Shelley Macdermid Wadsworth
Biographic Data
| ID | 186701 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Shelley Macdermid Wadsworth |
| GIVEN NAMES | Shelley Macdermid |
| FAMILY NAME | Wadsworth |
| SIGNATURE | WADSWORTH S M |
| AFFILIATIONS | Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, USA |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 14 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 26 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 14 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2010 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
The name game
The year 2024 marked the 25th anniversary of the creation of the Rosabeth Moss Kanter Award for Excellence in Work-family Research, which presented a good opportunity to consider the current state of our field. We conducted a Delphi study to pursue answers to the following questions: (a) What do scholars mean when they say that they are ‘work-family’ researchers? How do researchers envision ‘work-family’ research now and into the future? A total …
Studies of resilience and family resilience within families experiencing homelessness/housing instability
Military service and sociodemographic determinants of depressive symptom trajectories
Emerging Ideas. Families Together
Grit but Not Help-Seeking Was Associated with Food Insecurity among Low Income, At-Risk Rural Veterans
Rural veterans have poorer health, use healthcare services less often than their urban counterparts, and have more prevalent food insecurity than average U.S. households. Food insecurity and resource use may be influenced by modifiable psychological attributes such as grit and help-seeking behaviors, which may be improved through interventions. Grit and help-seeking have not been previously evaluated among rural veterans. Thus, this cross-section…
Focus Forward Fellowship
Youth’s Sibling Relationships Across the Course of a Parent’s Military Deployment
The present exploratory study explored the trajectories and implications of at-home (military unaffiliated) parents’ perceptions of youth’s sibling relationships across the course of a parent’s military deployment. Participants included 109 families with at least two siblings (older sibling and younger siblings age: M = 10.85, SD = 3.92 and M = 7.89, SD = 3.58, respectively) and one parent serving in the National Guard. Data were collected via in…
Emotion expression, avoidance and psychological health during reintegration
We evaluated the extent to which military service members' and their significant others' coping strategies (i.e., individual use of emotion expression and avoidance) were independently associated with their own-and each other's-psychological health during reintegration using an actor-partner interdependence model. We simultaneously evaluated actor associations (e.g., associations between service members' own coping and psychological health) and p…
I Just Can't Fit It in! Implications of the Fit Between Work and Family on Health-Promoting Behaviors
Individuals working long hours and/or experiencing work-related stress, including work-family conflict, are less likely to engage in health-promoting behaviors. Grounded in a life course perspective and guided by the conceptualization of life course fit, this study examined appraisals of fit between work and family roles and engagement in health-promoting behaviors, specifically physical activity and family meals, using a sample of parents ( n = …
The Impact of Deployment on Parental, Family and Child Adjustment in Military Families
Accumulation of Risk and Promotive Factors Among Young Children in US Military Families
In the families of the new cohort of war veterans now entering the civilian population in the United States are over two million young children (Cozza, Haskins & Lerner, 2013; Institute of Medicine, 2013). Several noteworthy studies have shown that children exposed to separation from a parent due to combat‐related deployment are at elevated risk for a variety of negative consequences (Lester & Flake, 2013). Cozza et al. (2013) argue that existing…
Evaluation of a Multimedia Intervention for Children and Families Facing Multiple Military Deployments
Military Families
While the U.S. military might at first glance appear to be a model of rigidity rather than flexibility, there are strong incentives to address the work-family concerns of service members and their families. From a work-family perspective, military service generates substantial structural, energy, psychological, and behavioral tensions with family life. Although the U.S. military had already implemented extensive programs, policies, and practices …
Age, Tenure, Resources for Control, and Organizational Commitment
Objectives. A higher level of organizational commitment for older and more experienced workers has primarily been explained via exchange theory or a cohort effect. We use an agency-structure framework to explain that higher levels of commitment result from feelings of control in the workplace. Methods. We examine this framework using data from a survey of 400 unionized factory workers in the Midwest. Results. The relationship between organization…
Military Families
While the U.S. military might at first glance appear to be a model of rigidity rather than flexibility, there are strong incentives to address the work-family concerns of service members and their families. From a work-family perspective, military service generates substantial structural, energy, psychological, and behavioral tensions with family life. Although the U.S. military had already implemented extensive programs, policies, and practices …
I Just Can't Fit It in! Implications of the Fit Between Work and Family on Health-Promoting Behaviors
Individuals working long hours and/or experiencing work-related stress, including work-family conflict, are less likely to engage in health-promoting behaviors. Grounded in a life course perspective and guided by the conceptualization of life course fit, this study examined appraisals of fit between work and family roles and engagement in health-promoting behaviors, specifically physical activity and family meals, using a sample of parents ( n = …
Emotion expression, avoidance and psychological health during reintegration
