Susan M. McHale's Information
POSITION TITLE: Professor of Human Development and Family Studies; Director, Social Science Research Institute and Children, Youth and Families Consortium
RESEARCH INTERESTS: Family relationships and family roles (particularly gender roles) in childhood and adolescence; differential socialization of siblings.
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| PROFESSIONAL EMPLOYMENT AND EXPERIENCE:
1980-1986 Assistant Professor of Human Development, The Pennsylvania State University
1986-1994 Associate Professor of Human Development, The Pennsylvania State University
1994-Present Professor of Human Development, The Pennsylvania State University
2007-Present Director, Children, Youth and Families Consortium, The Pennsylvania State University
2007-Present Director, Social Science Research Institute, The Pennsylvania State University
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SELECTED PUBLICATIONS:
McHale, S.M.
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A.C. Crouter
,
K. Fennelly
,
C.A. Tomascik
,
K.A. Updegraff
,
J.E. Graham
,
A.E. Baker
,
L. Dreisbach
,
N. Ferry
,
E.E. Manlove
,
S.M. McGroder
,
P. Mulkeen
and
D.A. Obeidallah
(1996).
"Community-Based Interventions for Young Adolescents: The Penn State PRIDE Project."
Journal of Research on Adolescence 6(1):23-36.
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Crouter, A.C.
,
M.F. Bumpus
,
M.C. Maguire
and
S.M. McHale
(1999).
"Linking Parents' Work Pressure and Adolescents' Well-Being: Insights into Dynamics in Dual-Earner Families."
Developmental Psychology 35(6):1453-1461.
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Crouter, A.C.
,
M.F. Bumpus
,
M.R. Head
and
S.M. McHale
(2001).
"Implications of Overwork and Overload for the Quality of Men's Family Relationships."
Journal of Marriage and the Family 63(2):404-416.
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McHale, S.M.
,
K.A. Updegraff
,
H. Helms-Erikson
and
A.C. Crouter
(2001).
"Sibling Influences on Gender Development in Middle Childhood and Early Adolescence: A Longitudinal Study."
Developmental Psychology 37(1):115-125.
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Updegraff, K.A.
,
S.M. McHale
,
A.C. Crouter
and
K. Kupanoff
(2001).
"Parents' Involvement in Adolescents' Peer Relationships: A Comparison of Mothers' and Fathers' Roles."
Journal of Marriage and Family 63(3):655-668.
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Crouter, A.C.
,
M.R. Head
,
M.F. Bumpus
and
S.M. McHale
(2002).
"Household Chores: Under What Conditions Do Mothers Lean on Daughters?." In
Fuligni, A.J.
(Ed.)
, Family Assistance and Obligation during Adolescence.
San Francisco, CA:
Jossey-Bass.
Klute, M.M.
,
A.C. Crouter
,
A.G. Sayer
and
S.M. McHale
(2002).
"Occupational Self-Direction, Values, and Egalitarian Relationships: A Study of Dual-Earner Couples."
Journal of Marriage and Family 64(1):139-151.
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Booth, A.
,
D.R. Johnson
,
D.A. Granger
,
A.C. Crouter
and
S.M. McHale
(2003).
"Testosterone and Child and Adolescent Adjustment: The Moderating Role of Parent-Child Relationships."
Developmental Psychology 39(1):85-98.
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Helms-Erikson, H.
,
A.C. Crouter
and
S.M. McHale
(2003).
"Marital Quality and Spouses' Marriage Work with Close Friends and Each Other."
Journal of Marriage and Family 65(4):963-977.
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McHale, S.M.
,
A.C. Crouter
and
S.D. Whiteman
(2003).
"The Family Contexts of Gender Development in Childhood and Adolescence."
Social Development 12(1):125-148.
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Whiteman, S.D.
,
S.M. McHale
and
A.C. Crouter
(2003).
"What Parents Learn from Experience: The First Child as a First Draft?."
Journal of Marriage and the Family 65(3):608-621.
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Crouter, A.C.
,
M.R. Head
,
S.M. McHale
and
C.J. Tucker
(2004).
