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SFL 315: Effective Writing and Presenting: BYU Faculty Publications

A research guide with resources to direct you to the most relevant databases and tools to write effectively.

BYU SFL Faculty Public Scholarship

Meridian Magazine  |  03.24.2019  |  Family Prayer: A Sacred Time and a Sacred Space—Findings from a National Study | Loren Marks, David C. Dollahite, & Joe Challadurai

Sound Cloud  | 12.2018  |  A Better Way to Teach Your Kinds about Sex (Episode 27)  |  Dean Busby

Sound Cloud  | 12.2018  |  Changing the Pornography Discussion with our Kids (Episode 28)  |  Dean Busby

National Review  |  11.01.2018  |  Time for Fresh Thinking on Early Marriage  |  Alan J. Hawkins & Betsy VanDenBerghe

Unskewed  |  10.24.2018  |  Transgender Ideology Goes Mainstream:  Labeling Preschoolers as “Transgender” | David Nelson

Meridian Magazine  |  10.18.2018  |  What Religious Parents Say Matters Most in Raising Faithful Children  | David C. Dollahite and Loren Marks

Institute for Family Studies  | 09.27.2018 |  Reducing Divorce through Community-Level Marriage Initiatives |  Alan Hawkins

Weekly Standard  | 08.21.2018  What Happens to American Demographics if Roe Is Overturned?  | Hal Boyd

Public Discourse  | 08.20.2018 |  How (and Why) Government Should Invest in Marriage  | Alan Hawkins, Hal Boyd

Meridian Magazine  | 08.16.2018 |  The Abiding Power of Sacred Family Rituals  | Loren Marks, David Dollahite

Salt Lake Tribune  | 08.11.2018 |  Utah should help people understand the benefits of marriage  | Stephen Duncan

Psychology Today  | 08.07.2018 |  How Depression Can Damage a Relationship  |  Jason Whiting

Deseret News  | 08.02.2018 |  Why We Need LDS Bishop-Youth Interviews  | David Dollahite 

Psychology Today  | 07.13.2018 |  Small Lies Often Lead to Big Lies in Relationships  | Jason Whiting

Institute for Family Studies  | 07.03.2018 |  Is Pornography Use Increasing Loneliness, Particularly for Young People?  | Mark Butler

Institute for Family Studies  | 07.02.2018 |  Teaching Children How to Manage Money  | Ashley LeBaron, Jeff Hill, Christina Rosa, Travis Spencer, Loren Marks, Joshua Powell

Deseret News  | 06.29.2018 |  Is 'Gaming Disorder' Really Something to be Concerned About?  | Sarah Coyne

Institute for Family Studies  | 06.19.2018 |  A New Government Study Finds Positive Impacts of Relationship Education Programs  | Alan Hawkins

RealClearReligion  | 06.15.2018 | Living into Fatherhood |  Loren Marks, David Dollahite

Deseret News  |  06.14.2018  |  Responding to Ellen on Mormons and Teen Suicide  |  Justin Dyer, Erin K. Holmes, & Jonathan Sandberg

Meridian Magazine  |  06.13.2019  |  Faithful Fathering: Ten Narratives of Wisdom from Fathers of Different Faiths | Loren Marks & David C. Dollahite

Meridian Magazine  | 06.03.2018 |  A Meaningful Gift for Your Father  | David Dollahite

Washington Examiner  | 06.03.2018 |  Pornography May Not Cause School Shootings, but the Science Shows It's Hurting Teens an Awful Lot  | Hal Boyd, Mark Butler

Psychology Today  |  06.01.2018 |  How Flatterers Can Manipulate and Control in Relationships  |  Jason Whiting

Unskewed  |  5.14.2018  |  Video Games and Violence: Where is the Evidence?  | Sarah Coyne

Institute for Family Studies  | 04.10.2018 |  How Utah is Promoting Premarital Education  |  Alan Hawkins

Institute for Family Studies Blog  | 04.19.2018 |  Effective Preparation for Marriage for the Next Generation is More Important than Ever  | Tiffany L. Clyde, Alan J. Hawkins

Psychology Today  | 04.05.2018 |  How Lying Online Messes with Your Love Life  | Jason Whiting

Meridian Magazine  | 04.04.2018 |  Understanding the Relationship Struggles in Religious Households  |  David Dollahite, Loren Marks 

The Atlantic  |  3.29.2018  | Mormons’ Weekly Family Ritual Is an Antidote to Fast-Paced Living  |  David C. Dollahite & Loren Marks

Psychology Today  |  3.19.2018  |  Reducing Youth Violence  | Brad J. Bushman & Sarah M. Coyne

Meridian Magazine  | 02.23.2018 |  Making the Sabbath a Delight: Seven Lessons from Strong Jewish Families  |  David Dollahite, Loren Marks

First Things  |  2.14.2018  |  The Burdensome Myth of Romantic Love  |  David C. Dollahite & Betsy VanDenBerghe

Deseret Book  | 2018 |  A Better Way to Teach Kids About Sex  |  Laura Padilla-Walker, Dean Busby, Chelom Leavitt, Jason Carroll 

Family Connections, SFL Alumni Magazine  | Winter 2018 |  The Adolescent Brain and Christ’s Atonement  |  Mark Butler, Genevieve Smith

