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Marks, A. K., Szalacha, L. S., Boyd, M. J., & García Coll, C. (In Press) Emerging ethnic identity and its relation to social group preferences in middle childhood: Findings from the children of immigrants development in context (cidc) study. International Journal of Behavioral Development. Request a copy

Marks, A. K., & García Coll, C. (May 2007). Psychological and demographic correlates of early academic skill development among American Indian and Alaska Native youth: A growth modeling study. Developmental Psychology, 43(3), 633-646.. Request a copy

Mitchell, D.K., McQuaid, E.L., Seifer, R., Kopel, S.J., Esteban, C., Canino, G., García Coll, C.T., Klein, R., Fritz, G.K. (2007). Multiple Urban and Asthma-Related Risks and their Assocciations with Asthma Morbidity in Children. Journal of Pediatric Psychology, 32 (5), 582-595.

Lee, C.S., Lopez, S.R., Colby, S.M., Tejada, M., Garcia Coll, C., and Smith,
M. (Winter 2006). Social processes underlying acculturation: A study of
drinking behavior among immigrant Latinos in the Northeast United States.
Contemporary Drug Problems, 33, 585-609.

Szalacha, L., Marks, A. K., Lamarre, M., & García Coll, C. (2005) Academic Pathways and Children of Immigrants. Research in Human Development 2(4), 179-211Request a copy

García Coll, C. T. & L. Szalacha (2004). The Multiple Contexts of Middle childhood. Future of Children 14(2), 91-97. Request a copy

García Coll, C. T. (2004). The interpenetration of culture and biology in human development. Research in Human Development 1, 145-159.

Silver, R., García Coll, C.T. (in press). Incarcerated Parents. In Parenthood in America: An Encyclopedia.

Szalacha, L.A., Erkut, S., García Coll, C.T., Alarcón, O., Fields, J. P., & Ceder, I. (2003). Discrimination and Puerto Rican children and adolescents’ mental health. Cultural Diversity and Ethnic Minority Psychology, 9(2), 141-155.

García Coll, C.T., Akiba, D., Palacios, N., Silver, R., DiMartino, L, Chin, C., & Bailey, B. (2002). Parental Involvement in Children’s Education: Lessons from Three Immigrant Groups. Parenting: Science and Practice, 2(3), 303-324. Request a copy

Bradley, R. H., Corwyn, R.F., Burchinal, M., McAdoo, H.P. & García Coll, C.T. (2001). The Home Environments of Children in the United States, Part II: Relations with Behavioral Development through Age Thirteen. Child Development, 72(6), 1868-1886.

Bradley, R. H., Corwyn, R. F., McAdoo, H. P., & García Coll, C.T. (2001). The Home Environments of Children in the United States Part I: Variations by Age, Ethnicity, and Poverty Status. Child Development, 72(6), 1844-1867.

Halpern, L.F., García Coll, C.T., Meyer, E.C., Bendersky, K (2001). The contributions of temperament and maternal responsiveness to the mental development of small-for-gestational-age and appropriate-for-gestational-age infants. Applied Developmental Psychology, 22,199-224.

Erkut, S., Szalacha, L.A., García Coll, C.T., & Alarcón, O. (2000). Puerto Rican Early Adolescents’ Self-Esteem Patterns. Journal of Research on Adolescence, 10(3), 339-364.

Halpern, L.F., & García Coll, C.T. (2000). Temperament of Small-for-Gestational Age and Appropriate-for-Gestational-Age Infants Across the First Year of Life. Merrill-Palmer Quarterly, 46(4), .738-765.

Alarcón, O., Szalacha, L.A., Erkut, S., García Coll, C.T., Fields, J.P. (2000). The Color of My Skin: A measure to assess children’s perceptions of their skin color. Journal of Applied Developmental Sciences, 14(4), 208-221.

García Coll, C. T., Ackerman, A., Cicchetti, D. (2000). Cultural Influences on Developmental Processes and Outcomes: Implications for the Study of Development and Psychopathology [Special Issue]. Development and Psychopathology, 12, 333-356.

Erkut, S., Szalacha, L.A., García Coll, C.T., & Alarcón, O. (2000). Puerto Rican early adolescents’ self-esteem patterns. Journal of Research on Adolescence, 10(3), 343-368.

Erkut, S., Alarcón, O., García Coll, C.T., Tropp, L.R., & Vazquez García, H.A. (1999). The dual-focus approach to creating bilingual measures. Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology, 30(2), 206-218.

