Katherine E Marcal
Biographic Data
| ID | 367738 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Katherine E Marcal |
| GIVEN NAMES | Katherine E |
| FAMILY NAME | Marcal |
| SIGNATURE | MARCAL K E |
| AFFILIATIONS | Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-5462-5864 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 25 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 72 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 25 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2015 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 4 |
Eroding the healthy immigrant advantage in child mental health
Children and youth in immigrant families benefit from the health immigrant paradox, in which immigrants display a mental health advantage over U.S.-born Americans in spite of increased socioeconomic risk. This study examined whether hostile state immigration policy contexts are associated with a weakening of this advantage and whether racial spillover effects are present for racially and ethnically minoritized youth beyond immigration background.…
State Earned Income Tax Credits and Intimate Partner Violence
Employment and income are critical in aiding intimate partner violence (IPV) survivors. The Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) is a strategic anti-poverty initiative, promoting workforce participation. This study investigates the effect of state-level EITC policies on physical IPV incidence. Utilizing data from the National Incident-Based Reporting System (NIBRS) spanning 2011 to 2019, we performed a generalized linear model with fixed-effects indiv…
Receipt of Paid Family Leave and Intimate Partner Violence for Women Employed During the Perinatal Period
Intimate partner violence (IPV) is a preventable public health problem with documented negative effects on well-being. The perinatal period represents a time of increased stress for partners, which can increase the likelihood of IPV. Economic support policies, like paid family leave (PFL), may reduce family violence, including IPV. Using data from the Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System, we examine the association between receipt of PFL a…
Collaboration with dissertation chair associated with greater scholarship productivity during social work PhD training
Various disciplines have investigated factors associated with PhD student publication productivity. However, there is a dearth of research on factors related to scholarly productivity during social work PhD training. This retrospective, cross-sectional study explored correlates of scholarly productivity in a sample of early career PhD social work faculty members regarding publications during their PhD training (N = 58). We sent an electronic surv…
Stigma Next Door
This study examines the association between perceived housing-based discrimination and residents’ trust, social connection, and community attitudes in Seoul, South Korea. Using four waves (2016–2021) of the Seoul Public Rental Housing Panel Survey ( N = 6,317), we applied individual fixed effects models to assess the within-person effects of perceived discrimination on eight neighborhood-related outcomes. Models adjusted for time-varying covariat…
Children's Intimate Partner Violence Exposure and Mothers' Eviction Stress
Intimate partner violence has profound impacts on the housing insecurity of mothers and children. Abusers may control household finances, cause property damage or nuisance complaints, or create financial dependence that prevents survivors from fleeing. Mothers who are survivors of IPV must navigate safety and housing security for themselves and their children with strained social networks and scarce resources. IPV is a known risk factor for housi…
Trajectories of Childhood Housing Insecurity and Links to Emerging Adulthood Depression
Nearly one in three emerging adults experience depression. Past exposure to socioeconomic hardship increases risk, but little research investigates how disparate trajectories of childhood housing insecurity influence mental health in the transition to adulthood. Repeated measures latent class analysis in a sample of youth from families born in 20 large American cities ( N = 2,239) identified four unique trajectories of housing insecurity from inf…
Nurturing Care Systems Underlying Early Childhood Food Insecurity in Brazil
Experiencing food insecurity in early childhood is associated with adverse health and nutrition outcomes. About 66% of Brazilian households with children are food insecure; however, interventions targeting early childhood have fallen short in addressing food insecurity due to a lack of funding and multisectoral coordination combined with the COVID-19 pandemic. Therefore, protecting children from food insecurity is a complex task in Brazil and req…
Housing Hardship and Child Behavior Problems from Early Childhood to Adolescence
Inability to afford stable housing is widespread throughout the United States among families with children. The struggle to afford monthly rent or mortgage payments can disrupt healthy family functioning and child well-being. The present study examined the link between missed rent or mortgage payments and child behavior problems in infancy through adolescence. Two longitudinal growth curve models tested concurrent and lagged effects between misse…
Childcare Subsidy Policy Variations and Physical Intimate Partner Violence
