Child, Youth, and Family Studies, Department of
Faculty Publications, Department of Child, Youth, and Family Studies
2022
A qualitative comparison of parent and childcare provider perceptions of communication and family engagement in children's healthy eating and physical activity, Danae Dinkel, Maggie Rasmussen, John P. Rech, Kailey Snyder, and Dipti Dev
‘Read for Nutrition’ programme improves preschool children’s liking and consumption of target vegetable, Maha Elrakaiby, Saima Hasnin, Virginia C. Stage, and Dipti Dev
2021
Best Practices for Preschool Music Education: Supporting Music‑Making Throughout the Day, Jentry Stoneman Barrett, Rachel E. Schachter, Danni Gilbert, and Mathew Fuerst
Understanding perceptions of quality among early childhood education stakeholders in Tanzania and Lesotho: A multiple qualitative case study, Dawn Davis, Debra Miller, Dorothy Mrema, Moikabi Matsoai, Ntsoaki Mapetla, Abbie Raikes, and Anna Burton
Examining Differences in Achievement of Physical Activity Best Practices Between Urban and Rural Child Care Facilities by Age, Danae Dinkel, John P. Rech, Yage Guo, Matthew R. Bice, Emily Hulse, Donnia Behrends, Christina Burger, and Dipti Dev
Using the Very Short Form of the Children’s Behavior Questionnaire for Spanish-Speaking Populations in Low- and Middle-Income Countries: A Psychometric Analysis of Dichotomized Variables, Elsa Lucia Escalante-Barrios, Sonia Suarez Enciso, Samuel P. Putnam, Helen Raikes, and Sergi Fàbregues
SensiTray: An Integrated Measuring Device for Monitoring Children’s Mealtime Dietary Intake, Hunter S. Guru, Anthony D. Weng, Santosh Pitla, and Dipti Dev
Teacher Questioning Practices in Early Childhood Science Activities, Erin Hamel, Yuenjung Joo, Soo-Young Hong, and Anna Burton
Strengthening the Quality of Preschool, Childcare, and Parenting, Soo-Young Hong, Holly Hatton-Bowers, and Lisa Knoche
Improving Breastfeeding Environments and Feeding Practices in Family Child Care Homes with the Go NAP SACC Program, Kara Kohel, Holly Hatton-Bowers, Natalie A. Williams, Dipti Dev, Donnia Behrends, Emily Hulse, Zainab Rida, Holly Dingman, Danae Dinkel, and Liz Gebhart
Supporting Children’s Healthy Development During Mealtime in Early Childhood Settings, Adrien D. Malek‑Lasater, Kyong‑Ah Kwon, Diane M. Horm, Susan B. Sisson, Dipti Dev, and Sherri L. Castle
Characteristics Related to Parent-Child Literacy and Numeracy Practices in Preschool, Amy R. Napoli, Irem Korucu, Joyce Lin, Sara A. Schmitt, and David J. Purpura
Editorial: Children’s Competencies Development in the Home Learning Environment, Frank Niklas, Caroline Cohrssen, Simone Lehrl, and Amy R. Napoli
Mini-Review on Capacity-Building for Data-Driven Early Childhood Systems: The Consortium for Pre-primary Data and Measurement in Sub-Saharan Africa, Abbie Raikes, Rebecca Sayre, and Dawn Davis
The Use of Family Engagement Principles by Childcare Providers From Various Childcare Settings: A Qualitative Study, John P. Rech, Kailey Snyder, Maggie Rasmussen, Dipti Dev, and Danae Dinkel
Doing Assessment: A Multicase Study of Preschool Teachers’ Language and Literacy Data Practices, Rachel E. Schachter and Shayne B. Piasta
Mealtime emotional climate and child health: A systematic review, Jasmin Smith, Jaclyn A. Saltzman, and Dipti Dev
Competency-based training in the supervision of relational telemental supervision, Paul Springer, Richard Bischoff, Nathan C. Taylor, Vanessa Neuhaus, and Cassandra Leow
Examining correlates of feeding practices among parents of preschoolers, Deepa Srivastava, Lucy R. Zheng, and Dipti Dev
Psychological Distress Prevalence and Associated Stressors and Supports Among Urban-Displaced Congolese Adults in Kenya, Julie A. Tippens, Holly Hatton-Bowers, Ryan Honomichl, Lorey Wheeler, Helen M. Miamidian, Kirstie L. Bash, Michelle C Howell Smith, Dulo Nyaoro, J. Joshua Byrd, Samuel E. Packard, and Nicolette I. Teufel-Shone