Erkut, S., Alarcón, O., García, C.T., & Szalacha, L. A. (1999). Stereotyped perceptions of adolescents’ health risk behaviors. Cultural Diversity and Ethnic Minority Psychology, 5(4), 340-349.

Tropp, L., Erkut, S., Alarcón, O., García Coll, C.T., Vazquez García, H.A. (1999). Psychological Acculturation: Development of a new measure for Puerto Ricans on the U.S. mainland. Educational and Psychological Measurement, 59(2), 351-367.

Erkut, S., Alarcón, O., García Coll, C.T. (1999). Normative Study of Puerto Rican Adolescents Final Report (Special Report No. 23). Wellesley, MA: Center for Research for Women.

Erkut, S., García Coll, C.T., Alarcón, O. (1999). Doing Research in an Under-Studied Population: Methods of Obtaining and Retaining Samples (Working Paper Series No. 294). Wellesley, MA: Center for Research on Women.

Erkut, S., Szalacha, L.A., & García Coll, C.T. (1998). A Framework for Studying Minority Youths’ Transititions to Fatherhood: The Case of Puerto Rican Young Men (Working Paper Series No. 287). Wellesley, MA: Center for Research on Women.

García Coll, C.T. , Brooks, M.G., Buckner, J.C., Weinreb, L.F., & Bassuk, E.L. (1998). The developmental status and adaptive functioning of homeless and low-income housed infants and toddlers. American Journal of Public Health, 88(9), 1-4.

Marshall , N.L., García Coll, C.T., Marx, F., McCartney, K., Keefe, N., & Ruh, J. (1997). After-school time and children's behavioral adjustment. Merrill-Palmer Quarterly, 43(3), 497-514.

Huston, A., McLoyd, V.C., & García Coll, C.T. (1997). Poverty and Behavior: The Case for Multiple Methods and Levels of Analysis. Developmental Review, 17, 376-393.

García Coll, C.T. , Miller, J.B., Fields, J.P., & Mathews, B. (1997). The experiences of women in prison: Implications for services and prevention. Women & Therapy, 20(4), 11-28.

Erkut, S., Alarcón, O., García Coll, C.T., Szalacha, L., & Guzman, W. (1996). Stereotyped perceptions of mainland Puerto Rican adolescents’ risky behaviors (Working Papers Series No. 281). Wellesley, MA: Center for Research on Women.

García Coll, C.T. , & Magnuson, K. (1996). Cultural differences in beliefs and practices about pregnancy and childbearing. Rhode Island Medicine, 79(7), 257-260.

García Coll, C.T. , Lamberty, G., Jenkins, R., McAdoo, H. P., Crnic, K., Wasik, B. H., & Vazquez García, H. (1996). An integrative model for the study of developmental competencies in minority children. Child Development, 67(5), 1891-1914. Request a copy

García Coll, C.T. , Halpern, L. F., Seifer, R., Meyer, E.C., Kilis, E., Lester, B.M., Vohr, B.R., & Oh, W. (1996). Behavioral intervention and post-natal growth in full-term intrauterine growth retarded infants. Early Human Development, 46, 105-116.

García Coll, C.T. , Cook-Nobles, R., Surrey, J.L. (1995). Diversity at the core: Implications for relational theory (Working Paper Series, No. 75). Wellesley MA: Stone Center.

Flanagan, P.J., McGrath, M.M., Meyer, E.C., & García Coll, C.T. (1995). Adolescent development and transitions to motherhood. Pediatrics, 96, 273-277.

Lobato, D.J., Watson, J.E., García Coll, C.T., & Vohr, B.R. (1995). Behavioral and family characteristics of low birth weight survivors of Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia at 10 to 12 years of age. Children's Health Care, 24(3), 193-204.

. Flanagan, P., García Coll, C.T., Andreozzi, L., & Riggs, S. (1995). Predicting child maltreatment among children of teenage mothers. Archives of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, 14, 451-455.

Vohr, B.R., McGarvey, S.T., & García Coll, C.T. (1995). Effects of maternal gestational diabetes and adiposity on neonatal adiposity and blood pressure. Diabetes Care, 18(4), 467-475.

Lester, B.M., Boukydis, C.F.Z., García Coll, C.T., Peucker, M., McGrath, M.M., Vohr, B.R., Brem, F., & Oh, W. (1995). Developmental outcome as a function of the goodness of fit between the infant's cry characteristics and the mother's perception of her infant's cry. Pediatrics, 95(4), 516-521.

