Sara Harkness
Professor/Human Dev and Family Sciences
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Scholarly Contributions
34 Scholarly Contributions
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
Children's activities and their meanings for parents: A mixed-methods study in six Western cultures
2011
Research Type: Journal Article
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 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
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
Research Type: Poster/Presentation
Evaluation of the Innovation Training Project: Preliminary findings.
2019
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
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