Jeanne Brooks-Gunn
Columbia University
671 Papers
8.1K Citations
Jeanne Brooks-Gunn is an academic researcher from Columbia University. The author has contributed to research in topics: Child development & Poison control. The author has an hindex of 137, co-authored 664 publications. Previous affiliations of Jeanne Brooks-Gunn include Washington University in St. Louis & Johns Hopkins University.
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Papers
The relation of eating problems and amenorrhea in ballet dancers.
TL;DR: Eating problems may be one factor in the pathogenesis of prolonged amenorrhea in certain athletic groups, according to a sample of adult dancers in national and regional classical ballet companies studied.
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Does the Amount of Participation in Afterschool Programs Relate to Developmental Outcomes
TL;DR: There is little support for the general notion that greater amounts of participation in afterschool programs was related to academic, behavioral, or socio-emotional outcomes, but some relationships did emerge depending on how participation was conceptualized and measured, and the methodology used to assess the relationship between participation and outcomes.
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How do mothers benefit from early intervention programs
TL;DR: Early childhood intervention programs for the disadvantaged focus on the benefits that accrue to the children as mentioned in this paper, while most programs also may influence the parents (typically the mother), as most programs provide services to the mother as well as the child.
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The mental health of married, cohabiting, and non-coresident parents with infants
TL;DR: Unmarried parents reported more mental health and behavioral problems than did married parents, and unmarried parents whose relationships ended before the birth reported more impairment compared with other groups of unmarried parents.
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Studying Links between Hormones and Negative Affect: Models and Measures.
TL;DR: In this article, eight models for the study of pubertal change as it is associated with adolescent affect and behavior are considered. But, their focus is on indices of psychological adjustment, such as depressive affect, aggressive affect, eating problems.
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