Kay Pasley
Biographic Data
| ID | 107484 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Kay Pasley |
| GIVEN NAMES | Kay |
| FAMILY NAME | Pasley |
| SIGNATURE | PASLEY K |
| AFFILIATIONS | Florida State University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 39 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 220 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 38 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 1 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1983 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2021 |
| H-INDEX | 9 |
A Cross‐Lagged Panel Model of Coparental Interaction and Father Involvement Shortly After Divorce
Objective To examine (a) associations among coparental interaction (cooperation, overt conflict, covert conflict) and father involvement (engagement, in‐kind financial support), (b) associations among the three dimensions of coparental interaction, and (c) associations among the two dimensions of father involvement, shortly after divorce. Background Family relationships change shortly after divorce, yet little research has examined coparental int…
Factors Linked with Coparenting Support and Conflict After Divorce
We examined the relationship between personal and interpersonal indicators of postdivorce adjustment and dimensions of coparenting (support, overt conflict, covert conflict) using data from 176 recently divorced mothers. Mothers’ satisfaction with the divorce decree, perceptions of fathers as important for child development, and being satisfied with fathers’ parenting were associated with more supportive coparenting. Mothers’ satisfaction with th…
Postdivorce Parenting: A Study of Recently Divorced Mothers and Fathers
Divorce is challenging for parents with children, commonly resulting in a series of individual and interpersonal adjustments. The time immediately following divorce can be particularly difficult. This study used a modified grounded theory approach to explore the experiences of 99 recently divorced mothers and fathers. Analysis of written narratives revealed 4 emergent groups of parents who described their postdivorce parenting experiences: good d…
Parents' Fathering Identity Standards and Later Father Involvement
Based on propositions from identity theory, this study used a sample of 1,596 coresident couples from the Fragile Families and Child Well-Being Study to examine whether parents' fathering role centrality standards and fathers' status centrality at the time of their child's birth were associated with mother and father reports of father involvement 1 and 3 years later. Mothers and fathers who rated fathering roles as more important reported greater…
Contemporary Families: Translating Research Into Practice
Sexual (Minority) Trajectories, Mental Health, and Alcohol Use: A Longitudinal Study of Youth as They Transition to Adulthood
Use of Identity Theory to Inform Fathering Scholarship
Our goal was to assess the contributions of identity theory to fathering research by critically reviewing the fathering literature that incorporated concepts and assumptions from this theory to frame their efforts. Overall, research findings support the association between father identity and fathering behavior, although differences in the nuance of theoretical constructs (status vs. role) in this association are less pronounced. We identify seve…
Extradyadic Involvement and Relationship Dissolution in Heterosexual Women University Students
Refining Identity Theory to Better Account for Relationships and Context: Applications to Fathering
Identity theory explains behaviors as socially constructed phenomena that result from the expectations we hold and the feedback we receive about how to fulfill the statuses we occupy. However, identity theory inadequately addresses the myriad contexts that influence identity and behavior, a weakness particularly relevant to fathering research. Here, we suggest ways of refining identity theory to better account for context—specifically, interperso…
Rethinking Maternal Gatekeeping
This article offers a new definition and an expanded conceptual model of maternal gatekeeping derived from the extant literature and critiques offered by scholars and applied to fathering. Typically, maternal gatekeeping is conceptualized as the mothers' ability to restrict fathers' involvement with children. We redefine maternal gatekeeping as a set of complex behavioral interactions between parents, where mothers influence father involvement th…
Hooking Up and Risk Behaviors Among First Semester College Men: What is the Role of Precollege Experience
Some scholars assert that a hookup culture exists on college campuses and that individuals who attend college are socialized into a hookup script. This study examines hooking up among first-semester college men (N = 158), with specific attention to precollege heavy episodic drinking (i.e., binge drinking) and precollege hookup experience. We found that freshman men begin a pattern of hooking up well before attending college. After controlling for…
The Role of Family Structure and Attachment in College Student Hookups
Sex, Commitment, and Casual Sex Relationships Among College Men: A Mixed-Methods Analysis
Hooking Up and Penetrative Hookups: Correlates that Differentiate College Men
Emerging Adults’ Expectations for Pornography Use in the Context of Future Committed Romantic Relationships: A Qualitative Study
College Men, Unplanned Pregnancy, and Marriage: What Do They Expect
