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Resiliency in sexual minority youth
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Romantic relationships for adolescent and adult sexual minorities
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Qualitative and quantitative methodological approaches to data collection and analysis
Scholarly Publications
Manuscripts, Published
Muraco, J. A. & Curran, M. A. (2012). Associations between marital meaning and reasons to delay marriage for young adults in romantic relationships. Marriage & Family Review, 48(3), 227-247.
Curran, M. A., Utley, E. A., & Muraco, J. A. (2010). An exploratory study of the meaning of marriage for African Americans. Marriage & Family Review, 46(5), 346-365.
Manuscripts, Under Review
Muraco, J. A., Russell, S. T., & Curran, M. A. Marriage initiatives effect on school safety for adolescents: A brief report. Journal of Marriage & Family.
Manuscripts, In Progress
Muraco, J. A. Moderators of LGB Romantic relationship quality: Gender, race, age, and previous relationship experience. [Completed Thesis]
Book Chapters, Published or In Press
Russell, S. T. & Muraco, J. A. (2012). The use of national datasets to study LGBT-parent families: Challenges, advantages, and opportunities. In A. E. Goldbert & K. R. Allen (Eds.), LGBT-Parent Families: Possibilities for New Research and Implications for Practice. Springer.
Russell, S. T., Van Campen, K. S., & Muraco, J. A. (2012). Sexuality development in adolescence. In J. DeLamater & L. Carpenter (Eds.), Sex for Life: From Virginity to Viagra, How Sexuality Changes Throughout Our Lives. New York University Press.
Russell, S. T., Watson, R. J., & Muraco, J. A. (2011). The development of same-sex intimate relationships during adolescence. In B. Laursen & A. W. Collins (Eds.), Relationships Pathways: From Adolescence to Young Adulthood. Sage Press.
Outreach Publications
Muraco, J. A. & Koerner, S. S. (2012). How caregiving impacts the caregiver: The influence of person and family level characteristics in the caregiving of elderly family members. (Frances McClelland Institute for Children, Youth, and Families ResearchLink, Vol. 4, No. 2). Tucson, AZ: The University of Arizona.
Muraco, J. A. & Raison, C. L. (2012). Compassion training as a pathway to lifelong health and wellbeing. (Frances McClelland Institute for Children, Youth, and Families ResearchLink, Vol. 4, No. 1). Tucson, AZ: The University of Arizona.
Muraco, J. A. & Russell, S. T. (2011). How school bullying impacts lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) young adults. (Frances McClelland Institute for Children, Youth, and Families ResearchLink, Vol. 3, No. 2). Tucson, AZ; The University of Arizona.
Van Campen, K. S., Muraco, J. A., & Curran, M. A. (2011). What do relationships of expectant cohabitors look like? (Frances McClelland Institute for Children, Youth, and Families ResearchLink, Vol. 3, No. 1). Tucson, AZ; The University of Arizona.
Scholarly Presentations
Peer-Reviewed
Muraco, J. A., Russell, S. T., & Curran, M. A. (November, 2012). How past relationships influence LGB young adult’s relationship quality. Paper to be presented at the Annual Conference of the National Council on Family Relations, Phoenix, AZ.
Russell, S. T., & Muraco, J. A. (November, 2011). The use of representative datasets to study LGBT-parent families. Paper presented at the Annual Conference of the National Council on Family Relations, Orlando, FL.
Russell, S. T. & Muraco, J. A., & Curran, M. A. (October, 2011). The affect of same-sex marriage discussion at school on school safety as associated with frequency and supportiveness of discussion, sexual orientation, and current ballot initiatives. Poster presented at the International Association for Relationship Research Mini-Conference, Tucson, AZ.
Muraco, J. A. & Curran, M. A. (November, 2009). Marital meaning and reasons for lack of marriage. Poster presented at the Annual Conference of the National Council on Family Relations, San Francisco, CA.