Publications

2024

Taylor, R. D., Olaniyan, M., Gebre, A., & Bangasser, D. (2024). Relation of family economic pressure and race related stress with sleep disturbance among African American college students: Moderating effects of kin social support. Journal of Child and Family Studies. https://doi.org/10.1007/z10826-024-02894-z

Taylor, R. D., Bradford, J., Joshi, C., Gebre, A., & Olaniyan, M. (In press).  The association of sleep disturbance, depression, and kin social support with the college adjustment of African American students: a moderated mediation model. Journal of Black Psychology.

2022

Bartoli, B., Joshi, C., & Wolf, S. (2022). Parental engagement in Ghanaian pre-primary schools: A mixed-methods study. International Journal of Educational Research, 112, 101926. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijer.2022.101926 

2021

Taylor, R. D., Gebre, A., & Olaniyan, M. (2021). Association of kinship support and externalizing problems among low income African American mothers and adolescents. Journal of Child and Family Studies. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10826-021-01963-x 

2020

Gebre, A., & Taylor, R. D. (2020). The association between Facebook use and student involvement: The moderating role of Shyness. Journal of Student Affairs Research and Practice, 59(1), 1–15. https://doi.org/10.1080/19496591.2020.1784749

2018

Budescu, M., Sisselman-Borgia, A., & Taylor, R. D. (2018). Perceptions of adequate personal time and wellbeing among African American families with adolescents. Journal of Child and Family Studies, 27(6), 1763–1773. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10826-018-1014-7 

Sisselman-Borgia, A., Budescu, M., & Taylor, R. D. (2018). The Impact of Religion on Family Functioning in Low-Income African American Families With Adolescents. Journal of Black Psychology, 44(3), 247-272. https://doi.org/10.1177/0095798418771808 

Taylor, R. D. (2018). Demanding Kin Relations, Adjustment Problems and Academic Achievement and Engagement among Low-Income, African-American Adolescents. Journal of Child and Family Studies, 27(3), 707-716. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10826-017-0933-z  

2017

Gebre, A., Taylor, R. D. (2017). Association of Poor Kin Relations, College Adjustment and Psychological Well-Being among African American Undergraduates. Journal of Child and Family Studies, 26(3), 217-224. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10826-016-0539-x 

2016

Taylor, R. D., Gebre, A., Tuzo, E. (2016). Ethnic-Racial Identity and College Adjustment and Coping Among African American College Students: Moderating Effects of Kin Social Support. In Meaning-Making, Internalized Racism, and African American Identity (p.175-188). https://doi.org/10.1515/9781438462981-016  

 Taylor, R. D. (2016). Association of Demanding Kin Relations With Psychological Distress and Social Achievement Among Low-Income, African American Mothers and Adolescents: Moderation Effects of Family Routine. Journal of Research on Adolescence, 26(4), 638-644. https://doi.org/10.1111/jora.12242  

Taylor, R. D., & Gebre, A. (2016). Teacher-student relationships and personalized learning: Implications of personal and contextual variables. In M. Murphy, S. Redding & J. S. Twyman (Eds). Handbook on Personalized learning for States, Districts and Schools. Information Age Publishing, INC: Charlotte, North Carolina.

2015

Taylor, R. D., Budescu, M., & Gebre, A. (2015). Distressing Mother–Adolescent Relations and Psychological Well-being in Low Income African American Families: Moderating Effects of Demanding Kin Relations. Journal of Child and Family Studies, 25(2), 678–690. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10826-015-0252-1

2014

Taylor, R. D. (2014). Kin Social Undermining, Adjustment and Family Relations Among Low-Income African American Mothers and Adolescents: Moderating Effects of Kin Social Support. Journal of Child and Family Studies, 24(5), 1271–1284. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10826-014-9935-2

Taylor, R. D., Budescu, M., Gebre, A., & Hodzic, I. (2014). Family Financial Pressure and Maternal and Adolescent Socioemotional Adjustment: Moderating Effects of Kin Social Support in Low Income African American Families. Journal of Child and Family Studies, 23(2), 242–254. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10826-012-9688-8

2013

Budescu, M., & Taylor, R. D. (2013). Order in the home: Family routines moderate the impact of financial hardship. Journal of Applied Developmental Psychology, 34(2), 63–72. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.appdev.2012.11.006

Taylor, R. D., & Budescu, M. (2013). Emotional Adjustment and Distressed Interpersonal Relations Among Low-Income African American Mothers: Moderating Effects of Demanding Kin Relations. Cultural Diversity and Ethnic Minority Psychology, 19(1), 58–66. https://doi.org/10.1037/a0031168

2012

Taylor, R. D., Lopez, E. I., Budescu, M., & McGill, R. (2012). Parenting Practices and Adolescent Internalizing and Externalizing Problems: Moderating Effects of Socially Demanding Kin Relations. Journal of Child and Family Studies, 21(3), 474–485. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10826-011-9501-0

2011

Budescu, M., Taylor, R. D., & McGill, R. (2011). Stress and African American Women’s Smoking/Drinking to Cope: Moderating Effects of Kin Social Support. Journal of Black Psychology, 37(4), 452–484. https://doi.org/10.1177/0095798410396087

Taylor, R. D., Budescu, M., & McGill, R. (2011). Demanding Kin Relations and Depressive Symptoms Among Low-Income African American Women: Mediating Effects of Self-Esteem and Optimism. Cultural Diversity and Ethnic Minority Psychology, 17(3), 303–308. https://doi.org/10.1037/a0024189

2010

Taylor, R. D. (2010). Risk and Resilience in Low-Income African American Families: Moderating Effects of Kinship Social Support. Cultural Diversity and Ethnic Minority Psychology, 16(3), 344–351. https://doi.org/10.1037/a0018675

Lanza, H. I., & Taylor, R. D. (2010). Parenting in Moderation: Family Routine Moderates the Relation Between School Disengagement and Delinquent Behaviors Among African American Adolescents. Cultural Diversity and Ethnic Minority Psychology, 16(4), 540–547. https://doi.org/10.1037/a0021369

Taylor, R. D. (2010). Kin Support and Parenting Practices Among Low-Income African American Mothers: Moderating Effects of Mothers’ Psychological Adjustment. Journal of Black Psychology, 37(1), 3–23. https://doi.org/10.1177/0095798410372623