We conducted a qualitative content analysis of written responses from 148 college men to questions about pregnancy resolution and marriage in the event of an unplanned pregnancy. We used Marsiglio's ( 1991 ) concepts of procreative consciousness and responsibility as a source of theoretical sensitivity during data analysis. Men's written comments were analyzed using a modified version of the grounded theory method of open, axial, and selective co…
Explaining Couple Cohesion in Different Types of Gay Families
This Internet-based study used data from a convenience sample of 176 gay men in current partnerships to examine differences in outness, cohesion, and relationship quality between three types of gay male couples: first cohabiting partnerships, repartnerships, and gay stepfamilies. Also, we tested whether relationship quality mediated the link between outness and cohesion and the moderating role of type of relationship. Results showed that those in…
A Comparison of Internet and Face-to-Face (FTF) Qualitative Methods in Studying the Relationships of Gay Men
Although the Internet increasingly is part of our daily interactions, it remains largely unexplored as a qualitative research medium. Because most research on the relationships of gay men uses homogeneous samples, which are often difficult to locate, the Internet provides a methodological opportunity to obtain a more diverse set of perspectives of the lived experiences of participants. Our primary interests here are to discuss the processes and e…
From Divorce to Remarriage: Financial Management and Security Among Remarried Women
This study addresses remarried women's financial security related to the transition from divorce to remarriage by examining the financial changes and financial management strategies reported by a sample of 298 women. Findings suggest that women in remarriage experience a number of economic changes that are associated with both positive and negative outcomes. Specifically, the number of financial changes was related to use of a financial managemen…
Effects of Commitment and Psychological Centrality on Fathering
Propositions from identity theory suggest that interactional and affective commitment to a role identity affects the psychological centrality of that role identity. In turn, the centrality of one's role identity translates into role performance (Stryker & Serpe, 1994). This conceptual model was tested with a sample of 186 fathers in first marriages with at least one child 18 years or younger. The results showed that fathers who perceived their wi…
Factors Affecting the Perceived Helpfulness of Therapy with Stepfamilies: A Closer Look at Gender Issues
This article examines gender-related differences in clients' perceptions of the effectiveness of the therapeutic process in facilitating stepfamily adjustment. Data from the membership of the Stepfa-mily Association of America was analyzed to examine what 292 clients reported as helpful and unhelpful aspects of therapy by gender of client, gender of therapist, and gender pairings. Results of analysis of variance and chi-square analyses indicated …
Gendered Conflict, Identity Disruption, and Marital Instability: Expanding Gottman's Model
We propose a mid-range conceptual model integrating three somewhat disparate areas of research to provide an understanding of key factors that lead to marital instability. These areas are the influence of gender on marital instability, the negativity and distancing behaviors in marriage, and identity theory. We develop and discuss a model that posits that incongruencies between spouses in gender beliefs, expectations, and behaviors affect marital…
Family Boundary Ambiguity, Marital Status, and Child Adjustment
The association between children’s perceptions of boundary ambiguity and their personal adjustment was examined in a sample of 262 children who lived with their biological parents and 87 children who lived with their single, divorced mothers or their divorced mothers and stepfathers. Adjustment was assessed by measuring mother and teacher reports of child problem behaviors and academic performance. The specific component of boundaries examined wa…
Fathering After Divorce in Israel and the U.S
Data from 100 Israeli and 92 American divorced, noncustodial fathers were analyzed to examine the effects of the coparental relationship, psychological presence of child to father, and fathering esteem on different types of father involvement postdivorce. While both groups reported similar levels of fathering esteem, Israeli fathers reported their former spouses as less supportive and their children as less psychologically present. Israeli father…
Stepfamily Therapy from the Client's Perspective
(1997). Stepfamily Therapy from the Client's Perspective. Marriage & Family Review: Vol. 26, No. 1-2, pp. 191-213
Developing a Middle-Range Theory of Father Involvement Postdivorce
The problem addressed in the article is why so many fathers remove themselves from their children's lives after divorce. The authors develop a theory that offers a partial explanation of this phenomena based on the potential for change in the salience of a man's identity as a father postdivorce. Propositions are developed and hypotheses are derived from symbolic interaction and identity theory. The authors define and interrelate the concepts of i…
Rethinking Maternal Gatekeeping
This article offers a new definition and an expanded conceptual model of maternal gatekeeping derived from the extant literature and critiques offered by scholars and applied to fathering. Typically, maternal gatekeeping is conceptualized as the mothers' ability to restrict fathers' involvement with children. We redefine maternal gatekeeping as a set of complex behavioral interactions between parents, where mothers influence father involvement th…
