Selected Publications
Herman, R. J., Craft, A. L., Rowley, C. A., Perry-Jenkins, M., Powers, S. I., Kline Pruett, M., Straus, R. B., Byatt, N. (In press). A Co-parent Intervention to Prevent Prenatal Stress and Depression in Families with Lower Incomes.
Craft, A. L., Rowley, C. A., & Perry-Jenkins, M. (2022). Multiracial families: Differences in values & relational outcomes. Journal of Child and Family Studies, 31(3), 629-648.
Craft, A. L., Perry-Jenkins, M., Herman, R., & Spencer, R. M. (2021). Parents’ Nonstandard Work and Children’s Sleep: The Mediating Role of Bedtime Routines. Journal of Pediatric Psychology, 46(6), 719-728.
Herman, R. J., & Perry-Jenkins, M. (2020). Low-wage Work Conditions and Mother–Infant Interaction Quality Across the Transition to Parenthood. Journal of Child and Family Studies, 29(12), 3552-3564.
Newkirk, K., Perry?Jenkins, M., Laws, H. B., & Hien, M. (2020). Workplace Policies and Perinatal Depressive Symptoms Among Low?Income Single and Partnered Working Mothers. Family Relations, 69(4), 770-778.
Perry-Jenkins, M., Laws, H. B., Sayer, A., & Newkirk, K. (2020). Parents’ work and children’s development: A longitudinal investigation of working-class families. Journal of Family Psychology, 34(3), 257.
Perry?Jenkins, M., & Gerstel, N. (2020). Work and family in the second decade of the 21st century. Journal of Marriage and Family, 82(1), 420-453.
Perry-Jenkins, M. & Schoppe-Sullivan (2018). The transition to parenthood in sociocultural context. Chapter in B. Frieze, B & K. Deater-Deckard (Eds.) Handbook of Contemporary Family Psychology, APA press.
Perry?Jenkins, M., & Wadsworth, S. M. (2017). Work and family research and theory: Review and analysis from an ecological perspective. Journal of Family Theory & Review, 9(2), 219-237.
Perry-Jenkins, M., Smith, J. Z., Wadsworth, L. P., & Halpern, H. P. (2017). Workplace policies and mental health among working-class, new parents. Community, Work & Family, 20(2), 226-249. doi:10.1080/13668803.2016.1252721
Newkirk, K., Perry-Jenkins, M., & Sayer, A. G. (2017). Division of Household and Childcare Labor and Relationship Conflict among Low-Income New Parents. Sex Roles: A Journal Of Research, (5-6), 319. doi:10.1007/s11199-016-0604-3
Halpern, H. P., & Perry-Jenkins, M. (2016). Parents’ gender ideology and gendered behavior as predictors of children’s gender-role attitudes: A longitudinal exploration. Sex Roles, 74(11-12), 527-542. doi:10.1007/s11199-015-0539-0
Yoon, Y., Newkirk, K., & Perry-Jenkins, M. (2015). Family dinnertime routines, parenting stress and children’s social development. Family Relations, 64(1), 93-107.
Goldberg, A., Smith, J., & Perry-Jenkins (2012). The division of labor in lesbian, gay and heterosexual newly adoptive couples. Journal of Marriage and Family, 74(4), 812-828.
Perry-Jenkins, M., Goldberg, A., Smith, J. Z., & Logan, J. (2011) Working-class jobs and new parents’ mental health. Journal of Marriage and Family, 73(5), 1117-1132.
Barry, A.B., Smith, J.Z., Deutsch, F.M., & Perry-Jenkins, M. (2011) Fathers’ involvement in child care and perceptions of parenting skill over the transition to parenthood. Journal of Family Issues, 32(11), 1500-1521.
Meteyer, K.B., & Perry-Jenkins, M. (2010). Division of childcare among working-class, dual-earner couples. Fathering: A Journal of Theory, Research and Practice about Men as Fathers, 8(3), 379-403.
Hayes, U.L., Balaban, S., Smith, J.Z., Perry-Jenkins, M, & Powers, S.I. (2010). Role of pelvic sensory signaling during delivery in postpartum mental health. Journal of Reproductive and Infant Psychology, 28(3), 307-323.