Jayanthi Mistry
Biographic Data
| ID | 3692535 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Jayanthi Mistry |
| GIVEN NAMES | Jayanthi |
| FAMILY NAME | Mistry |
| SIGNATURE | MISTRY J |
| AFFILIATIONS | Tufts University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-5695-0107 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 26 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 21 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 26 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1989 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Presence and respect: Childrearing in an intercultural Chilean city
Parenting research underscores caregivers’ fundamental role in offering children learning experiences and socializing them into specific sociocultural environments. Diverse parenting programs and initiatives to support caregiving have emerged and have helped many families; however, they still fall short in rooting their content in grounded knowledge of the material, social, and cultural context in which childrearing is occurring. This research so…
Early childhood science practices observation tool (EC-SPOT): Assessing science practices across multiple classroom contexts
Worldwide, there is growing recognition of the importance of science in early childhood education. Doing science’ or, more formally, science and engineering practices, is acknowledged as a critical component of early science education that requires support from the adults in children’s lives. Moreover, engaging in science practices helps build the foundations for active learning, problem-solving, and school readiness. Despite increased efforts to…
The Influence of Contested Racial Identity and Perceived Everyday Discrimination Exposure on Body Mass Index in US Adults
Home as the Third Place: Stories of movement among immigrant caregivers in an intercultural Chilean city
Parenting practices are inherently related to the sociocultural and material contexts in which children and their caregivers live. Rooted in sociocultural perspectives, this research contributes to the study of contextualized caregiving by ethnographically examining the daily caregiving practices of seven low-income immigrant mothers and their young children. Research participants all live in a precarious material context in a Chilean intercultur…
Engagement in the preschool classroom: Brief measures for use with children from ethno-racially diverse and low-income backgrounds
Head start teachers act their way into new ways of thinking: Science and engineering practices in preschool classrooms
How teachers' changes in their science teaching practices unfold over time remains unclear. We need greater understanding of the processes at work in professional development (PD) and how to sustain those processes that are effective over time. Effective PD processes are seen as those that recognize teacher change is multidimensional —taking an integrated view of the affective, cognitive, and behavioral aspects of teacher change. In this article,…
Assessing equity in health, wealth, and civic engagement: A nationally representative survey, United States, 2020
Through development and assessment of our comprehensive equity framework, we found significant associations among key equity domains. Our conceptual framework and results can serve as a guide for future equity research, encouraging a more thorough assessment of equity
We don’t look all the same: Chinese and Vietnamese American adolescents’ awareness of marginalization and invisibility
Navigating marginalization and invisibility as Asian Americans in the U.S
In this paper, we articulate a conceptual model for the process of ethnic identity development and integration among Asian American children and youth that offers potential explanations for their marginalization as they negotiate multiple facets of their identities and locate themselves in local and national contexts. The conceptual model is based on an integration of theory and empirical research on the intertwined processes of ethnic identity d…
A Model of Co-Construction for Curriculum and Professional Development in Head Start: The Readiness through Integrative Science and Engineering (Rise) Approach
Background/Context In the context of increasing accountability mandates in the preK–12 education system, the importance of professional development (PD) supports for early childhood educators is recognized. Education leaders emphasize the importance of partnering with teachers to inform the development of effective PD approaches. This partnering process is often referred to as co-construction. Co-construction with teachers is thought to be an ess…
Patterns of goal attainment among young mothers in a home visiting program
This paper examined heterogeneity in parents’ patterns of goal attainment following home visiting. Young mothers (n = 696) participating in a randomized controlled trial (RCT) evaluation of a statewide home visiting program were classified, using latent class analysis (LCA), according to their pattern of goal attainment (i.e., educational attainment, employment, parenting, personal functioning) two years postpartum. We explored direct and indirec…
Rapid Repeat Birth: Intersections Between Meaning-Making and Situational Support Among Multiparous Adolescent Mothers
This study examined interpretations of motherhood among adolescents who have experienced rapid repeat births (second births within 24 months of the primiparous birth). Analyses of participants’ descriptions of their transitions to motherhood indicate four modal narratives that vary along two axes: the adoption of a motherhood identity, and the nature (or stability) of relational support available. By using subjective perceptions of motivation, st…
Heterogeneity among adolescent mothers and home visiting program outcomes
Improving Adolescent Parenting: Results From a Randomized Controlled Trial of a Home Visiting Program for Young Families
Objectives. Our aim was to estimate the effects of Healthy Families Massachusetts, a statewide home visiting program serving first-time adolescent parents, on parenting, child development, educational attainment, family planning, and maternal health and well-being. Methods. We used a randomized controlled trial design to randomly assign the 704 participants to a group receiving home visiting services or a control group. Between 2008 and 2012, tel…
Childhood Socialization and Academic Performance of Bicultural Youth
Developmental Science Across the Life SpanThe preparation of this chapter was supported in part by grants from the National 4‐H Council, the Altria Corporation, the Thrive Foundation for Youth, the Jo…
We discuss the historical bases and conceptual features of developmental science, a field that seeks to describe, explain, and optimize intraindividual change and interindividual differences in intraindividual change across the life span. Framed by relational developmental systems theories of human development, developmental science involves the integration of variables from levels of organization ranging from biology through culture, the physica…
Culture and Child DevelopmentWe are grateful to Dr. T. S. Saraswathi for her comments and contributions during the preparation of this chapter.
