Research
My current research focuses on deepening understanding of how and why parents make choices for family health (particularly, for their children and for themselves).
This research is intended to share knowledge with program creators and policymakers alike so that they might better support differently situated families.
Recent Publications
Steinburg, H., S. Mollborn, and J. A. Pace. (2023). “Mature Enough to handle It?Gendered Parental Interventions in and Adolescents’
Reactions to Technology Use during the COVID-19 Pandemic.” Journal of Family Issues. doi/pdf/10.1177/0192513X221150979
Pace, J. A., S. Mollborn, and B. Rigles. (2022). “I Just Want Her to be Happy and Healthy: Deploying Broad
Understandings of Health in Class-Privileged Parenting.” Social Science and Medicine: Qualitative Health Research 2 (December): 100183.
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2667321522001457
Mollborn, S., A. Limburg, J. A. Pace, and P. Fomby. (2021). “Family Socioeconomic Status and Children’s
Screen Time.” Journal of Marriage & Family 84(4): 1129-1151.
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/jomf.12834
Mollborn, S., B. Rigles, and J. A. Pace. (2021). “Healthier Than Just Healthy: Families Transmitting Health as
Cultural Capital.” Social Problems 68(3): 574-590.
https://academic.oup.com/socpro/article/68/3/574/5827866