BYU SFL Faculty Research Appearing in National Publications

LDS Church News  | 07.27.2018 |  New BYU Research Shares 6 Reasons Why Your Family Should Pray Together  | Joe Chelladurai, David Dollahite, Loren Marks

KUER  | 07.25.2018 |  Can The LDS Church Be Blamed For Utah’s LGBT Suicides?  | Justin Dyer

Wall Street Journal  | 07.17.2018 |  A Plan for Your Children Could Save Your Retirement  | Ashley LeBaron, Christina Rosa, Jeff Hill, Loren Marks

World  | 07.13.2018 |  The Loneliness Trap  | Mark Butler 
 

Recent BYU SFL Faculty Scholarly Publications

In 2017-2018, BYU SFL faculty published over 125 scholarly articles in more than 60 journals, as listed and linked below. Note that the BYU faculty members who contributed to each article are highlighted. Articles are grouped into the following topic areas alphabetically:  

Adolescence/Emerging Adolescence                                                                               

Attachment in Families

Couple Relationships

Cultures and Family

Divorce & Marital Distress

Finances and Families

Infant/Child Development

Media and the Family

 

Parenting Practices

Physical Health and Family

Pornography

 Prosocial Behaviors                                           

Religion and Families    

Sexuality and Family

Siblings

Trauma/Coping

 

Adolescence​  

Barry, C. M., Christofferson, J. L., Boorman, E. P., & Nelson, L. J. (2019). Profiles of religiousness, spirituality, and psychological adjustment in emerging adults. Journal of Adult Development. doi: 10.1007/s10804-019-09334-z

Hall, S. S., & Willoughby, B. J. (2019). Relative work and family role centralities: Predicting changes in marriage and family beliefs. Marriage and Family Review. doi: 10.108001494929.2019.1589617

Lybbert, R., Ryland, S., & Bean, R. (2019). Existential interventions for adolescent suicidality: Practical interventions to target the root causes of adolescent distress. Children and Youth Services Review, 100, 98-104. doi: 10.1016/j.childyouth.2019.02.028

Moilanen, K. L., Padilla-Walker, L. M., & Blaccker, D. R. (2018). Dimensions of short-term and long-term self-regulation in adolescence: Associations with maternal and paternal parenting and parent-child relationship quality. Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 47, 1409-1426. doi:10.1007/s10964-018-0825-6

Padilla-Walker, L. M., Coyne, S. M., Kroff, S. L., & Memmott-Elison, M. K. (2018). The protective role of parental media monitoring style from early to late adolescence. Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 47(2), 445-459. doi:10.1007/s10964-107-0722-4

Padilla-Walker, L. M., Memmott-Elison, M. K., & Coyne, S. M. (2018). Associations between prosocial and problem behavior from early to late adolescence. Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 47(5), 961-975. doi:10.1007/s10964-017-0736-y

Padilla-Walker, L. M., Son, D., & Nelson, L. J. (2018). A longitudinal growth mixture model of child disclosure to parents across adolescence. Journal of Family Psychology, 32(4), 475-483. doi:10.1037/fam0000369

Rogers, A. A., Ha, T., Updegraff, K. A., & Iida, M. (2018). Adolescents’ daily romantic experiences and negative mood: A dyadic, intensive longitudinal study. Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 47(7), 1517-1530. doi:10.1007/s10964-017-0797-y

Rogers, A. A., Elam, K. K., Chassin, L., Sternberg, A, & Bui, L. (2018). Proximal and distal effects of sensation seeking and parenting environments on alcohol use trajectories from early adolescence to early adulthood. Journal of Youth and Adolescence1-14. doi:10.1007/s10964-018-0874-x

Rogers, A. A., Elam, K. K., Chassin, L., Sternberg, A., & Bui, L. (2018). Proximal and distal effects of sensation seeking and parenting environments on alcohol use trajectories from early adolescence to early adulthood. Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 47(10), 2206-2219. doi:10.1007/s10964-018-0874-x

Rogers, A. A., Updegraff, K. A., Iida, M., Dishion, T. J., Doane, L. D., Corbin, W. C., …Ha, T. (2018). Trajectories of positive and negative affect across the transition to college: The role of daily interactions with parents and friends. Developmental Psychology, 54(11), 2181-2192. doi:10.1037/dev0000598.supp

Rose, A. H., Rose, J. R., Miller, R. B., & Dyer, W. J. (2018). Exploring hope as a mediator between religiosity and depression in adolescents. Journal of Religion and Spirituality in Social Work: Social Thought, 37(3), 239-253. doi:10.1080/15426432.2018.1488646

Sanders, W., Parent, J. Abaied, J. L., Forehand, R., Coyne, S., & Dyer, W. J. (2018). The longitudinal impact of screen time on adolescent development: Moderation by respiratory sinus arrhythmia. Journal of Adolescent Health, 63(4), 459-465.

