Rachel Arocho

Biographic Data

ID208424
NAMERachel Arocho
GIVEN NAMESRachel
FAMILY NAMEArocho
SIGNATUREAROCHO R
AFFILIATIONSUtah Valley University
ORCID0000-0003-1776-1714
VERIFIEDYes
TOTAL WORKS7
TOTAL CITATIONS7
AUTHOR COUNT7
EDITOR COUNT0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR2016
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2026
H-INDEX2

  • Racial Disparities in Breastfeeding Behaviors and the Role of Prenatal Care Timing

    Open AccessJia J Yan, Julia Yan et al.ARTICLEJournal of Racial and Ethnic…2026References: 45

  • I Have No Idea: ” Uncertainty in High School Seniors’ Marital Expectations

    Open AccessRachel ArochoARTICLEPopulation Research and Policy…2021Cited by: 1References: 47

  • Best-Laid Plans”: Barriers to Meeting Marital Timing Desires Over the Life Course

    Rachel Arocho, Claire M Kamp Dush et al.ARTICLEMarriage & Family Review2020References: 52

    Most youth desire to marry, and often around a certain age, but many individuals marry earlier or later than originally desired. Off-time marriage could have consequences for subsequent relationship stability and mental health. Whereas barriers to marriage goals in the short term have been studied extensively, predictors of meeting marital timing expectations over the life course are less well understood. This study examined possible barriers, in…

  • Changes in Expectations to Marry and to Divorce Across the Transition to Adulthood

    Open AccessRachel ArochoARTICLEEmerging Adulthood2019

    Marriage and divorce expectations predict family life and personal outcomes. Understanding how expectations are associated with varying characteristics over emerging adulthood (ages 18-28) will inform understanding of emerging adult development. Panel Study of Income Dynamics Transition into Adulthood 2005-2015 data were used in hybrid-effects ordinal logistic regression to parse interindividual and intraindividual variation associated with relat…

  • Do Expectations of Divorce Predict Union Formation in the Transition to Adulthood

    Open AccessRachel ArochoARTICLEJournal of Marriage and the Family2019Cited by: 2References: 29

    Objective: This study describes the association between explicit expectations of divorce and subsequent first union formation during the transition to adulthood (ages 18-28).Background: Expectations for marriage in young adulthood predict union formation. Even before marrying, young adults may express a perceived risk of eventual divorce, and expectations of divorce may also have implications for union formation during the transition to adulthood…

  • Will I Stay Married: Exploring Predictors of Expectations to Divorce in Unmarried Young Adults

    Open AccessRachel Arocho, Kelly M Purtell et al.ARTICLEEmerging Adulthood2018

    Expectations that one may eventually divorce may predict behavior in young adulthood and beyond, but studies that have looked at individuals' assessments of their divorce likelihood have been limited. Guided by the expectancy-value theory of achievement motivation, we tested five categories of potential predictors of divorce expectations in a sample of 1,610 unmarried young adults from the Panel Study of Income Dynamics Transition to Adulthood st…

  • Anticipating the "Ball and Chain"? Reciprocal Associations Between Marital Expectations and Delinquency

    Open AccessRachel Arocho, Claire M Kamp Dush et al.ARTICLEJournal of Marriage and the Family2016Cited by: 4References: 32

    Marriage has been identified as a mechanism that may explain decreased delinquency among young adults, but whereas marriage is increasingly delayed, crime continues to decrease across the transition to adulthood. Most adolescents and young adults expect to marry one day, and these expectations may suppress delinquency. Conversely, increased delinquency may also predict decreased marital expectations. Longitudinal data from the National Longitudin…