Shannon E Weaver
Biographic Data
| ID | 293073 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Shannon E Weaver |
| GIVEN NAMES | Shannon E |
| FAMILY NAME | Weaver |
| SIGNATURE | WEAVER S E |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Connecticut |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-9456-4573 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 9 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 105 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 9 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2001 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 5 |
From Family of Origin to Romantic Relationships: A Cross-Cultural Exploration of Associations
This cross-cultural study explored the impact of positive childhood family experiences on the romantic relationship satisfaction of emerging adults in the US and China. Findings affirmed that parent-child closeness significantly predicts romantic relationship satisfaction (β = 0.249, p < .001 for the US; β = 0.269, p < .001 for China). The secure dimension of adult attachment served as a key linking variable (standardized indirect effect are 0.14…
(Re) Honoring the Legacy of Jessie Bernard: An Analysis of Junior Scholars' Outstanding Feminist Family Scholarship
As a further tribute to feminist scholar Jessie Bernard, in this paper, we review the entire collection of the National Council on Family Relations' Jessie Bernard Outstanding papers awarded to feminist junior scholars spanning from 1990 to 2018. In so doing, we showcase Jessie Bernard's devotion to mentoring young scholars as we highlight evolving feminist family scholarship of student/new professionals. In this paper, we sought to:(a) honor Jes…
Feeling Like Feminist Frauds: Theorizing Feminist Accountability in Feminist Family Studies Research in a Neoliberal, Postfeminist Context
In this article we name “feelings of fraudulence,” the experience of self‐awareness and self‐questioning that feminist family scholars often encounter in their work. We propose that such feelings arise from attempting to apply abstract feminist principles to specific research practices against the backdrop of social science's positivism, women's studies postmodernism(s), and an overlay of neoliberalism and postfeminism. These feelings of fraudule…
Emerging Adults’ Identity Exploration: Illustrations From Inside the “Camp Bubble”
The study investigates the experiences of emerging adults who had worked as counselors at overnight summer camps; identity-related issues emerge as most salient in the analysis of in-depth interviews conducted with 12 women and 8 men from 8 camps. Their descriptions portray the identity exploration that took place within the camp context, through opportunities to try out roles and responsibilities ranging from the adult-like role model to the mor…
Caught in the middle: Mothers in stepfamilies
This article presents a grounded theory investigation of the roles women fulfill as mothers in stepfamilies. A key role for these 24 mothers was serving as the link between the stepfather (her husband) and her children. When conflicts arose between children and stepfathers, mothers' loyalties lay with their children, and they engaged in protective behavior manifested in four ways: defender, gatekeeper, mediator, and interpreter. Influences on the…
A mothering but not a mother role: A grounded theory study of the nonresidential stepmother role
We propose a model based on grounded theory depicting how women construct the roles of nonresidential stepmothers. Eleven middle-class stepmothers identified three general roles: mothering but not mother roles, other-focused roles, and outsider roles. These roles were influenced by issues relating to the biological mothers, their spouses, their stepchildren, their own biological children, extended kin, and experiences external to the family. When…
The Factor Structure of the Romantic Beliefs Scale for African Americans and European Americans
The factor structure of Sprecher and Metts’ (1989) Romantic Beliefs Scale (ROMBEL) was investigated with a sample of 254 African-American and 234 European-American college students (342 females and 146 males). Confirmatory and exploratory factor analyses were used to evaluate the generalizability of the model. Differences in the factor structures between African-American and European-American respondents were found. The factor structure did not r…
The Sibling Relationship in Young Adulthood: Sibling Functions and Relationship Perceptions as Influenced by Sibling Pair Composition
The relationship between sibling pair type (i.e., sister-sister, sister-brother, brother-brother, brother-sister) and performance of sibling functions (i.e., services that siblings perform for each other) was investigated using a sample of 224 college students. Also examined was the relationship between perceived sibling functions and perceptions of closeness. As hypothesized, sister pairs were more likely to report performing certain sibling fun…
Challenges Family Scholars May Face in Studying Family Diversity: A Focus on Latino Families, Stepfamilies, and Reproductive Technology
