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PRInformation
Spring 2008
Selected Publications
Amato, P.R. and J.E. Cheadle (2008). "Parental Divorce, Marital Conflict and Children's Behavior Problems: A Comparison of Adopted and Biological Children." Social Forces 86(3), 1139-1161.
Baril, M.E., A.C. Crouter and S.M. McHale (2007). "Processes Linking Adolescent Well-Being, Marital Love, and Coparenting." Journal of Family Psychology 21(4):645-654.
Bean-Mayberry, B., E.M. Yano, N. Bayliss, J. Navratil, C.S. Weisman and S.H. Scholle (2007). "Federally Funded Comprehensive Women's Health Centers: Leading Innovation in Women's Healthcare Delivery." Journal of Women's Health 16(9):1281-1290.
Belsky, J., L.D. Steinberg, R.M. Houts, S.L. Friedman, G. DeHart, E. Cauffman, G.I. Roisman, B.L. Halpern-Felsher and E.J. Susman (2007). "Family Rearing Antecedents of Pubertal Timing." Child Development 78(4):1302-1321.
Blair, C. (2007). "Inherent Limits on the Identification of a Neural Basis for General Intelligence." Behavioral and Brain Sciences 30(2):154-155.
Blair, C., H. Knipe, E. Cummings, D. Baker, D. Gamson, P.J. Eslinger and S.L. Thorne (2007). "A Developmental Neuroscience Approach to the Study of School Readiness." In Pianta, R.C., M.J. Cox and K.L. Snow, School Readiness and the Transition to Kindergarten in the Era of Accountability. Baltimore, MD: Paul H Brookes Publishing.
Bodovski, K. and G. Farkas (2007). "Mathematics Growth in Early Elementary School: The Roles of Beginning Knowledge, Student Engagement, and Instruction." The Elementary School Journal 108(2):115-130.
Bolland, J.M., C.M. Bryant, B.E. Lian, D.M. McCallum, A.T. Vazsonyi and J.M. Barth (2007). "Development and Risk Behavior Among African American, Caucasian, and Mixed-Race Adolescents Living in High Poverty Inner-City Neighborhoods." American Journal of Community Psychology 40(3-4):230-249.
Booth, A., E. Rustenbach and S.M. McHale (2008). "Early Family Transitions and Depressive Symptom Changes from Adolescence to Early Adulthood." Journal of Marriage and Family 70(1):3-14.
Brannon, D., T. Barry, P. Kemper, A.S. Schreiner and J. Vasey (2007). "Job Perceptions and Intent to Leave among Direct Care Workers: Evidence from the Better Jobs Better Care Demonstrations." Gerontologist 47(6):820-829.
Buelow, V. and J. Van Hook (2008). "Timely Immunization Series Completion among Children of Immigrants." Journal of Immigrant and Minority Health 10(1):37-44.
Chou, A.F., L. Wong, C.S. Weisman, S. Chan, A. Bierman, R. Correa-de-Araujo, S.H. Scholle (2007). "Gender Disparities in Cardiovascular Disease Care Among Commercial and Medicare Managed Care Plans." Women's Health Issues 17(3):139-149.
Chou, A.F., S.H. Scholle, C.S. Weisman, A. Bierman, R. Correa-de-Araujo and L. Mosca (2007). "Gender Disparities in the Quality of Cardiovascular Disease Care in Private Managed Care Plans." Women's Health Issues 17(3):120-130.
Chow, S., K.J. Grimm, F. Fujita and N. Ram (2007). "Exploring Cyclic Change in Emotion Using Item Response Models and Frequency Domain Analysis." In Ong, A.D. and M.H.M. van Dulmen, Oxford Handbook of Methods in Positive Psychology. New York: Oxford University Press.
Cleveland, H.H., K.S. Harris, A.K. Baker, R. Herbert and L.R. Dean (2007). "Characteristics of a Collegiate Recovery Community: Maintaining Recovery in an Abstinence-Hostile Environment." Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment 33(1):13-23.
Danigelis, N.L., M.A. Hardy and S.J. Cutler (2007). "Population Aging, Intracohort Aging, and Sociopolitical Attitudes." American Sociological Review 72(5):812-830.
