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Overview

Mark A. Fine is affiliated with the University of North Carolina at Greensboro in the United States. Their research focuses predominantly on social sciences, with particular emphasis on family dynamics and relationships, intergenerational family dynamics and caregiving, and issues related to demographic trends and gender preferences.

The main fields and subfields of Mark A. Fine's work include:

  • Social Sciences
  • Demography
  • Sociology and Political Science
  • Gender Studies
  • Social Psychology
  • Safety Research

Their research topics cover a range of themes such as:

  • Family Dynamics and Relationships
  • Intergenerational Family Dynamics and Caregiving
  • Demographic Trends and Gender Preferences
  • Gender, Labor, and Family Dynamics
  • Academic integrity and plagiarism
  • Clinical Reasoning and Diagnostic Skills
  • Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare and Education

Mark A. Fine's recent publications include:

  • "Announcing Family Transitions: A Dedicated Outlet Examining the Complexity of Contemporary Family Structures and Changes" (2023) in Journal of Divorce & Remarriage
  • "Distinctions between Scientific Misconduct and Bias in Social Science: Avoidable versus Unavoidable Deviations from Best Practices in Research" (2021) in Marriage & Family Review
  • "The Divorce Process and Child Adaptation Trajectory Typology (DPCATT) Model: The Shaping Role of Predivorce and Postdivorce Interparental Conflict" (2022) in Clinical Child and Family Psychology Review
  • "Ethnic variations in mothers' and children's positive and negative emotional expressions toward each other" (2020) in Social Development
  • "A Continued and Expanded Focus on Divorce-Related Research: Honoring Traditions and Elevating Discourse" (2024) in Family Transitions

Frequent coauthors collaborating with Mark A. Fine include:

  • Luke Russell
  • Anthony J. Ferraro
  • Hongjian Cao
  • Leslie Anderson
  • Kari Adamsons

Mark A. Fine has published frequently in the following venues:

  • Family Transitions
  • Journal of Family Theory & Review
  • Clinical Child and Family Psychology Review
  • Journal of Divorce & Remarriage
  • Marriage & Family Review

Best Publications

  • Reinvestigating Remarriage: Another Decade of Progress

    Marilyn Coleman;Lawrence Ganong;Mark Fine

  • Maternal intrusiveness, maternal warmth, and mother-toddler relationship outcomes: Variations across low-income ethnic and acculturation groups.

    Jean M. Ispa;Mark A. Fine;Linda C. Halgunseth;Scott Harper

  • Reckless driving in adolescence: 'state' and 'trait' factors.

    Jeffrey Jensen Arnett;Daniel Offer;Mark A. Fine

  • Examining Ethnic Identity among Mexican-Origin Adolescents Living in the United States:

    Adriana J. Umaña-Taylor;Mark A. Fine

  • Correlates and Consequences of Spanking and Verbal Punishment for Low-Income White, African American, and Mexican American Toddlers

    Lisa J. Berlin;Jean M. Ispa;Mark A. Fine;Patrick S. Malone

  • Ethnic Identity and Self-Esteem of Latino Adolescents Distinctions Among The Latino Populations

    Adriana J. Umaña-Taylor;Marcelo Diversi;Mark A. Fine;Mark A. Fine

  • School Adjustment in Sixth Graders: Parenting Transitions, Family Climate, and Peer Norm Effects

    Lawrence A. Kurdek;Mark A. Fine;Ronald J. Sinclair

  • Reflections on determining authorship credit and authorship order on faculty-student collaborations

    Mark A. Fine;Lawrence A. Kurdek

  • Methodological implications of grouping Latino adolescents into one collective ethnic group

    Adriana J. Umaña-Taylor;Mark A. Fine

  • Long-Term Effects of Divorce on Parent-Child Relationships

    Mark A. Fine;John R. Moreland;Andrew I. Schwebel

  • Family Acceptance and Family Control as Predictors of Adjustment in Young Adolescents: Linear, Curvilinear, or Interactive Effects?

    Lawrence A. Kurdek;Mark A. Fine

  • Stepparents' Affinity-Seeking and Affinity-Maintaining Strategies With Stepchildren

    Lawrence Ganong;Marilyn Coleman;Mark Fine;Patricia Martin

  • Handbook of Divorce and Relationship Dissolution

    Mark A. Fine;John H. Harvey

  • The relation between gender and negative attitudes toward gay men and lesbians: Do gender role attitudes mediate this relation?

    John G. Kerns;Mark A. Fine;Mark A. Fine

  • Consistency in Perceptions of the Step-Parent Role among Step-Parents, Parents and Stepchildren

    Mark A. Fine;Marilyn Coleman;Lawrence H. Ganong

  • When you're not the Brady Bunch: Identifying perceived conflicts and resolution strategies in stepfamilies

    Marilyn Coleman;Mark A. Fine;Lawrence H. Ganong;Kimberly J. M. Downs

  • Handbook of Family Diversity

    David H. Demo;Katherine R. Allen;Mark A. Fine

  • Modeling Parenting Stress Trajectories Among Low-Income Young Mothers Across the Child's Second and Third Years : Factors Accounting for Stability and Change

    Yiting Chang;Mark A. Fine

  • The development and validation of an instrument to assess an optimal Afrocentric world view.

    Derek E. Montgomery;Mark A. Fine;Linda James-Myers

  • The Relation between Family Structure and Young Adolescents' Appraisals of Family Climate and Parenting Behavior.

    Lawrence A. Kurdek;Mark A. Fine

  • Cognition in Close Relationships

    Mark A. Fine;Garth J. O. Fletcher;Frank D. Fincham

Frequent Co-Authors

Lawrence A. Kurdek
Lawrence A. Kurdek Wright State University
Randy A. Sansone
Randy A. Sansone Wright State University
Marilyn Coleman
Marilyn Coleman University of Missouri
John H. Harvey
John H. Harvey University of Iowa
Lawrence H. Ganong
Lawrence H. Ganong University of Missouri
Xiaoyi Fang
Xiaoyi Fang Beijing Normal University
Adriana J. Umaña-Taylor
Adriana J. Umaña-Taylor Harvard University
Patrick C. McKenry
Patrick C. McKenry The Ohio State University
James C. Overholser
James C. Overholser Case Western Reserve University
Jeanne Brooks-Gunn
Jeanne Brooks-Gunn Columbia University

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