Smithee, L. C., Sumner, B. W., & Bean, R. A. (2019). Non-suicidal self-injury among sexual minority youth: An etiological and treatment overview. Children and Youth Services Review, 96, 212-219. doi: 10.1016/j.childyouth.2018.11.055

 

Attachment in Families

Johnson, L. N., Ketring, S. A., & Espino, J. (2018). Using attachment to better understand the therapy alliance: The attachment based alliance questionnaire. Journal of Marital and Family Therapy. doi:10.1111/jmft.12324

Karakurt, G., Banford Witting, A., Whiting, K. (2018). Adult attachment security and different types of relational violence victimization among college-age couples. Journal of Marital and Family Therapy. doi:10.1111/jmft.12352

Couple Relationships

Anderson, S. R., Banford Witting, A., Tambling, R. R., Ketring, S. A., & Johnson, L. N. (2019). Pressure to attend therapy, dyadic adjustment, and adverse childhood experiences: Direct and indirect effects on the therapeutic alliance in couples therapy. Journal of Marital and Family Therapy. doi: 10.1111/jmft.12394

Busby, D. M., Chiu, H-C, Leonhardt, N. D., Iliff, E. (2018). Sexual passion in committed relationships: Measurement and conceptual issues. Family Process, 1-15. doi:10.1111/famp.12385

Busby, D. M., Day, R. D., & Olsen, J. (2018). Understanding couple shared reality: The case of combined couple versus discrepancy assessments in understanding couple forgiveness. Journal of Child and Family Studies. doi:10.1007/s10826-018-1263-5.

Busby, D. M., Day, R. D., & Olsen, J. (2019). Understanding couple shared reality: The case of combined couple versus discrepancy assessments in understanding couple forgiveness. Journal of Child and Family Studies, 28(1), 42-51. doi:10.1007/s10826-018-1263-5

Chen, R., & Busby, D. M. (2018). Family of origin experiences on relationship satisfaction: A mediation model. Journal of Family Therapy. doi:10.1111/1457-6427.12217

Clyde, T. L., Hawkins, A. J., & Willoughby, B. J. (2019). Revising premarital relationship interventions for the next generation. Journal of Marital and Family Therapy. doi:10.1111/jmft.12378

Duncan, S. F., & Rogers, M. A. (2018). Individual personality characteristics associated with perceived change and helpfulness in self-directed marriage and relationship education. Marriage & Family Review. doi:10.1080/01494929.2018.1519495

Hall, S. S., & Willoughby, B. J. (2019). Relative work and family role centralities: Predicting changes in marriage and family beliefs. Marriage & Family Review. doi:10.1080/01494929.2019.1589617

Hee, C. W. H., Sandberg, J. G., Yorgason, J. B., & Miller, R. B. (2019). Can attachment behaviors moderate the influence of conflict styles on relationship quality? Journal of Couple & Relationship Therapy. doi: 10.1080/15332691.2019/1590273

Knobloch, L. K., Knobloch, F. L. M., & Yorgason, J. B. (2019). Mental health symptoms and the reintegration difficulty of military couples following deployment: A longitudinal application of reintegration difficulty of military couples following deployment: A longitudinal application of the relational turbulence model. Journal of Clinical Psychology, 75(4), 742-765. doi:10.1002/jclp.22734

Markham, H. J., Halford, W. K., & Hawkins, A. J. (2019). Couple and relationship education. In B. H. Fiese, M. Celano, K. Deater-Deckard, E. N., Jouriles, & M. A. Whisman (Eds.), APA handbook of contemporary family psychology: Family therapy and training, Vol. 3. (pp. 307-324). Washington, DC: American Psychological Association. doi:10.1037/0000101-019

Novak, J. R., Whiting, J. B., Brown, M. D., & Harris, S. M. (2019). The impact of relationship education on the couple relationship: A grounded theory of intentionality and awareness. Journal of Couple & Relationship Therapy, 18(2), 104-125. doi: 10.1080/15332691.2017.1417939

Parady, A. M., Anderson, S. R., Bradford, A. B., & Johnson, L. N. (2019). Difference in therapeutic alliance: High-conflict co-parents vs. regular couples. American Journal of Family Therapy. doi:10.1080/01926187.2019.157830

Simpson, D. M., Leonhardt, N. D., & Hawkins, A. J. (2018). Learning about love: A meta-analytic study of individually-oriented relationship education programs for adolescents and emerging adults. Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 47(3), 477-489. doi:10.1007/s10964-017-0725-1 

Turns, B., Jordan, S. S., Callahan, K., Whiting, J., & Springer, N. P. (2019). Assessing the effectiveness of solution-focused brief therapy for couples raising a child in with autism: A pilot clinical outcome study. Journal of Couple & Relationship Therapy. doi: 10.1080/15332691.2019.1571975

Cultures and Family

Balkaya, M., Cheah, C. L., Yu, J., Hart, C. H., & Sun, S. (2018). Maternal encouragement of modest behavior, temperamental shyness, and anxious withdrawal linkages to Chinese American children’s social adjustment: A moderated mediation analysis. Social Development. doi:10.1111/sode.12295

James, S. L., & Roby, J. L. (2019). Comparing reunified and residential care facility children’s wellbeing in Ghana: The role of hope. Children and Youth Services Review, 96, 316-325. doi:10.1016/j.childyouth.2018.12.001

Padilla-Walker, L. M., Nelson, L. J., Fu, X., & Barry, C. M. (2018). Bidirectional relations between parenting and prosocial behavior for Asian and European-American emerging adults. Journal of Adult Development, 25(2), 107-120. doi:10.1007/s10804-017-9272-y​

