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Paul L. Schvaneveldt, Ph.D., CFLE 

Associate Professor

Child &Family Studies      

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Contact Information

247 McKay Education Building

Ogden, UT 84408-1301

801-626-6597

pschvaneveldt@weber.edu

Teaching Activities

  • Adolescent Development 6140                              

  • Work and Family Interface 4810

  • Comparative Child and Adolescent Development 4500

  • Research Methods in Child and Family Studies 3850

  • Parenting Education 3550

  • Family Relations 2400

Education

Ph.D. Human Development and Family Studies, University of North Carolina Greensboro (1999).

Projects

  • Director of the WSU Family Literacy Project
  • Co-Principal Investigator of the Healthy Marriage Project funded by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Administration for Children and Families

Research Interests

  • Latin American Families
  • Parent-Adolescent Relationships
  • Cross-Cultural Research

Current Research Projects

  • Schvaneveldt, P.L. (in preparation).  Identity and the development of the self: A longitudinal analysis of service learning experiences of volunteers in the orphanage setting in Latin America. 

  • Schvaneveldt, P.L. (in preparation).  Mate selection practices and preferences in La Paz and the Altiplano regions of Bolivia: A comparison within Bolivian culture. 

  • Schvaneveldt, P.L. (in preparation).  At-risk behaviors among adolescents in Ecuador: The impact of family process and peer affiliations. 

  • Schvaneveldt, P.L. (in preparation).  Adolescent development in Bolivia: Parenting behaviors that promote social competence.

  • Schvaneveldt, P.L., Singh, A., & Peterson, G. (in preparation).  Parental influences on adolescent academic achievement orientation in India.

  • Schvaneveldt, P.L., Kons, K., Mau, C., & Peterson, G. (in preparation).  Adolescent self-efficacy in India: The role of familial and parenting influences.

  •  Schvaneveldt, J.D., & Schvaneveldt, P.L. (in preparation).  Children’s perception of family life in the United Arab Emirates.

Recent Publications

  • Schvaneveldt, P.L., Kerpelman, J.L., Pasley, B.K., & Acock, A.C. (in press). The    influence of parental behaviors during early adolescence on post-secondary education attainment as mediated by academic achievement, peers, and substance use.  Adolescence.

  • Schvaneveldt, P.L., & Ingoldsby, B.R. (2006).  Teaching family science in Ecuador In R. Hamon (Ed.), International Family Studies: Developing Curricula and Teaching Tools (139-150).  New York: Haworth Press. 

  • Schvaneveldt, P.L., Kerpelman, J.L., & Schvaneveldt, J.D. (2005). Generational and cultural changes in family life in the United Arab Emirates: A comparison of mothers and daughters. Journal of Comparative Family Studies, 36, 77-91.

  • Ingoldsby, B.R., Horlacher, G.T., Schvaneveldt, P.L., & Mathews, M.A. (2005).  Emotional expressiveness and marital adjustment in Ecuador.  Marriage and Family Review, 38(1), 25-44.

  • Schvaneveldt, P.L. (2003).  Using a talk show format to teach controversial topics. The Journal of Teaching in Marriage and Family: Innovations in Family Science Education 3(4), 485-493.

  • Ingoldsby, B., Schvaneveldt, P.L., Supple, A.J., & Bush, K.R. (2003).  The relationship between parenting behaviors and adolescent achievement and self-efficacy in Chile and Ecuador.  Marriage and Family Review, 35, 139-160.

  • Schvaneveldt, P.L., & Ingoldsby, B. (2003).  An exchange theory perspective on couple formation preferences and practices in Ecuador.  Marriage and Family Review, 34, 219-238.

  • Ingoldsby, B., Schvaneveldt, P.L., & Uribe, C. (2003).  Perceptions of acceptable mate attributes in Ecuador.  Journal of Comparative Family Studies, 34, 171-185.
  • Schvaneveldt, P.L. (2003).  Mate selection preferences and practices in Ecuador and Latin America. In R. Hamon & B. Ingoldsby (Eds.), Mate Selection Across Cultures (pp. 43-60).  Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.

  • Schvaneveldt, P.L., Miller, B.C., Lee, T.R., & Berry, E.H. (2001).  Academic goals, achievement, and age at first sexual intercourse: Longitudinal, bidirectional influences.  Adolescence, 36 (144), 767-787.

Professional Affiliations

  • National Council on Family Relations

  • Family Science Association

  • Partners of the Americas: Utah-Bolivia

  • Utah Council on Family Relations

  • Council for Undergraduate Research

Service Activities

  • Vice-Chair, International Section of the National Council on Family Relations

  • Past-President, Family Science Association

  • Editorial Board Member, Marriage and Family Review