Overall, I consider myself a scholar of parenting. Within this broad arena, I have identified two specific domains that I believe warrant effort and contribution. First, I have sought to add precision and clarity to the role of parent gender in the relationship between parenting and youth outcomes. Thus, I have attempted to address the seemingly simple questions of whether, and when, it is important to make statements about “mothering” and “fathering” instead of about “parenting.” Second, I have pursued both traditional research and engaged scholarship to provide information, structure, and resources to those in a position to apply research to perceptibly alter the parenting attitudes and behaviors within real families. From a hierarchy of needs perspective, several basic deficits must be addressed before what we know about parenting from decades of research can be optimally provided to families. My work with the Center for Parenting (http://www.center4parenting.net/) is designed to provide some of that needed infrastructure to parenting educators and family professionals. These two research streams emerged from my dual passions for (a) increasing specificity in parenting research, and (b) increasing end-user applicability of parenting research. Essentially, these dual streams reflect my firm beliefs that we can know more, and we can help more families with what we already know. Contact me at hstolz@utk.edu for information about presentations, workshops, or personalized parent coaching.
Peer-Reviewed Monograph
Parental support, psychological control, and behavioral control: Assessing relevance across time, culture, and method. (with Brian K. Barber and J A. Olsen), Monographs of the Society for Research in Child Development (2005)
Peer-Reviewed Articles
Adolescent religiosity and perceptions of parenting: Relationships with adolescent antisocial behavior and prosocial behavior. (with Teri M. Henke and Brian K. Barber), Family Science Review (2011)
Child and Parenting Skills: An evaluation of a program for pregnant and parenting teens. (with D J. Brandon and P Roberson), National Council on Family Relations Annual Conference (2011)
Disentangling fathering and mothering: The role of youth personality. (with B K. Barber, J A. Olsen, and L M. Clifford), Fathering: A Journal of Theory, Research, and Practice about Men as Fathers (2010)
Evaluating “Parent Project:” A multi-site inquiry (with L Vargas, L Clifford, H A. Gaedt, and C F. Garcia), Family Science Review (2010)
Professional preparation systems for parenting educators: Identification, perceived value, and demand for a national credential. (with T A. Henke, D J. Brandon, and J M. Sams), Journal of Extension (2010)
Book Chapters
Family and school socialization and adolescent academic achievement: A cross-national dominance analysis of achievement predictors. (with B K. Barber, J A. Olsen, L D. Erickson, K P. Bradford, S L. Maughan, and D Ward), Parent-youth relations: Cultural and cross-cultural perspectives (2005)
Presentations
Child and Parenting Skills: An evaluation of a program for pregnant and parenting teens. (with Patricia Roberson), National Council on Family Relations Annual Conference (2011)
Disentangling mothering and fathering: The role of youth personality. (with Brian K. Barber, J A. Olsen, and L C. Emhof), National Council of Family Relations Annual Conference (2009)
Adolescent religiousity and well-being: A multiple nation study. (with Brian K. Barber, Teri Henke, and J A. Olsen), National Council on Fmaily Relations Annual Conference (2008)
Examining the effectiveness of a skill-based undergraduate parenting class. (with Sally B. Hunter and A I. Richard), National Council of Family Relations Annual Conference (2006)