Jessica Troilo
Biographic Data
| ID | 98595 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Jessica Troilo |
| GIVEN NAMES | Jessica |
| FAMILY NAME | Troilo |
| SIGNATURE | TROILO J |
| AFFILIATIONS | West Virginia University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 11 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 11 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 11 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2008 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Family Demographics of West Virginia: Trends, Challenges, and Implications
Emerging Adults’ Peer Acceptance of Those Who Appear to be Undergoing Chemotherapy
Physical appearance has been shown to be heavily influential in the overall peer acceptance of an individual. Yet, the role of a changing physical appearance due to an illness (e.g., cancer) and its impact on peer acceptance has garnered little focus. This study considered how appearing as if undergoing treatment for cancer impacted peer acceptance in emerging adults. Using photo vignettes, a sample of 182 emerging adults (79 percent female; 21 p…
Domains of Ongoing Communication Between Former Spouses: Associations With Parenting Stress and Children's Post-Divorce Well-Being
Using data from 708 divorced parents (52.4% mothers), we examined how ongoing communication (i.e., topics and frequency of communication) with former spouses was associated with parenting stress and child internalizing and externalizing behavior. Based on hierarchical multiple regression models, ongoing communication was not associated with parenting stress but was associated with child externalizing and internalizing behavior. Specifically, comm…
A Multidimensional Perspective on Former Spouses' Ongoing Relationships: Associations With Children's Postdivorce Well‐Being
Objective To determine which aspects of divorced parents' ongoing relationships with their former spouses were associated with children's and youth's postdivorce well‐being. Background Research on the associations between former spousal relationships and children's postdivorce well‐being has focused extensively on postdivorce coparenting, with less emphasis on other aspects of these multidimensional relationships. Method Divorced parents ( N = 64…
Parental Academic Involvement and Youth Well-Being in Post-Divorce Families
Using data from 340 divorced parents (58.2% mothers) with a child between 10- and 18-years-old, we tested if parental academic involvement was associated with youth post-divorce well-being. Results demonstrated that mothers’ academic involvement was associated with less youth internalizing and externalizing behavior. Additionally, fathers’ academic involvement was associated with less youth externalizing behavior. We also tested if parental warmt…
Postdivorce Coparenting Relationships and Parent-Youth Relationships: Are Repartnership and Parent-Youth Contact Moderators
Using data from 392 divorced mothers and fathers, living in the United States, with a child between 10 and 18 years old, we first identified three types of postdivorce coparenting relationships ( cooperative, moderately engaged, and conflictual and disengaged) based on coparenting communication, cooperation, and conflict. We then tested if three aspects of parent-youth relationships differed between those groups. Parental warmth and support, pare…
Conceptualizations of Divorced Fathers and Interventions to Support Involvement
This review provides a discussion on how divorced fathers have been conceptualized in both quantitative and qualitative research beginning in the 1970s and moving through the present day. Next, it provides a theoretical lens with which to discuss divorced fathers. Finally, it discusses current interventions focused on divorced fathers with an explanation on increasing the likelihood divorced fathers attend such interventions
It Has to be Perfect!”: The Development of Perfectionism and the Family System
Perfectionism has deleterious effects on developmental outcomes for children, youth, and adults. Despite this, there is controversy regarding the nature of perfectionism itself and whether it can be positive or negative. This article identifies key findings in the perfectionism literature, reviews current research literature on the conceptualizations and antecedents of perfectionism, and outlines concepts of family systems theory that help explai…
Stay tuned: Portrayals of fatherhood to come
Stepfamilies and the Law: Legal Ambiguities and Suggestions for Reform
Cherlin's (1978 Cherlin, A. 1978. Remarriage as an incomplete institution. American Journal of Sociology, 84: 634–650. [Crossref], [Web of Science ®] , [Google Scholar]) argument that stepfamilies are incomplete as far as the legal system is concerned is still valid and relevant today. This review of literature discusses the ambiguous role stepparents have in the legal system, both in intact and divorced stepfamilies. Legal scholars and social sc…
College Student Perceptions of the Content of Father Stereotypes
This study used a three-step procedure to examine 663 Midwestern university students' perceptions of the content of social stereotypes related to seven types of fathers. Married and adoptive fathers were the most positively stereotyped groups, and divorced residential fathers were also viewed quite positively. There were relatively neutral views of stepfathers and gay fathers, whereas divorced nonresidential and never-married fathers were the mos…
Postdivorce Coparenting Relationships and Parent-Youth Relationships: Are Repartnership and Parent-Youth Contact Moderators
Using data from 392 divorced mothers and fathers, living in the United States, with a child between 10 and 18 years old, we first identified three types of postdivorce coparenting relationships ( cooperative, moderately engaged, and conflictual and disengaged) based on coparenting communication, cooperation, and conflict. We then tested if three aspects of parent-youth relationships differed between those groups. Parental warmth and support, pare…
It Has to be Perfect!”: The Development of Perfectionism and the Family System
