PhD Research Publications

Rodriguez, C. M., Lee, S. J., & Ward, K. P. (2021). Underlying mechanisms for racial disparities in parent-child physical and psychological aggression and child abuse risk. Child Abuse and Neglect, 117, 105089.

Herrenkohl, T. I., Roberto, K., Fedina, L., Hong, S., & Love, J. (2021). Prospective study on child abuse and elder mistreatment: Assessing direct effects and associations with depression and substance use problems during adolescence and middle adulthood. Innovation in Aging.

Ward, K. P., Grogan-Kaylor, A. C., Pace, G. T., Cuartas, J., & Lee, S. J. (2021). Multilevel ecological analysis of the predictors of spanking across 65 countries. BMJ Open, 11(8).

Ustel, K. P., Smith, M. J., Blajeski, S., Johnson, J. M., Butler, V. G., Nicolia-Adkins, J., Ortquist, M. J., Razzano, L. A., & Lapidos, A. (2021). Acceptability and feasibility of peer specialist-delivered virtual reality job interview training for individuals with serious mental illness: a qualitative study. Journal of Technology in Human Services.

Hu, R. X., Luo, M. S., Zhang, A., & Li, L. (2021). Associations of ageism and health: A systematic review of quantitative observational studies. Research on Aging, 43(7-8), 311-322.

Zhang, A., Zebrack, B., Acquati, C., Roth, M., Levin, N., Wang, K., & Schwartz, S. (2021). Technology-assisted psychosocial interventions for childhood, adolescent, and young adult cancer survivors: A systematic review and meta-analysis. Journal of Adolescent and Young Adult Oncology.

Herrenkohl, T. I., Fedina, L., Hong, S., Lee, O., & Saba, S. (2021). Associations between prospective and retrospective measures of child abuse and self-reported adult health at midlife. Child Abuse and Neglect, 120.

Ochoa, A., Shaefer, L., & Grogan-Kaylor, A. C. (2021). The interlinkage between blood plasma donation and poverty in the United States. The Journal of Sociology and Social Welfare, 48(2), 56-71.

Maguire-Jack, K., Yoon, S., & Hong, S. (2021). Social cohesion and informal social control as mediators between neighborhood poverty and child maltreatment. Child Maltreatment.

Smith, M. J., Sherwood, K., Ross, B., Smith, J. D., DaWalt, L., Bishop, L., Humm, L., Elkins, J., & Steacy, C. (2021). Virtual interview training for autistic transition age youth: A randomized controlled feasibility and effectiveness trial. Autism.

Richards-Schuster, K., Wernick, L., Henderson, M., Bakko, M., Rodriguez, M., & Moore, E. (2021). Engaging youth voices to address racial disproportionality in schools: Exploring the practice and potential of youth participatory research in an urban district. Children and Youth Services Review, 122, 105715.

Lee, S. J., Ward, K. P., Chang, O. D., & Downing, K. M. (2021). Parenting activities and the transition to Home-based education during the COVID-19 pandemic. Children and Youth Services Review, 122, 105585.

Lee, S. J., Ward, K. P., Lee, J. Y., & Rodriguez, C. M. (2021). Parental social isolation and child maltreatment risk during the COVID-19 pandemic. Journal of Family Violence.

Smith, M. J., Smith, J. D., Jordan, N., Sherwood, K., McRobert, E., Ross, B., Oulvey, E. A., & Atkins, M. S. (2021). Virtual reality job interview training in transition services: Results of a single-arm non-controlled effectiveness-implementation hybrid trial. Journal of Special Education Technology, 36(1), 3-17.

Smith, M. J., Sherwood, K., Blajeski, S., Ross, B., Smith, J. D., Jordan, N., Dawalt, L., Bishop, L., & Atkins, M. S. (2021). Job interview and vocational outcomes among transition-age youth receiving special education pre-employment transition services. Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities.

Grogan-Kaylor, A. C., Castillo, B., Pace, G. T., Ward, K. P., Ma, J., Lee, S. J., & Knauer, H. (2021). Global perspectives on physical and nonphysical discipline: A Bayesian multilevel analysis. International Journal of Behavioral Development, 45(3), 216-225.

Seelman K. L., Kattari, S. K., Harvey, P., & Bakko, M. (2021). Trans men’s access to knowledgeable providers and experience in health care settings: Differences by demographics, mental health and degree of being “out” to providers. Health and Social Work, 45(4), 229-239.

Luo, M., Li, L. W., & Chui, E. W. T. (2021). Self-perceptions of aging and control in late adulthood: Between-person and within-person associations. Journal of Aging and Health, 33(1-2), 155-166.

Jackson Levin, N., Kattari, S. K., Piellusch, E. & Watson, E. (2020). “We just take care of each other”: Navigating ‘Chosen Family ’in the context of health, illness, and the mutual provision of care amongst queer and transgender young adults. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health: Special Issue on Health Inequalities and Social Support among LGBTQ+ Populations, 17(19), 7356.

Ceballo, R., Alers-Rojas, F.,Montoro, J., & Mora, A. S. (2020). Contextual stressors and the role of religion and spirituality in the mental health of Latino/a immigrant parents and youth. In D. McGonagle (Ed.), Mental and Behavioral Health of Immigrants in the United States (pp. 135-155). Elsevier Press.

Smith, M. J., Mitchell, J., Blajeski, S., Parham, B., Harrington, M., Ross, B., Sinco, B., Brydon, D.M., Johnson, J. E., Cuddeback, G. S., Smith, J. D., Jordan, N., Bell, M. D., McGeorge, R., Kaminski, K., Suganuma, A., & Kubiak, S. (2020). Enhancing vocational training in corrections: A type 1 hybrid randomized controlled trial to evaluate virtual reality job interview training among returning citizens preparing for community re-entry. Contemporary Clinical Trials Communications.

Zheng, H., Starks, B., Ellis, J., O’Brien, M., & Elliott, W. (2020). An examination of parental college expectations’ mediating role between children’s savings accounts and children’s educational attainment by income level. Sociology Mind, 10(3), 165-186.

Ellis, K. R., Hecht, H., Young, T., Oh, S., Thomas, S., Hoggard, L., Ali, Z., Olawale, R., Carthron, D., Corbie-Smith, G. & Eng, E. (2020). Chronic disease among African American families: a systematic scoping review. Preventing Chronic Disease, 17(e167), 1-15.