Penn State Family Relationships Project: Publications
In This Section:
NEWSLETTERS
African American Study Newsletters
Middle Childhood Newsletters
SELECTED PAPERS AND PUBLICATIONS:
2007
Crouter, A. C., Whiteman, S. D., McHale, S. M., Osgood, W. D. (2007). Development of gender attitude traditionality across middle childhood and adolescence. Child Development, 78, 911-926.
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.
Shananan, L., McHale, S. M., Osgood, W., & Crouter, A. C. (2007). Conflict frequency with mothers and fathers from middle childhood to late adolescence: Within- and between-family comparisons. Developmental Psychology, 43, 539-550.
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, 32, 551-563.
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.