David S Degarmo
Biographic Data
| ID | 118493 |
|---|---|
| NAME | David S Degarmo |
| GIVEN NAMES | David S |
| FAMILY NAME | Degarmo |
| SIGNATURE | DEGARMO D S |
| AFFILIATIONS | Oregon Social Learning Center |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-8449-3057 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 23 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 198 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 23 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1996 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| H-INDEX | 6 |
Replication and extension of the military family stress model: The after deployment adaptive parenting tools Adapt4U study
The military family stress (MFS) model conceptualizes that wartime deployments and post‐traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) symptoms are associated with couple, parenting, and child adjustment difficulties. The aim of this study was to replicate and extend the military family stress model by examining the associations among deployment length, PTSD symptoms, marital functioning, parenting practices, and child adjustment in a replication sample of bot…
Influence of early childhood parental hostility and socioeconomic stress on children’s internalizing symptom trajectories from childhood to adolescence
Study findings suggest that intervening on modifiable bioecological stressors-including parenting behaviors and socioeconomic stressors-may provide important protective influences on children's internalizing symptom trajectories
A Translational Case Study of a Multisite Covid-19 Public Health Intervention Across Sequenced Research Trials: Embedding Implementation in a Community Engagement Phased Framework
Through a COVID-19 public health intervention implemented across sequenced research trials, we present a community engagement phased framework that embeds intervention implementation: (1) consultation and preparation, (2) collaboration and implementation, and (3) partnership and sustainment. Intervention effects included mitigation of psychological distress and a 0.28 increase in the Latinx population tested for SARS-CoV-2. We summarize community…
Development and design of a culturally tailored intervention to address Covid-19 disparities among Oregon's Latinx communities: A community case study
Background: Latinx communities are disproportionately affected by COVID-19 compared with non-Latinx White communities in Oregon and much of the United States. The COVID-19 pandemic presents a critical and urgent need to reach Latinx communities with innovative, culturally tailored outreach and health promotion interventions to reduce viral transmission and address disparities. The aims of this case study are to (1) outline the collaborative devel…
Examining the Role of Peer Support on Work Experiences for Young Women With Disabilities
This study examined the protective effect of perceived peer support on involvement in work experiences in a sample of 366 young women receiving special education services in 26 high schools. Career self-efficacy and career outcome expectations are well-established predictors of behaviors aimed at achieving career goals, such as obtaining work experiences. Hence, we also evaluated their role as mediators of the hypothesized effect of perceived pee…
Effects of a Health Education Intervention for Covid-19 Prevention in Latinx Communities: A Cluster-Randomized Controlled Trial
To promote COVID-19 preventive attitudes and behaviors among Latinx individuals, researchers and community partners implemented a culturally tailored health education intervention across 12 Oregon counties from February 2021 through April 2022. We did not identify any significant intervention effects on preventive attitudes and behaviors but did observe significant decreases in psychological distress. Although Latinx individuals’ preventive attit…
A Longitudinal Investigation of Discrimination and Mental Health in Chinese International Students: The Role of Social Connectedness
Race-based discrimination is associated with negative mental health outcomes for Chinese international students. Host and ethnic social connectedness have been demonstrated to buffer the effects of discrimination on mental health. However, most studies thus far have utilized cross-sectional designs. The current study was a longitudinal investigation of the effects of race- and language-based discrimination on anxiety and depression symptoms among…
Experiential Avoidance, Dyadic Interaction and Relationship Quality in the Lives of Veterans and Their Partners
This study assessed the mediating pathways of observed couple communication on the dyadic associations between experiential avoidance (EA) and relationship quality. A sample of 228 military couples following combat deployment participated in a conflict discussion and completed self-report measures to assess EA and relationship quality. Results of an actor-partner interdependence model using structural equation modeling indicated that for both dya…
Using an adoption design to separate genetic, prenatal, and temperament influences on toddler executive function
Poor executive functioning has been implicated in children's concurrent and future behavioral difficulties, making work aimed at understanding processes related to the development of early executive function (EF) critical for models of developmental psychopathology. Deficits in EF have been associated with adverse prenatal experiences, genetic influences, and temperament characteristics. However, our ability to disentangle the predictive and inde…
