Shawn Whiteman

Publications | Book Chapters

• Whiteman, S., (2023). Siblings: Encyclopedia of Mental Health, 3rd Edition . Elsevier
• Whiteman, S., (2022). Research on military children and parental deployment: Past, present, and future: Causes and Consequences of Parent-Child Separations: Pathways to Resilience. Springer
• Whiteman, S., (2019). Parenting siblings: Handbook of Parenting (3rd Ed.). Routledge
• Whiteman, S., (2018). Differential Treatment: The SAGE Encyclopedia of Lifespan Human Development. *
• Barry, A.E, Whiteman, S., MacDermid Wadsworth, S., (2017). Mental health and academic functioning of student service members/veterans in higher education: The importance of social support: What's next for student veterans? Moving from transition to academic success. University of South Carolina, National Resource Center for the First-Year Experience and Students in Transition
• Whiteman, S., (2016). Sibling influences: Encyclopedia of Adolescence, 2nd Ed.. Springer *
• McHale, S.M, Updegraff, K., Whiteman, S., (2014). Sibling relationships: Handbook of Marriage and Family.
• Whiteman, S., (2013). Sibling relationships: Handbook of marriage and the family. Springer US
• Whiteman, S., (2011). Sibling influence in human development. Sibling development: Implications for mental health practitioners
• Whiteman, S., (2006). Sibling Relationships in Childhood and Adolescence.. Psychology Press/Taylor & Francis (UK)
• Whiteman, S., (2004). Balancing Work and Family: Problems and Solutions for Low-Income Families. Work-family Challenges for Low-income Parents and Their Children

An asterisk (*) at the end of a publication indicates that it has not been peer-reviewed.

