Articles by HDFS Graduate Students (in bold)

Recently Published (In Press and 2009)

 

Anzman, S.L. & Birch, L.L. (In Press). Low inhibitory control and restrictive feeding practices predict weight outcomes in a longitudinal sample of girls. The Journal of Pediatrics.

Birch, L.L.,& Anzman, S.L. (In Press). Learning to eat in an obesogenic environment: A developmental systems perspective on childhood obesity. Child Development Perspectives.

Lai, M. H. (2009). Toward an integrative and collaborative approach to Asian American and Pacific Islander youth violence research, practice, and policy [Special issue]. Aggression and Violent Behavior, 14, 454-460.

Le, T.N., Lai, M.H., & Wallen, J. (2009). Multiculturalism and subjective happiness as mediated by cultural and relational variables. Cultural Diversity and Ethnic Minority Psychology, 15(3), 303-313.

2008

Abar, C. C., & Turrisi, R. (2008). How important are parents during the college years? A longitudinal perspective of indirect influences parents yield on their college teens' alcohol use. Addicitive Behaviors, 33, 1360-1368.

Caldwell, L., Younker, A., Wegner, L., Patrick, M. E., Vergnani, T., Smith, E. A., & Flisher, A. J. (2008). Understanding leisure-related program effects by using process data in the HealthWise South Africa project. Journal of Park and Recreation Administration, 26, 146-162.

Lai, M. H. (2008). Asian/Pacific Islander Youth Violence Prevention Center: Community mobilization efforts to reduce and prevent youth violence [Special issue]. American Journal of Preventive Medicine, 34(3S), S48-S55.

Maggs, J. L., Patrick, M. E., & Feinstein, L. (2008). Childhood and adolescent predictors of alcohol use and problems in the National Child Development Study. Addiction, 103 (Suppl. 1), 7-22.

Mincemoyer, C., Perkins, D., Ang, P. M., Greenberg, M., Spoth, R.L., Redmond, C, Feinberg, M. (2008). Improving the reputation of cooperative extension as a source of education for youth and families: The Effects of the PROSPER Model [Article No. 1FEA6]. Journal of Extension, 46 (1). http://www.joe.org/joe/2008february/a6.shtml

Palen, L., Smith, E. A., Caldwell, L. L., & Flisher, A. J. (2008). Longitudinal patterns of cigarette use among girls in Cape Town, South Africa. In M. K. Wesley & I. A. Sternbach (Eds.), Smoking and women's health research: Nova Science Publishers.

Patrick, M. E., Blair, C., & Maggs, J. L. (2008). Executive functioning, approach sensitivity, and emotional decision-making as influences on risk behaviors in young adults. Journal of Clinical and Experimental Neuropsychology, 30, 449-462.

Patrick, M. E., & Maggs, J. L. (2008). Short-term changes in plans to drink and importance of positive and negative alcohol consequences: Between- and within-person predictors. Journal of Adolescence, 31, 307-321.

Patrick, M. E., Rhoades, B. L., Small, M., & Coatsworth, J. D. (2008). Faith-placed parenting intervention. Journal of Community Psychology, 36, 74-80.

Temkin, D. (2008). Addressing social aggression in state anti-bullying policies. Penn GSE Perspectives on Urban Education, 5(1).

Wray-Lake, L., Syvertsen, A. K., & Flanagan, C. A. (2008). Contested citizenship and social exclusion: Adolescent Arab-American immigrants’ views of the social contract. Applied Developmental Science Special Issue: Civic Engagement and Immigrants, 12, 84-92.

 

2007

Baril, M. E., Crouter, A. C., & McHale, S. M. (2007).  Processes linking adolescent well-being, marital love, and coparenting. Journal of Family Psychology, 21, 645-654.

Bissell-Havran, J. M. & Loken, E. (2007,). The role of friends in early adolescents’ academic self-competence and intrinsic value for math and English. Journal of Youth and Adolescence.

Coffman, D., Patrick, M. E., Palen, L., Rhoades, B. L., & Ventura, A. (2007). Why do high school seniors drink? Implications for a targeted approach. Prevention Science, 8, 241-248.

