Peer-Reviewed Publications
2026
Stanek, C., Dixon-Gardner, A., Napier, T., Munshi, A., Radney, A., Yoon, S., Graves, S. (2026). Parents’ ethnic racial socialization practices and preschool-aged children’s self-esteem: A Qualitative exploration. Journal of Family Issues. https://doi.org/10.1177/0192513X261465810
Chang, O., Chang, Y., & Yoon, S. (2026). Developmental trajectories of child maltreatment: Associations with internalizing and externalizing symptoms. Development and Psychopathology. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0954579426101667
Yoon, S., Chang, Y., Chang, O. D., Chen, Y., Oyeh Yeboah, P., & Hamby, S. (2026). Strengths associated with positive youth development after child maltreatment: Application of the Resilience Portfolio Model. Child Maltreatment. https://doi.org/10.1177/107755952614583
Xin, Y., Davis, A., Yoon, S., & Lee, M. Y. (2026). Baseline Resilience as a Predictor of Ayahuasca Acute Effects and Moderator of the Relationship Between Acute Effects and Psychospiritual Outcomes. Psychedelic Medicine. https://doi.org/10.1177/2831442526144
Zhang, Y., Johnson-Motoyama, M., Yoon, S., & Barboza-Salerno, G. (2026). Patterns of family harsh parenting and the effects of cumulative risks. Child & Family Social Work. https://doi.org/10.1111/cfs.70209
Zhang, Y., Allbright-Campos, M., Chang, Y., & Yoon, S. (2026). Discipline Patterns and Child Externalizing Problems in Low-Income Unmarried Families. Journal of Family Violence. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10896-026-01080-7
Chen, Y., Yoon, S., Manley, L. (2026). Long-term exposure to intimate partner violence and adolescents’ internalizing symptoms: A repeated measures latent profile analysis. Child Abuse & Neglect. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chiabu.2025.107880
2025
Wang, J., Zhang, Y., Calabrese, J., Donithen, R., W., Chang, Y., Schoppe-Sullivan, S., & Yoon, S. (2025). Psychological distress, parental hostility, and child behavior problems: The gendered moderating role of positive coparenting. Family Process https://doi.org/10.1111/famp.70102
Chang, Y., Chang, O., Yang, J., Sattler, K. & Yoon, S. (2025). Patterns of protective factors following childhood maltreatment and youth developmental outcomes. Child Maltreatment. https://doi.org/10.1177/10775595251388610
Zhang, Y., Johnson-Motoyama, M., Yoon, S., & Barboza-Salerno, G. (2025). From material hardship to harsh parenting: Testing family stress model in dyadic family context. Public Health. 248. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.puhe.2025.105917
Stanek, C., Radney, A., Chang, Y., Parmenter, S., Yoon, S., Lee, J., Dellor. E., McClellan, J., & Himmeger, M. (Accepted). Acceptability & effectiveness of Ohio START: A child welfare service delivery model. Family Relations. https://doi.org/10.1111/fare.70064
Zhang, Y., Yoon, S., Wang, J., Benavides, J.L., Chang, Y., Maguire-Jack, K (Accepted). The effect of material hardship on child social skills via parental depression and coparenting: Testing the Family Stress Model. Family Relations. https://doi-org.proxy.lib.ohio-state.edu/10.1111/fare.70046
Yoon, S., Stanek, C., Benavides, J. L., Napier, T., Chang, Y., & Nho, C.R. (2025). Caregiver substance use among families in the U.S. child welfare system: National prevalence estimates. Frontiers in Psychiatry. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyt.2025.1620676
Kang, H. J., Chung, I. J., & Yoon, S. (2025). An exploratory study of AI-based algorithm to detect child abuse in YouTube videos. Asia Pacific Journal of Social Work and Development. https://doi.org/10.1080/29949769.2025.2526633
