Publications – Children and Families Lab

Communication Foundation Publications

Hirsh-Pasek, K. Adamson, L. A., Bakeman, R., Owen, M. T., Golinkoff, R., Pace, A., Yust, P., & Suma, K. (2015). The contribution of early communication quality to low-income children’s language success. Psychological Sciences, 26(7), 1071-1083. DOI:10.1177/0956797615581493.

Adamson, L., Kaiser, A., Tamis-Lamonda, C., Owen, M. T., & Dimitrova, N. (2020). The Developmental landscape of early parent-focused language intervention. Early Childhood Research Quarterly, 50, 59-67. First published online on October 7, 2019.

Peredo, T., Owen, M. T., Rojas, R., & Caughy, M. O. (2015). Child vocabulary, maternal behavior, and inhibitory control development among Spanish-speaking children. Early Education and Development, 26:5-6, 749-769, DOI: 10.1080/10409289.2015.1009319.

Tamis-LeMonda, C., Caughy, M. O., Rojas, R., Bakeman, R., Pacheco, D., Owen, M. T., Adamson, L., Suma, K., & Pace, A. (in press, 2020). Culture, parenting, and language: Respeto in Latine mother-child interactions. Social Development. First published online Dec. 4, 2019.

Dallas Preschool Readiness Project & Dallas Project on Educational Pathways Publications

Osborne*, K., Caughy, M. O., & Owen, M. T. (2020, in press). Racism experiences and preparation for bias within Black American families. Cultural Diversity and Ethic Minority Psychology.

Yu*, D., Caughy, M. O., Smith, E. P., Oshri, A., & Owen, M. T. (2020). Severe poverty and growth in behavioral self-regulation: The mediating role of parenting. Journal of Applied Developmental Psychology, 68. Published online May 24, 2020.

Caughy, M. O., Brinkley, D., Smith, E. P., & Owen, M. T. (2019). Fathering quality in early childhood and kindergarten achievement in low-income ethnic minority families. Journal of Family Psychology, 34(2).

Thomas*, A. L., Caughy, M. O., Anderson, L., & Owen, M. T. (2019). Longitudinal associations between relationship quality and maternal depression among low-income African American and Hispanic mothers. Journal of Family Psychology, 33(6), 722-729.

Caughy, M. O., Mills., B., Brinkley, D., & Owen, M. T. (2018). Inhibitory control, academic achievement, and the effectiveness of urban schools among low-income ethnic minority children. American Journal of Community Psychology, 61, 372-385.

Mills, B., Dyer*, N., Pacheco*, D., Brinkley, D., Owen, M. T., & Caughy, M. O. (2018). Developmental transactional relations between developing self-regulation and academic achievement among low income African American and Latino children. Child Development.

Pacheco*, D., Owen, M. T., & Caughy, M. O. (2018). Growth in inhibitory control among low-income, ethnic-minority preschoolers: A group-based modeling approach. Early Childhood Research Quarterly, 42, 247-255.

Peredo*, T., Caughy, M. O., Owen, M. T., & Mills, B. (2016). Gender differences in the relation between mothering behaviors and the emergence of child behavior problems among Mexican-American preschoolers. Developmental Psychology, 52(2), 592-598. doi: 10.1037/a0040075

Caughy, M. O., Owen, M. T., Hurst*, J. R. (2015). Assessing developmental trajectories of executive functions in low income ethnic minority preschoolers: Challenges and opportunities. In: Griffin, J.A., Freund, L.S., McCardle P., eds., Executive function in preschool age children: Integrating measurement, neurodevelopment, and translational research (pp. 279-298). Washington, D.C.: American Psychological Association.

Caughy, M. O., & Owen, M. T. (2015). Cultural socialization and school readiness of African American and Latino preschoolers. Cultural Diversity and Ethnic Minority Psychology, 21(3), 391-399.

Dyer*, N., Owen, M. T., & Caughy, M. O. (2014). Ethnic differences in profiles of mother-child interactions and relations to emerging school readiness in African American and Latin American children. Parenting: Science and Practice, 14(3-4), 175-194.

Caughy, M. O., Mills, B., Owen, M. T., & Hurst*, J. (2013). Emergent self regulation skills among very young ethnic minority children: A confirmatory factor model. Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 116(4), 839-55.

Owen, M. T., Caughy, M. O., Hurst, J. M., Amos, M., Hasanizadeh, N., & Mata-Otero, A. (2013). Contributions of fathering and mothering to emerging self-regulation in low-income ethnic minority preschoolers. Early Child Development and Care, 183, 464-482.

Other Recent Publications — Parenting

Zachrisson, H. D., Owen, M. T., Nordahl, K. B., Ribeiro, L., & Dearing, E. (in press). Too early for early education? Effects on parenting for mothers and fathers. Journal of Marriage and the Family.

Nordahl, K. B., Owen, M. T., Ribeiro, L. A., & Zachrisson, H. D. (2020). Parenting quality from observational ratings at age 2: Validation from Norwegian and U.S. samples. Early Childhood Research Quarterly, 53, 379-390.

Brumariu, L., Owen, M. T., Dyer, N., & Lyons-Ruth, K. (2020). Developmental pathways to BPD-related features in adolescence: Infancy to age 15. Journal of Personality Disorders, 34, 480.

Owen, M. T., & Frosch, C. A. (2020, in press). Attachment and child care. In R. A. Thompson, J. A. Simpson, & L. Berlin, Eds., Attachment: The Fundamental Questions. New York: Guilford Publications, Inc.

Bradley, R. H., Pennar, A., Iida, M., Owen, M. T., & Vandell, D. L. (2017). The dialectics of parenting: Changes in the interplay of maternal behaviors during early and middle childhood. Journal of Child and Family Studies, 26 (11), 3214-3225.

Bradley, R. H., Iida, M., Pennar, A., Owen, M. T., & Vandell, D. L. (2020). Changes in the organization of paternal behavior during early and middle childhood. Parenting: Science and Practice. First published online Feb. 6, 2020.

Fagan, M. A., Frosch, C. A., Middlemiss, W., LaCoursiere, J. N., Owen, M. T., Hane, A. A., & Welch, M. G. (2019). The practical utility of the Welch Emotional Connection Screen for rating parent-infant relational health. Infancy, 24(6), 881-892.