Tracy Harachi

Ph.D. 1991, University of Washington.

Department: School of Social Work
Position: Associate Professor
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Phone: (206)409-2707
Box: 358734
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Research Summary:

Primary prevention for children, youth and families, including school-based interventions; issues related to cultural adaptation and ethnic identity

Fleming, C. B.; Catalano, R. F.; Mazza, J. J.; Brown, E. C.; Haggerty, K. P.; Harachi, T. W., (2008), After-School Activities, Misbehavior in School, and Delinquency From the End of Elementary School Through the Beginning of High School: A Test of Social Development Model Hypotheses, The Journal of Early Adolescence, 28: 2, 277-303.

Gruman, D. H.; Harachi, T. W.; Abbott, R. D.; Catalano, R. F., (2008), Longitudinal effects of student mobility on three dimensions of elementary school engagement., Child Development, 79: 6, 1833-1852.

Mazza, J. J.; Abbott, R. D.; Fleming, C. B.; Harachi, T. W.; Cortes, R. C.; Park, J.; Haggerty, K. P.; Catalano, R. F., (2008), Early Predictors of Adolescent Depression: A 7-Year Longitudinal Study, The Journal of Early Adolescence.

Choi, Y.; He, M.; Harachi, T. W., (2007), Intergenerational cultural dissonance, parent-child conflict and bonding, and youth problems among Vietnamese and Cambodian immigrant families, Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 37: 1, 85-96.

Choi, Y.; Harachi, T. W.; Catalano, R. F., (2006), Neighborhoods, Family, and Substance Use: Comparisons of the Relations across Racial and Ethnic Groups, Social Service Review, 80: 4, 675.

Choi, Y.; Harachi, T. W.; Gillmore, M. R.; Catalano, R. F., (2006), Are Multiracial Adolescents at Greater Risk? Comparisons of Rates, Patterns, and Correlates of Substance Use and Violence Between Monoracial and Multiracial Adolescents, American Journal of Orthopsychiatry, 76: 1, 86.

Choi, Y.; Mericle, A.; Harachi, T. W., (2006), Using Rasch analysis to test the cross-cultural item equivalence of the Harvard Trauma Questionnaire and the Hopkins Symptom Checklist across Vietnamese and Cambodian immigrant mothers, Journal of Applied Measurement, 7: 1, 16.

Haggerty, K. P.; Fleming, C. B.; Catalano, R. F.; Harachi, T. W.; Abbott, R. D., (2006), Raising healthy children: examining the impact of promoting healthy driving behavior within a social development intervention, Prevention Science, 7: 3, 257.

Haggerty, K. P.; MacKenzie, E. P.; Skinner, M. L.; Harachi, T. W.; Catalano, R. F., (2006), Participation in "parents who care": predicting program initiation and exposure in two different program formats, The Journal of Primary Prevention, 27: 1, 47.

Harachi, T. W.; Catalano, R. F.; Fleming, C. B.; White, H. R.; Ensminger, M. E.; Abbott, R. D.; Haggerty, K. P., (2006), Aggressive behavior among girls and boys during middle childhood: predictors and sequelae of trajectory group membership, Aggressive Behavior, 32: 4, 279.

Harachi, T. W.; Choi, Y.; Abbott, R. D.; Catalano, R. F.; Bliesner, S. L., (2006), Examining equivalence of concepts and measures in diverse samples, Prevention Science, 7: 4, 359.

Choi, Y.; Harachi, T. W.; Gillmore, M. R.; Catalano, R. F., (2005), Applicability of the Social Development Model to Urban Ethnic Minority Youth: Examining the Relationship between External Constraints, Family Socialization, and Problem Behaviors, Journal of Research on Adolescence, 15: 4, 505.

Fleming, C. B.; Haggerty, K. P.; Catalano, R. F.; Harachi, T. W.; Mazza, J. J.; Gruman, D. H., (2005), Do social and behavioral characteristics targeted by preventive interventions predict standardized test scores and grades?, Journal of School Health, 75, 342-349.

Fleming, C. B.; Haggerty, K. P.; Catalano, R. F.; Harachi, T. W.; Mazza, J. J.; Gruman, D. H., (2005), Social and behavioral characteristics targeted by preventive interventions predict standardized test scores and grades., Journal of School Health, 75, 342-349.

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