J Scott Crapo
Biographic Data
| ID | 4227130 |
|---|---|
| NAME | J Scott Crapo |
| GIVEN NAMES | J Scott |
| FAMILY NAME | Crapo |
| SIGNATURE | CRAPO J S |
| AFFILIATIONS | Utah State University |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-4250-9764 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 15 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 11 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 15 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2020 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Reconsidering the utility of mean comparisons in evaluative work
Love Notes
Effectiveness of relationship education among high school youth
Resilience theory suggests that youth under more adversity benefit more from resource-based interventions. Most evaluations focused on majority youth, with few exploring under-represented youth from different contexts of adversity. This mixed method study evaluated the effectiveness of the Love Notes curriculum. We compared program outcomes for youth from various educational backgrounds with different levels of disadvantage (urban high schools, a…
The effects of resolution method of child custody and support plans on parental well‐being during the divorce process
The majority of research on the impact of divorce on parents, children, and families focuses on what occurs after the divorce has been finalized. However, data derived from divorce education programs present opportunities for research on the experience of parents during the divorce process. Guided by the divorce‐stress‐adjustment model, this study sought to understand how the divorce process impacts parental well‐being by examining some of the mo…
Ethical Responsiveness as a Mediator Between Enduring Vulnerabilities and Relationship Quality
The strong relationality model of relationship flourishing emphasizes the role of ethical responsiveness (how well a person intrinsically responds to the manifest or identifiable needs of others) as a direct predictor of relationship quality and as an indirect pathway for explaining the influence of vulnerabilities. This study is among the first explicit tests of the theorized role of ethical responsiveness. The sample consisted of 1432 adults in…
An Actor‐Partner interdependence model of parenting difficulties over time in stepfamilies
Little research has examined the potential spillover of parenting difficulties in the coparental stepfamily subsystem. Using family systems theory as a guide, we longitudinally examined: (a) whether early parenting difficulties within stepfamilies persist 1 year later and (b) whether the parenting difficulties experienced by one partner impact the parenting difficulties of the other partner within remarriages. Copies of marriage licenses were use…
Dimensions of father development and parenting
Using the Vulnerability-Stress-Adaption Framework to Predict Remarital Stability
This study used three-wave dyadic data to test parts of the Vulnerability-Stress-Adaption (VSA) model in a sample of remarried heterosexual couples (N = 777). Multiple pathways between adaptive processes, remarital quality, and remarital stability were examined. Adaptive processes included spouses’ positive and negative socioemotional behaviors and their perceptions of those behaviors, which were tested with the actor-partner interdependence mode…
Psychological Distress, Destructive Conflict, and Parenting among Residential and Nonresidential Fathers
We utilized the Determinants of Parenting process model to examine correlates of paternal parenting by father’s residential status. Data consisted of fathers (N = 1,784) who participated in a federally funded Responsible Fatherhood program. Study variables were assessed through fathers’ self-reports. Using a structural equation modeling framework, the results of multi-group analyses revealed differences in parenting by father’s residential status…
The Impacts of Postdivorce Cohabitation and Relationship Duration on the Early Marital Climate of Remarriages
Postdivorce cohabitation has become increasingly common, but research on the influence of cohabitation on the marital climate of remarriages is limited. Research on first-order marriages suggests that the length (or duration) of the relationship may account for some of the influence of cohabitation. However, there remains a need to understand the influence of cohabitation on the unique experiences of remarriages. Using data from 1,889 newly remar…
Financial Stress and Perceptions of Spousal Behavior Over Time in Remarriages
Multidimensional family development theory
As one of the first true family theories, family development theory helps explain competing and complimentary development among family members. However, assumptions of universality and other limitations have reduced its usefulness. We propose multidimensional family development theory, a reconceptualization that includes modifications to increase utility and usability for researchers and practitioners alike. From previously composite stages, we d…
Mothering and Fathering, or just Parenting
In the ongoing discussion about the possible differences between mothering and fathering, tests of measurement invariance play an important role. However, there remains a need to investigate the measurement invariance of parental beliefs by gender. Mothers ( n = 2,236) and fathers ( n = 1,106) who attended parenting education courses reported on their beliefs using both original and validated measures. Using factor analytic techniques, we estimat…
Couple Relationship Education Outcomes Predicted by Family Life Stage and Traditionality
Couple-Level Patterns of Disclosure Process Beliefs and Their Association with Marital Satisfaction
Grounded in symbolic interaction theory, we used latent class analysis (LCA) to investigate the preexisting patterns of belief surrounding the disclosure process in married relationships. With a sample of 131 heterosexual married dyads from the U.S., we found four classes: two classes represented similarity of spouses’ beliefs (Both High Beliefs and Neither High Beliefs), and two classes represented dissimilarity of spouses’ beliefs (where only t…
Multidimensional family development theory
As one of the first true family theories, family development theory helps explain competing and complimentary development among family members. However, assumptions of universality and other limitations have reduced its usefulness. We propose multidimensional family development theory, a reconceptualization that includes modifications to increase utility and usability for researchers and practitioners alike. From previously composite stages, we d…
Dimensions of father development and parenting
Mothering and Fathering, or just Parenting
In the ongoing discussion about the possible differences between mothering and fathering, tests of measurement invariance play an important role. However, there remains a need to investigate the measurement invariance of parental beliefs by gender. Mothers ( n = 2,236) and fathers ( n = 1,106) who attended parenting education courses reported on their beliefs using both original and validated measures. Using factor analytic techniques, we estimat…