A Confidant Support and Problem Solving Model of Divorced Fathers’ Parenting
This study tested a hypothesized social interaction learning (SIL) model of confidant support and paternal parenting. The latent growth curve analysis employed 230 recently divorced fathers, of which 177 enrolled support confidants, to test confidant support as a predictor of problem solving outcomes and problem solving outcomes as predictors of change in fathers’ parenting. Fathers’ parenting was hypothesized to predict growth in child behavior.…
Foster Parent Intervention Engagement Moderating Child Behavior Problems and Placement Disruption
OBJECTIVE: The authors conduct a within intervention group analysis to test whether caregiver engagement (e.g., participation, homework completion, openness to ideas, apparent satisfaction) in a group-based intervention moderates risk factors for foster child outcomes in a state-supported randomized trial of caregiver parent training. METHODS: The intervention is delivered in 16 weekly sessions by trained leaders. Outcomes are pre-post change in …
Parenting, parental mental health, and child functioning in families residing in supportive housing
Long-term homelessness is associated with other psychosocial risk factors (e.g., adult mental illness, substance abuse, and exposure to violence). All of these factors are associated with impairments in parenting effectiveness and child adjustment, but there are very limited data investigating parenting among families who are homeless and highly mobile. In particular, there is no literature examining the relationships among observed parenting, pa…
Culture and Personality Among European American and Asian American Men
Personality differences between Asian American ( N = 320) and European American men ( N = 242) and also among Asian American ethnic groups (Korean, Chinese, Japanese, Filipino, and mixed Asian) are examined on the Big Five personality dimension. Personality structures for Asian Americans and European Americans closely replicate established norms. However, congruence is greater for European American and highly acculturated Asian American men than …
Efficacy of Parent Training for Stepfathers: From Playful Spectator and Polite Stranger to Effective Stepfathering
OBJECTIVE: The primary goal of this paper was to evaluate independent effects of stepfather parenting behaviors within the context of a parent training efficacy trial designed for recently married couples with children exhibiting behavior problems. A secondary goal was to examine measurement properties of a multiple-method, multiple-source construct of effective stepfathering including direct observation. Stepfather hypotheses were derived from a…
A Culturally Informed Model of Academic Well‐Being for Latino Youth: The Importance of Discriminatory Experiences and Social Support
This study tested a culturally informed model of academic well-being for 278 Latino youth. We examined detrimental effects of discriminatory experiences and protective effects of social support on self-reported academic outcomes. Models specified main and buffering effects of social support and compared contributions of support provided by parents, school, and peers. Data indicated that discrimination was associated with lower academic well-being…
Ready to Take a Chance Again: Transitions into Dating Among Divorced Parents
After a marital break up parents may make efforts to find new romantic partners, although little is known about how the process of repartnering unfolds. This study consisted of surveying by phone two samples of divorcing custodial parents who had been identified from court records (N = 39 for recent filers, N = 39 for one-year post filers). Results indicate that repartnering happened fairly quickly, with 50% having had some dating experience even…
Social disadvantage and neglectful parenting as precursors to the development of antisocial and aggressive child behavior: Testing a theoretical model
The present study tested a theoretical model advanced to understand the direct and mediated effects of social disadvantage, neglectful parenting, and punitive parenting in the developmental trajectory of aggressive and antisocial behavior in young school‐aged children. To test the model, families of 310 first grade children and 361 fifth grade children, participating in a universal prevention trial in high‐risk areas of a medium‐sized metropolita…
Promoting Academic Success Among Latino Youths
This article describes results from the Oregon Latino Youth Survey, which was designed to identify factors that promote or hinder academic success for Latino middle school and high school youngsters. The study samples included a total of 564 Latino and non-Latino students and parents. Analyses showed that Latino students reported a high frequency of discriminatory experiences and institutional barriers at school, and Latino students and their par…
Identity Salience as a Moderator of Psychological and Marital Distress in Stepfather Families
David S. Degarmo, Marion S. Forgatch, Identity Salience as a Moderator of Psychological and Marital Distress in Stepfather Families, Social Psychology Quarterly, Vol. 65, No. 3 (Sep., 2002), pp. 266-284
Parenting through change: An effective prevention program for single mothers.