In this chapter, we document key scholarship in integrating culture and child development in the first decade of the 21stst century. We argue that there is a two-fold challenge for an integration of perspectives from cross-cultural, cultural, and developmental psychology: (11) to resolve continuing debates regarding the conceptualization of culture; and (22) to frame the central questions for culturally inclusive theories of development, such tha…
Integrative Theoretical Perspectives: Nature and Processes of Development
Commentaries| April 15 2011 Integrative Theoretical Perspectives: Nature and Processes of Development: Commentary on Raeff Subject Area: Psychiatry and Psychology , Women's and Children's Health Jayanthi Mistry Jayanthi Mistry Tufts University, Meford, Mass., USA Search for other works by this author on: This Site PubMed Google Scholar Human Development (2011) 54 (1): 44–48. https://doi.org/10.1159/000325734 Article history Published Online: Apri…
Navigating Cultural Worlds and Negotiating Identities: A Conceptual Model
For children from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds the ability to maintain flexible identities and integrate multiple facets of self is a crucial developmental task. We present a conceptual model for the development of expertise in navigating across cultures, delineating how community characteristics interact with family and individual practices to create the conditions under which children develop expertise in navigating multipl…
Early Childbearing and Educational Attainment Among Mainland Puerto Rican Teens
We report the results of a study about how early childbearing affected the educational trajectories of nine Puerto Rican teenage mothers living in New England. Raised largely on the mainland, participants chose to carry pregnancies to term and to participate in a parenting program for young mothers. Upon examination of shared meaning-making around childbearing, we found that, consistently, childbearing activated a family building script as the ma…
Cultural relevance as program‐to‐community alignment
Calls for cultural sensitivity in the design and implementation of human services programs have become a standard response to the increasing diversity among the families and communities being served. In this article, we take a critical look at the construct, using data from a multi‐year evaluation of a statewide family support program. We examine how selected, locally implemented programs operationalize the state program's cultural sensitivity st…
Contents Vol. 44, 2001
Narratives in Cultural Socialization
What Is the Meaning of Meaningful Purpose in Children's Remembering? Istomina Revisited
In a classic study, Istomina (1977) found that preschool children remembered more items when remembering served a meaningful purpose then when it was for the purpose of reporting recall to an adult. Istomina's findings have not been replicated in several recent attempts; however, we argue that these attempts have not focused sufficiently on the purpose of remembering. We report a study in which we asked parents to present a set of pictures of 10 …
Guided Participation in Cultural Activity by Toddlers and Caregivers
In this Monograph, we examine how toddlers and their caregivers from four cultural communities collaborate in shared activities. We focus both on similarities across communities in processes of guided participation--structuring children's participation and bridging between their understanding and that of their caregivers--and on differences in how guided participation occurs. We examine the idea that a key cultural difference entails who is respo…
Improving Adolescent Parenting: Results From a Randomized Controlled Trial of a Home Visiting Program for Young Families
Objectives. Our aim was to estimate the effects of Healthy Families Massachusetts, a statewide home visiting program serving first-time adolescent parents, on parenting, child development, educational attainment, family planning, and maternal health and well-being. Methods. We used a randomized controlled trial design to randomly assign the 704 participants to a group receiving home visiting services or a control group. Between 2008 and 2012, tel…
Navigating marginalization and invisibility as Asian Americans in the U.S
In this paper, we articulate a conceptual model for the process of ethnic identity development and integration among Asian American children and youth that offers potential explanations for their marginalization as they negotiate multiple facets of their identities and locate themselves in local and national contexts. The conceptual model is based on an integration of theory and empirical research on the intertwined processes of ethnic identity d…
Heterogeneity among adolescent mothers and home visiting program outcomes
Cultural relevance as program‐to‐community alignment
Calls for cultural sensitivity in the design and implementation of human services programs have become a standard response to the increasing diversity among the families and communities being served. In this article, we take a critical look at the construct, using data from a multi‐year evaluation of a statewide family support program. We examine how selected, locally implemented programs operationalize the state program's cultural sensitivity st…
