Publications and Conference Presentations

Publications and Selected Conference Presentations

  • Cho, G. E. (2021). Analyzing representations of diverse families in children’s books. In M. Wong, L. Wiener, J. Cerniak, & L.T.S. Yee. (Eds.), Incorporating Diversity in Classroom Settings: Real and Engaging Examples for Various Psychology Courses (Vol. 2: Intersectionality) (pp. 70-74). Society for the Teaching of Psychology.
  • Cho, G. E. (2021). Using Academic Civic Engagement to support internationally adopted children and their multicultural families. In M. Wong, L. Wiener, J. Cerniak, & L.T.S. Yee. (Eds.), Incorporating Diversity in Classroom Settings: Real and Engaging Examples for Various Psychology Courses (Vol. 1: Ability, Age, Culture, Ethnicity/Race, Gender, Religion, Sexual Orientation, and Socioeconomic Status) (pp. 132-137). Society for the Teaching of Psychology.
  • Cole, D.A., Lubarsky, S.R., Nick, E.A., Cho, G.E. et al. (2020). The peer victimization in college survey: Construction and validation. Psychological Assessment, 32(9), 851-871. DOI:10.1037/pas0000888
  • Cho, G. E. (2019). Self-esteem development. In J. J. Ponzetti (Ed.), Macmillan Encyclopedia of Families, Marriages, and Intimate Relationships: An Interdisciplinary Approach (pp. 798-801). MI: Macmillan Reference USA/Gale.
  • Miller, P. J., & Cho, G. E. (2018). Self-Esteem in Time and Place: How American Families Imagine, Enact, and Personalize a Cultural Ideal.  New York, NY: Oxford University Press.  (Book)
  • Cho, G. E. (2016). Placing socioemotional development in cultural context. In D. Gross, K. Abrams, & C. Enns (Eds.), Internationalizing the undergraduate psychology curriculum: Practical lessons learned at home and abroad (pp. 163-180). Washington, DC: American Psychological Association. DOI: 10.1037/14840-010
  • Miller, P. J., & Cho, G. E. (2015).  Self-esteem discourses. In K. Tracy and T. Sandel (Eds.),The International Encyclopedia of Language and Social Interaction (pp. 1-10).  NJ: JohnWiley & Sons. DOI: 10.1002/9781118611463/wbielsi101
  • Miller, P. J., Cho, G. E., & Bracey, J. R. (2012).  L’expérience des enfants des classes populairesau prisme des récits personnels (French translation), in W. Lignier (Ed.), Social Differentiation of Children, special issue of social science journal Politix, 25(9), 79-108.
  • Cho, G. E. (2010). Father-child relationship (Update). In N. A. Piotrowski (Ed.), Salem Health: Psychology and Mental Health. Vol. 2 (pp. 762-766). Pasadena, CA: Salem Press.
  • Cho, G. E., Miller, P. J., & Bracey, J. R. (2009). Self-esteem. In R. A. Shweder, T. Bidell, A. Dailey, S. Dixon, P. Miller & J. Modell (Eds.), The Child: An Encyclopedic Companion (pp. 876-878). Chicago: University of Chicago Press.
  • Sandel, T., Cho, G. E., Miller, P. J., & Wang, S. (2006). What it means to be a grandmother: A cross-cultural study of Taiwanese and Euro-American grandmothers’ beliefs. Journal of Family Communication, 6(4), 255-278.
  • Cho, G. E., Miller, P. J., Sandel, T., & Wang, S. (2005). What do grandmothers think about self-esteem? American and Taiwanese folk theories revisited. Social Development, 14, 701-721.
  • Miller, P. J., Cho, G. E., & Bracey, J. R. (2005a). Working-class children’s experience through the prism of personal storytelling. Human Development, 48, 115-135.
  • Miller, P. J., Cho, G. E., & Bracey, J. R. (2005b). Expanding the angle of vision on working-class children’s stories. Human Development, 48, 151-154.
  • Cho, G. E., & Miller, P. J. (2004). Personal storytelling: Working-class and middle-class in comparative perspective. In M. Farr (Ed.), Ethnolinguistic Chicago: Language and literacy in the City’s neighborhoods (pp. 79-101). Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates.
  • Miller, P. J., Wang, S., Sandel, T., & Cho, G. E. (2002). Self-esteem as folk theory:  A comparison of ethnographic interviews. Parenting: Science and Practice, 2, 209-239.

 Selected Conference Presentations
(*denotes student co-authors)

  • McDonald, C.*, Alley, R*., & Cho, G. E. (2022, April). Variations in life narratives and psychological well-being. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Midwestern Psychological Association, Chicago, IL.
  • Cho, G. E. (2021, April). Using children’s media to examine portrayals of parenting and families. Poster presented at the Developmental Science Teaching Institute, biennial meeting of the Society for Research in Child Development. (virtual)
  • DuBois, M.*, Stolte, M.*, & Cho, G. E. (2019, April). Narratives of emerging adulthood: Common themes and their ties to emotional wellbeing. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Midwestern Psychological Association, Chicago, IL.
