Luke T Russell
Biographic Data
| ID | 128129 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Luke T Russell |
| GIVEN NAMES | Luke T |
| FAMILY NAME | Russell |
| SIGNATURE | RUSSELL L T |
| AFFILIATIONS | Illinois State University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-4779-0690 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 23 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 61 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 23 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2015 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 5 |
Which personal values are most predictive of anticipated self-stigma of seeking help? A relative weight analysis
Examining equifinality and multifinality using outcome‐partitioned person‐centered analyses
Early general systems theorists proposed a key difference between living systems and physical systems is the widespread presence of equifinality and multifinality among living organisms. That is, in living systems, there are often variable pathways to the same outcomes (equifinality), or the same starting conditions can lead to disparate outcomes (multifinality). Family scientists, however, frequently use methods (adapted from the physical scienc…
Identifying a typology of helpful post‐divorce family assets
Divorce education programs seek to provide parents with information about various aspects of the divorce process, its consequences, and strategies for successful adjustment. Within those broad content areas, however, there are myriad of potential promotive‐, protective‐, and risk‐factors that programs could address. Thus, divorce education programs could benefit from further guidance about the content areas divorcing parents may find the most hel…
Rethinking utility in divorce education
For children in the United States, family instability following parental relationship dissolution is common and efforts to promote effective post‐divorce co‐parenting arrangements have grown substantially in recent decades. To help families navigate transitions through the divorce process, most states require divorcing parents to complete divorce education programming. In the present study we used pre‐post data from three divorce education progra…
Reimagining stagnant perspectives of family structure
Many Americans believe that a breakdown in the “traditional” two‐married‐parent family and the rise in single‐parent families are responsible for persistent family inequality. The general argument is that children do best when they are raised by both biological parents. Evidence increasingly calls into question conventional wisdom about the universal benefits of the two‐parent family, yet mainstream approaches to studying family structure continu…
Divorced Coparents’ Experiences during the Early Phase of the Covid-19 Pandemic
Using data collected from divorced parents (N = 491; 49.7% mothers) during the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, March 31st through April 3rd 2020, we evaluated divorced parents’ perceptions of how the COVID-19 pandemic was affecting their post-divorce coparenting relationships. Overall, 67.8% of parents reported no impacts of the pandemic on their coparenting relationship, with 21% reporting a negative effect, and 9% a positive effect. Coparenting…
Announcing Family Transitions
Parents' and older siblings' socialization of younger siblings' empathy
In 2016, China officially ended its One-Child policy and started allowing urban married couples to have up to two children. Beginning in 2021, Chinese policy officially began encouraging couples to have up to three children in response to low birth rates and increasing needs for workers and care providers in an aging country. Siblinghood in China has thus begun to re-emerge as a social phenomenon among urban Chinese. Given the important role sibl…
Adolescent Aspirations, Compromise, and Conflict-Resolution
Whereas adolescents’ intrinsic aspirations are indicative of attending to internal need-satisfaction and may motivate mutually beneficial compromise and conflict-resolution, extrinsic aspirations focus on attaining more concrete external rewards and may exacerbate relational conflict. The present study examined an indirect association between aspirations and positive conflict-resolution via engagement (or anticipated engagement) in compromising b…
Distress as an Outcome in Youth Relationship Education
Objective To evaluate the effectiveness of a youth relationship education program (YREP) on psychological functioning and to understand the mechanisms associated with change in distress. Background Successfully (or unsuccessfully) navigating romantic relationships is a robust predictor of adolescent mental health. Youth relationship education programs have been found to promote adaptive relationship knowledge, attitudes, and skills; however, litt…
Lessons From the Field
Objective In this Lessons from the Field, we describe the lessons we learned from developing the Divorce Education Assessment Collaborative (DEAC) and creating a longitudinal evaluation plan for divorce education programs across geographically, programmatically, and format‐diverse programs. Background Although divorce education programs are commonly mandated for divorcing parents, variability in program content, format, and design can make it dif…
