Susan P Farruggia
Biographic Data
| ID | 168354 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Susan P Farruggia |
| GIVEN NAMES | Susan P |
| FAMILY NAME | Farruggia |
| SIGNATURE | FARRUGGIA S P |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Illinois Chicago |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-2552-7680 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 20 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 105 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 20 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2002 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 6 |
They Need to See Role Models”: Latina/O/X University Faculty and Staff Supporting STEM Educational Pathways at a Hispanic-Serving Institution
Transitioning out of foster care: The Co-Development of Adolescents’ Coping, Depressive Symptoms, and Intrapersonal and Interpersonal Resources
Family-Work-School Conflicts, Self-Regulation, and Well-Being Among Transfer Students During the Covid-19 Pandemic
Using multigroup structural equation modeling, this study examines whether family-work-school conflicts directly or indirectly predict transfer students’ well-being (via self-regulation) across the periods of pre-, during, and post-COVID-19 lockdown in the Chicago metropolitan area in Illinois, United States. The results indicate that family-school conflict predicted well-being regardless of lockdown status, but work-school conflict predicted wel…
Self-efficacy and academic success among diverse first-generation college students: The mediating role of self-regulation
Effects of high school students' noncognitive factors on their success at college
High school students’ academic preparation (e.g. high school GPA, ACT composite score, AP credits earned) predicts and helps explain their academic performance at college. However, the effects of noncognitive factors on college success is less clear. This study examined the effects of adding high school students’ (N = 2279) self-efficacy, motivation, sense of belonging and academic goal engagement to academic preparation, on academic success in c…
Pathways to early departure from college: The interrelated and precarious role of finances among Black and Latinx students
This study examines the early departure pathways of first-time freshmen university students to better understand the intersection of financial and time-related constraints that affect first-generation and low-income Black and Latinx students. Data from 50 interviews with students who experienced an early departure from a four-year university suggest that students’ financial barriers are heightened as they matriculate because they are unsuspecting…
Partnerships between universities and nonprofit transition coaching organizations to increase student success
AIMS: This study aims to understand the motivations and benefits for universities and nonprofit college access and success organizations to develop formal partnerships. METHODS: Participants in this study were staff from a major urban research university (n = 22) and four nonprofit organizations (n = 17) that promote college access and success among underrepresented, low-income, and first-generation college students. Participants engaged in an au…
I don't know where I would be right now if it wasn't for them”: Emancipated foster care youth and their important non-parental adults
The plans, goals, and concerns of pre-emancipated youth in foster care
Dealing with Disobedience: An Evaluation of a Brief Parenting Intervention for Young Children Showing Noncompliant Behavior Problems
Problem behavior among older youth in foster care: Examining gender
A Comparison of Online Versus Workbook Delivery of a Self-Help Positive Parenting Program
Important Nonparental Adults as an Academic Resource for Youth
This study examined the associations between various sources of social support and academic achievement. Participants were 313 ethnically diverse students attending a low-income intermediate school in New Zealand (mean age = 11.96 years). They reported on the presence and nature of a relationship with a very important nonparental adult in their lives (VIP), and on parent, peer, and VIP warmth and acceptance. Indicators of academic achievement (st…
An epidemiological examination of parenting and family correlates of emotional problems in young children
The present article used data from a community sample of primary caregivers of children between 4 and 7 years old to investigate the prevalence and correlates of emotional symptoms in young children transitioning to elementary school. Mothers (n = 3,483) and fathers (n = 1,019) living in metropolitan areas of eastern Australia participated in a telephone survey of parenting practices and child behavioral and emotional problems. Fifteen percent of…
Nonparental Adults as Social Resources in the Transition to Adulthood: Nonparental Adults as Social Resources
This short-term longitudinal study examined whether the social resources of important nonparental adults (VIPs) perceived by youth during their senior year of high school had a significant relation to their educational and socioemotional adjustment 1 year later. One month before their high school graduation, a multiethnic sample of youths (N=754) reported on their grades, educational expectations, and selected psychosocial characteristics (i.e., …
Bad Boys or Poor Parents: Relations to Female Juvenile Delinquency
This study examined the interrelations between parental relationships, romantic relationships, and antisocial behavior among female and male juvenile delinquents. Participants from a diverse sample of 1,354 adolescents (14-17 years) adjudicated of a serious (i.e. felony) offense were matched based on age, race, and committing offense, yielding a sample of 184 girls matched with 170 boys. Results indicate that while female offenders are more likel…
Self-Entitled College Students: Contributions of Personality, Parenting, and Motivational Factors
