Child, Youth, and Family Studies, Department of
Faculty Publications, Department of Child, Youth, and Family Studies
2019
Children of Mumbai’s Brothels: Investigating Developmental Prospects, Primary Relationships, and Service Provision, Rochelle L. Dalla
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
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
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
What Is the Landscape of Early Childhood Coaching in Nebraska?, Rachel E. Schachter, Hayley Jackson, Lisa L. Knoche, and Holly Hatton-Bowers
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
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
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
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
Financial Socialization of College Students: Domain-General and Domain-Specific Perspectives, Ji Hyun Kim and Julia C. Torquati
Gray space and green space proximity associated with higher anxiety in youth with autism, Lincoln R. Lawson, Brian Barger, Scott Ogletree, Julia C. Torquati, Steven Rosenberg, Cassandra Johnson Gaither, Jodie Marie Bartz, Andrew Gardner, Eric Moody, and Anne R. Schutte
Observed Quality and Consistency of Fifth Graders’ Teacher–Student Interactions: Associations With Feelings, Engagement, and Performance in School, Jennifer LoCasale-Crouch, Faiza Jamil, Robert C. Pianta, Kathleen Moritz Rudasill, and Jamie DeCoster
Assessment of Nutrition Knowledge of Childcare Providers Regarding the Implementation of the 2017 CACFP Meal Pattern Update, Zainab Rida, Christy Burger, Dipti A. Dev, Jasmin Smith, and Saima Hasmin
How Do Differing Stakeholders Perceive Instances of Literacy Instruction?, Rachel E. Schachter, Ann Matthews, and Shayne B. Piasta
What Happens During Language and Literacy Coaching? Coaches’ Reports of Their Interactions With Educators, Rachel E. Schachter, Melissa M. Weber-Mayrer, Shayne B. Piasta, and Ann A. O’Connell
Understanding Parental Ethnotheories and Practices About Healthy Eating: Exploring the Developmental Niche of Preschoolers, Deepa Srivastava, Julia C. Torquati, Maria Rosario de Guzman, and Dipti A. Dev
Resilience in American Indian and Alaska Native Public Health: An Underexplored Framework, Nicolette I. Teufel-Shone, Julie A. Tippens, Hilary C. McCrary, John E. Ehiri, and Priscilla R. Sanderson
2017
The role of child temperament on low‐income preschool children’s relationships with their parents and teachers, Ibrahim H. Acar, Julia C. Torquati, Amy J. Encinger, and Amy Colgrove
Mapping Quality of Life in Nebraska: The Geographic Distribution of Poverty, Grant Daily, Rodrigo Cantarero, Maria Rosario de Guzman, Soo-Young Hong, Sarah Taylor, Aileen Garcia, Jeong-Kyun Choi, and Yan Ruth Xia
“After your honor is gone …”: Exploration of Developmental Trajectories and Life Experiences of Women Working in Mumbai’s Red-Light Brothel Districts, Rochelle L. Dalla and Lee Kreimer
Elementary preservice teachers’ attitudes and pedagogical strategies toward hypothetical shy, exuberant, and average children, Qizhen Deng, Guy Trainin, Kathleen Moritz Rudasill, Irina Kalutskaya, Stephanie Wessels, Julia C. Torquati, and Robert J. Coplan
Engaging Parents to Promote Children’s Nutrition and Health: Providers’ Barriers and Strategies in Head Start and Child Care Centers, Dipti A. Dev, Courtney Byrd-Williams, Samantha Ramsay, Brent A. McBride, Deepa Srivastava, Ashleigh L. Murriel, Chrisa Arcan, and Anna M. Adachi-Mejia
Implementing the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics Benchmarks for Nutrition Education for Children: Child-Care Providers’ Perspectives, Dipti A. Dev, Virginia Carraway-Stage, Daniel J. Schober, Brent A. McBride, Car Mun Kok, and Samantha Ramsay