Yoon, S., Yang, J., Napier, T., Wang, J., Maguire-Jack., K., Boettner, B. & Browning, C. (2025). Child maltreatment and adolescents’ exposure to disorder in daily activity spaces. Journal of Youth and Adolescence. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10964-025-02211-x
Yoon, S., Tomlinson, C. A., Benavides, J. L., Chang, Y., Stanek, C., Wang, X., Ishiekwene, M., Mariscal, S., Duron, J. F., & Howell, K. H. (2025). Resilience and strengths among minoritized racial and ethnic groups of children in the United States exposed to trauma, violence, and maltreatment: A scoping review. Trauma, Violence, & Abuse, 26(2), 220-234. https://doi.org/10.1177/15248380241309382
Eads, R., Young, S., Yoon, S., Quinn, C., & Lee, M. (2025). Protective factors in intergenerational trauma: A mixed methods investigation of the role of holistic well-being and parental empowerment by parents’ gender. Children and Youth Services Review, 172, 108247 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.childyouth.2025.108247
Wernekinck, U. & Yoon, S. (2025). “We heal together”: Characteristics of the male healing journey from childhood sexual abuse among men in recovery from substance use disorder in the United States. Journal of Child Sexual Abuse, 34(3), 280-301. https://doi.org/10.1080/10538712.2025.2494006
Chang, O., Chang, Y, & Yoon, S. (2025). Profiling changes in the needs of parents with child welfare involvement: What do they tell us about risk for maltreatment? Child Maltreatment, 10775595251333310
https://doi.org/10.1177/10775595251333310
Chang, Y., Chang, O. D., Stanek, C. J., Yoon, S., & Maguire-Jack, K. (2025). The protective role of school connectedness in the relationship between child maltreatment and internalizing symptoms for White, Black, Latino/Hispanic, and multiracial youth. Child Abuse & Neglect, 163, 107399. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chiabu.2025.107399
Zhang, Y., Yoon, S., Allbright-Campos, M., Benavides, J. L., & Chang, Y. (2025). Coparenting, parenting stress, and child social skills: Exploring dyadic relationships in family system. Journal of Family Psychology, https://doi.org/10.1037/fam0001333
Eads, R., Benavides, J. L., Wernekinck, U., & Yoon, S. (2025). “I think we feel a lot of their devastation”: Social workers’ perspectives on primary and secondary psychological trauma in pediatric emergency rooms. Social Work in Health Care, 64(1-3), 50-64. https://doi.org/10.1080/00981389.2025.2461466
Stanek, C., Chang, Y., Radney, A., Himmeger, M., McClellan, J., Lee, J., Dellor, E., & Yoon, S. (2025). Family protective factors among children impacted by parental substance use disorder and child maltreatment. Child and Adolescent Social Work Journal, 1-13. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10560-024-01005-7
Wang, J., Yoon, S., Chang, Y., Nho, C.R., & Schoppe-Sullivan, S. J. (2025). Predictors of father involvement patterns among Latino fathers with low income. Journal of Family Psychology, 39(6), 827-836 https://psycnet.apa.org/doi/10.1037/fam0001300
Yoon, S., Wang, J., Chang, Y., Lee, J. Y., Nho, C. R., Chung, I. J., & Schoppe‐Sullivan, S. J. (2025). Profiles of father involvement among unmarried Black fathers and child social–emotional functioning. Social Development, 34(1), e12785. https://doi.org/10.1111/sode.12785
Lee, J. Y., Yoon, S., Harty, J., Steinke, H., Chang, Y., Cha, H., & Xu, A. (2025). Role of fathers in the well-being of children impacted by the U.S. child welfare system: Recommendations for practice and policy from a scoping review. Child Welfare (Special Issue on “Fathers and Child Welfare: Conceptual Frameworks, Theoretical Foundations, Empirical Approaches, and Innovations in Research and Practice”), 102(5). https://community.cwla.org/store/viewproduct.aspx?id=25546488
