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Assistant Professor of Family Studies
(Ph.D., The Pennsylvania State University)
Research Interests
Sibling relationships, family relationship processes, child effects on family dynamics, family gender dynamics, family methods, middle childhood, adolescence, emerging adulthood
Contact Information
Child Development and Family Studies Building, Room 216
Purdue University
101 Gates Road
West Lafayette, IN 47907-2020
Phone: (765) 494-3312
Fax: (765) 496-1144
E-mail: sdwhitem@purdue.edu
Biography
Refereed Publications
Education
Courses Recently Taught
Honors
External Grants
Professional Service
Biography
I came to Purdue in January of 2005, shortly after receiving my Ph.D. in Human Development and Family Studies at Penn State in December of 2004. My research interests focus on family socialization processes and their connection to youth's social and emotional development during middle childhood, adolescence, and early adulthood.
Currently, my research examines how siblings directly and indirectly act as sources of social influence and social comparison within families and how their family experiences foster similarities and differences in their relationship qualities, attributes, and adjustment. For example, one project that I am currently working on examines the ways in which adolescent brothers and sisters influence each other's health risk behaviors (e.g., alcohol and substance use). I am specifically interested in distinguishing between the processes that drive sibling similarities and differences in these domains as well identifying the contextual factors that moderate their operation.
I am also engaged in collaborative research with other CDFS faculty members to explore how young adults' sibling and family relationships relate to their adjustment. For example, in collaboration with Dr. Shelley MacDermid and the Military Family Research Institute, I am exploring how family, peer, and institutional factors are related to the successful adjustment of young adult military veterans enrolled in Indiana's colleges and universities. Additionally, working with Dr. Karen Fingerman, I am investigating the connections between sibling relationship qualities, parents' differential treatment of offspring, and offspring's differential support of parents in early adulthood.
A final related research interest is the exploration of different research methodologies for studying families.
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Representative Publications (as of September 1, 2008):
Refereed Publications
Whiteman, S. D., & Mrozcek, D. (in press). A brief introduction to growth curve
models. Irish Journal of Psychology.
Whiteman, S. D., & Christiansen, A. E. (2008). Processes of sibling influence in
adolescence: Individual and family correlates. Family Relations, 57, 24-34.
Whiteman, S. D., McHale, S. M., & Crouter, A. C. (2007). Competing processes of
sibling influence: Observational learning and sibling deidentification.
Social Development, 16, 642-661.
Whiteman, S. D., McHale, S. M., & Crouter, A. C. (2007). Explaining sibling similarities:
Perceptions of sibling influences. Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 36, 963-972.
Whiteman, S. D., 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, 1005-1020.
McHale, S. M., Whiteman, S. D., Kim, J., & Crouter, A. C. (2007). Characteristics and
correlates of sibling relationships in African American families. Journal of Family
Psychology, 21, 227-235.
Crouter, A. C., Whiteman, S. D., McHale, S. M., & Osgood, D. W. (2007). The
development of gender attitude traditionality across middle childhood and
adolescence. Child Development, 78, 911-926.
Whiteman, S. D., & Loken, E. (2006). Comparing analytic techniques to classify
dyadic relationships: An example using siblings. Journal of Marriage and Family,
68, 1370-1382.
Updegraff, K. A., McHale, S. M., Whiteman, S. D., Thayer, S. M., & Crouter, A. C.
(2006). The nature and correlates of Mexican American adolescents' time with
parents and peers. Child Development, 77, 1470-1486.
Updegraff, K. A., McHale, S. M., Whiteman, S. D., Thayer, S. M., & Delgado, M. Y.
(2005). Adolescent sibling relationships in Mexican American Families: Exploring the
role of familism. Journal of Family Psychology, 19, 512-522.
Updegraff, K. A., Thayer, S. M., Whiteman, S. D., Denning, D., & McHale, S. M.
(2005). Relational aggression in adolescents' sibling relationships: Links to sibling
and parent-adolescent relationship quality. Family Relations, 54, 373-385.
McHale, S. M., Kim, J., Whiteman, S. D., & Crouter, A. C. (2004). Links between sex-
typed time use in middle childhood and gender development in early adolescence.
