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Velma McBride Murry

Velma McBride Murry, Ph.D.

Dr. Murry's research focuses on family, community, and societal contexts and their relationship to parenting processes and behavioral outcomes. A common theme in her work includes understanding how family configuration, socioeconomic status, neighborhood, ethnocultural, and sociohistorical factors explain and predict family processes and family functioning.

Positions

  • Associate Professor, Child and Family Development, University of Georgia
  • Co-Director, Center of Family Research, Institute for Behavioral Research, University of Georgia

 

Education

  • Ph.D., 1987, University of Missouri - Columbia, Human Development & Family Studies

 

Relevant Publications

  • Murry, V. M., Berkel, C., Brody, G. H., Gibbons, M., & Gibbons, F. X. (2007). The strong African American families program: Longitudinal pathways to sexual risk reduction. The Journal of Adolescent Health, 41(4), 333-342.
  • Kogan, S. M., Brody, G. H., Crawley, C., Logan, P., & Murry, V. M. (2007). Correlates of elevated depressive symptoms among rural African American adults with type 2 diabetes. Ethnicity and Disease, 17(1), 106-12.
  • Wills, T. A., Murry, V. M., Brody, G. H., Gibbons, F. X., Gerrard, M., Walker, C., et al. (2007). Ethnic pride and self-control related to protective and risk factors: Test of the theoretical model for the strong African American families program. Health Psychology, 26(1), 50-59.
  • Brody, G. H., Murry, V. M., Chen, Y., Kogan, S. M., & Brown, A. C. (2006). Effects of family risk factors on dosage and efficacy of a family-centered preventive intervention for rural African Americans. Prevention Science: The Official Journal of the Society for Prevention Research, 7(3), 281-291.
  • Brody, G. H., Chen, Y., Murry, V. M., Ge, X., Simons, R. L., Gibbons, F. X., et al. (2006). Perceived discrimination and the adjustment of African American youths: A five-year longitudinal analysis with contextual moderation effects. Child Development, 77(5), 1170-1189.

 

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