A5056336624- Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development
- Early Childhood Education and Development
- Maternal Mental Health During Pregnancy and Postpartum
- Family Dynamics and Relationships
- Workplace Health and Well-being
- Substance Abuse Treatment and Outcomes
- Attachment and Relationship Dynamics
- Gender, Labor, and Family Dynamics
- Child Abuse and Trauma
- Family and Disability Support Research
- Auction Theory and Applications
- Health Policy Implementation Science
- Financial Literacy, Pension, Retirement Analysis
- Homelessness and Social Issues
- Merger and Competition Analysis
- Economic theories and models
- Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life
- Intimate Partner and Family Violence
- Intergenerational Family Dynamics and Caregiving
- Parental Involvement in Education
- Fiscal Policy and Economic Growth
- Youth Substance Use and School Attendance
- Youth Development and Social Support
- Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet
- Forgiveness and Related Behaviors
Pennsylvania State University
2016-2025
University of Chicago
2017-2024
National Bureau of Economic Research
2020-2023
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
2023
University of Pennsylvania
2023
State Street (United States)
2023
University of Michigan
2023
University of California, San Diego
2020
Australian National University
2019
Research Network (United States)
2017
We examined whether kindergarten teachers' ratings of children's prosocial skills, an indicator noncognitive ability at school entry, predict key adolescent and adult outcomes. Our goal was to determine unique associations over above other important child, family, contextual characteristics.Data came from the Fast Track study low-socioeconomic status neighborhoods in 3 cities 1 rural setting. assessed between measured outcomes 13 19 years later (1991-2000). Models included numerous control...
This prospective longitudinal study examined the unique and combined effects of neighborhood characteristics on parental behaviors in context more distal proximal influences. With a sample 368 mothers from high‐risk communities 4 parts United States, this relations between race (African American or European American), locality (urban rural), characteristics, family context, child problem behaviors, warmth, appropriate consistent discipline, harsh interactions. Analyses testing increasingly...
We explored the economic implications of conduct disorder (CD) among adolescents in 4 poor communities United States. examined a range expenditures related to this across multiple public sectors, including mental health, general school, and juvenile justice.We used self- parental-report data estimate during 7-year period late adolescence sample youths. contrasted for youths with CD oppositional defiant disorder, elevated symptoms (no diagnosis), all others. Diagnosis was determined...
This randomized controlled trial tested whether teaching quality in Head Start classrooms could be improved with the addition of evidence-based curriculum components targeting emergent language or literacy and social-emotional development provision associated professional support. Participants were lead assistant teachers 44 classrooms. Teachers received 4 days workshop training along weekly in-class support from a mentor teacher. End-of-year observations indicated that compared control...
This study investigated the ability of a psychosocial prevention program implemented through childbirth education programs to enhance coparental and couple relationship, parental mental health, parent-child child outcomes. A sample 169 heterosexual, adult couples expecting their first was randomized intervention control conditions. The families participated in Family Foundations, series eight classes delivered before after birth, which designed as universal (i.e., applicable all couples, not...
The current study explored whether fathers and mothers from 195 two-parent U.S. families engaged in a form of activation parenting (i.e., sensitivity, cognitive stimulation, moderate intrusiveness) with their secondborn, 12-month-old infants during 15-min challenging teaching task, to determine if this type interaction was more common among fathers.Mean comparisons showed that were lower on positive regard, stimulation development, detached than mothers.Latent Profile Analyses revealed...
This study examines long-term effects of a transition to parenthood program, Family Foundations, designed enhance child outcomes through strategic focus on supporting the coparenting relationship. Roughly 5 7 years after baseline (pregnancy), parent and teacher reports internalizing externalizing problems school adjustment were collected by mail for 98 children born couples enrolled in randomized trial. Teachers reported significantly lower levels among intervention group compared with...
Over a decade ago, the Society for Prevention Research endorsed first standards of evidence research in preventive interventions. The growing recognition need to use limited resources make sound investments prevention led Board Directors charge new task force set analysis economic impact This article reports findings this group's deliberations, proposes analyses, and identifies opportunities future science. Through examples, policymakers' are described. Standards proposed framing analysis,...
Background Across several sites in the United States, we examined whether kindergarten conduct problems among mostly population‐representative samples of children were associated with increased criminal and related (criminal + lost offender productivity victim; described as victim hereafter) costs across adolescence adulthood, well government medical services adulthood. Methods Participants ( N = 1,339) from two multisite longitudinal studies: Fast Track n 754) Child Development Project...
Research Findings: This study examined factors associated with process and content outcomes of the training provided in context Head Start REDI (Research based Developmentally Informed), a preschool curriculum designed to enhance quality interactions (social–emotional language–literacy) between teachers children. professional development included 4 days weekly coaching. Data for 22 intervention teaching pairs (N = 44) were used study. With exception years education emotional exhaustion,...
We tested an integrative model of individual and dyadic variables contributing to intimate partner violence (IPV) perpetration. Based on the vulnerability-stress-adaptation (VSA) model, we hypothesized that three "enduring vulnerabilities" (i.e., antisocial behavior, hostility, depressive symptoms) would be associated with a "maladaptive process" negative relationship attributions) lead difficulties in couple conflict resolution, thus leading IPV. Among community sample 167 heterosexual...
To examine the impact from Family Foundations, a transition-to-parenting intervention, on parent and child outcomes 2 years after birth.Couples transitioning to parenthood face many stressors challenges that are not typically addressed through commonly available childbirth preparatory classes. The Foundations program was designed for couples expecting their first addresses family related coparenting, parenting, mental health.The recruited sample of 399 were randomly assigned intervention or...
Abstract As the COVID‐19 pandemic has been highly stressful for parents and children, it is clear that strategies promote long‐term family resilience are needed to protect families in future crises. One such strategy, Family Foundations program, focused on promoting supportive coparenting at transition parenthood. In a randomized trial, we tested intervention effects of parent, child, well‐being one two months after imposition national shelter‐in‐place public health 2020. We used regression...
Sexual satisfaction is an important contributor to relationship functioning that not well understood among first-time parents, at a time when for the well-being of parents as child. The current study examined how several dimensions individual and (coparenting, division household paid labor, parenting stress, role overload) 6 months postbirth predicted multiple domains sexual 12 postbirth, in sample heterosexual parents. Role overload, work hours, labor each least one domain both mothers...
Background Students' alcohol use behaviors are shaped by the attitudes and of others, especially peers within students' proximal social groups. Explaining association between perceived drinking norms use, researchers propose contradicting pathways that focus on conformity (i.e., predict use) projection predicts norms). The current study examined extent to which processes were evident in college student for club sport teams. Methods sample comprised 1,054 students (61% female) nested 35...