Psychology
Our faculty are actively involved in research, which includes publishing, writing grants, presenting at national and international conferences, and mentoring graduate and undergraduate students. Their scholarship is diverse both in theory and in method — a mark of distinction and strength both within and across our three programs in clinical psychology, developmental psychology, and social psychology.
Submissions from 2023
LGBTQ-parent families: Diversity, intersectionality, and social context, Abbie E. Goldberg
LGBTQ PARENTS AND FILICIDE: Focus on the Hart Family Murders, Abbie E. Goldberg
The (Mis)Representation of Queer Lives in True Crime, Abbie E. Goldberg, Danielle C. Slakoff, and Carrie L. Buist
“If only we knew…”: An exploratory study of parents of adopted adolescents seeking residential treatment, Abbie Goldberg, Haylie Virginia, Maddie Logan, Lea Silvert, and Nora McCormick
Extrinsic Incentives / Rewards: Short-Term Fix That Can Undermine Long-Term Motivation, Wendy S. Grolnick
Easy to Get People to Do Things, More Challenging to Facilitate Their Motivation, Wendy S. Grolnick
Relations among perceived threat, controlling parenting, and middle school children’s control beliefs, Suzanne T. Gurland and Wendy S. Grolnick
Mi casa sin mí parada no es casa: Conceptualizations of functioning and functional impairment in rural Chiapas, Mexico, Sarah Joy Hartman, Néstor Noyola, Viena Murillo, Fátima Rodríguez Cuevas, and Esteban V. Cardemil
Longitudinal and Reciprocal Relations Among Parent and Child Outcomes for Black Early Head Start Families, Amy E. Heberle and Rachel Chazan-Cohen
To Reconstruct or Deconstruct? A Fundamental Question for the Psychology of Men and Masculinities, Ethan Hoffmann and Michael Addis
Ugandan men’s experiences and perceptions of their fathering roles, Emma Kironde and Michael E. Addis
Interpersonal emotion regulation in betrayal trauma survivors: A preliminary qualitative exploration, Nora K. Kline, Brianna Prichett, Katherine G. McKim, and Kathleen Palm Reed
The Relationship between Dimensions of Emerging Adulthood and Behavioral Problems among Chinese Emerging Adults: The Mediating Role of Physical Activity and Self-Control, Jin Kuang, Jeffrey Jensen Arnett, Erle Chen, Zsolt Demetrovics, Fabian Herold, Rebecca Y.M. Cheung, Daniel L. Hall, Michaela Markwart, Markus Gerber, Sebastian Ludyga, Arthur F. Kramer, and Liye Zou
Conceptions of Adulthood Among Chinese Emerging Adults, Jin Kuang, Juan Zhong, Jeffrey Jensen Arnett, Daniel L. Hall, Erle Chen, Michaela Markwart, Albert Yeung, and Liye Zou
Psychometric evaluation of the inventory of dimensions of emerging adulthood (IDEA) in China, Jin Kuang, Juan Zhong, Peiying Yang, Xinran Bai, Yinglan Liang, Boris Cheval, Fabian Herold, Gaoxia Wei, Alyx Taylor, Jieting Zhang, Chun Chen, Jing Sun, Liye Zou, and Jeffrey Jensen Arnett
Toward a New Theory of Established Adulthood, Clare M. Mehta and Jeffrey Jensen Arnett
Towards Understanding Substance Abuse Misinformation in YouTube Videos, Shuo Niu and Kathleen Palm Reed
What predicts perceived discrimination among white Americans? Findings from two nationally representative studies, Mukadder Okuyan, Johanna Ray Vollhardt, and Andrew Stewart
Navigating Sexual Stereotypes Across Time, Space, and Place: Exploring Black Women’s Practices of Resistance, Refusal, and Reclamation, Nicole M. Overstreet, Lisa Rosenthal, Christopher-John Godfrey, Brandon E. Brown, Adi Khukhlovich, and Tashuna Albritton
Moral reasoning among children in India: The intersection of culture, development, and social class, Niyati Pandya, Lene Arnett Jensen, and Rachana Bhangaokar
Do executive functions gained through two-way dual-Language education translate into math achievement?, Sangmi Park, P. Lital Dotan, and Alena G. Esposito
The Geography of Military Occupation and Its Effect on Palestinian Community Cohesion, Norms, and Resistance Motivation, Sandra Penić, Johanna Vollhardt, Karsten Donnay, Mai Albzour, and Ravi Bhavnani
Correction: The developmental crisis questionnaire (DCQ-12): Psychometric development and validation, Nikolay Petrov, Oliver C. Robinson, and Jeffrey J. Arnett