Chilenski-Meyer, S. E., Greenberg, M. T., & Feinberg, M. E. (2007). Community readiness as a multi-dimensional construct. Journal of Community Psychology, 35, 347-365.

Cichy, K., E., Fingerman, K. L., & Lefkowitz, E. S. (2007). Age differences in types of interpersonal tensions. International Journal of Aging and Human Development, 64, 171-193.

Flanagan, C. A., Syvertsen, A. K., & Wray-Lake, L. (2007). Youth political activism: Sources of public hope in the context of globalization. In R. Lerner & R. Silbereisen (Eds.), Approaches to positive youth development (pp. 243-256). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications.

Francis, L.A., Ventura, A.K., Marini, M., & Birch, L.L. (2007). Parental BMI predicts daughters' increase in BMI and overeating from 5 to 13 years. Obesity Research. 15(6): 1544-53.

Gest, S. D., Rulison, K. L., Davidson, A., J. & Welsh, J. A. (2007). Children’s academic reputations among peers: Longitudinal associations with academic self-concept, effort and performance. Developmental Psychology.

Gomez, B. J., & Ang, P. M. (2007). Promoting positive youth development in schools. Theory Into Practice, 46(2), 97-104.

Groenendyk, A. E. & Volling, B. L.  (2007). Coparenting and early conscience development in the family. Journal of Genetic Psychology, 168, 201-224.

Hay, E. L., Fingerman, K. L., & Lefkowitz, E. S. (2007). The experience of worry in parent- adult offspring relationships. Personal Relationships, 14, 605-622.

Jahromi, L., & Stifter, C. A. (2007). Individual differences in the effectiveness of maternal soothing on reducing infant distress response. Infancy, 11, 255-269.

Lai, M. H. (2007). Vietnamese American youth in trouble: A thing of the past? BN Magazine, October, 58-61.

Lam, C. B., & Chan, D. K. S. (2007). The use of cyberpornography by young men in Hong Kong: Some psychosocial correlates. Archives of Sexual Behaviors, 36, 588-598.

Lam, C. B., & McBride-Chang, C. A. (2007). Resilience in young adulthood: The moderating influences of gender-related personality traits and coping flexibility. Sex Roles, 56, 159-172.

Lefkowitz, E. S., & Espinosa-Hernandez, G. (2007). Sex-related communication with mothers and close friends during the transition to university. Journal of Sex Research, 44, 17-27.

Lewis, M. A., Lee, C. M., Patrick, M. E., & Fossos, N. (2007). Gender-specific normative misperceptions of risky sexual behavior and alcohol-related risky sexual behavior. Sex Roles, 57, 81-90.

Patrick, M. E., Maggs, J. L., & Abar, C. C. (2007). Reasons to have sex, personal goals, and sexual behavior during the transition to college. Journal of Sex Research, 44, 240-249.

Ridenour, T.A., Bray, B.C., & Cottler, L.B. (2007). Reliability of use, abuse, and dependence of four types of inhalants in adolescents and young adults. Drug and Alcohol Dependence, 91(1), 40-49.

Savage, J.S., Ventura, A.K., Birch, L.L. (2007). Influences on the development of children's eating behaviors: From infancy to adolescence. Canadian Journal of Dietetic Practice and Research. 68(1): Journal insert.

Schwartz, S. J., Coatsworth, J. D., Pantin, H., Prado, G., Sharp, E. H., & Szapocznik, J. (2007). The role of ecodevelopmental context and self-concept in depressive and externalizing symptoms in Hispanic adolescents. International Journal of Behavioral Development, 30, 359-370.

Sharp, E. H., Coatsworth, J. D., Darling, N., Cumsille, P., & Ranieri, S. (2007). Gender differences in the self-defining activities and identity experiences of adolescents and emerging adults. Journal of Adolescence, 30, 251-269.

Shobo, Y. (2007) Youth HIV/AIDS risk perception: A sex-specific test of two risk models. Journal of African AIDS Research, 6(1): 1-8.

Ventura, A.K., Johnson, S.L., Birch, L.L. (2007). Children's eating: The development of food-acceptance patterns. In E. Essa & M. Burnham (Eds), Development and Education: Research Reviews from Young Children.