Holmes, M. R., Bender, A. E., Yoon, S., Berg, K. A., Duda-Banwar, J., Chen, Y. Evans, K. E., Korsch-Williams, A., & Perzynski, A. T. (2025). Examination of Protective Factors That Promote Prosocial Skill Development Among Children Exposed to Intimate Partner Violence. Development & Psychopathology. 10.1017/S0954579424000087
Parmenter, S., Shockley McCarthy, K., Benavides, L., Bayar, Ö., Maguire-Jack, K., Yoon, S. (2025). The lived experience of youth in congregate care. Child and Adolescent Social Work Journal. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10560-024-00969-w
2024
Zhang, Y., Xu, W., Yoon, S., Chen, W., Parmenter, S. (2024). Workplace support, job autonomy, and turnover intention among child welfare social workers in China: The mediating role of job satisfaction. Child Protection and Practice. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chipro.2024.100027
Eads, R., Benavides, J. L., Preston, O., Bayar, Ö & Yoon, S. (2024). “Oh, they abuse their kid”: Social workers’ perspectives on bias and ethical issues in pediatric emergency rooms. Ethics and Social Welfare. https://doi.org/10.1080/17496535.2024.2341688
Yoon, S., Ploss, A., Hutzel, M., Webb, R., Hatfield, A., Lee, J. Y., Munshi, A., Radney, A., &McClellan, J. (2024). Parenting attitudes and behaviors among parents involved with the child welfare system and affected by substance use disorders. Child Abuse & Neglect. 10.1016/j.chiabu.2024.106657
Yoon, S., Calabrese, J. R., Yang, J., Logan, J., Maguire-Jack, K., Min, M. O., Slesnick, N., Browning, C., & Hamby, S. (2024). Association between longitudinal patterns of child maltreatment experiences and adolescent substance use. Child Abuse & Neglect. 10.1016/j.chiabu.2023.106533
Tebben, E., West, K., Golden, L., Lang, S., & Yoon, S. (2024). Who calls for help? Assessing the reach of the Ohio Preschool Expulsion Prevention Partnership. Early Childhood Research Quarterly. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecresq.2023.10.007
Lee, J. Y., Yoon, S., Chang, Y., Cha, H., Radney, A., Xu, A., Landers, A. L., & Schoppe-Sullivan, S. J. (2024). Parental warmth of non-offending primary caregiving fathers rearing children in the U.S. child welfare system: Associations with children’s socioemotional development [Special Issue on “Contemporary Perspectives of Fathering and Father-Child Relationships”]. Parenting: Science and Practice, 25(4), 519–54. https://doi.org/10.1080/15295192.2024.2425696
Yoon, S., Maguire-Jack, K., Ploss, A., Benavidez, J. L., & Chang, Y. (2024). Contextual factors of child behavioral health across developmental stages. Development and Psychopathology, 36(2), 660–673. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0954579422001481
2023
Pei, F., Yoon, S., Zhai, F., & Gao, Q. (2023). Environment matters: How are neighborhood structural indexes associated with parenting stress among Asian immigrant families? PLOS One. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0293594
Chang, Y., Yoon, S., Maguire-Jack, K., & Lee, J. (2023). Family-, school-, and neighborhood-level predictors of resilience for adolescents with a history of maltreatment. Children, 10(1), 1. https://doi.org/10.3390/children10010001
Yoon, S., Lee, J. Y., Yang, J., Wang, J., Zhang, Y., Kim, M. & Schoppe-Sullivan, S. (2023). Coparenting profiles and children’s socioemotional outcomes in unmarried parents with low income. Journal of Marriage & Family. https://doi.org/10.1111/jomf.12952
Yang, J., Kim, M., Wang, J., Zhang, Y., Schoppe-Sullivan, S., & Yoon, S. (2023). The roles of coparenting and parental anxiety/depression in child behavior problems: An actor-partner interdependence model. Journal of Family Psychology. https://doi.org/10.1037/fam0001160
