Murry, Velma McBride

Professor / Co-director of the Center for Family Research
Child and Family Development

Research Interests:

Family, community, and societal contexts and their relationship to parenting processes and behavioral outcomes

Featured Publications:

Murry, V. M., Berkel, C., Brody, G. H., Gibbons, F. X., & Gerrard, M. (2007). The Strong African American Families Program: Longitudinal pathways to sexual risk reduction. Journal of Adolescent Health, 41, 317-418.

Wills, T. A., Murry, V. M., Brody, G. H., Gibbons, F. X., Gerrard, M., Walker, C., & Ainette, M. G. (2007). Ethnic pride and self-control related to protective and risk factors: Test of the theoretical model for the Strong African American Families program. Health Psychology, 26, 50-59.

Murry, V. M., Berkel, C., Miller, S. R., Chen, Y.-f., & Brody, G. H. (in press). Linking racial and ethnic socialization to rural African American youths' self-pride, self-presentation, and perceived academic competence. Journal of Cultural Diversity and Ethnic Minority Psychology.

Murry, V. M., Harrell, A. W., Black, A. R., Brody, G. H., Chen, Y.-f., & Cutrona, C. E. (in press). Longitudinal pathways to relationship well-being and health functioning among rural African American women: Contributions of stress, SES, and perceived racial discrimination. Journal of Cultural Diversity and Ethnic Minority Psychology .

Murry, V. M., Harrell, A. W., Brody, G. H., Chen, Y.-f., Simons, R. L., Black, A. R., Cutrona, C. E., & Gibbons, F. X. (in press). Long-term effects of stressors on relationship well-being and parenting among rural African American women [Invited paper]. Journal of Family Relations .

Murry, V. M., Brody, G. H., McNair, L. D., Chin, Y.-f., Gibbons, F. X., Gerrard, M., & Wills, T. (under review). Linking parenting processes, sexual values, and sexual prototypes to African American adolescents' sexual intentions: Test of the heuristic model for the Strong African American Families Program. Manuscript revised and resubmitted for publication.

Education:

Ph.D., Human Development and Family Studies, University of Missouri-Columbia, 1988

M.S., Human Development and Family Studies, University of Missouri-Columbia, 1985

B.S., Child and Family Development, University of Tennessee, 1974