Selected Research from Dr. Deborah Vandell and colleagues.
Dearing, Eric & Bustamante, Andres & Zachrisson, Henrik & Vandell, Deborah. (2024). Accumulation of Opportunities Predicts the Educational Attainment and Adulthood Earnings of Children Born Into Low- Versus Higher-Income Households. Educational Researcher. 53. 10.3102/0013189X241283456.
Vandell, Deborah & Simpkins, Sandra. (2024). Organized Afterschool Activities as a Developmental Context for Children and Adolescents. 10.1016/bs.acdb.2024.07.005.
Simpkins, Sandra & Vandell, Deborah & Liu, Yangyang. (2023). Participation and enjoyment in Out-of-School activities during adolescence as predictors of activities in adulthood. Journal of Research on Adolescence. 33. 10.1111/jora.12838.
Vandell, Deborah & Simpkins, Sandra. (2023, March 23-25). Three Developmental Pathways Linking Early Care and Education to Adult Educational Attainment. [Conference Presentation]SRCD 2023 Biennial Meeting. Salt Lake City, Utah, United States.
Hsieh, Ta-yang (Diane) & Simpkins, Sandra & Vandell, Deborah. (2022). Longitudinal associations between adolescent out‐of‐school time and adult substance use. Journal of Adolescence. 95. 10.1002/jad.12104.
Liu, Yangyang & Simpkins, Sandra & Vandell, Deborah. (2021). Developmental pathways linking the quality and intensity of organized afterschool activities in middle school to academic performance in high school. Journal of Adolescence. 92. 152-164. 10.1016/j.adolescence.2021.09.002.
Vandell, Deborah & Simpkins, Sandra & Liu, Yangyang. (2020). From early care and education to adult problem behaviors: A prevention pathway through after-school organized activities. Development and Psychopathology. 33. 1-12. 10.1017/S0954579420001376.
Vandell, Deborah & Lee, Kenneth & Auger, Anamarie & Pierce, Kim. (2020). Cumulative and Differential Effects of Early Child Care and Middle Childhood Out-of-School Time on Adolescent Functioning. Child Development. Volume 91, Number 1, Pages 129–144.
Yangyang Liu , Sandra D. Simpkins & Deborah Lowe Vandell (2020): Teachers, afterschool program staff, and mothers: Relationships with key adults and children’s adjustment in early elementary school, Applied Developmental Science, DOI: 10.1080/10888691.2020.1826321.
Lee, Kenneth & Lewis, Ryan & Kataoka, Sabrina & Schenke, Katerina & Vandell, Deborah. (2018). Out-of-School Time and Behaviors During Adolescence. Journal of Research on Adolescence. 28. 10.1111/jora.12389.
Lee, Kenneth & Vandell, Deborah. (2015). Out-of-School Time and Adolescent Substance Use. The Journal of adolescent health : official publication of the Society for Adolescent Medicine. 57. 10.1016/j.jadohealth.2015.07.003.
Crosnoe, Robert & Smith, Chelsea & Leventhal, Tama. (2014). Family Background, School-Age Trajectories of Activity Participation, and Academic Achievement at the Start of High School. Applied Developmental Science. 19. 1-14. 10.1080/10888691.2014.983031.
Auger, Anamarie, Pierce, Kim & Vandell, Deborah. (2013, April 11) Narrowing the Achievement Gap: Consistency and Intensity of Structured Activities during Elementary School. [Conference Presentation.] Society for Research in Child Development Biennial Meeting. Seattle, Washington, United States.
Durlak, Joseph & Weissberg, Roger & Pachan, Molly. (2010). A Meta-Analysis of After-School Programs That Seek to Promote Personal and Social Skills in Children and Adolescents. American journal of community psychology. 45. 294-309. 10.1007/s10464-010-9300-6.
Network, NICHD & Friedman, Sarah. (2004). Are Child Developmental Outcomes Related to Before- and After-School Care Arrangements? Results From the NICHD Study of Early Child Care. Child Development. 75. 280-295. 10.1111/j.1467-8624.2004.00669.x.