FaMLAB

Research

MEDIA SENSORY CURATION AND NEURODIVERSITY

  • Alper, M., Alcorn, A. M., Harrison, K., Manganello, J., & Romeo, R. R. (2024). Digital media and neurodevelopmental differences. In D. Christakis & L. Hale (Eds.), Handbook of Children and Screens. Springer. http://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-69362-5_8

    Harrison, K., & Wenhold H. (2021). Digital attachment objects: Parent-child media conflict among children with andwithout sensory diagnoses. Proceedings of the 2021 Technology, Mind, & Society Conference, American Psychological Association. http://assets.pubpub.org/b3436ksr/31634521528426.pdf

    Harrison, K. (2021). Free, appropriate, public, and educational? Screen-schooling U.S. children with disabilities during the 2020 pandemic. Journal of Children and Media, 15, 44-48. http://doi.org/10.1080/17482798.2020.1866628

    Harrison, K., & Couture Bue, A. (2021). Media sensory curation and family media conflict: Replication and validation of short-form measures. Media Psychology, 24(4). http://doi.org/10.1080/15213269.2020.1758145

    Harrison, K. (2019). Does media addiction mask adaptive media use? The case of media sensory curation. Media Ethics, 31.http://www.mediaethicsmagazine.com/index.php/browse-back-issues/213-fall-2019/3999279-does-media-addiction-mask-adaptive-media-use-the-case-of-media-sensory-curation

    Harrison, K. (2019). Rude or shrewd? Reframing media devices as care structures and child use as accommodation. Journal of Children and Media, 13, 367-375. http://doi.org/10.1080/17482798.2019.1628192

    Harrison, K., Vallina, L., Couture, A., Wenhold, A., & Moorman, J. D. (2019). Sensory curation: Theorizing media use for sensory regulation and implications for family media conflict. Media Psychology, 22, 653-689.http://doi.org/10.1080/15213269.2018.1496024

EARLY CHILDHOOD OBESITY

  • Wang, A. A., Harrison, K., Musaad, S., Donovan, S. M., Teran-Garcia, M, and the STRONG Kids Team (2019). Genetic risk scores demonstrate the cumulative association of single nucleotide polymorphisms in gut microbiome-related genes with obesity phenotypes in preschool age children. Pediatric Obesity, 14(9), e12530. http://doi.org/10.1111/ijpo.12530

    Wenhold, H., & Harrison, K. (2019). Familial correlates of U.S. preschooler physical activity. Journal of Children andMedia, 13, 219-227. http://doi.org/10.1080/17482798.2019.1570959

    Wenhold, H., & Harrison, K. (2017). Television use and family mealtimes among a sample of U.S. families withpreschoolers. Journal of Children and Media, 12, 98-115. http://doi.org/10.1080/17482798.2017.1395751

    Harrison, K., Moorman, J., Peralta, M., & Fayhee, K. (2017). Food brand recognition and BMI in preschoolers. Appetite,114, 329-337. http://doi.org/10.1016/j.appet.2017.03.049

    Saltzman, J. A., Pineros-Leano, M., Liechty, J. M., Bost, K. K., Fiese, B. H., & the STRONG Kids Team (Harrison, K., funding author) (2016). Eating, feeding, and feeling: Emotional responsiveness mediates longitudinal association between maternal binge eating, feeding practices, and child weight. International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition andPhysical Activity, 13: 89. http://doi.org/10.1186/s12966-016-0415-5

    Harrison, K., Peralta, M., Jacobsohn, G. C., Grider, D. T., & the STRONG Kids Team (2016). The Placemat Protocol: Measuring preschoolers’ healthy meal schemas with pretend meals. Appetite, 96, 209-218. http://doi.org/10.1016/j.appet.2015.09.005

    Harrison, K., Peralta, M., & The STRONG Kids Team (2015). Parent and child media exposure, preschooler dietary intake, and preschooler healthy- meal schemas in the context of food insecurity. Journal of Communication, 65, 443-464. http://doi.org/10.1111/jcom.12153

