Publications

Recent peer-reviewed publications

2021-Present 

  • Raval, V. V. (2023). Towards a decolonial parenting science through centering Majority World parenting: A commentary on “Parenting Culture(s): Ideal-Parent Beliefs Across 37 Countries.” Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology, 54 (1), 30-35. Doi: 1177/00220221221134915
  • Thomas, E., Raval, V. V., James, A. *Jain, A. T., & George, T. S. (2022). Mental health problems among college students in India during the COVID-19 pandemic in the context of disruptions in academics and interpersonal relationships. Journal of Educational and Developmental Psychology, 12 (2), 134-145. DOI:5539/jedp.v12n2p134
  • *Ortiz, S. N., *Aggarwal, P., *Jain, A. T., *Singh, N., George, T. S., Smith, A. R., & Raval, V. V. (2022).Examining the relationship between Academic Expectations and Suicidal Ideation among College Students in India using the Interpersonal Theory of Suicide. Archives of Suicide Research. Advance online Publication. Doi: 1080/13811118.2022.2110026
  • *Freeman, M., **Martinez, A., & Raval, V. V. (2022). What do White parents teach youth about race? Qualitative examination of White parents’ racial socialization. Journal of Research on Adolescence, 32 (3), 847-862. https://doi.org/10.1111/jora.12782
  • *Jiwani, Z., Raval, V. V., Steele, M., & Goldberg, S. (2022). Caste and COVID-19: Psychosocial Disparities amongst Rural Indian Women during the Coronavirus Pandemic. Journal of Social Issues. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1111/josi.12532
  • *Patel, P., Romero, M. Y. M., Stein, G. L., & Raval, V. V. (2022). Promoting pride but missing the need for preparation for bias: Racial-ethnic socialization among Indian American families living in the southeast U.S. Asian American Journal of Psychology. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1037/aap0000296
  • *Freeman, M.,Sathiyaseelan, A., Luebbe, A., L. & Raval, V. V. (2022). Parental beliefs about positive affect and parental depressive symptoms predicting parents’ positive emotion socialization in India. International Journal of Psychology, 57 (5), 597-605.. https://doi.org/10.1002/ijop.12848
  • Smith, A. R., *Kinkel-Ram, S., *Grunewald, W.,George, T., S., & Raval, V. (2022). A pilot feasibility study of Reconnecting to Internal Sensations and Experiences (RISE), a mindfulness-informed intervention to reduce interoceptive dysfunction and suicidal ideation, among university students in India. Brain Sciences, 12, 237.3390/brainsci12020237.   
  • *Aggarwal, P., Raval, V. V., Sathiyaseelan, A., **Trevethan, M., & Luebbe, A. L. (2022). Scripts about happiness among urban middle-class families in India. Journal of Happiness Studies, 23, 2059-2082. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10902-021-00485-z
  • **Trevethan, M., Jain, A. T., Sathiyaseelan, A., Luebbe, A. L., Raval, V. V. (2022). A longitudinal examination of the relation between academic stress and anxiety among adolescents in India: The role of physiological hyperarousal and social acceptance. International Journal of Psychology, 57 (3), 401-410. http://doi.org/10.1002/ijop.12825
  • Yeo, G. H., Raval, V. V., & Cheah, C. S. L. (2022). Cultural Orientation, Parental Emotion Socialization, and Adolescents’ Socio-emotional Functioning across Three Asian Cultures: India, China, and Singapore. Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology, 53 (1), 43-65. http://doi.org/10.1177/00220221211054153
  • *Lin, K. L., Raval, V. V., Lee, J., & Jansari, A. (2022). Reported Affect Mediates the Relationship Between Parent-Child Boundary Dissolution and Emerging Adult Functioning Across Cultures. Marriage & Family Review, 58 (7), 619-646. https://doi.org/10.1080/01494929.2021.1984367
  • Huynh, V. W., Raval, V. V., & *Freeman, M. (2022). Ethnic racial discrimination towards Asian Americans amidst COVID-19, the so-called “Chinese” virus and associations with mental health. Asian American Journal of Psychology, 13(3), 259–269. https://doi.org/10.1037/aap0000264
  • *Aggarwal, P., *Velkoff, E. A., *Jain, A. T., *Ortiz, S. N., George, T. S., Smith, A. R., & Raval, V. V. (2022). Examining Psychometric Properties of the Interpersonal Needs Questionnaire Among College Students in India. Suicide and Life-Threatening Behavior, 52, 110-120.  https://doi.org/10.1111/sltb.12809
  • *Teo, B.H., & Raval, V. V. (2021). Development and validation of Caregiver Stress and Support Scale for caregivers of offspring with disabilities in Singapore. Disability and Rehabilitation. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1080/09638288.2021.2012604
  • Raval, V. V., **Ovia, T., *Freeman, M., *Raj, S. P., & *Daga, S. S. (2021). Discourses about race in the United States: A thematic analysis of short essays. International Journal of Intercultural Relations, 83, 98-113. 1016/j.ijintrel.2021.05.004
  • *Lin, K.L., Raval, V.V., & Lee, J. (2021). Body Image and Acceptance of Plastic Surgery Among College Students in South Korea: Testing the Mediating Role of Filial Piety and Fear of Negative Evaluation. International Perspectives in Psychology: Research, Practice, Consultation, 10 (2), 104-115. 10.1027/2157-3891/a000011
  • **Trevethan, M., *Lin, K. L., Raval, V. V., *Li, X., Hu, J., & Deo, N. (2021). Mothers’ emotion socialization profiles and adolescent socio-emotional functioning in China and India. Journal of Applied Developmental Psychology, 73, 101259. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.appdev.2021.101259
  • *Aggarwal, P., Raval, V. V., Chari, U., Raman, V., Kamalesh, K. S., Sanjana, K., Viswesweriah, A. M. (2021). Clinicians’ perspectives on diagnostic markers for depression among adolescents in India: An embedded mixed methods study. Culture, Medicine, & Psychiatry, 45 (2), 163-192.

