Kay Bradford
Human Devt. and Family Studies
Professor
Contact Information
Office Location: FCHDW 108Phone: 435-797-5454
Email: k.bradford@usu.edu
Additional Information:
Educational Background
Awards
Researcher of the Year, 2020
Department of Human Development & Family Studies
State Winner, Human Development/Family Relationships Award, 2016
Utah Extension Association of Family and Consumer Sciences
Human Development/Family Relationships (Team Award) – State Winner, 2015
National Extension Association of Family and Consumer Sciences (NEAFCS).
Innovative Program Award, 2015
Utah Extension Association of Family and Consumer Science
Article of the Year Award, 2014, 2015
Journal of Marriage & Family Therapy
Human Development/Family Relationships Team Award, 2013
UT Extension Association of Family & Consumer Sciences
Human Development/Family Relationships Team Award, 2013
UT Extension Association of Family & Consumer Sciences
Marketing/Public Relations Team Award, 2013
UT Extension Association of Family & Consumer Sciences
Marketing/Public Relations Team Award, 2013
UT Extension Association of Family & Consumer Sciences
Human Development/Family Relationships; 1st Place, Western Region, 2012
National Assoc. of Family & Consumer Sciences
Florence Hall Award, 2012
Utan Extension Association of Family and Consumer Science
Human Development/Family Relationships (Team Award), 2012
Utan Extension Association of Family and Consumer Science
Florence Hall Award, 2011
Utah Extension Association of Family and Consumer Science
Distinguished Team Award, 2011
Epsilon Sigma Phi Extension Honor Society, Iota Chapter
Researcher of the Year Award, 2011
Department of Family, Consumer, and Human Development
Centennial Future 100 Award, 2008
School of Human Environmental Studies, University of Kentucky
Sant Scholarship, 2001
Brigham Young University
Four-Year, Full Tuition Scholarship, 1998
Brigham Young University
Phi Kappa Phi National Honor Society, 1996
University of Maryland
Dean's List National Honor Society, 1990
University of Utah
Tracy Scholarship, 1990
University of Utah
- Crapo, J.S, Bradford, K.P, (2022). Moving beyond ‘traditional’: Applying Multidimensional Family Development Theory to the development of refugee families: Sourcebook of Family Theories and Methodologies. Springer
- Kopystynska, O., Bradford, K.P, Conflict management in relationships and marriage.: Encyclopedia of Marriage and Divorce in America: Issues, Trends, and Controversies.. ABC-CLIO
- Stewart, J.W, Bradford, K.P, (2014). Self-help, Culture of: The social history of the American family. . Sage Publishing
- Bradford, K.P, Whiting, J.B, (2011). Abuse in family life: Strengthening our families: An in-depth look at the proclamation on the family. BYU Studies Press
- Van de Venne, J., Bradford, K.P, Martin, C., Cox, M., Omar, H., (2007). Maternal and adolescent depression related to teen smoking: Adolescent behavior research: International perspectives. Nova Science Publishers
- Bradford, K.P, Barber, B.K, Olsen, J.A, Maughan, S.L, Erickson, L.D, Ward, D., Stolz, H.E, (2005). A multi-national study of interparental conflict, parenting, and adolescent functioning: South Africa, Bangladesh, China, India, Bosnia, Germany, Palestine, Colombia, and the United States: Parent-youth relations: Cultural and cross-cultural perspectives. The Haworth Press
- Stolz, H.E, Barber, B.K, Olsen, J.A, Erickson, L.D, Bradford, K.P, Maughan, S.L, Ward, D., (2005). Family and school socialization and adolescent academic achievement: A cross-national dominance analysis of achievement predictors: Parent-youth relations: Cultural and cross-cultural perspectives. The Haworth Press
- Bradford, K.P, Barber, B.K, (2005). Intrusive and coercive family processes: interparental conflict and ineffective parenting: Implications of parent-child boundary dissolution for developmental psychopathology: Who is the parent and who is the child?. The Haworth Maltreatment & Trauma Press
- Bradford, K.P, Barber, B.K, (2005). What kind of parental conflict hurts kids the most: Peptalk (parenting education practitioners talk). Parenting Press
- Bradford, K.P, Hawkins, A.J, (2001). The changing face of fatherhood: Boyhood in America: An encyclopedia. ABC-CLIO
- Bradford, K.P, Hawkins, A.J, (2001). The development of generative parenting: Intimacy and it implications for generativity: Yearbook of early childhood education and child research, Vol 4: Fatherhood, motherhood. Beltz Verlag
Publications | Book Chapters
An asterisk (*) at the end of a publication indicates that it has not been peer-reviewed.
