A5003799676- Gender Roles and Identity Studies
- Early Childhood Education and Development
- Infant Development and Preterm Care
- Maternal Mental Health During Pregnancy and Postpartum
- Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development
- Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health
- Youth Development and Social Support
- Social and Intergroup Psychology
- Parental Involvement in Education
- Family and Patient Care in Intensive Care Units
- Criminal Justice and Corrections Analysis
- Bullying, Victimization, and Aggression
- Infant Health and Development
- HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions
- Education, Achievement, and Giftedness
- Health and Medical Research Impacts
- Childhood Cancer Survivors' Quality of Life
- Biomedical and Engineering Education
- Attachment and Relationship Dynamics
- LGBTQ Health, Identity, and Policy
- Reproductive Health and Contraception
- Child Nutrition and Feeding Issues
- Neonatal Respiratory Health Research
- Intimate Partner and Family Violence
- Interdisciplinary Research and Collaboration
Arizona State University
2010-2025
The Ohio State University
2014
National Institute of Nursing Research
2014
University of Alabama at Birmingham
2007-2009
In this research, we examined (a) the primary effects of intergroup friendships: whether having a friend different gender/racial status benefits children’s status-based prosocial behavior and (b) secondary transfer friendships from one domain (e.g., gender) would extend to improved toward outgroup members another race). Participants were 603 third- fifth-grade students ( M age = 9.06, SD .90; 47.9% girls; 52.4% racially minoritized). Peer nominations collected twice in 1 year. Longitudinal...
Background: Parental perception of their infants and confidence/beliefs about parenting are among the most salient factors influencing outcomes preterm infants. Objectives: The purpose this study was to assess psychometric properties scores on Neonatal Intensive Care Unit Beliefs Scale (NICU PBS) in a sample mothers fathers receiving intensive care. NICU PBS is rating instrument designed parental beliefs premature infant role during hospitalization. Methods: consisted 245 143 fathers. As...
Boys and girls sit together in most classrooms, but do they interact? Based on 40-year-old evidence, coeducational classes may not be instead segregated by gender, which undermine student success. Our goal is to answer this question today's classrooms. We used longitudinal data assess gender segregation 26 3 US elementary schools over an academic year. Third- fifth-grade students (n = 515) from diverse backgrounds were asked how often work with (frequency) well (quality) each classmate....
How gender diversity is exhibited varies: some individuals feel similar to the other gender; others experience little similarity either gender, and both genders. For children, do these variations relate differing relationships with peers? The goal was assess whether a community sample of children (884, M
Objectives: We assessed the contraceptive needs of women incarcerated in jails southeastern United States to determine feasible and effective birth control interventions based on this population. Methods: Participants were recruited from local around a medium-sized metro area. completed survey demographics, sexual health, use, preferred method contraception. Results: The was by 188 jail. reported high rates sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) (50.5%), inconsistent use (36.5%), unreliable...
Abstract Promoting prosocial behaviour towards those who are dissimilar from oneself is an urgent contemporary issue. Because children spend much time in same‐gender relationships, promoting other‐gender prosociality could help them develop more inclusive relationships. Our goals were to better understand the development of school‐age children's intergroup behavior and extent which elementary consider their own recipient's gender behaviour. Participants included 515 3rd, 4th 5th graders...
Purpose. To determine the feasibility of implementing an infant massage intervention and to evaluate preliminary effects on HIV-infected mothers their infants. Design Methods. In this two-group, randomized controlled pilot study, group were taught perform daily for 10 weeks. Results. Infant training had a positive impact maternal depression, parental distress, growth along with facilitating more optimal parent–child interactions. Practice Implications. massage, quick, easy, inexpensive...
To examine the efficacy of COPE on maternal and child anxiety associated with younger mothers premature infants. The program provides instruction practice in parenting behaviors specific to NICU, combination information that reduces ambiguity about their infant's appearance behaviors.
Objective: A population-level, randomized controlled trial was conducted to test the effectiveness of a parent recruitment package for increasing initial engagement into school-based parenting program and identify strategies responsible effects.Method: Participants were caregivers kindergarten- third-grade students (N = 1,276) attending one five schools serving ethnically diverse families living in mostly low-income, urban conditions. First, randomly assigned be recruited research surveys or...
Abstract Most US students attend coeducational classes, but to what extent do feel integrated into the entire classroom of their peers, especially with other‐gender (OG) peers? The major goal this study was investigate how variations in gender integration (GI), measured by students' expectancies about inclusion, efficacy, and social costs interacting OG predicted school liking supportiveness over an academic year, using a short‐term longitudinal design. We also explored changed year....
We assessed the contraceptive needs of women in jails and their sexually transmitted disease (STD) history risk to determine effective methods for this population. A survey demographics, sexual health, use, preferred method contraception was completed by participants recruited at a medium-sized metropolitan area. Results from 188 indicated high rates STDs, inconsistent use unreliable user-dependent methods. Intended following release varied depending on women’s ability bear children. Women...