Ellen Greenberger
Biographic Data
| ID | 3657902 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Ellen Greenberger |
| GIVEN NAMES | Ellen |
| FAMILY NAME | Greenberger |
| SIGNATURE | GREENBERGER E |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of California, Irvine |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 73 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 938 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 73 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1967 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2020 |
| H-INDEX | 18 |
No need for pedestals: Idealization does not predict better relationships among Asians
The authors tested whether partner idealization was positively associated with relationship quality among 105 intraracially dating Asian American couples (Study 1) and 98 Chinese couples (Study 2) through two methods. The commonly used residual‐based approach found, in both samples, the positive associations between idealizing a partner and relationship quality previously documented among European/European Americans. In contrast, the piece‐wise r…
Nice guys and gals can finish first: Personality and speed-dating success among Asian Americans
In Western culture, both pop theory and recent behavioral research support the "nice guy stereotype," suggesting that communal qualities that emphasize caring for others may be unattractive in men. Few studies, however, have examined the initial attractiveness of personality in other cultures through methods other than self-report. We tested associations between personal attributes (i.e., communal attributes, social desirability, self-esteem, nar…
More than skin deep: Major histocompatibility complex (MHC)-based attraction among Asian American speed-daters
Parental Warmth Moderates the Association Between BMI Trajectories and Academic Achievement
Using data from the Early Childhood Longitudinal Study–Kindergarten cohort (ECLS-K), this study aimed to identify body mass index (BMI) trajectories from kindergarten to eighth grade using group-based trajectory modeling (GBTM), examine the relationships between BMI trajectories and adolescents’ school achievement (reading and math), determine whether parental warmth had a protective effect on adolescents in the higher BMI groups, and assess whet…
A Rosier Reality: Incongruency in Stated and Revealed Ingroup Preferences among Young Asian American Speed Daters
Several studies have identified inconsistencies between “stated” interpersonal attitudes and those “revealed” after an interaction. The authors used the speed-dating paradigm to examine stated and revealed attitudes in ingroup preferences among Asian American subgroups (Chinese, Korean, Vietnamese, and Filipino Americans). Young single Asian Americans ( n = 198) reported preferences for dating different ethnicities and went on speed dates, after …
Gender Interacts with Opioid Receptor Polymorphism A118G and Serotonin Receptor Polymorphism −1438 A/G on Speed-Dating Success
Depressive symptoms and attribute type moderate effects of partner feedback among college couples
Previous findings on the effects of partner feedback (about the self) have been mixed, potentially due to moderating roles of individuals' prior well‐being and the type of attributes appraised. This experimental study of 118 college‐student couples examined whether depressive symptoms moderated responses to partner feedback that was either enhancing or verifying of either social (communion‐related) or personal (agency‐related) attributes. Results…
A Cross-Cultural Study of Punishment Beliefs and Decisions
The current research examined cultural similarities and differences in punishment beliefs and decisions. Participants were European Americans ( N = 50), Chinese Americans ( N = 57), and Chinese in Mainland China ( N = 50). The Functions of Punishment Questionnaire was used to measure participants' beliefs about the retributive or deterrent functions of punishment and a scenario method was used to measure the extent to which punishment decisions w…
Locus of Control and Peer Relationships Among Caucasian, Hispanic, Asian, and African American Adolescents
The sweetness of forbidden fruit: Interracial daters are more attractive than intraracial daters
Past research on interracial dating has focused on demographic and adjustment factors while ignoring the traits most valued in romantic partners. We examined whether interracial and intraracial daters differ in the extent to which they possess various desirable attributes. In Study 1, undergraduates estimated their partners' ratings of them on 27 attributes. A factor analysis yielded attractiveness (e.g., physically attractive), cerebral (e.g., i…
Trauma severity and control beliefs as predictors of posttraumatic growth among adolescent survivors of the Wenchuan earthquake
This study examined the relationships of trauma exposure and control beliefs with posttraumatic growth (PTG) in a sample of adolescent survivors of the Wenchuan earthquake (Time 1 n = 788, Time 2 n = 243). Results suggested that two aspects of exposure severity (indirect exposure and worry about others) had significantly positive associations with concurrently measured PTG, but only indirect exposure was significantly correlated with changes in P…
Striving for Educational and Career Goals During the Transition After High School: What is Beneficial
Parenting satisfaction at midlife among European- and Chinese-American mothers with a college-enrolled child
Mental health problems and coping styles of urban and rural high school students in China
Few studies have compared urban and rural adolescents' mental health problems, especially in developing countries. The purpose of this study was to investigate the mental health problems and coping styles of adolescents in urban and rural areas in China. A total of 927 urban and rural high school students in Shandong Province of China were recruited for the study. The results of the study are as follows: (a) students in rural low‐socioeconomic st…
