Penn State Family Relationships Project: Publications
In This Section:
NEWSLETTERS
African American Study Newsletters
Mexican American Study Newsletters
Middle Childhood Newsletters
SELECTED PAPERS AND PUBLICATIONS:
2009
Booth, A., Granger, D. A., Mazur, A., & Kivlighan, K. T. (in press). Testosterone and social behavior. Social Forces.
Kim S. Y., Nair. R., Knight, G. K., Roosa, M. W., & Updegraff, K. A. (in press). Measurement equivalence of neighborhood quality measures for European American and Mexican American families. Journal of Community Psychology.
McHale, S. M., Updegraff, K. A., Kim, J., & Cansler, E. (in press). Cultural orientations, daily activities, and adjustment in Mexican American youth. Journal of Youth and Adolescence.
Soli, A. R., McHale, S. M., & Feinberg, M. E. (in press). Risk and protective effects of sibling relationships among African American Adolescents. Family Relations.
Thayer, S. M., & Updegraff, K. A. (in press). Conflict resolution in Mexican American adolescents’ friendships: The role of culture, gender, and friendship quality. Journal of Youth and Adolescence.
Tucker, C.J. & Updegraff, K.U. (in press). The relative contributions of parents and siblings to child and adolescent development. In L. Kramer & K. Conger (Eds.) Siblings as agents of socialization, New Directions in Child and Adolescent Development.
Updegraff, K. A., Delgado, M. Y., & Wheeler, L. A. (in press). Exploring mothers’ and fathers’ relationships with sons versus daughters: Links to adolescent adjustment in Mexican immigrant families. Sex Roles.
Wray-Lake, L., Crouter, A. C., & McHale, S. M. (in press). Developmental patterns of decision-making autonomy across middle childhood and adolescence: European American parents' perspectives. Child Development.
Dotterer, A., McHale, S., & Crouter, A. (2009a). The development and correlates of academic interests from childhood through adolescence. Journal of Educational Psychology, 101, 509-519.
Dotterer, A., McHale, S., & Crouter, A. (2009b). Sociocultural factors and school engagement among African American youth: The roles of racial discrimination, racial socialization, and ethnic identity. Applied Developmental Science, 13, 61-73.
Marks, J. L., Lam, C. B., & McHale, S. M. (2009). Family patterns of gender role attitudes. Sex Roles, 61, 221-234.
McHale, S. M., Dotterer, A., & Kim, J. Y. (2009). An ecological perspective on the media and youth development. American Behavioral Scientist, 52, 1186-1203.
McHale, S. M., Kim, J. Y., Dotterer, A., Crouter, A. C., & Booth, A. (2009). The development of gendered interests and personality qualities from middle childhood through adolescence: A bio-social analysis. Child Development, 80, 482-495.
2008
Booth, A., Granger, D. A., & Shirtcliff, E. A. (2008). Gender- and age-related differences in the association between social relationship quality and trait levels of salivary cortisol. Journal of Research on Adolescence, 18, 239-260.
Crouter, A. C., Baril, M. E., Davis, K. D., & McHale, S. M. (2008). Processes linking social class and racial socialization in African American dual-earner families. Journal of Marriage and Family, 70, 1310-1324.
Dotterer, A., Hoffman, L., Crouter, A., & McHale, S. (2008). A longitudinal examination of the bi-directional links between academic achievement and parent-adolescent conflict. Journal of Family Issues, 29, 762-779.
Kan, M. L., McHale, S. M., & Crouter, A. C. (2008a). Interparental incongruence in differential treatment of adolescent siblings: Links with marital quality. Journal of Marriage and Family, 70, 466-479.
Kan, M. L., McHale, S. M., & Crouter, A. C. (2008b). Parental involvement in adolescent romantic relationships: Patterns and correlates. Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 37, 168-179.
McHale, S. M., & Crouter, A. C. (2008). Families as nonshared environments for siblings. In A. Booth, A. C. Crouter, S. Bianchi, & J. A. Seltzer (Eds.). Caring and Exchange Within and Across Generations. Washington, DC: Urban Institute, pp. 243-256.