Lee, J. Y., Lee, S.J., Yoon, S., Kirsch, J. Pace, G. T., Schoppe-Sullivan, S. (2023). Family stress processes underlying material hardship and parental detachment and warmth amongst racially diverse fathers and mothers with low income. Journal of Family Violence, 1-17. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10896-023-00583-x
Yoon, S., Yang, J., Pei, F., Benavides, J. L., Bayar, Ö., Logan, J. A., & Hamby, S. (2023). Can resilience change over time? Patterns and transitions in resilience among young children involved with the child welfare system. Child Development. https://doi.org/10.1111/cdev.13980
Knight, L., Ploss, A., Benavides, J. L., & Yoon, S. (2023). A qualitative study of risk and protective factors for resilience in survivors of sex trafficking. Violence Against Women. https://doi.org/10.1177/10778012231192587
Lee, J. Y., Yoon, S., Park, K., Radney, A., Shipe, S., & Pace, G. T. (2023). Father-mother co-involvement in child maltreatment: Associations of prior perpetration, substance use, inadequate housing, and intimate partner violence with different maltreatment types. Children. https://doi.org/10.3390/children10040707
Yoon, D., Yoon, S., Yoon, M., & Knox, P.N. (2023). Gender differences in the role of peer relationship quality on psychological symptoms in youth at-risk for maltreatment. Children and Youth Services Review, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.childyouth.2023.106945
Yoon, S., Maguire-Jack, K., Ploss, A., Benavides, J. L., & Chang, Y. (2023). Contextual factors of child behavioral health across developmental stages. Development & Psychopathology, https://doi.org/10.1017/S0954579422001481
Knight, L., & Yoon, S. (2023). “You come up from the ashes, and you’re like a phoenix.” Survivors of sex trafficking define resilience. Qualitative Social Work. https://doi.org/10.1177/14733250231152263
Bunger, A. C., Yoon, S., Maguire-Jack, K., Phillips, R., West, K. Y., Clark-Hammond, G., & Kranich, C. (2023). Implementation and Mental Health Outcomes of a Service Cascade Linking Child Welfare and Children’s Mental Health Systems: A Case Study of the Gateway CALL Demonstration. Administration and Policy in Mental Health and Mental Health Services Research, https://doi.org/10.1007/s10488-022-01238-7
Schoppe‐Sullivan, S. J., Wang, J., Yang, J., Kim, M., Zhang, Y., & Yoon, S. (2023). Patterns of coparenting and young children's social–emotional adjustment in low‐income families. Child Development. https://doi.org/10.1111/cdev.13904
Sattler, K., Yoon, S., & Lutolli, A. (2023). Trajectories of resilience among young children involved with child protective services. Development and Psychopathology, https://doi.org/10.1017/S095457942200133X
2022
Chang, Y., Yoon, S., Maguire-Jack, K., & Lee, J. (2022). Family-, School-, and Neighborhood-Level Predictors of Resilience for Adolescents with a History of Maltreatment. Children. https://doi.org/10.3390/children10010001
Kim, Y. J., Burlaka, V., & Yoon, S. (2022). Gender differences in suicide ideation: Mediating effects of alcohol abuse/dependence on suicide ideation through psychological distress and hopelessness. Health & Social Work. https://doi.org/10.1093/hsw/hlad012
Maguire-Jack, K., Yoon, S., Chang, Y., & Hong, S (2022). Understanding the relative influence of social factors at various ecological levels on child maltreatment at critical stages of child development. Children. https://doi.org/10.3390/children9020163
Yoon, S., Pei, F., Logan, J., Helsabeck, N., Hamby, S., & Slesnick, N. (2022). Early childhood maltreatment and profiles of resilience among child welfare-involved children. Development & Psychopathology. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0954579421001851
Pei, F., Yoon, S., Maguire-Jack, K., & Lee, M. Y. (2022). Neighborhood influences on early childhood behavioral problems: Child maltreatment as a mediator. Child Abuse & Neglect. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chiabu.2021.105391