Deng, X., D. Venarske, T.J. Hartman and T.V. Hartert (2007). "Will Dietary Changes Be Part of Asthma Management? -- Reviewing the Impact of Diet on Asthma and Allergy, Part 1." The Journal of Respiratory Diseases 28(10):448-.
DeWitte, S.N. and J.W. Wood (2008). "Selectivity of Black Death Mortality with Respect to Preexisting Health." Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 105(5):1436-1441.
Dodoo, F.N., B.K. Takyi and J.R. Mann (2007). "On the Brain Drain of Africans to America: Some Methodological Observations." In Patterson, R. (Ed.), African Brain Circulation: Beyond the Drain-Gain Debate. Boston: Brill Academic Press.
Drago, R., A.E. Pirretti and R. Scutella (2007). "Work and Family Directions in the USA and Australia: A Policy Research Agenda." Journal of Industrial Relations 49(1):49-66.
Durham, R., G. Farkas, C.S. Hammer, J.B. Tomblin and H.W. Catts (2007). "Kindergarten Oral Language Skill: A Key Variable in the Intergenerational Transmission of Socioeconomic Status." Research in Social Stratification and Mobility 25 (4):294-305.
El-Sheikh, M., J.A. Buckhalt, P.S. Keller and D.A. Granger (2008). "Children's Objective and Subjective Sleep Disruptions: Links with Afternoon Cortisol Levels." Health Psychology 27(1):26-33.
Farkas, G. (2008). "Quantitative Studies of Oppositional Culture: Arguments and Evidence." In Ogbu, J. (Ed.), Minority Status, Oppositional Culture, and Schooling. New York: Routledge.
Feldmeyer, B. and D. Steffensmeier (2007). "Elder Crime: Patterns and Current Trends, 1980-2004." Research on Aging 29(4):297-322.
Finke, R., C.D. Bader and E.C. Polson (2007). "A Growing Web of Resources: The Association of Religion Data Archives (ARDA) www.TheARDA.com." Review of Religious Research 49(1):21-34.
Firebaugh, G. (2007). "Replication Data Sets and Favored-Hypothesis Bias: Comment on Jeremy Freese (2007) and Gary King (2007)." Sociological Methods and Research 36(2):200-209.
Firebaugh, G. (2008). Seven Rules for Social Research. Princeton University Press.
Franklin, M.D., D.G. Schlundt, L.H. McClellan, T. Kinebrew, J. Sheats, R. BeLue, A. Brown, D. Smikes, K. Patel and M. Hargreaves (2007). "Religious Fatalism and Its Association with Health Behaviors and Outcomes." American Journal of Health Behavior 31(6):563-572.
Frisco, M.L., C. Muller and K.A. Frank (2007). "Parents' Union Dissolution and Adolescents' School Performance: Comparing Methodological Approaches." Journal of Marriage and Family 69(3):721-741.
Gariepy, J.L. and C. Blair (2008). "A Biological Window on Psychological Development." Developmental Psychobiology 50(1):1-3.
Gordis, E.B., D.A. Granger, E.J. Susman and P.K. Trickett (2008). "Salivary Alpha Amylase-Cortisol Asymmetry in Maltreated Youth." Hormones and Behavior 53(1):96-103.
Granger, D.A., C. Blair, M. Willoughby, K.T. Kivlighan, L.C. Hibel, C.K. Fortunato, L.E. Wiegand and The Family Life Project Investigators (2007). "Individual Differences in Salivary Cortisol and Alpha-Amylase in Mothers and Their Infants: Relation to Tobacco Smoke Exposure." Developmental Psychobiology 49(7):692-701.
Granger, D.A., K.T. Kivlighan, C.K. Fortunato, A.G. Harmon, L.C. Hibel, E.B. Schwartz and G.S. Whembolua (2007). "Integration of Salivary Biomarkers into Developmental and Behaviorally-Oriented Research: Problems and Solutions for Collecting Specimens." Physiology and Behavior 92(4):583-590.
