Velma McBride Murry
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American psychologist and sociologist
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(Suggest an Edit or Addition)According to Wikipedia, Velma McBride Murry is an American psychologist and sociologist, currently the Lois Autrey Betts Chair in Education and Human Development and Joe B. Wyatt Distinguished University Professor at Vanderbilt University. Her research has largely focused on resilience and protective factors for African-American families, and she has several publications in this area. In addition to her empirical research, she has contributed to several published books and used her experience to create two family-based preventative intervention programs.
Velma McBride Murry's Published Works
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- Perceived discrimination and the adjustment of African American youths: a five-year longitudinal analysis with contextual moderation effects. (2006) (630)
- The influence of neighborhood disadvantage, collective socialization, and parenting on African American children's affiliation with deviant peers. (2001) (539)
- Discrimination, crime, ethnic identity, and parenting as correlates of depressive symptoms among African American children: A multilevel analysis (2002) (429)
- Direct and moderating effects of community context on the psychological well-being of African American women. (2000) (346)
- The Strong African American Families Program: translating research into prevention programming. (2004) (331)
- Longitudinal pathways to competence and psychological adjustment among African American children living in rural single-parent households. (2002) (281)
- Contextual amplification of pubertal transition effects on deviant peer affiliation and externalizing behavior among African American children. (2002) (280)
- African American Single Mothers and Children in Context: A Review of Studies on Risk and Resilience (2001) (269)
- Racial Discrimination as a Moderator of the Links Among Stress, Maternal Psychological Functioning, and Family Relationships (2001) (259)
- Community differences in the association between parenting practices and child conduct problems (2002) (255)
- Family communication and religiosity related to substance use and sexual behavior in early adolescence: a test for pathways through self-control and prototype perceptions. (2003) (241)
- A theory-based dual-focus alcohol intervention for preadolescents: the Strong African American Families Program. (2006) (214)
- Family Ethnicity: Strength in Diversity (1993) (191)
- Prevention effects moderate the association of 5-HTTLPR and youth risk behavior initiation: gene x environment hypotheses tested via a randomized prevention design. (2009) (186)
- Gender and families : Feminist perspectives and family research (2000) (174)
- Neighborhood disadvantage moderates associations of parenting and older sibling problem attitudes and behavior with conduct disorders in African American children. (2003) (173)
- Neighborhood Poverty and Adolescent Development (2011) (171)
- Examining Perceptions About Mental Health Care and Help-Seeking Among Rural African American Families of Adolescents (2011) (139)
- It Takes a Village: Protecting Rural African American Youth in the Context of Racism (2009) (130)
- The strong African American families program: prevention of youths' high-risk behavior and a test of a model of change. (2006) (126)
- The Strong African American Families Program: a cluster-randomized prevention trial of long-term effects and a mediational model. (2006) (124)
- Ethnic pride and self-control related to protective and risk factors: test of the theoretical model for the strong African American families program. (2007) (121)
- Efficacy of a parent-based sexual-risk prevention program for African American preadolescents: a randomized controlled trial. (2007) (116)
- Linking parental socialization to interpersonal protective processes, academic self-presentation, and expectations among rural African American youth. (2009) (114)
- Parenting moderates a genetic vulnerability factor in longitudinal increases in youths' substance use. (2009) (112)
- Linking Changes in Parenting to Parent–Child Relationship Quality and Youth Self‐Control: The Strong African American Families Program (2005) (111)
- From racial discrimination to risky sex: prospective relations involving peers and parents. (2012) (102)
- Self-Regulation and Self-Worth of Black Children Reared in Economically Stressed, Rural, Single Mother-Headed Families (1999) (100)