  • Grossman, M.*, & Cho, G. E. (2019, April). Emotion valence and its influence on parents’ and children’s verbal and nonverbal emotion expressivity. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Midwestern Psychological Association, Chicago, IL.
  • Cho, G. E. Grossman, M.*, & Smith, J.* (2019, March). Emotion expression during parent-child book-reading: Variability by gender, emotion valence, and mode of expression. Poster presented at the biennial meeting of the Society for Research in Child Development, Baltimore, MD.
  • Cho, G. E. (2019, March). Children’s Emotion Socialization in Sociocultural Context. Paper presented in the symposium Coming Back to (South) Baltimore: A Symposium Honoring the Career of Peggy Miller (Chairs: Doug Sperry and Grace E. Cho) at the biennial meeting of the Society for Research in Child Development, Baltimore, MD.
  • Cho, G.E., & Jeong, Y. (2016, July). A cultural comparison of parental emotion beliefs and practices. Paper presented at the 4th biennial APA Division 45 Society for the Study of Culture, Ethnicity, and Race Research Conference, Palo Alto, CA.
  • Johnson, A., Smith, J., & Cho, G. E. (2016, May). Emotion talk in parent-child storytelling and book-reading. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Midwestern Psychological Association, Chicago, IL.
  • Cho, G.E., & Jeong, Y. (2015, March). Emotion socialization in the U.S. and S. Korea: Variation by culture and gender. Poster presented at the biennial meeting of the Society for Research in Child Development, Philadelphia, PA.
  • Cho, G E., & Martin, D.* (2014, May).  Children’s emotion talk: Do parental beliefs or practices matter? Presented at the annual convention of the Association for Psychological Science, San Francisco, CA.
  • Castaneda, N.*, & Cho, G E. (2013, May). Learning about emotions through parent-child book-reading. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Midwestern Psychological Association, Chicago, IL.
  • Cho, G E., & Castaneda, N.* (2013, April). Emotion beliefs and practices across two storytelling contexts. Poster presented at the biennial meeting of the Society for Research in Child Development, Seattle, WA.
  • Gaarnas-Halvorsen, P.*, Seltz, K.*, & Cho, G. E. (2012, May).  Conscious mothers, reactive fathers: Beliefs and emotionality in parenting strategies. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Midwestern Psychological Association, Chicago, IL.
  • Hammond, M. & Cho, G. E. (2012, May).  The relationship between cognitive emotion regulation strategies and persistent worry. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Midwestern Psychological Association, Chicago, IL.
  • Terpstra, E.*, McMahon, S.*, & Cho, G. E. (2012, May).  The relationship between parent and child emotion talk. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Midwestern Psychological Association, Chicago, IL.
  • Vue, C.*, Xiong, K.*, & Cho, G. E. (2012, May).  Storytelling: Exploring patterns in narratives of children’s emotional experiences. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Midwestern Psychological Association, Chicago, IL.
  • Cho, G. E., Humble, J.*, Jeong, Y., & Petersen, K.* (2011, April). Mothers’ and fathers’ emotion beliefs and strategies: A cross-cultural investigation. Paper presented in the symposium Emotion Socialization Beliefs and Practices in Asian Families (Chair: Grace E. Cho) at the biennial meeting of the Society for Research in Child Development, Montreal, Canada.
  • Jeong, Y., & Cho, G. E. (2011, April). Generational differences in Korean parents’ emotion-related beliefs and parenting practices: Now and 30 years ago. Paper presented in the symposium Emotion Socialization Beliefs and Practices in Asian Families (Chair: Grace E. Cho) at the biennial meeting of the Society for Research in Child Development, Montreal, Canada.
  • Cho, G. E., Humble, J.*, & Petersen, K.* (2011, March). Ambivalence over one’s emotional style and parental strategies for coping with children’s emotional expressions. Poster presented at the biennial meeting of the Society for Research in Child Development, Montreal, Canada.
  • Jeong, Y., & Cho, G. E. (2010, September). Korean parents’ emotion related beliefs and parenting practices: Across generations and across cultures. Paper presented in the symposium Child Development and Parenting: Universal Features and Cultural Difference (Chair: K. Masami Yamaguchi) at the 74th Annual Convention of the Japanese Psychological Association, Toyonaka, Japan.
  • Thor, V.*, & Cho, G. E. (2010, May). Culture and gender variation in Hmong and European American students’ worries. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Midwestern Psychological Association, Chicago, IL.
  • Cho, G. E., & Crouch, A.* (2010, April). Contributions of early parenting on young adult relationships with parents. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Midwestern Psychological Association, Chicago, IL.
  • Gordon, A.*, Buccholtz, R.*, & Cho, G. E. (2010, April). Relations between parents’ own emotional experience and expressivity with their parenting techniques. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Midwestern Psychological Association, Chicago, IL.
  • Humble, J.*, Andren, S.*, & Cho, G. E. (2010, April). Parental beliefs and reactions to young children’s emotion expressions: A look at gender. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Midwestern Psychological Association, Chicago, IL.
  • Gross, D., & Cho, G. E. (2010, March). Observing children’s play: Historical and ecological perspectives. Poster presented at the 36th Annual Conference of The Association for the Study of Play (TASP). Atlanta, GA.