Perceived Social Environment and Adolescents’ Well-Being and Adjustment: Comparing a Foster Care Sample With a Matched Sample
Adolescent Self-Esteem in Cross-Cultural Perspective: Testing Measurement Equivalence and a Mediation Model
Theorists and researchers have raised the question of whether self-esteem has similar meanings and correlates in individualistic and collectivist cultures. This study examined the cross-cultural equivalence of the Rosenberg Self-Esteem Scale in four countries and compared its association with parental warmth and acceptance and depressed mood. Participants were 11th graders in the United States ( n = 422), the Czech Republic ( n = 490), China ( n …
Culture and Adolescent Development
This paper summarizes several of the most significant issues in the area of culture and adolescent development. First, we discuss the classical debates regarding the universality of adolescence as a distinct period of life and as a period of emotional turmoil. Second, we focus on the role of culture in the physical, cognitive, and socio-emotional development of adolescents. Finally, we outline two emerging issues in cross-cultural adolescent psyc…
Nonparental Adults as Social Resources in the Transition to Adulthood: Nonparental Adults as Social Resources
This short-term longitudinal study examined whether the social resources of important nonparental adults (VIPs) perceived by youth during their senior year of high school had a significant relation to their educational and socioemotional adjustment 1 year later. One month before their high school graduation, a multiethnic sample of youths (N=754) reported on their grades, educational expectations, and selected psychosocial characteristics (i.e., …
Perceived Social Environment and Adolescents’ Well-Being and Adjustment: Comparing a Foster Care Sample With a Matched Sample
Adolescent Self-Esteem in Cross-Cultural Perspective: Testing Measurement Equivalence and a Mediation Model
Theorists and researchers have raised the question of whether self-esteem has similar meanings and correlates in individualistic and collectivist cultures. This study examined the cross-cultural equivalence of the Rosenberg Self-Esteem Scale in four countries and compared its association with parental warmth and acceptance and depressed mood. Participants were 11th graders in the United States ( n = 422), the Czech Republic ( n = 490), China ( n …
Bad Boys or Poor Parents: Relations to Female Juvenile Delinquency
This study examined the interrelations between parental relationships, romantic relationships, and antisocial behavior among female and male juvenile delinquents. Participants from a diverse sample of 1,354 adolescents (14-17 years) adjudicated of a serious (i.e. felony) offense were matched based on age, race, and committing offense, yielding a sample of 184 girls matched with 170 boys. Results indicate that while female offenders are more likel…
Self-Entitled College Students: Contributions of Personality, Parenting, and Motivational Factors
I don't know where I would be right now if it wasn't for them”: Emancipated foster care youth and their important non-parental adults
Important Nonparental Adults as an Academic Resource for Youth
This study examined the associations between various sources of social support and academic achievement. Participants were 313 ethnically diverse students attending a low-income intermediate school in New Zealand (mean age = 11.96 years). They reported on the presence and nature of a relationship with a very important nonparental adult in their lives (VIP), and on parent, peer, and VIP warmth and acceptance. Indicators of academic achievement (st…
Problem behavior among older youth in foster care: Examining gender
Self-efficacy and academic success among diverse first-generation college students: The mediating role of self-regulation
Pathways to early departure from college: The interrelated and precarious role of finances among Black and Latinx students
This study examines the early departure pathways of first-time freshmen university students to better understand the intersection of financial and time-related constraints that affect first-generation and low-income Black and Latinx students. Data from 50 interviews with students who experienced an early departure from a four-year university suggest that students’ financial barriers are heightened as they matriculate because they are unsuspecting…
The plans, goals, and concerns of pre-emancipated youth in foster care
Effects of high school students' noncognitive factors on their success at college
High school students’ academic preparation (e.g. high school GPA, ACT composite score, AP credits earned) predicts and helps explain their academic performance at college. However, the effects of noncognitive factors on college success is less clear. This study examined the effects of adding high school students’ (N = 2279) self-efficacy, motivation, sense of belonging and academic goal engagement to academic preparation, on academic success in c…
Culture and Adolescent Development
This paper summarizes several of the most significant issues in the area of culture and adolescent development. First, we discuss the classical debates regarding the universality of adolescence as a distinct period of life and as a period of emotional turmoil. Second, we focus on the role of culture in the physical, cognitive, and socio-emotional development of adolescents. Finally, we outline two emerging issues in cross-cultural adolescent psyc…
Adolescent Self-Esteem in Cross-Cultural Perspective: Testing Measurement Equivalence and a Mediation Model
Theorists and researchers have raised the question of whether self-esteem has similar meanings and correlates in individualistic and collectivist cultures. This study examined the cross-cultural equivalence of the Rosenberg Self-Esteem Scale in four countries and compared its association with parental warmth and acceptance and depressed mood. Participants were 11th graders in the United States ( n = 422), the Czech Republic ( n = 490), China ( n …