- The Strong African American Families program: longitudinal pathways to sexual risk reduction. (2007) (100)
- Longitudinal direct and indirect pathways linking older sibling competence to the development of younger sibling competence. (2003) (86)
- Race, Ethnicity, and Culture in Studies of Families in Context (2001) (83)
- Mechanisms That Link Parenting Practices to Adolescents’ Risky Sexual Behavior: A Test of Six Competing Theories (2016) (75)
- The gender role journey measure: Scale development and psychometric evaluation (1993) (74)
- Excavating New Constructs for Family Stress Theories in the Context of Everyday Life Experiences of Black American Families (2018) (74)
- Partnering with community stakeholders: engaging rural African American families in basic research and The Strong African American Families Preventive Intervention Program. (2004) (73)
- Risk and protective factors for substance use among African American high school dropouts. (2005) (73)
- Parental Involvement Promotes Rural African American Youths’ Self-Pride and Sexual Self-Concepts (2005) (71)
- Linking Perceived Discrimination to Longitudinal Changes in African American Mothers’ Parenting Practices (2008) (68)
- Excavating Culture: Disentangling Ethnic Differences From Contextual Influences in Parenting (2008) (65)
- The Influence of High School Dropout on Substance Use Among African American Youth (2005) (63)
- Long-Term Effects of Stressors on Relationship Well-Being and Parenting Among Rural African American Women. (2008) (62)
- Intervention Induced Changes on Parenting Practices, Youth Self-Pride and Sexual Norms to Reduce HIV-Related Behaviors Among Rural African American Youths (2011) (61)
- Race, Culture, and Ethnicity: Implications for a Community Intervention (2004) (60)
- Protective longitudinal paths linking child competence to behavioral problems among African American siblings. (2004) (60)
- Black Adolescent Females: A Comparison of Early versus Late Coital Initiators. (1994) (59)
- Understanding Development of African American Boys and Young Men: Moving From Risks to Positive Youth Development (2018) (59)
- Long-term effects of the strong African American families program on youths' alcohol use. (2010) (57)
- Longitudinal Links between Contextual Risks, Parenting, and Youth Outcomes in Rural African American Families (2003) (57)
- Linking Employment Status, Maternal Psychological Well‐Being, Parenting, and Children's Attributions About Poverty in Families Receiving Government Assistance (2002) (56)
- Effects of Family Risk Factors on Dosage and Efficacy of a Family-centered Preventive Intervention for Rural African Americans (2006) (53)
- Sibling Socialization of Competence in Rural, Single‐Parent African American Families (2001) (47)
- Psychological functioning, support for self-management, and glycemic control among rural African American adults with diabetes mellitus type 2. (2008) (46)
- Sociocultural Contexts of African American Families. (2005) (45)
- An Ecological Analysis of Coital Timing among Middle-Class African American Adolescent Females (1996) (43)
- Toward Scientific Equity for the Prevention of Depression and Depressive Symptoms in Vulnerable Youth (2015) (39)
- Heuristic Model Linking Contextual Processes to Self-Management in African American Adults With Type 2 Diabetes (2001) (37)
- Intervention Induced Changes in Perceptions of Parenting and Risk Opportunities Among Rural African American (2014) (36)
- Multiple Roles, Multiple Lives: The Protective Effects of Role Responsibilities on the Health Functioning of African American Mothers (2009) (36)
- Influence of the Environmental Context on Diabetes Self-Management: A Rationale for Developing a New Research Paradigm in Diabetes Education (1999) (35)
- Contributions of family environment and parenting processes to sexual risk and substance use of rural African American males: a 4-year longitudinal analysis. (2013) (34)
- A Twelve‐Year Longitudinal Analysis of Positive Youth Development Among Rural African American Males (2014) (34)
- Factor Structure of the Early Adolescent Temperament Questionnaire and Measurement Invariance Across Gender (2003) (34)
- Metro status and African-American adolescents' risk for substance use. (2006) (34)
- Ties that bind: implications of social support for rural, partnered African American women's health functioning. (2005) (33)
- Longitudinal links among parenting, self-presentations to peers, and the development of externalizing and internalizing symptoms in African American siblings (2005) (32)
- An Ecological Analysis of Pregnancy Resolution Decisions among African American and Hispanic Adolescent Females (1995) (30)