Fathers' Parenting Role Identity and Father Involvement: A Comparison of Nondivorced and Divorced, Nonresident Fathers
This study explored a father's parenting role identity in nondivorced and divorced, nonresidential fathers and the relationship between role identity and involvement in child-related activities. Data were collected from 270 fathers (178 nondivorced and 92 divorced) by mail questionnaires. Differences were found between groups on three dimensions of identity: nonresidential fathers reported feeling less competent and satisfied in the role, and tha…
Sexual (Minority) Trajectories, Mental Health, and Alcohol Use: A Longitudinal Study of Youth as They Transition to Adulthood
Use of Identity Theory to Inform Fathering Scholarship
Our goal was to assess the contributions of identity theory to fathering research by critically reviewing the fathering literature that incorporated concepts and assumptions from this theory to frame their efforts. Overall, research findings support the association between father identity and fathering behavior, although differences in the nuance of theoretical constructs (status vs. role) in this association are less pronounced. We identify seve…
Gendered Conflict, Identity Disruption, and Marital Instability: Expanding Gottman's Model
We propose a mid-range conceptual model integrating three somewhat disparate areas of research to provide an understanding of key factors that lead to marital instability. These areas are the influence of gender on marital instability, the negativity and distancing behaviors in marriage, and identity theory. We develop and discuss a model that posits that incongruencies between spouses in gender beliefs, expectations, and behaviors affect marital…
Emerging Adults’ Expectations for Pornography Use in the Context of Future Committed Romantic Relationships: A Qualitative Study
Hooking Up and Risk Behaviors Among First Semester College Men: What is the Role of Precollege Experience
Some scholars assert that a hookup culture exists on college campuses and that individuals who attend college are socialized into a hookup script. This study examines hooking up among first-semester college men (N = 158), with specific attention to precollege heavy episodic drinking (i.e., binge drinking) and precollege hookup experience. We found that freshman men begin a pattern of hooking up well before attending college. After controlling for…
Effects of Commitment and Psychological Centrality on Fathering
Propositions from identity theory suggest that interactional and affective commitment to a role identity affects the psychological centrality of that role identity. In turn, the centrality of one's role identity translates into role performance (Stryker & Serpe, 1994). This conceptual model was tested with a sample of 186 fathers in first marriages with at least one child 18 years or younger. The results showed that fathers who perceived their wi…
Hooking Up and Penetrative Hookups: Correlates that Differentiate College Men
Extradyadic Involvement and Relationship Dissolution in Heterosexual Women University Students
Refining Identity Theory to Better Account for Relationships and Context: Applications to Fathering
Identity theory explains behaviors as socially constructed phenomena that result from the expectations we hold and the feedback we receive about how to fulfill the statuses we occupy. However, identity theory inadequately addresses the myriad contexts that influence identity and behavior, a weakness particularly relevant to fathering research. Here, we suggest ways of refining identity theory to better account for context—specifically, interperso…
Sex, Commitment, and Casual Sex Relationships Among College Men: A Mixed-Methods Analysis
Parents' Fathering Identity Standards and Later Father Involvement
Based on propositions from identity theory, this study used a sample of 1,596 coresident couples from the Fragile Families and Child Well-Being Study to examine whether parents' fathering role centrality standards and fathers' status centrality at the time of their child's birth were associated with mother and father reports of father involvement 1 and 3 years later. Mothers and fathers who rated fathering roles as more important reported greater…
Stepfamilies in 1984 and Today–A Scholarly Perspective
Explaining Couple Cohesion in Different Types of Gay Families
This Internet-based study used data from a convenience sample of 176 gay men in current partnerships to examine differences in outness, cohesion, and relationship quality between three types of gay male couples: first cohabiting partnerships, repartnerships, and gay stepfamilies. Also, we tested whether relationship quality mediated the link between outness and cohesion and the moderating role of type of relationship. Results showed that those in…
Family Boundary Ambiguity, Marital Status, and Child Adjustment
The association between children’s perceptions of boundary ambiguity and their personal adjustment was examined in a sample of 262 children who lived with their biological parents and 87 children who lived with their single, divorced mothers or their divorced mothers and stepfathers. Adjustment was assessed by measuring mother and teacher reports of child problem behaviors and academic performance. The specific component of boundaries examined wa…
Stepfamily Therapy from the Client's Perspective
(1997). Stepfamily Therapy from the Client's Perspective. Marriage & Family Review: Vol. 26, No. 1-2, pp. 191-213
Remarriage and Stepparenting: Current Research and Theory
