Child, Youth, and Family Studies, Department of
Department of Child, Youth, and Family Studies: Faculty Publications
2016
The relationship between physical activity and diet and young children's cognitive development: A systematic review, Pooja S. Tandon, Alison Tovar, Avanthi T. Jayasuriya, Emily Welker, Daniel J. Schober, Kristen Copeland, Dipti A. Dev, Ashleigh L. Murriel, Dima Amso, and Dianne S. Ward
Urban Congolese Refugees in Kenya: The Contingencies of Coping and Resilience in a Context Marked by Structural Vulnerability, Julie A. Tippens
Attachment Predicts College Students’ Knowledge, Attitudes, and Skills for Working with Infants, Toddlers, and Families, Claire D. Vallotton, Julia C. Torquati, Jean Ispa, Rachel Chazan-Cohen, Jennifer Henk, Maria Fusaro, Carla A. Peterson, Lori A. Roggman, Ann M. Stacks, Gina Cook, and Holly Brophy-Herb
Evaluation of the Health Rocks! Program: The Association of Youth Engagement with Program Outcomes, Yan Xia, Sarah Taylor, and Maria Rosario de Guzman
Ethnic and Gender differences in Strategies Used by Adolescents when Attempting to Quit or Reduce Smoking, Ali M. Yurasek, Leslie A. Robinson, and Gilbert R. Parra
2015
Temperament and Preschool Children’s Peer Interactions, Ibrahim H. Acar, Kathleen Moritz Rudasill, Victoria J. Molfese, Julia C. Torquati, and Amanda Prokasky
The Power of Nature: Developing Prosocial Behavior Toward Nature and Peers Through Nature-Based Activities, Ibrahim H. Acar and Julia C. Torquati
Competing infant feeding information in mothers’ networks: advice that supports v. undermines clinical recommendations, Sato Ashida, Freda B. Lynn, and Natalie A. Williams
Competing infant feeding information in mothers’ networks: advice that supports v. undermines clinical recommendations, Sato Ashida, Freda B. Lynn, Natalie A. Williams, and Ellen J. Schafer
An Inside Track: Fostering Mathematical Practices, Kelley E. Buchheister, Christa Jackson, and Cynthia Taylor
“I Want to Leave—Go Far Away—I Don’t Want to Get Stuck on the Res[ervation]”: Developmental Outcomes of Adolescent-Aged Children of Navajo Native American Teen Mothers, Rochelle L. Dalla and Heather R. Kennedy
Teacher research in Reggio Emilia, Italy: Essence of a dynamic, evolving role., Carolyn P. Edwards and Lella Gandini
Diverse Perspectives of Parents, Diverse Concepts of Parent Involvement and Participation: What Can They Suggest to Researchers?, Carolyn P. Edwards and Traci Shizu Kutaka
Chinese parents' perspectives on adolescent sexuality education, Carolyn P. Edwards, Wenli Liu, and Jessica Dennis
Early Contexts of Learning: Family and Community Socialization During Infancy and Toddlerhood, Carolyn P. Edwards, Lixin Ren, and Jill Brown
Inviting children into project work., Carolyn P. Edwards and Kay Springate
Adherence and Dosage Contributions to Parenting Program Quality, Thomas J. Gross, W. Alex Mason, Gilbert R. Parra, Robert Oats, Jay Ringle, and Kevin P. Haggerty
What is equity? Ways of seeing, Christa Jackson, Cynthia Taylor, and Kelley Buchheister
Relations Between Toddler Sleep Characteristics, Sleep Problems, and Temperament, Victoria J. Molfese, Kathleen Moritz Rudasill, Amanda Prokasky, Carly Champagne, Molly Holmes, Dennis L. Molfese, and Jack Bates
Pathways of Influence: Chinese Parents’ Expectations, Parenting Styles, and Child Social Competence., Lixin Ren and Carolyn P. Edwards
An Analytic Study of the Professional Development Research in Early Childhood Education, Rachel E. Schachter
Using the new Kindergarten Readiness Assessment: What do teachers and principals think?, Rachel E. Schachter, Tara M. Strang, and Shayne B. Piasta
Social Contexts of Infant Feeding and Infant Feeding Decisions, Ellen J. Schafer, Natalie A. Williams, Siri Digney, Marion E. Hare, and Sato Ashida
Impact of Urban Nature on Executive Functioning in Early and Middle Childhood, Anne R. Schutte, Julia C. Torquati, and Heidi L. Beattie
Patterns of Marital Relationship Change across the Transition from One Child to Two, Brenda L. Volling, Wonjung Oh, Richard Gonzalez, Patty X. Kuo, and Tianyi Yu