    Musaad, S. M., Donovan, S. M., Fiese, B. H., & The STRONG Kids Team (Harrison, K., funding author) (2015). Parental perception of child weight in the first two years of life: A potential link between infant feeding and preschoolers’diet. Appetite, 91, 90- 100. http://doi.org/10.1016/j.appet.2015.03.029

    Liechty, J. M., Saltzman, J. A., Musaad, S. M., & The STRONG Kids Team (Harrison, K., funding author) (2015). Health literacy and parent attitudes about weight control for children. Appetite, 91, 200-208. http://doi.org/10.1016/j.appet.2015.04.010

    Speirs, K. E., Liechty, J. M., Wu, C., & The STRONG Kids Team (Harrison, K., funding author) (2014). Sleep, but not other daily routines, mediates the association between maternal employment and BMI for preschool children. Sleep Medicine, 15 (12), 1590-1593. http://doi.org/10.1016/j.sleep.2014.08.006

    Jones, B. L., Fiese, B. H., & the STRONG Kids Team (Harrison, K., funding author) (2014). Parent routines, child routines, and family demographics associated with obesity in parents and preschool-age children. Frontiers inPsychology, 5, 375. http://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2014.00374

    Bost, K. K., Wiley, A. R., Fiese, B., Hammons, A., McBride, B., & the STRONG Kids Team (Harrison, K., fundingauthor) (2014). Associations between adult attachment style, emotion regulation, and preschool children’s food consumption. Journal of Developmental & Behavioral Pediatrics, 35(1), 50-61. http://doi.org/10.1097/01.DBP.0000439103.29889.18

    Wang, Y., Wang, A., Donovan, S. M., Teran-Garcia, M., & the STRONG Kids Team (Harrison, K., funding author)(2013). Individual genetic variations related to satiety and appetite control increase risk of obesity in preschool-agechildren in the STRONG Kids Program. Human Heredity, 75(2-4), 152-159. http://doi.org/10.1159/000353880

    Musaad, S. M., Paige, K. N., Teran-Garcia, M., Donovan, S. M., Fiese, B. H., & the STRONG Kids  Team (Harrison, K., funding author) (2013). Childhood overweight/obesity and pediatric asthma: The role of parental perception of childweight status. Nutrients, 5(9), 3713-3729. http://doi.org/10.3390/nu5093713

    Fiese, B. H., & the STRONG Kids Team (Harrison, K, funding author) (2013). Context matters in pediatric obesity: Commentary on innovative treatment and prevention programs for pediatric overweight and obesity. Journal of Pediatric Psychology, 38(9), 1037-1043. http://doi.org/10.1093/jpepsy/jst069

    Grigsby-Toussaint, D. S., Harrison, K., Nelson, M. R., Fiese, B. H., & Christoph, M. J. (2013). Exploring marketing targeted at youth in food stores. In J. Williams, K. Pasch, & C. Collins (Eds.), Advances in communication researchto reduce childhood obesity (pp. 317-340). New York, NY: Springer. http://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-5511-0_15

     

    Dev, D. D., McBride, B. A., & the STRONG Kids Team (Harrison, K., funding author) (2013). Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics benchmarks for nutrition in child care 2011: Are child-care providers across contexts meetingrecommendations? Journal of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics, 113(10), 1346-1353. http://doi.org/10.1016/j.jand.2013.05.023

    Dev, D. D., McBride, B. A., Fiese, B. H., Jones, B. L., Cho, H., & the STRONG Kids Team (Harrison, K., fundingauthor) (2013). Risk factors for overweight/obesity in preschool children: An ecological approach. Childhood Obesity, 9 (5), 399- 408. http://doi.org/10.1089/chi.2012.0150

    Harrison, K., & Liechty, J. (2012). U.S. preschoolers’ media exposure and dietary habits: The primacy of television and the limits of parental mediation. Journal of Children and Media, special issue on Children, Media, and Health, 6(1), 18-36. http://doi.org/10.1080/17482798.2011.633402