The influence of relationship pattern labeling on intimacy, acceptance, and relationship satisfaction, Jenna Rice, Melissa McTernan, and James Cordova
Examining morphosyntactic representations in EFL written narratives among L1 Hebrew and Arabic-speaking 6th graders, Susie Russak and Elena Zaretsky
INTRODUCTION: Toward a Critical Examination of LGBTQ+ True Crime, Danielle C. Slakoff, Carrie L. Buist, and Abbie E. Goldberg
Taking Weight Out of the Equation: Unintended Harms of Weight-Focused Health Discourse in Schools, Elizabeth Tingle, Jessica F. Saunders, Sarah Nutter, and Shelly Russell-Mayhew
Lay theories about collective power in the context of racial oppression, Michelle Sinayobye Twali, Nicole M. Overstreet, and Johanna Ray Vollhardt
‘You don't compare horrors, you just don't do that’: Examining assumptions and extending the scope of comparative victim beliefs, Johanna Ray Vollhardt, Helin Ünal, and Rashmi Nair
Media use and Black emerging adults' acceptance of Jezebel and Sapphire stereotypes, L. Monique Ward, Enrica E. Bridgewater, and Nicole M. Overstreet
Editorial: Positive youth development, mental health, and psychological well-being in diverse youth, Nora Wiium, Laura Ferrer-Wreder, Jennifer E. Lansford, and Lene Arnett Jensen
Sterotyping, DaSean L. Young, Thekia Cheeseborough, Brandon E. Brown, Nicole Overstreet, and Lisa Rosenthal
Using oral narratives to examine acquisition of English verb morphology among multilingual Arabic and monolingual Hebrew speakers: finding similarities with monolingual English-speaking SLIs, Elena Zaretsky and Susie Russak
Submissions from 2022
Apart, but still together: Separated parents living in limbo during COVID-19, Katherine R. Allen and Abbie E. Goldberg
Feminist theories: Knowledge, method, and practice, Katherine R. Allen, Abbie E. Goldberg, and Ana L. Jaramillo-Sierra
It's not fiction if you believe it: How imaginary worlds are derived from imaginary realities, Jeffrey Jensen Arnett
Family treatment for postpartum depression: acceptability, feasibility, and preliminary clinical outcomes, Cynthia L. Battle, Estaban V. Cardemil, Rita Rossi, Michael W. O'Hara, and Ivan W. Miller
The development of divergent thinking despite poverty: Moderating factors, Sara R. Berzenski, Ryan LaSalle-Castro, Ana Kamille Marcelo, and Tuppett M. Yates
The integrated constructionist approach to emotions: A theoretical model for explaining alterations to positive emotional experiences in the aftermath of trauma, Lia S. Bishop and Kathleen M. Palm Reed
Health mindsets in pediatric chronic headache, Alessandra Caruso, Wendy Grolnick, Claudia Mueller, Karen Kaczynski, Cindy Yu Hsing Chang, and Alyssa Lebel
Editorial report and acknowledgement of reviewers, 2021, J. Christopher Cohrs and Johanna Ray Vollhardt
Marriage checkup in integrated primary care: a randomized controlled trial with active-duty military couples, Jeffrey A. Cigrang, James V. Cordova, Tatiana D. Gray, Ashley L. Fedynich, Emily Maher, Abby N. Diehl, and Matt Hawrilenko
“Sorry it took a pandemic and multiple murders to get gere”: The impact of twin pandemics on EDI in a predominantly white school district, Brett Russell Coleman, Erin Beattie, Alina Raetz, and Kevin Wang
Transformative dissonant encounters: Opportunities for cultivating antiracism in White nursing students, Julia Dancis and Brett Russell Coleman
The Before baby relationship checkup: a couples-based intervention to reduce relationship risk factors for perinatal mood and anxiety disorders, Ellen V. Darling, Nancy Byatt, Emily L. Maher, Tatiana D. Gray, Tiffany A.Moore Simas, and James V. Cordova
Associations between trans-inclusive resources and feelings of inclusion in campus LGBTQþ groups: Differences for trans students of color, Jack K. Day, Abbie E. Goldberg, Russell B. Toomey, and Genny Beemyn
Determinants of elementary-school academic achievement: Component cognitive abilities and memory integration, Alena G. Esposito and Patricia J. Bauer
“Failed” matches, child removals, and disrupted placements: Devastating and invisible losses during the family-building journey for LGBTQ adoptive parents, Abbie E. Goldberg and Katherine R. Allen
“I’m mot just the nonbiological parent”: Encountering, strategizing, and resisting asymmetry and invalidation in genetic/ gestational parent status among LGBTQ parents, Abbie E. Goldberg and Katherine R. Allen