The Role of Family Structure and Attachment in College Student Hookups
Predictors of Stress in Adolescents: An Exploratory Study of Pregnant and of Parenting Females
This study compared level of stress in pregnant and in parenting adolescentfemales and identified the strongest predictors of overall stress and of various sources of stress. Questionnaire datafrom 60 pregnant and 92 parenting females enrolled in 15 programs for pregnant and parenting adolescents were used. No differences were found in overall stress orsources of stress between the two groups. For pregnant adolescents, esteem was a significant pr…
Birth order and self-concept in adolescence
Birth order and self-concept in adolescence
Remarriage and Integration within the Community
This article reports a study examining the relationship between several social characteristics of remarried persons and the extent and type of their integration within the community. Three dimensions of community integration were measured: time spent with others, loyalty conflicts, and communication. A sample of 784 remarried husbands and wives were surveyed and classified according to type of remarriage-remarriages in which one partner was first…
Remarriage
Remarriage and Stepparenting: Current Research and Theory
Divorced Families: A Multidisciplinary Developmental View
Remarriage and Stepparenting: Current Research and Theory
Since the mid-1970's, the texture of modern society has been changed dramatically by the increasing presence of the stepfamily. No longer considered the exception to the norm, the stepfamily has been thrust into the mainstream by a 50% divorce rate combined with a high incidence of remarriage. According to some estimates, 35% of children born in the 1980's will experience stepfamily living by the time they reach the age of 18. Although interest i…
The Effects of Child Support Receipt and Payment on Stepfamily Satisfaction: An Exploratory Study
The purpose of the present study was to examine how the payment or receipt of child support affected stepfamily adjust- ment. Other information about changes in child support and child support compliance after remarriage was obtained. Data from 74 remanied individuals who were either paying or receiving child support were used. The results indicated that for those that reported changes in child support, payers reported paying more while receiv- e…
Predictors of Stress in Adolescents: An Exploratory Study of Pregnant and of Parenting Females
This study compared level of stress in pregnant and in parenting adolescentfemales and identified the strongest predictors of overall stress and of various sources of stress. Questionnaire datafrom 60 pregnant and 92 parenting females enrolled in 15 programs for pregnant and parenting adolescents were used. No differences were found in overall stress orsources of stress between the two groups. For pregnant adolescents, esteem was a significant pr…
Parents Whose Parents Were Divorced
As the first generation is now reaching parenthood, society is beginning to feel the social and psychological effects of divorce. Author Thomas Berner studies this subject in a clear and interesting manner. He tackles difficult questions such as: How do children of divorce face daily life? How do they mature and how do they perceive themselves growing up? How have they modified their lives as a result of growing up in a one-parent home? What lega…
Developing a Middle-Range Theory of Father Involvement Postdivorce
The problem addressed in the article is why so many fathers remove themselves from their children's lives after divorce. The authors develop a theory that offers a partial explanation of this phenomena based on the potential for change in the salience of a man's identity as a father postdivorce. Propositions are developed and hypotheses are derived from symbolic interaction and identity theory. The authors define and interrelate the concepts of i…
Problems in Remarriage: An Exploratory Study of Intact and Terminated Relationships
This study explored the problems in remarriages which remained intact and those which ended in divorce to determine differences in the seriousness of problems with step/children and whether the redivorced reported greater disagreement on key issues. The effects of gender and family structure on marital consensus were explored also. Using a matched sample of 26 remarried and redivorced individuals, the findings indicated that those redivorced did …
Stepparenting: Issues in Theory, Research, and Practice
A critical analysis of the current literature on step-parenting. Early chapters treat theoretical concerns and present models useful to the study of step-parenting. Later chapters summarize research related to relationships within step-families and the development of new roles within step-families
Fathers' Parenting Role Identity and Father Involvement: A Comparison of Nondivorced and Divorced, Nonresident Fathers
This study explored a father's parenting role identity in nondivorced and divorced, nonresidential fathers and the relationship between role identity and involvement in child-related activities. Data were collected from 270 fathers (178 nondivorced and 92 divorced) by mail questionnaires. Differences were found between groups on three dimensions of identity: nonresidential fathers reported feeling less competent and satisfied in the role, and tha…
Stepfamily Therapy from the Client's Perspective
(1997). Stepfamily Therapy from the Client's Perspective. Marriage & Family Review: Vol. 26, No. 1-2, pp. 191-213
Stepfamilies in 1984 and Today–A Scholarly Perspective