2014
Integrating universal design and response to intervention in methods courses for general education mathematics teachers, Kelley E. Buchheister, Christa Jackson, and Cynthia Taylor
Intergenerational Transmission of Emotion Dysregulation Through Parental Invalidation of Emotions: Implications for Adolescent Internalizing and Externalizing Behaviors, Kelly E. Buckholdt, Gilbert R. Parra, and Lisa Jobe-Shields
Yaya: Philippine Domestic Care Workers, the Children They Care for, and the Children They Leave Behind, Maria Rosario de Guzman
The Cultural Contexts of Children’s Prosocial Behaviors, Maria Rosario de Guzman, Kieu-Anh Do, and Car Mun Kok
Predictors of Head Start and Child-Care Providers’ Healthful and Controlling Feeding Practices with Children Aged 2 to 5 Years, Dipti A. Dev, Brent A. McBride, Katherine E. Speirs, Sharon M. Donovan, and Hyun Keun Cho
Head Start and child care providers’ motivators, barriers and facilitators to practicing family-style meal service, Dipti A. Dev, Katherine E. Speirs, Brent A. McBride, Sharon M. Donovan, and Karen Chapman-Novakofski
Children’s Attitudes towards Peers with Disabilities: Associations with Personal and Parental Factors, Soo-Young Hong, Kyong-Ah Kwon, and Hyun-Joo Jeon
Adolescent Reactions to Maternal Responsiveness and Internalizing Symptomatology: A Daily Diary Investigation, Lisa Jobe-Shields, Gilbert R. Parra, Kelly E. Buckholdt, and Rachel N. Tillery
Examining Identity Consolidation Processes Among Ethnic Minority Gay Men and Lesbians, Heather R. Kennedy and Rochelle L. Dalla
Preventing Childhood Obesity: Strategies to Help Preschoolers Develop Healthy Eating Habits, Brent A. McBride and Dipti A. Dev
Temperament and Teacher-Child Relationship Quality in Preschool: The Moderating Roles of Classroom Environmental Support and Family Income, Amanda Prokasky, Kathleen Moritz Rudasill, Victoria J. Molfese, Xiaoqing Tu, and Kate Sirota
Parent vs. teacher ratings of children’s shyness as predictors of language and attention skills, Kathleen Moritz Rudasill, Amanda Prokasky, Xiaoqing Tu, Scott R. Frohn, Kate Sirota, and Victoria J. Molfese
Examining number: A soft idea, Matthew J. Switzer, Kelley E. Buchheister, and Barbara Dougherty
Parenting Behaviors, Adolescent Depressive Symptoms, and Problem Behavior: The Role of Self-Esteem and School Adjustment Difficulties Among Chinese Adolescents, Cixin Wang, Yan Ruth Xia, Wenzhen Li, Stephan M. Wilson, Kevin Bush, and Gary Peterson
Family Policy in China: A Snapshot of 1950–2010, Yan Ruth Xia, Haiping Wang, Anh Do, and Shen Qin
The Changes in Mainland Chinese Families During the Social Transition: A Critical Analysis, Anqi Xu and Yan Ruth Xia
Scaffolding as a Tool for Environmental Education in Early Childhood, Alex Zurek, Julia C. Torquati, and Ibrahim H. Acar
2013
An Introduction to Latent Variable Mixture Modeling (Part 2): Longitudinal Latent Class Growth Analysis and Growth Mixture Models, Kristoffer S. Berlin, Gilbert R. Parra, and Natalie A. Williams
An Introduction to Latent Variable Mixture Modeling (Part 1): Overview and Cross-Sectional Latent Class and Latent Profile Analyses, Kristoffer S. Berlin, Natalie A. Williams, and Gilbert R. Parra
Let’s discuss: Teaching students about discussions, Eve Brank and Lindsey Wylie
The Instructional and Emotional Quality of Parent–Child Book Reading and Early Head Start Children's Learning Outcomes, Keely Cline and Carolyn P. Edwards
“I’ve Devoted My Entire Life to My Daughter—and She Knows It”: Exploration of Identity Development Among Now-Adult Navajo Native American Adolescent Mothers, Rochelle L. Dalla, Kathryne Bailey, Ashley Cunningham, Nicolette Green, and Jenna L. Vyhlidal
Risk Factors for Overweight/Obesity in Preschool Children: An Ecological Approach, Dipti A. Dev, Brent A. McBride, Barbnara H. Fiese, Blake Jones, Hyunkeun Cho, and STRONG Kids Research Team
Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics Benchmarks for Nutrition in Child Care 2011: Are Child-Care Providers across Contexts Meeting Recommendations?, Dipti A. Dev, Brent A. McBride, and STRONG Kids Research Team
