Sara Harkness
Professor/Human Dev and Family Sciences

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van Schaik, S. D. M., Mavridis, C., de Looze, M. E., Blom, M. J. M., Super, C. M., & Harkness, S. (2020). Getting the baby on a schedule: Dutch and American mothers’ ethnotheories and the establishment of diurnal rhythms in early infancy. New Directions for Child and Adolescent Development, 170, 13-42. http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/cad.20336
2020
Research Type: Journal Article

Various Potentials
2024
Charles M Super, Sara Harkness
Research Type: Journal Article

Tsamaase, M. M., Harkness, S., & Super, C. M. (2020). Grandmothers’ developmental expectations for early childhood in Botswana. New Directions for Child and Adolescent Development, 170, 93-112. http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/cad.20335
2020
Research Type: Journal Article

The cultural organization of children’s environments
2012
Charles M Super, Sara Harkness
Research Type: Book

The challenges (and rewards) of parenting: A cross-cultural perspective.
2019
Sara Harkness, Charles M Super
Research Type: Poster/Presentation

Supervising home visitors at a distance: Challenges and adaptations during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Caroline A Mavridis, Sara Harkness, Kim Gans-Deluca
Research Type: Journal Article

Super, C. M., Harkness, S., Zylicz, O., Bonichini, S., Rios Bermudez, M., & Welles, B. Children’s sleep as a cultural activity. Poster presented at 32nd Quadrennial International Congress of Psychology (virtual), Prague, July 19, 2021.
2021
Research Type: Poster/Presentation

Super, C. M., Harkness, S., Bonichini, S., Welles, B. Zylicz, P. O., Ríos Bermúdez, M., & Palacios, J. (2020). Developmental continuity and change in the cultural construction of the “difficult child: A study in six Western cultures. New Directions for Child and Adolescent Development, 170, 43-68. http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/cad.20338
2020
Research Type: Journal Article

Super, C. M., & Harkness, S. (2020). Culture and the perceived organization of newborn behavior: A comparative study in Kenya and the U.S. New Directions for Child and Adolescent Development. doi: http:// 10.1002/cad.20366
2020
Research Type: Journal Article

Play and learning in the pre-school years: The cross-cultural evidence.
2012
Charles M Super, Sara Harkness
Research Type: Other Scholarly Work

Parents, preschools, and the developmental niches of young children: A study in four Western cultures.
2020
Alexandria Tomkunas, Caroline A Mavridis, Sabrina Bonichini, Jesus Palacios, Saskia D.M. van Schaik, Moises Rios Bermudez, Charles M Super, Sara Harkness
Research Type: Book Chapter

Parents and teachers as partners in the education of young children: A cross-cultural perspective
2017
Research Type: Poster/Presentation

Parental ethnotheories and the development of family relationships is early and middle childhood.
2015
Charles M Super, Caroline Mavridis, Jia Li Liu, Sara Harkness
Research Type: Other Scholarly Work

Liu, J. L., Harkness, S., & Super, C. M. (2020). Chinese mothers’ cultural models of children’s shyness: Ethnotheories and socialization strategies in the context of social change. New Directions for Child and Adolescent Development, 170, 69-92. http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/cad.20340.
2020
Research Type: Journal Article

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

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. (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. 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. (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. (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