About Scott T. Yabiku
In my research, I investigate family and the intersection of family with other areas in the United States, Nepal, and other international settings. Issues I have addressed include fertility, self-esteem, education, aging, and marriage. Accompanying my focus on the family is a curiosity to explore how families and individuals within families change as the social contexts around them also change. I am also pursuing a new area of research in population and environment. Using a true experimental design, our project examines how different Phoenix landscaping regimes change people's environmental attitudes, satisfaction, and practices. I also work with the Southwest Interdisciplinary Research Center on issues of health disparities and culturally-grounded prevention research
Research Funding
"School Characteristics and Marriage Timing." Principal Investigator. R03HD057357. National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, 2/1/2008-1/31/2010, $142,015 total costs.
"PIRE Collaborative Research and Training in Social Context, Population Processes, and Environmental Change." Co-Investigator, with William Axinn (Principal Investigator), Jianguo Liu, Lisa Pearce, and Li An. OISE-0729709. National Science Foundation, 2007-2012, $2,498,646 total costs. Scott Yabiku is Principal Investigator of ASU subcontract, $300,840 total costs.
"Health Disparities Research at SIRC: Cultural Processes in Risk and Resiliency," Co-Investigator, with Flavio Marsiglia (Project Director) and others. P20MD002316. National Center on Minority Health and Health Disparities, 9/30/2007-5/31/2012, $7,052,398 total costs.
“Men's Migration and Women's HIV/AIDS risks.” Co-Investigator, with Victor Agadjanian (Principal Investigator) and Cecilia Menjívar, R21HD048257, National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, 5/15/2006-4/30/2008
“Religious Organizations and HIV/AIDS Prevention and Care.” Co-Investigator, with Victor Agadjanian (Principal Investigator) and Cecilia Menjívar, R01HD05175, National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, 8/28/2006-6/30/2010
“Monitoring Human-Environment Interactions in a Controlled Landscaping Experiment.” Principal Investigator, with Patricia Gober, David Casagrande, Charles Redman, Nancy Grimm, Elizabeth Wentz, and Sharon Harlan. $11,820, 1/1/04-12/31/04. ASU College of Liberal Arts Multi-Investigator Proposal Development Grant.
Peer-Reviewed Publications
Yabiku, Scott T. and Constance T. Gager. Forthcoming. “Sexual Frequency and the Stability of Marital and Cohabiting Unions.” Journal of Marriage and Family.
Gager, Constance T. and Scott T. Yabiku. Forthcoming. “Who Has the Time? The Relationship between Household Labor Time and Sexual Frequency.” Journal of Family Issues.
Larson, Kelli L., David Casagrande, Sharon L. Harlan, and Scott T. Yabiku. Forthcoming. "Residents' Yard Choices and Rationales in a Desert City: Social Priorities, Ecological Impacts, and Decision Tradeoffs." Environmental Management.
Marsiglia, Flavio. F., Scott T. Yabiku, Stephen Kulis, Tanya Nieri, Benjamin Lewin, Melissa Del-Colle. Forthcoming. “Effects of school Latino composition and linguistic acculturation on program efficacy in a majority Latino setting.” Social Work Research.
Glick, Jennifer E., Littisha Bates, and Scott T. Yabiku. Forthcoming. “Mother's Age at Arrival in the United States and Children's Early Cognitive Development.” Early Childhood Research Quarterly.
Yabiku, Scott T., Jennifer E. Glick, Elizabeth A. Wentz, Steven A. Haas, and Li Zhu. 2009. "Migration, health, and environment in the desert southwest." Population and Environment 30(4/5): 131-158.
Yabiku, Scott T. and Sarah Schlabach. 2009. “Social Change and the Relationships Between Education and Employment.” Population Research and Policy Review 28(4): 533-549.
Agadjanian, Victor, Scott T. Yabiku, and Lubayna Fawcett. 2009. “History, Community Milieu, and Christian-Muslim Differentials in Contraceptive Use in Sub-Saharan Africa.” Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion 48(3): 462-479.
Holley, Lynn C., Lorraine Moya Salas, Flavio F. Marsiglia, Scott T. Yabiku, Blythe Fitzharris, and Kelly F. Jackson. 2009. “Youth of Mexican Descent of the Southwest: Exploring Differences in Ethnic Labels.” Children and Schools 31(1): 15-26.
Harlan, Sharon L., Scott T. Yabiku, Larissa Larsen, and Anthony J. Brazel. 2009. “Household Water Consumption in an Arid City: Affluence, Affordance, and Attitudes.” Society & Natural Resources 22(8): 691-709.
