Student Research
Recent HDFS Thesis & Dissertation Topics
- Individual & dyad coping responses related to relationship change: Perceptions of partners of advanced cancer patients
- The effects of childhood family violence on mental and physical health in adulthood: A study of risk & resilience across the life course
- Children of incarcerated parents: Attachment relationships& behavioral outcomes in the context of a mentoring program
- Youth participation in community decision making: Stake holder perspectives on youth adult partnership
- Latina immigrant mothers: Ambivalence & renegotiation of their parental authority in the new U.S. context
- Maternal social isolation as a mediator of the relationship between neonatal health risk, maternal depressive symptoms and infant mother interaction quality
- Transition to widowhood mental & physical health: Moderating effects of gender, age, previous marital quality, previous spousal caregiving, and traditional family attitudes
Publications by HDFS Students
Roach, M. A., Kim, YaeBin, O'Connor, C., & Laurion, J. (in press). How can we promote family-centered practices in early child care and education? Early Education and Development.
Roach, M. A., Kim, YaeBin, Riley, D. (2006). Once attained, can quality child care be maintained? Early Education and Development, 17, 553-570.
Kim, YaeBin, & Park, S. (2005). Fathers' and mothers' socialization beliefs regarding prosocial behaviors of boys and girls. Journal of Korean Association of Child Studies, 26(6), 145-167.
HDFS Graduate Student Presentations at National Conferences
- Amy Hilgendorf & Jeffrey Lewis--2008 American Educational Research Association annual meeting, "Student, Teacher, & Parent Perspectives of African-American Boys' School-Related Support"
- Brianne Friberg, Jennifer Park, & A. J. Schwichtenberg--Society for Research in Child Development
- Rebecca Shlafer--Gatlinburg Conference for Developmental Disabilities
- Kyle Miller--American Psychological Association Convention 2008, Boston
HDFS doctoral student Kyle Miller coauthor
- AJ Schwichtenberg--Associated Professional Sleep Societies Conference 2006, Salt Lake City---HDFS doctoral student first author
- Gatlinburg Conference on Research & Theory in Intellectual & Developmental Disabilities 2006, San Diego---HDFS graduate students AJ Schwichtenberg, Rebecca Shlafer, and Darci Fritz, and HDFS undergraduate students Emily Hahn, Laura Diercks coauthors
- National Council on Family Relations Conference 2006, Minneapolis---HDFS masters student Rebecca Shlafer first author
- Kim, YaeBin, Roach, M. A., & Riley, D. (2007). Family-centered practices of child care programs in Wisconsin. Presentation to the biennial meeting of the Society for Research in Child Development, Boston MA, March 2007.
- Kim, YaeBin, & Park, S. (2004). Korean mother and fathers' reactive beliefs regarding aggression and social withdrawal in preschoolers. Presentation to the biennial meeting of the Society for Research in Child Development, Atlanta GA, April 2004.
HDFS Undergraduate Student Research Presentations
