Sue W Williams

Biographic Data

ID6481621
NAMESue W Williams
GIVEN NAMESSue W
FAMILY NAMEWilliams
SIGNATUREWILLIAMS S W
AFFILIATIONSTexas State University
VERIFIEDNo
TOTAL WORKS10
TOTAL CITATIONS12
WORKS AS AUTHOR10
WORKS AS EDITOR0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR1987
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2009
H-INDEX2

  • Maternal Separation Anxiety in Hispanic and Euro-American Mothers

    Open AccessSue W Williams, Elizabeth M Russell et al.ARTICLEPsychological Reports2009

    Maternal separation anxiety, that is, anxiety experienced by mothers when separated from their infants, was compared for 24 Hispanic and 41 Euro-American mothers. Compared to Euro-American mothers, Hispanic mothers reported more sadness and guilt when separated from their child. However, college education emerged as the sole significant predictor of maternal separation anxiety within the sample

  • Pilot Study of Hispanic Mothers and Maternal Separation Anxiety

    Open AccessElizabeth M Blunk, Elizabeth M Russell et al.ARTICLESocial Behavior and Personality…2008

    In this pilot study the maternal separation anxiety of 49 mothers of primarily Mexican descent was examined. A hierarchical multiple regression was conducted to determine if predictors of maternal separation anxiety in Euro-American mothers would also predict maternal separation anxiety in Hispanic mothers. Results identified maternal education, marital status, and total number of children as predictors. Maternal age produced a significant increm…

  • Pilot Study of Relationships Among Quality as a Parent Choice Criterion, Accredited Child Care, and Maternal Separation Anxiety 1

    ELIZABETH MORGAN RUSSELL, Sue W Williams et al.ARTICLEPsychological Reports2007

    This pilot study explored the relationships among quality as a parent reported criterion for choosing child care, the actual selection of accredited child care, and maternal separation anxiety. Of the 59 mothers, 29 had placed their infants in accredited child care centers and 30 had placed their infants in nonaccredited child care centers. Participants completed a standardized measure, the Maternal Separation Anxiety Scale, and indicated their t…

  • Pilot Study of Relationships among Quality as a Parent Choice Criterion, Accredited Child Care, and Maternal Separation Anxiety

    Open AccessElizabeth M Russell, Sue W Williams et al.ARTICLEPsychological Reports2007

    This pilot study explored the relationships among quality as a parent reported criterion for choosing child care, the actual selection of accredited child care, and maternal separation anxiety. Of the 59 mothers, 29 had placed their infants in accredited child care centers and 30 had placed their infants in nonaccredited child care centers. Participants completed a standardized measure, the Maternal Separation Anxiety Scale, and indicated their t…

  • Sex Differences in Infant-Mother Attachment

    Sue W Williams, Elizabeth M BlunkARTICLEPsychological Reports2003

    A sex difference in security of infant attachment was found in a sample of 52 infant-mother dyads. The infants were enrolled in early care and education programs within a predominantly small-town geographic area in the southwest. Security of attachment was assessed using the Strange Situation procedure. Male infants (76%) were significantly more likely to be securely attached than female infants (39%). No other variables related to the infants' e…

  • A Comparison of Adolescent and Adult Mothers' Maternal Separation Anxiety

    Open AccessElizabeth M Blunk, Sue W WilliamsARTICLESocial Behavior and Personality…1999

    Maternal separation anxiety was compared for twenty adolescent and twenty adult mothers. The adolescent mothers were recruited from a high school teen parent program. Adult participants were recruited from two university day care programs. The Maternal Separation Anxiety Scale was used to assess the level of anxiety experienced by employed or school enrolled mothers when separated from their children. Analysis of variance indicated a group differ…

  • Comparison of Swedish and American Preschool Children's Attitudes Toward Elderly Persons

    Sue W Williams, Elizabeth M BlunkARTICLEPsychological Reports1999

    Attitudes toward elderly persons were examined for 40 4- and 5-yr.-old children, 20 from Sweden and 20 from the United States, enrolled in full-day preschool programs. Subjects were matched for age, socioeconomic status, and parents' age and marital status. One-half of each group were male and one-half were female. The Social Attitude Scale of Ageist Prejudice was used to assess children's attitudes toward elderly persons. One-way analysis of var…

  • Female attractiveness and eating disorders

    Open AccessShirley Matile Ogletree, Sue W Williams et al.ARTICLESex Roles1990Cited by: 9References: 8

  • Sex and sex-typing effects on computer attitudes and aptitude

    Open AccessShirley Matile Ogletree, Sue W WilliamsARTICLESex Roles1990Cited by: 3References: 1

  • Maturation Rate, Endocrine Functioning and Female Career Typicalness

    Open AccessSue W Williams, John C MccullersARTICLESocial Behavior and Personality…1987

    The study compared maturation rate and endocrine functioning according to career typicalness in a sample of 28 currently employed women. Previously reported research from which this sample was drawn had indicated less traditional sex-typing for subjects in a typical careers for personal and psychological characteristics and childhood experiences. Analysis of current data pertaining to subjects' developmental history provided only limited evidence…