Rodriguez, G. M., Schweer, C. M., Bell, C. A., Sandberg, J. G., & Rodriguez, N. C. (2019). Family functioning, family structure, and differentiation of self in heterosexual Spanish couples: An actor-partner analysis. Journal of Counseling & Development, 97(2), 209-219. doi: 10.1002/jcad.12251

Sandberg, J. G., Rodriguez, G. M., Pereyra, S., Lybbert, R., Perez, L., & Willis, K. (2019). The experience of learning EFT in Spanish-speaking countries: A multi-national replication study. Journal of Marital and Family Therapydoi: 10.111/jmft.12383

Seo, Y. J., Cheah, C. S. L., Özdemir, S. B., Hart, C. H., Leung, C. Y. Y., & Sun, S. (2018). The mediating role of Korean immigrant mothers’ psychological well-being in the associations between social support and authoritarian parenting style. Journal of Child and Family Studies, 27(3), 979-989. doi:10.1007/s10826-017-0936-9

Yu, J., Cheah, C. S. L., Hart, C. H., & Yang, C. (2018). Child inhibitory control and maternal acculturation moderate the effects of maternal parenting in Chinese American children’s adjustment. Developmental Psychology, 54(6), 1111-1123. doi:10.1037/dev0000517

Yu, J., Cheah, C. S. L., Hart, C. H., Yang, C., & Olsen, J. A. (2019). Longitudinal effects of maternal love withdrawal and guilt induction on Chinese American preschoolers’ bullying aggressive behavior. Development and Psychopathology. doi:10.1017/S0954579418001049

 

Divorce and Marital Stress

Anderson, S. R., Tambling, R., Yorgason, J. B., & Rackham, E. (2018). The mediating role of the therapeutic alliance in understanding early discontinuation. Psychotherapy Research. doi:10.1080/10503307.2018.1506949.

Butler, M. H., & Spencer, T. J. (2018). A circumplex model of couple configurations in relational trauma context: An example of practice-based model development. Journal of Marital and Family Therapy, 1-14. doi:10.1111/jmft.12346

Elam, K. K., Sandler, I., Wolchik, S. A., Tein, J.-Y., & Rogers, A. (2019). Latent profiles of postdivorce parenting time, conflict, and quality: Children’s adjustment associations. Journal of Family Psychology. doi: 10.1037/fam0000484

Gurmen, M. S., Anderson, S. R., & Brown, E. (2018). Relationship with extended family following divorce: A closer look at contemporary times. Journal of Family Studies. doi:10.1080/13229400.2018.1498369

Li, P., & Johnson, L. N. (2018). Couples’ depression and relationship satisfaction: Examining the moderating effects of demand/withdraw communication patterns. Journal of Family Therapy, 40(Suppl 1), S63-S85. doi:10.1111/1467-6427.12124

Meloy-Miller, K. C., Butler, M. H., Seedall, R. B., & Spencer, T. J. (2018). Anger can help: Clinical representation of three pathways of anger. The American Journal of Family Therapy, 46(1), 44-66. doi:10.1080/01926187.2018.1428130

Infant/Child Development

Brown, M., Whiting, J., Fessler, E., Banford Witting, A., Jensen, J. (In press). A dyadic model of stress, coping, and marital satisfaction among parents raising children on the autism spectrum. Family Relations.

Daley, L. P. Miller, R. B., Bean, R. A., & Oka, M. (2019). Family system play therapy: An integrative approach. American Journal of Family Therapy. doi:10.1080/01926187.2019.1570386

Nelson, L. J., & Evans-Stout, C. (2018). Teachers’ beliefs regarding subtypes of socially withdrawn and aggressive behaviors on the playground across the early school years. Early Education and Development. doi:10.1080/10409289.2018.1544808

Reschke, P. J., Walle, E., A, Knothe, J., M., & Lopez, L. D. (2018). The influence of context on distinct facial expressions of disgust. Emotion. doi:10.1037/emo0000445

Turns, B., Jordan, S. S., Callahan, K., Whiting, J., & Springer, N. P. (2019). Assessing the effectiveness of solution-focused brief therapy for couples raising a child with autism: A pilot clinical outcome study. Journal of Couple & Relationship Therapy. doi:10.1080/15332691.2019.1571975

Finances and Family

Kelly, H. H., LeBaron, A. B., & Hill, E. J. (In press). Financial stress and marital quality: The moderating influence of couple communication. Journal of Financial Therapy.

LeBaron, A. B., Hill, E. J., Rosa, C. M., & Marks, L. D. (2018). Whats and hows of family financial socialization: Retrospective reports of emerging adults, parents, and grandparents. Family Relations: An Interdisciplinary Journal of Applied Family Studies. doi:10.1111/fare.12335

LeBaron, A. B., Holmes, E. K., Yorgason, J. B., Hill, E. J., & Allsop, D. B. (2018). Feminism and couple finance: Power as a mediator between financial processes and relationship outcomes. Sex Roles: A Journal of Research. doi:10.1007/s11199-018-0986-5

LeBaron, A. B., Runyan, S. D., Jorgensen, B. L., Marks, L. D., Li, X., & Hill, E. J. (2018). Practice makes perfect: Experiential learning as a method for financial socialization. Journal of Family Issues. doi:10.1177/0192513X18812917

