Category: Faculty Partner Research

February 4, 2022

Analysis of Early-Life Growth and Age at Pubertal Onset in US Children

Earlier pubertal onset may be associated with an increased risk of chronic diseases. However, the extent to which growth in the first 5 years of life—an important developmental life stage that lays the foundation for later health outcomes—is associated with...

February 3, 2022

Management and ownership transfer in small and medium family farms

This study investigated the succession process in small and medium family farms as two distinct but related processes of management transfer and ownership transfer. Past studies focused on the broad subject of succession, without dissecting succession into the components that...

February 1, 2022

Research-Based Design and Use of Picture Books to Promote Children’s Early Mathematical Learning: A Conceptual Model

Picture book reading can provide rich opportunities for learning across early development. In this chapter, the authors provide a conceptual model for understanding the ways in which children and caregivers typically read mathematical picture books and identify the ways in...

February 1, 2022

Perspectives on facility dogs from pediatric hospital personnel: A qualitative content analysis of patient, family, and staff outcomes

An increasing number of children's hospitals feature full-time resident facility dogs, which are specially trained to work alongside pediatric healthcare professionals to improve the patient experience. This qualitative study aimed to describe the role that facility dogs play in the...

January 31, 2022

Measuring Physical Activity Regulatory Styles and Identity Among Adults 55 Years or Older

The purpose of this study was to examine the psychometric properties of modified versions of the Behavioral Regulation in Exercise Questionnaire and Exercise Identity Scale for use with adults ages ≥55 years to measure regulatory styles and identity related to...

January 20, 2022

Strengths of the heart: Stressors, gratitude, and mental health in single mothers during the COVID-19 pandemic

The Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic has created significant economic, social, and mental health challenges for many parents. However, single mothers (who are typically both primary caregivers and wage earners for their families) may be especially vulnerable to stress and mental...

December 25, 2021

Examining transactional relations between behavioral self-regulation and social-emotional functioning during the transition to kindergarten.

The present study examined longitudinal associations between behavioral self-regulation and social-emotional functioning across four waves of measurement during the transition from preschool to kindergarten in a low-income sample. Participants included two cohorts of children. Children in both cohorts were 4...

December 1, 2021

Pushing the boundaries: A qualitative study of how stem women adapted to disrupted work–nonwork boundaries during the COVID-19 pandemic.

National reports widely publicized that the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic’s disruption of work–nonwork boundaries impacted women’s careers negatively, as many exited their jobs to manage nonwork demands. We know less about the adaptations made by highly career-invested women to remain...

December 1, 2021

Interactions between Genetic, Prenatal, Cortisol, and Parenting Influences on Adolescent Substance Use and Frequency: A TRAILS Study

Dynamic relations between genetic, hormone, and pre- and postnatal environments are theorized as critically important for adolescent substance use but are rarely tested in multifactorial models. This study assessed the impact of interactions of genetic risk and cortisol reactivity with...

November 27, 2021

Parental Deployment and Military Children: A Century of Research

In this chapter, we place current research about parental deployments and military children into historical context. Policies regarding military families have evolved from ignoring or excluding families to a more systematic and intentional configuration of formal supports. Our review of...