Child and Family WebGuide: Family/Parenting

Research publications

The WebGuide is directly based on research conducted with scholars, practitioners and parents. Interviews with parents and professionals were conducted to determine which topics and features (e.g., research news sites; ask an expert sites) to include on the WebGuide and to learn how parents use the Web to obtain child-rearing information.

Publications reporting on WebGuide research findings include:

Parents' reliance on the Web to find information about children and families: Socio-economic differences in use, skills and satisfaction
Rothbaum, F., Martland, N., and Jannsen, J. Journal of Applied Developmental Psychology (in press)
The Internet
Martland, N., and Rothbaum, F. In Welch-Ross, M. & Fasig, L.G. (Eds.) (in press). Handbook on Communicating and Disseminating Behavioral Science. Oakland, CA: Sage Publications, Inc. (in press)
Thinking critically about the Internet: Suggestions for practitioners
Martland, N., and Rothbaum, F. Child Welfare, September/October 2006.
Using the Web to disseminate research and affect public policy
Rothbaum,F., Martland, N. and Bishop, S. In Child Development and Social Policy: Knowledge for Action. Edited by J. Lawrence Aber, PhD; Sandra J. Bishop-Josef, PhD; Stephanie M. Jones, PhD; Kathryn Taaffe McLearn, PhD; Deborah A. Phillips, PhD Published by the American Psychological Association (APA) in August, 2006.
A New Frontier for Research Dissemination: The World Wide Web
Martland, N. and Rothbaum, F. Applied Developmental Science, 2002, Vol. 6, No. 3, Pages 110-113.