Sara Harkness
Professor/Human Dev and Family Sciences

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Barbot, B., Hein, S., Trentacosta, C., Beckmann, J. F., Bick, J., Crocetti, E., Liu, Y., Rao, S. F., Liew, J., Overbeek, G., Ponguta, L. A., Scheithauer, H., Super, C. M., Arnett, J., Bukowski, W., Cook, T. D., Cooper, C. R., Côté, J., Eccles, J., Eid, M., Hiraki, K., Johnson, M., Juang, L., Landi, N., Leckman, J., Mulvey, K. L., McCardle, P., Piquero, A. R., Preiss, D. D., Siegler, R., Soenens, B., Yousafzai, A. K., Bornstein, M. H., Goossens, L., Harkness, S., van IJzendoorn, M. H.. (2020). Manifesto for New Directions in Developmental Science. New Directions for Child and Adolescent Development. http://dx.doi.org/:10.1002/cad.20359
2020
Research Type: Journal Article

Charting infant development: Milestones along the way
2015
Charles M Super, Sara Harkness
Research Type: Book Chapter

Children's activities and their meanings for parents: A mixed-methods study in six Western cultures
2011
Sabrina Bonichini, Pietor Zylicz, Barbara Welles-Nystrom, Caroline Mavridis, Sara Harkness, Ughetta Moscardino, Charles M Super, Moises Rios Bermudez
Research Type: Journal Article

Children’s sleep as a cultural activity.
2021
Sara Harkness, Charles M Super
Research Type: Poster/Presentation

Culture and Policy in Early Childhood Development.
2024
Sara Harkness, Charles M Super
Research Type: Other Scholarly Work

Culture and early childhood development: Implications for policy and programs
2013
Research Type: Book

Culture and parenting: From theoretical foundations to research and practice
2019
Research Type: Poster/Presentation

Culture and the challenges of being a good parent
2024
Sara Harkness, Charles M Super
Research Type: Book Chapter

Culture and the organization of infant sleep: A study in the Netherlands and the U.S.A. Infant Behavior and Development, 64. Doi: 10.1016/j.infbeh.2021.101620.
2021
Charles M Super, Sara Harkness, Marjolijn J.M. Blom, Sara Harkness
Research Type: Journal Article

Does culture mediate the relationship between infant temperament and mothers’ mood? A study in Italy, Spain, and the U.S.
2013
Charles M Super, Caroline Mavridis, Blanca Huitron Vasquez, Sara Harkness, Ughetta Moscardino
Research Type: Poster/Presentation

Evaluation of the Innovation Training Project: Preliminary findings.
2019
Sara Harkness, Charles M Super, Caroline A Mavridis
Research Type: Poster/Presentation

Feng, X., Harkness, S., Super, C. M., Welles, B., Ríos Bermúdez, M., Bonichini, S., Moscardino, U., & Zylicz, P. O. (2020). Parents’ concepts of the successful school child in seven western cultures. New Directions for Child and Adolescent Development, 170, 143-170. http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/cad.20337
2020
Research Type: Journal Article

From Emotional Closeness to Emotional Intelligence: What I Learned about Italian Cultural Models from Vanna. In S. Bonichini & M.R. Barone (Eds.), Sviluppo e salute del bambino: fattori individuali, sociali e culturali – In recordo de Vanna Axia (From Emotional Closeness to Emotional Intelligence: What I Learned about Italian Cultural Models from Vanna.
2011
Research Type: Book

Getting the baby on a schedule: Dutch and American mothers’ ethnotheories and the establishment of diurnal rhythms in early infancy.
2020
Marjolijn J.M. Blom, Caroline A Mavridis, Sara Harkness, Margaretha De Looze, Saskia D.M. van Schaik, Charles M Super
Research Type: Book Chapter

Harkness, S. (2023). Commentary for “Parenting culture(s): Ideal parent beliefs across 37 countries.” Journal of Cross-cultural Psychology, 54(1), 25-29.
2023
Research Type: Journal Article

Harkness, S. (Discussant) (2022). Development across Preschool Years in Emotional and Executive Functioning: Roles of Maternal Depressive Symptoms, Emotionality, and Emotion Coaching (E. Hooper & S. Ku, organizers). Meeting of the International Society for the Study of Behavioral Development, Rhodes, Greece, June 24)
2022
Research Type: Poster/Presentation

Harkness, S. Culture and human development: Where did it go? And where is it going? And why does it matter? Invited colloquium, Behavioral Sciences Institute, Radboud University, The Netherlands (June 27)
2022
Research Type: Poster/Presentation

Harkness, S., & Super, C. M. (2020). Cross-cultural research on parents: Applications to the care and education of children introduction to the issue. In S. Harkness & C. M. Super (Eds.), Cross-Cultural Research on Parents: Applications to the Care and Education of Children. New Directions for Child and Adolescent Development, 170, 7-12. http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/cad.20341
2020
Research Type: Journal Article

Harkness, S., & Super, C. M. Culture and Parental Burnout. Invited keynote address at the Second International Conference on Parental Burnout (virtual), May 6, 2021.
2021
Research Type: Poster/Presentation

Harkness, S., Super, C. M., Bonichini, S., Ríos Bermúdez, M., Mavridis, C., van Schaik, S. D. M., Tomkunas, A., & Palacios, J. (2020). Parents, preschools, and the developmental niches of young children: A study in four western cultures. New Directions for Child and Adolescent Development, 170, 113-142. http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/cad.20343
2020
Research Type: Journal Article