Grim, B.J. and R. Finke (2007). "Religious Persecution in Cross-National Context: Clashing Civilizations or Regulated Religious Economies?" American Sociological Review 72(4):633-658.
Grim, B.J. and R. Wike (2007). "Turkey and its (Many) Discontents." Pew Research Center Analysis and Commentary October 25.
Gump, B.B., P. Stewart, J. Reihman, E. Lonky, T. Darvill, P.J. Parsons and D.A. Granger (2008). "Low-Level Prenatal and Postnatal Blood Lead Exposure and Adrenocortical Responses to Acute Stress in Children." Environmental Health Perspectives 116(2):249-255.
Hamilton, C. and C.A. Flanagan (2007). "Reframing Social Responsibility Within a Technology-Based Youth Activist Program." The American Behavioral Scientist 51(3):444-464.
Hartmann, D. and M. Massoglia (2007). "Re-Assessing the Relationship between High School Sports Participation and Deviance: Evidence of Enduring, Bifurcated Effects." Sociological Quarterly 48(3):485-505.
Hawkins, D.N., P.R. Amato and V. King (2007). "Nonresident Father Involvement and Adolescent Well-Being: Father Effects or Child Effects?" American Sociological Review 72(6):990-1010.
Henry, K.L., E.A. Smith and L.L. Caldwell (2007). "Deterioration of Academic Achievement and Marijuana Use Onset among Rural Adolescents." Health Education Research 22(3):372-384.
Herrera, V.M., J.D. Wiersma and H.H. Cleveland (2008). "The Influence of Individual and Partner Characteristics on the Perpetration of Intimate Partner Violence in Young Adult Relationships." Journal of Youth and Adolescence 37(3):284-296.
Hill, K., K.J. Thomas, C. AbouZahr, N. Walker, L. Say, M. Inoue and E. Suzuki (2007). "Estimates of Maternal Mortality Worldwide between 1990 and 2005." Lancet 370(9595):1311-1319.
Hillemeier, M., C.S. Weisman, G.A. Chase, A. Dyer and M.L. Shaffer (2008). "Women's Preconceptional Health and Use of Health Services: Implications for Preconception Care." Health Services Research 43(1p1):54-75.
Hillemeier, M., E.M. Foster, B. Heinrichs and B. Heier (2007). "Racial Differences in Parental Reports of Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder Behaviors." Journal of Developmental and Behavioral Pediatrics 28(5):353-361.
Hogenmiller, J.R., J.R. Atwood, A.M. Lindsey, D.R. Johnson, M. Hertzog and J.C. Scott (2007). "Self-Efficacy Scale for Pap Smear Screening Participation in Sheltered Women." Nursing Research 56(6):369-377.
Hynes, K. and R. Dunifon (2007). "Children in No-Parent Households: The Continuity of Arrangements and the Composition of Households." Children and Youth Services Review 29(7):912-932.
Kan, M.L. and S.M. McHale (2007). "Clusters and Correlates of Experiences with Parents and Peers in Early Adolescence." Journal of Research on Adolescence 17(3):565-585.
Kan, M.L., S.M. McHale and A.C. Crouter (2008). "Parental Involvement in Adolescent Romantic Relationships: Patterns and Correlates." Journal of Youth and Adolescence 37(2):168-179.
Kanter, R.K. and J.R. Moran (2007). "Hospital Emergency Surge Capacity: An Empiric New York Statewide Study." Annals of Emergency Medicine 50(3):314-319.
Kemper, P., F. Weaver, P.F. Short, D.G. Shea and H. Kang (2008). "Meeting the Need for Personal Care Among the Elderly: Does Medicaid Home Care Spending Matter?" Health Services Research 43(1p2):344-362.
King, G., T. Gebreselassie, R.K. Mallett, L.T. Kozlowski and R.B. Bendel (2007). "Opinions of African Americans about Tobacco Industry Philanthropy." Preventive Medicine 45(6):464-470.
King, V. (2007). "When Children Have Two Mothers: Relationships With Nonresident Mothers, Stepmothers, and Fathers." Journal of Marriage and Family 69(5):1178-1193.