Meyer, E.C., García Coll, C.T., Seifer, R., Ramos, A., Kilis, E., & Oh, W. (1995). Psychological distress in mothers of preterm infants. Journal of Developmental and Behavioral Pediatrics, 16(6), 412-417.

Alarcón, O., Erkut, S., García Coll, C.T., & Vazquez García, H.A. (1994). An approach to engaging in culturally-sensitive research on Puerto Rican youth (Working Papers Series No. 275). Wellesley, MA: Center for Research on Women.

Tropp, L.R., Erkut, E., Alarcón, O., García Coll, C.T., & Vazquez, H. (1994). Toward a theoretical model of psychological acculturation (Working Papers Series. No. 268). Wellesley, MA: Center for Research on Women.

Meyer, E.C., García Coll, C.T., Lester, B.M., Boukydis, C.F.Z., McDonough, S.M., & Oh, W. (1994). Family-based intervention with preterm infants improves maternal psychological well-being and feeding interaction. Pediatrics, 93(2), 241-246.

Halpern, L.F., Anders, T.F., García Coll, C.T., & Hua, J. (1994). Infant temperament: Is there a relation to sleep-wake states, maternal night time behavior and psychological characteristics. Infant Behavior and Development, 17,255-263.

Huston, A. C., McLoyd, V. C., García Coll, C.T. (1994). Children and poverty: Issues in contemporary research. Child Development, 65, 275-282.

Blaymore-Bier, J. B., Pezzullo, J., Kim, E., Oh, W., García Coll, C.T., & Vohr, B.R. (1994). Outcome of extremely low birth weight infants: 1980 to 1990. Acta Pediatrica, 83, 1244-1248.

García Coll, C.T. (1992). Cultural Diversity: Implications for theory and practice (Working Papers Series No. 59). Wellesley, MA: Stone Center.

Lester, B.M., Boukydis, C.F.Z., García Coll, C.T., Hole, W.T., & Peucker, M. (1992). Infantile colic: Acoustic cry characteristics, parent perception of cry and temperament. Infant Behavior and Development, 15, 15-26.

Wolk, S., Zeanah, C.H., García Coll, C.T., & Carr, S. (1992). Factors affecting parents perceptions of temperament in early infancy. American Journal of Orthopsychiatry, 62(1), 71-82.

García Coll, C.T. , Halpern, L., Vohr, B.R., Seifer, R., & Oh, W. (1992). Stability and correlates of change in early temperament in preterm and full-term infants. Infant Behavior and Development, 15, 137-153.

Vohr, B.R, García Coll, C.T., Flanagan, P., & Oh, W. (1992). Effects of intraventricular hemorrhage (IVH) and socioeconomic status (SES) on perceptual, cognitive and neurologic status of low birth weight (LBW) infants at 5 years of age. Journal of Pediatrics, 121(2), 280-285.

Ju, S.H., Lester, B., García Coll, C.T., Oh, W., & Vohr, B.R. (1991). Maternal perceptions of the sleep patterns of premature infants at 7 months corrected age compared to full term infants. Infant Mental Health Journal, 12(4), 338-346.

Vohr, B.R., García Coll, C.T., Lobato, D., Watson, J., Yunis, K.A., O'Dea, C., Gels, D., Song, G., & Oh, W. (1991). Neurodevelopmental and medical status of low birth weight (LBW), survivors with Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia (BPD) at 10-12 years of age. Developmental Medicine and Child Neurology, 33, 690-697.

García Coll, C.T. (1990). Behavioral responsivity in preterm infants. In B.M. Lester and E. Tronick (Eds.), Stimulation and the Preterm Infant: The Limits of Plasticity, Clinics in Perinatology, 7, 113-124.

García Coll, C.T. (1990). Developmental Outcome of Minority Infants: A Process Oriented Look Into Our Beginnings. Child Development, 61, 270-289.

Vohr, B.R., Karp, D., O'Dea, C., Darrow, D., García Coll, C.T., Lester, B.M., Brown, L., Oh, W., & Cashore, W. (1990). Behavioral changes correlated with brainstem auditory evoked responses in term infants with moderate hyperbilirubinemia. Journal of Pediatrics, 117(2), 288-291.

Lester, B.M., Boukydis, C.F.Z., García Coll, C.T., & Hole, W.T. (1990). Colic For developmentalists. Infant Mental Health Journal, 11(4), 321-333.

Lester, B.M., Anderson, L.T., Boukydis, C.F.Z., García Coll, C.T., Vohr, B.R., & Peucker, M. (1989). Early detection of infants at risk for later handicap through acoustic cry analysis. Research in Infant Assessment, 25(6):99-118.