Providers perspectives on self-regulation impact their use of responsive feeding practices in child care, Dipti A. Dev, Katherine E. Speirs, Natalie A. Williams, Samantha Ramsay, Brent A. McBride, and Holly Hatton-Bowers
He’s just content to sit: a qualitative study of mothers’ perceptions of infant obesity and physical activity, Danae Dinkel, Kailey Snyder, Anastasia Kyvelidou, and Victoria Molfese
Teaching for tomorrow: An exploratory study of prekindergarten teachers’ underlying assumptions about how children learn, Erin E. Flynn and Rachel E. Schachter
Patterns of Psychotropic Medication at Admission for Youth in Residential Care, Jonathan C. Huefner, Gail L. Smith, Jay L. Ringle, Amy L. Stevens, W. Alex Mason, and Gilbert R. Parra
“We are Two of the Lucky Ones”: Experiences with Marriage and Wellbeing for Same-Sex Couples, Heather R. Kennedy, Rochelle L. Dalla, and Steven Dreesman
Classroom Readiness for Successful Inclusion: Teacher Factors and Preschool Children’s Experience with and Attitudes toward Peers with Disabilities, Kyong-Ah Kwon, Soo-Young Hong, and Hyun-Joo Jeon
Effectiveness of Large-Scale, State-Sponsored Language and Literacy Professional Development on Early Childhood Educator Outcomes, Shayne B. Piasta, Laura M. Justice, Ann A. O'Connell, Susan A. Mauck, Melissa M. Weber-Mayrer, Rachel E. Schachter, Kristin S. Farley, and Caitlin F. Spear
Assessing Preschool Professionals’ Learning Experiences in Ohio: What Have We Learned?, Shayne B. Piasta, Susie Mauck, Rachel E. Schachter, Caitlin F. Spear, Kristin S. Farley, Melissa M. Weber-Mayrer, Laura M. Justice, and Ann A. O’Connell
Bridging the Gap between Data and Instruction to Promote School Readiness, Lucki M. Ratsavong, Maureen J. Myrtil, Mihaiela R. Guglu, and Rachel E. Schachter
Early Childhood Teachers’ Pedagogical Reasoning About How Children Learn During Language and Literacy Instruction, Rachel E. Schachter
Teachers’ experiences with a state-mandated kindergarten readiness assessment, Rachel E. Schachter, Tara M. Strang, and Shayne B. Piasta
Teachers’ perspectives on the Kindergarten Readiness Assessment in year 2: Easier to administer but what role can it play in instruction?, Rachel E. Schachter, Tara M. Strang, and Shayne B. Piasta
Mathematical creativity for the youngest school children. Kindergarten to third grade teachers’ interpretations of what it is and how to promote it., Yinjing Shen and Carolyn P. Edwards
‘Why I Sent My Child Away’: Culturally Structured Motivations for Long-distance Parenting, Deepa Srivastava and Maria Rosario de Guzman
Adolescent Perceptions of Dating Violence: A Qualitative Study, Sarah Taylor, Carrie A. Calkins, Yan Ruth Xia, and Rochelle L. Dalla
“I Have a Hippopotamus!”: Preparing Effective Early Childhood Environmental Educators, Julia C. Torquati, Jennifer Leeper Miller, Erin Hamel, Soo-Young Hong, Susan Sarver, and Michelle Rupiper
Attentional Demands of Executive Function Tasks in Indoor and Outdoor Settings: Behavioral and Neuroelectrical Evidence, Julia C. Torquati, Anne R. Schutte, and John Kiat
Parental Autonomy Granting and School Functioning among Chinese Adolescents: The Moderating Role of Adolescents’ Cultural Values, Cixin Wang, Kieu Anh Do, Leiping Bao, Yan Ruth Xia, and Chaorong Wu
Role of food preoccupation and current dieting in the associations of parental feeding practices to emotional eating in young adults: A moderated mediation study, Natalie A. Williams, Dipti A. Dev, Maren Hankey, and Kimberly A. Blitch
Preschool children’s biophilia and attitudes toward nature: The effect of personal experiences, Ruddy E. Yanez, Bronwyn S. Fees, and Julia C. Torquati
2016
The Correlates of Turkish Preschool Preservice Teachers’ Social Competence, Empathy and Communication Skills, Emine Ahmetoglu and Ibrahim H. Acar
Parent-Child Book-Reading Styles, Emotional Quality, and Changes in Early Head Start Children's Cognitive Scores., Keely Cline and Carolyn P. Edwards
