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Carolyn Tucker Halpern is affiliated with the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in the United States. Their research spans multiple disciplines within social sciences and health professions, focusing on various aspects of adolescent and young adult health and well-being.

The primary fields of study include social sciences with 84 publications and health professions with 57 publications. In terms of subfields, their work encompasses general health professions, health, sociology and political science, gender studies, and clinical psychology.

The main topics covered in their research are adolescent sexual and reproductive health, intimate partner and family violence, health disparities and outcomes, poverty, education, and child welfare, child and adolescent health, LGBTQ health, identity, and policy, as well as gender roles and identity studies.

Recent papers by Carolyn Tucker Halpern include:

  • Race/Ethnicity, Gender, and Trajectories of Depressive Symptoms Across Early- and Mid-Life Among the Add Health Cohort (2020) published in Journal of Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities
  • Intimate Partner Violence Perpetration and Victimization Among Young Adult Sexual Minorities (2020) published in Perspectives on Sexual and Reproductive Health
  • Associations Between Mother-Adolescent and Father-Adolescent Relationships and Young Adult Health (2023) published in JAMA Network Open
  • Adolescent Experiences of Violence Victimizations Among Minors Who Exchange Sex/Experience Minor Sex Trafficking (2021) published in Journal of Interpersonal Violence
  • Impact of the Kenya Cash Transfer for Orphans and Vulnerable Children on early pregnancy and marriage of adolescent girls (2020) published by UNC Libraries

Frequent coauthors collaborating with Carolyn Tucker Halpern are:

  • Kathleen Mullan Harris
  • Carol A. Ford
  • Jon M. Hussey
  • Abigail A. Haydon
  • Cherrie B. Boyer

The scientist has published extensively in several venues, notably UNC Libraries with 78 publications and Journal of Adolescent Health with 12 publications. Other venues include The Journal of Sexual Medicine, Journal of Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities, and Perspectives on Sexual and Reproductive Health.

Best Publications

  • Partner violence among adolescents in opposite-sex romantic relationships: findings from the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health.

    Carolyn Tucker Halpern;Selene G. Oslak;Mary L. Young;Sandra L. Martin

  • Young Age at First Sexual Intercourse and Sexually Transmitted Infections in Adolescents and Young Adults

    Christine E. Kaestle;Carolyn T. Halpern;William C. Miller;Carol A. Ford

  • Adolescent depression and suicide risk: association with sex and drug behavior.

    Denise Dion Hallfors;Martha W. Waller;Carol A. Ford;Carolyn Tucker Halpern

  • Which Comes First in Adolescence—Sex and Drugs or Depression?

    Denise D. Hallfors;Martha W. Waller;Daniel J Bauer;Carol A. Ford

  • Cohort Profile: The National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent to Adult Health (Add Health)

    Kathleen Mullan Harris;Carolyn Tucker Halpern;Eric A Whitsel;Jon M Hussey

  • Mass media as a sexual super peer for early maturing girls.

    Jane D. Brown;Carolyn Tucker Halpern;Kelly Ladin L’Engle

  • Patterns of intimate partner violence victimization from adolescence to young adulthood in a nationally representative sample.

    Carolyn Tucker Halpern;Aubrey L. Spriggs;Sandra L. Martin;Lawrence L. Kupper

  • Growing up with a chronic illness: Social success, educational/vocational distress.

    Gary R. Maslow;Gary R. Maslow;Abigail Haydon;Annie-Laurie McRee;Carol Ann Ford

  • Smart teens don't have sex (or kiss much either).

    Carolyn Tucker Halpern;Kara Joyner;J.Richard Udry;Chirayath Suchindran

  • Early Adolescent Sexual Initiation as a Problem Behavior: A Comparative Study of Five Nations

    Aubrey Spriggs Madkour;Tilda Farhat;Carolyn Tucker Halpern;Emmanuelle Godeau

  • Prevalence of partner violence in same-sex romantic and sexual relationships in a national sample of adolescents

    Carolyn Tucker Halpern;Mary L. Young;Martha W. Waller;Sandra L. Martin

  • Invited Commentary: Broadening the Evidence for Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health and Education in the United States

    Amy T. Schalet;John S. Santelli;Stephen T. Russell;Carolyn T. Halpern

  • The Government of Kenya’s cash transfer program reduces the risk of sexual debut among young people age 15-25.

    Sudhanshu Handa;Carolyn Tucker Halpern;Audrey Pettifor;Harsha Thirumurthy

  • Testosterone and pubertal development as predictors of sexual activity: a panel analysis of adolescent males.

    C T Halpern;J R Udry;B Campbell;C Suchindran

  • A relational view of causality in normal and abnormal development

    Gilbert Gottlieb;Carolyn Tucker Halpern

  • Supporting Adolescent Orphan Girls to Stay in School as HIV Risk Prevention: Evidence From a Randomized Controlled Trial in Zimbabwe

    Denise Hallfors;Hyunsan Cho;Simbarashe Rusakaniko;Bonita J. Iritani

  • Parenting quality, DRD4, and the prediction of externalizing and internalizing behaviors in early childhood

    C. Propper;M. Willoughby;Carolyn T Halpern;M. A. Carbone

  • The National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health (Add Health) twin data.

    Kathleen Mullan Harris;Carolyn Tucker Halpern;Andrew Smolen;Brett C. Haberstick

  • Effects of a Large-Scale Unconditional Cash Transfer Program on Mental Health Outcomes of Young People in Kenya

    Kelly Kilburn;Harsha Thirumurthy;Carolyn Tucker Halpern;Audrey Pettifor

  • Impact of the Kenya Cash Transfer for Orphans and Vulnerable Children on early pregnancy and marriage of adolescent girls

    Sudhanshu Handa;Amber Peterman;Carolyn Huang;Carolyn Halpern

  • Gene – Environment Contributions to the Development of Infant Vagal Reactivity: The Interaction of Dopamine and Maternal Sensitivity

    Cathi Propper;Ginger A. Moore;W. Roger Mills-Koonce;Carolyn Tucker Halpern

  • The National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health (Add Health) sibling pairs data.

    Kathleen Mullan Harris;Carolyn Tucker Halpern;Brett C. Haberstick;Andrew Smolen

Frequent Co-Authors

J. Richard Udry
J. Richard Udry University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Susan T. Ennett
Susan T. Ennett University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Redford B. Williams
Redford B. Williams Duke University
Brett C. Haberstick
Brett C. Haberstick University of Colorado Boulder
Ilene C. Siegler
Ilene C. Siegler Duke University
Vangie A. Foshee
Vangie A. Foshee University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Edwin B. Fisher
Edwin B. Fisher University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
John K. Hewitt
John K. Hewitt University of Colorado Boulder
Richard M. Lerner
Richard M. Lerner Tufts University
Gilbert Gottlieb
Gilbert Gottlieb University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

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