Media and Publications

Media Features

Dr. Barton’s research has been featured on numerous national and international outlets, including:

Publications

For a complete list of Dr. Barton’s publications, please view his CV on his faculty webpage.

2023

Barton, A. W., Gong, Q., Guttman, S. E., & Doss, B. D. (in press). Trajectories of perceived gratitude and change following relationship interventions: A randomized controlled trial with lower-income, help-seeking couples. Behavior Therapy. Publication in process.

Barton, A. W., Larsen, N. B., Gong, Q., & Stanley, S. M. (2023). Family resiliency in the aftermath of COVID-19 pandemic: A latent profile analysis. Journal of Marriage & Family. Advance online publication. doi: http://doi.org/10.1111/jomf.12929

Barton, A. W., Jenkins, A. I. C., Gong, Q., Sutton, N. C., & Beach, S.R.H. (2023). The protective effects of perceived gratitude and expressed gratitude for relationship quality among African American couples. Journal of Social & Personal Relationships, 40(5), 1622-1644. doi: 10.1177/02654075221131288

Barton, A. W., Gong, Q., Stanley, S. M., & Rhoades, G. K. (2023). Changes in couple, parenting, and individual functioning following participation in the Family Expectations program. Journal of Marital & Family Therapy. 49(1), 169-185. doi: 10.1111/jmft.12613

2022

Barton, A. W., Yu, T., Gong, Q., Miller, G. E., Chen, E., & Brody, G. H. (2022). Childhood Poverty, Immune Cell Aging, and African Americans’ Insulin Resistance: A Prospective Study. Child Development. Child Development. 93(5), 1616-1624. doi: 10.1111/cdev.13795

Barton, A. W., Gong, Q., Sutton, N. C., Davis, J. P., & Smith, D. C. (2022). Adolescent substance use and individual beliefs that drug use is wrong: A statewide epidemiological study. Substance Use & Misuse, 67(4), 640-648. doi: 10.1080/10826084.2022.2034877

Barton, A. W., Lavner, J. A., Sutton, N. C., McNeil Smith, S., & Beach, S.R.H (2022). African Americans’ relationship quality and depressive symptoms: A longitudinal investigation of the Marital Discord Model. Journal of Family Psychology36(7). 1061-1072. doi: 10.1037/fam0000967

2021

Barton, A. W., Lavner, J. A., Hawrilenko, M. J., & Doss, B. (2021). Trajectories of Relationship and Individual Functioning Among Waitlisted Couples for an Online Relationship Intervention.  Family Process, 60. 1233-1248. doi: 10.1111/famp.12691

Lavner, J. A., Barton, A. W., Adesogan, O., & Beach, S. R. H. (2021). Family-centered prevention buffers the effect of financial strain on parenting interactions, reducing youth conduct problems in African American families. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology. 89(9), 783–791. doi.org: 10.1037/ccp0000680

Brody, G., Yu, T., Chen, E., Miller, G. E., Barton, A. W. & Kogan, S. M. (2021). Family-Centered Prevention Effects on the Association Between Racial Discrimination and Mental Health in Black Adolescents: Secondary Analysis of 2 Randomized Clinical Trials. JAMA Network Open, 4(3). doi:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2021.1964

Barton, A. W., Reinhart, C.A., Campbell, C. C., Smith, D. C., & Albarracin, D. (2021). Opioid use at the transition to emerging adulthood: A latent class analysis of non-medical use of prescription opioids and heroin use. Addictive Behaviors, 114,. doi: 10.1016/j.addbeh.2020.106757

Barton, A. W., Lavner, J. A., & Beach, S. R. H.  (2021). Can interventions that strengthen couples’ relationships confer additional benefits for their health? A randomized controlled trial with African American couples. Prevention Science, 22, 386–396. doi:10.1007/s11121-020-01175-7

Barton, A. W., Koester, B. D., Fujimoto, E. M., & Fiese, B. H. (2021). The complexities of family mealtimes in the 21st century: A latent profile analysis. Appetite, 157.  doi: 10.1016/j.appet.2020.105009

2020

Lavner, J. A., Barton, A. W., & Beach, S. R. H. (2020). Direct and indirect effects of a couple-focused preventive intervention on children’s outcomes: A randomized controlled trial with African American families. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 88, 696–707. doi:10.1037/ccp0000589

Barton, A. W., Hatch, S. G., & Doss, B. D. (2020). If you host it online, who will (and will not) come?  Individual and partner enrollment in a web-based intervention for distressed couples. Prevention Science, 21, 830-840. doi: /10.1007/s11121-020-01121-7.

