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Wendy A. Goldberg

Professor of Psychology & Social Behavior and Education
Ph.D. University of Michigan
Phone: 
(949) 824-5219
Email: 
wagoldbe@uci.edu
Office: 
4564 Social and Behavioral Sciences Gateway
Specializations: 
developmental psychology, children and their families, transition to parenthood, social policy
Department: 
Psychology and Social Behavior
Curriculum Vitae: 
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The family context of children's social development and achievement, which includes studies of parental employment; mothers' and fathers' involvement in school; marital quality and gender roles; co-sleeping and family functioning, and the transition to parenthood. Recent research also includes study of the early development of children who are later diagnosed with autism.

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Selected Publications

  • Germo, G., Goldberg,W.A., & Keller, M.A. (accepted). Learning to sleep through the night: Solution or strain for mothers and young children. Infant Mental Health Journal.
  • Tan, E.T., & Goldberg, W.A. (accepted). The role of fathers' and mothers' involvement in their children's adaptation to school. Journal of Applied Developmental Psychology.
  • Thorsen, K., Goldberg, W.A., Osann, K., & Spence, M.A. (in press). Birthday and non-birthday videotapes: The importance of context for the behavior of young children with and without autism. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders.
  • Goldberg, W.A., Thorsen, K.L., Osann, K., & Spence, M.A. (in press). Use of home videotapes to confirm parental reports of regression in autism. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders.
  • Goldberg, W.A., Prause, J.A., Lucas-Thompson, R., & Himsel, A. (2008). Maternal employment and children's achievement in context: A meta-analysis of four decades of research. Psychological Bulletin, 134, 77-108.
  • Goldberg, W.A., & Lucas-Thompson, R. (2008). Effects of maternal and paternal employment. In J.B. Benson & M.M/ Haith (Eds.), Encyclopedia of Infant and Early Childhood Development. Vol. 2. Amsterdam: Elsevier, pp. 268-267.
  • Goldberg, W.A., & Keller, M.A. (2007). Co-sleeping during infancy and early childhood: Key findings and future directions. Infant and Child Development (special issue on parent-child co-sleeping, W.A. Goldberg & M.A. Keller, Guest Editors), 16, 447-469.
  • Goldberg, W.A., & Keller, M.A. (2007). Parent-infant co-sleeping: Why the interest and concern? Infant and Child Development (special issue on Parent-child co-sleeping, W.A. Goldberg & M.A. Keller, Guest Editors), 16, 331-339.
  • Germo, G., Chang, E., Keller, M.A., & Goldberg, W.A. (2007). Family sleep arrangements and family life: Perspectives from mothers and fathers. Infant and Child Development (special issue on Parent-Child Co-Sleeping, W.A. Goldberg & M.A. Keller, Guest Editors), 16, 433-456.
  • Goldberg, W.A., Jarvis, K., Osann, K., Laulhere, T., Straub, C., Thomas, E., Filipek, P.A., & Spence, M.A. (2005). Early social communication behaviors in the younger siblings of children with autism. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 35, 657-664.
  • Keller, M.A., & Goldberg, W.A. (2004) Co-sleeping: Help or hindrance for young children's independence? Infant and Child Development, 13, 369-388.

    Featured in Science News: Bower, B. (2005, January). Good night moon, Hello mom and dad. Science News. 167(4), 61.
  • Goldberg, W.A., Osann, K., Filipek, P.A., Laulhere, T., Jarvis, K., Modahl, C., Flodman, P. & Spence, M.A. (2003). Language and other regression: Assessment and timing. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 33, 607-616.

    Reprinted in P. Howlin & E. Fombonne, (Eds.) (2005). Advances in Research on Autism and Developmental Disorders (pp. 148-165). Toyko, Japan: Seiwa Shoten Publishers.
  • Himsel, A., & Goldberg, W.A. (2003). Social comparisons and the division of housework among dual-earner couples: Implications for satisfaction and role strain. Journal of Family Issues, 24,843-866.
  • Goldberg, W.A., Clarke-Stewart, K.A., Rice, J.A., & Dellis, E. (2002). Emotional energy as an explanatory construct for fathers' engagement with their infants. Parenting: Science and Practice, 2, 379-408.
  • Strauss, R., & Goldberg, W.A. (1999). Self and possible selves during the transition to parenthood. Journal of Family Psychology, 13, 244-259.
  • Hamill, S.B., & Goldberg, W.A. (1997). Between adolescents and aging parents: Midlife concerns of adults in the "sandwich generation." Journal of Adult Development, 4, 135-147.
  • Goldberg, W.A., Greenberger, E. & Nagel, S.K. (1996). Employment and achievement: Mothers' work involvement in relation to children's achievement behaviors and mothers' parenting behaviors. Child Development, 67, 1329- 1344.
  • Goldberg, W.A., Greenberger, E., Hamill, S., & O'Neil, R. (1992). Role demands in the lives of employed single mothers with preschoolers. Journal of Family Issues, 13, 312-333.
  • Goldberg, W.A. (1990). Marital quality, parental personality, and spousal agreement about perceptions and expectations for children. Merrill-Palmer Quarterly, 36, 531-556.
  • Greenberger, E. & Goldberg, W.A. (1989). Work, parenting and the socialization of children. Developmental Psychology, 25, 22-35.
  • Goldberg, W.A. & Easterbrooks, M.A. (1988). Maternal employment when children are young. In A. Gottfried & A. Gottfried (Eds.), Maternal employment and children's development: Longitudinal research (pp. 121-154). NY: Plenum.
  • Michaels, G.Y. & Goldberg, W.A. (1988). (Eds.), The transition to parenthood: Current theory and research. NY: Cambridge University Press.
  • Goldberg, W.A., Michaels, G.Y., & Lamb, M.E. (1985). Husbands' and wives' adjustment to pregnancy and first parenthood. Journal of Family Issues, 6, (4), 483-503.
  • Goldberg, W.A. & Easterbrooks, M.A. (1984). The role of marital quality in toddler development. Developmental Psychology, 20, 504-514.