Prevention Research Center (PRC) - Faculty / Sanford Braver


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Director, Research Network Development Core; Co-Director, Principal Research Core
Professor of Psychology
Data Management and Statistical Analysis Unity (DMSAU)
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Sanford Braver, Ph.D. has two primary research interests. First, he studies approaches to improve the well-being of family members after divorce. A special emphasis is dealing with the issues facing divorced fathers as they struggle to maintain their parenting roles after divorce (See Dads for Life). Second, he is interested in expanding the methodological and statistical approaches within the social sciences generally, and the field of prevention science specifically.

BRIEF BIOGRAPHY

After getting his Ph.D. in Social Psychology at the University of Michigan in 1971, Dr. Braver has been on the faculty in the Psychology Department at Arizona State University for almost 30 years, advancing through the ranks to Full Professor. His of teaching is primarily in the areas of research methods and statistics. He also does research on this topic, attempting to expand the methodological and statistical approaches within the social sciences generally, and, more specifically, in the field of prevention science. His primary research interest over the last 15 years or so, in connection with Prevention Research Center, has taken him to explore the dynamics of divorcing families, studying approaches to improve the well-being of family members after divorce. A special emphasis is dealing with the issues facing divorced fathers as they struggle to maintain their parenting roles after divorce. To support this work he has been the recipient of 15 competitively reviewed, primarily federal, research grants, totaling almost $13 million. His work has been published in over 60 peer-reviewed professional articles and chapters, and most recently in the acclaimed 1998 book Divorced dads: Shattering the myths (Tarcher/Penguin-Putnam). This book was a report of his ground-breaking work leading the largest federally-supported research project ever conducted on divorced fathers. As perhaps the leading expert in the country on the dynamics of fathering after divorce, he is in demand as a consultant to such entities as President Clinton's National Fatherhood Initiative, the National Commission for Child and Family Welfare, and the State of Arizona's Domestic Relations Reform Subcommittee, and as a speaker and presenter, having delivered over 100 presentations. He has been quoted in numerous news media discussions, including U.S. News and World Report, Kiplinger's, Redbook, the Wall Street Journal and was featured in a segment on January 7, 2000 of ABC News' 20/20.

PUBLICATION SAMPLES

Braver, S.L., Griffin, W.A. & Cookston, J.T. (in press). Prevention programs for divorced non-resident fathers. Family Court Review

Braver, S.L., Shapiro, J.R. & Goodman, M.R. (in press). The consequences of divorce for parents. In M. A. Fine & J.H. Harvey (Eds.). Handbook of Divorce and Relationship Dissolution. Mahwah , NJ : Erlbaum.

Braver, S. L., Griffin, W.A., Cookston, J.T., Sandler, I.N. & Williams, J. (in press). Promoting better fathering among divorced nonresident fathers. In W.M. Pinsof & J. Lebow (eds.) Family Psychology: The Art of the Science. NY: Oxford University Press.

Braver, S.L., Hipke, K.N., Ellman, I.M., & Sandler, I.N. (2004). Strengths-building public policy for children of divorce. In Maton, K.I., Schellenbach, C.J., Leadbeater, B.J., & Solarz, A.L. (Eds.). Investing in children, families and communities: Strengths-based research and policy. (pp. 53-72). Washington , D.C.: American Psychological Association Press.

Goodman, M., Bonds, D., Sandler, I.N. & Braver, S.L. (2004). Parent psycho-educational programs and reducing the negative effects of interparental conflict following divorce. Family Court Review, 42(2), 263-279.

Fabricius, W.V. & Braver, S.L. (2004). Expenditures on children and visitation time: A reply to Garfinkel, McLanahan and Wallerstein. Family Court Review, 42(2), 350-362.

Braver, S.L. & Stockburger, D. (2004). Child support guidelines and the equalization of living standards. In W. S. Comanor (Ed.). The Law and Economics of Child Support Payments (pp. 91-127). Cheltenham , UK: Edward Elgar Publishing.

Braver, S.L., Ellman, I.M. & Fabricius, W.V. (2003) Relocation of children after divorce and children's best interests: New evidence and legal considerations. Journal of Family Psychology, 17(2), 206-219.

Fabricius, W.V. & Braver, S. L. (2003). Non-child support expenditures on children by nonresidental divorced fathers: Results of a study. Family Court Review, 41(3), 321-336.

Pasley, K. & Braver, S. L. (2003) Measuring father involvement in divorced, nonresident fathers. In R. Day, & M. Lamb (Eds.) Conceptualizing and Measuring Father Involvement (pp. 217-240). Mahwah, NJ: Erlbaum.

Parke, R. D., Coltrane, S., Powers, J., Adams , M., Fabricius, W. V., Braver, S., Saenz, D. (2003). Measurement of father involvement in Mexican-American families. In R. Day, & M. Lamb (Eds.) Conceptualizing and Measuring Father Involvement. (pp. 17-38). Mahwah, NJ: Erlbaum.