Knoester, C., R.J. Petts and D.J. Eggebeen (2007). "Commitments to Fathering and the Well-Being and Social Participation of New, Disadvantaged Fathers." Journal of Marriage and Family 69(4):991-1004.
Kranz, S., J.L. Findeis and S.S. Shrestha (2008). "Use of the Revised Children's Diet Quality Index to Assess Preschooler's Diet Quality, Its Sociodemographic Predictors, and Its Association with Body Weight Status." Jornal de pediatria 84(1):26-34.
Kranz, S., L.J. Mahood and D.A. Wagstaff (2007). "Diagnostic Criteria Patterns of U.S. Children with Metabolic Syndrome: NHANES 1999-2002." Nutrition Journal 6(1):38-.
Kranz, S., P. Lin and D.A. Wagstaff (2007). "Children's Dairy Intake in the United States: Too Little, Too Fat?" Journal of Pediatrics 151(6):642-646.
Lee, B.A. and M.J. Greif (2008). "Homelessness and Hunger." Journal of Health and Social Behavior 49(1):3-19.
Lichter, D.T. and D.R. Graefe (2007). "Men and Marriage Promotion: Who Marries Unwed Mothers?" Social Service Review 81(3):397-421.
Loeb, S.J., D. Steffensmeier and P.M. Myco (2007). "In Their Own Words: Older Male Prisoners' Health Beliefs and Concerns for the Future." Geriatric Nursing 28(5):319-329.
Mansfield, P.K. and M.L. Stubbs (2007). "The Menstrual Cycle: Feminist Scholarship from the Society for Menstrual Cycle Research." Women and Health 46(1):1-5.
Matchock, R.L., L.D. Dorn and E.J. Susman (2007). "Diurnal and Seasonal Cortisol, Testosterone, and DHEA Rhythms in Boys and Girls during Puberty." Chronobiology International 24(5):969-990.
Matthews, S.A. (2008). "The Salience of Neighborhood: Some Lessons from Sociology." American Journal of Preventive Medicine 34(3):257-259.
Miller, K., B.A. Yost, S. Flaherty, M. Hillemeier, G.A. Chase, C.S. Weisman and A. Dyer (2007). "Health Status, Health Conditions, and Health Behaviors among Amish Women: Results from the Central Pennsylvania Women's Health Study (CePAWHS)." Women's Health Issues 17(3):162-171.
Mills-Koonce, W.R., C.B. Propper, J.L. Gariepy, C. Blair, P. Garrett-Peters and M.J. Cox (2007). "Bidirectional Genetic and Environmental Influences on Mother and Child Behavior: The Family System as the Unit of Analyses." Development and Psychopathology 19(4):1073-1087.
Moolchan, E.T., P. Fagan, A.F. Fernander, W.F. Velicer, M.D. Hayward, G. King and R.R. Clayton (2007). "Addressing Tobacco-Related Health Disparities." Addiction 102(Suppl 2):30-42.
Mortimer, J.T., M. Vuolo, J.A. Staff, S. Wakefield and W. Xie (2008). "Tracing the Timing of 'Career' Acquisition in a Contemporary Youth Cohort." Work and Occupations 35(1):44-84.
Mutepfa, M.M., E. Mpofu and T. Chataika (2007). "Inclusive Education in Zimbabwe." Childhood Education 83(6):342-.
Neupert, S.D., D.M. Almeida and S.T. Charles (2007). "Age Differences in Reactivity to Daily Stressors: The Role of Personal Control." Journals of Gerontology Series B: Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences 62(4):P216-P225.
Noll, J.G., J. Schulkin, P.K. Trickett, E.J. Susman, L. Breech and F.W. Putnam (2007). "Differential Pathways to Preterm Delivery for Sexually Abused and Comparison Women." Journal of Pediatric Psychology 32(10):1238-1248.
Palen, L., E.A. Smith, L.L. Caldwell, A.J. Flisher, L. Wegner and T. Vergnani (2008). "Inconsistent Reports of Sexual Intercourse among South African High School Students." Journal of Adolescent Health 42(3):221-227.
