Aaron T Ebata
Biographic Data
| ID | 229425 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Aaron T Ebata |
| GIVEN NAMES | Aaron T |
| FAMILY NAME | Ebata |
| SIGNATURE | EBATA A T |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 13 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 86 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 13 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1983 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 4 |
Perceived Family Conflict Under High Household Density
Families in high-density urban settings often experience elevated conflict, yet the role of nearby outdoor spaces in shaping these dynamics is underexplored. We examined whether frequent visits to approachable outdoor spaces—defined as within a 5-minute walk and perceived safe from common threats—buffer the link between household crowding and family conflict. Survey data were collected from 142 married women with children living in higher-income …
Why Families Go Outside
Family-based nature activities (FBNA) are associated with improved health and family functioning, yet little research has explored how and why families spend time together outside. This study used a routine and rituals framework to explore engagement in FBNA, individual health and familial benefits, and situational and developmental constraints that influence participation. Twenty-six mothers and daughters (ages 10–12) participated in semi-struct…
A dialectic of control and acceptance
Relational turbulence among military couples after reunion following deployment
Reintegration following deployment is a pivotal time for returning service members and at‐home partners. We test logic derived from the relational turbulence model about depressive symptoms, relational uncertainty, and interference from a partner as predictors of people's appraisals of turmoil during the post‐deployment transition. Participants were 118 military couples who completed an online questionnaire once per month for the first 3 months a…
Theorizing Family‐Based Nature Activities and Family Functioning
Time spent in nature has been recognized as beneficial for individuals, but the benefits of nature engagement for families remain significantly underresearched and lack theoretical underpinnings. We draw from the family studies, family leisure, and environmental psychology literature to suggest a new theoretical approach—integrating attention restoration theory and a routines and rituals perspective to study family‐based nature activities. Attent…
Experiences of Military Youth During a Family Member's Deployment
The deployment of a family member can be very distressing for military children, but it also can supply opportunities for growth. This study addresses calls for research on the changes, challenges, and opportunities facing youth during a family member's tour of duty. It uses the relational turbulence model to frame research questions about how children experience a family member's deployment. Participants were 33 military youth ranging from 10 to…
Communicative Experiences of Military Youth During a Parent’s Return Home from Deployment
The return home of a service member from tour of duty can be stressful for military families (Bowling & Sherman, 2008), but surprisingly little is known about how military youth communicatively experience a parent’s homecoming (MacDermid Wadsworth, 2010). This study draws on the emotional cycle of deployment model (Pincus, House, Christenson, & Adler, 2001) to examine the reunion period in military youth’s own words. Individual interviews were co…
Generalized Anxiety and Relational Uncertainty as Predictors of Topic Avoidance During Reintegration Following Military Deployment
For military couples reunited following deployment, discussing or avoiding topics is a central dimension of communication. This paper theorizes about two predictors of topic avoidance that arise from a lack of confidence in social situations: generalized anxiety and relational uncertainty. In Study 1, 220 returning service members described issues they avoid discussing upon reunion. Content analytic findings indicated eight avoided topics. In Stu…
Personal, Situational, and Contextual Correlates of Coping in Adolescence
In this study, we used cross-sectional and longitudinal data to examine the personal, situational, and contextual correlates of coping in a sample of 315 adolescents. Participants completed questionnaires at two points in time (1 year apart) that assessed approach and avoidance coping in response to the mast important focal stressor experienced in the previous year. We also assessed temperament, perceived characteristics of the focal stressor, ch…
Coping and adjustment in distressed and healthy adolescents
School Transitions and Adjustment During Early Adolescence
The aim of this investigation was to determine the impact of the timing and number of school transitions on young adolescents' subsequent adjustment. Three groups of adolescents (total N = 253) were compared: those making a single early school transition prior to sixth grade, those making a single later transition prior to seventh grade, and those making a double transition prior to both sixth and seventh grades. Adjustment was assessed in terms …
Cultural Differences Between Americans of Japanese and European Ancestry in Parental Valuing of Social Competence
Recognizing the importance of cultural contexts on the development of social competence, this paper examines the differences in parents’ rankings of importance of 8 social competency items. Mothers and fathers of Japanese and European ancestry rated the items for children ranging from 8 to 18 years of age. A multiple analysis of covariance disclosed a significant main effect for ethnicity and for the ethnicity by age of child interaction. The res…