Dommaraju, PremChand, Victor Agadjanian, and Scott T. Yabiku. 2008. “The Pervasive and Persistent Impact of Caste on Child Mortality in India.” Population Research and Policy Review 27(4): 477-495.
Yabiku, Scott T., David G. Casagrande, and Elizabeth Farley-Metzger. 2008. "Preferences for Landscape Choice in a Southwestern Desert City." Environment and Behavior 40(3): 382-400.
Rayle, Andrea D., Scott T. Yabiku, Scott K. Okamoto, Sheila S. Tann, Flavio F. Marsiglia, Stephen Kulis, and Aimee M. Burke. 2007. “The Efficacy of a Multicultural Prevention Intervention among Urban American Indian Youth in the Southwest U.S.” Journal of Primary Prevention 28(6): 547-568.
Yabiku, Scott T., Andrea D. Rayle, Scott K. Okamoto, Flavio F. Marsiglia, and Stephen S. Kulis. 2007. “The Effect of Neighborhood Context on the Drug Use of American Indian Youth of the Southwest.” Journal of Ethnicity in Substance Abuse 6(2): 181-204.
Kulis, Stephen, Scott T. Yabiku, Flavio F. Marsiglia, Tanya Nieri, and Ashley Crossman. 2007. “Differences by Gender, Ethnicity, and Acculturation in the Efficacy of the keepin’ it REAL Model Prevention Program.” Journal of Drug Education 37(2): 123-144.
Casagrande, David G., Diane Hope, Elizabeth Farley-Metzger, William Cook, Scott T. Yabiku, and Charles Redman. 2007. “Problem and opportunity: Integrating anthropology, ecology, and policy through adaptive experimentation in the urban Southwest U.S.” Human Organization 66(2): 125-139.
Tann, Sheila S., Scott T. Yabiku, Scott K. Okamoto, and Jessica Yanow. 2007. “triADD: The Risk for Alcohol Abuse, Depression, and Diabetes Multimorbidity in the American Indian and Alaska Native Population.” American Indian and Alaska Native Mental Health Research 14(1): 1-23.
Yabiku, Scott T., Stephen Kulis, Flavio Francisco Marsiglia, Ben Lewin, Tanya Nieri, and Syed Hussaini. 2007. “Neighborhood Effects on the Efficacy of a Program to Prevent Youth Alcohol Use.” Substance Use & Misuse 42(1): 65-87.
Kulis, Stephen, Tanya Nieri, Scott Yabiku, Layne K. Stromwall, and Flavio Francisco Marsiglia. 2007. “Promoting Reduced and Discontinued Substance Use among Adolescent Substance Users: Effectiveness of a Universal Prevention Program.” Prevention Science 8: 35-49.
Yabiku, Scott T. 2006. “Neighbors and Neighborhoods: Effects on Marriage Timing.” Population Research and Policy Review 25(4): 305-327.
Yabiku, Scott T. 2006. “Land Use and Marriage Timing in Nepal.” Population and Environment 27: 445-461.
Holley, Paul, Scott T. Yabiku, and Mary Benin. 2006. “The Relationship Between Intelligence and Divorce.” Journal of Family Issues 27: 1723-1748.
Ghimire, Dirgha J., William G. Axinn, Scott T. Yabiku, and Arland Thornton. 2006. “Social Change, Premarital Non-family Experience and Spouse Choice in an Arranged Marriage Society.” American Journal of Sociology 111(4): 1181-1218.
Yabiku, Scott T. and Diane W. Farone. 2006. “Social and Personal Coping Resources, Functional Impairment, and Perceived Health Status Among Mexican-Origin Elders.” Journal of Ethnic & Cultural Diversity in Social Work 15(3/4): 31-50.
Yabiku, Scott T. 2005. “The Effect of Non-family Experiences on Age of Marriage in a Setting of Rapid Social Change.” Population Studies 59: 339-354.
Yabiku, Scott T. 2004. “Marriage Timing in Nepal: Organizational Effects and Individual Mechanisms.” Social Forces 83:559-586.
Axinn, William G. and Scott T. Yabiku. 2001. “Social Change, the Social Organization of Families, and Fertility Limitation.” American Journal of Sociology 106(5): 1219-1261.
Yabiku, Scott T. 2000. “Family History and Pensions: The Relationships Between Marriage, Divorce, Children, and Private Pension Coverage.” Journal of Aging Studies 14(3): 293-312.
Yabiku, Scott T., William G. Axinn, and Arland Thornton. 1999. “Family Integration and Children’s Self-Esteem.” American Journal of Sociology 105: 1494-1524.