Publications | Journal Articles

Academic Journal

• Maiya, S., Dotterer, , Serang, S., Whiteman, S., (2024). COVID-19 pandemic-related financial hardships and adolescents’ adjustment: A longitudinal family stress approach. . Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 53, 432-445. doi: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10964-023-01875-7
• Maiya, S., Whiteman, S., Serang, S., Dayley, J.C, Maggs, J.L, Mustillo, S.A, Kelly, B.C, (2023). Associations between older siblings’ substance use and younger siblings’ substance use intentions: Indirect effects via substance use expectations. Addictive Behaviors, doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.addbeh.2022.107493
• MacDermid Wadsworth, S.M, Lester, P., Stander, V., Christ, S.L, Whiteman, S., Knoblach, L., Long-term consequences of mothers’ and fathers’ wartime deployments: A study protocol.. PLOS One
• Jensen, A.C, Hamwey, M.K, Parkinson, C., Dayley, J.C, Whiteman, S., (2023). The emerging adults’ relationships with siblings scale: Development and validation. Emerging Adulthood, 11:1, 32-47. doi: https://doi.org/10.1177/21676968221127076
• Maiya, S., Whiteman, S., Cassinat, J.R, Serang, S., Wray-Lake, L., Kelly, B.C, Maggs, J.L, Mustillo, A, (2022). Direct and indirect effects of maternal and sibling intimacy on adolescents’ volunteering via social responsibility values: A longitudinal study. Journal of Social and Personal Relationships, doi: https://doi.org/10.1177/02654075221083301
• Whiteman, S., Maiya, S., Cassinat, J.L, Serang, S., Kelly, B.C, Mustillo, S.A, Maggs, J.L, (2022). Sibling influences on adolescent alcohol use during the Spring 2020 COVID-19 pandemic shutdown. Psychology of Addictive Behaviors, doi: https://doi.org/10.1037/adb0000841
• 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
• Maiya, S., Dotterer, A., Whiteman, S., (2021). Longitudinal changes in adolescents’ school bonding during the COVID-19 pandemic: Individual, parenting, and family correlates. Journal of Research on Adolescence, 31, 808-819. doi: https://doi.org/10.1111/jora.12653
• Maggs, J.L, Cassinat, J.R, Kelly, B.C, Mustillo, S.A, Whiteman, S., (2021). Parents who first allowed adolescents to drink alcohol in a family context during coronavirus emergency shutdowns. Journal of Adolescent Health, 49, 816-818. doi: USAhttps://doi.org/10.1016/j.jadohealth.2021.01.010
• Hamwey, M.K, Whiteman, S., (2021). Jealousy links comparisons with siblings to adjustment among emerging adults. Family Relations, 70, 483-497. doi: https://doi.org/10.1111/fare.12428
• Cassinat, J.R, Whiteman, S., Serang, S., Dotterer, A.M, Mustillo, S.A, Maggs, J.L, Kelly, B.C, (2021). Changes in Family Chaos and Family Relationships during the COVID-19 Pandemic: Evidence from a Longitudinal Study. Developmental Psychology, 57, 1597-1610. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/dev0001217
• Whiteman, S., Hamewy, M.K, Topp, D., MacDermid Wadsworth, S., (2020). Youth’s Sibling Relationships Across the Course of a Parent’s Military Deployment: Trajectories and Implications. Child Development, 91, 1988-2000. doi: 10.1111/CDEV.13367
• Osai, K.V, Dorsch, T., Whiteman, S., (2020). "To be, or not to be, that is the question:" Modeling and differentiation among siblings in organized youth sport.. Journal of Sport and Exercise Psychology, 42, 500-510. doi: https://doi.org/10.1123/jsep.2019-0279
• Jensen, A.C, H, A.B, Rolan, E.P, Cassinat, J.R, Whiteman, S., (2020). Parental differential treatment of siblings and adolescents’ health-related behaviors: The moderating role of personality. Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 49:1, 150-161. doi: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10964-019-01076-1
• Cassinat, J.R, Whiteman, S., Jensen, A.C, (2019). Associates between perceptions about siblings’ development and emerging adults’ adulthood attainment. Personal Relationships, 26, 694-712. doi: doi: 10.1111/pere.12300
• Schmitt, S., Korucu, I., Purpura, D., Whiteman, S., Zhang, C., Yang, F., (2019). Exploring cross-cultural variations in the development of executive function for preschoolers from low and high socioeconomic families. International Journal of Behavioral Development, 43, 212-220. doi: https://doi.org/10.1177/0165025418785469
• Kung, M., Schmitt, S., Zhang, C., Yang, F., Whiteman, S., Purpura, D., (2019). The role of mathematical language in mathematics development in China and the US. International Journal of Educational Research, 95, 131-142. doi: 10.1016/j.ijer.2019.02.008
• Schmitt, S., Korucu, I., Purpura, D., Whiteman, S., Zhang, C., Yang, F., (2019). Exploring cross-cultural variations in the development of executive function for preschoolers from low and high socioeconomic families. International Journal of Behavioral Development., 43:3, 212-220. doi: DOI: 10.1177/0165025418785469
• Hamwey, M.K, Whiteman, S., Rolan, E., Jensen, A.C, (2019). “Absence makes the heart grow fonder”: A qualitative examination of sibling relationships during emerging adulthood. . Journal of Social and Personal Relationships, 36:8, 2487-2506. doi: DOI: 10.1177/0265407518789514
