PUBLICATIONS 2010-present

2018 

Weisner, T.S. Forward for Parenting From Afar and the Reconfiguration of Family Across Distance. (2018). Eds. de Guzman, M. R. T., Brown, J., Pope Edwards, C. Oxford University Press.

Weisner, T. S. (2018). Psychological Anthropology and the study of disability.  In Autism in Translation. An Intercultural Conversation on Autism Spectrum Conditions. Edited by Elizabeth Fein and Clarice Rios.  Palgrave Macmillan: Switzerland.  Pp. 263 – 281.

2017 

Gaskins, S., Beeghly, Marjorie, Bard, Kim A., Gernhardt, Ariane, Liu, Cindy H., Teti, Douglas M., Thompson, Ross A., Weisner, Thomas S, & Yovsi, Relindis D. (2017). Meaning and methods in the study and assessment of attachment, Chp. 8. IN The Cultural Nature of Attachment. Contextualizing Relationships and Development. H. Keller, & Bard, Kim A. (Eds). Cambridge, Mass & London, England, MIT Press: pp. 195-229.

Gaskins, S., Beeghly, Marjorie, Bard, Kim A., Gernhardt, Ariane, Liu, Cindy H., Teti, Douglas M., Thompson, Ross A., Weisner, Thomas S, & Yovsi, Relindis D. (2017). Implications for Policy and Practice, Chp. 13. IN The Cultural Nature of Attachment. Contextualizing Relationships and Development. H. Keller, & Bard, Kim A. (Eds.). Cambridge, Mass & London, England, MIT Press: pp. 321 – 333.

Mitchell, J. T., Weisner, T. S., Jensen, P. S., Murray, D. W., Molina, B. S. G., Arnold, L. E., Hechtman, L., Swanson, J. M., Hinshaw, S. P. ,Victor, E. C., Kollins, S. H., Wells, K. C., Belendiuk, K. A., Blonde, A., Nguyen, C., Ambriz, L., & Nguyen, J. L. (2017). How substance users with ADHD perceive the relationship between substance use and emotional functioning. Journal of Attention Disorders.  

Tsai, Kim., Weisner,  Thomas S., Dahl, Ronald E., Galvan, Adriana, McMakin, Dana, & Fuligni, Andrew (2017).   A Transdisciplinary Toolbox of Methods to Assess Cultural Beliefs and Practices about Adolescent Sleep. Unpublished Manuscript. 

Weisner, T. S., Murray, D. W., Jensen, P. S., Mitchell, J. T., Swanson, J. M., Hinshaw, S. P., Wells, K., Hechtman, L., Molina, B. S. G., Arnold, L. E., Sorensen, P., & Stehli, A. (2017). Follow-Up of Young Adults With ADHD in the MTA: Design and Methods for Qualitative Interviews. Journal of Attention Disorders, 1087054717713639. 

Weisner, Thomas S. (2017). The Socialization of Social Trust: Cultural Pluralism in Understanding Attachment and Trust in Children .  Universalism without Uniformity: Explorations in Mind and Culture. Edited by Julia L. Cassaniti and Usha Menon | University of Chicago Press, 2017. Cloth: 978-0-226-50154-3 | Paperback: 978-0-226-50168-0 | eISBN: 978-0-226-50171-0

2016 

Weisner, Thomas S. 2016. “What is the most importance influence on child development?”. TEDx UCLA talk. 

Brezis, R. S., Singhal, N., Daley, T., Barua, M., Piggot, J., Chollera, S., Mark L., & Weisner, T. S. (2016). “Self-and other-descriptions by individuals with autism spectrum disorder in Los Angeles and New Delhi: Bridging cross-cultural psychology and neurodiversity.” Culture and Brain, 1-21.

Weisner, Thomas S.  2016.  Findings that matter:  Commentary. In Hay, Cameron, Ed.  Methods that matter: Integrating Mixed Methods for More Effective Social Science Research.  Chicago:  University of Chicago Press. Pp. 393-408.