LeBaron, A. B., Rosa, C. M., Mork, L. A., Hill, E. J., & Marks, L. D. (2018). Teaching children about money: Prospective parenting ideas from Millennials. Journal of Financial Counseling and Planning, 29(2). doi:10.1891/1052-3073.29.2.259

LeBaron, A. B., Hill, E. J., Rosa, C. M., Spencer, T. J., Marks, L. D., & Powell, J. T. (2018). I wish: Multi-generational regrets and reflections on teaching children about money. Journal of Family and Economic Issues, 39(2), 220-232. doi:10.1007/s10834-017-9556-1

Media and the Family

Bradford, A.B., Dobry, S., Sandberg, J.G., & Coyne, S.M. (2018). Baby with the bathwater? Examining the relationship between video game use and relationship outcomes and the moderating effects of attachment behaviors among married casual gamers. Journal of Marital and Family Therapy, 1-20. doi:10.1111/jmft.12355

Coyne, S. M., Liechty, T., Collier, K. M., Sharp, A. D., Davis, E. J., Kroff, S. (2018). The effect of media on body image in pregnant and postpartum women. Health Communication33(7), 793-799.

Coyne, S. M., Padilla-Walker, L. M., & Holmgren, H. G. (2018). A six-year longitudinal study of texting trajectories during adolescence. Child Development, 89(1), 58-65.

Coyne, S. M., Padilla-Walker, L. M., Holmgren, H. G., Davis, E. J., Collier, K. M., Memmott-Elison, M. K., & Hawkins, A. J. (2018). A meta-analysis of prosocial media on prosocial behavior, aggression, and empathic concern: A multidimensional approach. Developmental Psychology, 54(2), 331-347. doi:10.1037/dev0000412

Coyne, S. M., Padilla-Walker, L. M., Holmgren, H. G., & Stockdale, L. A. (2018). Instagrowth: A longitudinal growth mixture model of social media use across adolescence. Journal of Research on Adolescence. doi:10.1111/jora.12424

Coyne, S. M., Stockdale, L., & Summers, K. (2019). Problematic cell phone use, depression, anxiety, and self-regulation: Evidence from a three-year longitudinal study from adolescence to emerging adulthood. Computers in Human Behavior, 96, 78-84. doi: 10.1016/j.chb.2019.02.014

Coyne, S. M., Warburton, W. A., Essig, L. W., & Stockdale, L. A. (2018). Violent video games, externalizing behavior, and prosocial behavior: A five-year longitudinal study during adolescence. Developmental Psychology, 54(10), 1868-1880.

Coyne, S. M., Ehrenreich, S. E., Holmgren, H. G., & Underwood, M. K. (2019). “we’re not gonna be friends anymore”: Associations between viewing relational aggression on television and relational aggression in text messaging during adolescence. Aggressive Behavior. doi:10.1002/ab.21821

Coyne, S. M., Warburton, W. A., Essig, L. W., & Stockdale, L. A. (2018). Violent video games, externalizing behavior, and prosocial behavior: A five-year longitudinal study during adolescence. Developmental Psychology, 54(10), 1868-1880. doi:10.1037/dev0000574.supp

Liechty, T., Coyne, S. M., Collier, K. M., & Sharp, A. D. (2018). ‘It’s just not very realistic’: Perceptions of media among pregnant and postpartum women. Health Communication, 33(7), 851-859. doi:10.1080/10410236.2017.1315680

Stockdale, L., & Coyne, S. M. (2018). Video game addiction in emerging adulthood: Cross-sectional evidence of pathology in video game addicts as compared to matched healthy controls. Journal of Affective Disorders, 225, 265-272. doi:10.1016/j.jad.2017.08.045

Stockdale, L. A., Coyne, S. M., & Padilla-Walker, L. M. (2018). Parent and child technoference and socioemotional behavioral outcomes: A nationally representative study of 10- to 20-year-old adolescents. Computers in Human Behavior, 88, 2019-226.

Padilla-Walker, L. M., Coyne, S. M., & Memmott-Elison, M. K. (2019). Media and the family. In B. H. Fiese, M. Celano, K. Deater-Deckard, E. N. Jouriles, & M. A. Whisman (Eds.), APA handbook of contemporary family psychology: Applications and broad impact of family psychology, Vol. 2. (pp. 365-378). Washington, DC: American Psychological Association. doi: 10.1037/0000100-023

Whitaker, L., Brown, S. L., Young, B., Fereday, R., Coyne, S. M., & Qualter, P. (2018). Pervasive, hard-wired and male: Qualitative study of how UK adolescents view alcohol-related aggression. PLoS ONE, 13(2).