Cultural Bereavement and Resilience in Refugee Resettlement: A Photovoice Study With Yazidi Women in the Midwest United States, Julie A. Tippens, Kaitlin Roselius, Irene Padasas, Gulie Khalaf, Kara Kohel, Elizabeth Mollard, and Izdihar (Vianne) Sheikh
Associations between Community Built Environments with Early Care and Education Classroom Physical Activity Practices and Barriers, Bethany D. Williams, Susan B. Sisson, Dipti Dev, Bryce Lowery, Diane Horm, Janis Campbell, Denise Finneran, Jennifer Graef-Downard, and Linda Whaley
Associations between Community Built Environments with Early Care and Education Classroom Physical Activity Practices and Barriers, Bethany D. Williams, Susan B. Sisson, Dipti Dev, Bryce Lowery, Diane Horm, Janis Campbell, Denise Finneran, Jennifer Graef-Downard, and Linda Whaley
Food Program Participation Influences Nutrition Practices in Early Care and Education Settings, Bethany D. Williams, Susan B. Sisson, Irene Padasas, and Dipti Dev
Associations Between Community Nutrition Environments and Early Care and Education Classroom Nutrition Practices, Bethany Williams, Susan B. Sisson, Bryce Lowery, Dipti Dev, Diane M. Horm, Janis Campbell, Denise Finneran, and Jennifer Graef-Downard
Informal Caregivers’ Well-Being at the Transition to Caregiving, Natalie A. Williams, Holly Hatton-Bowers, Kara Kohel, Shruti Pillai, and Judith M. Burnfield
2020
Tools to support mathematical precision through meaningful connections., Kelley E. Buchheister
Provider reported implementation of nutrition-related practices in childcare centers and family childcare homes in rural and urban Nebraska, Dipti Dev, Aileen Garcia, David A. Dzewaltowski, Susan B. Sisson, Lisa Franzen-Castle, Zainab Rida, Natalie A. Williams, Carly Hillburn, Danae Dinkel, Deepa Srivastava, Christina Burger, Emily Hulse, Donnia Behrends, and Natasha Frost
Comparison of Urban and Rural Physical Activity and Outdoor Play Environments of Childcare Centers and Family Childcare Homes, Danae Dinkel, Dipti Dev, Yage Guo, Ami Sedani, Emily Hulse, Zainab Rida, and Kayla Abel
Child-parent interactions in American and Turkish families: Examining measurement invariance analysis of child-parent relationship scale, Elsa Lucia Escalante-Barrios, Sonia Mariel Suarez-Enciso, Helen Raikes, Dawn Davis, Aileen Garcia, Mubeccel Gonen, Mefharet Veziroglu-Celik, and Ramle Gul Hazar
The meanings and ways of parental involvement among low-income Filipinos, Aileen Garcia and Maria Rosario de Guzman
Does context matter? A multilevel analysis of neighborhood disadvantage and children's sleep health, Carlyn Graham, Eric Reither, Gabriele Ciciurkaite, Dipti Dev, and Jamison Fargo
Does context matter? A multilevel analysis of neighborhood disadvantage and children's sleep health, Carlyn Graham, Eric N. Reither, Gabriele Ciciurkaite, Dipti Dev, and Jamison Fargo
Participation in the CACFP Ensures Availability but not Intake of Nutritious Foods at Lunch in Preschool Children in Child-Care Centers, Saima Hasnin, Dipti Dev, and Alison Tovar
Typically Developing Preschoolers’ Behavior Toward Peers with Disabilities in Inclusive Classroom Contexts, Soo-Young Hong, Jungwon Eum, Yanjie Long, Chaorong Wu, and Greg Welch
Child Sleep and Socioeconomic Context in the Development of Cognitive Abilities in Early Childhood, Caroline P. Hoyniak, John E. Bates, Angela D. Staples, Kathleen Moritz Rudasill, Dennis Molfese, and Victoria J. Molfese
Ethics Based Training for Clinicians: Moving Beyond Ethical Decision Making Models, Bobbi J. Miller and Paul R. Springer
Finding Strength in Vulnerability: Ethical Approaches when Conducting Research with Vulnerable Populations, Elizabeth Mollard, Holly Hatton-Bowers, and Julie A. Tippens
Culture Moderates the Relationship between Family Obligation Values and the Outcomes of Korean and European American College Students, Haein Oh, Toni Falbo, and Kejin Lee