Publications | Journal Articles
Academic Journal
- Bradford, K.P, Turner, J.J, Crapo, J.S, Higginbotham, B., (2024). How do I work this? A mixed-methods evaluation of relationship education for High School youth. Family Relations, 73:1, 340–358. doi: DOI: 10.1111/fare.12916
- Crapo, J.S, Turner, J.J, Higginbotham, B., Bradford, K.P, The effects of resolution method of child custody and support plans on parental well-being during the divorce process: Implications from and for divorce education. Family Court Review
- Kopystynska, O., Crapo, J.S, Bradford, K., Higginbotham, B., (2023). Using the Vulnerability-Stress-Adaptation framework to predict remarital instability. Marriage and Family Review, 59:4, 298-325. doi: https://doi.org/10.1080/01494929.2022.2164110
- Bradford, K.P, Miller, J.A, Higginbotham, B., (2023). ‘Good love, bad love’: A latent class analysis of adolescent romantic relationship cognitions. . Journal of Couple & Relationship Therapy, 22, 324-343. doi: 10.1080/15332691.2022.2149651
- Crapo, J.S, Bradford, K.P, Kopystynska, O., Spuhler, B., Higginbotham, B., (2023). “No, it’s you:” Dyadic Perceived need for change predicts relationship education outcomes. Journal of Marital and Family Therapy, 49:4, 802-824. doi: https://doi.org/10.1111/jmft.12658
- Crapo, J.S, Turner, J., Bradford, K.P, Higginbotham, B., (2023). An actor-partner interdependence model of parenting difficulties over time in stepfamilies. Family Process, 62:2, 653–670. doi: http://doi.org/10.1111/famp.12786
- Turner, J.J, Stapley, S., Bradford, K.P, Higginbotham, B., (2023). Fatherhood education with Latino fathers: A mixed-method evaluation. . Journal of Latinos and Education, 22:2, 842-854. doi: 10.1080/15348431.2020.1843464
- Turner, J., Crapo, J.S, Kopystynska, O., Higginbotham, B., Bradford, K.P, (2023). Economic distress and perceptions of sexual intimacy among remarried couples. Frontiers in Psychology: Gender, Sex, and Sexualities, 13, doi: https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2022.1056180
- Bradford, K.P, Higginbotham, B., Whiteman, S., (2022). Impact of positive and negative socioemotional behaviors on remarital instability. Journal of Family Issues, 43:12, 3194-3217. doi: https://doi.org/10.1177/0192513X211042851
- Kopystynska, O., Mueller, J., Bradford, K.P, Chandler, A.B, Foran, H.M, Higginbotham, B., (2022). The influence of interparental conflict and violence on parenting and parent-child relationships. Personal Relationships, 29:3, 488– 523. doi: https://doi.org/10.1111/pere.12441
- Turner, J.J, Bradford, K.P, Higginbotham, B., Juhasz, E., (2022). Couple relationship education: Before and after COVID-19. The Family Journal, 30:4, 596–604. doi: DOI: 10.1177/10664807221104126
- Crapo, J.S, Turner, J., Bradford, K.P, Higginbotham, B., (2022). The impacts of postdivorce cohabitation and relationship duration on the early marital climate of remarriages. . The Family Journal, 30:3, 307-315. doi: https://doi.org/10.1177/10664807211054155
- Turner, J.J, Higginbotham, B., Bradford, K.P, (2022). Fatherhood education during the pandemic. Outcomes and Impact Quarterly, 2:2, Article 5. doi: https://doi.org/10.26077/2f8e-bb04
- Spuhler, B., Esplin, J., Bradford, K.P, Higginbotham, B., (2022). Parenting education for low-income job seekers: A mixed-methods analysis of the Parenting with Love and Logic program. Journal of Human Sciences and Extension , 10:1, doi: https://scholarsjunction.msstate.edu/jhse/vol10/iss1/2
- Turner, J., Bradford, K.P, Higginbotham, B., (2022). Addressing determinants of paternal subjective well-being through fatherhood education. The Journal of Men’s Studies, 30:1, 87-110. doi: 10.1177/10608265211035788
- Turner, J., Bradford, K.P, Higginbotham, B., Coppin, A., (2021). Examining the outcomes of the InsideOut Dad fatherhood education program for incarcerated minority fathers. The Family Journal, 29:3, 305-315. doi: 10.1177/1066480720978541
- Crapo, J.S, Kopystynska, O., Turner, J.J, Bradford, K.P, Higginbotham, B., (2021). Financial stress and perceptions of spousal behavior over time in remarriages. Journal of Family and Economic Issues, 42:2, 300-313. doi: 10.1007/s10834-020-09697-6