2018-2020 

  • *Daga, S. S., *Lin, K. L., & Raval, V. V. (2020). Asian International Students’ Construals of Well-being and Distress. International Perspectives in Psychology: Research, Practice, Consultation, 9(4), 193-211. doi: 10.1037/ipp0000145
  • *Lin, K. L., & Raval, V. V., (2020). Understanding body image and appearance management behaviors among adult women in South Korea within a sociocultural context: A Review. International Perspectives in Psychology: Research, Practice, Consultation, 9(2), 96-122
  • **DiNuoscio, J., Raval, V. V., & *Walker (McCord), B. L. (2019). Retrospective reports of parental socialization of physical pain during childhood predicting emerging adults’ current coping with pain. Journal of Educational and Developmental Psychology, 9 (2), 74-83.
  • Raval, V. V. & *Walker (McCord), B. L. (2019). Unpacking ‘culture’: Caregiver socialization of emotion and child functioning in diverse families. Developmental Review, 51, 146-174.
  • *Daga, S. S., & Raval, V. V. (2018). Ethnic-racial socialization, model minority experience, and psychological functioning among South Asian American emerging adults: A preliminary mixed-methods study. Special Issue: Qualitative methods in Asian American Psychology. Asian American Journal of Psychology, 9(1), 17-31.
  • Raval, V. V., *Li, X., Deo, N., & Hu, J. (2018). Reports of maternal socialization goals, emotion socialization behaviors, and child socio-emotional functioning in China and India. Journal of Family Psychology, 32 (1), 81-91.
  • Raval, V. V., Ward, R. M., Raval, P. H., & Trivedi, S. (2018). Reports of adolescent emotion regulation and school engagement mediating the relation between parenting and adolescent functioning in India. International Journal of Psychology, 53 (6), 439-448.
  • Raval, V. V., & Green, J. H. (2018). Children's developing emotional competence in a global context. In A. Kumar, T. Sam George, S. N. T. (Eds.), Character strength development: Perspectives from positive psychology (pp.160-178). New Delhi: Sage Publications
  • Raval, V. V., *Walker (McCord), B. L., & *Daga, S. S. (2018). Parental socialization of emotion and child functioning among Indian American Families: Consideration of cultural variables and different modes of socialization. In S. S. Chuang & C. L. Costigan (Eds.), Parental roles and relationships in immigrant families: An international approach (pp. 69-90). New York, NY: Springer Science + Business Media.