Purpose Intimate partner violence (IPV) poses significant challenges to individuals and families, with economic hardships exacerbating the risk of IPV. This study aims to investigate the relationship between state policy variations in childcare subsidies and physical IPV rates at the state-level. Methods Using data from the National Incident-Based Reporting System and the Urban Institute policy database, this study examined the relationship betwe…
Childhood Housing Trajectories and Risk for Housing Insecurity in the Transition to Adulthood
Youth from low-income, insecurely housed families may struggle to secure and maintain stable living arrangements in the transition to adulthood. However, little research examines the link from childhood housing insecurity to emerging adulthood housing insecurity. The present study examined childhood housing trajectories from infancy to adolescence, and their associated housing outcomes in emerging adulthood. Three subgroups emerged from repeated …
Intimate partner violence
Women’s experiences of intimate partner violence (IPV) adversely impact their careers. This study determines how employment factors (e.g. hours, scheduling, and support levels) differ in a sample of mothers and how those differences influence abuse.. This cross-sectional study uses data from the Fragile Families and Child Wellbeing Study (FFCW). We chose the fourth wave because the data enables an understanding of the employment conditions of IPV…
The Impact of State Workplace Protections on Socioeconomic Outcomes of IPV Survivors
Housing insecurity and employment stability
Little evidence informs the relationship between housing insecurity and employment for working mothers. The present study aimed to identify variation in work schedules and supports, as well as the link from housing insecurity to employment experiences in a sample of at‐risk mothers. Latent class analysis identified subtypes of employment stability; multinomial logistic regression estimated links from housing insecurity to class membership. Three …
Patterns and predictors of material hardship among poor families with children
Experiences of material hardship vary across poor families, but little is understood about this variability. The present study aimed to distinguish subtypes of material hardship as well as which characteristics predict subtypes. Latent class analysis with data from a large, longitudinal study of families with youth children investigated subtypes of material hardship as well as predictors of subtypes. Multinomial logistic regression then predicted…
Informal supports, housing insecurity, and adolescent outcomes
Adolescents in low‐income, marginalized families are vulnerable to behavior problems that impede healthy functioning and threaten long‐term well‐being. Informal supports may fill an important gap for these households as they navigate financial and social stressors. Instrumental support from social networks and neighborhood cohesion may promote family stability and youth well‐being; further, these informal supports may promote resilience to housin…
Pathways from Food and Housing Insecurity to Adolescent Behavior Problems
Housing Insecurity and Adverse Parenting of Adolescents
Objective: Housing insecurity strains low-income families throughout the United States. Children exposed to housing problems face increased risk of adverse parenting and maltreatment. Despite a large body of research on parenting of young children, less is known about pathways to adverse parenting behaviors toward adolescents. The present study investigated the roles of maternal depression and parenting stress in mediating the link from housing i…
Understanding Mechanisms Driving Family Homeless Shelter Use and Child Mental Health
Homeless shelters throughout the U.S. are overcrowded and under-resourced. Families with children face substantial barriers to timely, successful shelter exit, and prolonged shelter stays threaten child mental health. This community-based system dynamics study explored barriers to timely, successful shelter exit and feedback mechanisms driving length of stay and child mental health risk. Group model building - a participatory systems science tool…
Caregiver depression and child behaviour problems
Caregiver mental health has a powerful influence on child well‐being. Both maternal depression and paternal depression predict behaviour problems in young children. However, little is known about the nature of this link over time. The present study leveraged a large sample of at‐risk families to examine the impact of maternal and paternal depression on trajectories of child behaviour from age 3 to 15. Data came from the At‐Home substudy of the Fr…
Capability Traps Impeding Homeless Services
Continuums of Care (CoCs) are the primary coordinating bodies for homeless services in the United States. However, the complexities involved in delivering homeless services across interagency networks challenges coordination and system improvement. CoC governance, planning, and service provision have received little attention in academic literature, and thus, Continuums attempt to manage complex systems with little guidance. This evaluation appli…
Homelessness and aging out of foster care
Housing and Child Welfare
