A W Barton
Biographic Data
| ID | 21350 |
|---|---|
| NAME | A W Barton |
| GIVEN NAMES | A W |
| FAMILY NAME | Barton |
| SIGNATURE | BARTON A W |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Georgia |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-8888-2612 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 24 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 37 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 24 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2005 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 4 |
We Gon' Be Alright: Examining Culturally Relevant Coping Strategies as Promotive Factors for Black Romantic Relationships
Given Black couples live in an environment pervaded by social stress that can compromise relationship integrity, romantic partners' use of effective coping resources is paramount to maintaining romantic relationship function. Culturally relevant coping (CRC) strategies—salient, contextually appropriate resources for Black Americans to deal with living in a racially hostile society—may directly promote relationship adjustment and relational resili…
Joint Savoring in Romantic Relationships: Correlates and Protective Effects
Savoring is a process that involves focusing attention on sources of pleasure that one experiences. Prior research has primarily investigated savoring as an individual cognitive-behavioral process. The current study adds to our understanding of savoring by testing the distinct benefits of savoring as a mutual process with one’s romantic partner that is focused on shared relationship experiences. Study hypotheses were tested among a nationwide sam…
The Illinois Strong Couples project: A proof of concept for sustainable, effective couples' programming
Skin-deep Resilience and Early Adolescence: Neighborhood Disadvantage, Executive Functioning, and Pubertal Development in Minority Youth
Topics of Conflict Across Family Subsystems
The present study investigated topics of conflict across multiple family subsystems (i.e., the romantic couple, parent-adolescent, and parent-younger child) in present-day American families. Research questions were addressed from a nationwide sample of 593 adults parenting at least one child. Findings highlight the heightened severity of conflict in the couple relationship relative to equivalent topics appearing in parent-child subsystems as well…
The Stable Low‐Conflict Index: A policy‐relevant outcome in government‐funded relationship education efforts
Family resiliency in the aftermath of Covid ‐19 pandemic: A latent profile analysis
Objective This brief report was designed to understand resilience in families 2 years after the onset of the COVID‐19 pandemic. Background The COVID‐19 pandemic has had well‐documented adverse effects on individuals and families. However, some studies have found null, or even positive, effects within aspects of family life. These mixed results suggest the potential for resilience in families, yet few studies have empirically investigated this pos…
The protective effects of perceived gratitude and expressed gratitude for relationship quality among African American couples
The current study was designed to investigate the protective effects of gratitude in romantic relationships. Particular attention was given to differentiating the beneficial effects of perceived gratitude (i.e., gratitude from one's partner, or feeling appreciated) versus expressed gratitude (i.e., gratitude to one's partner, or being appreciative) in mitigating the negative effects of ineffective arguing and financial strain on multiple indicato…
Adolescent Substance Use and Individual Beliefs That Drug Use Is Wrong: A Statewide Epidemiological Study
OBJECTIVE: Informed by cognitive dissonance theory, the current study investigated the ability of youths' belief that drug use is wrong to predict likelihood of past year substance use abstinence as well as frequency of use at grades 8, 10, and 12. METHOD: Study analyses were executed from a statewide epidemiological survey of more than 125,000 youth using multi-group Zero-Inflated Poisson regression modeling. RESULTS: Personal belief that drug u…
Childhood poverty, immune cell aging, and African Americans' insulin resistance: A prospective study
The present study investigated developmental pathways that can contribute to chronic disease among rural African Americans. With a sample of 342 African American youth (59% female) from the southeastern United States followed for nearly two decades (2001–2019), we examined the prospective association between family poverty during adolescence (ages 11–18) and insulin resistance (IR) in young adulthood (ages 25–29) as well as underlying biological …
Trajectories of relationship and individual functioning among waitlisted couples for an online relationship intervention
To inform research and practice with distressed couples, the current study was designed to examine patterns of change among distressed, help‐seeking couples prior to receiving an intervention . Data from this study originate from 221 couples assigned to the waitlist control condition of a randomized controlled trial for couples seeking online help for their relationship. All couples self‐selected into the online program and agreed to withhold see…
The complexities of family mealtimes in the 21st century: A latent profile analysis
“Will you complete this survey too?” Differences between individual versus dyadic samples in relationship research.