Perceived Social Environment and Adolescents’ Well-Being and Adjustment: Comparing a Foster Care Sample With a Matched Sample
Bad Boys or Poor Parents: Relations to Female Juvenile Delinquency
This study examined the interrelations between parental relationships, romantic relationships, and antisocial behavior among female and male juvenile delinquents. Participants from a diverse sample of 1,354 adolescents (14-17 years) adjudicated of a serious (i.e. felony) offense were matched based on age, race, and committing offense, yielding a sample of 184 girls matched with 170 boys. Results indicate that while female offenders are more likel…
Self-Entitled College Students: Contributions of Personality, Parenting, and Motivational Factors
Nonparental Adults as Social Resources in the Transition to Adulthood: Nonparental Adults as Social Resources
This short-term longitudinal study examined whether the social resources of important nonparental adults (VIPs) perceived by youth during their senior year of high school had a significant relation to their educational and socioemotional adjustment 1 year later. One month before their high school graduation, a multiethnic sample of youths (N=754) reported on their grades, educational expectations, and selected psychosocial characteristics (i.e., …
An epidemiological examination of parenting and family correlates of emotional problems in young children
The present article used data from a community sample of primary caregivers of children between 4 and 7 years old to investigate the prevalence and correlates of emotional symptoms in young children transitioning to elementary school. Mothers (n = 3,483) and fathers (n = 1,019) living in metropolitan areas of eastern Australia participated in a telephone survey of parenting practices and child behavioral and emotional problems. Fifteen percent of…
Important Nonparental Adults as an Academic Resource for Youth
This study examined the associations between various sources of social support and academic achievement. Participants were 313 ethnically diverse students attending a low-income intermediate school in New Zealand (mean age = 11.96 years). They reported on the presence and nature of a relationship with a very important nonparental adult in their lives (VIP), and on parent, peer, and VIP warmth and acceptance. Indicators of academic achievement (st…
A Comparison of Online Versus Workbook Delivery of a Self-Help Positive Parenting Program
Dealing with Disobedience: An Evaluation of a Brief Parenting Intervention for Young Children Showing Noncompliant Behavior Problems
Problem behavior among older youth in foster care: Examining gender
I don't know where I would be right now if it wasn't for them”: Emancipated foster care youth and their important non-parental adults
The plans, goals, and concerns of pre-emancipated youth in foster care
Partnerships between universities and nonprofit transition coaching organizations to increase student success
AIMS: This study aims to understand the motivations and benefits for universities and nonprofit college access and success organizations to develop formal partnerships. METHODS: Participants in this study were staff from a major urban research university (n = 22) and four nonprofit organizations (n = 17) that promote college access and success among underrepresented, low-income, and first-generation college students. Participants engaged in an au…
Pathways to early departure from college: The interrelated and precarious role of finances among Black and Latinx students
This study examines the early departure pathways of first-time freshmen university students to better understand the intersection of financial and time-related constraints that affect first-generation and low-income Black and Latinx students. Data from 50 interviews with students who experienced an early departure from a four-year university suggest that students’ financial barriers are heightened as they matriculate because they are unsuspecting…
Self-efficacy and academic success among diverse first-generation college students: The mediating role of self-regulation
Effects of high school students' noncognitive factors on their success at college
High school students’ academic preparation (e.g. high school GPA, ACT composite score, AP credits earned) predicts and helps explain their academic performance at college. However, the effects of noncognitive factors on college success is less clear. This study examined the effects of adding high school students’ (N = 2279) self-efficacy, motivation, sense of belonging and academic goal engagement to academic preparation, on academic success in c…
Family-Work-School Conflicts, Self-Regulation, and Well-Being Among Transfer Students During the Covid-19 Pandemic
Using multigroup structural equation modeling, this study examines whether family-work-school conflicts directly or indirectly predict transfer students’ well-being (via self-regulation) across the periods of pre-, during, and post-COVID-19 lockdown in the Chicago metropolitan area in Illinois, United States. The results indicate that family-school conflict predicted well-being regardless of lockdown status, but work-school conflict predicted wel…
They Need to See Role Models”: Latina/O/X University Faculty and Staff Supporting STEM Educational Pathways at a Hispanic-Serving Institution
Transitioning out of foster care: The Co-Development of Adolescents’ Coping, Depressive Symptoms, and Intrapersonal and Interpersonal Resources
Psychology (20 works) · Developmental psychology (16 works) · Clinical Psychology (10 works) · Medicine (10 works) · Clinical Psychology (9 works) · Political science (7 works) · Psychiatry (7 works) · Sociology (7 works) · Child Welfare and Adoption (6 works) · Social Psychology (6 works)