Highlights A review of housing interventions reveals systemic constraints for scale‐up in child welfare. Current practices that target highest risk families may diminish effectiveness and increase demand. Scale‐up provides opportunities to better coordinate housing services with the child welfare system
Time-Limited Case Management for Homeless Mothers With Mental Health Problems
Objective: In this study we test the effect of a time-limited case management model targeting homeless mothers who are experiencing mental health problems. Adapted from an empirically informed intervention to prevent recurrent homelessness among individuals, the Family Critical Time Intervention (FCTI) supports mothers with children for a 9-month period as they move from homeless shelters into affordable housing. The case management team uses a s…
Family and housing instability
Homelessness and aging out of foster care
Family and housing instability
Time-Limited Case Management for Homeless Mothers With Mental Health Problems
Objective: In this study we test the effect of a time-limited case management model targeting homeless mothers who are experiencing mental health problems. Adapted from an empirically informed intervention to prevent recurrent homelessness among individuals, the Family Critical Time Intervention (FCTI) supports mothers with children for a 9-month period as they move from homeless shelters into affordable housing. The case management team uses a s…
Pathways from Food and Housing Insecurity to Adolescent Behavior Problems
Understanding Mechanisms Driving Family Homeless Shelter Use and Child Mental Health
Homeless shelters throughout the U.S. are overcrowded and under-resourced. Families with children face substantial barriers to timely, successful shelter exit, and prolonged shelter stays threaten child mental health. This community-based system dynamics study explored barriers to timely, successful shelter exit and feedback mechanisms driving length of stay and child mental health risk. Group model building - a participatory systems science tool…
Capability Traps Impeding Homeless Services
Continuums of Care (CoCs) are the primary coordinating bodies for homeless services in the United States. However, the complexities involved in delivering homeless services across interagency networks challenges coordination and system improvement. CoC governance, planning, and service provision have received little attention in academic literature, and thus, Continuums attempt to manage complex systems with little guidance. This evaluation appli…
Housing Insecurity and Adverse Parenting of Adolescents
Objective: Housing insecurity strains low-income families throughout the United States. Children exposed to housing problems face increased risk of adverse parenting and maltreatment. Despite a large body of research on parenting of young children, less is known about pathways to adverse parenting behaviors toward adolescents. The present study investigated the roles of maternal depression and parenting stress in mediating the link from housing i…
Housing and Child Welfare
Highlights A review of housing interventions reveals systemic constraints for scale‐up in child welfare. Current practices that target highest risk families may diminish effectiveness and increase demand. Scale‐up provides opportunities to better coordinate housing services with the child welfare system
Patterns and predictors of material hardship among poor families with children
Experiences of material hardship vary across poor families, but little is understood about this variability. The present study aimed to distinguish subtypes of material hardship as well as which characteristics predict subtypes. Latent class analysis with data from a large, longitudinal study of families with youth children investigated subtypes of material hardship as well as predictors of subtypes. Multinomial logistic regression then predicted…
Caregiver depression and child behaviour problems
Caregiver mental health has a powerful influence on child well‐being. Both maternal depression and paternal depression predict behaviour problems in young children. However, little is known about the nature of this link over time. The present study leveraged a large sample of at‐risk families to examine the impact of maternal and paternal depression on trajectories of child behaviour from age 3 to 15. Data came from the At‐Home substudy of the Fr…
Informal supports, housing insecurity, and adolescent outcomes
Adolescents in low‐income, marginalized families are vulnerable to behavior problems that impede healthy functioning and threaten long‐term well‐being. Informal supports may fill an important gap for these households as they navigate financial and social stressors. Instrumental support from social networks and neighborhood cohesion may promote family stability and youth well‐being; further, these informal supports may promote resilience to housin…
Time-Limited Case Management for Homeless Mothers With Mental Health Problems
Objective: In this study we test the effect of a time-limited case management model targeting homeless mothers who are experiencing mental health problems. Adapted from an empirically informed intervention to prevent recurrent homelessness among individuals, the Family Critical Time Intervention (FCTI) supports mothers with children for a 9-month period as they move from homeless shelters into affordable housing. The case management team uses a s…