    Shim, J. E., Kim, J., Mathai, R. A., & The STRONG Kids Team (Harrison, K., funding author) (2011). Associations of infant feeding practices and picky eating behaviors of preschool children. Journal of the American Dietetic Association,111(9), 1363-1368. http://doi.org/10.1016/j.jada.2011.06.410

    Harrison, K., Bost, K. K., McBride, B. A., Donovan, S. M., Grigsby-Toussaint, D. S., Kim, J., Liechty, J. M., Wiley, A., Teran-Garcia, M., & Jacobsohn, G. C. (2011). Toward a developmental conceptualization of contributors to overweight and obesity in childhood: The Six-Cs Model. Child Development Perspectives, 5(1), 50-58. http://doi.org/10.1111/j.1750-8606.2010.00150.x  

    Grigsby-Toussaint, D. S., Chi, S. H., Fiese, B. H., & the STRONG Kids Team (Harrison, K., funding author) (2011). Where they live, how they play: Neighborhood greenness and outdoor physical activity among preschoolers. International Journal of Health Geographics, 10, 66. http://doi.org/10.1186/1476-072X-10-66

    Harrison, K. (2006). Fast and sweet: Nutritional attributes of television food advertisements with and without Blackcharacters. Howard Journal of Communications, 17(4), 249-264. http://doi.org/10.1080/10646170600966576

    Harrison, K., & Marske, A. L. (2005). Nutritional content of foods advertised during the television programs childrenwatch most. American Journal of Public Health, 95(9), 1568- 1574. http://doi.org/10.2105/AJPH.2004.048058

    Harrison, K. (2005). Is ‘fat free’ good for me? A panel study of television viewing and children’s nutritional knowledge andreasoning. Health Communication, 17(2), 117-132. http://doi.org/10.1207/s15327027hc1702_1

CHILD DEVELOPMENT

  • Munzer, T., & Harrison, K., (2025). Digital media and children’s development. In M. H. Bornstein & P. Shah (Eds.), APAHandbook of pediatric psychology, developmental-behavioral pediatrics, and developmental science. Washington, DC, USA: American Psychological Association.

    Shah, P. E., Hirsh-Pasek, K., Kashdan, T. B., Harrison, K., Rosenblum, K., Weeks, H. M., Singh, P., & Kaciroti, N. (2021). Daily television exposure, parent conversation during shared television viewing and socioeconomic status:Associations with curiosity at kindergarten. PLOS   One, 16(10), e0258572. http://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0258572

    Moorman, J., & Harrison, K. (2019). Beyond access and exposure: Implications of sneaky  media use for preschoolers’ sleep behavior. Health Communication, 34, 529-536. http://doi.org/10.1080/10410236.2017.1422103

    Domoff, S.E., Harrison, K., Gearhardt, A.N., Gentile, D.A., Lumeng, J.C., & Miller, A.L. (2019). Development andvalidation of the Problematic Media Use Measure: A parent report measure of screen media "addiction" in children. Psychology of Popular Media Culture, 8(1), 2-11. http://doi.org/10.1037/ppm0000163

    Harrison, K. (2015). Introduction: Media and the family. Journal of Children and Media (special issue on Media and theFamily), 9(1), 1-4. http://doi.org/10.1080/17482798.2015.997513

    Domoff, S. E., Miller, A. L., Khalatbari, N., Pesch, M. H., Harrison, K., Rosenblum, K., & Lumeng, J. C. (2017). Maternal beliefs about television and parental mediation in a low-income United States sample. Journal of Children and Media,11(3), 278-294. http://doi.org/10.1080/17482798.2017.1339102

    Harrison, K. (2006). Scope of Self: Toward a model of television’s effects on self-complexity in adolescence.Communication Theory, 16, 251-279. http://doi.org/10.1111/j.1468-2885.2006.00270.x