American families have changed rapidly in the past few decades. For instance, U.S. families are more ethnically and racially diverse than ever before, family structures vary widely as a result of marital transitions and changes in cultural mores, and technological and social changes have altered the experience of parenthood. Family scholars often have found it difficult to adequately stay abreast of such transformations. There are many indication…
A mothering but not a mother role: A grounded theory study of the nonresidential stepmother role
We propose a model based on grounded theory depicting how women construct the roles of nonresidential stepmothers. Eleven middle-class stepmothers identified three general roles: mothering but not mother roles, other-focused roles, and outsider roles. These roles were influenced by issues relating to the biological mothers, their spouses, their stepchildren, their own biological children, extended kin, and experiences external to the family. When…
Caught in the middle: Mothers in stepfamilies
This article presents a grounded theory investigation of the roles women fulfill as mothers in stepfamilies. A key role for these 24 mothers was serving as the link between the stepfather (her husband) and her children. When conflicts arose between children and stepfathers, mothers' loyalties lay with their children, and they engaged in protective behavior manifested in four ways: defender, gatekeeper, mediator, and interpreter. Influences on the…
The Sibling Relationship in Young Adulthood: Sibling Functions and Relationship Perceptions as Influenced by Sibling Pair Composition
The relationship between sibling pair type (i.e., sister-sister, sister-brother, brother-brother, brother-sister) and performance of sibling functions (i.e., services that siblings perform for each other) was investigated using a sample of 224 college students. Also examined was the relationship between perceived sibling functions and perceptions of closeness. As hypothesized, sister pairs were more likely to report performing certain sibling fun…
Feeling Like Feminist Frauds: Theorizing Feminist Accountability in Feminist Family Studies Research in a Neoliberal, Postfeminist Context
In this article we name “feelings of fraudulence,” the experience of self‐awareness and self‐questioning that feminist family scholars often encounter in their work. We propose that such feelings arise from attempting to apply abstract feminist principles to specific research practices against the backdrop of social science's positivism, women's studies postmodernism(s), and an overlay of neoliberalism and postfeminism. These feelings of fraudule…
The Factor Structure of the Romantic Beliefs Scale for African Americans and European Americans
The factor structure of Sprecher and Metts’ (1989) Romantic Beliefs Scale (ROMBEL) was investigated with a sample of 254 African-American and 234 European-American college students (342 females and 146 males). Confirmatory and exploratory factor analyses were used to evaluate the generalizability of the model. Differences in the factor structures between African-American and European-American respondents were found. The factor structure did not r…
Emerging Adults’ Identity Exploration: Illustrations From Inside the “Camp Bubble”
The study investigates the experiences of emerging adults who had worked as counselors at overnight summer camps; identity-related issues emerge as most salient in the analysis of in-depth interviews conducted with 12 women and 8 men from 8 camps. Their descriptions portray the identity exploration that took place within the camp context, through opportunities to try out roles and responsibilities ranging from the adult-like role model to the mor…
Challenges Family Scholars May Face in Studying Family Diversity: A Focus on Latino Families, Stepfamilies, and Reproductive Technology
American families have changed rapidly in the past few decades. For instance, U.S. families are more ethnically and racially diverse than ever before, family structures vary widely as a result of marital transitions and changes in cultural mores, and technological and social changes have altered the experience of parenthood. Family scholars often have found it difficult to adequately stay abreast of such transformations. There are many indication…
(Re) Honoring the Legacy of Jessie Bernard: An Analysis of Junior Scholars' Outstanding Feminist Family Scholarship
As a further tribute to feminist scholar Jessie Bernard, in this paper, we review the entire collection of the National Council on Family Relations' Jessie Bernard Outstanding papers awarded to feminist junior scholars spanning from 1990 to 2018. In so doing, we showcase Jessie Bernard's devotion to mentoring young scholars as we highlight evolving feminist family scholarship of student/new professionals. In this paper, we sought to:(a) honor Jes…
Challenges Family Scholars May Face in Studying Family Diversity: A Focus on Latino Families, Stepfamilies, and Reproductive Technology