- Change in caregiver depression as a function of the Strong African American Families Program. (2008) (30)
- Sex and the Self (2008) (29)
- Parenting Practices in Diverse Family Structures: Examination of Adolescents’ Development and Adjustment (2018) (29)
- Disentangling Ethnicity and Context as Predictors of Parenting Within Rural African American Families (2008) (28)
- Adjustment and Developmental Patterns of African American Males: The Roles of Families, Communities, and Other Contexts (2016) (28)
- Caregiver Behavior Change for Child Survival and Development in Low- and Middle-Income Countries: An Examination of the Evidence (2014) (27)
- Adult Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, the Family, and Child Maltreatment (2001) (23)
- Positive Youth Development in 2020: Theory, Research, Programs, and the Promotion of Social Justice. (2021) (21)
- Incidence of First Pregnancy among Black Adolescent Females over Three Decades. (1992) (21)
- The Influence of Role Status on Risky Sexual Behavior Among African Americans During the Transition to Adulthood (2008) (21)
- Factors and Processes Associated With Physical and Psychological Health of African-American Mothers With Type 2 Diabetes: A Heuristic Model (2003) (18)
- Parenting on Edge (1996) (18)
- Promoting social justice for African-American boys and young men through research and intervention: A challenge for developmental science (2019) (17)
- Racial socialization processes in single-mother families: Linking maternal racial identity, parenting, and racial socialization in rural, single-mother families with child self-worth and self-regulation. (2002) (17)
- Correlates of elevated depressive symptoms among rural African American adults with type 2 diabetes. (2007) (16)
- Parents’ Problem Solving with Preadolescents and Its Association with Social Withdrawal at School: Considering Parents’ Stress and Child Gender (2005) (15)
- Children in Diverse Social Contexts (2015) (14)
- Understanding the art and science of implementation in the SAAF efficacy trial. (2013) (14)
- Healthy African American Families in the 21st Century: Navigating Opportunities and Transcending Adversities (2019) (13)
- Adapting medical guidelines to be patient-centered using a patient-driven process for individuals with sickle cell disease and their caregivers (2018) (13)
- Culturally Adapted Preventive Interventions for Children and Adolescents (2016) (12)
- Gender and Family Relations (2013) (12)
- Excavating Culture: Summary of Results (2008) (11)
- Sickle cell carriers' unmet information needs: Beyond knowing trait status (2019) (10)
- The Closing Digital Divide: Delivery Modality and Family Attendance in the Pathways for African American Success (PAAS) Program (2018) (10)
- Technology use and preferences to support clinical practice guideline awareness and adherence in individuals with sickle cell disease (2018) (9)
- Elucidating Parenting Processes That Influence Adolescent Alcohol Use (2013) (9)
- Longitudinal study of the cascading effects of racial discrimination on parenting and adjustment among African American youth (2021) (9)
- Development of Boys and Young Men of Color: Implications of Developmental Science for My Brother's Keeper Initiative and commentaries (2016) (9)
- Sexual Career Paths of Black Adolescent Females (1992) (9)
- Dismantling Systemic Racism and Advancing Health Equity throughout Research. (2022) (8)
- Family-Based HIV prevention with African American and hispanic youth (2012) (8)
- Differences between European Americans and African Americans in the Association between Child Obesity and Disrupted Parenting. (2008) (8)
- Group Versus Individual Educational Sessions With a Promotora and Hispanic/Latina Women's Satisfaction With Care in the Screening Mammography Setting: A Randomized Controlled Trial. (2019) (7)
- Pathways for African American Success: Results of Three-Arm Randomized Trial to Test the Effects of Technology-Based Delivery for Rural African American Families (2019) (7)
- Mothers’ and Fathers’ Responsive Problem Solving with Early Adolescents: Do Gender, Shyness, and Social Acceptance Make a Difference? (2010) (7)
- The Empty Nest: The Silent Invasion on Two Fronts. (1987) (5)
- Life Span and Legal/Policy Research as Dual Focuses for Identifying and Implementing Opportunities to Realize Health Equity (2016) (4)
- Rural African American Adolescents’ Development: A Critical Review of Empirical Studies and Preventive Intervention Programs (2016) (4)
- College professors' conversations about teaching family theories (2005) (4)
- The Impact of Sexual Activity and Fertility Timing on African American High School Graduates' Later Life Experiences (1997) (4)