Books, stories, and the imagination at Filastrocca: Case study of a preschool learning environment in Pistoia, Italy., Carolyn P. Edwards, Keely D. Cline, Lella Gandini, Alga Giacomelli, Donatella Giovannini, and Annalia Galardini
Family-school partnerships: Promoting family participation in K-3 teacher professional development, Carolyn P. Edwards and Heidi Fleharty
Using the Scientific Method to Guide Learning: An Integrated Approach to Early Childhood Curriculum, Hope K. Gerde, Rachel E. Schachter, and Barbara A. Wasik
Theory Guided Professional Development in Early Childhood Science Education, Soo-Young Hong, Julia C. Torquati, and Victoria J. Molfese
Bingo! Select games for mathematical thinking, Christa Jackson, Cynthia Taylor, and Kelley E. Buchheister
Perceptions of Parental Awareness of Emotional Responses to Stressful Life Events, Lisa Jobe-Shields, Gilbert R. Parra, and Kelly E. Buckholdt
Risk Factors for Non-Initiation of the Human Papillomavirus (HPV) Vaccine among Adolescent Survivors of Childhood Cancer, James L. Klosky, Kathryn M. Russell, Kristin E. Canavera, Heather L. Gammel, Jason R. Hodges, Rebecca H. Foster, Gilbert R. Parra, Jessica L. Simmons, Daniel M. Green, and Melissa M. Hudson
The Mathematical Development in Number and Operation of Struggling First Graders, John Lannin, Delinda van Garderen, Matthew J. Switzer, Kelley E. Buchheister, Tiffany Hill, and Christa Jackson
Embracing Messy Play: Using Documentation to illustrate a Partnership of Community, Teachers, and Nature Education., Jennifer Leeper Miller and Erin Hamel
Marital Quality and Health Over 20 Years: A Growth Curve Analysis, Richard B. Miller, Cody S. Hollist, Joseph Olsen, and David Law
Prenatal Development: Annotated Bibliography, Victoria J. Molfese, Amanda Prokasky, Kathleen Moritz Rudasill, Ibrahim H. Acar, Xiaoqing Tu, Kate Sirota, and Brian Keiser
Assessing Connections between Young Children’s Affinity for Nature and Their Experiences in Natural Outdoor Settings in Preschools, Camilla S. Rice and Julia C. Torquati
Spiritual Well-Being and Its Relationship to Resilience in Young People: A Mixed Methods Case Study, Lindsay Smith, Ruth Webber, and Erica DeFrain
Head Start Classrooms and Children’s School Readiness Benefit from Teachers’ Qualifications and Ongoing Training, Seung-Hee Claire Son, Kyong-Ah Kwon, Hyun-Joo Jeon, and Soo-Young Hong
Reggio Emilia Inspiration for Early Education in China: The Case of Zhejiang Province, Gaoyan Su and Carolyn P. Edwards
What’s the best option?, Cynthia E. Taylor, Kelley E. Buchheister, and Christa Jackson
Beyond the Walls: Conceptualizing Natural Environments as “Third Educators”, Julia C. Torquati and Julie A. Ernst
Body Esteem, Peer Difficulties, and Perceptions of Physical Health in Overweight and Obese Urban Children Ages 5 to 7 Years, Natalie A. Williams, Jennifer Fournier, Mace Coday, Phyllis A. Richey, Frances A. Tylavsky, and Marion E. Hare
The Adjustment of Asian American Families to the U.S. Context: The Ecology of Strengths and Stress, Yan Ruth Xia
The Adjustment of Asian American Families to the U.S. Context: The Ecology of Strengths and Stress, Yan Ruth Xia, Kieu Anh Do, and Xiaolin Xie
2012
Therapy With Immigrant Muslim Couples: Applying Culturally Appropriate Interventions and Strategies, Douglas A. Abbott, Paul R. Springer, and Cody S. Hollist
Walking a High Beam: The Balance Between Employment Stability, Workplace Flexibility, and Nonresident Father Involvement, Jason T. Castillo, Greg W. Welch, and Christian M. Sarver
A Day at Filastrocca Preschool, Pistoia, Italy: Meaning Making Through Literacy and Creative Experience, Keely D. Cline, Carolyn Pope Edwards, Algo Giacomelli, Lella Gandini, Donatella Giovannini, and Annalia Galardini
Science, technology, engineering, and mathematics graduate teaching assistants teaching self-efficacy, Sue Ellen DeChenne, Larry G. Enochs, and Mark Needham
Perceived social support networks and prosocial outcomes among Latino/a youth in the United States, Maria Rosario de Guzman, Eunju Jung, and Kieu-Anh T. Do