Perfectionism has deleterious effects on developmental outcomes for children, youth, and adults. Despite this, there is controversy regarding the nature of perfectionism itself and whether it can be positive or negative. This article identifies key findings in the perfectionism literature, reviews current research literature on the conceptualizations and antecedents of perfectionism, and outlines concepts of family systems theory that help explai…
College Student Perceptions of the Content of Father Stereotypes
This study used a three-step procedure to examine 663 Midwestern university students' perceptions of the content of social stereotypes related to seven types of fathers. Married and adoptive fathers were the most positively stereotyped groups, and divorced residential fathers were also viewed quite positively. There were relatively neutral views of stepfathers and gay fathers, whereas divorced nonresidential and never-married fathers were the mos…
Stay tuned: Portrayals of fatherhood to come
College Student Perceptions of the Content of Father Stereotypes
This study used a three-step procedure to examine 663 Midwestern university students' perceptions of the content of social stereotypes related to seven types of fathers. Married and adoptive fathers were the most positively stereotyped groups, and divorced residential fathers were also viewed quite positively. There were relatively neutral views of stepfathers and gay fathers, whereas divorced nonresidential and never-married fathers were the mos…
Stepfamilies and the Law: Legal Ambiguities and Suggestions for Reform
Cherlin's (1978 Cherlin, A. 1978. Remarriage as an incomplete institution. American Journal of Sociology, 84: 634–650. [Crossref], [Web of Science ®] , [Google Scholar]) argument that stepfamilies are incomplete as far as the legal system is concerned is still valid and relevant today. This review of literature discusses the ambiguous role stepparents have in the legal system, both in intact and divorced stepfamilies. Legal scholars and social sc…
Stay tuned: Portrayals of fatherhood to come
Conceptualizations of Divorced Fathers and Interventions to Support Involvement
This review provides a discussion on how divorced fathers have been conceptualized in both quantitative and qualitative research beginning in the 1970s and moving through the present day. Next, it provides a theoretical lens with which to discuss divorced fathers. Finally, it discusses current interventions focused on divorced fathers with an explanation on increasing the likelihood divorced fathers attend such interventions
It Has to be Perfect!”: The Development of Perfectionism and the Family System
Perfectionism has deleterious effects on developmental outcomes for children, youth, and adults. Despite this, there is controversy regarding the nature of perfectionism itself and whether it can be positive or negative. This article identifies key findings in the perfectionism literature, reviews current research literature on the conceptualizations and antecedents of perfectionism, and outlines concepts of family systems theory that help explai…
Postdivorce Coparenting Relationships and Parent-Youth Relationships: Are Repartnership and Parent-Youth Contact Moderators
Using data from 392 divorced mothers and fathers, living in the United States, with a child between 10 and 18 years old, we first identified three types of postdivorce coparenting relationships ( cooperative, moderately engaged, and conflictual and disengaged) based on coparenting communication, cooperation, and conflict. We then tested if three aspects of parent-youth relationships differed between those groups. Parental warmth and support, pare…
Parental Academic Involvement and Youth Well-Being in Post-Divorce Families
Using data from 340 divorced parents (58.2% mothers) with a child between 10- and 18-years-old, we tested if parental academic involvement was associated with youth post-divorce well-being. Results demonstrated that mothers’ academic involvement was associated with less youth internalizing and externalizing behavior. Additionally, fathers’ academic involvement was associated with less youth externalizing behavior. We also tested if parental warmt…
A Multidimensional Perspective on Former Spouses' Ongoing Relationships: Associations With Children's Postdivorce Well‐Being
Objective To determine which aspects of divorced parents' ongoing relationships with their former spouses were associated with children's and youth's postdivorce well‐being. Background Research on the associations between former spousal relationships and children's postdivorce well‐being has focused extensively on postdivorce coparenting, with less emphasis on other aspects of these multidimensional relationships. Method Divorced parents ( N = 64…
Emerging Adults’ Peer Acceptance of Those Who Appear to be Undergoing Chemotherapy
Physical appearance has been shown to be heavily influential in the overall peer acceptance of an individual. Yet, the role of a changing physical appearance due to an illness (e.g., cancer) and its impact on peer acceptance has garnered little focus. This study considered how appearing as if undergoing treatment for cancer impacted peer acceptance in emerging adults. Using photo vignettes, a sample of 182 emerging adults (79 percent female; 21 p…
Domains of Ongoing Communication Between Former Spouses: Associations With Parenting Stress and Children's Post-Divorce Well-Being
Using data from 708 divorced parents (52.4% mothers), we examined how ongoing communication (i.e., topics and frequency of communication) with former spouses was associated with parenting stress and child internalizing and externalizing behavior. Based on hierarchical multiple regression models, ongoing communication was not associated with parenting stress but was associated with child externalizing and internalizing behavior. Specifically, comm…
Family Demographics of West Virginia: Trends, Challenges, and Implications
Psychology (10 works) · Developmental psychology (8 works) · Family Dynamics and Relationships (8 works) · Social Psychology (8 works) · Intergenerational Family Dynamics and Caregiving (5 works) · Social Psychology (4 works) · Attachment and Relationship Dynamics (3 works) · Clinical Psychology (3 works) · Coparenting (3 works) · Gender Roles and Identity Studies (2 works)