Sara Harkness
Professor/Human Dev and Family Sciences

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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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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