Research and Community Initiatives
Publications and Presentations
recent fsc publications and articles
McHale, J., Coates, E., Collins, R. & Phares, V. (2024). Coparenting theory, research, and practice: Toward a universal infant-family mental health paradigm. In J. Osofsky, H. Fitzgerald, M. Keren & K. Puura (Eds.), WAIMH Handbook of Infant and Early Childhood Mental Health. Cham: Springer Nature Switzerland AG
McHale, J. & Jenkins, K. (2023). Thinking three, revisited: Infants, coparents,
gender roles, and cultural contexts. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Family Therapy https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/anzf.1566
McHale, J., Tissot, H., Mazzoni, S., Hedenbro, M., Salman-Engin, S., Phillip,
D., Darwuiche, J., Keren, M., Coates, E., Mensi, M., Corboz-Warnery, A. & Fivaz-Depeursinge,
E. (2023). Framing the work: A coparenting model for guiding infant mental health
engagement with families. Infant Mental Health Journal. 44, 638-550. http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/imhj.22083
Opie, J., Booth, A., Rossen, L., Fivaz-Depeursinge, E., Duschinsky, R., Painter,
F., Hartley, E., Newman, L., Corboz-Warnery, A., Carr, A., Philipp, D. & McHale, J.
(2023). Initiating the dialogue between infant mental health and family therapy: A
qualitative inquiry and recommendations Australian and New Zealand Journal of Family Therapy
Opie, J., McHale, J., Lieberman, A., Keren, M. & Paul, C. (2023). The rights
of the infant in family therapy: Ensuring that the infant’s voice is heard and honoured.
Australian and New Zealand Journal of Family Therapy
McHale, J. P., Stover, C., Dube, C., Sirotkin, Y., Lewis, S., & McKay, K. (2022). Randomized controlled trial of a prenatal focused coparenting consultation for unmarried black fathers and mothers: One-year infant and family outcomes. Infant Mental Health Journal, 44, 27-42. https://doi.org/10.1002/imhj.22030
McHale, J., Stover, C., Dube, C., Sirotkin, Y., Lewis, S. & McKay, K. (2022), Culturally grounded prenatal coparenting intervention: Results of a randomized controlled trial with unmarried Black parents, Journal of Family Psychology. 36(4), 479–489. https://doi.org/10.1037/fam0000965
McHale, J. P., Stover, C., Dube, C., Sirotkin, Y., Lewis, S., & McKay, K. (2023). Randomized controlled trial of a prenatal focused coparenting consultation for unmarried black fathers and mothers: One‐year infant and family outcomes. Infant Mental Health Journal, 44(1), 27-42.
McHale, J.P., Smith Stover, C., Dube, C., Segal Sirotkin, Y., Lewis, S., & McKay, K. (2022). A Culturally Grounded Prenatal Coparenting Intervention: Results of a Randomized Controlled Trial with Unmarried Black Parents. Journal of Family Psychology, 36(4), 479.
Kuersten-Hogan, R. & McHale, J. (2021). Prenatal family dynamics: Couple and coparenting relationships during and postpregnancy. New York: Springer Publishers.
McKay, K., Gaskin-Butler, V., Little, T., DePalma, K. & McHale, J. (2021). Starting the conversation: Common themes typifying expectant unmarried Black parents’ discussions about coparenting a first child together. The Journal of Black Psychology, 47(7) 542–577. https://doi.org/10.1177/00957984211016758
McHale, J. & Jones, S. (2021). Mothers, fathers, and coparenting others. In A. Vangelista (Ed.), The Routledge Handbook of Family Communication, 3e (pp. 203-220). https://doi.org/ 10.4324/97810030434239-19
Fidler, B. & McHale, J. (2020). Building and enhancing efficacious coparenting in parenting coordination. Family Court Review, 58, 747-759. https://doi.org/10.1111/fcre.12510
McHale, J., Carter, D., Miller, M. & Fieldstone, L. (2020). Perspectives of mothers, fathers, and parenting coordinators concerning the process and impact of Parenting Coordination. Family Court Review, 58, 211-226. https://doi-org/ezproxy.lib.usf.edu/10.1111/fcre.12462
recent international conference presentations
Sirotkin Segal, Y., Ragni, B., Stover Smith, C., & Mchale, J. (2025). Infant Triadic Emotion Regulation: Relations with coparenting and exploration of gender differences. Symposium presentation at the 22nd European Developmental Psychology Conference, Vilnius, Lithuania
McHale, J. (2023, July). The next generation of coparenting progress for the field of infant mental health. Invited Master Class presented at the World Association for Infant Mental Health, Dublin, Ireland.
McHale, J. (2023, July). Men's mental health and the centrality of fathers in infant-family mental health approaches. Invited Discussion presented at the World Association for Infant Mental Health, Dublin, Ireland.
McHale, J., Tissot, H., Mazzoni, S., Hedenbro, M., Salman-Engin, S., Phillip, D., Darwuiche, J., Keren, M., Coates, E., Mensi, M., Corboz-Warnery, A. & Fivaz-Depeursinge, E. (2023, July). Framing the work: A coparenting model for guiding infant mental health engagement with families. Workshop presented at the World Association for Infant Mental Health, Dublin, Ireland.
Sirotkin, Y., Coates, E., Stover, C. & McHale, J. (2023, July). Infant eye gaze. emotion regulation and coparenting during triadic interactions of unmarried Black parents. Paper presented at the World Association for Infant Mental Health, Dublin, Ireland.
McHale, J. (March 2022). Coparenting Forskning: An overview of practice guidelines with new parents for nurses and home visitors, Keynote address, Redovisningsenheten, Stockholm, Sweden
McHale, J. (March 2022). Advances in Coparenting 2022: Supporting children in diverse family circumstances, Invited Presentation, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
McHale, J. (March 2022). Coparenting i Triaden, Plenary address and practice workshop, Hedenbro Institut, Stockholm, Sweden
McHale, J. (March 2022). Coparenting: Theory, Research and Practice, Lectio Magistralis for the European Dana Alliance for the Brain and the Dana Alliance for Brain Initiatives (USA) World Conference: The role of the family in the care of patients: Typical and atypical settings. Pavia, Italy.
McHale, J. (2021, November). Coparenting: Theory, research, and practice. Keynote presentation for the PROGRAM INTERNATION SEMINAR CARE 2021, Santiago, Chile.
McHale, J. (2021, November). Assessment of coparenting and family-level dynamics. Invited workshop presented at the PROGRAM INTERNATION SEMINAR CARE 2021, Santiago, Chile.
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