Confidant support and maternal distress: Predictors of parenting practices for divorced mothers
Following divorce, mothers may seek support for their parenting efforts. This study investigates confidant support from friends, family, and intimate partners, along with maternal distress, as predictors of parenting practices for divorced women. In a multimethod study of 138 mothers and their support confidants, we employed a measure of observed support that included emotional support, supportive behaviors, and likability of the support provider…
Determinants of observed confidant support for divorced mothers
Marital separation can be a time of extreme stress and can significantly disrupt support networks and support processes when they are needed most. The purpose of this investigation was to test mechanisms of support erosion in a multimethod study of 138 divorced mothers and their confidants. Previous work was extended by using observational measures of confidant support in a process model including (a) maternal characteristics over time, (b) suppo…
Identity Relevance and Disruption as Predictors of Psychological Distress for Widowed and Divorced Women
By using measures of identity relevance and identity disruption, we examined differences and similarities in the adjustment process for women who lost a spouse through death or divorce. We expected widowhood would be more disruptive of identity and more distressing than divorce. Based on work by Thoits (1991) and Burke (1991), we predicted higher psychological distress in both groups for women who had higher subjective evaluations of their (ex)hu…
A Culturally Informed Model of Academic Well‐Being for Latino Youth: The Importance of Discriminatory Experiences and Social Support
This study tested a culturally informed model of academic well-being for 278 Latino youth. We examined detrimental effects of discriminatory experiences and protective effects of social support on self-reported academic outcomes. Models specified main and buffering effects of social support and compared contributions of support provided by parents, school, and peers. Data indicated that discrimination was associated with lower academic well-being…
Promoting Academic Success Among Latino Youths
This article describes results from the Oregon Latino Youth Survey, which was designed to identify factors that promote or hinder academic success for Latino middle school and high school youngsters. The study samples included a total of 564 Latino and non-Latino students and parents. Analyses showed that Latino students reported a high frequency of discriminatory experiences and institutional barriers at school, and Latino students and their par…
Social disadvantage and neglectful parenting as precursors to the development of antisocial and aggressive child behavior: Testing a theoretical model
The present study tested a theoretical model advanced to understand the direct and mediated effects of social disadvantage, neglectful parenting, and punitive parenting in the developmental trajectory of aggressive and antisocial behavior in young school‐aged children. To test the model, families of 310 first grade children and 361 fifth grade children, participating in a universal prevention trial in high‐risk areas of a medium‐sized metropolita…
Identity Relevance and Disruption as Predictors of Psychological Distress for Widowed and Divorced Women
By using measures of identity relevance and identity disruption, we examined differences and similarities in the adjustment process for women who lost a spouse through death or divorce. We expected widowhood would be more disruptive of identity and more distressing than divorce. Based on work by Thoits (1991) and Burke (1991), we predicted higher psychological distress in both groups for women who had higher subjective evaluations of their (ex)hu…
Foster Parent Intervention Engagement Moderating Child Behavior Problems and Placement Disruption
OBJECTIVE: The authors conduct a within intervention group analysis to test whether caregiver engagement (e.g., participation, homework completion, openness to ideas, apparent satisfaction) in a group-based intervention moderates risk factors for foster child outcomes in a state-supported randomized trial of caregiver parent training. METHODS: The intervention is delivered in 16 weekly sessions by trained leaders. Outcomes are pre-post change in …
Culture and Personality Among European American and Asian American Men
Personality differences between Asian American ( N = 320) and European American men ( N = 242) and also among Asian American ethnic groups (Korean, Chinese, Japanese, Filipino, and mixed Asian) are examined on the Big Five personality dimension. Personality structures for Asian Americans and European Americans closely replicate established norms. However, congruence is greater for European American and highly acculturated Asian American men than …
