W Todd Abraham

Biographic Data

ID154337
NAMEW Todd Abraham
GIVEN NAMESW Todd
FAMILY NAMEAbraham
SIGNATUREABRAHAM W T
AFFILIATIONSIowa State University
ORCID0000-0002-2607-7431
VERIFIEDYes
TOTAL WORKS9
TOTAL CITATIONS51
WORKS AS AUTHOR9
WORKS AS EDITOR0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR2003
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2021
H-INDEX3

  • A Cultural Comparison of Personality Profiles of U.S. and Japanese Centenarians

    Open AccessGrace Dórea da Rosa, Peter Martins et al.ARTICLEThe International Journal of…2021

    The purpose of this study was a cross-cultural examination of centenarians’ personality through a person-centered approach to examine if there is a “resilient” personality profile consistent across cultures. Proxy reports information was obtained from family and close friends of 239 U.S. centenarians from the Georgia Centenarians Study and 272 Japanese centenarians from the Tokyo Centenarian Study. Latent profile analyses were conducted to identi…

  • Toward a Professional Development Model for Writing as a Digital, Participatory Process

    Open AccessEmily Howell, Sara Pérez et al.ARTICLEReading Research Quarterly2021Cited by: 2References: 61

    In this formative experiment, the authors focused on developing professional development for upper elementary school teachers and investigating how it was integrated into teachers’ instruction to improve their ability to make writing a more digital, participatory process. Theoretical perspectives pertaining to technology use in education specify that this instruction should emphasize students creating rather than consuming information from media …

  • Linking early ADHD to adolescent and early adult outcomes among African Americans

    Open AccessMonic P Behnken, W Todd Abraham et al.ARTICLEJournal of Criminal Justice2014Cited by: 3References: 39

  • Rurality and Ethnicity in Adolescent Physical Illness

    Open AccessK A S Wickrama, Glen H Elder et al.ARTICLEThe Journal of Rural Health2007

    Context and Purpose: This study's objectives are to: investigate potential additive and multiplicative influences of rurality and race/ethnicity on chronic physical illness in a nationally representative sample of youth; and examine intra‐Latino processes using a Latino sub‐sample. Specifically, we examine how rurality and individual psychosocial processes reflected by acculturation proxies (generational status and use of the English language at …

  • Advances in testing the statistical significance of mediation effects.

    Brent Mallinckrodt, W Todd Abraham et al.ARTICLEJournal of Counseling Psychology2006

    P. A. Frazier, A. P. Tix, and K. E. Barron (2004) highlighted a normal theory method popularized by R. M. Baron and D. A. Kenny (1986) for testing the statistical significance of indirect effects (i.e., mediator variables) in multiple regression contexts. However, simulation studies suggest that this method lacks statistical power relative to some other approaches. The authors describe an alternative developed by P. E. Shrout and N. Bolger (2002)…

  • Changes in family financial circumstances and the physical health of married and recently divorced mothers

    Open AccessK A S Wickrama, Kas Wickrama et al.ARTICLESocial Science & Medicine2006Cited by: 22References: 32

  • Gendered Trajectories of Work Control and Health Outcomes in the Middle Years

    Open AccessK A S Wickrama, Frederick O Lorenz et al.ARTICLEJournal of Aging and Health2005Cited by: 3References: 14

    Through understanding these processes, work can be better designed to promote positive health outcomes, minimize negative health outcomes, and allow for better formulation and more effective implementation of health promotional programs

  • Early Adversity and Later Health

    K A S Wickrama, Rand D Conger et al.ARTICLEThe Journals of Gerontology…2005Cited by: 21References: 1

    The study demonstrates key mediating pathways in the intergenerational transmission of social adversity and also highlights the importance of improving both socioeconomic and health resources for adolescents

  • Neighborhood context and financial strain as predictors of marital interaction and marital quality in African American couples

    Open AccessCarolyn E Cutrona, Daniel W Russell et al.ARTICLEPersonal Relationships2003

    Demographic characteristics, family financial strain, neighborhood–level economic disadvantage, and state of residence were tested as predictors of observed warmth, hostility, and self–reported marital quality. Participants were 202 married African American couples who resided in a range of neighborhood contexts. Neighborhood–level economic disadvantage predicted lower warmth during marital interactions, as did residence in the rural south. Consi…