- Turner, J., Kopystynska, O., Bradford, K.P, Schramm, D., Higginbotham, B., (2021). Predicting parenting and stepparenting difficulties among newly remarried parents.. Journal of Divorce & Remarriage, 62:7, 511-531. doi: https://doi.org/10.1080/10502556.2021.1925857
- Crapo, J.S, Bradford, K.P, (2021). Multidimensional Family Development Theory: A Reconceptualization of Family Development. Journal of Family Theory & Review, 13:3, 1-22. doi: DOI:10.1111/jftr.12414
- Davis, S., Bradford, K.P, Fife, S.T, Whiting, J.B, (2021). Way of being and the therapeutic pyramid: Expanding the application of a common factors meta-model. Journal of Marital & Family Therapy, 47:2, 69-84. doi: DOI: 10.1111/jmft.12466
- Turner, J., Kopystynska, O., Bradford, K.P, Schramm, D., Higginbotham, B., (2021). Evaluating perceived impact of Utah’s online divorce education program. Journal of Divorce & Remarriage, 62:3, 179-198. doi: 10.1080/10502556.2021.1871829
- Crapo, S., Miller, J., Bradford, K.P, Higginbotham, B., (2021). Mothering and fathering, or just parenting: Measurement invariance of parental beliefs. Journal of Family Issues, 42:12, 2782-2810. doi: 10.1080/01494929.2021.1958123
- Turner, J., Higginbotham, B., Bradford, K.P, (2020). Addressing the subjective well-being of incarcerated fathers: The role of fatherhood education. . Journal of Correctional Education, 71:2, 75-99.
- Crapo, J.S, Miller, J.A, Rhodes, M.R, Bradford, K.P, Higginbotham, B., (2020). Couple-level patterns of disclosure process beliefs and their association with marital satisfaction. . Marriage and Family Review, 56:7, 657-676. doi: 10.1080/01494929.2020.1737621
- Crapo, J.S, Barrett, T., Bradford, K.P, Miller, J., Higginbotham, B., (2020). Couple relationship education outcomes predicted by family life stage and traditionality. Contemporary Family Therapy, 42:4, 422-435. doi: doi.org/10.1007/s10591-020-09541-x
- Bradford, K.P, Spuhler, B., Higginbotham, B., Laxman, D., Morgan, C., (2019). “I don’t want to make the same mistakes:” Examining relationship education among low-income single adults. Family Relations, 68, 405-419.
- Miller, J.A, Crapo, J.S, Bradford, K.P, Higginbotham, B., (2019). Relationship belief patterns among relationship education participants at different venues: Within and between group analyses. Family Relations, 68:4, 390-404. doi: doi:10.1111/fare.12382
- Laxman, D.J, Higginbotham, B., Bradford, K.P, (2019). Predictors of attrition and attendance in a fatherhood education program. Children and Youth Services Review, 103, 287-297. doi: doi.org/10.1016/j.childyouth.2019.05.007
- Brower, N., Washburn, C., Bradford, K.P, (2018). Marriage Survival curriculum: Strengthening communities one couple at a time.. The Forum for Family and Consumer Issues , 21:1, doi: https://www.theforumjournal.org/2017/01/01/marriage-survival-curriculum-strengthening-communities-one-couple-at-a-time/
- Taylor, N., Seedall, R., Robinson, W., Bradford, K.P, (2018). The systemic interaction of attachment and psychophysiological arousal in couple conflict. . Journal of Marital and Family Therapy, 44:1, 46-60. doi: 10.1111/jmft.12239
- Vaterlaus, M., Skogrand, L.M, Higginbotham, B., Bradford, K.P, (2017). Sustaining University- Community Partnerships in Providing Relationship Education. . Journal of Community Engagement and Scholarship, 9:2, 34-41.
- Bradford, K.P, Mock, D.J, Stewart, J.W, (2016). It Takes Two? An Exploration of Processes and Outcomes in a Two-Session Couple Intervention. Journal of Marital and Family Therapy
- Bradford, K.P, Stewart, J.W, Pfister, R., Higginbotham, B., (2016). Avoid fallinf for a jerk(ette): Effectiveness of the Premarital Interpersonal Choices and Knowledge Program with emerging adults. Journal of Marital and Family Therapy, 42:4, 630-644. doi: 10.1111/jmft.12174
- Stewart, J.W, Bradford, K.P, Higginbotham, B., Skogrand, L.M, (2016). Relationship help-seeking: A review of the efficacy and reach. Marriage and Family Review, 52:8, 781-803. doi: http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/01494929.2016.1157559.
