Publications


If you are interested in receiving a copy of any publications listed below, please do not hesitate to contact me at jensen@unc.edu

Peer-Reviewed Journal Articles

Phillips, R., Walsh, E., Jensen, T., Nagy, G., Kinard, J., Cernasov, P., Smoski, M., & Dichter, G. (2023). Longitudinal associations between perceived stress and anhedonia during psychotherapy. Journal of Affective Disorders, 330, 206-213. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jad.2023.03.011.

Goode, R., Godoy, S., Chapman, M., Day, S., & Jensen, T. (2022). The impact of life stressors associated with the COVID-19 pandemic among essential workers of color. Journal of the Society for Social Work and Resesarch. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1086/723608

Metz, A., Jensen, T., Farley, A., Boaz, A., Bartley, L., & Villodas, M. (2022). Building trusting relationships to support implementation: A proposed theoretical model. Frontiers in Health Services, 2, 894599. https://doi.org/10.3389/frhs.2022.894599

Jensen, T., & Ganong, L. (2022). Associations between dyadic relationship quality and stepfamily functioning: A common fate modeling approach. Family Process. Advance online publication.
https://doi.org/10.1111/famp.12803

Metz, A., Jensen, T., Farley, A., & Boaz, A. (2022). Is implementation research out of step with implementation practice? Pathways to effective implementation support over the last decade. Implementation Research and Practice. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1177/26334895221105585

Jensen, T. (2022). Stepparent-child relationships and child outcomes: A systematic review and meta-analysis. Journal of Family Nursing, 28(4), 321-340. https://doi.org/10.1177/10748407221097460

O’Brien, J., Jensen, T., Mitchell, K., & White, K. (2023). Commercial sexual exploitation outcomes in a community sample of youth. Journal of Adolescent Health, 72(1), 51-58. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jadohealth.2022.08.028

Tomar, N., Jensen, T., & Pace, N. (2022). Differences in internalized stigma of mental illness among college students based on demographic characteristics. Journal of American College Health. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1080/07448481.2022.2126944

Ramaswami, S., Jensen, T., Berghaus, M., De-Oliveira, S., Russ, S., Weiss-Laxer, N., Verbiest, S., & Barkin, S. (2022). Family health development in life course research: A scoping review of family functioning measures. Pediatrics, 149(Supplement 5), e2021053509J. https://doi.org/10.1542/peds.2021-053509J

Tomar, N., Jensen, T., & Pace, N. (2022). An intervention framework for addressing stigma on college campuses: Findings from a 3-year long intervention program. The Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1097/NMD.0000000000001527

Lippold, M., McDaniel, B., & Jensen, T. (2022). Mindful parenting and technology use: Examining the intersection and outlining future research directions. Social Sciences, 11(2), 43. https://doi.org/10.3390/socsci11020043

Parisi, A., Jordan, B., Jensen, T., & Howard, M. (2022). The impact of sexual victimization on substance use disorder treatment completion: A systematic review and meta-analysis. Substance Abuse, 43, 131-142. https://doi.org/10.1080/08897077.2020.1748168

Loper, A., Jensen, T., Farley, A., Morgan, J., & Metz, A. (2022). A systematic review of approaches for continuous quality improvement capacity-building. Journal of Public Health Management and Practice, 28(2), 354-361. https://doi.org/10.1097/PHH.0000000000001412

Jensen, T., & Sanner, C. (2021). A scoping review of research on well-being across diverse family structures: Rethinking approaches to understanding contemporary families. Journal of Family Theory & Review, 13(4), 463-495. https://doi.org/10.1111/jftr.12437

Duke, N., Jensen, T., Perreira, K., Hotz. V. J., Harris, K. (2021). Role of family health history in predicting midlife chronic disease outcomes. American Journal of Preventive Medicine, 61(4), 509-517. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.amepre.2021.02.021

Jordan, B., Jensen, T., Parisi, A., Jenkins, M., Bledsoe, B. (2021). The relationship between a lifetime history of sexual victimization and perinatal depression: A systematic review and meta-analysis. Truama, Violence, & Abuse. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1177/15248380211021611

Frye, N., Ganong, L., Jensen, T., & Coleman, M. (2021). Marital conflict and health: The moderating roles of emotion regulation and marriage order. Journal of Divorce & Remarriage, 62(6), 450-474. https://doi.org/10.1080/10502556.2021.1925853

Jensen, T. (2021). Patterns of interactions between youth and resident stepmothers: A latent class analysis. Family Process, 60(2), 538-555. https://doi.org/10.1111/famp.12556

