KIMBERLY A. TYLER, PhD
Associate Professor
Department of Sociology
717 Oldfather Hall
University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Lincoln, Nebraska 68588-0324
(402) 472-6073

Biography

Kimberly A. Tyler received her doctorate in 1999 from Iowa State University. Dr. Tyler is currently an Associate Professor of Sociology at UNL. Her research interests include child abuse and neglect, victimization, mental health, HIV risk behaviors, social networks, homeless and emerging young adults and high-risk behaviors among adolescents and youth. Her research has focused on early family abuse and neglect and its effects on numerous outcomes including sexual victimization, risky sexual behaviors, and mental disorders such as dissociative behavior and self-mutilation.

Dr. Tyler currently has an NIMH Career Development Award Grant (K01) to study neglect and abuse histories among homeless young adults. She has written numerous papers on this grant which include sexual victimization, trading sex, social networks, and bidirectional violence.

 

Recent Publications

Journal Articles

Tyler, K. A., Stone, R., & Bersani, B. (2007). Examining the changing influence of predictors on adolescent alcohol misuse. Journal of Child and Adolescent Substance Abuse, 16, 95-114. 

Tyler, K. A., Whitbeck, L. B., Chen, X. J., & Johnson. K. (2007). Sexual health of homeless youth: Prevalence and correlates of sexually transmissible infections. Sexual Health Journal, 4, 57-61.

Tyler, K. A., & Johnson, K. A. (2006). Trading sex: Voluntary or coerced? The experiences of homeless youth. Journal of Sex Research, 43, 208-216.

Tyler, K. A. (2006). A qualitative study of early family histories and transitions of homeless youth. Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 21, 1385-1393.

Tyler, K. A., & Johnson, K. A. (2006). A longitudinal study of the effects of early abuse on later victimization among high-risk adolescents. Violence and Victims, 21, 287-306.

Tyler, K. A., & Johnson. K. A. (2006). Pathways in and out of substance use among homeless emerging adults. Journal of Adolescent Research, 21, 133-157.

 Tyler, K. A. (2006). The impact of support received and support provision on changes in perceived social support among older adults. International Journal of Aging and Human Development, 62, 21-38.

Stimpson, J. P., Tyler, K. A., & Hoyt, D. R. (2005). Effects of parental rejection and relationship quality on depression among older rural adults. International Journal of Aging and Human Development, 61, 195-210.

Chapple, C., Tyler, K. A., & Bersani, B. (2005). Child neglect and adolescent violence: Examining the effects of self-control and peer rejection. Violence and Victims, 20, 39-53.

Cauce, A. M., Tyler, K. A., & Whitbeck, L. B. (2004). Maltreatment and victimization in homeless adolescents: Out of the frying pan and into the fire. The Prevention Researcher, 11, 12-14.

Chen, X., Tyler, K. A., Whitbeck, L. B., & Hoyt, D. R. (Winter, 2004). Early sexual abuse, street adversity, and drug use among female homeless and runaway adolescents in the Midwest. Journal of Drug Issues.

Tyler, K. A. Cauce, A. M., & Whitbeck, L. B. (2004). Family risk factors and prevalence of dissociative symptoms among homeless and runaway youth. Child Abuse & Neglect.

Tyler, K. A., & Johnson, K. A. (2004). Victims and offenders: Accounts of paybacks, invulnerability, and financial gain among homeless youth. Deviant Behavior, 25, 427-449.

Tyler, K. A., Whitbeck, L. B., Hoyt, D., & Cauce, A. M. (April, 2004). Risk factors for sexual victimization among male and female homeless and runaway youth. Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 19.

Whitbeck, L. B., Chen, X., Hoyt, D. R., Tyler, K. A., & Johnson, K. D. (2004). Mental disorder, subsistence strategies, and victimization among sexual minority homeless and runaway adolescents. Journal of Sex Research, 41, 329-3XX.

Tyler, K. A., Whitbeck, L. B., Hoyt, D., & Johnson, K. (2003). Self-mutilation and homeless youth: The role of family abuse, street experiences, and mental disorders. Journal of Research on Adolescence, 13, 457-474.

Tyler, K. A., & Cauce, A. M. (2002). Perpetrators of early physical and sexual abuse among homeless and runaway adolescents. Child Abuse & Neglect, 26, 1261-1274.

Tyler, K. A. (2002). Social and emotional outcomes of childhood sexual abuse: A review of recent research. Journal of Aggression and Violent Behavior, 7, 567-589.

McMorris, B. J., Tyler, K. A., Whitbeck, L. B., & Hoyt, D. R. (2002). Familial and 'on-the-street' risk factors associated with alcohol use among homeless and runaway adolescents. Journal of Studies on Alcohol, 63, 34-43.

Book Chapters

Tyler, K. A., & Whitbeck, L. B. (2004). Lost childhoods: Risk and resiliency among runaway and homeless adolescents. In P. Allen-Meares & M. W. Fraser (Eds.), Intervention with children & adolescents: An interdisciplinary perspective, (pp. 378-397). Boston.

 

Research Projects

Neglect/Abuse Among Homeless Young Adults
NIH-NIMH
Role: PI	2002-2007

Social, Educational and Emotional Outcomes of Childhood Neglect
Research Cluster Planning Grant
Role: Co-PI	2003-2004