The Role of Important Non-Parental Adults (VIPs) in the Lives of Older Adolescents: A Comparison of Three Ethnic Groups
Previous research has consistently documented the importance of VIPs (mentors or important non-parental adults) in the lives of adolescents. Little is known, however, about whether VIPs play the same important roles across ethnic groups and whether VIPs remain influential when adolescents are older and involved in romantic relationships. The present study compared VIPs of 355 Hispanic, Asian, and European American older adolescents (age range = 1…
Nonparental Adults as Social Resources in the Transition to Adulthood: Nonparental Adults as Social Resources
This short-term longitudinal study examined whether the social resources of important nonparental adults (VIPs) perceived by youth during their senior year of high school had a significant relation to their educational and socioemotional adjustment 1 year later. One month before their high school graduation, a multiethnic sample of youths (N=754) reported on their grades, educational expectations, and selected psychosocial characteristics (i.e., …
Adolescents’ Response to Parental Efforts to Influence Eating Habits: When Parental Warmth Matters
Shared Agency with Parents for Educational Goals: Ethnic Differences and Implications for College Adjustment
This study proposed and confirmed three ways in which college students can perceive shared agency and two ways in which they can perceive non-shared agency with parents when pursuing educational goals in college. Differences and similarities were examined among participants from four ethnic backgrounds (N = 515; 67% female): East Asian American, Southeast Asian American, Filipino/Pacific Islander American, and European American. Results indicated…
A Cross‐Ethnic Study of Adolescents' Depressed Mood and the Erosion of Parental and Peer Warmth During the Transition to Young Adulthood
This 1‐year longitudinal study investigated the effects of adolescents' depressed mood on perceived parental and peer warmth during the transition to young adulthood. We hypothesized that ethnicity would moderate such effects. As part of a larger study, 511 adolescents (154 European, 205 Hispanic, and 152 Asian Americans) participated in this research. They were surveyed shortly before their high school graduation and again 1 year later. Analyses…
Self-Entitled College Students: Contributions of Personality, Parenting, and Motivational Factors
Perceived Social Environment and Adolescents’ Well-Being and Adjustment: Comparing a Foster Care Sample With a Matched Sample
What Do They Want in Life: The Life Goals of a Multi-Ethnic, Multi-Generational Sample of High School Seniors
Mapping the Ethnic Landscape: Personal Beliefs About Own Group’s and Other Groups’ Traits
Brewer and Campbell showed that stereotypes fall along dimensions of achievement and evaluation. This study examines individuals’ personal beliefs about their own and other ethnic groups, along with indicators of in-group bias. Three hundred fifty-one college students who were members of six ethnic groups selected 4 traits from a list of 30 traits that best described each group. The six ethnic identities and the traits were represented in two dim…
Family Relationships and Adolescent Psychosocial Outcomes: Converging Findings From Eastern and Western Cultures
This study investigated the role of parent–adolescent relationships in mediating the association between family‐related negative life events and adolescent depressive symptoms and problem behaviors among 1,696 eleventh graders from the United States ( n =201), China ( n =502), Korea ( n =497), and Czech Republic ( n =496). Results indicated that perceived parental involvement and parent–adolescent conflict mediated the link between family‐related…
Adolescent Self-Esteem in Cross-Cultural Perspective: Testing Measurement Equivalence and a Mediation Model
Theorists and researchers have raised the question of whether self-esteem has similar meanings and correlates in individualistic and collectivist cultures. This study examined the cross-cultural equivalence of the Rosenberg Self-Esteem Scale in four countries and compared its association with parental warmth and acceptance and depressed mood. Participants were 11th graders in the United States ( n = 422), the Czech Republic ( n = 490), China ( n …
Perceived family relationships and depressed mood in early and late adolescence: A comparison of European and Asian Americans
This study examined perceived parent-adolescent relationships and depressed mood among 173 early adolescents and 297 college students, all of European or Asian American background. Ethnic differences in depressed mood, not evident in the early adolescent sample, emerged in the college sample, with Asian Americans reporting more symptoms. Ethnic differences in depressed mood were reduced to nonsignificant when quality of parent-adolescent relation…
The Nature of Adolescents' Relationships with Their “Very Important” Nonparental Adults
As part of a larger program of research on the nature of adolescents' relationships with very important nonparental adults (hereafter referred to as “VIPs”), a community sample of 243 eleventh graders (mean age = 16.6 years) was surveyed, and a subgroup of 55 adolescents and their VIPs were interviewed about the nature and quality of their relationships. Results showed that (a) adolescent–VIP relationships were a normative component of adolescent…
Spouse, parent, worker: Role commitments and role-related experiences in the construction of adults' well-being
A cross-cultural study of family and peer correlates of adolescent misconduct