The Influence of Contested Racial Identity and Perceived Everyday Discrimination Exposure on Body Mass Index in US Adults
Home as the Third Place: Stories of movement among immigrant caregivers in an intercultural Chilean city
Parenting practices are inherently related to the sociocultural and material contexts in which children and their caregivers live. Rooted in sociocultural perspectives, this research contributes to the study of contextualized caregiving by ethnographically examining the daily caregiving practices of seven low-income immigrant mothers and their young children. Research participants all live in a precarious material context in a Chilean intercultur…
Engagement in the preschool classroom: Brief measures for use with children from ethno-racially diverse and low-income backgrounds
Early Childbearing and Educational Attainment Among Mainland Puerto Rican Teens
We report the results of a study about how early childbearing affected the educational trajectories of nine Puerto Rican teenage mothers living in New England. Raised largely on the mainland, participants chose to carry pregnancies to term and to participate in a parenting program for young mothers. Upon examination of shared meaning-making around childbearing, we found that, consistently, childbearing activated a family building script as the ma…
Toddlers' Guided Participation in Cultural Activity
Guided Participation in Cultural Activity by Toddlers and Caregivers
In this Monograph, we examine how toddlers and their caregivers from four cultural communities collaborate in shared activities. We focus both on similarities across communities in processes of guided participation--structuring children's participation and bridging between their understanding and that of their caregivers--and on differences in how guided participation occurs. We examine the idea that a key cultural difference entails who is respo…
Contents Vol. 44, 2001
Narratives in Cultural Socialization
What Is the Meaning of Meaningful Purpose in Children's Remembering? Istomina Revisited
In a classic study, Istomina (1977) found that preschool children remembered more items when remembering served a meaningful purpose then when it was for the purpose of reporting recall to an adult. Istomina's findings have not been replicated in several recent attempts; however, we argue that these attempts have not focused sufficiently on the purpose of remembering. We report a study in which we asked parents to present a set of pictures of 10 …
Cultural relevance as program‐to‐community alignment
Calls for cultural sensitivity in the design and implementation of human services programs have become a standard response to the increasing diversity among the families and communities being served. In this article, we take a critical look at the construct, using data from a multi‐year evaluation of a statewide family support program. We examine how selected, locally implemented programs operationalize the state program's cultural sensitivity st…
Navigating Cultural Worlds and Negotiating Identities: A Conceptual Model
For children from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds the ability to maintain flexible identities and integrate multiple facets of self is a crucial developmental task. We present a conceptual model for the development of expertise in navigating across cultures, delineating how community characteristics interact with family and individual practices to create the conditions under which children develop expertise in navigating multipl…
Early Childbearing and Educational Attainment Among Mainland Puerto Rican Teens
We report the results of a study about how early childbearing affected the educational trajectories of nine Puerto Rican teenage mothers living in New England. Raised largely on the mainland, participants chose to carry pregnancies to term and to participate in a parenting program for young mothers. Upon examination of shared meaning-making around childbearing, we found that, consistently, childbearing activated a family building script as the ma…
Integrative Theoretical Perspectives: Nature and Processes of Development
Commentaries| April 15 2011 Integrative Theoretical Perspectives: Nature and Processes of Development: Commentary on Raeff Subject Area: Psychiatry and Psychology , Women's and Children's Health Jayanthi Mistry Jayanthi Mistry Tufts University, Meford, Mass., USA Search for other works by this author on: This Site PubMed Google Scholar Human Development (2011) 54 (1): 44–48. https://doi.org/10.1159/000325734 Article history Published Online: Apri…
Developmental Science Across the Life SpanThe preparation of this chapter was supported in part by grants from the National 4‐H Council, the Altria Corporation, the Thrive Foundation for Youth, the Jo…
We discuss the historical bases and conceptual features of developmental science, a field that seeks to describe, explain, and optimize intraindividual change and interindividual differences in intraindividual change across the life span. Framed by relational developmental systems theories of human development, developmental science involves the integration of variables from levels of organization ranging from biology through culture, the physica…
Culture and Child DevelopmentWe are grateful to Dr. T. S. Saraswathi for her comments and contributions during the preparation of this chapter.
