Fanita A Tyrell

Biographic Data

ID6528239
NAMEFanita A Tyrell
GIVEN NAMESFanita A
FAMILY NAMETyrell
SIGNATURETYRELL F A
AFFILIATIONSUniversity of Maryland, College Park
ORCID0000-0001-6419-6485
VERIFIEDYes
TOTAL WORKS5
TOTAL CITATIONS10
WORKS AS AUTHOR5
WORKS AS EDITOR0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR2014
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2026
H-INDEX2

  • Family and environmental strengths related to the adjustment of young children experiencing housing loss

    H R Hodges, Alyssa R Palmer et al.ARTICLEPsychological Trauma Theory…2026

    These findings support growing evidence that parenting protects development amid housing loss and related risks and that housing instability can disrupt community-level resilience resources, increasing the relative importance of proximal protections like parenting. Strengthening caregivers' functioning while maintaining children's access to community resources can protect child well-being amid housing loss. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2026 APA,…

  • The Cambridge Handbook of the Development of Coping

    Open AccessCarolyn Aldwin, Maria Kurth et al.BOOKCambridge Handbook of the…2023

    Despite broad interest in how children and youth cope with stress and how others can support their coping, this is the first Handbook to consolidate the many theories and large bodies of research that contribute to the study of the development of coping. The Handbook's goal is field building - it brings together theory and research from across the spectrum of psychological, developmental, and related sciences to inform our understanding of coping…

  • Parent's ethnic-racial socialization practices in families with young children experiencing homelessness

    Open AccessFanita A Tyrell, Cara M Lucke et al.ARTICLEEarly Childhood Research Quarterly2022References: 21

  • Emancipated foster youth’s experiences and perceptions of the transition to adulthood

    Fanita A Tyrell, Tuppett M YatesARTICLEJournal of Youth Studies2018Cited by: 3References: 8

    Using a grounded theory approach, this study evaluated narratives from a sample of 170 emancipated foster youth (66.5% female; 84.6% non-white) as they reflected on their experiences between the ages of 18 and 25 across three data waves. Corbin and Strauss’ (1990) three-phase coding process revealed five overarching themes: adult values and characteristics, nature of the transition process, material needs and resources, relationship concerns, and…

  • Family Influences on Mexican American Adolescents’ Romantic Relationships

    Open AccessFanita A Tyrell, Lorey A Wheeler et al.ARTICLEJournal of Research on Adolescence2014Cited by: 7References: 14

    This study examined prospective associations between the family context and adolescents' romantic relationships as moderated by adolescents' gender and culture among Mexican American families ( N = 189). Adolescents at Time 1 (early adolescence) were on average 12.29 years of age ( SD = .50) and 54% female. Mothers and fathers reported on family structure and dynamics during early adolescence, and youth reported on their romantic relationship inv…