  • Cho, G. E., & Tshomo, P.* (2009, April). College students worrying: Contributions of gender and parenting. Poster presented at the biennial meeting of the Society for Research in Child Development, Denver, CO.
  • Kwoh, L.*, Cho, G. E., & Belon, K.* (2008, March). Does it come with the territory? Exploring parental worries of mothers and fathers of kindergarten-aged children. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Eastern Psychological Association, Boston, MA.
  • Belon, K.*, & Cho, G. E. (2008, March). How much do people worry? Worry and perceptions of worry in students and their parents. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Eastern Psychological Association, Boston, MA.
  • Cho, G. E., Agathen, J. M., Miller, P. J., Mangelsdorf, S. C., & Belon, K.* (2007, March/April). Mother-child personal storytelling: Exploring the role of narrative context in gender socialization. Paper presented in the symposium Parent-Child Conversations: Multi-Method Investigations of their Role in Children’s Social and Emotional Development (Chair: Christi Cervantes) at the biennial meeting of the Society for Research in Child Development, Boston, MA.
  • Cho, G. E., James, S.*, & Whelan, J.* (2007, March/April).  Mothers’ and fathers’ affective experiences with discipline. Poster presented at the biennial meeting of the Society for Research in Child Development, Boston, MA.
  • Cho, G. E., & Miller, P. J. (2006, August). Worry or not: Affective experiences in parenting. Paper presented in the symposium Parental Socialization of Emotions (Co-Chairs: Amy Halberstadt and Julie Dunsmore) at the annual meeting of the International Society for Research on Emotions, Atlanta, GA.
  • Cho, G. E., & Miller, P. J. (2006, April). Parenting worries: Does gender matter? Poster presented at the 2nd Gender Development Research Conference, San Francisco, CA.
  • Sandel, T., Cho, G. E., Miller, P. J., & Wang, S. H. (2005, May). A cross-cultural study of grandmothers and their role among families in Taiwan and the United States. Invited paper presented in the symposium Top Three Papers in Language and Social Interaction (Chair: Francois Cooren) at the 55th Annual Convention of the International Communication Association, New York, NY. (Note: Paper was a winner of the Top Three Papers Award in the Language and Social Interaction division)
  • Cho, G. E., Agathen, J. M., Miller, P. J., & Mangelsdorf, S. C. (2005, April). Mother-child personal storytelling: A contextual perspective on gender socialization. Poster presented at the biennial meeting of the Society for Research in Child Development, Atlanta, GA.
  • Cho, G. E., Bracey, J. R., & Miller, P. J. (2005, April). Mothers’ and fathers’ beliefs about childrearing and self-esteem. Poster presented at the biennial meeting of the Society for Research in Child Development, Atlanta, GA.
  • Cho, G. E., Sandel, T., Miller, P. J., & Wang, S. (2004, April). What do grandmothers think about self-esteem? American and Taiwanese folk theories revisited. Poster presented at the biennial Conference on Human Development, Washington, D. C.
  • Cho, G. E., & Pomerantz, E. (2003, April). The implications of children’s goal investment for their anxiety symptoms: The role of maternal control. Poster presented at the biennial meeting of the Society for Research in Child Development, Tampa, FL.
  • Bracey, J. R., Cho, G. E., & Miller, P. J. (2003, April). African American parents’ folk theories of self-esteem. Poster presented at the biennial meeting of the Society for Research in Child Development, Tampa, FL.
  • Cho, G. E., & Miller, P. J. (2002, May). Sociocultural variation in personal storytelling: An investigation of mothers’ emotion talk. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Midwestern Psychological Association, Chicago, IL.
  • Cho, G. E., & Miller, P. J. (2002, April). Mothers’ use of emotion talk in personal storytelling: A comparison of working-class and middle-class families. Paper presented at the biennial Conference on Human Development, Charlotte, NC.
  • Miller, P. J., Wang, S., Sandel, T., & Cho, G. E. (2001, November). Self-esteem as folk theory: An analysis of interviews as communicative events. Paper presented in the symposium Top papers in Language and Social Interaction (Chair: Richard Buttny) at the annual meeting of the National Communication Association, Atlanta, GA. (Note: Paper was a winner of the Top Four Papers Award in the Language and Social Interaction division)
  • Cho, G. E. (2001, April).  Storytelling in working-class and middle-class families: A comparison of mothers’ folk theories and cultural practices. Poster presented at the biennial meeting of theSociety for Research in Child Development, Minneapolis, MN.
  • Miller, P. J., Wang, S., Sandel, T., & Cho, G. E. (2001, April). The meanings and discourses of self-esteem: Parental folk theories of childrearing in Taiwan and the U.S. Paper presented in the symposium Parental folk theories of self-esteem: Variability within and across cultures (Chair: Peggy J. Miller) at the biennial meeting of the Society for Research in Child Development, Minneapolis, MN.
  • Anderson, K., Cho, G. E., O’ Shea, K., Tennenbaum, H., & Leaper, C. (1998, March). Gender and emotion schemas among Latina and Latino youth. Poster presented at the Society for Research on Adolescence, San Diego, CA.