Child, Youth, and Family Studies, Department of
Department of Child, Youth, and Family Studies: Faculty Publications
2023
Syrian Refugee Women’s Maternal Mental Health Perceptions, Coping Strategies, and Help-Seeking Practices in Lebanon, Nada A. Alnaji, Julie A. Tippens, and Wael ElRayes
Communication with families: Understanding the perspectives of early childhood teachers, Pearl Avari, Erin Hamel, Rachel E. Schachter, and Holly Hatton-Bowers
Patterns of Classroom Organization in Classrooms Where Children Exhibit Higher and Lower Language Gains, Laura Cutler, Rachel E. Schachter, Clariebelle Gabas, Shayne B. Piasta, Kelly M. Purtell, and Nathan P. Helsabeck
An exploratory study of how measuring knowledge-in-use adds value beyond static knowledge measures, Julie Dwyer, Rachel E. Schachter, and Alessandra E. Ward
Making Mistakes: Children’s Errors as Opportunities for Emergent Literacy Learning in Early Childhood, Clariebelle Gabas, Laura Cutler, and Rachel E. Schachter
Systematic Review of Reflection Spectroscopy-Based Skin Carotenoid Assessment in Children, Saima Hasnin, Dipti Dev, Taren Swindle, Susan B. Sisson, Stephanie Jilcott Pitts, Tirna Purkait, Shari C. Clifton, Jocelyn Dixon, and Virginia C. Stage
Gender-neutral bathrooms on campus: a multicampus study of cisgender and transgender and gender diverse college students, Merle Huff, Katie Edwards, Victoria Mauer, Heather Littleton, Stephanie Lim, and Kayla E. Sall
Coparenting support in the context of difficult children: Mother and father differences, Victoria J. Johnson, Dongho Choi, Lorey A. Wheeler, and Patty X. Kuo
Coparenting support in the context of difficult children: Mother and father differences, Victoria J. Johnson, Dongho Choi, Lorey A. Wheeler, and Patty X. Kuo
Early childhood language gains, kindergarten readiness, and Grade 3 reading achievement, Jessica A.R. Logan, Shayne B. Piasta, Kelly M. Purtell, Robert Nichols, and Rachel E. Schachter
Profiles of Quality in Three Distinct Early Childhood Programs Using the Brief Early Childhood Quality Inventory (BEQI), Abbie Raikes, Rebecca Sayre Mojgani, Jem Heinzel-Nelson Alvarenga Lima, Dawn Davis, Cecilia Cassell, Marcus Waldman, and Elsa Escalante
Early Childhood Teachers’ Emergent Literacy Data Practices, Rachel E. Schachter, Gloria Yeomans-Maldonado, and Shayne B. Piasta
Undernutrition in older children and adolescents in peri-urban Zambia, Shela Sridhar, Janella S. Kang, Isabel Madzorera, Ethan Zulu, Joyce Makasa, Sally Bell Cross, and Davidson H. Hamer
Undernutrition in older children and adolescents in peri-urban Zambia, Shela Sridhar, Janella S. Kang, Isabel Madzorera, Ethan Zulu, Joyce Makasa, Sally Bell Cross, and Davidson H. Hamer
2022
Toddler Play Preferences and the Teacher’s Role in the Outdoor Play Environment, Keting Chen and Erin E. Hamel
A life-course perspective of sex trafficking among the Bedia caste of India, Rochelle L. Dalla, Kaitlin Roselius, Victoria J. Johnson, Jessie Peter, Trupti Jhaveri Panchal, Ramani Ranjan, Mrinalini Mischra, and Sagar Sahu
Implementation of Federal Waivers for Feeding Children in Early Care and Education During the COVID-19 Pandemic, Dipti Dev, Carly Hillburn, Jordan Luxa, Laura Lessard, Katherine W. Bauer, Caree Cotwright, and Alison Tovar
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
Correlates of Children’s Dietary Intake in Childcare Settings: A Systematic Review, Saima Hasnin, Jaclyn A. Saltzman, and Dipti A. Dev
Promising Findings that the Cultivating Healthy Intentional Mindful Educators’ Program (CHIME) Strengthens Early Childhood Teachers’ Emotional Resources: An Iterative Study, Holly Hatton-Bowers, Caron Clark, Gilbert R. Parra, Jessica L. Calvi, Michael Yellow Bird, Pearl Avari, Jaclynn Foged, and John Smith
The Development of Social Competence in Children with Disabilities, Soo-Young Hong, Elizabeth A. Steed, Lori E. Meyer, and İbrahim H. Acar
Investigating moderators of daily marital to parent–child spillover: Individual and family systems approaches, Patty X. Kuo, Kejin Lee, Victoria J. Johnson, and Emily J. Starr
Differences in Emotional and Behavioral Problems of Students over Time: A 22-Year Cross-Sectional Cohort Study, W. Alex Mason, Matthew Lambert, and Michael Epstein
Differences in Emotional and Behavioral Problems of Students over Time: A 22-Year Cross-Sectional Cohort Study, W. Alex Mason, Matthew Lambert, and Michael Epstein
The creation of the Global Scales for Early Development (GSED) for children aged 0–3 years: combining subject matter expert judgements with big data, Gareth McCray, Dana McCoy, Patricia Kariger, Magdalena Janus, Maureen M. Black, Susan M. Chang, Fahmida Tofail, Iris Eekhout, Marcus Waldman, Stef van Buuren, Rasheda Khanam, Sunil Sazawal, Ambreen Nizar, Yvonne Schönbeck, Arsène Zongo, Alexandra Brentani, Yunting Zhang, Tarun Dua, Vanessa Cavallera, Abbie Raikes, Ann M. Weber, Kieran Bromley, Abdullah Baqui, Arunangshu Dutta, Imran Nisar, Symone B. Detmar, Romuald Anago, Pacifico Mercadante, Fan Jiang, Raghbir Kaur, Katelyn Hepworth, Marta Rubio-Codina, Samuel N. Kembou, Salahuddin Ahmed, Gill A. Lancaster, and Melissa Gladstone
Approaches Mainline Protestant Pastors Use to Work with LGB People and Their Families: Implications for Family Therapists, Christi R. McGeorge and Katelyn O. Coburn
Training packages for the use of child development tools in low/middle-income countries: a review, Maria Neocleous, Katelyn Hepworth, Vanessa Cavallera, and Melissa Gladstone
Food Waste, Preference, and Cost: Perceived Barriers and Self-Reported Food Service Best Practices in Family Child Care Homes, Divya Patel, Daisy Butzer, Bethany D. Williams, Dipti Dev, Diane Horm, Denise Finneran, Bryce Lowery, Janis E. Campbell, and Susan B. Sisson
What knowledge do early childhood teachers use during literacy instruction? Using stimulated recall to investigate an unexplored phenomenon, Rachel E. Schachter
An exploratory study of early childhood coaches’ practices and professional learning needs, Rachel E. Schachter, Holly Hatton-Bowers, Hayley Jackson, and Lisa Knoche
Relationships between proximity to grocery stores and Oklahoma Early Care and Education classroom nutrition practices, Bethany D. Williams, Susan B. Sisson, Bryce Lowery, Dipti Dev, Diane M. Horm, Janis E. Campbell, Denise Finneran, and Jennifer Graef-Downard
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