Efficacy of Parent Training for Stepfathers: From Playful Spectator and Polite Stranger to Effective Stepfathering
OBJECTIVE: The primary goal of this paper was to evaluate independent effects of stepfather parenting behaviors within the context of a parent training efficacy trial designed for recently married couples with children exhibiting behavior problems. A secondary goal was to examine measurement properties of a multiple-method, multiple-source construct of effective stepfathering including direct observation. Stepfather hypotheses were derived from a…
Determinants of observed confidant support for divorced mothers
Marital separation can be a time of extreme stress and can significantly disrupt support networks and support processes when they are needed most. The purpose of this investigation was to test mechanisms of support erosion in a multimethod study of 138 divorced mothers and their confidants. Previous work was extended by using observational measures of confidant support in a process model including (a) maternal characteristics over time, (b) suppo…
Experiential Avoidance, Dyadic Interaction and Relationship Quality in the Lives of Veterans and Their Partners
This study assessed the mediating pathways of observed couple communication on the dyadic associations between experiential avoidance (EA) and relationship quality. A sample of 228 military couples following combat deployment participated in a conflict discussion and completed self-report measures to assess EA and relationship quality. Results of an actor-partner interdependence model using structural equation modeling indicated that for both dya…
Effects of a Health Education Intervention for Covid-19 Prevention in Latinx Communities: A Cluster-Randomized Controlled Trial
To promote COVID-19 preventive attitudes and behaviors among Latinx individuals, researchers and community partners implemented a culturally tailored health education intervention across 12 Oregon counties from February 2021 through April 2022. We did not identify any significant intervention effects on preventive attitudes and behaviors but did observe significant decreases in psychological distress. Although Latinx individuals’ preventive attit…
Using an adoption design to separate genetic, prenatal, and temperament influences on toddler executive function
Poor executive functioning has been implicated in children's concurrent and future behavioral difficulties, making work aimed at understanding processes related to the development of early executive function (EF) critical for models of developmental psychopathology. Deficits in EF have been associated with adverse prenatal experiences, genetic influences, and temperament characteristics. However, our ability to disentangle the predictive and inde…
Identity Salience as a Moderator of Psychological and Marital Distress in Stepfather Families
David S. Degarmo, Marion S. Forgatch, Identity Salience as a Moderator of Psychological and Marital Distress in Stepfather Families, Social Psychology Quarterly, Vol. 65, No. 3 (Sep., 2002), pp. 266-284
Identity Relevance and Disruption as Predictors of Psychological Distress for Widowed and Divorced Women
By using measures of identity relevance and identity disruption, we examined differences and similarities in the adjustment process for women who lost a spouse through death or divorce. We expected widowhood would be more disruptive of identity and more distressing than divorce. Based on work by Thoits (1991) and Burke (1991), we predicted higher psychological distress in both groups for women who had higher subjective evaluations of their (ex)hu…
Confidant support and maternal distress: Predictors of parenting practices for divorced mothers
Following divorce, mothers may seek support for their parenting efforts. This study investigates confidant support from friends, family, and intimate partners, along with maternal distress, as predictors of parenting practices for divorced women. In a multimethod study of 138 mothers and their support confidants, we employed a measure of observed support that included emotional support, supportive behaviors, and likability of the support provider…
Determinants of observed confidant support for divorced mothers
Marital separation can be a time of extreme stress and can significantly disrupt support networks and support processes when they are needed most. The purpose of this investigation was to test mechanisms of support erosion in a multimethod study of 138 divorced mothers and their confidants. Previous work was extended by using observational measures of confidant support in a process model including (a) maternal characteristics over time, (b) suppo…
Parenting through change: An effective prevention program for single mothers.