Psychological Distress, Destructive Conflict, and Parenting among Residential and Nonresidential Fathers
We utilized the Determinants of Parenting process model to examine correlates of paternal parenting by father’s residential status. Data consisted of fathers (N = 1,784) who participated in a federally funded Responsible Fatherhood program. Study variables were assessed through fathers’ self-reports. Using a structural equation modeling framework, the results of multi-group analyses revealed differences in parenting by father’s residential status…
Couple Relationship Education Outcomes Predicted by Family Life Stage and Traditionality
Couple-Level Patterns of Disclosure Process Beliefs and Their Association with Marital Satisfaction
Grounded in symbolic interaction theory, we used latent class analysis (LCA) to investigate the preexisting patterns of belief surrounding the disclosure process in married relationships. With a sample of 131 heterosexual married dyads from the U.S., we found four classes: two classes represented similarity of spouses’ beliefs (Both High Beliefs and Neither High Beliefs), and two classes represented dissimilarity of spouses’ beliefs (where only t…
Couple Relationship Education Outcomes Predicted by Family Life Stage and Traditionality
Couple-Level Patterns of Disclosure Process Beliefs and Their Association with Marital Satisfaction
Grounded in symbolic interaction theory, we used latent class analysis (LCA) to investigate the preexisting patterns of belief surrounding the disclosure process in married relationships. With a sample of 131 heterosexual married dyads from the U.S., we found four classes: two classes represented similarity of spouses’ beliefs (Both High Beliefs and Neither High Beliefs), and two classes represented dissimilarity of spouses’ beliefs (where only t…
Financial Stress and Perceptions of Spousal Behavior Over Time in Remarriages
Multidimensional family development theory
As one of the first true family theories, family development theory helps explain competing and complimentary development among family members. However, assumptions of universality and other limitations have reduced its usefulness. We propose multidimensional family development theory, a reconceptualization that includes modifications to increase utility and usability for researchers and practitioners alike. From previously composite stages, we d…
Mothering and Fathering, or just Parenting
In the ongoing discussion about the possible differences between mothering and fathering, tests of measurement invariance play an important role. However, there remains a need to investigate the measurement invariance of parental beliefs by gender. Mothers ( n = 2,236) and fathers ( n = 1,106) who attended parenting education courses reported on their beliefs using both original and validated measures. Using factor analytic techniques, we estimat…
The Impacts of Postdivorce Cohabitation and Relationship Duration on the Early Marital Climate of Remarriages
Postdivorce cohabitation has become increasingly common, but research on the influence of cohabitation on the marital climate of remarriages is limited. Research on first-order marriages suggests that the length (or duration) of the relationship may account for some of the influence of cohabitation. However, there remains a need to understand the influence of cohabitation on the unique experiences of remarriages. Using data from 1,889 newly remar…
An Actor‐Partner interdependence model of parenting difficulties over time in stepfamilies
Little research has examined the potential spillover of parenting difficulties in the coparental stepfamily subsystem. Using family systems theory as a guide, we longitudinally examined: (a) whether early parenting difficulties within stepfamilies persist 1 year later and (b) whether the parenting difficulties experienced by one partner impact the parenting difficulties of the other partner within remarriages. Copies of marriage licenses were use…
Dimensions of father development and parenting
Using the Vulnerability-Stress-Adaption Framework to Predict Remarital Stability
This study used three-wave dyadic data to test parts of the Vulnerability-Stress-Adaption (VSA) model in a sample of remarried heterosexual couples (N = 777). Multiple pathways between adaptive processes, remarital quality, and remarital stability were examined. Adaptive processes included spouses’ positive and negative socioemotional behaviors and their perceptions of those behaviors, which were tested with the actor-partner interdependence mode…
Psychological Distress, Destructive Conflict, and Parenting among Residential and Nonresidential Fathers
We utilized the Determinants of Parenting process model to examine correlates of paternal parenting by father’s residential status. Data consisted of fathers (N = 1,784) who participated in a federally funded Responsible Fatherhood program. Study variables were assessed through fathers’ self-reports. Using a structural equation modeling framework, the results of multi-group analyses revealed differences in parenting by father’s residential status…
The effects of resolution method of child custody and support plans on parental well‐being during the divorce process
The majority of research on the impact of divorce on parents, children, and families focuses on what occurs after the divorce has been finalized. However, data derived from divorce education programs present opportunities for research on the experience of parents during the divorce process. Guided by the divorce‐stress‐adjustment model, this study sought to understand how the divorce process impacts parental well‐being by examining some of the mo…
Ethical Responsiveness as a Mediator Between Enduring Vulnerabilities and Relationship Quality
The strong relationality model of relationship flourishing emphasizes the role of ethical responsiveness (how well a person intrinsically responds to the manifest or identifiable needs of others) as a direct predictor of relationship quality and as an indirect pathway for explaining the influence of vulnerabilities. This study is among the first explicit tests of the theorized role of ethical responsiveness. The sample consisted of 1432 adults in…
Reconsidering the utility of mean comparisons in evaluative work
Love Notes
Effectiveness of relationship education among high school youth
Resilience theory suggests that youth under more adversity benefit more from resource-based interventions. Most evaluations focused on majority youth, with few exploring under-represented youth from different contexts of adversity. This mixed method study evaluated the effectiveness of the Love Notes curriculum. We compared program outcomes for youth from various educational backgrounds with different levels of disadvantage (urban high schools, a…
Psychology (15 works) · Social Psychology (11 works) · Attachment and Relationship Dynamics (10 works) · Developmental psychology (10 works) · Family Dynamics and Relationships (10 works) · Social Psychology (6 works) · Intergenerational Family Dynamics and Caregiving (5 works) · Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development (4 works) · Computer Science (3 works) · Context (archaeology (3 works)