Rena L. Repetti - Selected Publications

Repetti, R.L. (2005). A psychological perspective on the health and well-being consequences of parental employment. In S.M. Bianchi, L.M. Casper, & R.B. King (Eds.), Work, family, health and well-being (245-258). Mahwah, NJ: Erlbaum.

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Repetti, R.L., Klima, T., & Kremer-Sadlik, T. (2005). Commentary: How might parents' work and family roles contribute to adolescents' future roles? In B. Schneider & L. Waite (Eds.) Being together, working apart: Dual career families and the work-life balance (pp. 361-364). Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press, 2005.

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Flook, L., Repetti, R.L., & Ullman, J.B. (2005). Classroom social experiences as predictors of academic performance. Developmental Psychology, 41(2), 319-327.

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Wood, J.J. and Repetti, R. L. (2004). What gets dad involved: A longitudinal study of change in parental caregiving involvement. Journal of Family Psychology, 18(1), 237-249.

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Wood, J.J., Repetti, R. L., & Roesch, S.C. (2004). Divorce and children's adjustment problems at home and school: The role of depressive/withdrawn parenting. Child Psychiatry and Human Development, 35(2), 121-142.

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Repetti,R.L., Taylor, S.E., & Seeman, T.E. (2002). Risky families: Family social environments and the mental and physical health of offspring. Psychological Bulletin, 128 (2), 330-366.

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McGrath, E., & Repetti, R. (2002). A longitudinal study of children's depressive symptoms, self-perceptions, and cognitive distortions about the self. Journal of Abnormal Psychology, 111(1), 77-87.

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McGrath, E. & Repetti, R. L. (2000). Mothers' and fathers' attitudes toward their children's academic performance and children's perceptions of their academic competence. Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 29, 713-723.

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Perry-Jenkins, M., Repetti, R. L. & Crouter, A. C. (2000). Work and family in the 1990's. Journal of Marriage and the Family, 62(4), 981-998.

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Repetti, R.L., McGrath, E.P., & Ishikawa, S.S. (1999). Daily stress and coping in childhood and adolescence. In A.J. Goreczny & M. Hersen (Eds.), Handbook of Pediatric and Adolescent Health Psychology (pp. 343-360). Needham Heights, MA: Allyn & Bacon.

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Taylor, S., Repetti, R.L., & Seeman, T. (1997). Health psychology: What is an unhealthy environment and how does it get under the skin? Annual Review of Psychology, 48, 411-447.

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Repetti, R. L., & Wood, J. (1997). Effects of daily stress at work on mothers' interactions with preschoolers. Journal of Family Psychology, 11(1), 90-108.

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Repetti, R. L., & Wood, J. (1997). Families accommodating to chronic stress: Unintended and unnoticed processes. In B.H. Gottlieb (Ed.) Coping with chronic stress (pp. 191-220). New York: Plenum Publishing Corp.

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Repetti, R.L. (1996). The effects of perceived daily social and academic failure experiences on school-age children's subsequent interactions with parents. Child Development, 67(4), 1467-1482.

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Repetti, R.L. (1994). Short-term and long-term processes linking job stressors to father-child interaction. Social Development, 3(1), 1-15.

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Repetti, R.L. (1993). Short-term effects of occupational stressors on daily mood and health complaints. Health Psychology, 12(2), 125-131.

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Jaycox, L.H., and Repetti, R.L. (1993). Conflict in families and the psychological adjustment of preadolescent children. Journal of Family Psychology, 7(3), 344-355.

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Repetti, R.L. (1989). Effects of daily workload on subsequent behavior during marital interaction: The roles of social withdrawal and spouse spouse support. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 57(4), 651-659.

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Repetti, R.L., Matthews, K.A., & Waldron, I. (1989). Employment and women's health: Effects of paid employment on women's mental and physical health. American Psychologist, 44(11), 1394-1401.

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Repetti, R.L. (1987). Individual and common components of the social environment at work and psychological well-being. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 52(4), 710-720.

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