Jensen, T., Bowen, G., & King, E. (2021). Associations between family maltreatment perpetration and latent profiles of personal and family strengths among active-duty Air Force members. Journal of Family Violence. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10896-021-00274-5

Jensen, T. (2021). Theorizing ambiguous gain: Opportunities for family scholarship. Journal of Family Theory & Review, 13(1), 100-109. https://doi.org/10.1111/jftr.12401

Sanner, C., & Jensen, T. (2021). Towards more accurate measures of family structure: Accounting for sibling complexity. Journal of Family Theory & Review, 13(1), 110-127. https://doi.org/10.1111/jftr.12406

Chung, G., Jensen, T., Parisi, A., Macy, R., & Lanier, P. (2021). Impact of intimate partner violence on parenting and children’s externalizing behaviors: Transactional processes over time. Violence Against Women. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1177/1077801220985125

Jensen, T., Duke, N., Hotz. V. J., Harris, K., & Perreira, K. (2021). Like parent, like child: Intergenerational patterns of cardiovascular risk factors at midlife. Journal of Adolescent Health, 68, 596-603. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jadohealth.2020.06.039

Lippold, M., Jensen, T., Duncan, L., Nix, R., Coatsworth, J., & Greenberg, M. (2021). Mindful parenting, parenting cognitions, and parent-youth communication: Bidirectional linkages and mediational processes. Mindfulness, 12(2), 381-391. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12671-019-01119-5

Jensen, T., & Bowen, G., (2020). Correlates of help-seeking intentions among Airmen in the context of family maltreatment perpetration: Practical barriers as a moderating influence. Journal of Family Violence. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10896-020-00186-w

Ganong, L., Jensen, T., Sanner, C., Chapman, A. & Coleman, M. (2020). Stepparents’ attachment orientation, parental gatekeeping, and stepparents’ affinity-seeking with stepchildren. Family Process, 59(2), 756-771. https://doi.org/10.1111/famp.12448

Frye, N., Ganong, L., Jensen, T., & Coleman, M. (2020). A dyadic analysis of emotion regulation as a moderator of associations between marital conflict and marital satisfaction among first-married and remarried couples. Journal of Family Issues, 41(12), 2328-2355. https://doi.org/10.1177/0192513X20935504

Lanier, P., Jensen, T., Bryant, K., Chung, G., Rose, R.A., Smith, Q., & Lackmann, L. (2020). A systematic review of the effectiveness of children’s behavioral health interventions in psychiatric residential treatment facilities. Children and Youth Services Review. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.childyouth.2020.104951

Jensen, T. (2020). Stepfamily processes and youth adjustment: The role of perceived neighborhood collective efficacy. Journal of Research on Adolescence, 30, 545-561. https://doi.org/10.1111/jora.12498

Jensen, T., & Ganong, L. (2020). Stepparent-child relationship quality and couple relationship quality: Stepfamily household type as a moderating influence. Journal of Family Issues, 41(5), 589-610. https://doi.org/10.1177/0192513X19881669

Glatz, T., Lippold, M., Jensen, T., Fosco, G., & Feinberg, M. (2020). Hostile interactions in the family: Patterns and links to youth externalizing problems. Journal of Early Adolescence, 40, 56-82. https://doi.org/10.1177/0272431618824718

Jensen, T., & Kainz, K. (2019). Positioning social work researchers for engaged scholarship to promote public impact. Journal of the Society for Social Work and Research, 10(4), 591-609. https://doi.org/10.1086/706266

Chung, G., Phillips, J., Jensen, T., & Lanier, P. (2019). Parental involvement and adolescents’ academic achievement: Latent profiles of mother and father warmth as a moderating influence. Family Process, 59(2), 772-788. https://doi.org/10.1111/famp.12450

Ganong, L., Jensen, T., Sanner, C., Russell, L., Coleman, M., & Chapman, A. (2019). Linking stepfamily functioning, marital quality, and step-relationship quality. Family Relations, 68, 469-483. https://doi.org/10.1111/fare.12380

Jensen, T. (2019). A typology of interactional patterns between youth and their stepfathers: Associations with family relationship quality and youth well-being. Family Process, 58(2), 384-403. https://doi.org/10.1111/famp.12348

Ganong, L., Jensen, T., Sanner, C., Russell, L., & Coleman, M. (2019). Stepfathers’ affinity-seeking with stepchildren, stepfather-child relationship quality, marital quality, and stepfamily cohesion among stepfathers and mothers. Journal of Family Psychology, 33, 521-531. https://doi.org/10.1037/fam0000518

Jensen, T., Brigham, R., & Rosenfeld, L. (2019). A psychometric analysis of field evaluation instruments designed to measure students’ generalist-level social work competencies. Journal of Social Work Education, 55(3), 537-550. https://doi.org/10.1080/10437797.2019.1567416