What Do Teachers Know about Adoptive Families, and How Do They Use It to Serve Adopted Children?, Abbie E. Goldberg and Harold Grotevant
White parents of adopted Black children in an era of racial reckoning: Challenges, tensions, and strategies, Abbie E. Goldberg, Nora McCormick, Emma Kironde, Haylie Virginia, and Maddie Logan
Transgender graduate students: Considerations, tensions, and decisions in choosing a graduate program, Abbie E. Goldberg, Nora McCormick, Em Matsuno, Haylie Virginia, and Genny Beemyn
School-age adopted children's early responses to remote schooling during COVID-19, Abbie E. Goldberg, Nora McCormick, and Haylie Virginia
Gay, bisexual, and queer fatherhood, Abbie E. Goldberg, Nora McCormick, Haylie Virginia, and Emma Kironde
Lesbian, gay, and heterosexual parents’ perspectives on their adopted children’s puberty and approaches to puberty-related communication, Abbie E. Goldberg and Haylie Virginia
Affirmative Adaptations of the Relationship Checkup to Meet the Needs of LGBTQ Couples, Tatiana D. Grey, Taylor Dovala K., and James V. Córdova
Should parents be involved in their children’s schooling?, Wendy S. Grolnick and Eva M. Pomerantz
“Every time I tell my story I learn something new”: Voice and inclusion in research with Black women with histories of substance use and incarceration, Alana J. Gunn, Melissa Hardesty, Nicole Overstreet, and Scyatta Wallace
Adolescent Mental Health in Relation to Anti-Racism Critical Action, Amy E. Heberle, Anna C. Wagner, and Noah Hoch
Social dominance, sexual double standards, and violence against women in tight and loose cultures, Nida Jamshed, Andrew L. Stewart, and Nicole M. Overstreet
Parental consideration of children's experiences: A critical review of parenting constructs, Mireille Joussemet and Wendy S. Grolnick
The Future of constructivist education, David Kritt and Nancy Budwig
Parental involvement and children's academics: The roles of autonomy support and parents’ motivation for involvement, Rachel E. Lerner, Wendy S. Grolnick, Alessandra J. Caruso, and Madeline R. Levitt
Maternal control and children’s internalizing and externalizing symptoms in the context of neighbourhood safety: moderating and mediating models, Madeline R. Levitt, Wendy S. Grolnick, and Jacquelyn N. Raftery-Helmer
Masculine depression: A person-centric perspective, Ryon C. McDermott, Michael Addis, Douglas Gazarian, Steffen T. Eberhardt, and Kyle M. Brasil
Couple variables predicting retention in a brief intervention and research, Erica A. Mitchell, Patricia N.E. Roberson, Zahra Amer, Darren J. Garcia, James V. Cordova, and Kristina Coop Gordon
Do objectification, gender beliefs, or racial stereotypes mediate associations between black adults’ media use and acceptance of intimate partner violence?, Lolita Moss, L. Monique Ward, and Nicole M. Overstreet
Association between superwoman schema, depression, and resilience: The mediating role of social isolation and gendered racial centrality, Tamara Nelson, Esteban V. Cardemil, Nicole M. Overstreet, Carla D. Hunter, and Cheryl L. Woods-Giscombé
Education, personal experiences, and advocacy: Examining drug-addiction videos on YouTube, Shuo Niu, Katherine G. McKim, and Kathleen Palm Reed
“You can’t do all”: Caregiver experiences of stress and support across ecological contexts, Nicole A. O’Dea and Ana K. Marcelo
The role of group versus hierarchy motivations in dominant groups’ perceived discrimination, Mukadder Okuyan and Johanna Ray Vollhardt
Toward critical bioethics studies: Black feminist insights for a field "reckoning" with anti-black racism, Nicole M. Overstreet
Measurement invariance in the assessment of intimate partner abuse among sexual minority and non-sexual minority individuals, Kathleen M. Palm Reed, Nora K. Kline, Madeline Benz, Korine Cabrera, and Denise A. Hines
Rational number conceptualization predicts mathematics achievement: Quantity matters, Sangmi Park and Alena G. Esposito
The Developmental Crisis Questionnaire (DCQ-12): Psychometric development and validation, Nikolay Petrov, Oliver C. Robinson, and Jeffrey J. Arnett