Ransford, C. R., Crouter, A. C., & McHale, S. M. (2008). Implications of work pressure and supervisor support for fathers’, mothers’, and adolescents’ relationships and well-being in dual-earner families. Community, Work, and Family, 11, 37-60.
Shanahan, L., McHale, S. M., Crouter, A.C., & Osgood, D.W. (2008). Linkages between parents’ differential treatment, youth depressive symptoms, and sibling relationships. Journal of Marriage and Family, 70, 480-494.
Tucker, C. J., McHale, S. M., & Crouter, A. C. (2008). Links between adolescent siblings' adjustment: The moderating role of shared activities. International Journal of Behavioral Development, 32, 152-160.
Whiteman, S. D., & Christiansen, A. E. (2008). Processes of sibling influence in adolescence: Individual and family correlates. Family Relations, 57, 24-34.
2007
Baril, M., Crouter, A. C. & McHale, S. M. (2007). Processes linking adolescent well-being, marital love, and coparenting. Journal of Family Psychology, 21, 645-654.
Crouter, A. C., Whiteman, S. D., McHale, S. M., Osgood, W. D. (2007). The development of gender attitude traditionality across middle childhood and adolescence. Child Development, 78, 911-926.
Dotterer, A., McHale, S., & Crouter, A. (2007). Implication of out-of-school activities for school engagement in African American adolescents. Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 4, 391-410.
Kan, M. L. & McHale, S. M. (2007). Clusters and correlates of experiences with parents and peers during early adolescence. Journal of Research on Adolescence, 17, 565-586.
Kim, J. Y., McHale, S. M., Crouter, A. C., & Osgood, W. D. (2007). Longitudinal linkages between sibling relationship and adjustment from middle childhood through adolescence. Developmental Psychology, 43, 960-973.
McHale, S. M., Whiteman, S. D., Kim, J. Y., & Crouter, A. C. (2007). Characteristics and correlates of sibling relationships in two-parent African American families. Journal of Family Psychology, 21, 227-235.
Shanahan, L., Kim, J., McHale, S. M., & Crouter, A. C. (2007). Sibling similarities and differences in time use: A pattern-analytic, within-family approach. Social Development, 16, 662-681.
Shananan, L., McHale, S. M., Crouter, A. C., & Osgood, W. D. (2007). Warmth with mothers and fathers from middle childhood to late adolescence: Within- and between-family comparisons. Developmental Psychology, 43, 551-563.
Shananan, L., McHale, S. M., Osgood, W., & Crouter, A. C. (2007). Conflict with mothers and fathers from middle childhood through adolescence: Within and between family comparisons. Developmental Psychology, 43, 539-550.
Updegraff, K. A., Umaña-Taylor, A. & Cansler, E. (2007). Work-family linkages in the lives of families of Mexican orgin. In J. Lansford, K. Deater-Deckard, & M. Bornstein (Eds.) Immigrant families in contemporary society (pp. 250-267). New York: Builford Press.
Updegraff, K. A., Killoren, S. E., & Thayer, S. M. (2007). Mexican origin parents' involvement in adolescents' peer relationships: A pattern-analytic approach. New Directions in Child Development (B. Brown & N. Mounts, Eds.): Linking Parents and Family to Adolescent Peer Relations: Ethnic and Cultural Considerations, 116, 51-65.
Whiteman, S. D., McHale, S. M., & Crouter, A. C. (2007a). Competing processes of sibling influence: Social learning and sibling deidentification. Social Development, 16, 642-661.
Whiteman, S. D., McHale, S. M., & Crouter, A. C. (2007b). Explaining sibling similarities: Perceptions of sibling influences. Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 36, 963-972.
Whiteman, S. D., McHale, S. M., & Crouter, A. C. (2007c). Longitudinal changes in marital relationships: The role of offspring's pubertal development. Journal of Marriage and Family, 69, 1005-1020.
2006
Bumpus, M. F., Crouter, A. C., & McHale, S. M. (2006). Linkages between negative work-to-family spillover and mothers- and fathers’ knowledge of their young adolescents’ daily lives. Journal of Early Adolescence, 26, 36-59.