Peplonska, B., J. Lissowska, T.J. Hartman, N. Szeszenia-Dabrowska, A. Blair, W. Zatonski, M.E. Sherman, M. Garcia-Closas and L.A. Brinton (2008). "Adulthood Lifetime Physical Activity and Breast Cancer." Epidemiology 19(2):226-236.
Piazza, J.R., S.T. Charles and D.M. Almeida (2007). "Living With Chronic Health Conditions: Age Differences in Affective Well-Being." The Journals of Gerontology 62B(6):P313-P321.
Ram, N. and J.R. Nesselroade (2007). "Modeling Intraindividual and Intracontextual Change: Rendering Developmental Contextualism Operational." In Little, T.D., J.A. Bovaird and N.A. Card, Modeling Contextual Effects in Longitudinal Studies. Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum.
Ram, N. and K.J. Grimm (2007). "Using Simple and Complex Growth Models to Articulate Developmental Change: Matching Theory to Method." International Journal of Behavioral Development 31(4):303-316.
Ram, N., S.M. Riggs, S. Skaling, D.M. Landers and P. McCullagh (2007). "A Comparison of Modelling and Imagery in the Acquisition and Retention of Motor Skills." Journal of Sport Sciences 25(5):587-597.
Randazzo, W.T., S. Dockray and E.J. Susman (2008). "The Stress Response in Adolescents with Inattentive Type ADHD Symptoms." Child Psychiatry and Human Development 39(1):27-38.
Schafft, K.A., E. Prins and M. Movit (2008). Poverty, Residential Mobility, and Persistence across Urban and Rural Family Literacy Programs in Pennsylvania. Goodling Institute for Research In Family Literacy.
Schoen, R., N.S. Landale and K. Daniels (2007). "Family Transitions in Young Adulthood." Demography 44(4):807-820.
Scott, M.E., A. Booth, V. King and D.R. Johnson (2007). "Postdivorce Father-Adolescent Closeness." Journal of Marriage and Family 69(5):1194-1209.
Shanahan, L., J. Kim, S.M. McHale and A.C. Crouter (2007). "Sibling Similarities and Differences in Time Use: A Pattern-Analytic, Within-Family Approach." Social Development 16(4):662-681.
Short, P.F., J. Vasey and J.R. Moran (2008). "Long-Term Effects of Cancer Survivorship on the Employment of Older Workers." Health Services Research 43(1p1):193-210.
Short, P.F., J. Vasey and R. BeLue (2008). "Work Disability Associated with Cancer Survivorship and Other Chronic Conditions." Psychooncology 17(1):91-97.
Slack, T. and L.I. Jensen (2007). "Underemployment across Immigrant Generations." Social Science Research 36(4):1415-1430.
Smith, R.A. (2007). "Language of the Lost: An Explication of Stigma Communication." Communication Theory 17(4):462-485.
Smith, R.A. (2007). "Media Depictions of Health Topics: Challenge and Stigma Formats." Journal of Health Communication 12(3):233-249.
Smith, R.A. (2007). "Picking a Frame for Communicating About Genetics: Stigmas or Challenges." Journal of Genetic Counseling 16(3):289-298.
Smith, R.A. and L.K. Nguyen (2008). "Searching for a 'Generalized Social Agent' to Predict Namibians' Intentions to Prevent Sexual Transmission of HIV." AIDS Care 20(2):242-250.
Son, J., A. Erno, D.G. Shea, E.E. Femia, S.H. Zarit and M.P. Stephens (2007). "The Caregiver Stress Process and Health Outcomes." Journal of Aging and Health 19(6):871-887.
Stott, A.L., D. Brannon, J. Vasey, K. Dansky and P. Kemper (2007). "Baseline Management Practices at Providers in Better Jobs Better Care." Gerontology and Geriatrics Education 28(2):17-36.
Trochtenberg, D.S. and R. BeLue (2007). "Descriptors and Perception of Dyspnea in African-American Asthmatics." Journal of Asthma 44(10):811-815.
Van Hook, J. and K.S. Balistreri (2007). "Immigrant Generation, Socioeconomic Status, and Economic Development of Countries of Origin: A Longitudinal Study of Body Mass Index among Children." Social Science and Medicine 65(5):976-989.
