Publications
] (2018). A developmental perspective on young adult romantic relationships: Examining family and individual factors in adolescence. Journal Of Youth And Adolescence, 47(7), 1499-1516. Retrieved from https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10964-018-0815-8
(2018). Lability in the parent’s hostility and warmth toward their adolescent: Linkages to youth delinquency and substance use.. Developmental Psychology, 54(2), 348-361.
(2018). Parental perceived control and social support: Linkages to change in parenting behaviors during early adolescence. Family Process, 57(2), 432-447. Retrieved from https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/famp.12283
(2018). Stepfamily relationship quality and children's internalizing and externalizing problems. Family Process, 57(2), 477-495. Retrieved from https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/famp.12284
(2017). The article establishing a common language: The meaning of research-based and evidence-based programming (in the Human Sciences) . The Journal For Extension Professionals (Joe), 55(6). Retrieved from https://www.joe.org/joe/2017december/a2.php
(2017). Early sexual initiation and mental health: A fleeting association or enduring change?. Journal Of Research On Adolescence, 27(3), 611-627.
(2017). The unique and interactive effects of parent and school bonds on adolescent delinquency. Journal Of Applied Developmental Psychology, 53, 54-63. Retrieved from https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0193397317300369?via%3Dihub
(2016). The double standard at sexual debut: Gender, sexual behavior and adolescent peer acceptance. Sex Roles, 75(7-8), 377-392.
(2016). Knowledge lability: Within-person changes in parental knowledge and their associations with adolescent problem behavior. Prevention Science, 17(2), 274-283.
(2014). Interparental boundary problems, parent-adolescent hostility, and adolescent-parent hostility: A family process model for adolescent aggression problems. Couple And Family Psychology: Research And Practice, 3(3), 141-155.
(2014). Investigating the potential causal relationship between parental knowledge and youth risky behavior: A propensity score analysis. Prevention Science, 15(6), 869-878.
(2014). Popularity as a predictor of early alcohol use and moderator of other risk processes. Journal Of Studies On Alcohol And Drugs, 75(6), 919-928.
(2014). Unpacking the effect of parental monitoring on early adolescent problem behavior: Mediation by parental knowledge and moderation by parent-youth warmth. Journal Of Family Issues, 35(13), 1800-1823.
(2014). Youths' substance use and changes in parental knowledge-related behaviors during middle school: A person-oriented approach. Journal Of Youth And Adolescence, 43(5), 729-744.
(2013). Addressing core challenges for the next generation of type 2 translation research and systems: The translation science to population impact (TSci Impact) framework. Prevention Science, 14(4), 319-351.
(2013). Delinquent-oriented attitudes mediate the relation between parental inconsistent discipline and early adolescent behavior. Journal Of Family Psychology, 27(2), 293-302.
(2013). Parental knowledge and youth risky behavior: A person oriented approach. Journal Of Youth And Adolescence, 42(11), 1732-1744.
(2013). The timing of school transitions and early adolescent problem behavior. Journal Of Early Adolescence, 33(6), 821-844.
(2011). A dyadic approach to understanding the relationship of maternal knowledge of youths' activities to youths' problem behavior among rural adolescents. Journal Of Youth And Adolescence, 40(9), 1178-91.
(2011). Factors Influencing the development of school bonding among middle school students. Journal Of Early Adolescence, 31(3), 463-487.
(2007). PROSPER study of evidence-based intervention implementation quality by community-university partnerships. Journal Of Community Psychology, 35(8), 981-999.
(2006). Extension educators' perceptions of community readiness, knowledge of prevention science, and experience with collaboration. Journal Of Family And Consumer Science, 98(4), 20-26. Retrieved from http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3798072/
(2006). The Strong African American Families Program: Prevention of youths' high-risk behavior and a test of a model of change. Journal Of Family Psychology, 20(1), 1-11.
(2005). Externalizing behaviors as predictors of substance initiation trajectories among rural adolescents. Journal Of Adolescent Health, 37(6), 493-501.
(2005). Longitudinal modeling of adolescent normative beliefs and substance initiation. Journal Of Alcohol And Drug Education, 49(2), 7-41.
(2004). Internalizing, social competence, and substance initiation: Influence of gender moderation and a preventive intervention. Subst Use Misuse, 39(6), 963-991.
(2004). Perceptions of the Cooperative Extension Service: A community resource for youth and family programs. Journal Of Extension, 42(5), 1-11. Retrieved from http://www.joe.org/joe/2004october/a5.php
(2004). Program provider and observer ratings of school-based preventive intervention implementation: Agreement and relation to youth outcomes. Health Education And Behavior, 31(2), 242-257. Retrieved from http://heb.sagepub.com/content/31/2/242.long
(2004). Rural community partnership recruitment for an evidence-based family-focused prevention program: The PROSPER project. Rural Mental Health, 29(2), 23-28.
(2004). The Strong African American Families Program: Translating research into prevention programming. Child Development, 75(3), 900-917.
(2004). Substance use prevention: An Iowa Mexican im/migrant family perspective. In Cocktails and Dreams: Perspectives on Drug and Alcohol Use (pp. 341-355). NJ: Prentice Hall.
(2003). Effects of a preventive intervention on adolescent substance use initiation, expectancies, and refusal intentions. Prevention Science, 4(2), 109-122.
(2003). The role of assertiveness and decision making in early adolescent substance initiation: Mediating processes. Journal Of Research On Adolescence, 13(3), 301-328.
(2002). Iowa Mexican immigrant families: Negotiating an optimal level of cultural assimilation. In The Illusion of Borders: The National Presence of Mexicanos in the United States (pp. 55-79). Dubuque, Iowa: Kendall/Hunt.
(2002). Two studies of proximal outcomes and implementation quality of universal preventive interventions in a community-university collaboration context. Journal Of Community Psychology, 30(5), 499-518.
(1999). Alcohol initiation outcomes of universal family-focused preventive interventions: One- and two-year follow-ups of a controlled study. Journal Of Studies On Alcohol, Supplement 13, 103-111.
(1999). Iowa substance abuse prevention needs assessment: Public survey findings. Research Monograph Report to the Center for Substance Abuse Prevention for the Iowa Department of Public Health. Cedar Falls, IA: University of Northern Iowa Center for Social and Behavioral Research.
(1999). Modeling long-term parent outcomes of two universal family-focused preventive interventions: One-year follow-up results. Journal Of Consulting And Clinical Psychology, 67(6), 975-984.
(1998). Risk moderation of parent and child outcomes in a preventive intervention: A test and replication. American Journal Of Orthopsychiatry, 68(4), 565-579.