John Eckenrode
Professor
2008
HD

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Current Activities

Current Professional Activities
Dr. Eckenrode serves on the editorial board of the journal Child Maltreatment

Current Research Activities
Child abuse and neglect: Dr. Eckenrode has conducted research studies and participated in other extension efforts in the area of child abuse and neglect. These efforts include research on the characteristics of official child maltreatment reports, the academic effects of child abuse and neglect, and the long-term effects of a program of home visitation on the development of high-risk mothers and their children. He also directs the National Archive for Data on Child Abuse and Neglect which supports researchers interested in the secondary analysis of child abuse and neglect data. Stress and Coping Processes: Dr. Eckenrode has a long standing interest in research focusing on several issues related to stress and coping, particularly the role of social supports. The research has yielded data related to the effects of stress on the use of health services, the impact of both major stressors and daily hassles on mood, and factors related to the differential use and impact of social supports in buffering stress.

Biography

Biographical Statement
John Eckenrode is Professor of Human Development and Director of the Family Life Development Center. He is also Director of the National Data Archive of Child Abuse and Neglect. His research concerns child abuse and neglect, the effects of preventive interventions, and stress and coping processes. He is a social psychologist (Tufts, 1979), has authored numerous journal articles and chapters, and has edited three books, Stress Between Work and Family (with Susan Gore), and The Social Context of Coping, and Understanding Abusive Families (with James Garbarino). In 1997 he and his collaborators on the Nurse Home Visitation Project received the annual research award from the National Institute for Health Care Management in the maternal and child health care category. In 1995, he received the Robert Chin Memorial Award from the Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issues (SPSSI) for the best paper on child abuse and neglect that year. He is a fellow of the American Psychological Association (Div. 7).

Education
Ph.D. 1979 - Tufts University - Social Psychology

M.S. 1975 - Tufts University - Experimental Psychology

B.A. 1972 - University of Notre Dame - Psychology

Administrative Responsibilities
Dr. Eckenrode is Director of the Family Life Devlopment Center

Courses, Websites, Pubs

Courses Taught
HD4680: Stress in Childhood and Adolescence

Related Websites

National Data Archive on Child Abuse and Neglect



Selected Publications
Eckenrode, J., Izzo, C.V., & Smith, E.G. (2007). Physical abuse and adolescent development. R. Haskins, F. Wulczyn, and M.B. Webb (editors), Practical Knowledge for Child Welfare Practitioners: Findings from the National Survey of Child and Adolescent Well-being. Washington, D.C.: Brookings Institute.

Campa, M., & Eckenrode, J. (2006). Pathways to intergenerational adolescent childbearing in a high risk sample. Journal of Marriage and the Family, 68, 558-572.

Whitlock, J., Eckenrode, J., & Silverman, D. (2006). Self-injurious behavior in a college population. Pediatrics, 117, 1939-1948.

Izzo C.V., Eckenrode J., Smith E.G., Henderson C.R., Cole R., Kitzman H., Olds D.L. Reducing the impact of uncontrollable stressful life events through a program of nurse home visitation for new parents. Prevention Science, 2005 Dec; 6(4):269- 274.

Eckenrode, J., Izzo, C., & Campa, M. (2003). Early intervention and family support programs. In R.M. Lerner, F. Jacobs, & D. Wertlieb (Eds.), Handbook of Applied Developmental Psychology, Volume 2 (pp. 161-195). Sage Publications.

Eckenrode, J., Zielinski, D., et al. (2001). Child maltreatment and the early onset of problem behaviors: Can a program of nurse home visitation break the link?. Development and Psychopathology, 13, 873-890. 

Eckenrode, J., Ganzel, B., Olds, D., Henderson, C., et al. (2000). Preventing child abuse and neglect with a program of nurse home visitation: The limiting effects of domestic violence. Journal of the American Medical Association, 284, 1385-1391. 

Garbarino, J., & Eckenrode, J. (Eds.) (1997). Understanding abusive families. New York: Jossey-Bass.

Olds, D., Eckenrode, J, Henderson, C. R., Jr., Kitzman, H., Powers, J., Cole, R., et al. (1997). Long-term effects of home visitation on maternal life course and child abuse and neglect: 15-year follow-up of a randomized trial. Journal of the American Medical Association, 278, 637-643.