Promoting Higher Quality Teacher–Child Relationships: The INSIGHTS Intervention in Rural Schools, Kathleen Moritz Rudasill, Ray E. Reichenberg, Jungwon Eum, Jentry Stoneman Barrett, Yuenjung Joo, Emily Wilson, and Martinique Sealy
Promoting Higher Quality Teacher–Child Relationships: The INSIGHTS Intervention in Rural Schools, Kathleen Moritz Rudasill, Ray Reichenberg, Jungwon Eum, Jentry Stoneman Barrett, Yuenjung Joo, Emily Wilson, and Martinique Sealy
Bridging the Public and Private in the Study of Teaching: Revisiting the Research Argument, Rachel E. Schachter and Donald Freeman
Chapter 13 Bifurcating Worlds? A Systematic Review of How Visual and Language Data Are Combined to Study Teachers and Their Teaching, Rachel E. Schachter, Donald Freeman, and Naivedya Parakkal
An Investigation into the Curricula (Type and Quality) Used by Early Childhood Educators, Rachel E. Schachter, Shayne B. Piasta, and Laura M. Justice
Choosing Quality Early Childhood Curricula, Rachel E. Schachter, Shayne B. Piasta, and Laura M. Justice
The Impact of Responsive Feeding Practice Training on Teacher Feeding Behaviors in Tribal Early Care and Education: The Food Resource Equity and Sustainability for Health (FRESH) Study, Kaysha Sleet, Susan B. Sisson, Dipti A. Dev, Charlotte Love, Mary B. Williams, Leah A. Hoffman, and Valarie Blue Bird Jernigan
COLLABORATIVE CARE AT A DISTANCE: STUDENT THERAPISTS’ EXPERIENCES OF LEARNING AND DELIVERING RELATIONALLY FOCUSED TELEMENTAL HEALTH, Paul Springer, Richard Bischoff, Kara Kohel, Nathan C. Taylor, and Adam Farero
COLLABORATIVE CARE AT A DISTANCE: STUDENT THERAPISTS’ EXPERIENCES OF LEARNING AND DELIVERING RELATIONALLY FOCUSED TELEMENTAL HEALTH, Paul Springer, Richard Bischoff, Kara Kohel, Nathan C. Taylor, and Adam Farero
Eastern North Carolina Head Start Teachers’ personal and professional experiences with healthy eating and physical activity: A qualitative exploration, Virginia C. Stage, Lorelei Jones, Jocelyn Bayles, Archana V. Hegde, Dipti Dev, and L. Suzanne Goodell
Repeated reasoning: Building children’s mathematical habits of mind in early coding., Amanda Thomas and Kelley E. Buchheister
Parent Involvement and Its Influence on Children’s STEM Learning: A Review of the Research, Julie Thomas, Juliana Utley, Soo-Young Hong, Hunkar Korkmaz, and Gwen Nugent
Emotional Support and Mental Health Among Somali Men in a Rural Midwestern Town, Julie A. Tippens, Gilbert R. Parra, Patrick Habecker, Kimberly Gocchi Carrasco, Arthur R. Andrews III, Angela L. Palmer-Wackerly, Virginia Chaidez, Jordan Soliz, Lisa M. PytlikZillig, and Kirk Dombrowski
2019
Cubetto: Coding in early mathematics., Pearl Avari and Kelley Buchheister
A program for success: A reflective structure to enrich preschool children’s mathematical reasoning., Kelley E. Buchheister
Sliding into an equitable lesson, Kelley E. Buchheister 6872059, Christa Jackson, and Cynthia E. Taylor
What, how, who: Developing Mathematical Discourse, Kelley E. Buchheister, Christa Jackson, and Cynthia E. Taylor
(Mis)Communicating with Geographic Information System Mapping: Part 1--Choosing Units of Representation, Rodrigo Cantarero, Maria deGuzman, Sarah Taylor, Soo-Young Hong, and Jeong-Kyun Choi
(Mis)Communicating with Geographic Information System Mapping: Part 2—Determining Data Cutoffs, Rodrigo Cantarero, Maria deGuzman, Sarah Taylor, Soo-Young Hong, and Jeong-Kyun Choi
Children of Mumbai’s Brothels: Investigating Developmental Prospects, Primary Relationships, and Service Provision, Rochelle L. Dalla, Sarah Erwin, and Lee Kreimer
An Innovative, Cross-Disciplinary Approach to Promoting Child Health: The Reggio Emilia Approach and the Ecological Approach to Family Style Dining Program, Dipti Dev, Anna Burton, Brent A. McBride, Carolyn Edwards, and Aileen Garcia
