Faculty Associates

Shelley M. MacDermid Wadsworth

Contact Information
Email: shelley@purdue.edu
Office: CDFS 105 Map
Phone: (765) 494-6026
Fax: (765) 496-1144
Homepage: Homepage
Director, Military Family Research Institute
Distinguished Professor of Human
Development and Family Science



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Education


PhD Pennsylvania State University Human Development & Family Studies 1990

Research Interests


adult development in the context of workplaces, generativity, differences between large and small workplaces, identity structure and multiple roles

Teaching Interests


Work-family relationships, families in social context

Grants


2024 - National Institute of Food and Agriculture
2024 - Policy Research Associates
2024 - McKinley Family Foundation
2024 - Indiana Department of Veterans Affairs
2024 - Indiana Department of Mental Health and Addiction
2024 - Bob Woodruff Foundation Baltimore Research and Education Foundation
2024 - Ohio Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services
2023 - Indiana Family and Social Services Administration
2023 - U.S. Department of the Army Military Medical Research and Development
2023 - Lilly Endowment
2023 - Henry Jackson Foundation
2023 - Indiana Department of Veterans Affairs
2023 - Ohio State University
2022 - Purdue College of Agriculture AG Seed Grant
2022 - Henry Jackson Foundation
2021 - Bob Woodruff Foundation
2021 - U.S. Department of Agriculture
2020 - U.S. Department of Defense
2020 - Henry Jackson Foundation (2)
2020 - Indiana Department of Mental Health and Addiction
2020 - Lilly Endowment
2020 - McCormick Foundation

Selected Publications


Sullivan, K. S., Gilreath, T. D., Barry, A. E., & MacDermid Wadsworth, S. (2024). Mode of pandemic school instruction associated with distress among military and non-military-connected students. Journal of Military, Veteran and Family Health, 10(5), 163-172. https://doi.org/10.3138/jmvfh-2023-0107

Coppola, E. C., MacDermid Wadsworth, S., Taylor, Z. E., Schwab-Reese, L., & Christ, S. L. (2024). Military service and sociodemographic determinants of depressive symptom trajectories. Social Science Research, 123, 103062. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ssresearch.2024.103062

Coppola, E. C., MacDermid Wadsworth, S. M., Taylor, Z. E., Schwab-Reese, L., & Christ, S. L. (2024). Long-term trajectories of depressive symptoms by military affiliation. Social Science Medicine-Population Health, 101733. DOI: 10.1016/j.ssmph.2024.101733

MacDermid Wadsworth, S. M., Lester, P., Topp, D., Stander, V., Christ S. L., Whiteman, S., & Knobloch, L. K. (2024). Long-term consequences of mothers' and fathers' wartime deployments: Protocol for a two-wave panel study. PloS One, 19(3), e0295007. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0295007

Nieforth,L. O., Leighton, S. C., Schwichtenberg, A. J., MacDermid Wadsworth, S. M., & O'Haire, M. E. (2024). A preliminary analysis of psychiatric service dog placements and sleep patterns of partners of veterans with PTSD. Anthrozoos, 37(1), 125-136. https://doi.org/10.1080/08927936.2023.2268979

Qin Y., Sneddon, D. A., MacDermid Wadsworth, S., Topp D., Sterrett, R. A., Newton, J. R., & Eicher-Miller, H. A. (2023). Grit but not help-seeking was associated with food insecurity among low income, at-risk rural veterans. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 20(3):2500. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph20032500

Knobloch, L. K., Monk, J. K., & MacDermid Wadsworth, S. M. (2023). Relationship maintenance among military couples. Journal of Social and Personal Relationships, 40(3), 734-772. https://doi-org.ezproxy.lib.purdue.edu/10.1177/02654075221105025

Nieforth, L.O.,G Miller, E., MacDermid Wadsworth, & O'Haire, M.E. (2022). The effects of a service dog on the wellbeing of veteran families. European Journal of Psychotraumatology. doi: 10.1080/20008198.2022.2062997

Nieforth, L.O.,G Abdul Wahab, A.H., Sabbaghi, A.H., MacDermid Wadsworth, S., Foti, D. & O'Haire, M.E. (2022). Quantifying the emotional experiences of partners of veterans with PTSD service dogs using ecological momentary assessment. Complementary Therapies in Clinical Practice. doi: 10.1016/j.ctcp.2022.101590

Inderstrodt, J. & MacDermid Wadsworth, S. M. (2022). Comparing VA and Non-VA medical centers: Informing veteran health care choice at the MISSION Act watershed. Journal of Veterans Studies, 8(3), 93-101. DOI:10.13140/RG.2.2.34347.46889


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