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6073
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Overview

Alan J. Hawkins is affiliated with Brigham Young University in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on social sciences and psychology, with numerous contributions in both broad and specialized fields.

Their scholarly output includes work concentrated in the following subfields:

  • Sociology and Political Science
  • Demography
  • Social Psychology
  • Clinical Psychology
  • Gender Studies

Hawkins's research topics reveal a sustained focus on family and interpersonal relationships along with developmental and gender-related dynamics, including:

  • Family Dynamics and Relationships
  • Attachment and Relationship Dynamics
  • Intergenerational Family Dynamics and Caregiving
  • Marriage and Sexual Relationships
  • Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development
  • Gender, Labor, and Family Dynamics
  • Sexual function and dysfunction studies

Their recent publications illustrate contributions to the understanding of family and couple relationships, as well as adolescent psychosocial development. Selected papers include:

  • 'Associations between prosocial behavior, externalizing behaviors, and internalizing symptoms during adolescence: A meta-analysis' (2020), published in the Journal of Adolescence
  • 'Helping couples achieve relationship success: A decade of progress in couple relationship education research and practice, 2010-2019' (2021), published in the Journal of Marital and Family Therapy
  • 'Do Responsible Fatherhood Programs Work? A Comprehensive Meta-Analytic Study' (2020), published in Family Relations
  • 'The Sexual Mindfulness Project: An Initial Presentation of the Sexual and Relational Associations of Sexual Mindfulness' (2020), published in the Journal of Couple & Relationship Therapy
  • 'How effective are ACF-funded couple relationship education programs? A meta-analytic study' (2022), published in Family Process

Hawkins frequently collaborates with several other researchers, including:

  • Erin K. Holmes
  • Braquel R. Egginton
  • Chelom E. Leavitt
  • Sarah Chobot Hokanson
  • David Simpson

Their research has regularly appeared in journals such as:

  • Journal of Marital and Family Therapy
  • Family Relations
  • Journal of Policy Analysis and Management
  • Journal of Adolescence
  • Journal of Couple & Relationship Therapy

Best Publications

  • Maternal Gatekeeping: Mothers' Beliefs and Behaviors That Inhibit Greater Father Involvement in Family Work

    Sarah M. Allen;Alan J. Hawkins

  • Finding an Extra Day a Week: The Positive Influence of Perceived Job Flexibility on Work and Family Life Balance*

    E. Jeffrey Hill;Alan J. Hawkins;Maria Ferris;Michelle Weitzman

  • Does marriage and relationship education work? A meta-analytic study.

    Alan J. Hawkins;Victoria L. Blanchard;Scott A. Baldwin;Elizabeth B. Fawcett

  • The Inventory of Father Involvement: A Pilot Study of a New Measure of Father Involvement:

    Alan J. Hawkins;Kay P. Bradford;Rob Palkovitz;Shawn L. Christiansen

  • A cross‐cultural test of the work‐family interface in 48 countries

    E. Jeffrey Hill;Chongming Yang;Alan J. Hawkins;Maria Ferris

  • Investigating the effects of marriage and relationship education on couples' communication skills: a meta-analytic study.

    Victoria L. Blanchard;Alan J. Hawkins;Scott A. Baldwin;Elizabeth B. Fawcett

  • Work and family in the virtual office: Perceived influences of mobile telework.

    E. Jeffrey Hill;Alan J. Hawkins;Brent C. Miller

  • Does parental mediation of media influence child outcomes? A meta-analysis on media time, aggression, substance use, and sexual behavior.

    Kevin M. Collier;Sarah M. Coyne;Eric E. Rasmussen;Alan J. Hawkins

  • Generative fathering : beyond deficit perspectives

    Alan J. Hawkins;David C. Dollahite;John Snarey

  • Beyond Ticks and Clicks: The Need for More Diverse and Broader Conceptualizations and Measures of Father Involvement

    Alan J. Hawkins;Rob Palkovitz

  • Rethinking Fathers' Involvement in Child Care A Developmental Perspective

    Alan J. Hawkins;Shawn L. Christiansen;Kathryn Pond Sargent;E. Jeffrey Hill

  • Fatherwork: A Conceptual Ethic of Fathering as Generative Work

    David C. Dollahite;Alan J. Hawkins

  • Father's Presence and Young Children's Behavioral and Cognitive Adjustment

    Lisa J. Crockett;David J. Eggebeen;Alan J. Hawkins

  • Do premarital education programs really work? A meta-analytic study.

    Elizabeth B. Fawcett;Alan J. Hawkins;Victoria L. Blanchard;Jason S. Carroll

  • A comprehensive framework for marriage education

    Alan J Hawkins;Jason S Carroll;William J Doherty;Brian J Willoughby

  • Reasons for Divorce and Openness to Marital Reconciliation

    Alan J. Hawkins;Brian J. Willoughby;William J. Doherty

  • Associations between prosocial behavior, externalizing behaviors, and internalizing symptoms during adolescence: A meta-analysis.

    Madison K. Memmott-Elison;Hailey G. Holmgren;Laura M. Padilla-Walker;Alan J. Hawkins

  • Exploring Wives' Sense of Fairness About Family Work An Initial Test of the Distributive Justice Framework

    Alan J. Hawkins;Christina M. Marshall;Kathryn M. Meiners

  • Exploring programmatic moderators of the effectiveness of marriage and relationship education programs: a meta-analytic study.

    Alan J. Hawkins;Scott M. Stanley;Victoria L. Blanchard;Michael Albright

  • Does Relationship and Marriage Education for Lower-Income Couples Work? A Meta-Analytic Study of Emerging Research

    Alan J. Hawkins;Tamara A. Fackrell

  • A Conceptual Ethic of Generative Fathering

    David C. Dollahite;Alan J. Hawkins

  • The Time Bind: When Work Becomes Home and Home Becomes Work / Time for Life: The Surprising Way Americans Use Their Time

    Alan J. Hawkins;E. Jeffrey Hill;Arlie Russell Hochschild;John P. Robinson

Frequent Co-Authors

E. Jeffrey Hill
E. Jeffrey Hill Brigham Young University
Howard J. Markman
Howard J. Markman University of Denver
Laura M. Padilla-Walker
Laura M. Padilla-Walker Brigham Young University
Brian J. Willoughby
Brian J. Willoughby Brigham Young University
Scott M. Stanley
Scott M. Stanley University of Denver
Kristin A. Moore
Kristin A. Moore Child Trends
Sarah M. Coyne
Sarah M. Coyne Brigham Young University
Scott A. Baldwin
Scott A. Baldwin Brigham Young University
Carolyn Pape Cowan
Carolyn Pape Cowan University of California, Berkeley
William J. Doherty
William J. Doherty University of Minnesota

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