"Family Time and the Psychosocial Adjustment of Adolescent Siblings and Their Parents."
Journal of Marriage and Family 66(1):147-162.
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Fortner, M.R.
,
A.C. Crouter
and
S.M. McHale
(2004).
"Is Parents' Work Involvement Responsive to the Quality of Relationships With Adolescent Offspring?."
Journal of Family Psychology 18(3):530-538.
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McHale, S.M.
,
J. Kim
,
S.D. Whiteman
and
A.C. Crouter
(2004).
"Links between Sex-Typed Time Use in Middle Childhood and Gender Development in Early Adolescence."
Developmental Psychology 40(5):868-881.
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McHale, S.M.
,
L. Shanahan
,
K.A. Updegraff
,
A.C. Crouter
and
A. Booth
(2004).
"Developmental and Individual Differences in Girls' Sex-Typed Activities in Middle Childhood and Adolescence."
Child Development 75(5):1575-1593.
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Updegraff, K.A.
,
H. Helms-Erikson
,
S.M. McHale
,
A.C. Crouter
,
S.M. Thayer
and
L.H. Sales
(2004).
"Who's the Boss? Patterns of Perceived Control in Adolescents' Friendships."
Journal of Youth and Adolescence 33(5):403-420.
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Crouter, A.C.
and
S.M. McHale
(2005).
"The Long Arm of the Job Revisited: Parenting in Dual-Earner Families." In
Luster, T.
and
L. Okagaki
(Eds.)
, Parenting: An Ecological Perspective (2nd ed.).
Mahwah, NJ:
Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, Publishers.
(pp. 275-296)
Crouter, A.C.
and
S.M. McHale
(2005).
"Work, Family, and Children's Time: Implications for Youth." In
Bianchi, S.
,
L.M. Casper
and
R.B. King
(Eds.)
, Work, Family, Health, and Well-Being.
Mahwah, NJ:
Lawrence Erlbaum.
Crouter, A.C.
,
M.F. Bumpus
,
K.D. Davis
and
S.M. McHale
(2005).
"How Do Parents Learn about Adolescents' Experiences? Implications
for Parental Knowledge and Adolescent Risky Behavior."
Child Development 76(4):869-882.
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McHale, S.M.
,
K.A. Updegraff
,
L. Shanahan
,
A.C. Crouter
and
S.E. Killoren
(2005).
"Siblings' Differential Treatment in Mexican American Families."
Journal of Marriage and Family 67(5):1259-1274.
PMCID: PMC2293294??
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Shearer, C.L.
,
A.C. Crouter
and
S.M. McHale
(2005).
"Parents' Perceptions of Changes in Mother-Child and Father-Child Relationships during Adolescence."
Journal of Adolescent Research 20(6):662-684.
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Updegraff, K.A.
,
S.M. McHale
,
S.D. Whiteman
,
S.M. Thayer
and
M.Y. Delgado
(2005).
"Adolescent Sibling Relationships in Mexican American Families: Exploring the Role of Familism."
Journal of Family Psychology 19(4):512-522.
PMCID: PMC2254653??
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Bumpus, M.F.
,
A.C. Crouter
and
S.M. McHale
(2006).
"Linkages between Negative Work-to-Family Spillover and Mothers' and Fathers' Knowledge of Their Young Adolescents' Daily Lives."
Journal of Early Adolescence 26(1):36-59.
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Davis, K.D.
,
A.C. Crouter
and
S.M. McHale
(2006).
"Implications of Shift Work for Parent-Adolescent Relationships in Dual-Earner Families."
Family Relations 55(4):450-460.
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Helms, H.M.
,
C.M. Proulx
,
M.M. Klute
,
S.M. McHale
and
A.C. Crouter
(2006).
"Spouses' Gender-Typed Attributes and Their Links with Marital Quality: A Pattern Analytic Approach."
Journal of Social and Personal Relationships 23(6):843-864.
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Kim, J.
,
S.M. McHale
,
D.W. Osgood
and
A.C. Crouter
(2006).
"Longitudinal Course and Family Correlates of Sibling Relationships from Childhood through Adolescence."
Child Development 77(6):1746-1761.