Family and housing instability
Homelessness and aging out of foster care
Housing and Child Welfare
Highlights A review of housing interventions reveals systemic constraints for scale‐up in child welfare. Current practices that target highest risk families may diminish effectiveness and increase demand. Scale‐up provides opportunities to better coordinate housing services with the child welfare system
Capability Traps Impeding Homeless Services
Continuums of Care (CoCs) are the primary coordinating bodies for homeless services in the United States. However, the complexities involved in delivering homeless services across interagency networks challenges coordination and system improvement. CoC governance, planning, and service provision have received little attention in academic literature, and thus, Continuums attempt to manage complex systems with little guidance. This evaluation appli…
Caregiver depression and child behaviour problems
Caregiver mental health has a powerful influence on child well‐being. Both maternal depression and paternal depression predict behaviour problems in young children. However, little is known about the nature of this link over time. The present study leveraged a large sample of at‐risk families to examine the impact of maternal and paternal depression on trajectories of child behaviour from age 3 to 15. Data came from the At‐Home substudy of the Fr…
Housing Insecurity and Adverse Parenting of Adolescents
Objective: Housing insecurity strains low-income families throughout the United States. Children exposed to housing problems face increased risk of adverse parenting and maltreatment. Despite a large body of research on parenting of young children, less is known about pathways to adverse parenting behaviors toward adolescents. The present study investigated the roles of maternal depression and parenting stress in mediating the link from housing i…
Understanding Mechanisms Driving Family Homeless Shelter Use and Child Mental Health
Homeless shelters throughout the U.S. are overcrowded and under-resourced. Families with children face substantial barriers to timely, successful shelter exit, and prolonged shelter stays threaten child mental health. This community-based system dynamics study explored barriers to timely, successful shelter exit and feedback mechanisms driving length of stay and child mental health risk. Group model building - a participatory systems science tool…
Informal supports, housing insecurity, and adolescent outcomes
Adolescents in low‐income, marginalized families are vulnerable to behavior problems that impede healthy functioning and threaten long‐term well‐being. Informal supports may fill an important gap for these households as they navigate financial and social stressors. Instrumental support from social networks and neighborhood cohesion may promote family stability and youth well‐being; further, these informal supports may promote resilience to housin…
Pathways from Food and Housing Insecurity to Adolescent Behavior Problems
Intimate partner violence
Women’s experiences of intimate partner violence (IPV) adversely impact their careers. This study determines how employment factors (e.g. hours, scheduling, and support levels) differ in a sample of mothers and how those differences influence abuse.. This cross-sectional study uses data from the Fragile Families and Child Wellbeing Study (FFCW). We chose the fourth wave because the data enables an understanding of the employment conditions of IPV…
The Impact of State Workplace Protections on Socioeconomic Outcomes of IPV Survivors
Housing insecurity and employment stability
Little evidence informs the relationship between housing insecurity and employment for working mothers. The present study aimed to identify variation in work schedules and supports, as well as the link from housing insecurity to employment experiences in a sample of at‐risk mothers. Latent class analysis identified subtypes of employment stability; multinomial logistic regression estimated links from housing insecurity to class membership. Three …
Patterns and predictors of material hardship among poor families with children
Experiences of material hardship vary across poor families, but little is understood about this variability. The present study aimed to distinguish subtypes of material hardship as well as which characteristics predict subtypes. Latent class analysis with data from a large, longitudinal study of families with youth children investigated subtypes of material hardship as well as predictors of subtypes. Multinomial logistic regression then predicted…
Nurturing Care Systems Underlying Early Childhood Food Insecurity in Brazil
Experiencing food insecurity in early childhood is associated with adverse health and nutrition outcomes. About 66% of Brazilian households with children are food insecure; however, interventions targeting early childhood have fallen short in addressing food insecurity due to a lack of funding and multisectoral coordination combined with the COVID-19 pandemic. Therefore, protecting children from food insecurity is a complex task in Brazil and req…
Housing Hardship and Child Behavior Problems from Early Childhood to Adolescence