The Significance of Ethnic and Cultural Differences in Child Maltreatment
This paper explores the meaning and significance of cultural and ethnic influences on the incidence and forms of child maltreatment. Taking a cross-cultural and sociobiological perspective, the paper addresses three issues. First, are there differences in the incidence and form of child maltreatment that are not accounted for by social class? Second, what is the role of social change in producing cultureand ethnicity-related differences in child …
School Transitions and Adjustment During Early Adolescence
The aim of this investigation was to determine the impact of the timing and number of school transitions on young adolescents' subsequent adjustment. Three groups of adolescents (total N = 253) were compared: those making a single early school transition prior to sixth grade, those making a single later transition prior to seventh grade, and those making a double transition prior to both sixth and seventh grades. Adjustment was assessed in terms …
Personal, Situational, and Contextual Correlates of Coping in Adolescence
In this study, we used cross-sectional and longitudinal data to examine the personal, situational, and contextual correlates of coping in a sample of 315 adolescents. Participants completed questionnaires at two points in time (1 year apart) that assessed approach and avoidance coping in response to the mast important focal stressor experienced in the previous year. We also assessed temperament, perceived characteristics of the focal stressor, ch…
Generalized Anxiety and Relational Uncertainty as Predictors of Topic Avoidance During Reintegration Following Military Deployment
For military couples reunited following deployment, discussing or avoiding topics is a central dimension of communication. This paper theorizes about two predictors of topic avoidance that arise from a lack of confidence in social situations: generalized anxiety and relational uncertainty. In Study 1, 220 returning service members described issues they avoid discussing upon reunion. Content analytic findings indicated eight avoided topics. In Stu…
The Significance of Ethnic and Cultural Differences in Child Maltreatment
This paper explores the meaning and significance of cultural and ethnic influences on the incidence and forms of child maltreatment. Taking a cross-cultural and sociobiological perspective, the paper addresses three issues. First, are there differences in the incidence and form of child maltreatment that are not accounted for by social class? Second, what is the role of social change in producing cultureand ethnicity-related differences in child …
Experiences of Military Youth During a Family Member's Deployment
The deployment of a family member can be very distressing for military children, but it also can supply opportunities for growth. This study addresses calls for research on the changes, challenges, and opportunities facing youth during a family member's tour of duty. It uses the relational turbulence model to frame research questions about how children experience a family member's deployment. Participants were 33 military youth ranging from 10 to…
Theorizing Family‐Based Nature Activities and Family Functioning
Time spent in nature has been recognized as beneficial for individuals, but the benefits of nature engagement for families remain significantly underresearched and lack theoretical underpinnings. We draw from the family studies, family leisure, and environmental psychology literature to suggest a new theoretical approach—integrating attention restoration theory and a routines and rituals perspective to study family‐based nature activities. Attent…
Why Families Go Outside
Family-based nature activities (FBNA) are associated with improved health and family functioning, yet little research has explored how and why families spend time together outside. This study used a routine and rituals framework to explore engagement in FBNA, individual health and familial benefits, and situational and developmental constraints that influence participation. Twenty-six mothers and daughters (ages 10–12) participated in semi-struct…
Communicative Experiences of Military Youth During a Parent’s Return Home from Deployment
The return home of a service member from tour of duty can be stressful for military families (Bowling & Sherman, 2008), but surprisingly little is known about how military youth communicatively experience a parent’s homecoming (MacDermid Wadsworth, 2010). This study draws on the emotional cycle of deployment model (Pincus, House, Christenson, & Adler, 2001) to examine the reunion period in military youth’s own words. Individual interviews were co…
Cultural Differences Between Americans of Japanese and European Ancestry in Parental Valuing of Social Competence
Recognizing the importance of cultural contexts on the development of social competence, this paper examines the differences in parents’ rankings of importance of 8 social competency items. Mothers and fathers of Japanese and European ancestry rated the items for children ranging from 8 to 18 years of age. A multiple analysis of covariance disclosed a significant main effect for ethnicity and for the ethnicity by age of child interaction. The res…
The Significance of Ethnic and Cultural Differences in Child Maltreatment
This paper explores the meaning and significance of cultural and ethnic influences on the incidence and forms of child maltreatment. Taking a cross-cultural and sociobiological perspective, the paper addresses three issues. First, are there differences in the incidence and form of child maltreatment that are not accounted for by social class? Second, what is the role of social change in producing cultureand ethnicity-related differences in child …