This study examines the ways in which collecting data from individuals versus couples affects the characteristics of the resulting sample in basic research studies of romantic relationships. From a nationally representative sample of 1,294 individuals in a serious romantic relationship, approximately half of whom were randomly selected to invite their partner to participate in the study, we compare relationship, individual, and demographic charac…
Sources of socialization for interpersonal trust: An exploration of low-income Black adolescents’ experiences
Much of the literature on interpersonal trust is quantitative in nature, using scales developed primarily with White middle-class and upper-class adults. To understand how another racial group of a different socioeconomic background and age views interpersonal trust, we considered the experiences of 22 low-income Black adolescents. The adolescents participated in a relationship education program and were interviewed about their interpersonal trus…
Pathways to HIV-Related Behavior Among Heterosexual, Rural Black Men: A Person-Centered Analysis
Being Committed: Conceptualizations of Romantic Relationship Commitment Among Low-Income African American Adolescents
Few studies have examined adolescents' understanding of romantic relationship commitment, particularly among African American youth. Using three waves of semistructured interviews, the present descriptive study addresses this topic by exploring the ways in which 20 African American adolescents (age range 13-19 years) from low-income backgrounds conceptualize and describe commitment in romantic relationships. Qualitative analyses revealed three ma…
Is Communication a Mechanism of Relationship Education Effects Among Rural African Americans
Enhancing communication as a means of promoting relationship quality has been increasingly questioned, particularly for couples at elevated sociodemographic risk. In response, the current study investigated communication change as a mechanism accounting for changes in relationship satisfaction and confidence among 344 rural, predominantly low-income African American couples with an early adolescent child who participated in a randomized controlle…
The Influence of Community Disadvantage and Masculinity Ideology on Number of Sexual Partners: A Prospective Analysis of Young Adult, Rural Black Men
Young, rural Black men are disproportionately affected by sexually transmitted infections (STIs), a consequence, in part, of multiple sexual partnerships. We conducted a prospective study that examined the influence of masculinity ideology on changes in numbers of sexual partners in this population. We focused on a set of high-risk attitudes termed reputational masculinity. Community disadvantage during young adulthood was examined as a risk fact…
Decreasing Substance use Risk among African American Youth: Parent-based Mechanisms of Change
Linking financial distress to marital quality: The intermediary roles of demand/withdraw and spousal gratitude expressions
This study investigates demand/withdraw communication and spousal expressions of gratitude as intervening variables in the association between financial distress and marital quality. With a sample of 468 married individuals, dual‐mediation models revealed demand/withdraw transmitted the effect of financial distress onto 3 different marital outcomes; in most instances, this indirect effect occurred through total couple demand/withdraw and not one …
Father Involvement and Young, Rural African American Men’s Engagement in Substance Misuse and Multiple Sexual Partnerships
This study was designed to examine the associations of biological father and social father involvement during childhood with African American young men’s development and engagement in risk behaviors. With a sample of 505 young men living in the rural South of the United States, a dual mediation model was tested in which retrospective reports of involvement from biological fathers and social fathers were linked to young men’s substance misuse and …
Paradigms, Processes, and Values in Family Research
In research on the family, considerable amounts of scholarship have occurred with respect to central domains of theory, methodology, and substantive content. In contrast, attention to philosophy, another domain whose influence is arguably just as central, appears noticeably scant. Considering philosophical issues reveals important yet frequently unrecognized values, beliefs, and modes of inquiry that underlie and inform research endeavors. The pr…
Training Child Welfare Professionals to Support Healthy Couple Relationships: Examining the Link to Training Transfer
Integrating healthy relationship and marriage education (RME) into child welfare services is a relatively recent initiative. Guided by the theoretical work in child welfare training evaluation, the current study describes the development and testing of a new RME training for child welfare professionals. Based on data collected from 272 trainees, results from structural equation modeling indicate a linear association between learner attitudes and …
Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder and severity of drug use in a sample of adult male drug users
Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is one of the most commonly diagnosed disorders of childhood and is frequently observed in adults who are at increased risk for a number of comorbid conditions, including substance use problems. Although ADHD in adults is recognised, research on the topic is limited with even less research information available on Australian adults with ADHD. The present study examined prevalence of ADHD and conduct…
Is Communication a Mechanism of Relationship Education Effects Among Rural African Americans
Enhancing communication as a means of promoting relationship quality has been increasingly questioned, particularly for couples at elevated sociodemographic risk. In response, the current study investigated communication change as a mechanism accounting for changes in relationship satisfaction and confidence among 344 rural, predominantly low-income African American couples with an early adolescent child who participated in a randomized controlle…
The protective effects of perceived gratitude and expressed gratitude for relationship quality among African American couples
The current study was designed to investigate the protective effects of gratitude in romantic relationships. Particular attention was given to differentiating the beneficial effects of perceived gratitude (i.e., gratitude from one's partner, or feeling appreciated) versus expressed gratitude (i.e., gratitude to one's partner, or being appreciative) in mitigating the negative effects of ineffective arguing and financial strain on multiple indicato…
The Influence of Community Disadvantage and Masculinity Ideology on Number of Sexual Partners: A Prospective Analysis of Young Adult, Rural Black Men
Young, rural Black men are disproportionately affected by sexually transmitted infections (STIs), a consequence, in part, of multiple sexual partnerships. We conducted a prospective study that examined the influence of masculinity ideology on changes in numbers of sexual partners in this population. We focused on a set of high-risk attitudes termed reputational masculinity. Community disadvantage during young adulthood was examined as a risk fact…
Paradigms, Processes, and Values in Family Research
In research on the family, considerable amounts of scholarship have occurred with respect to central domains of theory, methodology, and substantive content. In contrast, attention to philosophy, another domain whose influence is arguably just as central, appears noticeably scant. Considering philosophical issues reveals important yet frequently unrecognized values, beliefs, and modes of inquiry that underlie and inform research endeavors. The pr…
The complexities of family mealtimes in the 21st century: A latent profile analysis
Father Involvement and Young, Rural African American Men’s Engagement in Substance Misuse and Multiple Sexual Partnerships
This study was designed to examine the associations of biological father and social father involvement during childhood with African American young men’s development and engagement in risk behaviors. With a sample of 505 young men living in the rural South of the United States, a dual mediation model was tested in which retrospective reports of involvement from biological fathers and social fathers were linked to young men’s substance misuse and …
Decreasing Substance use Risk among African American Youth: Parent-based Mechanisms of Change
Training Child Welfare Professionals to Support Healthy Couple Relationships: Examining the Link to Training Transfer
Integrating healthy relationship and marriage education (RME) into child welfare services is a relatively recent initiative. Guided by the theoretical work in child welfare training evaluation, the current study describes the development and testing of a new RME training for child welfare professionals. Based on data collected from 272 trainees, results from structural equation modeling indicate a linear association between learner attitudes and …
Skin-deep Resilience and Early Adolescence: Neighborhood Disadvantage, Executive Functioning, and Pubertal Development in Minority Youth
Sources of socialization for interpersonal trust: An exploration of low-income Black adolescents’ experiences
Much of the literature on interpersonal trust is quantitative in nature, using scales developed primarily with White middle-class and upper-class adults. To understand how another racial group of a different socioeconomic background and age views interpersonal trust, we considered the experiences of 22 low-income Black adolescents. The adolescents participated in a relationship education program and were interviewed about their interpersonal trus…
Pathways to HIV-Related Behavior Among Heterosexual, Rural Black Men: A Person-Centered Analysis
Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder and severity of drug use in a sample of adult male drug users
Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is one of the most commonly diagnosed disorders of childhood and is frequently observed in adults who are at increased risk for a number of comorbid conditions, including substance use problems. Although ADHD in adults is recognised, research on the topic is limited with even less research information available on Australian adults with ADHD. The present study examined prevalence of ADHD and conduct…
Paradigms, Processes, and Values in Family Research
In research on the family, considerable amounts of scholarship have occurred with respect to central domains of theory, methodology, and substantive content. In contrast, attention to philosophy, another domain whose influence is arguably just as central, appears noticeably scant. Considering philosophical issues reveals important yet frequently unrecognized values, beliefs, and modes of inquiry that underlie and inform research endeavors. The pr…
Training Child Welfare Professionals to Support Healthy Couple Relationships: Examining the Link to Training Transfer
Integrating healthy relationship and marriage education (RME) into child welfare services is a relatively recent initiative. Guided by the theoretical work in child welfare training evaluation, the current study describes the development and testing of a new RME training for child welfare professionals. Based on data collected from 272 trainees, results from structural equation modeling indicate a linear association between learner attitudes and …
Linking financial distress to marital quality: The intermediary roles of demand/withdraw and spousal gratitude expressions
This study investigates demand/withdraw communication and spousal expressions of gratitude as intervening variables in the association between financial distress and marital quality. With a sample of 468 married individuals, dual‐mediation models revealed demand/withdraw transmitted the effect of financial distress onto 3 different marital outcomes; in most instances, this indirect effect occurred through total couple demand/withdraw and not one …
Father Involvement and Young, Rural African American Men’s Engagement in Substance Misuse and Multiple Sexual Partnerships
This study was designed to examine the associations of biological father and social father involvement during childhood with African American young men’s development and engagement in risk behaviors. With a sample of 505 young men living in the rural South of the United States, a dual mediation model was tested in which retrospective reports of involvement from biological fathers and social fathers were linked to young men’s substance misuse and …
The Influence of Community Disadvantage and Masculinity Ideology on Number of Sexual Partners: A Prospective Analysis of Young Adult, Rural Black Men
Young, rural Black men are disproportionately affected by sexually transmitted infections (STIs), a consequence, in part, of multiple sexual partnerships. We conducted a prospective study that examined the influence of masculinity ideology on changes in numbers of sexual partners in this population. We focused on a set of high-risk attitudes termed reputational masculinity. Community disadvantage during young adulthood was examined as a risk fact…
Decreasing Substance use Risk among African American Youth: Parent-based Mechanisms of Change
Pathways to HIV-Related Behavior Among Heterosexual, Rural Black Men: A Person-Centered Analysis
Being Committed: Conceptualizations of Romantic Relationship Commitment Among Low-Income African American Adolescents
Few studies have examined adolescents' understanding of romantic relationship commitment, particularly among African American youth. Using three waves of semistructured interviews, the present descriptive study addresses this topic by exploring the ways in which 20 African American adolescents (age range 13-19 years) from low-income backgrounds conceptualize and describe commitment in romantic relationships. Qualitative analyses revealed three ma…
Is Communication a Mechanism of Relationship Education Effects Among Rural African Americans
Enhancing communication as a means of promoting relationship quality has been increasingly questioned, particularly for couples at elevated sociodemographic risk. In response, the current study investigated communication change as a mechanism accounting for changes in relationship satisfaction and confidence among 344 rural, predominantly low-income African American couples with an early adolescent child who participated in a randomized controlle…
Sources of socialization for interpersonal trust: An exploration of low-income Black adolescents’ experiences
Much of the literature on interpersonal trust is quantitative in nature, using scales developed primarily with White middle-class and upper-class adults. To understand how another racial group of a different socioeconomic background and age views interpersonal trust, we considered the experiences of 22 low-income Black adolescents. The adolescents participated in a relationship education program and were interviewed about their interpersonal trus…
“Will you complete this survey too?” Differences between individual versus dyadic samples in relationship research.