Venarske, D., X. Deng, T.J. Hartman and T.V. Hartert (2007). "What Do the Latest Studies Indicate? -- The Impact of Diet on Asthma and Allergy, Part 2: Vitamin D and Probiotics." The Journal of Respiratory Diseases 28(11):500-508.
Vogler, G.P. and G.E. McClearn (2008). "Genetic Markers in Social Science Research: Opportunities and Pitfalls." In In Weinstein, M., J.W. Vaupel and K.W. Wachter, Biosocial Surveys. Washington, DC: National Academies Press.
Weisman, C.S., D.M. Grimley, L. Annang, M. Hillemeier, G.A. Chase and A. Dyer (2007). "Vaginal Douching and Intimate Partner Violence: Is There an Association?" Women's Health Issues 17(5):310-315.
Weisman, C.S., M. Hillemeier, G.A. Chase, D.P. Misra, C.H. Chuang, R.L. Parrott and A. Dyer (2008). "Women's Perceived Control of their Birth Outcomes in the Central Pennsylvania Women's Health Study: Implications for the Use of Preconception Care." Women's Health Issues 18(1):17-25.
Weiss, K.M. (2007). "Finding Hippocampus Minor: What Makes Us Uniquely Human?" Evolutionary Anthropology 16(3):88-93.
Weiss, K.M. (2007). "On Babies and Bathwater." American Ethnologist 34(2):242-244.
Weiss, K.M. (2007). "The Scopes Trial." Evolutionary Anthropology 16(4):126-131.
Weiss, K.M. (2008). "Overview Thoughts on Genetics: Walking the Line Between Denial and Dreamland, or Genes Are Involved in Everything, But Not Everything is 'Genetic'." In In Weinstein, M., J.W. Vaupel and K.W. Wachter, Biosocial Surveys. Washington, DC: National Academies Press.
Weiss, K.M. and A.W. Bigham (2007). "'So Mortal and So Strange a Pang': A Tribute to Paul T. Baker." Evolutionary Anthropology 16(5):164-171.
Weiss, K.M. and J.A. Kurland (2007). "Going on an Antedate." Evolutionary Anthropology 16(6):204-209.
Whiteman, S.D., S.M. McHale and A.C. Crouter (2007). "Competing Processes of Sibling Influence: Observational Learning and Sibling Deidentification." Social Development 16(4):642-661.
Whiteman, S.D., S.M. McHale and A.C. Crouter (2007). "Explaining Sibling Similarities: Perceptions of Sibling Influences." Journal of Youth and Adolescence 36(7):963-972.
Whiteman, S.D., S.M. McHale and A.C. Crouter (2007). "Longitudinal Changes in Marital Relationships: The Role of Offspring's Pubertal Development." Journal of Marriage and Family 69(4):1005-1020.
Wike, R. and B.J. Grim (2007). "Levels of Negativity: How Muslim and Western Publics See One Another." Public Opinion Pros October:Article 1.
Willoughby, M., M.T. Greenberg, C. Blair and C.A. Stifter (2007). "Neurobehavioral Consequences of Prenatal Exposure to Smoking at 6 to 8 Months of Age." Infancy 12(3):273-301.
Wilson, R.T., M. Adams-Cameron, L. Burhansstipanov, M.A. Roubidoux, N. Cobb, C.F. Lynch and B. Edwards (2007). "Disparities in Breast Cancer Treatment among American Indian, Hispanic and Non-Hispanic White Women Enrolled in Medicare." Journal of Healthcare for the Poor and Underserved 18(3):648-664.
Wood, J.M., P.B. Koch and P.K. Mansfield (2007). "Is My Period Normal? How College-Aged Women Determine the Normality or Abnormality of Their Menstrual Cycles." Women and Health 46(1):41-56.
Wray, L.A. (2007). "Smoking." In Markides, K.S., Encyclopedia of Health and Aging. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications.
Zelinsky, W. (2007). "The Gravestone Index: Tracking Personal Religiosity across Nations, Regions, and Periods." Geographical Review 97(4):441-446.
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