Adam Mitchell Clark
- Associate Professor of Practice, Human Development and Family Science
- Member of the Graduate Faculty
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Degrees
- Ph.D. Human Development and Family Science
- Oregon State University, Corvallis, Oregon, United States
- Family Communication Patterns and Adolescent Emotional Well-being: Cross Classification of Mother-child and Father-child Interactions
- M.S. Marriage and Family Therapy
- Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah, United States
- The impact of marital conflict on parenting and adolescent prosocial behavior
Awards
- Outstanding Faculty Award
- Council of Alumni and Friends of the Norton School of Human Ecology, Fall 2024
Interests
Teaching
Couple and family relationships;Family theories;Counseling;
Courses
No activities entered.
Scholarly Contributions
Journals/Publications
- Clark, A. M., Finders, J. K., Geldhof, G. J., Longway, K. A., Thogmartin, A. A., & Warner, D. A. (2018). Revisiting the utility of retrospective pre-post designs: The need for mixed-method pilot data.. Evaluation and program planning, 70, 83-89. doi:10.1016/j.evalprogplan.2018.05.002More infoThe retrospective pre-post design affords many benefits to program staff and, accordingly, has piqued renewed interest among applied program evaluators. In particular, the field has witnessed increasing application of a post-program-only data collection strategy in which only posttest and retrospective pretest data are collected. A post-program-only assessment strategy takes considerably less time than is required for collecting pre-program data and presumably has the added benefit of eliminating the impact of response-shift bias. Response-shift bias occurs when the knowledge, skills, or experiences participants gain through program participation leads them to interpret questionnaire items in a qualitatively different manner at pretest versus posttest. In this article, we discuss the strengths and weaknesses associated with administering retrospective pretest assessments and underscore the importance of thoroughly evaluating any application of a retrospective measurement strategy prior to its broader implementation. We provide a practical illustration of this evaluation process using a mixed-method study that assesses one measure of parenting education program effectiveness-the Parenting Skills Ladder.
Poster Presentations
- Clark, A. M., Knapp, D., Ottusch, T., & Pallock, L. L. (2020, November). Student perspectives on family science course readings. NCFR Annual Conference. Online: NCFR.More infoWe presented survey results from students in FSHD classes on what types of readings they believe support their learning the most, among other aspects of course readings.