Fathering After Divorce in Israel and the U.S
Data from 100 Israeli and 92 American divorced, noncustodial fathers were analyzed to examine the effects of the coparental relationship, psychological presence of child to father, and fathering esteem on different types of father involvement postdivorce. While both groups reported similar levels of fathering esteem, Israeli fathers reported their former spouses as less supportive and their children as less psychologically present. Israeli father…
Family Boundary Ambiguity, Marital Status, and Child Adjustment
The association between children’s perceptions of boundary ambiguity and their personal adjustment was examined in a sample of 262 children who lived with their biological parents and 87 children who lived with their single, divorced mothers or their divorced mothers and stepfathers. Adjustment was assessed by measuring mother and teacher reports of child problem behaviors and academic performance. The specific component of boundaries examined wa…
Factors Affecting the Perceived Helpfulness of Therapy with Stepfamilies: A Closer Look at Gender Issues
This article examines gender-related differences in clients' perceptions of the effectiveness of the therapeutic process in facilitating stepfamily adjustment. Data from the membership of the Stepfa-mily Association of America was analyzed to examine what 292 clients reported as helpful and unhelpful aspects of therapy by gender of client, gender of therapist, and gender pairings. Results of analysis of variance and chi-square analyses indicated …
Gendered Conflict, Identity Disruption, and Marital Instability: Expanding Gottman's Model
We propose a mid-range conceptual model integrating three somewhat disparate areas of research to provide an understanding of key factors that lead to marital instability. These areas are the influence of gender on marital instability, the negativity and distancing behaviors in marriage, and identity theory. We develop and discuss a model that posits that incongruencies between spouses in gender beliefs, expectations, and behaviors affect marital…
Effects of Commitment and Psychological Centrality on Fathering
Propositions from identity theory suggest that interactional and affective commitment to a role identity affects the psychological centrality of that role identity. In turn, the centrality of one's role identity translates into role performance (Stryker & Serpe, 1994). This conceptual model was tested with a sample of 186 fathers in first marriages with at least one child 18 years or younger. The results showed that fathers who perceived their wi…
From Divorce to Remarriage: Financial Management and Security Among Remarried Women
This study addresses remarried women's financial security related to the transition from divorce to remarriage by examining the financial changes and financial management strategies reported by a sample of 298 women. Findings suggest that women in remarriage experience a number of economic changes that are associated with both positive and negative outcomes. Specifically, the number of financial changes was related to use of a financial managemen…
A Comparison of Internet and Face-to-Face (FTF) Qualitative Methods in Studying the Relationships of Gay Men
Although the Internet increasingly is part of our daily interactions, it remains largely unexplored as a qualitative research medium. Because most research on the relationships of gay men uses homogeneous samples, which are often difficult to locate, the Internet provides a methodological opportunity to obtain a more diverse set of perspectives of the lived experiences of participants. Our primary interests here are to discuss the processes and e…
College Men, Unplanned Pregnancy, and Marriage: What Do They Expect
We conducted a qualitative content analysis of written responses from 148 college men to questions about pregnancy resolution and marriage in the event of an unplanned pregnancy. We used Marsiglio's ( 1991 ) concepts of procreative consciousness and responsibility as a source of theoretical sensitivity during data analysis. Men's written comments were analyzed using a modified version of the grounded theory method of open, axial, and selective co…
Explaining Couple Cohesion in Different Types of Gay Families
This Internet-based study used data from a convenience sample of 176 gay men in current partnerships to examine differences in outness, cohesion, and relationship quality between three types of gay male couples: first cohabiting partnerships, repartnerships, and gay stepfamilies. Also, we tested whether relationship quality mediated the link between outness and cohesion and the moderating role of type of relationship. Results showed that those in…
Refining Identity Theory to Better Account for Relationships and Context: Applications to Fathering
Identity theory explains behaviors as socially constructed phenomena that result from the expectations we hold and the feedback we receive about how to fulfill the statuses we occupy. However, identity theory inadequately addresses the myriad contexts that influence identity and behavior, a weakness particularly relevant to fathering research. Here, we suggest ways of refining identity theory to better account for context—specifically, interperso…
Psychology (36 works) · Developmental psychology (30 works) · Family Dynamics and Relationships (27 works) · Social Psychology (23 works) · Attachment and Relationship Dynamics (15 works) · Intergenerational Family Dynamics and Caregiving (15 works) · Sociology (14 works) · Social Psychology (9 works) · Clinical Psychology (8 works) · Remarriage (8 works)