What Does it Mean to be Prosocial? A Cross-Ethnic Study of Parental Beliefs, Maria Rosario T. de Guzman, Jill Brown, Gustavo Carlo, and George P. Knight
Methods and baseline characteristics of a randomized trial treating early childhood obesity: The Positive Lifestyles for Active Youngsters (Team PLAY) trial, Marion Hare, Mace Coday, Natalie A. Williams, Phyllis Richey, Frances Tylavsky, and Andrew Bush
Portuguese Translation and Validation of the Revised Dyadic Adjustment Scale, Cody S. Hollist, Olga G. Falceto, Luciane M. Ferreira, Richard B. Miller, Paul R. Springer, Carmen L. C. Fernandes, and Nalu A. Nunes
Two Approaches to Teaching Young Children Science Concepts, Vocabulary, and Scientific Problem-Solving Skills, Soo-Young Hong and Karen E. Diamond
Building the Capacity of 4-H/Youth Development in Iraq, Patreese D. Ingram, Georgene Bender, Matt Kreifels, and Mark Balschweid
External Validity Reporting in Behavioral Treatment of Childhood Obesity, Lisa M. Klesges, Natalie A. Williams, Kara S. Davis, Joanna Buscemi, and Katherine M. Kitzmann
Neural Responses to Infants linked with Behavioral Interactions and Testosterone in Fathers, Patty X. Kuo, Joshua Carp, Kathleen C. Light, and Karen M. Grewen
Examining Associations between Classroom Environment and Processes and Early Mathematics Performance from Pre-Kindergarten to Kindergarten, Victoria J. Molfese, E. Todd Brown, Jill L. Adelson, Jennifer Beswick, Jill L. Jacobi-Vessels, Lana Thomas, Melissa Ferguson, and Brittany Culver
Mexican Immigrant Families Crossing the Education Border: A Phenomenological Study, Sandra Ixa Plata-Potter and Maria Rosario de Guzman
From the Editor, Kathleen Moritz Rudasill
Stress, Coping and Suicide Ideation in Chinese College Students, Xiaoyun Zhang, Haiping Wang, Yan Ruth Xia, Xiaohong Liu, and Eunju Jung
2011
Finding the Heart of Medical Family Therapy: A Content Analysis of Medical Family Therapy Casebook Articles, Richard Bischoff, Paul R. Springer, Daniel S. Felix, and Cody S. Hollist
Preschoolers’ Social Behavior and Context Coding System, Soo-Young Hong
Chinese Parents’ Perspectives on Adolescent Sexuality Education, Wenli Liu, Kali S. Van Campen, Carolyn P. Edwards, and Stephen T. Russell
From the Editor, Kathleen Moritz Rudasill
Using Poverty Simulation for College Students: A Mixed-Methods Evaluation, Maureen E. Todd, Maria Rosario de Guzman, and Xiaoyun Zhang
The Steroid/Peptide Theory of Social Bonds: Integrating Testosterone and Peptide Responses for Classifying Social Behavioral Contexts, Sari M. van Anders, Katherine L. Goldey, and Patty X. Kuo
Grandparenting in Chinese Immigrant Families, Xiaolin Xie and Yan Xia
2010
Exiting Prostitution: An Integrated Model, Lynda M. Baker, Rochelle L. Dalla, and Celia Williamson
“All the Men Here Have the Peter Pan Syndrome— They Don’t Want to Grow Up”: Navajo Adolescent Mothers’ Intimate Partner Relationships—A 15-Year Perspective, Rochelle L. Dalla, Alexandria M. Marchetti, Elizabeth (Beth) A. Sechrest, and Jennifer L. White
Rural Community Longevity: Capitalizing on Diversity for Immigrant Residential Stability, Rochelle L. Dalla, Tammy R. Stuhmer, Jennifer G. DeLeón, and Maria Isabel León Carreño
Conceptions Regarding Children’s Health: An Examination of Ethnotheories in a Sending and Receiving Community, Maria Rosario de Guzman, Jennifer deLeon, Gloria Gonzalez-Kruger, and Rodrigo Cantarero
Young Children’s Decisions to Include Peers with Physical Disabilities in Play, Karen E. Diamond and Soo-Young Hong
The Whitings’ Concepts of Culture and How They Have Fared in Contemporary Psychology and Anthropology, Carolyn P. Edwards and Marianne Bloch
Scaling up: Professional development to serve young children in Chinese welfare institutions, Carolyn P. Edwards, Janice N. Cotton, Wen Zhao, and Jerònia Muntaner-Gelabert
Implementation of a relationship-based school readiness intervention: A multidimensional approach to fidelity measurement for early childhood, Lisa L. Knoche, Susan M. Sheridan, Carolyn P. Edwards, and Allison Q. Osborn