Cultural Differences Between Americans of Japanese and European Ancestry in Parental Valuing of Social Competence
Recognizing the importance of cultural contexts on the development of social competence, this paper examines the differences in parents’ rankings of importance of 8 social competency items. Mothers and fathers of Japanese and European ancestry rated the items for children ranging from 8 to 18 years of age. A multiple analysis of covariance disclosed a significant main effect for ethnicity and for the ethnicity by age of child interaction. The res…
School Transitions and Adjustment During Early Adolescence
The aim of this investigation was to determine the impact of the timing and number of school transitions on young adolescents' subsequent adjustment. Three groups of adolescents (total N = 253) were compared: those making a single early school transition prior to sixth grade, those making a single later transition prior to seventh grade, and those making a double transition prior to both sixth and seventh grades. Adjustment was assessed in terms …
Coping and adjustment in distressed and healthy adolescents
Personal, Situational, and Contextual Correlates of Coping in Adolescence
In this study, we used cross-sectional and longitudinal data to examine the personal, situational, and contextual correlates of coping in a sample of 315 adolescents. Participants completed questionnaires at two points in time (1 year apart) that assessed approach and avoidance coping in response to the mast important focal stressor experienced in the previous year. We also assessed temperament, perceived characteristics of the focal stressor, ch…
Generalized Anxiety and Relational Uncertainty as Predictors of Topic Avoidance During Reintegration Following Military Deployment
For military couples reunited following deployment, discussing or avoiding topics is a central dimension of communication. This paper theorizes about two predictors of topic avoidance that arise from a lack of confidence in social situations: generalized anxiety and relational uncertainty. In Study 1, 220 returning service members described issues they avoid discussing upon reunion. Content analytic findings indicated eight avoided topics. In Stu…
Communicative Experiences of Military Youth During a Parent’s Return Home from Deployment
The return home of a service member from tour of duty can be stressful for military families (Bowling & Sherman, 2008), but surprisingly little is known about how military youth communicatively experience a parent’s homecoming (MacDermid Wadsworth, 2010). This study draws on the emotional cycle of deployment model (Pincus, House, Christenson, & Adler, 2001) to examine the reunion period in military youth’s own words. Individual interviews were co…
Experiences of Military Youth During a Family Member's Deployment
The deployment of a family member can be very distressing for military children, but it also can supply opportunities for growth. This study addresses calls for research on the changes, challenges, and opportunities facing youth during a family member's tour of duty. It uses the relational turbulence model to frame research questions about how children experience a family member's deployment. Participants were 33 military youth ranging from 10 to…
Relational turbulence among military couples after reunion following deployment
Reintegration following deployment is a pivotal time for returning service members and at‐home partners. We test logic derived from the relational turbulence model about depressive symptoms, relational uncertainty, and interference from a partner as predictors of people's appraisals of turmoil during the post‐deployment transition. Participants were 118 military couples who completed an online questionnaire once per month for the first 3 months a…
Theorizing Family‐Based Nature Activities and Family Functioning
Time spent in nature has been recognized as beneficial for individuals, but the benefits of nature engagement for families remain significantly underresearched and lack theoretical underpinnings. We draw from the family studies, family leisure, and environmental psychology literature to suggest a new theoretical approach—integrating attention restoration theory and a routines and rituals perspective to study family‐based nature activities. Attent…
A dialectic of control and acceptance
Why Families Go Outside
Family-based nature activities (FBNA) are associated with improved health and family functioning, yet little research has explored how and why families spend time together outside. This study used a routine and rituals framework to explore engagement in FBNA, individual health and familial benefits, and situational and developmental constraints that influence participation. Twenty-six mothers and daughters (ages 10–12) participated in semi-struct…
Perceived Family Conflict Under High Household Density
Families in high-density urban settings often experience elevated conflict, yet the role of nearby outdoor spaces in shaping these dynamics is underexplored. We examined whether frequent visits to approachable outdoor spaces—defined as within a 5-minute walk and perceived safe from common threats—buffer the link between household crowding and family conflict. Survey data were collected from 142 married women with children living in higher-income …
Psychology (12 works) · Developmental psychology (9 works) · Social Psychology (8 works) · Child Abuse and Trauma (6 works) · Sociology (6 works) · Political science (5 works) · Social Psychology (5 works) · Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development (4 works) · Computer Science (4 works) · Medicine (4 works)