- Moen, D., Bradford, K.P, Lee, T., Harris, V.W, Stewart, J.W, (2015). After the honeymoon: The evolution of problem issues in Utah LDS marriages. . Marriage and Family Review, 51:5, 396-417. doi: 10.1080/01494929.2015.1059787
- Vaterlaus, M., Skogrand, L.M, Bradford, K.P, Higginbotham, B., (2015). University-Community Partnerships in Providing Relationship Education: A Longitudinal Qualitative Case Study . Journal of Community Engagement and Scholarship, 8:1, 3-14.
- Bradford, K.P, Stewart, J.W, Higginbotham, B., Skogrand, L.M, (2015). The Perceived Relationship Knowledge Scale: An Initial Validation. Family Relations, 64:2, 305-318. doi: doi:10.1111/fare.12116
- Stewart, J.W, Bradford, K.P, Higginbotham, B., Skogrand, L.M, (2014). Relationship Help-seeking in a Community Sample: Testing Differences by Geography and Gender. Forum for Family & Consumer Science Issues, 19:3
- Bradford, K.P, Higginbotham, B., Skogrand, L.M, (2014). Healthy relationship education: A case study and outcome evaluation. Marriage and Family Review, 50:2, 93-106. doi: DOI: 10.1080/01494929.2013.851057
- Bradford, K.P, Huffaker, S., Stewart, J.W, Skogrand, L.M, Higginbotham, B., (2014). Successes and Challenges in a Statewide Relationship Education Initiative. Family & Consumer Sciences Research Journal, 42:3, 252-266. doi: DOI: 10.1111/fcsr.12059
- Fife, S.T, Whiting, J.B, Bradford, K.P, Davis, S., (2014). The therapeutic pyramid: A meta-model of therapy effectiveness.. Journal of Marital and Family Therapy, 40:1, 20-33. doi: doi: 10.1111/jmft.12041
- Thompson, G.S, Smith, D., Whiting, J.B, Bradford, K.P, (2013). Synergists and qualities salient to low-income parents’ positive assessment of marital health. . Marriage and Family Review, 49:2, 148-176. doi: DOI10.1080/01494929.2012.733324
- Vaterlaus, M., Bradford, K.P, Skogrand, L.M, Higginbotham, B., (2013). Providing relationship education for low-income and diverse audiences: A follow-up study. . Family Science Review, 17, 40-61.
- Brower, N., MacArthur, S., Bradford, K.P, Albrecht, C., Bunnell, J.B, Lyons, L., (2012). Effective elements for organizing a healthy relationships teen 4-H retreat. . Journal of the National Extension Association of Family and Consumer Sciences, 7, 64-68.
- Bradford, K.P, (2012). Assessing readiness for couple therapy: the Stages of Relationship Change Questionnaire. Journal of Marital and Family Therapy, 38:3, 486–501. doi: doi: 10.1111/j.1752-0606.2010.00211.x
- Bradford, K.P, Skogrand, L.M, Higginbotham, B., (2011). Risk for intimate partner violence among participants in a state-wide relationship education initiative. Journal of Couple and Relationship Therapy: Innovations in Clinical and Educational Interventions, 10, 169-184. doi: 10.1080/15332691.2011.562468
- Bradford, K.P, (2010). Screening couples for intimate partner violence. Journal of Family Psychotherapy, 21, 149-156.
- Bradford, K.P, (2010). Supporting families dealing with Autism and Asperger’s Syndrome. Journal of Family Psychotherapy, 21, 149-156.
- Veldorale-Brogan, A., Bradford, K.P, Vail, A., (2010). The missing link: Marital virtues and their relationship to individual functioning, communication, and relationship adjustment. Journal of Positive Psychology, 5, 281-293.
- Whiting, J.B, Bradford, K.P, Vail, A., Carlton, E., Bathje, K., (2009). Developing a domestic violence protocol for marriage education: Critical components and cautions. Journal of Couple and Relationship Therapy
- Bradford, K.P, Vaughn, L., Barber, B.K, (2008). When there’s conflict: Interparental conflict, parent-child conflict, and youth problem behaviors. Journal of Family Issues, 29, 780-805.