Parents’ Anticipated Discussions About Death With Young Children
Guided by family communication patterns theory and terror management theory this mixed-methods investigation explored how parents ( N = 112) of young children (ages 3-6) described the way they would discuss death when it comes up in conversations. Responses were coded inductively, resulting in four themes: explanations that death is inevitable, explanations that death is in the distance, the use of religion to frame discussions of death, and fina…
The effectiveness of a financial literacy and job-readiness curriculum for youth from low-income households
Intergenerational poverty and scarce financial resources can create and sustain detrimental behaviors and outcomes among adolescents. Efforts to increase financial literacy and job-related skills, however, can offer youth from low-income households knowledge, skills, and opportunities otherwise unavailable to them. Targeted interventions that combine financial literacy and job-readiness components may help adolescents disrupt the cycle of interge…
Ready to change? Predicting adolescents' help‐seeking for relationship concerns
Although therapy, relationship education, and online relationship resources may help alleviate relational distress, many adolescents and adults eschew help. Deciding to seek help for relationship concerns involves mental processes that reflect behavioral intentions and information‐seeking behaviors. The present paper examines the prevalence of adolescents' ( N = 183) intentions and behaviors to seek relationship help, and investigates determinant…
How is spontaneous self-affirmation linked to self-esteem? A cross-lagged examination
Communication technology use in post-divorce coparenting relationships
Divorced parents are increasingly expected to carry out shared physical custody of minor children by maintaining ongoing communication with their ex-spouse. Digital and cellular technologies have created new mediums for divorced parents to carry out communication (e.g., texting, email, and social media). In this study, we identified a typology of divorced parents' use of five communication mediums with their former spouse using latent class analy…
Beyond cold feet
The engagement period is a critical window to understand stay-leave decisions because it marks a stage when individuals are moving toward lifelong commitment, but do not have the obligations of legal marriage that make dissolution more difficult. According to Inertia Theory, felt momentum can propel couples through relationship transitions without sufficient consideration of their dedication, which could constrain partners in poor quality relatio…
Responsibility inferences and judgments about helping older parents and stepparents
The aim of this study was to investigate the effects of responsibility inferences on judgments about helping older parents and stepparents with activities of daily living, health management, and recovery in the aftermath of an illness or injury. Using Weiner's theory of responsibility inferences as a guiding framework, we evaluated (1) the amount of intergenerational aid adult (step)children should provide, (2) the extent to which adult (step)chi…
Conceptualizing Family Structure in a Social Determinants of Health Framework
In this article, we propose the conceptualization of family structure as an important socially stratified grouping within a social determinants of health (SDOH) framework. We explore how family science literature supports this conceptualization of family structure through evidence of inequity in health outcomes across structurally diverse families that can and ought to be addressed; social stratification across family structures in which some fam…
Half‐Sibling and Stepsibling Relationships
Increases in divorce, remarriage, and stepfamily formation have added complexity to sibling composition. Biological siblings have been found to be key players in children's lives, and relationships with half and stepsiblings also likely influence individual development and adjustment. In this systematic integrative review, we synthesize and critique 46 studies on half and stepsibling relationships, a literature that has seen marked growth in rece…
Family Structure and Family Management Practices
Using data from a national sample of 15-year-olds ( N = 681), we tested if four family management practices (parental knowledge, behavioral control, parental academic involvement, and unsupervised time with peers) differed between family structures (i.e., biological-parent, stepfather, or single-mother family). We then identified the family management practices associated with positive youth well-being (psychosocial maturity, positive friendship …
A comparison of intergovernmental and private agency collection of child support arrears
Stepchildren's Views About Former Step-Relationships Following Stepfamily Dissolution