Crouter, A. C., & Pirretti, A. E. (2006). Longitudinal research on work and family issues. Chapter in M. Pitt-Catsouphes, E. E. Kossek, & S. Sweet (Eds.). The Work and Family Handbook: Multi-Disciplinary Perspectives and Approaches. Mahwah, NJ: Erlbaum.
Davis, K. D., Crouter, A. C., & McHale, S. M. (2006). Implications of shift work for parent-adolescent relationships in dual-earner families. Family Relations: Interdisciplinary Journal of Applied Family Studies, 55, 450-460.
Kim, J. Y., McHale, S. M., Crouter, A. C. & Osgood, D. W., (2006). Longitudinal course and family correlates of sibling relationships from childhood through adolescence. Child Development, 77, 1746-1761.
May, A., Kim, J. Y., McHale, S. M. & Crouter, A. C. (2006). Parent-adolescent relationships and the development of overweight concerns from early to late adolescence. International Journal of Eating Disorders, 39, 729-740.
McHale, S. M., Crouter, A. C., Kim, J. Y., Burton, L. M., Davis, K. A, Dotterer, A., & Swanson, D. P. (2006). Mothers’ and fathers’ racial socialization in African American families: Implications for youth. Child Development, 77, 1387-1402.
McHale, S. M., Kim, J., & Whiteman, S. D. (2006). Sibling relationships in childhood and adolescence. In P. Noller & J. Feeney (Eds.), Close Relationships, pp. 127-150, Psychology Press.
2005
Crouter, A. C., Bumpus, M. F., Davis, K. D., & McHale, S. M. (2005). How do parents learn about adolescents' experiences? Implications for parental knowledge and adolescent risky behavior. Child Development,76, 869 -882.
McHale, S. M., Updegraff, K. A., Shanahan, L., Crouter, A. C., & Killoren, S. E. (2005). Siblings’ differential treatment in Mexican American families. Journal of Marriage and Family, 67, 1259-1274.
Shearer, C. L., Crouter, A. C., & McHale, S. M. (2005). Parents’ perceptions of changes in mother-child and father-child relationships during adolescence. Journal of Adolescent Research, 20, 662-684.
Updegraff, K. A., McHale, S. M., Whiteman, S. D., Thayer, S. M., & Delgado, M. Y. (2005). Adolescent sibling relationships in Mexican American families: Exploring the role of familism. Journal of Family Psychology, 19,512-522.
Updegraff, K. A., Thayer, S. M., Whiteman, S. D., Denning, D. J., & McHale, S. M. (2005). Relational aggression in adolescents’ sibling relationships: Links to sibling and parent-adolescent relationship quality. Family Relations: Interdisciplinary Journal of Applied Family Studies, 54, 373-385.
2004
Crouter, A. C., Head, M. R., McHale, S. M., Tucker, C. J. (2004). Family time and the psychosocial adjustment of adolescent siblings and their parents. Journal of Marriage and Family, 66, 147-162.
Fortner, M. R., Crouter, A. C., McHale, S. M. (2004). Is parents’ work involvement responsive to the quality of relationships with adolescent offspring? Journal of Family Psychology, 18, 530-538.
McHale, S. M., Kim, J., Whiteman, S., Crouter, A. C. (2004). Links between sex-typed time use in middle childhood and gender development in early adolescence. Developmental Psychology, 40, 868-881.
McHale, S. M., Shanahan, L., Updegraff, K. A., Crouter, A. C., Booth, A. (2004). Developmental and individual differences in girls’ sex-typed activities in middle childhood and adolescence. Child Development, 75, 1575-1593.
Updegraff, K. A., Helms, H. M., McHale, S. M., Crouter, A. C., Thayer, S. M., & Sales, L. H. (2004). Who’s the boss? Patterns of perceived control in adolescents’ friendships. Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 33, 403-420.
2003
Booth, A., Johnson, D. R., Granger, D. A., Crouter, A. C., & McHale, S. M. (2003). Testosterone and child and adolescent adjustment: The moderating role of parent-child relationships. Developmental Psychology, 39, 85-98.
Feinberg, M. E., McHale, S. M., Crouter, A. C., & Cumsille, P. (2003). Sibling differentiation: Sibling and parent relationship trajectories in adolescence. Child Development, 74, 1261-1274.