Developmental Psychology, 40, 868-881.
Whiteman, S. D., 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,
608-621.
McHale, S. M., Crouter, A. C., & Whiteman, S. D. (2003). The family contexts of
gender development in childhood and adolescence. Social Development, 12,
125-148.
Whiteman, S. D., & 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, 157-171.
Book Chapters
Whiteman, S. D., Becerra, J. M., & Killoren, S. (in press). Mechanisms of sibling
socialization in normative family development. In L. Kramer & K. J. Conger (Eds.),
New Directions in Child and Adolescent Development. San Francisco, CA: Jossey
Bass.
Fingerman, K. L., Whiteman, S. D., & Dotterer, A. M. (in press). Mother-child
relationships in adolescence and adulthood. In H. T. Reis & S. K. Sprecher (Eds.),
Encyclopedia of human relationships. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.
McHale, S. M., Kim, J., & Whiteman, S. D. (2006). Sibling relationships in childhood
and adolescence. In P. Noller & J. A. Feeney (Eds.), Close relationships: Functions,
forms and processes (pp. 127-150). New York, NY: Psychology Press.
Hawkins, D. N., & Whiteman, S. D. (2004). Balancing work and family: Problems and
solutions for low-income families. In A. Booth & A. C. Crouter (Eds.) Work-family
challenges for low-income parents and their children (pp. 273-286). Hillsdale, NJ:
Erlbaum.
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Education
- Ph.D., 2004, Human Development and Family Studies, The Pennsylvania State University
- M.A., 2000, Psychology, Wake Forest University
- B.A., 1998, Psychology, Shippensburg University
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Courses Recently Taught
CDFS 201: Introduction to Family Processes
CDFS 411: Adolescent Development
CDFS 600: Advanced Family Processes
CDFS 617: Advanced Research Methods for Child Development and Family Studies
CDFS 685R: Developmental and Family Studies Research Seminar
Honors
2009: Nominated for The National Society of Collegiate Scholars' 2009 Inspire Integrity Award
2009: Nominated for Gamma Sigma Delta's GSD Faculty Award of Merit
2008: Selected as an Outstanding Professor by the Purdue University Sorority and Fraternity Community
2003: Grace Henderson Fellowship, College of Health and Human Development, The Pennsylvania State University
2002: Fellow in the Center for Work and Family Research, The Pennsylvania State University
2000: Edward R. & Helen Skade Hintz Graduate Educational Enhancement Fellowship, The Pennsylvania State University
1998: John J. Nispel Scholarship Honor Award, Shippensburg University
1998: Psychology Merit Award, Shippensburg University
1998: William H. Mackaness Psychology Award, Shippensburg University
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External Grants
2009-2011: Principal Investigator. Operation diploma: Family, peer, and institutional factors related to military veterans adjustment in university life. Lilly Endowment (Subcontract awarded from Operation Diploma; Shelley MacDermid, Principal Investigator), Direct costs: $361,373.
2007-2008: Co-Investigator (Karen Fingerman, Principal Investigator). Supplement to the Psychology of Intergenerational Transfers Grant to Study Young Adult Siblings. MacArthur Network on Transitions to Adulthood (Frank Furstenberg, Network Chair), $71,454.
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Professional Service
Offices held in National and International Societies
2008-present: NCFR Research and Theory Section Nominating Committee (elected)
Editorial Board
2007-present: Family Relations
2007-present: Journal of Marriage and Family
2007-present: Journal of Research on Adolescence
2007-present: Journal of Youth and Adolescence
Ad hoc reviewer
Child Development, Developmental Psychology, Early Childhood Research Quarterly, Family Relations, Journal of Applied Developmental Psychology, Journal of Family Issues, Journal of Family Psychology, Journal of Marriage and Family, Journal of Personality, Journal of Research on Adolescence, Journal of Youth and Adolescence, Merrill-Palmer Quarterly, Parenting, Personal Relationships
Reviewer for Conference Submissions
Society for Research on Adolescence (2006, 2008)
Society for Research on Child Development (2009)
National Council on Family Relations (2002, 2003, 2007, 2008, 2009)
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