Remarriages end in divorce more often than first marriages, so many stepchildren experience multiple parental divorces and the potential loss of significant family ties. Although there is substantial research on parent-child relationships after divorce, little is known about stepparent-stepchild relationships after divorce. Therefore, the authors conducted a grounded theory study of 41 adults who had undergone a stepfamily dissolution to explore …
Half‐Sibling and Stepsibling Relationships
Increases in divorce, remarriage, and stepfamily formation have added complexity to sibling composition. Biological siblings have been found to be key players in children's lives, and relationships with half and stepsiblings also likely influence individual development and adjustment. In this systematic integrative review, we synthesize and critique 46 studies on half and stepsibling relationships, a literature that has seen marked growth in rece…
Communication technology use in post-divorce coparenting relationships
Divorced parents are increasingly expected to carry out shared physical custody of minor children by maintaining ongoing communication with their ex-spouse. Digital and cellular technologies have created new mediums for divorced parents to carry out communication (e.g., texting, email, and social media). In this study, we identified a typology of divorced parents' use of five communication mediums with their former spouse using latent class analy…
Reimagining stagnant perspectives of family structure
Many Americans believe that a breakdown in the “traditional” two‐married‐parent family and the rise in single‐parent families are responsible for persistent family inequality. The general argument is that children do best when they are raised by both biological parents. Evidence increasingly calls into question conventional wisdom about the universal benefits of the two‐parent family, yet mainstream approaches to studying family structure continu…
Stepchildren's Views About Former Step-Relationships Following Stepfamily Dissolution
Remarriages end in divorce more often than first marriages, so many stepchildren experience multiple parental divorces and the potential loss of significant family ties. Although there is substantial research on parent-child relationships after divorce, little is known about stepparent-stepchild relationships after divorce. Therefore, the authors conducted a grounded theory study of 41 adults who had undergone a stepfamily dissolution to explore …
Conceptualizing Family Structure in a Social Determinants of Health Framework
In this article, we propose the conceptualization of family structure as an important socially stratified grouping within a social determinants of health (SDOH) framework. We explore how family science literature supports this conceptualization of family structure through evidence of inequity in health outcomes across structurally diverse families that can and ought to be addressed; social stratification across family structures in which some fam…
Beyond cold feet
The engagement period is a critical window to understand stay-leave decisions because it marks a stage when individuals are moving toward lifelong commitment, but do not have the obligations of legal marriage that make dissolution more difficult. According to Inertia Theory, felt momentum can propel couples through relationship transitions without sufficient consideration of their dedication, which could constrain partners in poor quality relatio…
Parents' and older siblings' socialization of younger siblings' empathy
In 2016, China officially ended its One-Child policy and started allowing urban married couples to have up to two children. Beginning in 2021, Chinese policy officially began encouraging couples to have up to three children in response to low birth rates and increasing needs for workers and care providers in an aging country. Siblinghood in China has thus begun to re-emerge as a social phenomenon among urban Chinese. Given the important role sibl…
Responsibility inferences and judgments about helping older parents and stepparents
The aim of this study was to investigate the effects of responsibility inferences on judgments about helping older parents and stepparents with activities of daily living, health management, and recovery in the aftermath of an illness or injury. Using Weiner's theory of responsibility inferences as a guiding framework, we evaluated (1) the amount of intergenerational aid adult (step)children should provide, (2) the extent to which adult (step)chi…
Family Structure and Family Management Practices
Using data from a national sample of 15-year-olds ( N = 681), we tested if four family management practices (parental knowledge, behavioral control, parental academic involvement, and unsupervised time with peers) differed between family structures (i.e., biological-parent, stepfather, or single-mother family). We then identified the family management practices associated with positive youth well-being (psychosocial maturity, positive friendship …
How is spontaneous self-affirmation linked to self-esteem? A cross-lagged examination
Stepchildren's Views About Former Step-Relationships Following Stepfamily Dissolution