Lasky, A.K., Weisner, T.S., Jensen, P.S., Hinshaw, S.P., Hechtman, L., Arnold, L.E., Murray, D., Swanson, J.M. (2016). ADHD in context: Young adults’ reports of the impacts of occupational environment of the manifestations of ADHD. Social Science & Medicine (2016).

Yoshikawa, H., Nieto, A.M., Sommer, T.E., Chase-Lansdale, L., Weisner, T.S., & Senders, O. (2016). Money, time and peers in antipoverty programs for low-income families. In C.S. Tamis-LeMonda and L. Balter (Eds.), Child psychology: A handbook of contemporary issues. New York: Taylor and Francis.

2015

Weisner, T. S. 2015. Relationships and Social Trust in Early Childhood Programs. The Importance of Context and Mixed Methods. In Kay Sanders & Alison Wishard Guerra, Eds.  The culture of child care: Attachment, peers, and quality in diverse communities. New York: Oxford University Press,  Chp. 6, pp. 107 – 120.

Weisner, T. S. (2015). “Childhood: Anthropological Aspects.” In James D. Wright, International Encyclopedia of the Social & Behavioral Sciences, 2nd edition, Vol. 3. James D. Wright, editor-in-chief. Pp. 451-458. Oxford: Elsevier.

Brezis, R. S., Weisner, T. S., Daley, T. C., Singhal, N., Barua, M., & Chollera, S. P. (2015). “Parenting a Child with Autism in India: Narratives Before and After a Parent–Child Intervention Program.” Culture, Medicine, and Psychiatry, 1-22.

2014

Britto, P. R., Oketch, M., & Weisner, T. S. (2014). “Nonformal Education and Learning.” In Learning and Education in Developing Countries: Research and Policy for the Post-2015 UN Development Goals. Daniel A. Wagner, ed. Pp. 74-90. New York, NY: Palgrave Macmillan.

Daley, T. C., Weisner, T. S., & Singhal, N. (2014). “Adults with Autism in India: A Mixed-Method Approach to Make Meaning of Daily Routines.” Social Science & Medicine. 116: 142-149.

Weisner, T.S. & Duncan, G. (2014). “The World Isn’t Linear or Additive or Decontextualized: Pluralism and Mixed Methods in Understanding the Effects of Anti-Poverty Programs on Children and Parenting.” In Societal Contexts of Child Development: Pathways of Influence and Implications for Practice and Policy. Elizabeth T. Gershoff, Rashmita S. Mistry, and Danielle A. Crosby, eds. Pp. 124-138. New York, NY: Oxford University Press.

Weisner, T. S., & Hay, M. C. (2014). “Practice to Research: Integrating Evidence-Based Practices with Culture and Context.” Transcultural Psychiatry. 0(0): 1-22.

Weisner, T.S. (2014). “Culture, Context, and Child Well-Being.” In Handbook of Child Well-Being: Theories, Methods and Policies in Global Perspective. A. Ben-Arieh, F. Casas, I. Frones, and J. E. Korbing, eds. Pp. 87-103.Dordrecht: Springer Verlag. 

Weisner, T.S. (2014). “The Socialization of Trust: Plural Caregiving and Diverse Pathways in Human Development Across Cultures.” In Different Faces of Attachment: Cultural Variations on a Universal Human Need. Hiltrud Otto and Heidi Keller, eds. Pp. 263-277. Cambridge; New York: Cambridge University Press.

Weisner, T.S. (2014). “Why Qualitative and Ethnographic Methods Are Essential for Understanding Family Life.” In Emerging Methods in Family Research: Approaches to Measuring Families. S. M. McHale, P. Amato, and A. Booth, eds. Pp. 163-178. Dordrecht: Springer Verlag. 

2013

Tremolada, M., Bonichini, S., Weisner, T. S., Basso, G., & Pillon, M. (2013). Parental Narratives of Children with Leukemia in the Second Week after the Diagnosis: The Ecocultural Family Interview-Cancer. Journal of Pediatric Oncology1, 119-128.

