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Frances M. Sessa
Researcher at Pennsylvania State University
Publications - 9
Citations - 993
Frances M. Sessa is an academic researcher from Pennsylvania State University. The author has contributed to research in topics: Ethnic group & Socioeconomic status. The author has an hindex of 8, co-authored 8 publications receiving 946 citations.
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Temperamental Vulnerability and Negative Parenting as Interacting Predictors of Child Adjustment
Amanda Sheffield Morris,Jennifer S. Silk,Laurence Steinberg,Frances M. Sessa,Shelli Avenevoli,Marilyn J. Essex +5 more
TL;DR: This paper examined the effect of negative parenting on children with temperamental vulnerabilities and found that negative parenting is associated with internalizing problems and maternal hostility was associated with externalizing problems among children with poor effortful control.
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Correspondence among informants on parenting: preschool children, mothers, and observers.
TL;DR: This paper examined the correspondence among preschool children's, mothers' and observers' descriptions of parenting in the mother-child relationship along 3 dimensions (structure, warmth-responsiveness, and hostility).
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Family Structure and the Development of Autonomy During Adolescence
TL;DR: In this article, the authors provide a theoretical analysis of how the normative autonomy-related transitions of adolescence are negotiated in single parent and stepfamily homes and propose that the development of autonomy is different for children and adolescents in nontraditional families.
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Neighborhood cohesion as a buffer against hostile maternal parenting.
Jennifer S. Silk,Frances M. Sessa,Amanda Sheffield Morris,Laurence Steinberg,Shelli Avenevoli +4 more
TL;DR: Results indicated that children's and mothers' perceptions of neighborhood involvement-cohesion buffered the link between hostile parenting and externalizing problems and highlight the protective effect of neighborhood social cohesion.