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McHale, S.M.
,
A.C. Crouter
,
J. Kim
,
L.M. Burton
,
K.D. Davis
,
A.M. Dotterer
and
D.P. Swanson
(2006).
"Mothers' and Fathers' Racial Socialization in African American Families: Implications for Youth."
Child Development 77(5):1387-1402.
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Updegraff, K.A.
,
S.M. McHale
,
S.D. Whiteman
,
S.M. Thayer
and
A.C. Crouter
(2006).
"The Nature and Correlates of Mexican-American Adolescents' Time with Parents and Peers."
Child Development 77(5):1470-1486.
PMCID: PMC2259232??
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Baril, M.E.
,
A.C. Crouter
and
S.M. McHale
(2007).
"Processes Linking Adolescent Well-Being, Marital Love, and Coparenting."
Journal of Family Psychology 21(4):645-654.
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Crouter, A.C.
,
S.D. Whiteman
,
S.M. McHale
and
D.W. Osgood
(2007).
"Development of Gender Attitude Traditionality Across Middle Childhood and Adolescence."
Child Development 78(3):911-926.
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Dotterer, A.M.
,
S.M. McHale
and
A.C. Crouter
(2007).
"Implications of Out-of-School Activities for School Engagement in African American Adolescents."
Journal of Youth and Adolescence 36(4):391-401.
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Kan, M.L.
and
S.M. McHale
(2007).
"Clusters and Correlates of Experiences with Parents and Peers in Early Adolescence."
Journal of Research on Adolescence 17(3):565-585.
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Kim, J.
,
S.M. McHale
,
A.C. Crouter
and
D.W. Osgood
(2007).
"Longitudinal Linkages between Sibling Relationships and Adjustment from Middle Childhood through Adolescence."
Developmental Psychology 43(4):960-973.
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McHale, S.M.
,
S.D. Whiteman
,
J. Kim
and
A.C. Crouter
(2007).
"Characteristics and Correlates of Sibling Relationships in Two-Parent African American Families."
Journal of Family Psychology 21(2):227-235.
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Shanahan, L.
,
J. Kim
,
S.M. McHale
and
A.C. Crouter
(2007).
"Sibling Similarities and Differences in Time Use: A Pattern-Analytic, Within-Family Approach."
Social Development 16(4):662-681.
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Shanahan, L.
,
S.M. McHale
,
A.C. Crouter
and
D.W. Osgood
(2007).
"Warmth with Mothers and Fathers from Middle Childhood to Late Adolescence: Within- and Between-Families Comparisons."
Developmental Psychology 43(3):551-563.
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Shanahan, L.
,
S.M. McHale
,
D.W. Osgood
and
A.C. Crouter
(2007).
"Conflict Frequency with Mothers and Fathers from Middle Childhood to Late Adolescence: Within- and Between-Families Comparisons."
Developmental Psychology 43(3):539-550.
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Whiteman, S.D.
,
S.M. McHale
and
A.C. Crouter
(2007).
"Competing Processes of Sibling Influence: Observational Learning and Sibling Deidentification."
Social Development 16(4):642-661.
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Whiteman, S.D.
,
S.M. McHale
and
A.C. Crouter
(2007).
"Explaining Sibling Similarities: Perceptions of Sibling Influences."
Journal of Youth and Adolescence 36(7):963-972.
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Whiteman, S.D.
,
S.M. McHale
and
A.C. Crouter
(2007).
"Longitudinal Changes in Marital Relationships: The Role of Offspring's Pubertal Development."
Journal of Marriage and the Family 69(4):1005-1020.
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Amato, P.R.
,
N.S. Landale
,
T. Habasevich
,
A. Booth
,
D.J. Eggebeen
,
R. Schoen
and
S.M. McHale
(2008).
"Precursors of Young Women's Family Formation Pathways."
Journal of Marriage and Family 70(5):1271-1286.
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Booth, A.
,
E. Rustenbach
and
S.M. McHale
(2008).
"Early Family Transitions and Depressive Symptom Changes from Adolescence to Early Adulthood."
Journal of Marriage and Family 70(1):3-14.