In this chapter, we document key scholarship in integrating culture and child development in the first decade of the 21stst century. We argue that there is a two-fold challenge for an integration of perspectives from cross-cultural, cultural, and developmental psychology: (11) to resolve continuing debates regarding the conceptualization of culture; and (22) to frame the central questions for culturally inclusive theories of development, such tha…
Childhood Socialization and Academic Performance of Bicultural Youth
Rapid Repeat Birth: Intersections Between Meaning-Making and Situational Support Among Multiparous Adolescent Mothers
This study examined interpretations of motherhood among adolescents who have experienced rapid repeat births (second births within 24 months of the primiparous birth). Analyses of participants’ descriptions of their transitions to motherhood indicate four modal narratives that vary along two axes: the adoption of a motherhood identity, and the nature (or stability) of relational support available. By using subjective perceptions of motivation, st…
Heterogeneity among adolescent mothers and home visiting program outcomes
Improving Adolescent Parenting: Results From a Randomized Controlled Trial of a Home Visiting Program for Young Families
Objectives. Our aim was to estimate the effects of Healthy Families Massachusetts, a statewide home visiting program serving first-time adolescent parents, on parenting, child development, educational attainment, family planning, and maternal health and well-being. Methods. We used a randomized controlled trial design to randomly assign the 704 participants to a group receiving home visiting services or a control group. Between 2008 and 2012, tel…
Patterns of goal attainment among young mothers in a home visiting program
This paper examined heterogeneity in parents’ patterns of goal attainment following home visiting. Young mothers (n = 696) participating in a randomized controlled trial (RCT) evaluation of a statewide home visiting program were classified, using latent class analysis (LCA), according to their pattern of goal attainment (i.e., educational attainment, employment, parenting, personal functioning) two years postpartum. We explored direct and indirec…
A Model of Co-Construction for Curriculum and Professional Development in Head Start: The Readiness through Integrative Science and Engineering (Rise) Approach
Background/Context In the context of increasing accountability mandates in the preK–12 education system, the importance of professional development (PD) supports for early childhood educators is recognized. Education leaders emphasize the importance of partnering with teachers to inform the development of effective PD approaches. This partnering process is often referred to as co-construction. Co-construction with teachers is thought to be an ess…
We don’t look all the same: Chinese and Vietnamese American adolescents’ awareness of marginalization and invisibility
Navigating marginalization and invisibility as Asian Americans in the U.S
In this paper, we articulate a conceptual model for the process of ethnic identity development and integration among Asian American children and youth that offers potential explanations for their marginalization as they negotiate multiple facets of their identities and locate themselves in local and national contexts. The conceptual model is based on an integration of theory and empirical research on the intertwined processes of ethnic identity d…
Head start teachers act their way into new ways of thinking: Science and engineering practices in preschool classrooms
How teachers' changes in their science teaching practices unfold over time remains unclear. We need greater understanding of the processes at work in professional development (PD) and how to sustain those processes that are effective over time. Effective PD processes are seen as those that recognize teacher change is multidimensional —taking an integrated view of the affective, cognitive, and behavioral aspects of teacher change. In this article,…
Assessing equity in health, wealth, and civic engagement: A nationally representative survey, United States, 2020
Through development and assessment of our comprehensive equity framework, we found significant associations among key equity domains. Our conceptual framework and results can serve as a guide for future equity research, encouraging a more thorough assessment of equity
Engagement in the preschool classroom: Brief measures for use with children from ethno-racially diverse and low-income backgrounds
Early childhood science practices observation tool (EC-SPOT): Assessing science practices across multiple classroom contexts
Worldwide, there is growing recognition of the importance of science in early childhood education. Doing science’ or, more formally, science and engineering practices, is acknowledged as a critical component of early science education that requires support from the adults in children’s lives. Moreover, engaging in science practices helps build the foundations for active learning, problem-solving, and school readiness. Despite increased efforts to…
The Influence of Contested Racial Identity and Perceived Everyday Discrimination Exposure on Body Mass Index in US Adults
Home as the Third Place: Stories of movement among immigrant caregivers in an intercultural Chilean city
Parenting practices are inherently related to the sociocultural and material contexts in which children and their caregivers live. Rooted in sociocultural perspectives, this research contributes to the study of contextualized caregiving by ethnographically examining the daily caregiving practices of seven low-income immigrant mothers and their young children. Research participants all live in a precarious material context in a Chilean intercultur…
Psychology (26 works) · Developmental psychology (16 works) · Sociology (15 works) · Early Childhood Education and Development (14 works) · Social Psychology (12 works) · Political science (11 works) · Medicine (7 works) · Parental Involvement in Education (7 works) · Social Psychology (7 works) · Computer Science (6 works)