2014-2017 

  • Leman, P. J., Smith, E. P., Petersen, A. C., SRCD Ethnic–Racial Issues and International Committees (Seaton, E., Cabrera, N., Cheah, C., Cunningham, M., Gonsalez, J. M., Halgunseth, L., Leman, P., Raval, V., Rivera, S., Smith, E., Tynes, B., Witherspoon, D, Lansford, J., Koller, S.,Daiute, L., Petersen, A., Hyson, M. Verma, S., Gauvain, M., Motti, F., & Zhou, N.) (2017). Introduction to the Special Section of Child Development on Positive Youth Development in Diverse and Global Contexts. Child Development, 88, 1039-1044.
  • *Teo, B., Raval, V. V., & Jansari, A. (2017). Emerging adults’ reports of maternal emotion socialization and their adjustment across cultures. Journal of Applied Developmental Psychology, 52, 59-68.
  • *Walker (McCord), B. L. & Raval, V. V. (2017). College students from rural hometowns report on experiences of psychological sense of community and isolation. Journal of Rural Mental Health, 41 (1), 66-79.
  • Raval, V. V., *Daga, S. S., Raval, P. H., & Panchal, I. N. (2016). Asian Indian mothers’ emotion socialization and child emotion expression as a function of situational context. Journal of Child and Family Studies, 25 (9), 2853-2861.
  • *Zechella, A. N., & Raval, V. V. (2016). Parenting Children with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities in Asian Indian Families in the United States. Journal of Child and Family Studies, 25 (4), 1295-1309.
  • **Jackson, E. F., Raval, V. V., *Bendikas-King, E. A., Raval, P. H., & Trivedi, S. S. (2016). Cultural variations in reports of subjective experience of parent-child boundary dissolution among emerging adults. Journal of Family Issues, 37 (5), 671-691.
  • *McCord, B. L., & Raval, V. V. (2016). Asian Indian Immigrant and White American Maternal Emotion Socialization and Child Socio-emotional functioning. Journal of Child and Family Studies, 25 (2), 464-474.
  • *Raj, S. P., *Becker, S. P., & Raval, V. V. (2016). Self-construal in a cultural context. In R. J. Levesque (Ed.), Encyclopedia of adolescence, second ed. New York, NY: Springer Science + Business Media.
  • *Daga, S. S., Raval, V. V., & *Raj, S. P. (2015). Maternal meta-emotion and child socio-emotional functioning in immigrant Indian and White American families. Asian American Journal of Psychology, 6(3), 233-241.
  • *Fishman, J. L., Raval, V. V., *Daga, S. S., & *Raj, S. P. (2014). Meta-Emotion Philosophy among Asian Indian Immigrant Mothers in the United States. Qualitative Health Research, 24 (7), 875-889.
  • Raval, V. V., Raval, P. H., & Deo, N. (2014). Mothers’ socialization goals, mothers’ emotion socialization behaviors, child emotion regulation, and child socio-emotional functioning in urban India. Journal of Early Adolescence, 34 (2), 229-250.