Zurcher, J. D., Holmgren, H. G., Coyne, S. M., Barlett, C. P., & Yang, C. (2018). Parenting and cyberbullying across adolescence. Cyberpsychology, Behavior, and Social Networking, 21(5), 294-303. doi:10.1089/cyber.2017.0586

Parenting Practices

Balkaya, M., Cheah, C. S. L., Yu, J. Hart, C. H., & Sun, S. (2018). Maternal encouragement of modest behavior, temperamental shyness, and anxious withdrawal linkages to Chinese American children’s social adjustment: A moderated mediation analysis. Social Development, 27, 867-890. doi:10.1111/sode.12295

Holmes, E. K., Holladay, H. M., Hill, E. J., & Yorgason, J. B. (2018). Are mothers’ work-to-family conflict, school involvement, and work status related to academic achievement? Journal of Child and Family Studies, doi:10.1007/s10826-018-1021-8

Jones, B., Hill, E. J., & Miller R. (2018). Family routines and family satisfaction in Singapore: Work-family fit as a moderator. Asia Pacific Journal of Human Resources. doi:10.1111/1744-7941.12215

Light, A. E., Holt-Lunstad, J., Porter, C. L., & Light, K. C. (2019). Early life trauma: An exploratory study of effects on OXTR and NR3C1 gene expression and nurturing self-efficacy in mothers of infants. International Journal of Psychophysiology, 136, 64-72. doi:10.1016/j.1jpsycho.2018.03.018

Nelson, D. A., & Hart, C. H. (2018). Parenting and relational aggression. In S. M. Coyne & J. M. Ostrov (Eds.), The development of relational aggression (pp. 188-202). Oxford University Press.

Padilla-Walker, L. M. (2018). Longitudinal change in parent-child communication about sexuality. Journal of Adolescent Health, 63(6), 753-758. doi:10.1016/j.jadohealth.2018.06.031

Padilla-Walker, L. M., Son, D., & Nelson, L. J. (2019). Profiles of helicopter parenting, parental warmth, and psychological control during emerging adulthood. Emerging Adulthood, 7, 1-13. doi: 10.1177/2167696818823626

Yu, J., Cheah, C. S. L., Hart, C. H., Yang, C. & Olsen J. A. (in press). Longitudinal effects of maternal love withdrawal and guilt induction on Chinese American preschoolers’ bullying aggressive behavior. Development and Psychopathology.

Physical Health and Family

Bartle, H. S., Ferriby, M., & Bean, R. (2019). The moderating effect of differentiation: Education and health in married couples. Personal Relationships. doi: 10.111/pere.12277

Johnson, L. N. Selland, B., Mennenga, K. D., Oka, M., Tambling, R. B., & Anderson, S. R. (2018). Examining the link between exercise and marital arguments in clinical couples. American Journal of Family Therapy, 46(1), 1-13. doi:10.1080/01926187.2018.1437574

Sung, J., Mayo, N., Banford Witting, A. (2018). A theoretical investigation of post-modern approaches used in medical settings: Solution-focused brief therapy. The Family Journal: Counseling and Therapy for Couples and Families, 26(2), 200-207. doi:10.1177/1066480718778527

Thornock, C. M., Nelson, L. J., Porter, C. L., & Evans-Stout, C. A. (2019). There’s no place like home: The associations between residential attributes and family functioning. Journal of Environmental Psychology, 65, 39-47.

Yorgason, J. B., Johnson, L. N., Hill, M. S., & Selland, B. (2018). Marital benefits of daily individual and conjoint exercise among older couples. Family Relations: An Interdisciplinary Journal of Applied Family Studiesdoi:10.1111/fare.12307

Pornography

Butler, M. H. (2019). Procreative well-being and pornography—analyzing the script: Public health implications revealed through an ethological lens. Marriage & Family Review. doi:10.1080/01494929.2019.1588187

Leonhardt, N. D., Spencer, T. J., Butler, M. H., & Theobold, A. C. (2018). An organizational framework for sexual media’s influence on short-term versus long-term sexual quality. Archives of Sexual Behaviordoi:10.1007/s10508-018-1209-4

Leonhardt, N., & Willoughby, B. J. (2019). Pornography, provocative sexual media, and their differing associations with multiple aspects of sexual satisfaction. Journal of Social and Personal Relationships, 36(2), 618-641. doi:10.1177/0265407517739162

Leonhardt, N. D., Willoughby, B. J., & Young-Petersen, B. (2018). Damaged goods: Perception of pornography addiction as a mediator between religiosity and relationship anxiety surrounding pornography use. Journal of Sex Research, 55(3), 357-368. doi:10.1080/00224499.2017.1295013

Maas, M. K., Vasilenko, S. A., & Willoughby, B. J. (2018). A dyadic approach to pornography use and relationship satisfaction among heterosexual couples: The role of pornography acceptance and anxious attachment. Journal of Sex Research, 55(6), 772-782. doi:10.1080/00224499.2018.1440281

Willoughby, B. J. (2018). Stuck in the porn box. Archives of Sexual Behavior, 1-5. doi:10.1007/s10508-018-1294-4

Willoughby, B. J. (2019). Stuck in the porn box. Archives of Sexual Behavior, 48(2), 449-453. doi:10.1007/s10508-018-1294-4

Willoughby, B. J., & Leonhardt, N. D. (2018). Behind closed doors: Individual and joint pornography use among romantic couples. Journal of Sex Research. doi:10.1080/00224499.2018.1541440

Willoughby, B. J., Busby, D. M., & Young-Petersen, B. (2018). Understanding associations between personal definitions of pornography, using pornography, and depression. Sexuality Research and Social Policy: A Journal of the NSRCdoi:10.1007/s13178-018-0345-x

Willoughby, B. J., & Leonhardt, N. (2018). Behind closed doors: Individual and joint pornography use among romantic couples. Journal of Sex Research.

