RAPID Academic Articles

  • Ibekwe-Okafor, N., Sims, J., & Curenton S. M. (2023). Black Motherhood and the Dual Pandemic: The Protective Role of Stable Income on Mental Wellbeing. Journal of Social Issues. doi.org/10.1111/josi.12577. https://spssi.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/josi.12577 

  • Ibekwe-Okator, N., Sims, J., Liu, S., Curenton-Jolly, S., Iruka, I., Escayg, K.A., Bruno, B., Fisher, P. A. (2023). Examining the relationships between discrimination, access to material resources, and Black children’s behavioral functioning during COVID-19. Early Childhood Research Quarterly. doi: 10.1016/j.ecresq.2022.09.005. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0885200622001016 

  • Liu, S., & Fisher, P. A. (2022). Early experience unpredictability in child development as a model for understanding the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic: A translational neuroscience perspective. Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience, 54, 101091. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/35217299/ 

  • Liu, S., Lombardi, J., Dutta-Gupta, I., & Fisher, P. A. (in press). Racial/ethnic wealth gaps and material hardship disparities among U.S. households with young children: An investigation in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic. Early Childhood Research Quarterly.

  • Liu, S., Lombardi, J., & Fisher, P. A. (2022). The COVID-19 pandemic impact on households of young children with special healthcare needs. Journal of Pediatric Psychology, 47(2), 158-170. doi: 10.1093/jpepsy/jsab135. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/34957525/ 

  • Liu, S., Zalewski, M., Lengua, L. J., Gunnar, M. R., Giuliani, N., & Fisher, P. A. (2022) Material hardship level and unpredictability in relation to U.S. households’ family interactions and emotional well-being: Insights from the COVID-19 pandemic. Social Science and Medicine, 307, 115173. doi: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2022.115173. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/35785642/ 

  • Weston, S. J., Condon, D. M., & Fisher, P. A. (2021). Psychosocial factors associated with preventive pediatric care during the COVID-19 pandemic. Social Science & Medicine, 287, 114356. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/34474308/ 

  • Weston, S. J., Shryock, I., Light, R., & Fisher, P. A. (2023). Selecting the Number and Labels of Topics in Topic Modeling: A Tutorial. Advances in Methods and Practices in Psychological Science, 6(2), 25152459231160105. https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/25152459231160105 

  • Zalewski, M., Liu, S., Gunnar, M., Lengua, L. J., & Fisher, P. A. (2023). Mental health trajectories of US parents with young children during the COVID-19 pandemic: A universal introduction of risk. Clinical Psychological Science. doi: 10.1177/21677026221083275. https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/21677026221083275?journalCode=cpxa