2010-2013 

  • *Raj, S. P. & Raval, V. V. (2013). Residential care in Malaysia: An exploratory qualitative study of adult-child interactions. International Perspectives in Psychology: Research, Practice, Consultation, 2 (3), 194-206.
  • **Snow, N. L., Ward, R. M., *Becker, S. P., & Raval, V. V. (2013). Measurement Invariance of the Difficulties in Emotion Regulation Scale in India and the United States. Journal of Educational and Developmental Psychology, 3(1), 147-157.
  • Raval, V. V., Ward, R. M., Raval, P. H., & Trivedi, S. S. (2013). Confirmatory and exploratory factor analyses of Parental Authority Questionnaire in urban India. Journal of Child and Family Studies, 22 (5), 707- 718.
  • Raval, V. V., Raval, P. H., **Salvina, J., **Wilson, S., & Writer, S. (2013). Mothers’ socialization of children’s emotion in India and United States: A cross- and within-culture comparison. Social Development, 22(3), 467-484.
  • **Barnhart, C. M., Raval, V. V., Jansari, A., & Raval, P. H. (2013). Perceptions of parenting style among college students in India and the United States. Journal of Child and Family Studies, 22 (5), 684-693.
  • Raval, V. V. (2013). ‘Fight or flight?’: Competing discourses of individualism and collectivism in interpersonal relationships of runaway boys in India. Journal of Social and Personal Relationships, 30 (4), 410-429.
  • *Raj, S. P. & Raval, V. V. (2013). Parenting and family socialization within a cultural context. In E. L. Anderson & S. Thomas (Eds.), Socialization: Theories, Processes, and Impact (57-78). Hauppauge, NY: Nova Publishers.
  • **Crowe, M. L., Raval, V. V., Trivedi, S. S., *Daga, S. S., & Raval, P. H. (2012). Processes of emotion communication and control: A comparison of India and United States. Special issue: Culture as process: Dynamics of cultural stability and change, Social Psychology, 43 (4) 205-214.
  • **Wilson, S., Raval, V. V., Raval, P. H., **Salvina, J., & Panchal, I. N. (2012). Emotional expression and control in school-age children in India and United States. Merrill-Palmer Quarterly, 58 (1), 50-76.
  • Raval, V. V., Raval, P. H., & *Becker, S. P. (2012). “He cursed, and I got angry:” Beliefs about anger among adolescent male offenders in India. Journal of Child and Family Studies, 21 (2), 320-330.
  • Raval, V. V., & Martini, T. S. (2011). “Making the child understand:” Socialization of emotion in urban India. Journal of Family Psychology, 25 (6), 847-856.
  • Raval, V. V., Raval, P. H., & *Raj, S. P. (2010). Damned if they flee, doomed if they don't: Narratives of runaway adolescent females from rural India. Journal of Family Violence, 25 (8), 755-764.
  • Raval, V. V., Martini, T. S., & Raval, P. (2010). Methods of, and reasons for, emotional expression and control in children with internalizing, externalizing, and somatic problems in urban India. Social Development, 19 (1), 93-112.

2009 and Before 

  • Raval, V. V. (2009). Negotiating conflict between personal desires and others’ expectations in lives of Gujarati women. Ethos (Journal of the Society for Psychological Anthropology), 37 (4), 489-511.
  • Raval, V. V., & Martini, T. S. (2009). Maternal socialization of children’s anger, sadness, and physical pain in two communities in Gujarat, India. International Journal of Behavioural Development, 33(3), 215-29.
  • Raval, V. V., Martini, T. S., & Raval, P. (2007). “Would others think it’s okay to express my feeling?”: Regulation of anger, sadness, and physical pain in Gujarati children in India. Social Development, 16 (1), 79-105.
  • Atkinson, L., Goldberg, S., Raval, V. V., Pederson, D., Benoit, D., Moran, G., Poulton, L., Myhal, N., Zwiers, M., & Gleason, K. (2005). On the relation between maternal state of mind and sensitivity in the prediction of infant attachment security. Developmental Psychology, 41 (1), 42-53.
  • Raval, V. V., & Kral, M. J., (2004). “Core versus periphery”: Dynamics of personhood over the life-course for a Gujarati Hindu woman. Culture and Psychology, 10 (2), 162-194.
  • Jeyakumar, S. L. E., Warriner, E. M., Raval, V. V., & Ahmad, S. A. (2004). Balancing the need for reliability and time efficiency: Short forms of the WAIS-III. Educational and Psychological Measurement, 64 (1), 71-87.
  • Raval, V. V., Goldberg, S., Atkinson, L., Benoit, D., Myhal, N., Poulton, L., & Zwiers, M. (2001). Maternal attachment, maternal responsiveness, and infant attachment. Infant Behavior and Development, 24 (3), 281-304.