Anderson , L.T., García Coll, C.T., Vohr, B.R., et al. (1989). Behavioral characteristics and early temperament of premature infants with intracranial hemorrhage. Early Human Development, 18, 273-283.

Lester, B.M., García Coll, C.T., Valcarcel, M. (1989). Perception of infant cries in adolescent and older mothers. Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 18(3), 231-243.

Vohr, B.R., García Coll, C.T. & Oh, W. (1989). Correlates of language and neurodevelopmental outcome in low birth weight (1500 gm) infants at 3 years of age. Developmental Medicine and Child Neurology, 31, 582-590.

Vohr, B.R, García Coll, C.T., Mayfield, S., Brann, B., Shaul, P., & Oh, W. (1989). Neurologic and developmental status related to the evolution of visual motor abnormalities from birth to 2 years of age in preterm infants with intraventricular hemorrhage (IVH). Journal of Pediatrics, 115(2), 296-302.

Vohr, B.R., García Coll, C.T., & Oh, W. (1988). Language development in 2 year old low birth weight infants. Developmental Medicine and Child Neurology, 30, 608-615.

Vohr, B.R., Chen, A., García Coll, C.T., & Oh, W. (1988). Mothers of preterm and full-term infants on home apnea monitors: The effects of social support systems on maternal stress perception. American Journal of Diseases of Children, 142(2), 229-231.

Mullen, M.K., García Coll, C.T., Vohr, B.R., et al. (1988). Mother-infant feeding interaction in full-term small-for-gestational-age infants. Journal of Pediatrics, 112(1), 143-148.

García Coll, C.T. , Emmons, L., Vohr, B.R., et al. (1988). Behavioral responsiveness in preterm infants with intraventricular hemorrhage (IVH). Pediatrics, 81(3), 412-418.

García Coll, C.T. , Hoffman, J., & Oh, W. (1987). The social ecology and early parenting of Caucasian adolescent mothers. Child Development, 58, 955-963.

García Coll, C.T. , Hoffman, J., VanHouten, L.J., & Oh, W. (1987). The social context of teenage childbearing: Effects of the infant caregiving environment. Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 16(4), 345-360.

García Coll, C.T. , Vohr, B.R., Hoffman, J., & Oh, W. (1986). Maternal and environmental factors affecting developmental outcome of infants of adolescent mothers. Journal of Developmental and Behavioral Pediatrics, 7(4), 230-236.

Lester, B.M., García Coll, C.T., Valcarcel, M., Hoffman, J., & Brazelton, T. (1986). Effects of atypical patterns of fetal growth on newborn (NBAS) behavior. Child Development, 57, 11-19.

Vohr, B.R., & García Coll, C.T. (1985). Neurodevelopmental and school performance of very low birth weight infants: A seven year longitudinal study. Pediatrics, 76(3), 345-350.

Vohr, B.R., & García Coll, C.T. (1985). Increased morbidity in low birth weight survivors with severe retrolental fibroplasia. Journal of Pediatrics, 106(2), 287

Levine, L., García Coll, C.T., & Oh, W. (1985). Determinants of mother-infant interaction in adolescent mothers. Pediatrics, 75(1), 23-29.

Kagan, J., Reznick, J.S., Clarke, C., Snidman, N., & García Coll, C.T. (1984). Behavioral inhibition to the unfamiliar. Child Development, 55, 2212-2225.

García Coll, C.T. (1984). Review of Navajo Infancy: An ethnological study of child development. Anthropologica, 26(1):76-78, 1984.

García Coll, C.T. , Kagan, J., & Reznick, J.S. (1984). Behavioral inhibition in young children. Child Development. 55, 1005-1019.

Lester, B.M., García Coll, C.T., & Sepkoski, C. (1982). Teenage pregnancy and neonatal behavior: Effects in Puerto Rico and Florida. Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 11(5), 385-402.

Sepkoski, C., García Coll, C.T., & Lester, B.M. (1982). The cumulative effects of obstetric risk variables on newborn behavior. Infant Behavior and Development, 33-39.

García Coll, C.T. , Sepkoski, C., & Lester, B.M. (1982). Effects of teenage childbearing on neonatal and infant behavior in Puerto Rico. Infant Behavior and Development, 5, 227-236.

García Coll, C.T. , Sepkoski, C., & Lester, B.M. (1981). Cultural and biomedical correlates of neonatal behavior. Developmental Psychobiology, 14(2), 147-154.

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