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Publications

Articles in Refereed Journals
  • Pierce, C., Perry-Jenkins, M. & Sayer, A. (in press).   Sense of control and psychological well-being during the transition to parenthood. Journal of Family Psychology.

  • Claxton, A. & Perry-Jenkins, M. (in press).  You're no fun anymore:   Leisure and marital quality across the transition to parenthood. Journal of Marriage and Family.

  • Goldberg, A. E. & Perry-Jenkins, M. (2007).   The division of labor and perceptions of parental roles:  Lesbian couples across the transition to parenthood.  Journal of Social & Personal Relationships, 24, 297-318.

    Perry-Jenkins, M., Goldberg, A., Pierce C, & Sayer, A. (2007).   Shift work, role overload and the transition to parenthood.   Journal of Marriage and the Family, 69, 123-138.

    Goldberg, A. & Perry-Jenkins, M. (2004).   The division of labor and working-class women's well-being across the transition to parenthood.   Journal of Family Psychology, 18, 225-236.


Chapters in Books
  • Perry-Jenkins, M., Claxton, A., Smith, J. Z., Manning, M. A.   (in press)   To work and to love:  The bidirectional relationship between work and marriage.   J. Hill (Ed.),  Families and Work Handbook.   Erlbaum.

    Perry-Jenkins, M., Bourne, H., & Meteyer, K. (in press).   Work-family challenges for blue-collar families.   T. Juravich (Ed.),  The Future of Work.   University of Massachusetts Press.

    Perry-Jenkins, M. (2005).   Work in the working class:  Challenges facing workers and their families.   Chapter in Bianchi, S.M., Casper, L.M., Christensen, K.E., & R.B. King (Eds.),  Work, Family, Health and Well-being.   Mahwah, NJ:  Lawrence Erlbaum.

    Perry-Jenkins, M. (2004).   The time and timing of work:  Unique challenges facing low-income families.   A. Crouter and A. Booth (Eds.),  Work-Family Challenges for Low-Income Parents and Their Children. (pp. 107-116).   Mahwah, NJ:  Lawrence Erlbaum Associates.

    Perry-Jenkins, M. & Turner, E. (2004).   Jobs, marriage and parenting:  Working it out in dual-earner families.  In M. Coleman and L.H. Ganong (Eds.),  Handbook of Contemporary Families:   Considering the Past, Contemplating the Future.   Thousand Oaks, CA:  Sage Publications.

    Perry-Jenkins, M., Pierce, C. P., & Goldberg, A. E. (2004).   Discourses on diapers and dirty laundry:  Family communication about child care and housework.   A. Vangelisti (Ed.),  Handbook of Family Communication.   Mahwah, NJ:  Lawrence Erlbaum Associates.

    Haley, H., Perry-Jenkins, M., & Armenia, A. (2001).   Workplace policies and the psychological well-being of first-time parents:  The case of working-class families.   In R. Hertz & N. Marshall (Eds.), Work and Family:  Today's Realities and Tomorrow's Visions.   CA:  University of California Press.


Manuscripts Under Review and In Preparation
  • Turner, E. & Perry-Jenkins, M. (revise and resubmit).   Happy marriage, happy baby?:  Marital quality and perceptions of infant temperament.

    Claxton, A. & Perry-Jenkins, M. (revise and resubmit).  You're no fun anymore:  Leisure and marital quality across the transition to parenthood.

    Pierce, C., Perry-Jenkins, M. & Sayer, A. (revise and resubmit).   Sense of control and psychological well-being during the transition to parenthood.

    Meteyer, K., & Perry-Jenkins, M. (revise and resubmit).   Predictors of father involvement across the transition to parenthood.


 
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