This study examines the ways in which collecting data from individuals versus couples affects the characteristics of the resulting sample in basic research studies of romantic relationships. From a nationally representative sample of 1,294 individuals in a serious romantic relationship, approximately half of whom were randomly selected to invite their partner to participate in the study, we compare relationship, individual, and demographic charac…
Trajectories of relationship and individual functioning among waitlisted couples for an online relationship intervention
To inform research and practice with distressed couples, the current study was designed to examine patterns of change among distressed, help‐seeking couples prior to receiving an intervention . Data from this study originate from 221 couples assigned to the waitlist control condition of a randomized controlled trial for couples seeking online help for their relationship. All couples self‐selected into the online program and agreed to withhold see…
The complexities of family mealtimes in the 21st century: A latent profile analysis
Adolescent Substance Use and Individual Beliefs That Drug Use Is Wrong: A Statewide Epidemiological Study
OBJECTIVE: Informed by cognitive dissonance theory, the current study investigated the ability of youths' belief that drug use is wrong to predict likelihood of past year substance use abstinence as well as frequency of use at grades 8, 10, and 12. METHOD: Study analyses were executed from a statewide epidemiological survey of more than 125,000 youth using multi-group Zero-Inflated Poisson regression modeling. RESULTS: Personal belief that drug u…
Childhood poverty, immune cell aging, and African Americans' insulin resistance: A prospective study
The present study investigated developmental pathways that can contribute to chronic disease among rural African Americans. With a sample of 342 African American youth (59% female) from the southeastern United States followed for nearly two decades (2001–2019), we examined the prospective association between family poverty during adolescence (ages 11–18) and insulin resistance (IR) in young adulthood (ages 25–29) as well as underlying biological …
The Stable Low‐Conflict Index: A policy‐relevant outcome in government‐funded relationship education efforts
Family resiliency in the aftermath of Covid ‐19 pandemic: A latent profile analysis
Objective This brief report was designed to understand resilience in families 2 years after the onset of the COVID‐19 pandemic. Background The COVID‐19 pandemic has had well‐documented adverse effects on individuals and families. However, some studies have found null, or even positive, effects within aspects of family life. These mixed results suggest the potential for resilience in families, yet few studies have empirically investigated this pos…
The protective effects of perceived gratitude and expressed gratitude for relationship quality among African American couples
The current study was designed to investigate the protective effects of gratitude in romantic relationships. Particular attention was given to differentiating the beneficial effects of perceived gratitude (i.e., gratitude from one's partner, or feeling appreciated) versus expressed gratitude (i.e., gratitude to one's partner, or being appreciative) in mitigating the negative effects of ineffective arguing and financial strain on multiple indicato…
The Illinois Strong Couples project: A proof of concept for sustainable, effective couples' programming
Skin-deep Resilience and Early Adolescence: Neighborhood Disadvantage, Executive Functioning, and Pubertal Development in Minority Youth
Topics of Conflict Across Family Subsystems
The present study investigated topics of conflict across multiple family subsystems (i.e., the romantic couple, parent-adolescent, and parent-younger child) in present-day American families. Research questions were addressed from a nationwide sample of 593 adults parenting at least one child. Findings highlight the heightened severity of conflict in the couple relationship relative to equivalent topics appearing in parent-child subsystems as well…
We Gon' Be Alright: Examining Culturally Relevant Coping Strategies as Promotive Factors for Black Romantic Relationships
Given Black couples live in an environment pervaded by social stress that can compromise relationship integrity, romantic partners' use of effective coping resources is paramount to maintaining romantic relationship function. Culturally relevant coping (CRC) strategies—salient, contextually appropriate resources for Black Americans to deal with living in a racially hostile society—may directly promote relationship adjustment and relational resili…
Joint Savoring in Romantic Relationships: Correlates and Protective Effects
Savoring is a process that involves focusing attention on sources of pleasure that one experiences. Prior research has primarily investigated savoring as an individual cognitive-behavioral process. The current study adds to our understanding of savoring by testing the distinct benefits of savoring as a mutual process with one’s romantic partner that is focused on shared relationship experiences. Study hypotheses were tested among a nationwide sam…
Psychology (23 works) · Developmental psychology (14 works) · Social Psychology (14 works) · Attachment and Relationship Dynamics (13 works) · Clinical Psychology (12 works) · Medicine (12 works) · Family Dynamics and Relationships (11 works) · Psychiatry (9 works) · Sociology (8 works) · Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development (7 works)