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Margaret Tresch Owen is affiliated with The University of Texas at Dallas in the United States. Their research primarily spans the fields of psychology and social sciences, with a notable focus on clinical psychology and education. Within these fields, their work intersects multiple subfields, including developmental and educational psychology, sociology and political science, and social psychology.

Their recent scholarly contributions include publications in several established academic journals. Notable papers are: "The Talk" and Parenting While Black in America: Centering Race, Resistance, and Refuge (2021, Journal of Black Psychology), Beyond talk: Contributions of quantity and quality of communication to language success across socioeconomic strata (2020, Infancy), Racism and preparation for bias within African American families (2020, Cultural Diversity & Ethnic Minority Psychology), Severe poverty and growth in behavioral self-regulation: The mediating role of parenting (2020, Journal of Applied Developmental Psychology), and Developmental Pathways to BPD-Related Features in Adolescence: Infancy to Age 15 (2020, Journal of Personality Disorders).

Their research topics address a range of issues within early childhood education and development, child and adolescent psychosocial and emotional development, and racial and ethnic identity research. Additional areas of focus include parental involvement in education, family and disability support research, language development and disorders, and attachment and relationship dynamics.

Margaret Tresch Owen has frequently published in the following venues: Early Childhood Research Quarterly, Cultural Diversity & Ethnic Minority Psychology, Frontiers in Psychology, Infants & Young Children, and Journal of Black Psychology.

The scholar has collaborated extensively with a network of coauthors, including Margaret O'Brien Caughy, Roger Bakeman, Kimberly R. Osborne, Amy Pace, and Ashley A. Walsdorf.

  • Psychology
  • Social Sciences

  • Clinical Psychology
  • Education
  • Developmental and Educational Psychology
  • Sociology and Political Science
  • Social Psychology

  • Early Childhood Education and Development
  • Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development
  • Racial and Ethnic Identity Research
  • Parental Involvement in Education
  • Family and Disability Support Research
  • Language Development and Disorders
  • Attachment and Relationship Dynamics

  • "The Talk" and Parenting While Black in America: Centering Race, Resistance, and Refuge (2021, Journal of Black Psychology)
  • Beyond talk: Contributions of quantity and quality of communication to language success across socioeconomic strata (2020, Infancy)
  • Racism and preparation for bias within African American families (2020, Cultural Diversity & Ethnic Minority Psychology)
  • Severe poverty and growth in behavioral self-regulation: The mediating role of parenting (2020, Journal of Applied Developmental Psychology)
  • Developmental Pathways to BPD-Related Features in Adolescence: Infancy to Age 15 (2020, Journal of Personality Disorders)

  • Margaret O'Brien Caughy
  • Roger Bakeman
  • Kimberly R. Osborne
  • Amy Pace
  • Ashley A. Walsdorf

  • Early Childhood Research Quarterly
  • Cultural Diversity & Ethnic Minority Psychology
  • Frontiers in Psychology
  • Infants & Young Children
  • Journal of Black Psychology

Best Publications

  • Are There Long‐Term Effects of Early Child Care?

    Jay Belsky;Deborah Lowe Vandell;Margaret Burchinal;K. Alison Clarke-Stewart

  • The Contribution of Early Communication Quality to Low-Income Children’s Language Success

    Kathy Hirsh-Pasek;Lauren B. Adamson;Roger Bakeman;Margaret Tresch Owen

  • Child Care and Mother-Child Interaction in the First Three Years of Life

    M Appelbaum;DA Batten;J Belsky;C Booth

  • Nonmaternal Care and Family Factors in Early Development: An Overview of the NICHD Study of Early Child Care

    Virginia Allhusen;Mark Appelbaum;Jay Belsky;Cathryn L. Booth

  • Duration and Developmental Timing of Poverty and Children's Cognitive and Social Development from Birth Through Third Grade.

    Virginia Allhusen;Jay Belsky;Cathryn Booth-LaForce;Robert Bradley

  • Child-care effect sizes for the NICHD Study of Early Child Care and Youth Development

    A Huston;C. Booth-LaForce;Robert Bradley;C. Brownell

  • Marriage, adult adjustment, and early parenting.

    Martha J Cox;M. T. Owen;J. M. Lewis;V. K. Henderson

  • Interpersonal and genetic origins of adult attachment styles: A longitudinal study from infancy to early adulthood.

    R. Chris Fraley;Glenn I. Roisman;Cathryn Booth-LaForce;Margaret Tresch Owen

  • Effects of parental separation and divorce on very young children.

    K. Alison Clarke-Stewart;Deborah L. Vandell;Kathleen McCartney;Margaret T. Owen

  • Marital conflict and the development of infant-parent attachment relationships

    Margaret Tresch Owen;Martha J. Cox

  • Familial factors associated with the characteristics of nonmaternal care for infants

    Mark Appelbaum;Dee Ann Batten;Jay Belsky;Cathryn Booth

  • Child care and children's peer interaction at 24 and 36 months: The NICHD study of early child care - NICHD early child care research network

    Mark Appelbaum;Dee Ann Batten;Jay Belsky;Cathryn Booth

  • Prediction of Infant-Father and Infant-Mother Attachment

    Martha J. Cox;Margaret Tresch Owen;V. Kay Henderson;Nancy A. Margand

  • Does Quality of Child Care Affect Child Outcomes at Age 4 1 ⁄ 2?

    N Marshall;CA Brownell;M Burchinal;B Caldwell

  • Type of child care and children's development at 54 months

    Virginia Allhusen;Jay Belsky;Cathryn L. Booth;Robert Bradley

  • Infant-mother attachment classification: Risk and protection in relation to changing maternal caregiving quality

    Jay Belsky;Jay Belsky;Cathryn L. Booth-LaForce;Robert Bradley;Celia A. Brownell

  • Testing a series of causal propositions relating time in child care to children's externalizing behavior.

    Kathleen McCartney;Margaret Burchinal;Alison Clarke-Stewart;Kristen L. Bub

  • Frequency and intensity of activity of third-grade children in physical education.

    Jay Belsky;Cathryn Booth;Robert Bradley;Celia A. Brownell

  • Child-care and family predictors of preschool attachment and stability from infancy

    M Appelbaum;J Belsky;C Booth;R Bradley

  • Affect dysregulation in the mother-child relationship in the toddler years: Antecedents and consequences

    Virginia Allhusen;Jay Belsky;Cathryn L. Booth;Robert Bradley

Frequent Co-Authors

Martha J. Cox
Martha J. Cox University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Jay Belsky
Jay Belsky University of California, Davis
Deborah Lowe Vandell
Deborah Lowe Vandell University of California, Irvine
Margaret Burchinal
Margaret Burchinal University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Sarah L. Friedman
Sarah L. Friedman George Washington University
Susan J. Spieker
Susan J. Spieker University of Washington
Robert C. Pianta
Robert C. Pianta University of Virginia
Marsha Weinraub
Marsha Weinraub Temple University
Kathleen McCartney
Kathleen McCartney Harvard University
K. Alison Clarke-Stewart
K. Alison Clarke-Stewart University of California, Irvine

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