Joe F. Pittman, Jr., Ph.D.
	Professor and Director of Graduate Programs Acting Associate Dean, Graduate School 203 Spidle Hall Auburn University Auburn, AL 36849 Tel (334) 844-3242 Fax (334) 844-4515 pittmjf@auburn.edu Ph.D., University of Georgia, 1984

Interests

     My early research focused on the interface between work and family. As part of this continuing interest I have developed a model and measure of “work-family fit”. I also have a strong interest in the negotiation of family work, or “who does what around the home.” I believe this issue is pivotal to developing relationships and to the construction of gender. Recently, my interests have branched in two other directions. First, I have studied abuse in the family, especially the attributes of offenders. Most recently I have become interested in adolescent identity development and its relevance to the transition to adulthood.

Selected Publications:

Adler-Bader, F., Pittman, J. F., & Taylor, L. (In Press). The prevalence of marital transitions in military families. Journal of Divorce and Remarriage.





Pittman, J. F. & Buckley, R. (In Press). Comparing abusive mothers and fathers: Differences in personal distress, interpersonal functioning and perceptions of family climate. Child Abuse and Neglect.





Pittman, J. F.., & Lee, C. S. (2004). Comparing different types of child abuse and spouse abuse offenders. Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 19, 137-156.





Taylor, L. & Pittman, J. F. (2005). Sex of spouse abuse offender and directionality of abuse as predictors of personal distress, interpersonal functioning and perceptions of family climate. Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 20, 329-339.





Pittman, J. F., Kerpelman, J. L., McFayden, J. M. (2004). The role of services and unit culture for internal and external adaptation in Army families: Lessons from Operations Desert Shield and Desert Storm. Family Relations, 53, 249-260.





Phillips, T. M., & Pittman, J. F. (2003). Identity processes in poor adolescents: Exploring the linkages between the developmental milieu of poverty and the primary task of adolescence. Identity, 3, 115-129.





Pittman, J.F., Kerpelman, J. L., & Solheim, C. A. (2001). Stress and performance standards: A dynamic approach to time spent in housework. Journal of Marriage and the Family, 4, 1111-21.

Selected Research Projects

I am currently involved in an ongoing study focused on linkages between styles of identity formation and the possible selves that individuals hold for their future and the patterns of capital acquisition (financial capital, human capital, and social capital) evident in the the ways in which they allocate their time. With faculty and student colleagues in the department, these issues have been examined in a small sample of high school students and a larger sample of college students. Part of this project has involved the development and validation of novel measurement techniques with which we measure our major conceptual constructs.





A second line of research for me is the evaluation of program effects. With colleagues in the department I am involved in the development and implementation of evaluation tools designed to examine the effectiveness of programs for families that are supported by the Children’s Trust Fund of Alabama.

Dissertations and Theses Directed:

Rhonda R. Buckley
Dissertation: “The Relationships Between Conflict, Marital Satisfaction and Couples’ Time Spent in Joint Activity.”





Lisa Taylor
Dissertation: “Negative Adult Romantic Relationship Experiences and Working Models of Self and Other.” Thesis: “Motivations and Justifications for Aggression Used within the Context of Intimate Relationships.”





Tom Phillips
Dissertation: “Identity Formation in Poor Adolescents: Exploring the Relationship between the Developmental Milieu of Poverty and the Primary Task of Adolescence.”





Karen Bartoszuk
Dissertation: “The Influence of Family Structure and Family Functioning on Identity Development.”





Wendy Kallina Knighton
Dissertation: “Effectiveness of an Intervention Program for DUI (Driving under the Influence) Offenders.”





Elizabeth Cook
Thesis: “To Spank or Not to Spank: The Long-Term Externalizing Behavior Effects of Corporal Punishment of Children.”





Scott Eugene Bair
Thesis: “Couples’ Perceptions of Fairness in the Allocation of Housework.”





Chih Yuan (Steven) Lee
Thesis: "Study of Differentiation between Different Types of Child and Spouse Abuse: An Exploratory Study."





Bryan Baird Korth
Dissertation: "Children's Involvement in Housework: The Impact of Structural and Relational Variables."





Paul Delbert Otto
Thesis: "The Allocation of Housework: Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow."





Wei Teng
Dissertation: "Assessing the Work-Family Interface: An Empirical Test of a New Measure of Work-Family Fit."





Carol Diana Pate
Thesis: "Evaluation of the Family Advocacy Program’s Spouse Abuse Intervention Services."





Zoe Trifilio
Thesis: "The Moderating Effects of Age, Gender and Race on the Relations Between Parental Love, Parental Support, Parental Control and Adolescent Delinquency."





Angela Christy Smith
Thesis: "From Snapshots to Moving Pictures: Toward a Dynamic View of Time Allocations to Housework."





Diane Kathryne Koehl Rice
Thesis: "Employees’ Perceptions of Factors That Affect Fit Between Work and Family."





Michael Jeremy Perkins
Thesis: "Challenging the Additive Model of Adolescent Delinquency."





David Nathan Krasenbaum
Thesis: "Employer and Employee Attitudes About Work and Family: A Perspective from Mall Business."





David Chapman Blanchard
Thesis: "The Effects of Patterns of Work History and Timing of Marriage on the Division of Labor: A Life-Course Perspective."





H. Ellis Carpenter, Jr.
Thesis: "The Effect of Relative Time Expenditures in Family and Employment Tasks Upon Spouses’ Satisfaction with the Household Maintenance Role: An Analysis of Relevant Theoretical Models."





Tracie Lynn Hightower
Thesis: "Parental, Peer, and Juvenile’s Alcohol and Substance Use/Abuse and Their Relations with Violent and Nonviolent Juvenile Delinquency."

Courses Taught

Undergraduate
HDFS 3060: Patterns of Family Interaction




Graduate
HDFS 7040: Conceptual Frameworks of HDFS
HDFS 8040: Advanced Theories of HDFS