Lee, J. Y., Ogilvie, T., Yoon, S., Kirsch, J., Koh, E., & Spencer, M. S. (2022). Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander children in foster care: A descriptive study of an overlooked child welfare population. Children and Youth Services Review.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.childyouth.2022.106618
Yoon, S., Pei, F., Benavides, J.L., Ploss, A., Logan, J., & Hamby, S. (2022). The long-term effects of early childhood resilience profiles on school outcomes among children in the child welfare system. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph19105987
Yoon, D., Kobulsky, J., Yoon, M., Park, J., & Yoon, S. (2022). Racial differences in early adolescent substance use: Child abuse types and family/peer substance use as predictors. Journal of Ethnicity in Substance Abuse. https://doi.org/10.1080/15332640.2022.2068720
Wang, J., Schoppe‐Sullivan, S. J., Yan, J., & Yoon, S. (2022). Examining parents' susceptibility: Coparenting relationships and parental involvement in low‐income families. Journal of Marriage and Family. https://doi.org/10.1111/jomf.12901
Maguire-Jack, K., Yoon, S., & Hong, S. (2022). Social cohesion and informal social control as mediators between neighborhood poverty and child maltreatment: A longitudinal investigation. Child Maltreatment, https://doi.org/10.1177/10775595211007566
Cage, J., Coles, C., McGinnis, H.A., Yoon, S., Pitts, B. (2022). Validating the factor structure of the Drug Free Schools and Communities Scale for child welfare involved youth. Journal of Public Child Welfare, https://doi.org/10.1080/15548732.2020.1833807
2021
Yoon, S., Helsabeck, N., Wang, X., Logan, J., Pei, F., Hamby, S., & Slesnick, N. (2021). Profiles of resilience among children exposed to non-maltreatment adverse childhood experiences. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph182010600
Yoon, S., Kim, M., Yang, J., Lee, J., Latelle, A., Wang, J., & Schoppe-Sullivan, S. (2021). Patterns of Father Involvement and Child Development among Low-Income Families [Special Issue]. Children. https://doi.org/10.3390/children8121164
Bunger, A. C., Maguire-Jack, K., Yoon, S., Mooney, D., West, K. Y., Hammond, G. C., & Kranich, C. (2021). Does mental health screening and assessment in child welfare improve mental health service receipt, child safety, and permanence for children in out-of-home care? An evaluation of the Gateway CALL demonstration. Child Abuse & Neglect. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chiabu.2021.105351
Dellor, E., Yoon, S., Bunger, A., Himmeger, M., & Freisthler, B. (2021). Benchmarking Trauma in Child Welfare: A Brief Report. Journal of Interpersonal Violence, https://doi.org/10.1177/08862605211038324
Yoon, S., Sattler, K., Knox, J., & Xin, Y. (2021). Longitudinal Examination of Resilience among Child Welfare-Involved Adolescents: The Roles of Caregiver-Child Relationships and Deviant Peer Affiliation. Development & Psychopathology,
https://doi.org/10.1017/S0954579421000924
Showalter, K., Yoon, S., & Logan, T. K. (2021). The Employment Trajectories of Survivors of Intimate Partner Violence. Work, Employment and Society, https://doi.org/10.1177/09500170211035289
Yoon, S., Kobulsky, J. M., Shin, S., & Coxe, K. (2021). The Roles of Child Maltreatment and Fathers in the Development of Substance Use in an At-Risk Sample of Youth: A Longitudinal Study. Child Abuse and Neglect, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chiabu.2021.105130
Yoon, S., Yoon, D., Latelle, A., & Kobulsky, J. M. (2021). The Interaction Effects between Father-Child Relationship Quality and Parent-perpetrated Maltreatment on Adolescent Behavior Problems. Journal of Interpersonal Violence. https://doi.org/10.1177/08862605211021977