Contextual Factors Influence Professional Development Attendance Among Child Care Providers in Nebraska, Dipti Dev, Aileen S. Garcia, Alison Tovar, Holly Hatton-Bowers, Lisa Franzen-Castle, Zainab Rida, Linda Reddish, Jasmin Smith, Christy Burger, Danae Dinkel, Donnia Behrends, Emily Hulse, and Susan M. Sheridan
Going beyond defining: Preschool educators' use of knowledge in their pedagogical reasoning about vocabulary instruction, Julie Dwyer and Rachel E. Schachter
Adult attachment and testosterone reactivity: Fathers' avoidance predicts changes in testosterone during the strange situation procedure, Robin S. Edelstein, Kristi Chin, Ekjyot K. Saini, Patty X. Kuo, Oliver C. Schultheiss, and Brenda L. Volling
Do not forget families and households when addressing urban refugee education, Sarah C. Erwin, Jennifer Sewall, Julie A. Tippens, Dulo Nyaoro, and Helen M. Miamidian
Determinants of Physical Activity for Latino and White Middle School-Aged Children, Aileen Garcia, Shinya Takahashi, Mindy Anderson-Knott, and Dipti Dev
The Roles of Parents in Shaping Fathering Across Generations in Cebu, Philippines, Lee T. Gettler, Patty X. Kuo, Abet Bas, and Judith B. Borja
Sociosexuality, testosterone, and life history status: Prospective associations and longitudinal changes among men in Cebu, Philippines, Lee T. Gettler, Patty X. Kuo, Stacy Rosenbaum, Josephine L. Avila, Thomas W. McDade, and Christopher W. Kuzawa
Is one secure attachment enough? Infant cortisol reactivity and the security of infant-mother and infant-father attachments at the end of the first year, Patty X. Kuo, Ekjyot K. Saini, Elizabeth Tengelitsch, and Brenda L. Volling
Recognizing and promoting interdisciplinary collaboration, leadership, and impact: award for interdisciplinary excellence in mathematics education (IEME award), Yeping Li and W. James Lewis
The perception of school food-service professionals on the implementation of the Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act of 2010: a mixed-methods study, Zainab Rida, Elisha Hall, Saima Hasnin, Jessie Coffey, and Dipti Dev
Teachers’ Perspectives on Year Two Implementation of a Kindergarten Readiness Assessment, Rachel E. Schachter, Erin E. Flynn, Amy R. Napoli, and Shayne B. Piasta
Guidelines for Selecting Professional Development for Early Childhood Teachers, Rachel E. Schachter, Hope K. Gerde, and Holly Hatton-Bowers
What Is the Landscape of Early Childhood Coaching in Nebraska?, Rachel E. Schachter, Hayley Jackson, Lisa L. Knoche, and Holly Hatton-Bowers
The Impact of Responsive Feeding Practice Training on Teacher Feeding Behaviors in Tribal Early Care and Education: The Fresh Study, Kaysha Sleet, Susan B. Sisson, Dipti Dev, Charlotte Love, Mary B. Williams, Leah A. Hoffman, and Valarie Blue Bird Jernigan
Exploring rural and urban Go NAP SACC trained child care providers perceptions and needs regarding the promotion of physical activity and healthy eating, Kailey Snyder, Zainab Rida, Emily Hulse, Dipti Dev, and Danae Dinkel
Preparing Elementary Teachers to Incorporate Coding in Math and Science, Amy Sokoll, Tammera Mittelstet, Amanda Thomas, and Kelley E. Buchheister
Comparison of Parent and Child Ratings of Fruit and Vegetable Liking to Assess Parent Accuracy as Proxy Reporters, Virginia C. Stage, Carrie Downing, Archana V. Hegde, Dipti Dev, Amanda D. Peterson, and L. Suzanne Goodell
Supporting strong families and capable communities through cross-national research, Nathan C. Taylor, Deborah K. Hartman, Richard Bischoff, Alan Hayes, Paul R. Springer, and David Perkins
Youths’ Perspectives of Experiential Learning Delivery: Findings from a Multistate 4-H Youth Program, Sarah Taylor, K. Anh Do, Shen Qin, Yan Xia, and Maria Rosario de Guzman
Stop-Motion Animation as a Tool for Assessing Preservice Early Childhood and Elementary Teachers’ Understanding of Connections among Mathematical Representations and Computational Algorithms., Amanda Thomas and Kelley E. Buchheister