2012

Weisner, T.S. (2012). Mixed methods should be a valued practice in anthropology. Anthropology News, May, p.1-2.

Steinberg, M. & Weisner, T. S.  (2012).  Review of Everyday Ruptures: Children, Youth, and Migration in Global Perspective. Cati Coe, Rachel Reynolds, Deborah Boehm, Julia Hess, and Heather Rae-Espinoza, eds.  Ethos 40:4.

Weisner, T.S. (2012). Review: Exploring the complex interactions between biology and culture in human development. Of Melvin Konner’s, The Evolution of Childhood: Relationships, Emotion, Mind. Current Anthropology Vol. 53, No.1, pp.142-144.

2011

Weisner, T.S. & Fiese, B.H. (2011). Introduction to special section of the Journal of Family Psychology, Advances in mixed methods in family psychology: Integrative and applied solutions for family science. Journal of Family Psychology, 25(6): p. 795-798.

Weisner, T.S. (2011). “If you work in this country you should not be poor, and your kids should be doing better.”: Bringing mixed methods and theory in psychological anthropology to improve research in policy and practice. Ethos, 39(4): 455-476.

Weisner, T.S. (2011). The Ecocultural Family Interview: New conceptualizations and uses for the study of illness. S. Bonichini & M.R. Baroni (Eds.), Sviluppo e salute del bambino: Fattori individuali, sociali e culturali (Papers in honor of Vanna Axia), p. 166-180. Padova: University of Padova Press.

Weisner, T.S. (2011). Culture. In M.K. Underwood and L.H. Rosen (Eds.), Social development: Relationships in infancy, childhood, and adolescence, p. 372-399. New York: Guildford.

2010

Tremolada, M., Bonichini, S., Altoe, G., Carli, M & Weisner, T.  (2010). Parental perceptions of health-realted quality of life in children with leukemia in the second week after diagnosis: A quantitative model.  Supportive Care in Cancer, published online: 13 March 2010.

Lieber, E. & Weisner, T.S. (2010). Meeting the practical challenges of mixed methods research. In Tashakkori & Teddlie (Eds.), Handbook of Mixed Methods Research, p. 559-579. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.

Weisner, T.S., Garcia Coll, C., & Chatman-Nelson, C. (2010). Theoretical perspectives on the macrosystem. In H. Kreider, M.E. Lopez, H.B. Weiss & C. Chatman-Nelson, eds. Preparing Educators to Engage Families: Case Studies using an Ecocultural Systems Framework, p. 84-96..  Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.

Weisner, T.S. (2010).  John and Beatrice Whitings’ contributions to the cross-cultural study of human development: Their values, goals, norms, and practices.  Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology 41(4): 499-509.

Weisner, T.S. (2010). Commentary for “Multigenerational Ataques de Nervios in a Dominican-American Family: A Form of Intergenerational Transmission of Violent Trauma?” by Daniel S. Schechter. In C. Worthmann, P. Plotsky, D. Schechter & C. Cummings (Eds.), Formative Experiences.  The Interaction of Caregiving, Culture, and Developmental Psychobiology, p. 277-280.

Yoshikawa, H., Nieto, A.M., Sommer, T.E., Chase-Lansdale, L., Weisner, T.S., & Senders, O. Money, time and peers in antipoverty programs for low-income families. In C.S. TamisLeMonda and L. Balter (Eds.), Child psychology: A handbook of contemporary issues. New York: Taylor and Francis.

Yoshikawa, H., Nieto, A.M., Sommer, T.E., Chase-Lansdale, L., Weisner, T.S., & Senders, O. Money, time and peers in antipoverty programs for low-income families. In C.S. TamisLeMonda and L. Balter (Eds.), Child psychology: A handbook of contemporary issues. New York: Taylor and Francis.

Weisner, Thomas S. 2016. “What is the most importance influence on child development?”. TEDx UCLA talk. 

Weisner, Thomas S. 2016. “What is the most importance influence on child development?”. TEDx UCLA talk.