Wendy Cushing Gamble
Associate Professor
Division of Family Studies & Human Development
Scholarly Interests and Activities
Publications
[MAILING ADDRESS]
PO Box 210033
Tucson, AZ 85721-0033
[CAMPUS ADDRESS]
Family and Consumer Sciences Bldg.
1110 East South Campus Drive Tucson, AZ 85721-0033
Phone: (520) 621-1075 Fax: (520) 621-3401
Email: wgamble@ag.arizona.edu
Scholarly Intersts and Activities
Dr. Gamble's research interests focus on the socio-emotional development of children. Current projects include exploring the development of emotional competence among young children and how family emotional climates shape these emerging competencies. Key components of the family examined in this project include the overall emotional climate of the family, parent-child and sibling relations. Developing emotional competence, including understanding emotions and knowing when and how to regulate them, is considered a central task of early childhood with implications for well-being, social adjustment and school readiness. Dr. Gamble's research projects are designed to better understand these linkages.
Education
Ph.D. Human Development & Family Studies, The Pennsylvania State University, 1985
M.S. Human Development & Family Studies, The Pennsylvania State University, 1983
B.A. Occidental College, Los Angeles, CA (Psychology), 1978
Academic and Professional Employment
1994 - present Associate Professor of Family Studies, The University of Arizona
1987 - 1994 Assistant Professor of Family Studies, The University of Arizona
1985 - 1987 USPHS Post-Doctoral Fellow, University of Denver
1984 - 1985 Instructor, The Pennsylvania State University
1978 - 1980 Research Assistant, Social Ecology Laboratory, Stanford
University Medical School, Dept. Of Psychiatry, Palo Alto, CA
Administrative Experience
2002 -2005 Chair Graduate Studies Committee and Graduate Admissions
1996 - 1999 Associate Division Chair, Family Studies (coordinating undergraduate program, over 500 students and 16 regular teaching faculty)
1994 - 1996 Chair, Graduate Admissions Committee
Professional Activities
1989 - present Reviewer, referred journals: Journal of Marriage and Family, Journal of Adolescent Research, Merrill-Palmer Quarterly, Communication Monographs, International Journal of Behavioral Development, Family Relations, Journal of Social and Personal Relationships, Journal of the International Society for the Study of Personal Relationships, Developmental Psychology, NHSA Dialog, Psychology Reports: Perceptual and Motor Skills, Family Relations, Family Issues, Journal of Early Adolescence
1994 Reviewer, Abstracts for the National Conference on Family Relations
1999 Reviewer, Abstracts for Society for Research on Adolescence
2000 Reviewer, Abstracts for Society for Research on Child Development
1996 - present Editorial Board of Journal of Emotional Abuse
1998 - 2000 Awards and Recognition Committee International Network on Personal Relationships
Institutional Funding
2005 $4,500 ICYF Faculty Buy-Out Award (Awarded 11/6/03).
2002- 2004 $30,000 Collaboration with Kang Ning University, Taipei, Taiwan.
With Dr. Angela Taylor and Dr. Donna Christensen.
University of Arizona Foundation
2000 $3,900 The Socialization of Emotion Regulation in Low-Income,
Mexican-American Preschool Children. With Dr. Angela
Taylor and Dr. Donna Christensen. School of Family and Consumer Sciences Faculty Grant Program.
1999 - 2000 $5,000 The Socialization of Emotion Regulation in Low-Income, Mexican-American Preschool Children. With Drs. Angela Taylor and Donna Christensen. University of Arizona Small Grants Program, Office of the Vice President for Research.
Outside Funding
(Principal Investigator unless otherwise noted)
1999 - 2002 $329,569 Co-Principal Investigator, Socialization of Emotional Competence. Department of Health and Human Services, Head Start-University Partnerships. (Budget represents total costs for 3 years of funding).
1998 - 2000 $1,500,000 (Over 5 years) Arizona State Abstinence Only Sexuality Education Evaluation. Subcontract $60,000 for year one, $30,000 year two. Arizona Department of Health Services.
Chapters:
Belsky, J., Robins, E., & Gamble, W. C. (1983). The determinants of parental competence: Towards a contextual theory. In M. Lewis & L. Rosenblum (Eds.), Social connections- Beyond the dyad. New York : Plenum Press.
McHale, S. M., & Gamble, W. C. (1986). Mainstreaming autistic children. In G. B. Mesibov
& E. Schopler (Eds.), Social behavior in autism. New York : Plenum.
McHale, S. M., & Gamble, W. C. (1987). Relationships between handicapped children and their non-handicapped siblings and peers. In J. Garbarino, P. Brookhouser, & K. Authier (Eds.), Special children - Special risks: The maltreatment of handicapped children. New York : Aldine.
McHale, S. M., & Gamble, W. C. (1987). The social networks of children with handicapped
and non-handicapped siblings. In S. Salzinger, J. Antrobus, & M. Hammer (Eds.), Social networks of children, adolescents, and college students. Hillsdale, NJ : Lawrence Erlbaum, Inc.
Gamble, W. C., & Woulbroun, E. J. (1993). Measurement considerations in the identification and assessment of stressors and coping strategies of youngsters with exceptional siblings. In Z. Stoneman & P. Berman (Eds.), The effects of mental retardation, disability and illness on sibling relationships: Research issues and challenges. Baltimore, MD : Brookes.
Gamble, W. C. (1994). Risk and resilience during pregnancy and in the infant and toddler periods. In S. C. Betts, D. de Kok, M. A. Worden (Eds.), Youth at risk: Preparing Arizona 's Children for Success in the 21 st Century.