Zapolski, Z. C. B., Yu, T, Brody, G., Banks, D., & Barton, A. W. (2020). Why now? Examining antecedents for substance use initiation among African American adolescence. Development and Psychopathology, 32, 719-734. doi: 10.1017/S0954579419000713

Barton, A. W., Lavner, J. A., Stanley, S. M., Johnson, M. D., & Rhoades, G. K. (2020). “Will you complete this survey too?” Differences between individual versus dyadic samples in romantic relationship research. Journal of Family Psychology, 34, 196-203. doi: 10.1037/fam0000583

Holmes, C. H., Owens, M., Beach, S. R. H., McCormick, M., Hallowell, E., Clark, U., Barton, A. W., Brody, G., MacKillop, J., Sweet, L. (2020). Peer Influence, Frontostriatal Connectivity, and Delay Discounting in African American Emerging Adults. Brain Imaging and Behavior, 14, 155-163. doi:10.1007/s11682-018-9977-y

Johnson, M. D., Lavner, J. A., Barton, A. W., Stanley, S. M., & Rhoades, G. K. (2020).  Trajectories of relationship confidence in intimate partnerships. Journal of Family Psychology, 34, 24–34. doi: 10.1037/fam0000575

2019

Lavner, J. A., Barton, A. W., & Beach, S. R. H. (2019). Improving Couples’ Relationship Functioning Leads to Improved Coparenting: A Randomized Controlled Trial with Rural African American Couples. Behavior Therapy, 50, 1016–1029. doi:10.1016/j.beth.2018.12.006

Brody, G. H., Yu, T., Nusslock, R., Barton, A. W., Miller, G. E., Chen, E., Holmes, C., McCormick, M., & Sweet, L. H (2019). Protective parenting effects on the association of poverty across adolescence with functional neural network connectivity during young adulthood. Psychological Science, 30, 1040-1049. doi.org: 10.1177/0956797619847989

Hanson, J. L., Gilmore, A., Holmes, C.J., Yu, T., Barton, A. W., Beach, S. R., Galván. A, MacKillop, J., Windle, M., Chen, E., Miller, G.E., Sweet, L.H., & Brody, G.H. (2019). A family-focused intervention influences hippocampal-prefrontal connectivity through gains in self-regulation. Child Development, 90, 1389-1401. doi: 10.1111/cdev.13154.

Barton, A. W., Brody, G. H., Yu, T., Kogan, S. M., Chen, E., & Ehrlich, K. B. (2019). The profundity of the everyday: Family routines in adolescence predict development in young adulthood. Journal of Adolescent Health, 64, 340-346. doi: 10.1016/j.jadohealth.2018.08.029

2018

Barton, A. W., Beach, S. R. H., Wells, A. C., Ingels, J. B., Corso, P. S., Sperr, M. C., Anderson, T. N., & Brody, G. H. (2018). The Protecting Strong African American Families Program: A Randomized Controlled Trial with Rural African American Couples. Prevention Science, 19, 904-913. doi: 10.1007/s11121-018-0895-4.

Lavner, J. A., Barton, A. W., Bryant, C. M., & Beach, S. R. H. (2018). Racial discrimination and relationship functioning among African American couples. Journal of Family Psychology, 32, 686–691. doi:10.1037/fam0000415

Barton, A. W., Yu, T., Brody, G. H., & Ehrlich, K. B. (2018). Childhood Poverty, Catecholamines, and Substance Use Among African American Young Adults: The Protective Effect of Supportive Parenting. Preventive Medicine, 112, 1-5. doi: 10.1016/j.ypmed.2018.03.016

Holmes, C. H., Barton, A. W., MacKillop, J., Galván, A., Owens, M., McCormick, M. J., Yu, T., Beach, S. R. H., Brody, G. H., & Sweet, L. H. (2018). Parenting and Salience Network Connectivity among African Americans: A Protective Pathway for Health-Risk Behaviors. Biological Psychiatry, 84, 365-371. doi: 10.1016/j.biopsych.2018.03.003

Barton, A. W., Brody, G. H., Zapolski, T. C. B., Goings, T. C., Kogan, S. M., Windle, M., & Yu, T. (2018). Trajectory Classes of Cannabis Use and Heavy Drinking among Rural African Americans: Multilevel Predictors of Class Membership. Addiction, 113, 1439-1449 doi:10.1111/add.14200