Remarriages end in divorce more often than first marriages, so many stepchildren experience multiple parental divorces and the potential loss of significant family ties. Although there is substantial research on parent-child relationships after divorce, little is known about stepparent-stepchild relationships after divorce. Therefore, the authors conducted a grounded theory study of 41 adults who had undergone a stepfamily dissolution to explore …
A comparison of intergovernmental and private agency collection of child support arrears
Conceptualizing Family Structure in a Social Determinants of Health Framework
In this article, we propose the conceptualization of family structure as an important socially stratified grouping within a social determinants of health (SDOH) framework. We explore how family science literature supports this conceptualization of family structure through evidence of inequity in health outcomes across structurally diverse families that can and ought to be addressed; social stratification across family structures in which some fam…
Half‐Sibling and Stepsibling Relationships
Increases in divorce, remarriage, and stepfamily formation have added complexity to sibling composition. Biological siblings have been found to be key players in children's lives, and relationships with half and stepsiblings also likely influence individual development and adjustment. In this systematic integrative review, we synthesize and critique 46 studies on half and stepsibling relationships, a literature that has seen marked growth in rece…
Family Structure and Family Management Practices
Using data from a national sample of 15-year-olds ( N = 681), we tested if four family management practices (parental knowledge, behavioral control, parental academic involvement, and unsupervised time with peers) differed between family structures (i.e., biological-parent, stepfather, or single-mother family). We then identified the family management practices associated with positive youth well-being (psychosocial maturity, positive friendship …
Responsibility inferences and judgments about helping older parents and stepparents
The aim of this study was to investigate the effects of responsibility inferences on judgments about helping older parents and stepparents with activities of daily living, health management, and recovery in the aftermath of an illness or injury. Using Weiner's theory of responsibility inferences as a guiding framework, we evaluated (1) the amount of intergenerational aid adult (step)children should provide, (2) the extent to which adult (step)chi…
Beyond cold feet
The engagement period is a critical window to understand stay-leave decisions because it marks a stage when individuals are moving toward lifelong commitment, but do not have the obligations of legal marriage that make dissolution more difficult. According to Inertia Theory, felt momentum can propel couples through relationship transitions without sufficient consideration of their dedication, which could constrain partners in poor quality relatio…
Distress as an Outcome in Youth Relationship Education
Objective To evaluate the effectiveness of a youth relationship education program (YREP) on psychological functioning and to understand the mechanisms associated with change in distress. Background Successfully (or unsuccessfully) navigating romantic relationships is a robust predictor of adolescent mental health. Youth relationship education programs have been found to promote adaptive relationship knowledge, attitudes, and skills; however, litt…
Lessons From the Field
Objective In this Lessons from the Field, we describe the lessons we learned from developing the Divorce Education Assessment Collaborative (DEAC) and creating a longitudinal evaluation plan for divorce education programs across geographically, programmatically, and format‐diverse programs. Background Although divorce education programs are commonly mandated for divorcing parents, variability in program content, format, and design can make it dif…
Parents’ Anticipated Discussions About Death With Young Children
Guided by family communication patterns theory and terror management theory this mixed-methods investigation explored how parents ( N = 112) of young children (ages 3-6) described the way they would discuss death when it comes up in conversations. Responses were coded inductively, resulting in four themes: explanations that death is inevitable, explanations that death is in the distance, the use of religion to frame discussions of death, and fina…
The effectiveness of a financial literacy and job-readiness curriculum for youth from low-income households
Intergenerational poverty and scarce financial resources can create and sustain detrimental behaviors and outcomes among adolescents. Efforts to increase financial literacy and job-related skills, however, can offer youth from low-income households knowledge, skills, and opportunities otherwise unavailable to them. Targeted interventions that combine financial literacy and job-readiness components may help adolescents disrupt the cycle of interge…
Ready to change? Predicting adolescents' help‐seeking for relationship concerns