• Feng, Y., Whiteman, S., Xu, S., Jin, S., French, D., (2019). Chinese adolescents' relationships with mothers, fathers, and siblings: Implications for youth's internalizing and externalizing problems. Journal of Relationships Research, 10:E15, 1-11. doi: 10.1017/jrr.2019.11
• Jensen, A.C, Whiteman, S., Fingerman, K.L, (2018). "Can't live with or without them:" Transitions and young adults' perceptions of sibling relationships. Journal of Family Psychology
• Barry, A.E, Padon, A., Whiteman, S., Hicks, K., Carreon, A., Merrianos, A., (2018). Alcohol advertising on social media: Does content appeal to youth?. Substance Use and Misuse, 53, 2413-2420.
• Flittner O'Grady, A.E, Whiteman, S., Cardin, J., MacDermid Wadsworth, S.M, (2018). Changes in parenting and youth adjustment across the military deployment cycle. Journal of Marriage and Family, doi: doi: 10.1111/jomf.12457
• Wilson, S.R, Marini, C.M, Franks, M.M, Whiteman, S., Topp, D., MacDermid Wadsworth, S.M, (2018). Communication and connection during deployment: A daily diary study from the perspective of at-home partners. Journal of Family Psychology, doi: 10.1037/fam0000333
• Osai, K.V, Whiteman, S., (2017). Family relationships and youth sport: Influence of siblings and parents on youth's participation, interests, and skills. Journal of Amateur Sport, 3, 86-105.
• Whiteman, S., Jensen, A.C, McHale, S.M, (2017). Sibling influences on risky behaviors from adolescence to young adulthood: Vertical socialization or bidirectional effects?. New Directions in Child and Adolescent Development, 156, 67-85. doi: 10.1002/cad.20197
• Barry, A.E, Whiteman, S., Cremeens-Matthews, J., (2016). Alcohol-Attributable Calories Consumed as a Result of Binge Drinking: A National Survey of Drinkers in the United States. Substance use & misuse, 51:7, 932–936.
• Wheeler, L.A, Killoren, S.E, Whiteman, S., Updegraff, K.A, McHale, S.M, Umana-Taylor, A.J, (2016). Romantic relationship experiences from late adolescence to young adulthood: the role of older siblings in Mexican-origin families. Journal of youth and adolescence, 45:5, 900–915.
• Loeser, M.K, Whiteman, S., McHale, S.M, (2016). Siblings’ Perceptions of Differential Treatment, Fairness, and Jealousy and Adolescent Adjustment: A Moderated Indirect Effects Model. Journal of child and family studies, 25:8, 2405–2414.
• Southwell, K.H, Whiteman, S., Wadsworth, S.M, Barry, A.E, (2016). The Use of University Services and Student Retention Differential Links for Student Service Members or Veterans and Civilian Students. Journal of College Student Retention: Research, Theory & Practice, 1521025116636133.
• Whiteman, S., Jensen, A.C, Mustillo, S.A, Maggs, J.L, (2016). Understanding sibling influence on adolescents’ alcohol use: social and cognitive pathways. Addictive behaviors, 53, 1–6.
• Jensen, A.C, Whiteman, S., Rand, J.S, Fingerman, K.L, (2016). You’re just like your dad: Intergenerational patterns of differential treatment of siblings. The Journals of Gerontology Series B: Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences, gbw033.
• Jensen, A.C, Whiteman, S., Bernard, J.M, McHale, S.M, (2015). Family Resource Allocation after Firstborns Leave Home: Implications for Secondborns’ Academic Functioning. Family process
• Whiteman, S., Solmeyer, A.R, McHale, S.M, (2015). Sibling relationships and adolescent adjustment: Longitudinal associations in two-parent African American families. Journal of youth and adolescence, 44:11, 2042–2053.
• Senguttuvan, U., Whiteman, S., Jensen, A.C, (2014). Family relationships and adolescents’ health attitudes and weight: the understudied role of sibling relationships. Family relations, 63:3, 384–396.
• Jensen, A.C, Whiteman, S., (2014). Parents’ differential treatment and adolescents’ delinquent behaviors: Direct and indirect effects of difference-score and perception-based measures.. Journal of family psychology, 28:4, 549.
• Whiteman, S., Zeiders, K.H, Killoren, S.E, Rodriguez, S.A, Updegraff, K.A, (2014). Sibling influence on Mexican-origin adolescents’ deviant and sexual risk behaviors: The role of sibling modeling. Journal of Adolescent Health, 54:5, 587–592.
• Whiteman, S., Jensen, A.C, Maggs, J.L, (2014). Similarities and differences in adolescent siblings’ alcohol-related attitudes, use, and delinquency: Evidence for convergent and divergent influence processes. Journal of youth and adolescence, 43:5, 687–697.
• Barry, A.E, Whiteman, S., MacDermid Wadsworth, S., (2014). Student service members/veterans in higher education: a systematic review. Journal of student affairs research and practice, 51:1, 30–42.
• Barry, A.E, Stellefson, M.L, Hanik, B., Tennant, B.L, Whiteman, S., Varnes, J., Wadsworth, S.M, (2013). Examining the association between binge drinking and propensity to join the military. Military medicine, 178:1, 37.
• Barry, A.E, Whiteman, S., Piazza-Gardner, A.K, Jensen, A.C, (2013). Gender differences in the associations among body mass index, weight loss, exercise, and drinking among college students. Journal of American College Health, 61:7, 407–413.
• Whiteman, S., Jensen, A.C, Maggs, J.L, (2013). Similarities in adolescent siblings’ substance use: Testing competing pathways of influence. Journal of studies on alcohol and drugs, 74:1, 104–113.