Jensen, T., & Weller, B. (2019). Latent profiles of residential stepfamily relationship quality and family stability. Journal of Divorce & Remarriage, 60(1), 69-87. https://doi.org/10.1080/10502556.2018.1488111

Graham, L., Jensen, T., Givens, A., Bowen, G., & Rizo, C. (2019). Intimate partner violence perpetration and victimization in same-sex couples: A propensity score analysis. Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 34, 1583-1610. https://doi.org/10.1177/0886260516651628

Kainz, K., & Jensen, T., & Zimmerman, S. (2018). Cultivating a research toolkit for social work doctoral education. Journal of Social Work Education, 54, 792-807. https://doi.org/10.1080/10437797.2018.1434446

Lansford, J., Rothenberg, W. A., Jensen, T., Lippold, M., Bachchini, D., et al. (2018). Bidirectional relations between parenting and behavior problems from age 8 to 13 in nine countries. Journal of Research on Adolescence, 28(3), 571-590. https://doi.org/10.1111/jora.12381

Jensen, T., & Lippold, M. (2018). Patterns of stepfamily relationship quality and adolescents’ short-term and long-term adjustment. Journal of Family Psychology, 32(8), 1130-1141. https://doi.org/10.1037/fam0000442

Jensen, T., & Strom-Gottfried, K. (2018). An integrative framework for developing comprehensive examinations to measure student social work competencies. Journal of Social Work Education, 54, 436-447. https://doi.org/10.1080/10437797.2017.1411856

Jensen, T., Lippold, M., Mills-Koonce, R., & Fosco, G. (2018). Stepfamily relationship quality and children’s internalizing and externalizing problems. Family Process, 57(2), 477-495. https://doi.org/10.1111/famp.12284

Jensen, T., & Bowen, G. (2018). The prevention of family maltreatment among airmen: A focus on personal resilience. Journal of Family Social Work, 21(2), 129-151. https://doi.org/10.1080/10522158.2017.1410270

Jensen, T. (2017). Constellations of dyadic relationship quality in stepfamilies: A factor mixture model. Journal of Family Psychology, 31(8), 1051-1062. https://doi.org/10.1037/fam0000355

Jensen, T., & Harris, K. (2017). A longitudinal analysis of stepfamily relationship quality and adolescent physical health. Journal of Adolescent Health, 61(4), 486-492. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jadohealth.2017.04.015

Lippold, M., & Jensen, T. (2017). Harnessing the strength of families to prevent social problems and promote adolescent well-being. Children and Youth Services Review, 79, 432-441. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.childyouth.2017.06.066

Bowen, G., Jensen, T., & Williams, B. (2017). Prevention of family maltreatment in the U.S. Air Force: A systematic review of research on active duty military personnel. Journal of Family Social Work, 20(1), 52-80.https://doi.org/10.1080/10522158.2016.1259137

Jensen, T., & Harris, K. (2017). Stepfamily relationship quality and stepchildren’s depression in adolescence and adulthood. Emerging Adulthood, 5(3), 191-203. https://doi.org/10.1177/2167696816669901

Shafer, K., Jensen, T., & Holmes, E. (2017). Divorce stress, stepfamily stress, and depression among emerging adult stepchildren. Journal of Child and Family Studies, 26(3), 851-862. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10826-016-0617-0

Jensen, T., Shafer, K., Guo, S., & Larson, J. (2017). Differences in relationship stability between individuals in first and second marriages: A propensity score analysis. Journal of Family Issues, 38(3), 406-432. https://doi.org/10.1177/0192513X15604344

Bowen, G., & Jensen, T. (2017). Late-life divorce and post-divorce adult subjective well-being. Journal of Family Issues, 38(10), 1363-1388. https://doi.org/10.1177/0192513X15596197

Jensen, T., Shafer, K., & Holmes, E. (2017). Transitioning to stepfamily life: The influence of closeness with biological parents and stepparents on children’s stress. Child & Family Social Work, 22(1), 275-286. https://doi.org/10.1111/cfs.12237

Bowen, G., Jensen, T., & Martin, J. (2016). Confirmatory factor analysis of a measure of comprehensive airman fitness. Military Behavioral Health, 4(4), 409-419. https://doi.org/10.1080/21635781.2016.1199984

Jensen, T., & Pace, G. (2016). Stepfather involvement and stepparent-child relationship quality: Race and parental marital status as moderators. Journal of Marital and Family Therapy, 42(4), 659-672. https://doi.org/10.1111/jmft.12165