- American Indian Female Adolescents' Sexual Behavior: A Test of the Life‐Course Experience Theory (1997) (3)
- Career Development: Issues of Race, Gender, and Class. (1995) (3)
- Implementation and Evaluation of a Dual-Track Research Training Program for Community Members and Community-Based Organizations (2020) (3)
- The Pathways for African American Success: Does Delivery Platform Matter in the Prevention of HIV Risk Vulnerability Among Youth? (2019) (3)
- Studying the Relationship between Children's Self-Control and Academic Achievement: An Application of Second-Order Growth Curve Model Analysis. (2001) (3)
- The Strong African American Families Program: Disrupting the Negative Consequences of Racial Discrimination Through Culturally Tailored, Family-Based Prevention. (2022) (2)
- Innovative Work Behavior of Middle School Faculty and Staff Related to Student Mental Health (2020) (2)
- Rural African Americans’ Family Relationships and Well-Being (2020) (2)
- Engaging Black men who have sex with men (MSM) in the South in identifying strategies to increase PrEP uptake (2022) (2)
- Black adolescence : current issues and annotated bibliography (1990) (2)
- Introduction to an Applied Developmental Science spotlight series: Social justice frameworks to guide research, preventive interventions, and policies for diverse populations (2020) (1)
- National Institutes of Health pathways to prevention workshop: Improving rural health through telehealth-guided provider-to-provider communication. (2022) (1)
- Intervention Induced Changes in Perceptions of Parenting and Risk Opportunities Among Rural African American (2013) (1)
- Mechanisms That Link Parenting Practices to Adolescents’ Risky Sexual Behavior: A Test of Six Competing Theories (2015) (1)
- Evaluating the Contributions of Culture and Cultural Fit in Evidence-Based Programs: A Commentary (2014) (1)
- Racial disparities in COVID-19 outcomes: Unwarranted statistical adjustments and the perpetuation of stereotypes (2022) (1)
- Engaging Individuals with Sickle Cell Disease in Patient-Centered Outcomes Research: A Community Health Ambassador Training Model (2020) (1)
- Ecological Research Promoting Positive Youth Development (2016) (0)
- “I Really Don’t Have No Understanding About It”: An Insider Perspective from Patients with Sickle Cell Trait (2017) (0)
- Community Health Ambassadors: A Training Model for Engaging Individuals with Sickle Cell Disease in Patient-Centered Outcomes Research (2018) (0)
- Culture-Related Adaptive Mechanisms to Race-Related Trauma Among African American and US Latinx Youth (2022) (0)
- 194. Applying Lessons of Optimal Adolescent Health to Improve Behavioral Outcomes for Youth (2020) (0)
- Tennessee Sickle Cell Disease Network: An Operational Manual for Engaging Sickle Cell Patient Families in Patient Centered Outcomes Research (2017) (0)
- Black Pride Scale (2014) (0)
- Establishment of the Tennessee-Sickle Cell Disease Network as a Mechanism for Engaging a Rare Disease Population in Patient Centered Outcomes Research (2017) (0)
- Tennessee Sickle Cell Disease Network (2017) (0)
- SISTER (Sisters inspiring sisters to engage in relevant diabetes self-care) diabetes study: Protocol for diabetes medical nutrition therapy randomized clinical trial among African American women. (2022) (0)
- Navigating Research Partnerships that include Patients with Serious Acute or Medically Complex Conditions (2017) (0)
- Re-envisioning, Retooling, and Rebuilding Prevention Science Methods to Address Structural and Systemic Racism and Promote Health Equity (2022) (0)
- Stigma and Distrust: Engaging Marginalized Populations in Research and Prevention (2011) (0)
- Best-Practice Strategies for Engaging Community Stakeholders and Patients as Partners in Research (2017) (0)
- Preferences for Using a Mobile App in Sickle Cell Disease Self-Management: A Descriptive Qualitative Study (Preprint) (2021) (0)
- Blurred Eras: Historical and Contemporary Socio-Ecological Contexts of Development and Adjustment of Black American Adolescents. (2022) (0)
- 231 Training Medical Interns and Graduate and Professional Students on Community Engaged Research: Lessons Learned from Implementing a Community Scholars Program (2023) (0)
- Prosocial Norms and Values Scale (2017) (0)
- Coping and adaptation in challenging environments: Introduction to the special issue on development of boys and young men of color (2021) (0)
- Community Health Ambassadors: A Novel Strategy for Engaging Patients with Sickle Cell Disease (2017) (0)
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