Braver, S.L. & Cookston, J. T. (2003). Controversies, clarifications and consequences of divorce's legacy: Introduction to the Special Issue. Family Relations, 53(4), 314-317

Fabricius, W.V., Braver, S.L. & Deneau, K. (2003). Divorced parents’ financial support of their children’s college expenses. Family Court Review, 41(2), 224-241.

Braver, S.L. (2003). The “News” About Divorce for Family Psychologists. The Family Psychologist, 19(2), 4-8.

Page, M.C., Braver, S.L. & MacKinnon, D. (2003) Levine’s Guide to SPSS for Analysis of Variance (2nd Edition). Mahweh, NJ: Erlbaum Press.

Braver, S.L., Cookston, J.T. & Cohen, B.R. (2002) Experiences of family law attorneys with current issues in divorce practice. Family Relations, 51(6), 325-334.

Cookston, J.T., Braver, S.L., Sandler, I.N., & Genalo, M.T. (2002). Prospects for expanded court-based services for children of divorce. Family Court Review, 40, 190-203.

Hipke, K.N., Wolchik, S.A., Sandler, I.N., & Braver, S.L. (2002). Predictors of children's intervention-induced resilience in a parenting program for divorced mothers. Family Relations: Interdisciplinary Journal of Applied Family Studies, 51, 121-129.

Gunnoe, M.L., & Braver, S.L. (2001). The effects of joint legal custody on mothers, fathers, and children, controlling for factors that predispose a sole maternal versus joint legal award. Law and Human Behavior, 25, 25-43.

Braver, S.L., & Griffin, W.A. (2000). Engaging fathers in the post-divorce family. Marriage and Family Review, 29, 247-267.

Sandler, I.N., Braver, S.L., & Gensheimer, L.K. (2000). Stress: Theory, research, and action. In J. Rappaport & E. Seidman (Eds.), Handbook of community psychology (pp. 187-214). Dordrecht, Netherlands: Kluwer Academic/Plenum Publishers.

Sheets, V.L., & Braver, S.L. (1999). Organizational status and perceived sexual harassment: Detecting the mediators of a null effect. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 25, 1159-1171.

Braver, S.L. (1999). The gender gap in standard of living after divorce: Vanishingly small? Family Law Quarterly, 33, 111-134.

Wilcox, K.L., Wolchik, S.A., & Braver, S.L. (1998). Predictors of maternal preference for joint or sole legal custody. Family Relations: Interdisciplinary Journal of Applied Family Studies, 47, 93-101.

Braver, S.L., & O'Connell, D. (1998). Divorced dads: Shattering the myths. New York: Tarcher/Putnam.

Braver, S.L., Smith, M.C., & DeLuse, S.R. (1997). Methodological considerations in evaluating family court programs: A primer using divorced parent education programs as a case example. Family and Conciliation Courts Review, 35, 9-36.

Dion, M.R., Braver, S.L., Wolchik, S., & Sandler, I.N. (1997). Alcohol abuse and psychopathic deviance in noncustodial parents as predictors of child-support payment and visitation. American Journal of Orthopsychiatry, 67, 70-79.

Lutzke, J.R., Wolchik, S.A., & Braver, S.L. (1996). Does the quality of mother-child relationships moderate the effect of postdivorce interparental conflict on children's adjustment problems? Journal of Divorce & Remarriage, 25, 15-37.

Braver, S.L., Salem, P., Pearson, J., & DeLuse, S.R. (1996). The content of divorce education programs: Results of a survey. Family and Conciliation Courts Review, 34, 41-59.

Braver, S.L., & Smith, M.C. (1996). Maximizing both external and internal validity in longitudinal true experiments with voluntary treatments: The "combined modified" design. Evaluation and Program Planning, 19, 287-300.

Sheets, V.L., & Braver, S.L. (1996). Gender differences in satisfaction with divorce settlements. Family Relations: Journal of Applied Family and Child Studies, 45, 336-342.

Wolchik, S.A., Fenaughty, A.M., & Braver, S.L. (1996). Residential and nonresidential parents' perspectives on visitation problems. Family Relations: Interdisciplinary Journal of Applied Family Studies, 45, 230-237.

Short, J.L., Roosa, M.W., Sandler, I.N., Ayers, T.S., Gensheimer, L.K., Braver, S.L., & Tein, J.-Y. (1995). Evaluation of a preventive intervention for a self-selected subpopulation of children. American Journal of Community Psychology, 23, 223-247.

Lengua, L.J., Wolchik, S.A., & Braver, S.L. (1995). Understanding children's divorce adjustment from an ecological perspective. Journal of Divorce and Remarriage, 22, 25-53.

Braver, S.L. (1995). Social contracts and the provision of public goods. In D.M. Schroeder (Ed.), Social dilemmas and social traps (pp. 69-87). New York: Pergamon Press.

Braver, S.L., Whitley, M., & Ng, C. (1993). Who divorced whom? Methodological and theoretical issues. Journal of Divorce & Remarriage, 20, 1-19.

Braver, S.L., & Sheets, V.L. (1993). Monotonic hypotheses in multiple group designs: A Monte Carlo study. Psychological Bulletin, 113, 379-395.