Gamble, W. C., & Dalla, R. L. (1994). Parenting and child adjustment in single- and
two-parent, Euro- and Mexican-American families. In H. I. McCubbin, E. A. Thompson, A. I. Thompson, & J. E. Frommer (Eds.), Resilience in ethnic and immigrant American families. Madison, WI : The University of Wisconsin Press.
Torquati, J., & Gamble, W. C. (1994). Continuity of caregiving in Mexican-American and African-American homeless families. In H. I. McCubbin, E. A. Thompson, A. I. Thompson, & J. E. Frommer (Eds.), Resilience in ethnic and immigrant American families. Madison, WI : The University of Wisconsin Press.
Chapters : (Textbooks)
Gamble, W. C., & Garbarino, J. (1986). Adolescents in the family context. In J. Garbarino & Associates (Eds.), Adolescent development: An ecological perspective. Columbus, OH : Charles Merrill.
Journal Articles : (Refereed)
Moos, R. H., Finney, J., & Gamble, W. C. (1982). The process of recovery from alcoholism: II. Comparing spouses of alcoholics to matched community controls. Journal of Studies on Alcohol, 43, 888-909.
Finney, J. W., Moos, R. H., Cronkite, R., & Gamble, W. C. (1983). A conceptual model of the functioning of married persons with impaired partners: Spouses of alcoholic patients. Journal of Marriage and the Family, 34, 23-34.
McHale, S. M., & Gamble, W. C. (1987). Sibling relationships and child psychological adjustment of children with disabled brothers and sisters. In F. Schacter & R. Stone (Eds.), (Special Issue). Practical Concerns About Siblings: Bridging the research-practice gap. Journal of Children in Contemporary Society, 19, 131-158.
McHale, S. M., & Gamble, W. C. (1989). Sibling relationships of children with disabled and non-disabled brothers and sisters. Developmental Psychology, 25,(3), 421-429.
Gamble, W. C., & McHale, S. M. (1989). Coping with stress in sibling relationships: A comparison of children with disabled and non-disabled siblings. Journal of Applied Developmental Psychology, 10, 353-374.
Kobak, R. R., Sudler, N., & Gamble, W. C. (1992). Attachment and depressive symptoms during adolescence: A developmental pathways analysis. Developmental and Psychopathology, 3, 46-74.
Kobak, R. R., Cole, H., Ferenz-Gillies, R. Fleming, W. S., & Gamble, W. C. (1993). Attachment and emotion regulation during mother-teen problem-solving: A control theory analysis. Child Development, 64, 231-245.
Gamble, W. C. (1994). Perceptions of controllability and other stressor event characteristics as determinants of coping among young adolescents and young adults. Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 23, 65-84.
Gamble, W. C., & Woulbroun, E. J. (1994). Perceptions of social support among young children. Early Education & Development, 6, 1-23.
Rossman, R. R. B., & Gamble, W. C. (1997). Preschoolers' understanding of physical injury: Stressor, affect, and coping appraisals. Children's Health Care, 26, 77-96.
Gamble, W. C., & Dalla, R. L. (1997). Young children's perceptions of their social worlds in single- and two-parent, Euro- and Mexican-American families. Journal of Social and Personal Relationships, 14, 357-372.
Dalla, R. L., & Gamble, W. C. (1997). Exploring factors related to parenting competence among Navajo teenage mothers: Dual techniques of inquiry. Family Relations, 46, 113-122.
Dalla, R. L., & Gamble, W. C. (1999). Weaving a portrait of relational assistance: A qualitative investigation of interpersonal support among reservation-residing, Navajo teenage mothers. Personal Relations, 6, 249 - 265.
Dalla, R., & Gamble, W. (2000). Mother, daughter, teenager -- Who am I? Perceptions of self and the timing of first-time motherhood among Navajo Native-American Women. Journal of Family Issues, 21, 225 - 245.
Dalla, R. L., & Gamble, W. C. (2000). Teenage mothering on the Navajo Reservation: An examination of Intergenerational Perceptions and Beliefs. American Indian Cultural Research Journal.
Torquati, J. C. & Gamble, W. (2001). Social resources and psychological adaptation of homeless school-aged children. Journal of Social Distress and the Homeless, 10 (4), 305 - 321.
JOURNAL ARTICLES IN REVIEW (Refereed)
Cota-Robles, S., & Gamble, W. C. (in review). Traditional cultural values and reduced risk for delinquency for Mexican American adolescents: The roles of familism values and parent-adolescent processes.
Cota-Robles, S., & Gamble, W. C. (in review). Parent-adolescent processes and reduced risk for delinquency: The effect of gender for Mexican American adolescents.
McGuire, J.K. & Gamble, W.C. (in review). But did it matter to you? Engagement in teen mentoring as a predictor of increased community belonging and social responsibility.
Modry-Mandell, K., Gamble, W., & Taylor, A. (in review). Family emotional climate, exposure to interparental conflict, and child adjustment: The mediating role of emotional qualities of the sibling relationship.
Gamble, W., Taylor, A., & Christensen, D. (in review). Family emotional processes, emotion competence, and adjustment: Testing a mediational model.
Gamble, W., Modry-Mandrell, K., Christensen, D., & Taylor, A. (in revision).
Emotional competence, social competence, and School Readiness: Direct and mediated associations for preschool children of Mexican Origin.
Gamble, W. & Yu, J. J. (in review). Sibling relationship type and children's behavior adjustment.
Ramakumar, S. & Gamble W. (in preparation). Connecting parental beliefs and behaviors around emotions.
Gamble, W.C., & Modry-Mandell, K. (in revision). Sibling relationship qualities and young children's behavioral problems: Mother-child relationship quality and parenting style as moderators.