Willoughby, B. J., Young-Petersen, B., & Leonhardt, N. D. (2018). Exploring trajectories of pornography use through adolescence and emerging adulthood. Journal of Sex Research, 55(3), 297-309. doi:10.1080/00224499.20171368977

Prosocial Behaviors

Nelson, D. A., Cramer, C. M., Coyne, S. M., & Olsen, J. A. (2018). Children’s hostile intent attributions and emotional distress: What do parents perceive? Aggressive Behavior, 44(1), 98-108. doi:10.1002/ab.21734

Padilla-Walker, L. M., Memmott-Elison, M. K., & Nielson, M. G. (2018). Longitudinal change in high-cost prosocial behaviors of defending and including during the transition to adulthood. Journal of Youth and Adolescence, doi:10.1007/s10964-018-0875-9

 

Religion and Family

Chelladurai, J. M., Dollahite, D. C., & Marks, L. D. (2018, July 2). “The Family That Prays Together . . .”: Relational Processes Associated with Regular Family Prayer. Journal of Family Psychology. doi:10.1037/fam0000432

Dollahite, D. C., & Marks, L. D. (2018). Introduction to the special issue: Exploring strengths in American families of faith. Marriage & Family Review, 54(7), 617-634. doi:10.1080/01494929.2018.1469569

Dollahite, D. C., Marks, L. D., & Dalton, H. (2018). Why religion helps and harms families: A conceptual model of a system of dualities at the nexus of faith and family life. Journal of Family Theory & Review, 10(1), 219-241doi:10.1111/jftr.12242

Dollahite, D. C., Marks, L. D., Kear, T. M., Lewis, B. M., & Stokes, M. L. (2018). Beyond the bucket list: Identity-centered religious calling, being, and action among parents. Psychology of Religion and Spirituality, 10(1), 44-54.

Dollahite, D. C., Marks, L. D., & Young, K. P. (2019). Relational struggles and experiential immediacy in religious American families. Psychology of Religion and Spirituality, 11(1), 9-21. doi:10.1037/43l0000135

Essig, L. W., Lott, M. L., Abo-Zena, M. M., Alghalfi, Z., Marks, L. D., & Dollahite, D. C. (2018). Answering to Allah: Relational unity among American Muslim families. Marriage & Family Review. doi:10.1080/014949292018.1469577

Kelley, H. H., LeBaron, A. B., Sussman, L. J., Fagan, J., Dollahite, D. C., & Marks, L. D. (2018). Shalom bayit—peace of the home: Ritual and tradition in American Jewish families. Marriage & Family Review, 54(7), 706-718. doi:10.1080/01494929.2018.1478922

Kelley, H. H., Marks, L. D., & Dollahite, D. C. (2019). Uniting and dividing influences of religion in marriage among highly religious couples. Psychology of Religion and Spirituality. doi:10.1037/rel0000262.supp

Leonhardt, N. D., Kirchner, E. R., Phillips, T. M., Skipper, A. D., Dollahite, D. C., & Marks, L. D. (2018). Together forever: Eternal perspective and sacred practices in American Latter-day Saint families. Marriage & Family Review. doi:10.1080/01494929.2018.1469575

Kroff, S. L., Cragun, K. L., Reyes, J. R., Wilmoth, J. D., Dollahite, D. C., & Marks, L. D. (2018). Relationship with God and the word: Faith among American Evangelical Christian families. Marriage & Family Reviewdoi:10.1080/01494929.20181469574

Marks, L. D., & Dollahite, D. C. (2018). Surmounting the empathy wall: Deep respect and holy envy in qualitative scholarship. Marriage & Family Review, 54(7), 762-773. doi:10.1080/01494929.2018.1469578

Millet, M. A., Cook, L. E., Skipper, A. D., Chaney, C. D., Marks, L. D., & Dollahite, D. C. (2018). Weathering the storm: The shelter of faith for black American Christian families. Marriage & Family Review. doi:10.1080/01494929.2018.1469572

Moore, T. J., Hill, M. S., King, P. E., Palkovitz, R., Dollahite, D. C., & Marks, L. D. (2018). Loving God, loving others: The sacred among American mainline Protestant families. Marriage & Family Review. doi:10.1080/01494929.20181469576

Rose, A., Anderson, S., Miller, R., Marks, L., Hatch, T., & Card, N. (2019). Longitudinal test of forgiveness and perceived forgiveness as mediators between religiosity and marital satisfaction in long-term marital relationships. American Journal of Family Therapy. doi:10.1080/01926187.2018.1547667

Skipper, A., Moore, T. J., & Marks, L. (2018). “the prayers of others helped”: Intercessory prayer as a source of coping and resilience in Christian African American families. Journal of Religion & Spirituality in Social Work: Social Thought. doi: 10.1080/15426432.2018.1500970

Son, D., Egginton, B. R., Lu, Y., Ai, A. L., Marks, L. D., & Dollahite, D. C. (2018). New Christians in a new land: Faith journeys of Asian American immigrant families. Marriage & Family Reviewdoi:10.1080/01494929.2018.1459571

White, T., Chelladurai, J. M., Monroe, P. A., Garand, J. C., Dollahite, D. C., & Marks, L. D. (2018). Kept together by faith: Confession and forgiveness among American Catholic and Orthodox Christian families. Marriage & Family Review. doi:10.1080/01494929.2018.1469573

Wurm, G. J., Dollahite, D. C., & Marks, L. D. (2018). The inner logic of religion(s): Theoretical implications regarding eight American religious-ethnic communities. Marriage & Family Review. doi:10.1080/01494929.2018.1469570

 

Sexuality and Family

Dew, J., Uecker, J., & Willoughby, B. J. (in press). Sanctification of sex? Religion and sexual satisfaction among married couples. Psychology of Religion and Spirituality.