Inability to afford stable housing is widespread throughout the United States among families with children. The struggle to afford monthly rent or mortgage payments can disrupt healthy family functioning and child well-being. The present study examined the link between missed rent or mortgage payments and child behavior problems in infancy through adolescence. Two longitudinal growth curve models tested concurrent and lagged effects between misse…
Childcare Subsidy Policy Variations and Physical Intimate Partner Violence
Purpose Intimate partner violence (IPV) poses significant challenges to individuals and families, with economic hardships exacerbating the risk of IPV. This study aims to investigate the relationship between state policy variations in childcare subsidies and physical IPV rates at the state-level. Methods Using data from the National Incident-Based Reporting System and the Urban Institute policy database, this study examined the relationship betwe…
Childhood Housing Trajectories and Risk for Housing Insecurity in the Transition to Adulthood
Youth from low-income, insecurely housed families may struggle to secure and maintain stable living arrangements in the transition to adulthood. However, little research examines the link from childhood housing insecurity to emerging adulthood housing insecurity. The present study examined childhood housing trajectories from infancy to adolescence, and their associated housing outcomes in emerging adulthood. Three subgroups emerged from repeated …
Eroding the healthy immigrant advantage in child mental health
Children and youth in immigrant families benefit from the health immigrant paradox, in which immigrants display a mental health advantage over U.S.-born Americans in spite of increased socioeconomic risk. This study examined whether hostile state immigration policy contexts are associated with a weakening of this advantage and whether racial spillover effects are present for racially and ethnically minoritized youth beyond immigration background.…
State Earned Income Tax Credits and Intimate Partner Violence
Employment and income are critical in aiding intimate partner violence (IPV) survivors. The Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) is a strategic anti-poverty initiative, promoting workforce participation. This study investigates the effect of state-level EITC policies on physical IPV incidence. Utilizing data from the National Incident-Based Reporting System (NIBRS) spanning 2011 to 2019, we performed a generalized linear model with fixed-effects indiv…
Receipt of Paid Family Leave and Intimate Partner Violence for Women Employed During the Perinatal Period
Intimate partner violence (IPV) is a preventable public health problem with documented negative effects on well-being. The perinatal period represents a time of increased stress for partners, which can increase the likelihood of IPV. Economic support policies, like paid family leave (PFL), may reduce family violence, including IPV. Using data from the Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System, we examine the association between receipt of PFL a…
Collaboration with dissertation chair associated with greater scholarship productivity during social work PhD training
Various disciplines have investigated factors associated with PhD student publication productivity. However, there is a dearth of research on factors related to scholarly productivity during social work PhD training. This retrospective, cross-sectional study explored correlates of scholarly productivity in a sample of early career PhD social work faculty members regarding publications during their PhD training (N = 58). We sent an electronic surv…
Stigma Next Door
This study examines the association between perceived housing-based discrimination and residents’ trust, social connection, and community attitudes in Seoul, South Korea. Using four waves (2016–2021) of the Seoul Public Rental Housing Panel Survey ( N = 6,317), we applied individual fixed effects models to assess the within-person effects of perceived discrimination on eight neighborhood-related outcomes. Models adjusted for time-varying covariat…
Children's Intimate Partner Violence Exposure and Mothers' Eviction Stress
Intimate partner violence has profound impacts on the housing insecurity of mothers and children. Abusers may control household finances, cause property damage or nuisance complaints, or create financial dependence that prevents survivors from fleeing. Mothers who are survivors of IPV must navigate safety and housing security for themselves and their children with strained social networks and scarce resources. IPV is a known risk factor for housi…
Trajectories of Childhood Housing Insecurity and Links to Emerging Adulthood Depression
Nearly one in three emerging adults experience depression. Past exposure to socioeconomic hardship increases risk, but little research investigates how disparate trajectories of childhood housing insecurity influence mental health in the transition to adulthood. Repeated measures latent class analysis in a sample of youth from families born in 20 large American cities ( N = 2,239) identified four unique trajectories of housing insecurity from inf…
Medicine (16 works) · Psychology (16 works) · Homelessness and Social Issues (13 works) · Developmental psychology (8 works) · Mental health (8 works) · Urban, Neighborhood, and Segregation Studies (8 works) · Psychiatry (7 works) · Domestic violence (6 works) · Economics (6 works) · Environmental health (6 works)