BODY IMAGE AND DISORDERED EATING

  • Couture Bue, A. C., & Harrison, K. (2024). Measuring gaze: Women’s visual processing of empowerment and objectification messages in empowerment-themed advertisements. Journalism and Mass Communication Quarterly, 101(1), 253-281. https://doi.org/10.1177/10776990231217739

    Couture Bue, A. C., Dal Cin, S., & Harrison, K. (2023). Empowerment-themed advertising effects: Activation of empowerment and objectification schemas in women age 18-35. Media Psychology, 26(3), 336-361. http://doi.org/10.1080/15213269.2022.2142611

    Harrison, K., & Kemp, V. (2022). Media, body image, and eating disorders. In D. Lemish (Ed.), Routledge internationalhandbook of children, adolescents, and media (2nd Ed.). New York, NY: Routledge.http://doi.org/10.4324/9781003118824

     

    Couture Bue, A., & Harrison, K. (2020). Visual and cognitive processing of thin-ideal Instagram  images containing idealized or disclaimer comments. Body Image, 33, 152-163. http://doi.org/10.1016/j.bodyim.2020.02.014

    Couture Bue, A., & Harrison, K. (2019). Empowerment sold separately: Two experiments examine the effects of ostensibly empowering beauty advertisements on women's empowerment and self-objectification. Sex Roles, 81, 627-642. http://doi.org/10.1007/s11199-019-01020-4

    Liechty, J. M., Clarke, S., Birky, J. P., Harrison, K., & The STRONG Kids Team (2016). Perceptions of early body image socialization in families: Exploring knowledge, beliefs, and strategies among mothers of preschoolers. BodyImage, 19, 68-78. http://doi.org/10.1016/j.bodyim.2016.08.010

     

    Harrison, K., & Hefner, V. (2014). Virtually perfect: Image retouching and adolescent body image. Media Psychology,17(2), 134-153. http://doi.org/10.1080/15213269.2013.770354

    Martins, N., Williams, D. C., Harrison, K., & Ratan, R. A. (2011). Virtual muscularity: A content analysis of male video game characters. Body Image: An International Journal of Research, 8(1), 43-51. http://doi.org/10.1016/j.bodyim.2010.10.002

    Harrison, K. (2010). Virtually perfect: The “ideal” in thin-ideal media, and its effects on young people. In Carrillo, M.V.,Jiménez, M., & Sánchez, M. (Eds.), Media and body cult (pp. 137-150). Mexico: Pearson.

    Martins, N., Williams, D. C., Harrison, K., & Ratan, R. A. (2009). A content analysis of female  body imagery in videogames. Sex Roles, 61, 824-836. http://doi.org/10.1007/S11199-009-9682-9

    Harrison, K. (2009). Media and the body. In R. L. Nabi & M. B. Oliver (Eds.), The Sage handbook of media processes andeffects (pp. 393-409). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.

    Harrison, K. (2009). The Multidimensional Media Influence Scale: Confirmatory factor structure and relationship with body dissatisfaction among African American and Anglo American children. Body Image: An International Journal ofResearch, 6(3), 207-215. http://doi.org/10.1016/j.bodyim.2009.04.001

    Moriarty, C. M., & Harrison, K. (2008). Television exposure and disordered eating among children. Journal ofCommunication, 58(2), 361-381. http://doi.org/10.1111/j.1460-2466.2008.00389.x

    Harrison, K., & Levine, M. P. (2008). Effect of media on eating disorders and body image. In J. Bryant and Oliver, M.B. (Eds.), Media effects: Advances in theory and research (3rd ed., pp. 490- 516). Mahwah, NJ: Erlbaum. http://doi.org/10.4324/9780203877111

    Harrison, K., & Hefner, V. (2008). Media, body image, and eating disorders. In B. J. Wilson & S. L. Calvert (Eds.), Thehandbook of children, media, and development (pp. 381-406). Malden, MA: Blackwell. http://doi.org/10.1002/9781444302752.ch17

     

    Harrison, K. (2008). Adolescent body image and eating in the media: Trends and implications for adolescent health. In P. E. Jamieson and D. Romer (Eds.), The changing portrayal of adolescents in the media since 1950 (pp. 165-197).Oxford, UK: Oxford U Press. http://doi.org/

    Harrison, K. (2007). Television viewers’ ideal body proportions: The case of the curvaceously thin woman. In L. C.Lederman (Ed.), Beyond these walls: Readings in health communication (pp. 361-372). New York, NY: Oxford U Press.