- de Venne, V., Bradford, K.P, Martin, C., Cox, M., Omar, H., (2006). Depression, sensation seeking, and maternal smoking as predictors of adolescent cigarette smoking. The Scientific World Journal, 6, 643-652. doi: DOI 10.1100/tsw.2006.128
- Bradford, K.P, Hawkins, A.J, (2006). Learning competent fathering: A longitudinal analysis of marital intimacy and fathering. Fathering, 4:3, 215-234.
- Bradford, K.P, Barber, B.K, (2005). Intrusive and coercive family processes: interparental conflict and ineffective parenting. Journal of Emotional Abuse, 5:2/3, 143-167.
- Bradford, K.P, Barber, B.K, Olsen, J.A, Maughan, S.L, Erickson, L.D, Ward, D., Stolz, H.E, (2004). A multi-national study of interparental conflict, parenting, and adolescent functioning: South Africa, Bangladesh, China, India, Bosnia, Germany, Palestine, Colombia, and the United States. Marriage and Family Review, 35, 1-2.
- Stolz, H.E, Barber, B.K, Olsen, J.A, Erickson, L.D, Bradford, K.P, Maughan, S.L, Ward, D., (2004). Family and school socialization and adolescent academic achievement: A cross-national dominance analysis of achievement predictors. Marriage and Family Review, 36:1-2, 7-33.
In-House Journal
Professional Journal
- Juhasz, A., Bradford, K.P, (2016). Mobile phone use in romantic relationships. Marriage and Family Review, 52:8, 707-721. doi: doi.org/10.1080/01494929.2016.1157123
- Bradford, K.P, Gnatuk, C.A, Arnold, A.L, Kimberly, C., (2012). Parent education for vulnerable rural families. . The Forum for Family and Consumer Issues , 17:1
- Brower, N., MacArthur, S., Bradford, K.P, Bunnell, J.B, Albrecht, C., (2012). Got Dating? Outcomes of a 4-H relationship teen retreat. Journal of Youth Development, 7:1, 118-124.
- Bradford, K.P, (2010). Brief education on autism spectrum disorders for family therapists. . Journal of Family Psychotherapy, 21, 161-179.
- Carlton, E., Whiting, J.B, Bradford, K.P, Dyk, P., Vail, A., (2009). Defining factors of successful university-based community initiatives: An ethnographic exploration of one healthy marriage project. Family Relations, 28, 28-40.
- Hawkins, A.J, Bradford, K.P, Palkovitz, R., Christiansen, S.L, Day, R.D, Call, V.A, (2002). The inventory of father involvement: A pilot study of a new measure of father involvement. Journal of Men's Studies, 10:2, 183-196.
An asterisk (*) at the end of a publication indicates that it has not been peer-reviewed.
Publications | MultiMedia
Video
- Thompson, G., Bradford, K.P, (2004). Bluegrass Healthy Marriage Partnership Introduction Video.
- Sutton, L.L, Cady-Whitis, H., Rust, D., Stum, J.K, Martin, S.I, Joy, J., Bradford, K.P, Brock, G.W, (2003). Pre-Therapy Video. University of Kentucky Family Center
An asterisk (*) at the end of a publication indicates that it has not been peer-reviewed.
Publications | Technical Reports
Research Reports
- Heath, C.J, Bradford, K.P, Whiting, J.B, Brock, G., Foster, S., (2004). The Kentucky marriage attitudes study 2004 baseline survey. University of Kentucky: Research Center for Families and Children
An asterisk (*) at the end of a publication indicates that it has not been peer-reviewed.
Publications | Other
Bulletins
- Bradford, K.P, (2008). When parents fight, children suffer. Bluegrass Healthy Marriage Bulletin
- Gnatuk, C.A, Bradford, K.P, Lesueur, A., (2005). Children as victims of Hurricane Katrina. University of Kentucky
- Gnatuk, C.A, Bradford, K.P, Lesueur, A., (2005). Tips for parents: Helping children cope with Hurricane Katrina. University of Kentucky
- Gnatuk, C.A, Bradford, K.P, Lesueur, A., (2005). Tips for parents: Helping children cope with Hurricane Katrina. University of Kentucky
- Gnatuk, C.A, Bradford, K.P, Lesueur, A., (2005). Tips for parents: Helping children cope with Hurricane Katrina.
Other
An asterisk (*) at the end of a publication indicates that it has not been peer-reviewed.
Teaching
Extension
Creative Works | Performances
- Jane Eyre , Music Performance - Professional Ensemble Member, Principal, - 2013