Publications
Bermea, A. M., & Toews, M. L. (in press). “She controlled everything that I’d do”: A qualitative exploration of relationship abuse experienced by adolescent fathers. Partner Abuse.
Bermea, A. M., Toews, M. L., & Wood, L. G. (2018). “Students getting pregnant are not gonna go nowhere”: Manifestations of stigma in adolescent mothers’ educational environment. Youth & Society, 50(3), 423-436. doi: 10.1177/0044118X16661734
Bermea, A. M., Rueda, H. A., & Toews, M. L. (2018). Queerness and dating violence among adolescent mothers in foster care.Affilia: Journal of Women and Social Work, 33(2), 164-176. doi: 10.1177/0886109917737880
Toews, M. L., & Yazedjian, A. (2014). Psychological and physical dating violence perpetrated by pregnant and parenting Latina adolescents. Violence and Victims, 29, 872-884. doi: 10.1891/0886-6708.VV-D-13-00024
Toews, M. L., Yazedjian, A., & **Jorgensen, D. (2011). “I haven’t done nothin’ crazy lately:” Conflict resolution strategies in adolescent mothers’ dating relationships.Children and Youth Services Review, 33,180-186.
Yazedjian, A., & Toews, M. L. (2011). “He’s not there when I need him:” The disjuncture between adolescent mothers’ romantic relationship expectations and experiences. Journal of Family and Consumer Sciences, 103(3), 28-34.
Toews, M. L., & Yazedjian, A. (2010). “I learned the bad things I’m doing”: Adolescent mothers’ perceptions of a relationship education program.Marriage and Family Review, 46(3), 207-223. doi: 10.1080/01494929.2010.490197
Olmstead, S. B., Norona, J. C., & Anders, K. M. (2018). How do college experience and sex differentiate the enactment of hookup scripts among emerging adults?Archives of Sexual Behavior.
Anders, K. M., Olmstead, S. B., & Johnson, E. I. (2017). The sexual possible selves and strategies of first semester college students: What do they hope for and fear and how do they plan to get there?Journal of Sex Research. doi:10.1080/00224499.2016.1188877.
Olmstead, S. B., Anders, K. M., & Conrad, K. A. (2017). Meanings for sex and commitment among first semester college men and women: a mixed methods analysis.Archives of Sexual Behavior.
Olmstead, S. B., Conrad, K. A., & Anders, K. M. (2017). First semester college students' definitions and expectations for hooking up.Journal of Adolescent Research.
Presentations
Anders, K. M., Goodcase, E., Yazedjian, A., & Toews, M. L. (2018, November). “Sex is easier to get and love is harder to find”: Costs and rewards of hooking up for college students. Poster symposium to be presented at the National Conference on Family Relations Annual Conference, San Diego, CA.
Cedeno, D., Bermea, A. M, van Eeden-Moorefield, B., Toews, M. L., & Doubledee, R. R. (2018, November). Mexican-American adolescent fatherhood and gender: A transnational view. Paper to be presented at the National Council on Family Relations Annual Conference, San Diego, CA. (Note: 2018 Latin@ Research Focus Group Paper Winner)
Cedeno, D., Bermea, A. M, & Toews, M. L. (2018, November). The vulnerability-stress-adaptation model and Latino adolescent fathers. Paper to be presented at the National Council on Family Relations Annual Conference, San Diego, CA.
Goodcase, E., Toews, M. L., Perez-Brena, N., & Faflick, N. (2018, November). Dating violence: A cross-lag panel model with pregnant and parenting adolescents. Paper to be presented at the National Council on Family Relations Annual Conference, San Diego, CA.
Perez-Brena, N., Toews, M. L., Anders, K., Goodcase, E., Colburn, S., & Hoss, L. (2018, November). Being “as good of parents as teenagers”: Intersecting experiences of adolescent parents. Symposium paper to be presented at the National Council on Family Relations Annual Conference, San Diego, CA.
Toews, M. L., Anders, K., Perez-Brena, N., & Mayen, S. (2018, November). “I have hope”: Exploring pregnant and parenting Latino adolescents’ possible selves. Paper to be presented at the National Council on Family Relations Annual Conference, San Diego, CA.
Perez-Brena, N., Toews, M. L., & Huston, A. (2018, June). Adapting a coparenting-focused prevention program to serve Latino adolescent parents. Symposium paper presented at the Society for Prevention Research Annual Conference, Washington, DC.
Perez-Brena, N., Villalpando, U., DeJong, C., & Toews, M. L. (2018, April). Parenting stress and coparenting among adolescent parents. Poster presented at the Biennial Meeting of the Society for Research on Adolescence, Minneapolis, MN.
Dixon, K., Toews, M. L., Goodcase, E., Boeger, G., Perez-Brena, N., & Feinberg, M. (2017, November). The role of coparenting in predicting parental outcomes among teen parents. Poster presented at the National Council on Family Relations Annual Conference, Orlando, FL.
Hoss, L., Toews, M. L., Goodcase, E., Perez-Brena, N., & Feinberg, M. (2017, November). Parental factors as predictors of dating violence among adolescent parents. Poster symposium presented at the National Council on Family Relations Annual Conference, Orlando, FL.
Perez-Brena, N., Toews, M. L., Hutson, A., & Feinberg, M. (2017, November). Adapting a coparenting-focused prevention program to serve Latino adolescent parents. Resource exchange presented at the National Council on Family Relations Annual Conference, Orlando, FL.
Bermea, A. M., Rueda, H. A., & Toews, M. L. (2017, April). Adolescent relationship conflict and dating violence at the intersection of queerness, motherhood, and residential foster care. Poster presented at the Society for Research in Child Development Biennial Meeting, Austin, TX.
Bermea, A. M., Toews, M. L.,& Wood, L. (2016, March). “Life’s tough, but anything’s possible”: The influence of stigma and support on the parenting experiences of adolescent mothers. Poster presented at the Biennial Meeting of the Society for Research on Adolescence, Baltimore, MD.
Toews, M. L.,& Perez-Brena, N. (2016, March). Dating violence: A cross-lag panel model with pregnant and parenting adolescents. Paper presented at the Biennial Meeting of the Society for Research on Adolescence, Baltimore, MD.