Generational Perceptions of Support Among Congolese Refugees in Urban Tanzania, Julie A. Tippens
Urban Congolese Refugees’ Social Capital and Community Resilience During a Period of Political Violence in Kenya: A Qualitative Study, Julie A. Tippens
2018
Examining the roles of child temperament and teacher-child relationships as predictors of Turkish children’s social competence and antisocial behavior, Ibrahim H. Acar, Traci Kutaka, Kathleen Moritz Rudasill, Julia C. Torquati, Robert J. Coplan, and Süleyman Yıldız
GRUP ORTAMLARINDAKİ OYUNUN DEĞERLENDİRİLMESİ (GOOD) GÖZLEM FORMUNUN GEÇERLİK VE GÜVENİRLİK ÇALIŞMASI / VALIDITY AND RELIABILITY STUDY OF THE PLAY ASSESSMENT FOR GROUP SETTINGS (PAGS), Emine AHMETOĞLU, Manolya AŞIK ÖZTÜRK, and İbrahim Hakkı Acar
CHILDREN’S EMOTION REGULATION AND ATTACHMENT TO PARENTS: PARENTAL EMOTION SOCIALIZATION AS MODERATOR, Emine Ahmetoglu, Gökçen Ilhan Ildiz, Ibrahim H. Acar, and Amy J. Encinger
A Qualitative Evaluation to Improve the Co-Parenting for Successful Kids Program, Jeong-Kyun Choi, Holly Hatton-Bowers, Anna Burton, Gail L. Brand, Linda Reddish, and Lisa M. Poppe
Needs Assessment for Informing Extension Professional Development Trainings on Teaching Adult Learners, Nathan W. Conner, Dipti Dev, and Katherine Krause
Validation of vulnerability markers of dysfunctions in the socioemotional development of infants, Daniel Ignacio da Silva, Débora Falleiros de Mello, Renata Ferreira Takahashi, Cody S. Hollist, Verônica de Azevedo Mazza, and Maria de La Ó Ramallo Veríssimo
Introduction to Parenting from Afar and the Reconfiguration of Family Across Distance, Maria Rosario de Guzman, Jill Brown, and Carolyn Edwards
Fictive Kinships and the Remaking of Family Life in the Context of Paid Domestic Work: The Case of Philippine Yayas, Maria Rosario de Guzman, Aileen S. Garcia, and Minerva D. Tuliao
How to Create Videos for Extension Education: An Innovative Five-Step Procedure, Dipti A. Dev, Kimberly A. Blitch, Holly Hatton-Bowers, and Samantha Ramsay
Improving the Nutrition and Screen Time Environment through Self-assessment in Family Childcare Homes in Nebraska, Dipti A. Dev, Natalie A. Williams, Iheoma Iruka, Aileen S. Garcia, Yage Guo, Irina Patwardhan, Katrina Cummings, Zainab Rida, Emily Hulse, and Ami Sedani
Improving the Physical Activity and Outdoor Play Environment of Family Child Care Homes in Nebraska Through Go Nutrition and Physical Activity Self-Assessment for Child Care, Danae Dinkel, Dipti A. Dev, Yage Guo, Emily Hulse, Zainab Rida, Ami Sedani, and Brian Coyle
An empirical investigation of the dimensionality of the physical literacy environment in early childhood classrooms, Jaclyn M. Dynia, Rachel E. Schachter, Shayne B. Piasta, Laura M. Justice, Ann A. O'Connell, and Christina Yeager Pelatti
Impact of an Extension Social Media Tool Kit on Audience Engagement, Aileen Garcia, Dipti A. Dev, Colin M. McGinnis, Tyler Thomas, and
Predictors of Parent Engagement Based on Child Care Providers’ Perspectives, Aileen Garcia, Dipti A. Dev, and Virginia C. Stage
Mapping Quality of Life in Nebraska: Migration Rates, Aileen S. Garcia, Rodrigo Cantarero, Grant Daily, Maria Rosario T. de Guzman, Jeong-Kyun Choi, Soo-Young Hong, and Sarah Taylor
Fatherhood and Psychobiology in the Philippines: Perspectives on Joint Profiles and Longitudinal Changes of Fathers’ Estradiol and Testosterone, Lee T. Gettler, Patty X. Kuo, and Sonny Agustin Bechayda
Comparing SNP Panels and Statistical Methods for Estimating Genomic Breed Composition of Individual Animals in Ten Cattle Breeds, Jun He, Yage Guo, Jiaqi Xu, Hao Li, Anna Fuller, Richard G. Tait Jr., Xiao-Lin Wu, and Stewart Bauck
Seeing Mathematics Through Different Eyes: An Equitable Approach to Use with Prospective Teachers, Christa Jackson, Cynthia E. Taylor, and Kelley Buchheister