Participants were 4 groups of early adolescents from middle-class backgrounds (European and Chinese Americans in southern California and Chinese in Taipei, Taiwan, and Beijing, China). The 591 adolescents (M age = 13.8 years) completed questionnaires about their involvement in misconduct and about family and peer characteristics. Mothers of a subsample of adolescents (n = 405) also completed a questionnaire about their relationships with their ad…
Linking workplace and homeplace: Relations between the nature of adults' work and their parenting behaviors
The Role of “Very Important” Nonparental Adults in Adolescent Development
Cultural differences in the predictors of depression
This study examined a number of psychosocial factors thought likely to contribute to depression among ethnic Korean and Caucasian students. As hypothesized, Koreans (n = 61) were more depressed than Caucasians (n = 69). Stepwise multiple regression analysis revealed different models for predicting depression in the two groups. Value orientations, a neglected element in the prevailing stress paradigm, contributed substantially to variation in depr…
Work, parenting, and the socialization of children
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The measurement and structure of psychosocial maturity
Population Migration and the Variation of Dopamine D4 Receptor (DRD4) Allele Frequencies Around the Globe
Nonparental Adults as Social Resources in the Transition to Adulthood: Nonparental Adults as Social Resources
This short-term longitudinal study examined whether the social resources of important nonparental adults (VIPs) perceived by youth during their senior year of high school had a significant relation to their educational and socioemotional adjustment 1 year later. One month before their high school graduation, a multiethnic sample of youths (N=754) reported on their grades, educational expectations, and selected psychosocial characteristics (i.e., …
Toward a concept of psychosocial maturity
Adolescents who work: Health and behavioral consequences of job stress
Beliefs About the Consequences of Maternal Employment for Children
A 24-item scale was developed to measure Beliefs about the Consequences of Maternal Employment for Children (BACMEC), including beliefs about both benefits (13 items) and costs (11 items). Studies of five samples ( n = 375) demonstrate that the total BACMEC scale and its sub-scales are highly reliable and have good convergent, divergent, and concurrent validity. Scores on the Costs Subscale predicted greater sex-role traditionalism, women's emplo…
Perceived Social Environment and Adolescents’ Well-Being and Adjustment: Comparing a Foster Care Sample With a Matched Sample
Contributions of a supportive work environment to parents' well‐being and orientation to work
Examined the joint and unique contributions of informal social support in the workplace and formal, family-responsive benefits and policies provided by employers to the job-related attitudes and personal well-being of employed parents with a young child. Eighty married men, 169 married women, and 72 single women with a preschool child completed a survey concerning social support from co-workers and supervisor, utilization of family-responsive ben…
Early Work Experience: Effects on Adolescent Occupational Socialization
Phenomenological aspects of psychosocial maturity in adolescence. Part II. Girls
Adolescents who work: Effects of part-time employment on family and peer relations
Adolescent Self-Esteem in Cross-Cultural Perspective: Testing Measurement Equivalence and a Mediation Model
Theorists and researchers have raised the question of whether self-esteem has similar meanings and correlates in individualistic and collectivist cultures. This study examined the cross-cultural equivalence of the Rosenberg Self-Esteem Scale in four countries and compared its association with parental warmth and acceptance and depressed mood. Participants were 11th graders in the United States ( n = 422), the Czech Republic ( n = 490), China ( n …
The Role of Important Non-Parental Adults (VIPs) in the Lives of Older Adolescents: A Comparison of Three Ethnic Groups
Previous research has consistently documented the importance of VIPs (mentors or important non-parental adults) in the lives of adolescents. Little is known, however, about whether VIPs play the same important roles across ethnic groups and whether VIPs remain influential when adolescents are older and involved in romantic relationships. The present study compared VIPs of 355 Hispanic, Asian, and European American older adolescents (age range = 1…
Family Relationships and Adolescent Psychosocial Outcomes: Converging Findings From Eastern and Western Cultures
This study investigated the role of parent–adolescent relationships in mediating the association between family‐related negative life events and adolescent depressive symptoms and problem behaviors among 1,696 eleventh graders from the United States ( n =201), China ( n =502), Korea ( n =497), and Czech Republic ( n =496). Results indicated that perceived parental involvement and parent–adolescent conflict mediated the link between family‐related…
Parents' Concerns about Their Child's Development: Implications for Fathers' and Mothers' Well-Being and Attitudes toward Work
Ellen Greenberger, Robin O'Neil, Parents' Concerns about Their Child's Development: Implications for Fathers' and Mothers' Well-Being and Attitudes toward Work, Journal of Marriage and Family, Vol. 52, No. 3 (Aug., 1990), pp. 621-635
The workplace as a context for the socialization of youth
Phenomenological aspects of psychosocial maturity in adolescence. Part I. Boys
Relationship of picture structure to achievement motivation in college women
Components of Curiosity: Berlyne Reconsidered