• Whiteman, S., Barry, A.E, Mroczek, D.K, MacDermid Wadsworth, S., (2013). The development and implications of peer emotional support for student service members/veterans and civilian college students.. Journal of counseling psychology, 60:2, 265.
• Barry, A.E, Whiteman, S., MacDermid Wadsworth, S.M, (2012). Implications of posttraumatic stress among military-affiliated and civilian students. Journal of American college health, 60:8, 562–573.
• Turiano, N.A, Whiteman, S., Hampson, S.E, Roberts, B.W, Mroczek, D.K, (2012). Personality and substance use in midlife: Conscientiousness as a moderator and the effects of trait change. Journal of Research in Personality, 46:3, 295–305.
• McHale, S.M, Updegraff, K.A, Whiteman, S., (2012). Sibling relationships and influences in childhood and adolescence. Journal of Marriage and Family, 74:5, 913–930.
• Barry, A.E, Whiteman, S., Wadswroth, S.M, Hitt, S., (2012). The alcohol use and associated mental health problems of student service members/veterans in higher education. Drugs: education, prevention and policy, 19:5, 415–425.
• Whiteman, S., Barry, A.E, (2011). A comparative analysis of student service member/veteran and civilian student drinking motives. Journal of student affairs research and practice, 48:3, 297–313.
• Whiteman, S., McHale, S.M, Crouter, A.C, (2011). Family relationships from adolescence to early adulthood: Changes in the family system following firstborns’ leaving home. Journal of Research on Adolescence, 21:2, 461–474.
• Whiteman, S., McHale, S.M, Soli, A., (2011). Theoretical perspectives on sibling relationships. Journal of family theory & review, 3:2, 124–139.
• Whiteman, S., Bernard, J.M, McHale, S.M, (2010). The Nature and Correlates of Sibling Influence in Two-Parent African American Families. Journal of Marriage and Family, 72:2, 267–281.
• Whiteman, S., Becerra, J.M, Killoren, S.E, (2009). Mechanisms of sibling socialization in normative family development. New directions for child and adolescent development, 2009:126, 29–43.
• Whiteman, S., Christiansen, A., (2008). Processes of sibling influence in adolescence: Individual and family correlates. Family Relations, 57:1, 24–34.
• Whiteman, S., Mroczek, D.K, (2007). A brief introduction to growth curve models. The Irish Journal of Psychology, 28:1-2, 77–85.
• McHale, S.M, Whiteman, S., Kim, J., Crouter, A.C, (2007). Characteristics and correlates of sibling relationships in two-parent African American families.. Journal of Family Psychology, 21:2, 227.
• Whiteman, S., McHale, S.M, Crouter, A.C, (2007). Competing processes of sibling influence: Observational learning and sibling deidentification. Social Development, 16:4, 642–661.
• Crouter, A.C, Whiteman, S., McHale, S.M, Osgood, D.W, (2007). Development of gender attitude traditionality across middle childhood and adolescence. Child development, 78:3, 911–926.
• Whiteman, S., McHale, S.M, Crouter, A.C, (2007). Explaining sibling similarities: Perceptions of sibling influences. Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 36:7, 963–972.
• Whiteman, S., McHale, S.M, Crouter, A.C, (2007). Longitudinal changes in marital relationships: The role of offspring’s pubertal development. Journal of Marriage and Family, 69:4, 1005–1020.
• Whiteman, S., Loken, E., (2006). Comparing analytic techniques to classify dyadic relationships: An example using siblings. Journal of Marriage and Family, 68:5, 1370–1382.
• Updegraff, K.A, McHale, S.M, Whiteman, S., Thayer, S.M, Crouter, A.C, (2006). The Nature and Correlates of Mexican-American Adolescents’ Time With Parents and Peers. Child Development, 77:5, 1470–1486.
• Updegraff, K.A, McHale, S.M, Whiteman, S., Thayer, S.M, Delgado, M.Y, (2005). Adolescent sibling relationships in Mexican American families: exploring the role of familism.. Journal of Family Psychology, 19:4, 512.
• Updegraff, K.A, Thayer, S.M, Whiteman, S., Denning, D.J, McHale, S.M, (2005). Relational aggression in adolescents’ sibling relationships: Links to sibling and parent-adolescent relationship quality. Family Relations, 54:3, 373–385.
• McHale, S.M, Kim, J., Whiteman, S., Crouter, A.C, (2004). Links between sex-typed time use in middle childhood and gender development in early adolescence.. Developmental Psychology, 40:5, 868.
• McHale, S.M, Crouter, A.C, Whiteman, S., (2003). The family contexts of gender development in childhood and adolescence. Social development, 12:1, 125–148.
• Hale, R.L, Whiteman, S., Muehl, K., Faynberg, E., (2003). Tridimensional personality traits of college student marijuana users. Psychological reports, 92:2, 661–666.
• Whiteman, S., McHale, S.M, Crouter, A.C, (2003). What parents learn from experience: The first child as a first draft?. Journal of Marriage and Family, 65:3, 608–621.
• Whiteman, S., Buchanan, C.M, (2002). Mothers’ and children’s expectations for adolescence: the impact of perceptions of an older sibling’s experience.. Journal of Family Psychology, 16:2, 157.

Professional Journal

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Publications | Other

An asterisk (*) at the end of a publication indicates that it has not been peer-reviewed.