General inclusive victimhood predicts willingness to engage in intergroup contact: Findings from Bosnia-Herzegovina and the Basque Country, Mirjana Rupar, Magdalena Bobowik, Maitane Arnoso, Ainara Arnoso, and Johanna Ray Vollhardt
Minority stress and positive identity aspects in members of LGBTQ+ parent families: literature review and a study protocol for a mixed-methods evidence synthesis, Magdalena Siegel, Muriel Legler, Fortese Neziraj, Abbie E. Goldberg, and Martina Zemp
"Is intimacy contagious?” Intimate safety with parents as a key to emerging adults’ social connectedness, David Yoo and James Córdova
College, career, commitment, oh my: how emerging adult women balance romantic relationships, career plans, and financial stability, Amanda R. Youmans, Nicholas K. Canby, and James V. Córdova
Submissions from 2021
Lesbian adoptive mothers’ emotional responses and adaptation in the wake of relational dissolution, Katherine R. Allen and Abbie E. Goldberg
Envisioning a future: Values clarification in early recovery from opioid use disorder, Victoria Ameral and Kathleen M. Palm Reed
Preface, Jeffrey Jensen Arnett
Fear of stigma mediates the relationship between internalized stigma and treatment-seeking among individuals with substance use problems, Madeline B. Benz, Korine B. Cabrera, Nora Kline, Lia S. Bishop, and Kathleen Palm Reed
Intimate partner violence in the LGBTQ+ community: Experiences, outcomes, and implications for primary care, Autumn M. Bermea, Danielle C. Slakoff, and Abbie E. Goldberg
The dynamics of agency and context in human development: Holism revisited, Nancy Budwig
Exploring the conceptual frameworks guiding developmental research and practice in higher education: Some challenges for transdisciplinary work, Nancy Budwig and Achu Johnson Alexander
The Contribution of common and specific therapeutic factors to mindfulness-based intervention outcomes, Nicholas K. Canby, Kristina Eichel, Jared Lindahl, Sathiarith Chau, James Cordova, and Willoughby B. Britton
Parenting, self-regulation, and treatment adherence in pediatric chronic headache: A self-determination theory perspective, Alessandra Caruso, Wendy Grolnick, Jonathan Rabner, and Alyssa Lebel
Editorial report and acknowledgement of reviewers, 2020, J. Christopher Cohrs and Johanna Ray Vollhardt
The intimate partner violence stigma scale: Initial development and validation, Allison Crowe, Nicole M. Overstreet, and Christine E. Murray
Relating a picture and 1000 words: Self-derivation through integration within and across presentation formats, Alena G. Esposito, Katherine Lee, Jessica A. Dugan, Jillian E. Lauer, and Patricia J. Bauer
“I’ve heard there’s some sort of underground group”: LGBTQ activism on evangelical Christian campuses, Kaitlin A. Gabriele-Black and Abbie E. Goldberg
“Life is already hard enough”: Lesbian and gay adoptive parents’ experiences and concerns after the 2016 presidential election., Kaitlin A. Gabriele-Black, Abbie E. Goldberg, Melissa H. Manley, and Reihonna L. Frost
Divorced and separated parents during the COVID-19 pandemic, Abbie E. Goldberg, Katherine R. Allen, and Juli Anna Z. Smith
The impact of COVID-19 on child welfare-involved families: Implications for parent–child reunification and child welfare professionals, Abbie E. Goldberg, David Brodzinsky, Jacqueline Singer, and Patience Crozier
“I want to be safe…and I also want a job”: Career considerations and decision-making among transgender graduate students, Abbie E. Goldberg, Emmie Matsuno, and Genny Beemyn
Reconciling realities, adapting expectations, and reframing “success”: Adoptive parents respond to their children's academic interests, challenges, and achievement, Abbie E. Goldberg, Nora McCormick, Reihonna Frost, and April Moyer
Parenting in a pandemic: Work–family arrangements, well-being, and intimate relationships among adoptive parents, Abbie E. Goldberg, Nora McCormick, and Haylie Virginia
Effectiveness of a brief preventive parenting intervention based in self-determination theory, Wendy S. Grolnick, Madeline R. Levitt, Alessandra J. Caruso, and Rachel E. Lerner
Family building desires among a sample of transgender and nonbinary students, Carly E. Guss, Sabra L. Katz-Wise, Emily B. Martey, and Abbie E. Goldberg