Identity Salience as a Moderator of Psychological and Marital Distress in Stepfather Families
David S. Degarmo, Marion S. Forgatch, Identity Salience as a Moderator of Psychological and Marital Distress in Stepfather Families, Social Psychology Quarterly, Vol. 65, No. 3 (Sep., 2002), pp. 266-284
Ready to Take a Chance Again: Transitions into Dating Among Divorced Parents
After a marital break up parents may make efforts to find new romantic partners, although little is known about how the process of repartnering unfolds. This study consisted of surveying by phone two samples of divorcing custodial parents who had been identified from court records (N = 39 for recent filers, N = 39 for one-year post filers). Results indicate that repartnering happened fairly quickly, with 50% having had some dating experience even…
Social disadvantage and neglectful parenting as precursors to the development of antisocial and aggressive child behavior: Testing a theoretical model
The present study tested a theoretical model advanced to understand the direct and mediated effects of social disadvantage, neglectful parenting, and punitive parenting in the developmental trajectory of aggressive and antisocial behavior in young school‐aged children. To test the model, families of 310 first grade children and 361 fifth grade children, participating in a universal prevention trial in high‐risk areas of a medium‐sized metropolita…
Promoting Academic Success Among Latino Youths
This article describes results from the Oregon Latino Youth Survey, which was designed to identify factors that promote or hinder academic success for Latino middle school and high school youngsters. The study samples included a total of 564 Latino and non-Latino students and parents. Analyses showed that Latino students reported a high frequency of discriminatory experiences and institutional barriers at school, and Latino students and their par…
A Culturally Informed Model of Academic Well‐Being for Latino Youth: The Importance of Discriminatory Experiences and Social Support
This study tested a culturally informed model of academic well-being for 278 Latino youth. We examined detrimental effects of discriminatory experiences and protective effects of social support on self-reported academic outcomes. Models specified main and buffering effects of social support and compared contributions of support provided by parents, school, and peers. Data indicated that discrimination was associated with lower academic well-being…
Efficacy of Parent Training for Stepfathers: From Playful Spectator and Polite Stranger to Effective Stepfathering
OBJECTIVE: The primary goal of this paper was to evaluate independent effects of stepfather parenting behaviors within the context of a parent training efficacy trial designed for recently married couples with children exhibiting behavior problems. A secondary goal was to examine measurement properties of a multiple-method, multiple-source construct of effective stepfathering including direct observation. Stepfather hypotheses were derived from a…
Culture and Personality Among European American and Asian American Men
Personality differences between Asian American ( N = 320) and European American men ( N = 242) and also among Asian American ethnic groups (Korean, Chinese, Japanese, Filipino, and mixed Asian) are examined on the Big Five personality dimension. Personality structures for Asian Americans and European Americans closely replicate established norms. However, congruence is greater for European American and highly acculturated Asian American men than …
Foster Parent Intervention Engagement Moderating Child Behavior Problems and Placement Disruption
OBJECTIVE: The authors conduct a within intervention group analysis to test whether caregiver engagement (e.g., participation, homework completion, openness to ideas, apparent satisfaction) in a group-based intervention moderates risk factors for foster child outcomes in a state-supported randomized trial of caregiver parent training. METHODS: The intervention is delivered in 16 weekly sessions by trained leaders. Outcomes are pre-post change in …
Parenting, parental mental health, and child functioning in families residing in supportive housing
Long-term homelessness is associated with other psychosocial risk factors (e.g., adult mental illness, substance abuse, and exposure to violence). All of these factors are associated with impairments in parenting effectiveness and child adjustment, but there are very limited data investigating parenting among families who are homeless and highly mobile. In particular, there is no literature examining the relationships among observed parenting, pa…
A Confidant Support and Problem Solving Model of Divorced Fathers’ Parenting
This study tested a hypothesized social interaction learning (SIL) model of confidant support and paternal parenting. The latent growth curve analysis employed 230 recently divorced fathers, of which 177 enrolled support confidants, to test confidant support as a predictor of problem solving outcomes and problem solving outcomes as predictors of change in fathers’ parenting. Fathers’ parenting was hypothesized to predict growth in child behavior.…
Using an adoption design to separate genetic, prenatal, and temperament influences on toddler executive function