American families have changed rapidly in the past few decades. For instance, U.S. families are more ethnically and racially diverse than ever before, family structures vary widely as a result of marital transitions and changes in cultural mores, and technological and social changes have altered the experience of parenthood. Family scholars often have found it difficult to adequately stay abreast of such transformations. There are many indication…
The Sibling Relationship in Young Adulthood: Sibling Functions and Relationship Perceptions as Influenced by Sibling Pair Composition
The relationship between sibling pair type (i.e., sister-sister, sister-brother, brother-brother, brother-sister) and performance of sibling functions (i.e., services that siblings perform for each other) was investigated using a sample of 224 college students. Also examined was the relationship between perceived sibling functions and perceptions of closeness. As hypothesized, sister pairs were more likely to report performing certain sibling fun…
The Factor Structure of the Romantic Beliefs Scale for African Americans and European Americans
The factor structure of Sprecher and Metts’ (1989) Romantic Beliefs Scale (ROMBEL) was investigated with a sample of 254 African-American and 234 European-American college students (342 females and 146 males). Confirmatory and exploratory factor analyses were used to evaluate the generalizability of the model. Differences in the factor structures between African-American and European-American respondents were found. The factor structure did not r…
A mothering but not a mother role: A grounded theory study of the nonresidential stepmother role
We propose a model based on grounded theory depicting how women construct the roles of nonresidential stepmothers. Eleven middle-class stepmothers identified three general roles: mothering but not mother roles, other-focused roles, and outsider roles. These roles were influenced by issues relating to the biological mothers, their spouses, their stepchildren, their own biological children, extended kin, and experiences external to the family. When…
Emerging Adults’ Identity Exploration: Illustrations From Inside the “Camp Bubble”
The study investigates the experiences of emerging adults who had worked as counselors at overnight summer camps; identity-related issues emerge as most salient in the analysis of in-depth interviews conducted with 12 women and 8 men from 8 camps. Their descriptions portray the identity exploration that took place within the camp context, through opportunities to try out roles and responsibilities ranging from the adult-like role model to the mor…
Caught in the middle: Mothers in stepfamilies
This article presents a grounded theory investigation of the roles women fulfill as mothers in stepfamilies. A key role for these 24 mothers was serving as the link between the stepfather (her husband) and her children. When conflicts arose between children and stepfathers, mothers' loyalties lay with their children, and they engaged in protective behavior manifested in four ways: defender, gatekeeper, mediator, and interpreter. Influences on the…
Feeling Like Feminist Frauds: Theorizing Feminist Accountability in Feminist Family Studies Research in a Neoliberal, Postfeminist Context
In this article we name “feelings of fraudulence,” the experience of self‐awareness and self‐questioning that feminist family scholars often encounter in their work. We propose that such feelings arise from attempting to apply abstract feminist principles to specific research practices against the backdrop of social science's positivism, women's studies postmodernism(s), and an overlay of neoliberalism and postfeminism. These feelings of fraudule…
(Re) Honoring the Legacy of Jessie Bernard: An Analysis of Junior Scholars' Outstanding Feminist Family Scholarship
As a further tribute to feminist scholar Jessie Bernard, in this paper, we review the entire collection of the National Council on Family Relations' Jessie Bernard Outstanding papers awarded to feminist junior scholars spanning from 1990 to 2018. In so doing, we showcase Jessie Bernard's devotion to mentoring young scholars as we highlight evolving feminist family scholarship of student/new professionals. In this paper, we sought to:(a) honor Jes…
From Family of Origin to Romantic Relationships: A Cross-Cultural Exploration of Associations
This cross-cultural study explored the impact of positive childhood family experiences on the romantic relationship satisfaction of emerging adults in the US and China. Findings affirmed that parent-child closeness significantly predicts romantic relationship satisfaction (β = 0.249, p < .001 for the US; β = 0.269, p < .001 for China). The secure dimension of adult attachment served as a key linking variable (standardized indirect effect are 0.14…
Psychology (8 works) · Sociology (8 works) · Social Psychology (7 works) · Developmental psychology (6 works) · Social Psychology (6 works) · Family Dynamics and Relationships (5 works) · Gender Studies (4 works) · Intergenerational Family Dynamics and Caregiving (4 works) · Political science (4 works) · Attachment and Relationship Dynamics (3 works)