Freisthler, B., Maguire-Jack, K., Yoon, S., Dellor, E., & Price-Wolf, J. (2021). Enhancing Permanency in Children and Families (EPIC): a child welfare intervention for parental substance abuse. BMC Public Health, https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-021-10668-1
Yoon, S., Coxe, K., Bunger, A., Freisthler, B., Dellor, E., Langaigne, A., & Millisor, J (2021). Feasibility of engaging child welfare-involved parents with substance use disorders in research: Key challenges and lessons learned. Journal of Public Child Welfare,
https://doi.org/10.1080/15548732.2021.1899099
Kobulsky, J. M., Yoon, S., Wildfeuer, R., Simonson, P., & Shin, S. H. (2021). The Effects of Father-Perpetration of Maltreatment on Adolescent Health Risk. Journal of Interpersonal Violence, https://doi.org/10.1177/08862605211001484
Yoon, D., Yoon, S., Pei, F., & Ploss, A. (2021). The Roles of Child Maltreatment Types and Peer Relationships on Behavior Problems in Early Adolescence. Child Abuse & Neglect, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chiabu.2020.104921
Dillard, R., Beaujolais, B., Yoon, S., Wang, X., Shockley McCarthy, K., & Pei, F. (2021). Factors that inhibit and promote resilient functioning following childhood maltreatment: A qualitative exploration of practitioner perspectives. Children & Youth Services Review, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.childyouth.2020.105895
Yoon, S., Dillard, R., Beaujolais, B., & Howell, K. (2021). A Phenomenological Qualitative Approach to Examining Developmental Differences in Resilience among Maltreated Children. Psychology of Violence, https://doi.org/10.1037/vio0000360
Miller-Graff, L., Yoon, S., Paulson, J., & Maguire-Jack, K. (2021). Pathways of depression and posttraumatic stress symptoms across childhood and adolescence: Findings from two longitudinal studies. Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology, https://doi.org/10.1007/s10802-020-00701-z
Yoon, S., Maguire-Jack, K., Knox, J., & Ploss, A. (2021). Socio-ecological predictors of resilience development over time among maltreated youth. Child Maltreatment, https://doi.org/10.1177/1077559520981151
Kobulsky, J. M., Wildfeuer, R., Yoon, S., & Cage, J. (2021). Distinguishing Characteristics and Disparities in Child Protective Services-Investigated Maltreatment by Fathers. Child Maltreatment, https://doi.org/10.1177/1077559520950828
Shockley McCarthy, K., Yoon, S, & Pei, F. (2021). Developmental differential impact of child maltreatment: The practitioner's perspective. Child & Adolescent Social Work Journal, https://doi.org/10.1007/s10560-020-00683-3
Beaujolais, B., Wang, X., Shockley McCarthy, K., Dillard, R., Pei, F., & Yoon, S. (2021). Caregiver influences on resilience development among children with maltreatment experience: Practitioner perspectives. Child and Adolescent Social Work Journal, https://doi.org/10.1007/s10560-020-00674-4
Yoon, S., Howell, K., Dillard, R., Shockley McCarthy, K., Rae Napier, T., & Pei, F. (2021). Resilience following child maltreatment: Definitional considerations and developmental variations. Trauma, Violence & Abuse, https://doi.org/10.1177/1524838019869094
Yoon, S., Quinn, C.R., Shockley McCarthy, K., & Robertson, A.A. (2021). The effects of child protective services and juvenile justice system involvement on academic outcomes: Gender and racial differences. Youth & Society, https://doi.org/10.1177/0044118X19844392
Yoon, S., Cage, J. L., Pei., F., & Barnhart, S. (2021). Risk and resilience factors for psycho-behavioral symptom trajectories among child welfare-involved youth. Journal of Interpersonal Violence, https://doi.org/10.1177/0886260518799485