Berlyne has found that collative stimuli-stimuli with the attributes of complexity, incongruity, or ambiguity, among others-attract longer visual exploration than their less perplexing counterparts. He has postulated a curiosity motive to account for the finding; this paper suggests an alternative explanation of some of his results. The first of two experiments evaluates whether viewing time allotted to collative stimuli is increased by prior cur…
Racial Differences in the Language of Grade School Children
Educational deficits and reading problems in disadvantaged children may be much more a function of semantic (under) development than has been hitherto supposed. Data are presented suggesting that in spite of an early spurt in syntactic development, measured by form class of word association responses, first-grade black inner-city children give responses that are less mature in terms of semantic content than those of white children. For form class…
Personality, cognitive, and academic correlates of problem-solving flexibility
Interpersonal Choices Among a Junior High School Faculty
This report uses concepts from Blau (1962) to generate and test predictions about how individuals make choices to consult, respect, or like their colleagues. Choices were analyzed according to individual attributes and choice criterion. Sex has a differentiating effect on choices under the instrumental criterion: male and female respondents both greatly overchoose men for consultation, and men overchoose men for respect. Sex has a segregating eff…
Questions about social class, internality-externality, and test anxiety
Adolescents' views of women's work role
Views of women's work role held by ninth-grade boys and girls in Maryland are reported. Boys are consistently more conservative than girls. Although, in general, those of higher IQ hold liberal views, middle-class boys of high IQ are the least liberal. Blacks are less opposed than whites to women working outside the home, but are just as conservative as other groups about women holding men's jobs. Greatest differences between girls' and boys' vie…
Toward a concept of psychosocial maturity
The measurement and structure of psychosocial maturity
Phenomenological aspects of psychosocial maturity in adolescence. Part II. Girls
Phenomenological aspects of psychosocial maturity in adolescence. Part I. Boys
Sex Differences in Occupational Aspirations and Expectations
The research reported in this paper examines sex differences in the prestige and sex-type of occupational aspirations and expectations held by adolescents. Sex differences in the discrepancy between aspirations and expectations are examined, and the effects of socioeconomic background and academic achievement on the unmeasured construct of occupational ambition are compared for the two sexes. The study is based on a random sample of eleventh-grad…
Sex Differences in Educational Aspirations and Expectations
Previous studies of sex differences in adolescents’ goals for educational attainment have focused on either educational aspirations or expectations and found that socioeconomic background has a greater effect on the educational goals of girls than boys, and that academic ability has a greater effect on the educational goals of boys than girls. Almost all of these studies are based on students who attended high school between 1955 and 1960. This p…
The part-time employment of high school students: A research agenda
Adolescents who work: Effects of part-time employment on family and peer relations
The workplace as a context for the socialization of youth
Early work experience: A partial antidote for adolescent egocentrism
Adolescents who work: Health and behavioral consequences of job stress
Early Work Experience: Effects on Adolescent Occupational Socialization
A Job is a Job is a Job… or is it: Behavioral Observations in the Adolescent Workplace
Researchers and policy makers have treated adolescent work experience as a unidimensional phenomenon and have ignored possible differences among jobs along the very dimensions of working posited as developmentally significant: opportunities for learning, initiative and autonomy, and interaction with others. Behavioral observations support the hypothesis that different work settings expose adolescent workers to substantially different experiences.…
Assessing Job Characteristics: When “Perceived” and “Objective” Measures Don't Converge
Personnel psychologists have long asked whether workers' own reports about their jobs (i.e., “perceived” information) resemble more “objective” assessments of their work settings. In the present paper convergence among three methods of assessing several job characteristics was examined. While workers' self-reports were significantly correlated with outsiders', i.e., non-incumbents', ratings, and outsiders' ratings, in turn, with behavioral observ…
Person‐environment congruence as a predictor of adolescent health and behavioral problems
Most research on health and behavioral outcomes of stressors has focused on adults. One stressor identified in this literature is lack of "fit," or congruence, between individual needs and environmental opportunities. This study examines relations between person-environment congruence in three settings (home, school, and peer group) and several indices of health and behavioral disorder among adolescents. We also examine whether person-environment…
Occupational Deviance among Adolescent Workers
A researcher in the policy arena: The case of child labor
Sex Differences in Early Labor Force Experience: Harbinger of Things to Come
The increased participation of youngsters in the formal labor force raises questions about how early in individuals' occupational histories sex differences in labor force participation, and the rewards thereof, begin. Analysis of current and retrospective data obtained from 3,101 suburban 10th and 11th graders about their first and subsequent jobs shows that (a) adolescents' first jobs are significantly segregated by sex; (b) girls work fewer hou…
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