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Appendices to Fomby, Paula, Joshua A. Goode, Kim-Phuong Truong-Vu, and Stefanie Mollborn (2019). “Adolescent Technology, Sleep, and Physical Activity Time in Two U.S. Cohorts.” Youth & Society.
(Sage, 2019-07-30)
The advent of Internet-enabled mobile digital devices has transformed U.S. adolescent technology use over the last decade, yet little is known about how these changes map onto other health-related behaviors. We provide a ...
Direct and mediated effects of nativity and other indicators of acculturation on Hispanic mothers’ use of physical aggression
(2011)
This study used data from 845 foreign-born (n ¼ 328) and native-U.S. born (n ¼ 517) Hispanic mothers who participated in the Fragile Families and Child Wellbeing Study (FFCWS) to examine four indicators of acculturation—nativity, ...
Early paternal support behaviors moderate consonant smoking among unmarried parents
(2019)
Objective: Unmarried mothers have high rates of smoking,
including during late pregnancy and after pregnancy, thus increasing
their children’s risk for negative health outcomes associated with maternal
tobacco use. Few ...
Racial inequality and the implementation of emergency management laws in economically distressed urban areas
(2016)
This study examines the use of emergency management laws as a policy response to fiscal emergencies in urban areas. Focusing on one Midwestern Rust Belt state, we use a mixed methods approach – integrating chronology of ...
Predictors of parental use of corporal punishment in Ukraine
(2018)
Despite a great deal of evidence that corporal punishment is harmful, corporal punishment is still very prevalent worldwide. We examine predictors of different types of corporal punishment among Ukrainian mothers in 12 ...
Foster and Kinship Care: An Examination of the Legislation that Aims to Improve Permanency and Continuity of Care in Ontario
(2012)
Changes to the Ontario child welfare system in 2006 were based on the premise that expanding kinship placement options for children in the care of the Society would improve permanency outcomes and minimize placement ...