Barton, A.W., Beach, S. R. H., Bryant, C. M., Lavner, J.A., & Brody, G. H. (2018). Stress spillover, African Americans’ couple and health outcomes, and the stress-buffering effect of family-centered prevention. Journal of Family Psychology, 32, 186-196. doi:10.1037/fam0000376

2017

Barton, A.W., Beach, S. R. H., Lavner, J.A., Bryant, C. M., Kogan, S. M., & Brody, G. H. (2017). Is Communication a Mechanism of Relationship Education Effects among Rural African Americans? Journal of Marriage and Family, 79, 1450–1461. doi:10.1111/jomf.12416

Barton, A. W., Hurt, T. R., Futris, T. G., Sheats, K., McElroy, S., & Landor, A.M. (2017). Being committed: Conceptualizations of romantic relationship commitment among low-income African American adolescents. Journal of Black Psychology, 43, 111-134. doi:10.1177/0095798415621665

Brody, G. H., Gray, J., Yu, T., Barton, A. W., Beach, S. R. H., Galván, A., MacKillop, J., Windle, M., Chen, E., Miller, G. E., & Sweet, L. H. (2017). Protective Prevention Effects on the Association of Poverty With Brain Development. JAMA Pediatrics, 171, 46-52. doi:10.1001/jamapediatrics.2016.2988

2016

Beach, S. R. H., Barton, A. W., Lei, M. K., Mandara, J., Wells, A. C., Kogan, S. M., Brody, G. H. (2016). Decreasing Substance Use Risk Among African American Youth: Parent-based Mechanisms of Change.  Prevention Science, 17 (5), 572-583. doi: 10.1007/s11121-016-0651-6.

Barton, A.W., & Bryant, C. M. (2016). Financial strain, trajectories of marital processes, and African American newlyweds’ marital instability. Journal of Family Psychology. 30, 657-664. doi:10.1037/fam0000190

Barton, A.W., Beach, S. R. H., Hurt, T.R., Fincham, F. D., Stanley, S. M., Kogan, S. M., & Brody, G. H. (2016). Determinants and Long-Term Effects of Attendance Levels in a Marital Enrichment Program for African American Couples. Journal of Marital and Family Therapy, 42(2), 272-287. doi: 10.1111/jmft.12126

2015

Barton, A.W., Kogan, S. M., Cho, J., & Brown, G. L. (2015). Father involvement and young, rural African American men’s engagement in substance misuse and multiple sexual partnerships. American Journal of Community Psychology, 56(3), 241-251. doi:10.1007/s10464-015-9748-5

Barton, A. W., Futris, T. G., & Nielsen, R. B. (2015). Linking financial distress to marital quality: The intermediary roles of demand/withdraw and spousal gratitude expressions. Personal Relationships, 22(3), 536-549. doi: 10.1111/pere.12094

Barton, A.W., Beach, S. R. H., Kogan, S. M., Stanley, S. M., Fincham, F. D., Hurt, T.R., & Brody, G. H. (2015). Prevention effects on trajectories of African American adolescents’ exposure to interparental conflict and depressive symptoms. Journal of Family Psychology, 29(2), 171-179. doi: 10.1037/fam0000073

2014

Barton, A.W., Futris, T. G., & Nielsen, R. B. (2014). With a little help from our friends: Couple social integration in marriage. Journal of Family Psychology, 28(6), 986-991. doi:10.1037/fam0000038

Beach, S. R. H., Barton, A. W., Lei, M. K., Brody, G. H., Kogan, S. M., Hurt, T. R., . . . Stanley, S. M. (2014). The Effect of Communication Change on Long-term Reductions in Child Exposure to Conflict: Impact of the Promoting Strong African American Families (ProSAAF) Program. Family Process, 53(4), 580-595. doi: 10.1111/famp.12085

Barton, A.W., & Bishop, R. (2014). Paradigms, processes, and values in family research. Journal of Family Theory and Review, 6(3), 241-256. doi: 10.1111/jftr.12043

Barton, A.W., Futris, T., & Bradley, R. (2014). Changes following premarital education for couples with differing degrees of future marital risk. Journal of Marital & Family Therapy, 40(2), 165-177. doi: 10.1111/jmft.12006

2011

Futris, T., Barton, A.W., Aholou, T., & Seponski, D. (2011).  The Impact of PREPARE on Engaged Couples’ Behaviors, Attitudes and Relationship Quality. Journal of Couple & Relationship Therapy, 10(1), 69-86. doi: 10.1080/15332691.2011.539175