Helms, H. M., Crouter, A. C., McHale, S. M. (2003). Marital quality and spouses’ marriage work with close friends and each other. Journal of Marriage and Family, 65, 963-977.
McHale, S. M., Crouter, A. C., & Whiteman, S. D. (2003). The family contexts of gender development in childhood and adolescence. Social Development, 12, 125-148.
Tucker, C. J., McHale, S. M., Crouter, A. C. (2003). Conflict resolution: Links with adolescents’ family relationships and individual well-being. Journal of Family Issues, 24, 715-736.
Tucker, C. J., McHale, S. M., Crouter, A. C. (2003). Dimensions of mothers’ and fathers’ differential treatment of siblings: Links with adolescents’ sex-typed personal qualities. Family Relations: Interdisciplinary Journal of Applied Family Studies, 52, 82-88.
Whiteman, S. D., McHale, S. M., & Crouter, A. C. (2003). What parents learn from experience: The first child as a first draft? Journal of Marriage and Family, 65,608-621.
2002
Klute, M. M., Crouter, A. C., Sayer, A. G., & McHale, S. M. (2002). Occupational self-direction, values, and egalitarian relationships: A study of dual-earner couples. Journal of Marriage and Family, 64, 139-151.
Updegraff, K. A., McHale, S. M., & Crouter, A. C. (2002). Adolescents’ sibling relationship and friendship experiences: Developmental patterns and relationship linkages. Social Development, 11, 182-204.
2001
Bumpus, M. F., Crouter, A. C., & McHale, S. M. (2001). Parental autonomy granting during adolescence: Exploring gender differences in context. Developmental Psychology, 37, 163-173.
Crouter, A. C., & Bumpus, M. F. (2001). Linking parents’ work stress to children’s and adolescent’s psychological adjustment. Current Directions in Psychological Science, 10, 156-159.
Crouter, A. C., Bumpus, M. F., Head, M. R., & McHale, S. M. (2001). Implications of overwork and overload for the quality of men’s family relationships. Journal of Marriage and Family, 63, 404-416.
McHale, S. M., Corneal, D. A., Crouter, A. C., & Birch, L. L. (2001). Gender and weight concerns in early and middle adolescence: Links with well-being and family characteristics. Journal of Clinical Child Psychology, 30, 338-348.
McHale, S. M., Crouter, A. C., & Tucker, C. J. (2001). Free-time activities in middle childhood: Links with adjustment in early adolescence. Child Development, 72, 1764-1778.
McHale, S. M., Updegraff, K. A., Helms-Erikson, H., & Crouter, A. C. (2001). Sibling influences on gender development in middle childhood and early adolescence: A longitudinal study. Developmental Psychology, 37, 115-125.
Tucker, C. J., McHale, S. M., & Crouter, A. C. (2001). Conditions of sibling support in adolescence. Journal of Family Psychology, 15, 254-271.
Updegraff, K. A., McHale, S. M., Crouter, A. C., & Kupanoff, K. (2001). Parents’ involvement in adolescents’ peer relationships: A comparison of mothers’ and fathers’ roles. Journal of Marriage & Family, 63, 655-668.
2000
Helms-Erikson, H., Tanner, J. L., Crouter, A. C., & McHale, S. M. (2000). Do women's provider-role attitudes moderate the links between work and family? Journal of Family Psychology, 14, 658-670.
McHale, S. M., Updegraff, K. A., Jackson-Newsom, J. & Crouter, A. C. (2000). When does parents' differential treatment have negative implications for siblings? Social Development, 9, 149-172.
McHale, S. M., Updegraff, K. A., Tucker, C. J., & Crouter, A. C. (2000). Step in or stay out? Parents' roles in adolescent siblings' relationships. Journal of Marriage and Family, 62, 746-760.
Perry-Jenkins, M., Repetti, R. L., & Crouter, A. C. (2000). Work and family in the 1990s. Journal of Marriage and the Family, 62, 981-998.
Updegraff, K. A., McHale, S. M., & Crouter, A. C. (2000). Adolescents' sex-typed friendships: Does having a sister versus a brother matter? Child Development, 71, 1597-1610.