudinal Cortisol Change as Predictors of Anxiety in Adolescents." Journal of Early Adolescence 26(4):397-413.
Schoen, R. (2007). Dynamic Population Models. Dordrecht: Springer.
Schoen, R. and V. Canudas-Romo (2006). "Multistate Cohort Models with Proportional Transfer Rates." Demography 43(3):553-568.
Silver, E. (2006). "Understanding the Relationship between Mental Disorder and Violence: The Need for a Criminological Perspective." Law and Human Behavior 30(6):685-706.
Skeem, J.L., E. Silver, P.S. Appelbaum and J. Tiemann (2006). "Suicide-Related Behavior after Psychiatric Hospital Discharge: Implications for Risk Assessment and Management." Behavioral Sciences and the Law 24(6):731-746.
Snyder, A.R., D.K. McLaughlin and J.L. Findeis (2006). "Household Composition and Poverty among Female-Headed Households with Children: Differences by Race and Residence." Rural Sociology 71(4):597-624.
Szlemko, W.J., J.W. Wood and P.J. Thurman (2006). "Native Americans and Alcohol: Past, Present, and Future." Journal of General Psychology 133(4):435-451.
Tach, L.M. and G. Farkas (2006). "Learning-Related Behaviors, Cognitive Skills, and Ability Grouping When Schooling Begins." Social Science Research 35(4):1048-1079.
Teasdale, B., E. Silver and J. Monahan (2006). "Gender, Threat/Control-Override Delusions and Violence." Law and Human Behavior 30(6):649-658.
Townsend, L., A.J. Flisher, T. Gilreath and G. King (2006). "A Systematic Literature Review of Tobacco Use among Adults 15 Years and Older in Sub-Saharan Africa." Drug and Alcohol Dependence 84(1):14-27.
Updegraff, K.A., S.M. McHale, S.D. Whiteman, S.M. Thayer and A.C. Crouter (2006). "The Nature and Correlates of Mexican-American Adolescents' Time with Parents and Peers." Child Development 77(5):1470-1486.
Vogler, G.P. (2006). "Behavior Genetics and Aging." In Birren, J.E., Handbook of the Psychology of Aging (6th ed.). Amsterdam: Elsevier.
Weiss, K.M. (2006). "Coding Fregoli's Illusion." Evolutionary Anthropology 15(4):127-131.
Weiss, K.M. (2006). "Sherlock Holmes and the Empty Cab." Evolutionary Anthropology 15(5):160-166.
Weiss, K.M. and F.H. Smith (2007). "Out of the Veil of Death Rode the One Million! Neandertals and Their Genes." Bioessays 29(2):105-110.
Willoughby, M., N. Vandergrift, C. Blair and D.A. Granger (2007). "A Structural Equation Modeling Approach for the Analysis of Cortisol Data Collected Using Pre-Post-Post Designs." Structural Equation Modeling 14(1):125-145.
Wood, J.M., P.B. Koch and P.K. Mansfield (2006). "Women's Sexual Desire: A Feminist Critique." Journal of Sex Research 43(3):236-244.
Wood, J.M., P.K. Mansfield and P.B. Koch (2007). "Negotiating Sexual Agency: Postmenopausal Women's Meaning and Experience of Sexual Desire." Qualitative Health Research 17(2):189-200.
Wray, L.A., D.F. Alwin, R.J. McCammon, T. Manning and L.E. Best (2006). "Social Status, Risky Health Behaviors, and Diabetes in Middle-Aged and Older Adults." Journals of Gerontology--Series B: Psychological Sciences & Social Sciences 61(6):S290-S298.
Yorgason, J.B., D.M. Almeida, S.D. Neupert, A. Spiro and L. Hoffman (2006). "A Dyadic Examination of Daily Health Symptoms and Emotional Well-Being in Late-Life Couples." Family Relations 55(5):613-624.
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