We evaluated the extent to which military service members' and their significant others' coping strategies (i.e., individual use of emotion expression and avoidance) were independently associated with their own-and each other's-psychological health during reintegration using an actor-partner interdependence model. We simultaneously evaluated actor associations (e.g., associations between service members' own coping and psychological health) and p…
Accumulation of Risk and Promotive Factors Among Young Children in US Military Families
In the families of the new cohort of war veterans now entering the civilian population in the United States are over two million young children (Cozza, Haskins & Lerner, 2013; Institute of Medicine, 2013). Several noteworthy studies have shown that children exposed to separation from a parent due to combat‐related deployment are at elevated risk for a variety of negative consequences (Lester & Flake, 2013). Cozza et al. (2013) argue that existing…
Age, Tenure, Resources for Control, and Organizational Commitment
Objectives. A higher level of organizational commitment for older and more experienced workers has primarily been explained via exchange theory or a cohort effect. We use an agency-structure framework to explain that higher levels of commitment result from feelings of control in the workplace. Methods. We examine this framework using data from a survey of 400 unionized factory workers in the Midwest. Results. The relationship between organization…
Age, Tenure, Resources for Control, and Organizational Commitment
Objectives. A higher level of organizational commitment for older and more experienced workers has primarily been explained via exchange theory or a cohort effect. We use an agency-structure framework to explain that higher levels of commitment result from feelings of control in the workplace. Methods. We examine this framework using data from a survey of 400 unionized factory workers in the Midwest. Results. The relationship between organization…
Military Families
While the U.S. military might at first glance appear to be a model of rigidity rather than flexibility, there are strong incentives to address the work-family concerns of service members and their families. From a work-family perspective, military service generates substantial structural, energy, psychological, and behavioral tensions with family life. Although the U.S. military had already implemented extensive programs, policies, and practices …
Evaluation of a Multimedia Intervention for Children and Families Facing Multiple Military Deployments
The Impact of Deployment on Parental, Family and Child Adjustment in Military Families
Accumulation of Risk and Promotive Factors Among Young Children in US Military Families
In the families of the new cohort of war veterans now entering the civilian population in the United States are over two million young children (Cozza, Haskins & Lerner, 2013; Institute of Medicine, 2013). Several noteworthy studies have shown that children exposed to separation from a parent due to combat‐related deployment are at elevated risk for a variety of negative consequences (Lester & Flake, 2013). Cozza et al. (2013) argue that existing…
Emotion expression, avoidance and psychological health during reintegration
We evaluated the extent to which military service members' and their significant others' coping strategies (i.e., individual use of emotion expression and avoidance) were independently associated with their own-and each other's-psychological health during reintegration using an actor-partner interdependence model. We simultaneously evaluated actor associations (e.g., associations between service members' own coping and psychological health) and p…
I Just Can't Fit It in! Implications of the Fit Between Work and Family on Health-Promoting Behaviors
Individuals working long hours and/or experiencing work-related stress, including work-family conflict, are less likely to engage in health-promoting behaviors. Grounded in a life course perspective and guided by the conceptualization of life course fit, this study examined appraisals of fit between work and family roles and engagement in health-promoting behaviors, specifically physical activity and family meals, using a sample of parents ( n = …
Youth’s Sibling Relationships Across the Course of a Parent’s Military Deployment
The present exploratory study explored the trajectories and implications of at-home (military unaffiliated) parents’ perceptions of youth’s sibling relationships across the course of a parent’s military deployment. Participants included 109 families with at least two siblings (older sibling and younger siblings age: M = 10.85, SD = 3.92 and M = 7.89, SD = 3.58, respectively) and one parent serving in the National Guard. Data were collected via in…
Focus Forward Fellowship
Emerging Ideas. Families Together
Grit but Not Help-Seeking Was Associated with Food Insecurity among Low Income, At-Risk Rural Veterans
Rural veterans have poorer health, use healthcare services less often than their urban counterparts, and have more prevalent food insecurity than average U.S. households. Food insecurity and resource use may be influenced by modifiable psychological attributes such as grit and help-seeking behaviors, which may be improved through interventions. Grit and help-seeking have not been previously evaluated among rural veterans. Thus, this cross-section…
Military service and sociodemographic determinants of depressive symptom trajectories
Studies of resilience and family resilience within families experiencing homelessness/housing instability
The name game
The year 2024 marked the 25th anniversary of the creation of the Rosabeth Moss Kanter Award for Excellence in Work-family Research, which presented a good opportunity to consider the current state of our field. We conducted a Delphi study to pursue answers to the following questions: (a) What do scholars mean when they say that they are ‘work-family’ researchers? How do researchers envision ‘work-family’ research now and into the future? A total …
Psychology (11 works) · Medicine (7 works) · Migration, Health and Trauma (5 works) · Political science (5 works) · Social Psychology (5 works) · Sociology (5 works) · Child Abuse and Trauma (4 works) · Developmental psychology (4 works) · Military personnel (4 works) · Resilience and Mental Health (4 works)