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Ben Goodman

Research Scientist

Ben Goodman is a research scientist at the Center, serving as the director of research and evaluation for the Durham Connects newborn nurse home visiting program and the randomized controlled trial impact evaluation of the Durham Connects program.

His primary research interests encompass both program evaluation and applied developmental research, focusing broadly on the impacts of various sources of stress and support for the quality of parent-child relationships, parental well-being, and child development. Specific areas of interest include (1) the impacts of early intervention on child well-being and family functioning, (2) factors that contribute to fathers’ relationships with their children, and (3) the use of person-oriented methodologies to examine patterns of family dynamics and parent-child relationships.

Education:

• Ph.D. The Pennsylvania State University - 2009

Recent Publications

1. Goodman, W.B., Crouter, A.C., Lanza, S.T., Cox, M.J., Vernon-Feagans, L., & The Family Life Project Key Investigators (2011). Paternal work stress and latent profiles of father-infant parenting quality. Journal of Marriage and Family, 73(3), 588-604. [full], [doi]  [abs]


2. Goodman, W.B., Crouter, A.C., & The Family Life Project Key Investigators (2009). Longitudinal associations between maternal work stress, negative work-family spillover, and depressive symptoms. Family Relations, 58(3), 245-258. [full], [doi]  [abs]


3. Goodman, W.B., Crouter, A.C., Lanza, S.T., Cox, M.J., & The Family Life Project Key Investigators (2008). Paternal work characteristics and father-infant interaction quality in low-income, rural families. Journal of Marriage and Family, 70(3), 640-653. [full], [doi]  [abs]

1. The Durham Connects nurse home visiting program: A conceptual overview, Frontiers of Innovation Conference, Cambridge, MA, May, 2011