‘Let’s Work Together Towards Children’s Nutrition’: Building Bridge Between Child Care Providers and Parents for Promoting Child Health, Dipti A. Dev, Courtney Byrd-Williams, Samantha Ramsay, Brent A. McBride, Ashleigh L. Murriel, Chrisa Arcan, and Anna M. Adachi-Mejia
“Great Job Cleaning Your Plate Today!” Determinants of Child-Care Providers’ Use of Controlling Feeding Practices: An Exploratory Examination, Dipti A. Dev, Brent A. McBride, Katherine E. Speirs, Kimberly A. Blitch, and Natalie A. Williams
Learning the Language of Nature: Young Children as Mathematical Thinkers, Carolyn P. Edwards and Courtney Boise
瑞吉欧·艾米利亚的教师研究： 一个充满活力并不断演变的角色的精髓 / Teacher Research in Reggio Emilia: Essence of a Dynamic, Evolving Role (Chinese translated version)., Carolyn P. Edwards and Lella Gandini
Retrospective Review and Contemporary Development of the Reggio Emilia Early Childhood Educational System: An Interview with Carolyn Pope Edwards, Carolyn P. Edwards and Lixin Ren
Child and Parent Report of Parenting as Predictors of Substance Use and Suspensions from School, Charles B. Fleming, W. Alex Mason, Ronald W. Thompson, Kevin P. Haggerty, and Thomas Jai. Gross
Uninvolved Maternal Feeding Style Moderates the Association of Emotional Overeating to Preschoolers’ Body Mass Index z-Scores, Maren Hankey, Natalie A. Williams, and Dipti A. Dev
Does parental financial assistance assist young adults to be financially healthy? Effects of parent-child relationship qualities on financial outcomes and happiness, Ji Hyun Kim and Julia C. Torquati
Nutrition Education Resources in North Carolina–Based Head Start Preschool Programs: Administrator and Teacher Perceptions of Availability and Use, Sarah Lisson; L. Suzanne Goodell; Dipti A. Dev; Kristi Wilkerson,; Archana V. Hegde; and Virginia C. Stage
Prevalence of Marijuana and Other Substance Use Before and After Washington State’s Change from Legal Medical Marijuana to Legal Medical and Non-Medical Marijuana: Cohort Comparisons in a Sample of Adolescents, W. Alex Mason, Charles B. Fleming, Jay L. Ringle, Koren Hanson, Thomas J. Gross, and Kevin P. Haggerty
Cumulative contextual risk at birth in relation to adolescent substance use, conduct problems, and risky sex: General and specific predictive associations in a Finnish birth cohort, W. Alex Mason, Stacy-Ann A. January, Mary B. Chmelka, Gilbert R. Parra, Jukka Savolainen, Jouko Miettunen, Marjo-Riitta Järvelin, Anja Taanila, and Irma Moilanen
Parent Training to Reduce Problem Behaviors over the Transition to High School: Tests of Indirect Effects through Improved Emotion Regulation Skills, W. Alex Mason, Stacy-Ann A. January, Charles B. Fleming, Ronald W. Thompson, Gilbert R. Parra, Kevin P. Haggerty, and James J. Snyder
Contemporary Chinese Parents’ Socialization Priorities for Preschoolers: A Mixed Methods Study, Lixin Ren and Carolyn P. Edwards
The Relation Between Chinese Preschoolers’ Social-Emotional Competence and Preacademic Skills, Lixin Ren, Lisa Knoche, and Carolyn P. Edwards
Early childhood educators’ knowledge, beliefs, education, experiences, and children’s language- and literacy-learning opportunities: What is the connection?, Rachel E. Schachter, Caitlin F. Spear, Shayne B. Piasta, Laura M. Justice, and Jessica A.R. Logan
Social Contexts of Infant Feeding and Infant Feeding Decisions, Ellen J. Schafer, Natalie A. Williams, Siri Digney, Marion E. Hare, and Sato Ashida
Reggio Emilia Inspiration for Early Education in China: The Case of Zhejiang Province., Gaoyan Su and Carolyn P. Edwards
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
“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
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
2014
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