    Harrison, K., & Bond, B. J. (2007). Gaming magazines and the drive for muscularity in preadolescent boys: Alongitudinal examination. Body Image: An International Journal of Research, 4, 269-277. http://doi.org/10.1016/j.bodyim.2007.03.003

    Harrison, K., Taylor, L.D., & Marske, A.L. (2006). Women’s and men’s eating behavior following exposure to ideal-bodyimages and text. Communication Research, 33(6), 507-529. http://doi.org/10.1177/0093650206293247

    Harrison, K., & Hefner, V. (2006). Media exposure, current and future body ideals, and disordered eating amongpreadolescent girls: A longitudinal panel study. Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 35, 146-156. http://doi.org/10.1007/s10964-005-9008-3

    Gentles, K., & Harrison, K. (2006). Television and perceived peer expectations of body size among African Americanadolescent girls. Howard Journal of Communications, 17, 39-55. http://doi.org/10.1080/10646170500487939

    Harrison, K. (2006). Body image, girls and young women. In J. Arnett (Ed.), Encyclopedia of children, adolescents, andthe media (pp. 122-125). Sage. chrome-extension://efaidnbmnnnibpcajpcglclefindmkaj/https://ramakertamukti.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/07/encyclopedia-of-children-adolescents-and-the-media-1412905.pdf

    Fredrickson, B., & Harrison, K. (2005). Throwing like a girl: Self-objectification predicts adolescent girls’ motorperformance. Journal of Sport and Social Issues, 29, 79-101. http://doi.org/10.1177/0193723504269878

    Levine, M. P., & Harrison, K. (2003). Media’s role in the perpetuation and prevention of negative body image anddisordered eating. In J. K. Thompson (Ed.), Handbook of eating disorders and obesity (pp. 695-717). New York: JohnWiley.

     

    Harrison, K. (2003). Television viewers’ ideal body proportions: The case of the curvaceously thin woman. Sex Roles,48, 255-264. http://doi.org/10.1023/A:1022825421647

    Harrison, K. (2001). Body image, media effect on. In Jorge R. Schement (Ed.), Encyclopedia of communication andinformation (pp. 79-81). New York: MacMillan Reference. https://www.encyclopedia.com/media/encyclopedias-almanacs-transcripts-and-maps/body-image-media-effect

    Harrison, K. (2001). Ourselves, our bodies: Thin-ideal media, self-discrepancies, and eating disorder symptomatology in adolescents. Journal of Social and Clinical Psychology, 20, 289-323. http://doi.org/10.1521/jscp.20.3.289.22303

    Harrison, K. (2000). Television viewing, fat stereotyping, body shape standards, and eating disorder symptomatology ingrade school children. Communication Research, 27, 617-640. http://doi.org/10.1177/009365000027005003

    Harrison, K. (2000). The body electric: Thin-ideal media and eating disorders in adolescents. Journal ofCommunication, 50(3), 119-143. http://doi.org/10.1111/j.1460-2466.2000.tb02856.x

    Harrison, K. (1997). Does interpersonal attraction to thin media personalities promote eating disorders? Journal ofBroadcasting and Electronic Media, 41, 478-500. http://doi.org/10.1080/08838159709364422

    Harrison, K., & Cantor, J. (1997). The relationship between media consumption and eating disorders. Journal ofCommunication, 47, 40-67. http://doi.org/10.1111/j.1460-2466.1997.tb02692.x

