RAE R. NEWTON

PhD, Sociology

University of California, Santa Barbara, 1973

Post-Doctoral Fellow, NIMH Program in Measurement, Indiana University, 1980-1982

rnewton@fielding.edu

 

 

 

Current Professional Appointment:

 

Professor of Sociology, Emeritus

Department of Sociology

California State University, Fullerton

 

Consulting Faculty

School of Psychology

Fielding Graduate University

 

Areas of Instruction:

 

Statistics

Computers

SPSS

Research Design

 

Research Interests:

 

Longitudinal Outcomes for High Risk Children and Foster Care Populations

Effects of Abusive and Neglectful Environments on Children and Adolescents

Assessment of Intimate Partner Violence

 

Professional Memberships:

 

American Sociological Association

Pacific Sociological Association

 

 

Professional Activities in Last Seven Years

 

Publications:

 

Connelly, C. D., Newton, R. R., & Landsverk, J. A. (2000). Assessment of intimate partner violence among high-risk postpartum mothers: Concordance of clinical measures. Women & Health, 31(1).

 

Leslie, L. K., Landsverk, J., Horton, M. B., Ganger, W., & Newton, R. R. (2000). The heterogeneity of children and their experiences in kinship care. Child Welfare, LXXIX(3).

 

Newton, R. R., Litrownik, A. J., & Landsverk, J. A. (2000). Children and youth in foster care: Disentangling the relationship between problem behaviors and number of placements. Child Abuse and Neglect: An International Journal, 24(10), 1363-1374.

 

Newton, R. R., Connelly, C. D., & Landsverk, J. A. (2001). An examination of measurement characteristics and factorial validity of the Revised Conflict Tactics Scale. Educational and Psychological Measurement, 61(2), 317-335.

 

Rudestam, K. E., & Newton, R. R. (2001). Surviving your dissertation: A comprehensive guide to content and process (2^nd ed.). Newbury Park: Sage.

 

Lau, A., Litrownik, A., Newton, R., & Landsverk, J. (2003). Going home: The complex effects of reunification on internalizing problems among children in foster care. Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology, 31(4), 345-358.

 

Litrownik, A. J., Newton, R., Hunter, W., English, D., & Everson, M. (2003). Exposure to family violence in young at-risk children: A longitudinal look at the effects of victimization and witnessed physical and psychological aggression. Journal of Family Violence, 18(1), 59-73.

 

Litrownik, A. J., Newton, R., Mitchell, B. E., Richardson, K. K., & Landsverk, J. A. (2003). Long-term follow-up of young children placed in foster care: Subsequent placements and exposure to family violence. Journal of Family Violence 18(1), 19-28.

 

Connelly, C. D., Newton, R. R., & Aarons, G. A. (2005). A psychometric examination of English and Spanish versions of the Revised Conflict Tactics Scales. Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 20, 1560-1579.

 

Dubowitz, H., Newton, R. R., Litrownik, A. J., Lewis, T., Briggs, E. C., Thompson, R., English, D., Lee, L-C., & Feerick, M. M. (2005). Examination of a conceptual model of child neglect. Child Maltreatment, 10, 173-189.

 

Gilford, R., Gibson, L., & Newton, R. R. (2005). Gerontology required core courses and gerontology program success. Gerontology & Geriatrics Education, 25(3), 31-48.

 

Litrownik, A. J., Lau A., English, D. J., Briggs, E., Newton, R. R., Romeny, S., & Dubowitz, H. (2005). Measuring the severity of child maltreatment. Child Abuse and Neglect, 29, 553-573.

 

Litrownik, A. J., Newton, R. R., & Landsverk, J. A. (2005). Assessment of depressive symptomatology in young maltreated children. Journal of Human Behavior in the Social Environment, 11(3/4), 135-156.

 

Runyan, D. K., Cox, C. E., Dubowitz, H., Newton, R. R., Upadhyaya, M., Kotch, J. B., Leeb, R. T., Everson, M. D., & Knight, E. D. (2005). Describing maltreatment: Do Child Protective Service reports and research definitions agree? Child Abuse and Neglect, 29, 461-477.

 

Krampe, E. M., & Newton, R. R. (2006, Spring/Summer). The Father Presence Questionnaire: A new measure of the subjective experience of being fathered. Fathering, 4(2) 2006.

 

Lau, A. S., Litrownik, A. J., Newton, R. R., Black, M. M., & Everson, M. D. (2006). Factors affecting the link between harsh physical discipline and child externalizing problems in Black and White Families. Journal of Community Psychology, 34(1), 89-103.

 

Romney, S., Litrownik, A., & Newton, R. (2006). The Relationship Between Child Disability and Living Arrangement In Child Welfare. Child Welfare, Vol., LXXXV, #6.

 

Rudestam, K. E. & Newton, R. R. (2007). Surviving Your Dissertation: A Comprehensive Guide to Content and Process (3^rd Ed.) Sage Publications.

 

 

Presentations:

 

Newton, R., Long, J., Litrownik, A., & Mitchell, B. (2000, March). Gone but not forgotten: How parents with terminated parental rights describe their experiences with social workers and CPS. Paper presented at the 71st annual meeting of the Pacific Sociological Association, San Diego, CA.

 

Newton, R., Connelly, C., & Landsverk, J. (2000, June). Laterality of IPV and mother to child physical violence: A longitudinal assessment. Paper presented at Victimization of Children and Youth: An International Research Conference, New England Conference Center, Durham, NH.

 

Newton, R., Landsverk, J., Leslie, L., & Connelly, C. D. (2000, June). Methodological issues in assessing 24 month outcomes in a randomized trial of home visitation. Paper presented at Victimization of Children and Youth: An International Research Conference, New England Conference Center, Durham, NH.

 

Lau, A., Litrownik, A., Newton, R., & Landsverk, J. (2001, July). Longitudinal impact of reunification of foster children on internalizing behavior problems, social isolation, and mental health service use. Paper presented at the 7th International Family Violence Research Conference, Portsmouth, NH.

 

Romney, S., Litrownik, A., Lau, A., & Newton, R. (2002, January). Do perceived disabilities predict type of placement in the child welfare system? Paper presented at the 16th San Diego Conference on Child & Family Maltreatment, San Diego, CA.

 

Gilford, R., Gibson, L., & Newton, R. (2003, March). AGHE curriculum guidelines and student outcomes. Paper presented at the 29th Annual Meetings of the Association for Gerontology in Higher Education. St. Petersburg, FL.

 

Litrownik, A. J., Newton, R. R., Mitchell, B. E., & Jinich, S. (2004, September). Coping with sexual abuse: Long-term follow-up of a videotape intervention for nonoffending parents. Paper presented at the ISPCAN 15^th International Congress on Child Abuse and Neglect, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.

 

Krampe, E. M., & Newton, R. R. (2006, April). Reconceptualizing and measuring father presence: A confirmatory factor analysis of the Father Presence Questionnaire. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Pacific Sociological Association, Hollywood, CA.

Krampe, E. M., & Newton, R. R.  (2007, April).  Father presence in middle-age and older women.  Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Pacific Sociological Association, Oakland, CA.

 

 

Funded Grants/Contracts:

 

October, 1990-September, 2005; Refunded October 2005-September, 2010: Co-Principal Investigator, Longitudinal Studies of Child Abuse and Neglect (LONGSCAN), U. S. Department of Health and Human Services, Administration of Children and Families (Office of Child Abuse & Neglect), $250,00/year.