Braver, S.L., Wolchik, S.A., Sandler, I.N., & Sheets, V.L. (1993). A social exchange model of nonresidential parent involvement. In C.E. Depner & J.H. Bray (Eds.), Nonresidential parenting: New vistas in family living (pp. 87-108). Newbury Park, CA: Sage Publications, Inc.

Braver, S.L., Wolchik, S.A., Sandler, I.N., Sheets, V.L., Fogas, B., & Bay, R.C. (1993). A longitudinal study of noncustodial parents: Parents without children. Special Section: Families in transition. Journal of Family Psychology, 7, 9-23.

Fogas, B.S., Wolchik, S.A., Braver, S.L., Freedom, D.S., & Bay, R.C. (1992). Locus of control as a mediator of negative divorce-related events and adjustment problems in children. American Journal of Orthopsychiatry, 62, 589-598.

Lustig, J.L., Wolchik, S.A., & Braver, S.L. (1992). Social support in chumships and adjustment in children of divorce. American Journal of Community Psychology, 20, 393-399.

Braver, S.L., & Bay, R.C. (1992). Assessing and compensating for self-selection bias (non-representativeness) of the family research sample. Journal of Marriage and the Family, 54, 925-939.

Sandler, I.N., Wolchik, S.A., Braver, S.L., & Fogas, B.S. (1991). Stability and quality of life events and psychological symptomatology in children of divorce [Special Issue]: Preventive Intervention Research Centers. American Journal of Community Psychology, 19, 501-520.

Sandler, I.N., Braver, S.L., Wolchik, S.A., Pillow, D.R., & Gersten, J.C. (1991). Small theory and the strategic choices of prevention research. American Journal of Community Psychology, 19, 873-880.

Pillow, D.R., Sandler, I.N., Braver, S.L., Wolchik, S.A., & Gersten, J.C. (1991). Theory-based screening for prevention: Focusing on mediating processes in children of divorce. American Journal of Community Psychology, 19, 809-836.

Braver, S.L., Fitzpatrick, P.J., & Bay, R.C. (1991). Non-custodial parent's report of child support payments. Family Relations, 40, 180-185.

Braver, S.L., Wolchik, S.A., Sandler, I.N., Fogas, B.S., & Zvetina, D. (1991). Frequency of visitation by divorced fathers: Differences in reports by fathers and mothers. American Journal of Orthopsychiatry, 61, 448-454.

Braver, S.L., & Walton Braver, M.C. (1990). Meta-analysis for Solomon four-group designs reconsidered: A reply to Sawilowsky and Markman. Perceptual and Motor Skills, 71, 321-322.

Bay, R.C., & Braver, S.L. (1990). Perceived control of the divorce settlement process and interparental conflict. Family Relations, 39, 382-387.

Braver, S.L., Gonzales, N.A., Wolchik, S.A., & Sandler, I.N. (1989). Economic hardship and psychological distress in custodial mothers. Journal of Divorce, 12, 19-34.

Wolchik, S.A., Ruehlman, L.S., Braver, S.L., & Sandler, I.N. (1989). Social support of children of divorce: Direct and stress buffering effects. American Journal of Community Psychology, 17, 485-501.

Trost, M.R., Braver, S.L., & Schoeneman, R. (1988). Mandatory mediation: Encouraging results for the court system. Conciliation Courts Review, 26, 59-65.

Sandler, I.N., Wolchik, S.A., & Braver, S.L. (1988). The stressors of children's postdivorce environments. In S.A. Wolchik & P. Karoly (Eds.), Children of divorce: Empirical perspectives on adjustment (pp. 111-143). New York: Gardner Press, Inc.

Braver, S.L., & Walton Braver, M.C. (1988). The statistical treatment of the Solomon four-group design: A meta-analytic approach. Psychological Bulletin, 104, 150-154.

Wolchik, S.A., Sandler, I.N., & Braver, S.L. (1987). Social support: Its assessment and relation to children's adjustment. In N. Eisenberg (Ed.), Contemporary topics in developmental psychology (pp. 319-349). New York: Wiley.

Sandler, I.N., Wolchik, S.A., Braver, S.L., & Fogas, B.S. (1986). Significant events of children and divorce: Toward the assessment of a risky situation. In S.M. Auerbach & A. Stolberg (Eds.), Crisis intervention with children and families (pp. 65-83). New York: Hemisphere.

Wolchik, S.A., Sandler, I.N., Braver, S.L., & Fogas, B.S. (1986). Events of parental divorce: Stressfulness ratings by children, parents, and clinicians. American Journal of Community Psychology, 14, 59-74.

Wolchik, S.A., Braver, S.L., & Sandler, I.N. (1985). Maternal versus joint custody: Children's postseparation experiences and adjustment. Journal of Clinical Child Psychology, 14, 5-10.

Baca, L., Wolchik, S.A., & Braver, S.L. (1985). Social support and children of divorce. In I.G. Sarason & B.R. Sarason (Eds.), Social support: Theory, research and application (pp. 371-389). Boston, MA: Kluwer.


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