Dew, J. P., Uecker, J. E., & Willoughby, B. J. (2018). Joint religiosity and married couples’ sexual satisfaction. Psychology of Religion and Spirituality. doi:10.1037/43l000024

Lefkowitz, E. S., Wesche, R., & Leavitt, C. E. (2018). Never been kissed: Correlates of lifetime kissing status in US university students. Archives of Sexual Behavior 47, 1283-1293. doi:10.1007/s10508-018-1166-y

Leavitt, C. E., Lefkowitz, E. S., & Waterman, E. A. (2019). The role of sexual mindfulness in sexual wellbeing, relational wellbeing, and self-esteem. Journal of Sex & Marital Therapy. doi:10.1080/0092623X.2019.1572680

Leavitt, C. D., Leonhardt, N. D., & Busby, D. M. (2019). Different ways to get there: Evidence of a variable female sexual response cycle. Journal of Sex Research. doi: 10.1080/00224499.2019.1616278

Leonhardt, N. D., Busby, D. M., & Willoughby, B. J. (2019). Sex guilt or sanctification? The indirect role of religiosity on sexual satisfaction. Psychology of Religion and Spirituality. doi:10.1037/rel0000245

Leonhardt, N. D., Willoughby, B. J., Busby, D. M., Yorgason, J. B., & Holmes, E. K. (2018). The significance of the female orgasm: A nationally representative, dyadic study of newlyweds’ orgasm experience. Journal of Sexual Medicine, 15(8), 1140-1148. doi:10.1016/j.jsxm.2018.05.018

Leonhardt, N. D., Spencer, T. J., Butler, M. H., & Theobald, A. C. (2018). An organizational framework for sexual media’s influence on short-term versus long-term sexual quality. Archives of Sexual Behaviordoi:10.1007/s10508-018-1209-4

Padilla-Walker, L. M. (2018). Longitudinal change in parent-adolescent communication about sexuality. Journal of Adolescent Health. doi: 10.1016/j.jadohealth.2018.06.031

Sandberg, J., Meservy, M. V., Bradford, A., & Anderson, S. (2018). Examining the influence of relational aggression on sexual satisfaction with attachment behaviors as a potential mediator. Journal of Sex & Marital Therapy. doi:10.1080/0092623X.2017.1405307

Waterman, E. A., Wesche, R., Leavitt, C. E., & Lefkowitz, E. S. (2019). Fraternity membership, traditional masculinity ideologies, and impersonal sex: Selection and socialization effects. Psychology of Men & Masculinities. doi:10.1037/men0000209

 

Siblings

Hamwey, M. K., Rolan, E. P., Jensen, A. C., & Whiteman, S. D. (2018). “Absence makes the heart grow fonder”: A qualitative examination of sibling relationships during emerging adulthood. Journal of Social and Personal Relationships, 1-21. doi:10.1177/0265407518789514

Jensen, A. C., McHale, S. M., & Pond, A. M. (2018). Parents’ social comparisons of siblings and youth problem behavior: A moderated mediation model. Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 47, 2088-2099. doi:10.1007/s10964-018-0865-y

Jensen, A. C., Whiteman, S. D., & Fingerman, K. L. (2018). ‘Can’t live with or without them:’ Transitions and young adults’ perceptions of sibling relationships. Journal of Family Psychology, 32(3), 385-395. doi:10.1037/fam0000361

 

Trauma/Coping

Banford Witting, A., & Busby, D. (2018). The long arm of trauma in childhood: Associations with resources in couple relationships. Journal of Marital and Family Therapy. doi:10.1111/jmft.12354

Butler, M. H., & Spencer T. J. (2018). A circumplex model of couple configurations in relational trauma context: An example of practice-based model development. Journal of Marital and Family Therapydoi:10.1111/jmft.12346

James, S. L., & Roby, J. L. (2019). Comparing reunified and residential care facility children’s wellbeing in Ghana: The role of hope. Children and Youth Services Review, 96, 316-325. doi: 10.1016/j.childyouth.2018.12.001

Knobloch, L. K., Knoblock-Fedders, L. M., & Yorgason, J. B. (2018). Communication of military couples during deployment predicting generalized anxiety upon reunion. Journal of Family Psychology, 32(1), 12-21. doi:10.1037/fam0000344

Lambert, J. E., Witting, A. B., James, S., Ponnamperuma, L., & Wickrama, T. (2018). Toward Understanding Posttraumatic Stress and Depression Among Trauma-Affected Widows in Sri Lanka. Psychological Trauma: Theory, Research, Practice, and Policy.

Lindstrom Johnson, S., Elam, K., Rogers, A. A., & Hilley, C. (2018). A meta-analysis of parenting practices and child psychosocial outcomes in trauma-informed parenting interventions after violence exposure. Prevention Science. doi: 10.1007/s11121-018-0943-0