Poor executive functioning has been implicated in children's concurrent and future behavioral difficulties, making work aimed at understanding processes related to the development of early executive function (EF) critical for models of developmental psychopathology. Deficits in EF have been associated with adverse prenatal experiences, genetic influences, and temperament characteristics. However, our ability to disentangle the predictive and inde…
Experiential Avoidance, Dyadic Interaction and Relationship Quality in the Lives of Veterans and Their Partners
This study assessed the mediating pathways of observed couple communication on the dyadic associations between experiential avoidance (EA) and relationship quality. A sample of 228 military couples following combat deployment participated in a conflict discussion and completed self-report measures to assess EA and relationship quality. Results of an actor-partner interdependence model using structural equation modeling indicated that for both dya…
A Longitudinal Investigation of Discrimination and Mental Health in Chinese International Students: The Role of Social Connectedness
Race-based discrimination is associated with negative mental health outcomes for Chinese international students. Host and ethnic social connectedness have been demonstrated to buffer the effects of discrimination on mental health. However, most studies thus far have utilized cross-sectional designs. The current study was a longitudinal investigation of the effects of race- and language-based discrimination on anxiety and depression symptoms among…
Development and design of a culturally tailored intervention to address Covid-19 disparities among Oregon's Latinx communities: A community case study
Background: Latinx communities are disproportionately affected by COVID-19 compared with non-Latinx White communities in Oregon and much of the United States. The COVID-19 pandemic presents a critical and urgent need to reach Latinx communities with innovative, culturally tailored outreach and health promotion interventions to reduce viral transmission and address disparities. The aims of this case study are to (1) outline the collaborative devel…
Examining the Role of Peer Support on Work Experiences for Young Women With Disabilities
This study examined the protective effect of perceived peer support on involvement in work experiences in a sample of 366 young women receiving special education services in 26 high schools. Career self-efficacy and career outcome expectations are well-established predictors of behaviors aimed at achieving career goals, such as obtaining work experiences. Hence, we also evaluated their role as mediators of the hypothesized effect of perceived pee…
Effects of a Health Education Intervention for Covid-19 Prevention in Latinx Communities: A Cluster-Randomized Controlled Trial
To promote COVID-19 preventive attitudes and behaviors among Latinx individuals, researchers and community partners implemented a culturally tailored health education intervention across 12 Oregon counties from February 2021 through April 2022. We did not identify any significant intervention effects on preventive attitudes and behaviors but did observe significant decreases in psychological distress. Although Latinx individuals’ preventive attit…
Replication and extension of the military family stress model: The after deployment adaptive parenting tools Adapt4U study
The military family stress (MFS) model conceptualizes that wartime deployments and post‐traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) symptoms are associated with couple, parenting, and child adjustment difficulties. The aim of this study was to replicate and extend the military family stress model by examining the associations among deployment length, PTSD symptoms, marital functioning, parenting practices, and child adjustment in a replication sample of bot…
Influence of early childhood parental hostility and socioeconomic stress on children’s internalizing symptom trajectories from childhood to adolescence
Study findings suggest that intervening on modifiable bioecological stressors-including parenting behaviors and socioeconomic stressors-may provide important protective influences on children's internalizing symptom trajectories
A Translational Case Study of a Multisite Covid-19 Public Health Intervention Across Sequenced Research Trials: Embedding Implementation in a Community Engagement Phased Framework
Through a COVID-19 public health intervention implemented across sequenced research trials, we present a community engagement phased framework that embeds intervention implementation: (1) consultation and preparation, (2) collaboration and implementation, and (3) partnership and sustainment. Intervention effects included mitigation of psychological distress and a 0.28 increase in the Latinx population tested for SARS-CoV-2. We summarize community…
Psychology (22 works) · Developmental psychology (17 works) · Clinical Psychology (13 works) · Social Psychology (13 works) · Clinical Psychology (8 works) · Medicine (8 works) · Psychiatry (7 works) · Social Psychology (7 works) · Attachment and Relationship Dynamics (6 works) · Family Dynamics and Relationships (6 works)