GENDER AND SEX

  • Wenhold, H., & Harrison, K. (2021). Emerging adults and gender norms: Everyday life experiences, media perceptions,attitudes, and future expectations. Gender Issues, 38(4), 420-437. http://doi.org/10.1007/s12147-020-09270-3

     

    Wenhold, H., & Harrison, K. (2021). Interviews exploring emerging adults’ everyday life gender  norm experiences, media gender norm perceptions, and future gender norm expectations. Journal of Adult Development, 28, 207-220. http://doi.org/10.1007/s10804-020-09364-y

    Wenhold, H., & Harrison, K. (2018). Emerging adult women’s career role modeling and wishful   identification with female TV news personalities. Communication Quarterly, 67, 41-59. http://doi.org/10.1080/01463373.2018.1526813

    Erickson, S., Harrison, K., & Dal Cin, S. (2018). Toward a multi-dimensional model of adolescent romantic parasocialattachment. Communication Theory, 28, 376-399. http://doi.org/10.1093/ct/qty014

    Moorman, J., & Harrison, K. (2016). Gender, race, and risk: Intersectional risk management in the sale of sex online.Journal of Sex Research, 53(7), 816-824. http://doi.org/10.1080/00224499.2015.1065950

    Martins, N., & Harrison, K. (2012). Racial and gender differences in the relationship between children’s television useand self-esteem: A longitudinal panel study. Communication Research, 39(3), 338-357. http://doi.org/10.1177/0093650211401376

    Zhang, Y., Miller, L., & Harrison, K. (2008). The relationship between exposure to sexual music videos and youngadults’ sexual attitudes. Journal of Broadcasting and Electronic Media, 52(3), 368-386. http://doi.org/10.1080/08838150802205462

    Ward, L.M., & Harrison, K. (2005). The impact of media use on girls’ beliefs about gender roles, their bodies, and sexual relationships: A research synthesis. In E. Cole & J. H. Daniel (Eds.), Featuring females: Feminist analyses of media (pp.3-23). APA Books.

    Aubrey, J. S., & Harrison, K. (2004). The gender-role content of children's favorite television programs and its links totheir gender-related perceptions. Media Psychology, 6, 111-146. http://doi.org/10.1207/s1532785xmep0602_1  

    Aubrey, J. S., Harrison, K., Kramer, L., & Yellin, J. (2003). Variety versus timing: Gender differences in college students’ sexual expectations as predicted by exposure to sexually oriented television. Communication Research, 30(4), 432-460. http://doi.org/10.1177/0093650203253365

MENTAL/PHYSICAL HEALTH

  • Cantor, J., & Harrison, K. (funding author) (2022). Parent reports of children’s fright reactions to news of the COVID-19 pandemic: Results from a national U.S. sample. Media Psychology, 25(4), 565-582. http://doi.org/10.1080/15213269.2021.2009878

    Quintero Johnson, J. M.,Harrison, K., & Quick, B. (2013). Understanding the effectiveness of the entertainment-education strategy: An investigation of how audience involvement, message processing, and message design influence health information recall. Journal of Health Communication, 18(2), 160-78. http://doi.org/10.1080/10810730.2012.688244

    Fisher, C. L., Goldsmith, D., Harrison, K., Hoffner, C. A., Segrin, C., & Wright, K. (2012). Communication and mental health: A conversation from the CM Café. Communication Monographs, 79, 539-550. http://doi.org/10.1080/03637751.2012.727284

    Kassing, J.W., Billings, A.C., Brown, R.S., Halone, K.K., Harrison, K., Krizek, B., Mean, L.J., & Turman, P.D. (2004).Communication in the community of sport: The process of enacting, (re)producing, consuming, and organizing sport. Communication Yearbook, 28, 373-408. http://doi.org/10.1080/23808985.2004.11679040

    Harrison, K., & Fredrickson, B.L. (2003). Women’s sports media, self-objectification, and mental health in Black andWhite adolescent females. Journal of Communication, 53(2), 216- 232. http://doi.org/10.1111/j.1460-2466.2003.tb02587.x

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