Bowen, G., Jensen, T., Martin, J., & Mancini, J. (2016). The willingness of military members to seek help: The role of social involvement and social responsibility. American Journal of Community Psychology, 57(1-2), 203-215. https://doi.org/10.1002/ajcp.12030

Bowen, G., Jensen, T., & Martin, J. (2016). A measure of comprehensive airman fitness: Construct validation and invariance across air force service components. Military Behavioral Health, 4(2), 149-158. https://doi.org/10.1080/21635781.2015.1133345

Jensen, T., Shafer, K., Roby, C. Y., Roby, J. (2016). Sex offender populations and clinical efficacy: A response to Rosky. Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 31(10), 1971-1978. https://doi.org/10.1177/0886260515570753

Jensen, T., & Bowen, G. (2015). Mid- and late-life divorce and parents’ perceptions of emerging adult children’s emotional reactions. Journal of Divorce & Remarriage, 56(5), 409-427. https://doi.org/10.1080/10502556.2015.1046795

Jensen, T., & Howard, M. (2015). Perceptions of stepparent-child relationship quality: A systematic review of stepchild perspectives. Marriage & Family Review, 51(2), 99-153. https://doi.org/10.1080/01494929.2015.1006717

Jensen, T., Lombardi, B., & Larson, J. (2015). Adult attachment and stepparenting issues: Couple relationship quality as a mediating factor. Journal of Divorce & Remarriage, 56(1), 80-94. https://doi.org/10.1080/10502556.2014.972201

Pace, G., Shafer, K., Jensen, T., & Larson, J. (2015). Stepparenting issues and relationship quality: The role of clear communication. Journal of Social Work, 15(1), 24-44. https://doi.org/10.1177/1468017313504508

Jensen, T., Willoughby, B., Holman, T., Busby, D., & Shafer, K. (2015). Associations between family and interpersonal processes and emerging adult marital paradigms: Does adult attachment mediate? Journal of Adult Development, 22(1), 50-62. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10804-014-9200-3

Jensen, T., Shafer, K., Roby, C. Y., Roby, J. (2015). Sexual history disclosure polygraph outcomes: Do adult and juvenile offenders differ? Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 30(6), 928-944. https://doi.org/10.1177/0886260514539766

Jensen, T., Shafer, K., & Larson, J. (2014). (Step)parenting attitudes and expectations: Implications for stepfamily functioning and clinical intervention. Families in Society: The Journal of Contemporary Social Services, 95(3), 213-220. https://doi.org/10.1606/1044-3894.2014.95.27

Jensen, T., Shafer, K., & Larson, J. (2014). Differences in relationship quality measurement and covariate influence between individuals in first and second marriages: A propensity score analysis. Marriage & Family Review, 50(8), 639-664. https://doi.org/10.1080/01494929.2014.938291

Shafer, K., Jensen, T., & Larson, J. (2014). An actor-partner model of relationship effort and marital quality. Family Relations, 63(5), 654-666. https://doi.org/10.1111/fare.12096

Shafer K., Jensen, T., & Larson, J. (2014). Relationship effort, satisfaction, and stability across union types. Journal of Marital and Family Therapy, 40(2), 212-232. https://doi.org/10.1111/jmft.12007

Jensen, T., & Shafer, K. (2013). Stepfamily functioning and closeness: Children’s views on second marriages and stepfather relationships. Social Work, 58(2), 127-136. https://doi.org/10.1093/sw/swt007

Shafer, K., & Jensen, T. (2013). Remarital chances, choices, and economic consequences: Issues of social and personal welfare. Journal of Sociology and Social Welfare, 40(2), 77-101.

Shafer, K., Jensen, T., Pace, G., & Larson, J. (2013). Former spouse ties and post-divorce relationship quality: Relationship effort as a mediator. Journal of Social Service Research, 39(5), 629-645. https://doi.org/10.1080/01488376.2013.834284

Book Chapters

Williams, D., Sanner, C., Jensen, T., & Simon, L. (2022). Racism, family structure, and Black families. In V. Rutter, K. Williams, & B. Risman (Eds.), Families as they really are (3rd edition). New York, NY: W. W. Norton & Company.

Jensen, T. (2020). Religious diversity in stepfamilies. In S. Steward & G. Limb (Eds.), Multicultural stepfamilies (pp.179-207). San Diego, CA: Cognella.

Bowen, G., Jensen, T., & Martin, J. (2019). Standing strong in the context of organizational and family demands: A measure of USAF civilian spouse fitness. In R. Moelker, M. Andres, & N. Rones (Eds.), The politics of military families: State, work organizations, and the rise of the negotiation household (pp.211-230). New York: Routledge.

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