Although therapy, relationship education, and online relationship resources may help alleviate relational distress, many adolescents and adults eschew help. Deciding to seek help for relationship concerns involves mental processes that reflect behavioral intentions and information‐seeking behaviors. The present paper examines the prevalence of adolescents' ( N = 183) intentions and behaviors to seek relationship help, and investigates determinant…
How is spontaneous self-affirmation linked to self-esteem? A cross-lagged examination
Communication technology use in post-divorce coparenting relationships
Divorced parents are increasingly expected to carry out shared physical custody of minor children by maintaining ongoing communication with their ex-spouse. Digital and cellular technologies have created new mediums for divorced parents to carry out communication (e.g., texting, email, and social media). In this study, we identified a typology of divorced parents' use of five communication mediums with their former spouse using latent class analy…
Adolescent Aspirations, Compromise, and Conflict-Resolution
Whereas adolescents’ intrinsic aspirations are indicative of attending to internal need-satisfaction and may motivate mutually beneficial compromise and conflict-resolution, extrinsic aspirations focus on attaining more concrete external rewards and may exacerbate relational conflict. The present study examined an indirect association between aspirations and positive conflict-resolution via engagement (or anticipated engagement) in compromising b…
Divorced Coparents’ Experiences during the Early Phase of the Covid-19 Pandemic
Using data collected from divorced parents (N = 491; 49.7% mothers) during the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, March 31st through April 3rd 2020, we evaluated divorced parents’ perceptions of how the COVID-19 pandemic was affecting their post-divorce coparenting relationships. Overall, 67.8% of parents reported no impacts of the pandemic on their coparenting relationship, with 21% reporting a negative effect, and 9% a positive effect. Coparenting…
Announcing Family Transitions
Parents' and older siblings' socialization of younger siblings' empathy
In 2016, China officially ended its One-Child policy and started allowing urban married couples to have up to two children. Beginning in 2021, Chinese policy officially began encouraging couples to have up to three children in response to low birth rates and increasing needs for workers and care providers in an aging country. Siblinghood in China has thus begun to re-emerge as a social phenomenon among urban Chinese. Given the important role sibl…
Identifying a typology of helpful post‐divorce family assets
Divorce education programs seek to provide parents with information about various aspects of the divorce process, its consequences, and strategies for successful adjustment. Within those broad content areas, however, there are myriad of potential promotive‐, protective‐, and risk‐factors that programs could address. Thus, divorce education programs could benefit from further guidance about the content areas divorcing parents may find the most hel…
Rethinking utility in divorce education
For children in the United States, family instability following parental relationship dissolution is common and efforts to promote effective post‐divorce co‐parenting arrangements have grown substantially in recent decades. To help families navigate transitions through the divorce process, most states require divorcing parents to complete divorce education programming. In the present study we used pre‐post data from three divorce education progra…
Reimagining stagnant perspectives of family structure
Many Americans believe that a breakdown in the “traditional” two‐married‐parent family and the rise in single‐parent families are responsible for persistent family inequality. The general argument is that children do best when they are raised by both biological parents. Evidence increasingly calls into question conventional wisdom about the universal benefits of the two‐parent family, yet mainstream approaches to studying family structure continu…
Which personal values are most predictive of anticipated self-stigma of seeking help? A relative weight analysis
Examining equifinality and multifinality using outcome‐partitioned person‐centered analyses
Early general systems theorists proposed a key difference between living systems and physical systems is the widespread presence of equifinality and multifinality among living organisms. That is, in living systems, there are often variable pathways to the same outcomes (equifinality), or the same starting conditions can lead to disparate outcomes (multifinality). Family scientists, however, frequently use methods (adapted from the physical scienc…
Psychology (21 works) · Social Psychology (15 works) · Developmental psychology (14 works) · Family Dynamics and Relationships (12 works) · Social Psychology (11 works) · Intergenerational Family Dynamics and Caregiving (10 works) · Sociology (9 works) · Political science (7 works) · Attachment and Relationship Dynamics (6 works) · Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development (6 works)