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Crouter, A.C.
,
M.E. Baril
,
K.D. Davis
and
S.M. McHale
(2008).
"Processes Linking Social Class and Racial Socialization in African American Dual-Earner Families."
Journal of Marriage and Family 70(5):1311-1325.
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Dotterer, A.M.
,
L. Hoffman
,
A.C. Crouter
and
S.M. McHale
(2008).
"A Longitudinal Examination of the Bidirectional Links between Academic Achievement and Parent-Adolescent Conflict."
Journal of Family Issues 29(6):762-779.
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Kan, M.L.
,
S.M. McHale
and
A.C. Crouter
(2008).
"Parental Involvement in Adolescent Romantic Relationships: Patterns and Correlates."
Journal of Youth and Adolescence 37(2):168-179.
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McHale, S.M.
and
A.C. Crouter
(2008).
"Families as Nonshared Environments for Siblings." In
Booth, A.
,
A.C. Crouter
,
S. Bianchi
and
J. Seltzer
(Eds.)
, Intergenerational Caregiving.
Washington, DC:
The Urban Institute Press.
(pp. 243-256)
McHale, S.M.
and
A.C. Crouter
(2008).
"Interparental Incongruence in Differential Treatment of Adolescent Siblings: Links with Marital Quality."
Journal of Marriage and the Family 70(2):466-479.
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Shanahan, L.
,
S.M. McHale
,
A.C. Crouter
and
D.W. Osgood
(2008).
"Linkages between Parents' Differential Treatment, Youth Depressive Symptoms, and Sibling Relationships."
Journal of Marriage and the Family 70(2):480-494.
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Tucker, C.J.
,
S.M. McHale
and
A.C. Crouter
(2008).
"Links between Older and Younger Adolescent Siblings' Adjustment: The Moderating Role of Shared Activities."
International Journal of Behavioral Development 32(2):152-160.
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Dotterer, A.M.
,
S.M. McHale
and
A.C. Crouter
(2009).
"The Development and Correlates of Academic Interests from Childhood through Adolescence."
Journal of Educational Psychology 101(2):509-519.
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Dotterer, A.M.
,
S.M. McHale
and
A.C. Crouter
(2009).
"Sociocultural Factors and School Engagement among African American Youth: The Roles of Racial Discrimination, Racial Socialization, and Ethnic Identity."
Applied Developmental Science 13(2):61-73.
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Galambos, N.L.
,
S.A. Berenbaum
and
S.M. McHale
(2009).
"Gender Development in Adolescence." In
Lerner, R.M.
and
L.D. Steinberg
(Eds.)
, Handbook of Adolescent Psychology (3 ed.), Vol. 1.
New York:
John Wiley and Sons.
(pp. 305-357)
Marks, J.L.
,
C.B. Lam
and
S.M. McHale
(2009).
"Family Patterns of Gender Role Attitudes."
Sex Roles 61(3-4):221-234.
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McHale, S.M.
,
A.M. Dotterer
and
J. Kim
(2009).
"An Ecological Perspective on the Media and Youth Development."
American Behavioral Scientist 52(8):1186-1203.
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McHale, S.M.
,
J. Bissell
and
J. Kim
(2009).
"Sibling Relationship, Family, and Genetic Factors in Sibling Similarity in Sexual Risk."
Journal of Family Psychology 23(4):562-572.
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McHale, S.M.
,
J. Kim
,
A.M. Dotterer
,
A.C. Crouter
and
A. Booth
(2009).
"The Development of Gendered Interests and Personality Qualities from Middle Childhood through Adolescence: A Biosocial Analysis."
Child Development 80(2):482-495.
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McHale, S.M.
,
K.A. Updegraff
,
J. Kim
and
E. Cansler
(2009).
"Cultural Orientations, Daily Activities, and Adjustment in Mexican American Youth."
Journal of Youth and Adolescence 38(5):627-641.
PMCID: PMC2718432??
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Landale, N.S.
,
S.M. McHale
and
A. Booth
(In Press).
Development of Hispanic Children in Immigrant Families: Challenges and Prospects.
Washington, DC:
The Urban Institute.
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