Publications and Conference Presentations

  • 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.

Recent Conference Presentations
(*denotes student co-authors)

  • 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.