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Ann Meier

Protrait: Ann Meier

Associate Professor and Director of Graduate Studies
Ph.D. 2003 University of Wisconsin Madison
Room 1127 Social Sciences
Phone: 612-626-7230
Email: meierann@umn.edu
Website: www.soc.umn.edu/~meierann/

Curriculum Vitae

Interest Areas

Family and Life Course; Adolescent and Young Adult Development; Research Methods.

Current Research

“Adolescent Sexual Activity and Well-Being.” This project examines the effects of early sexual activity on a number of domains of adolescent life A current study examines the role of friend and school norms in shaping the effects of sex on mental health, academic outcomes, and risk behaviors.

“Families and Variation in Adolescent Well-Being.” This project investigates the ways that differences within families manifest in adolescent well-being. One article finds the well-being of children from high conflict continuously married parent families is similar to those from single-parent families. Other studies examine the role of shared family dinners in promoting well-being and conditions under which family dinner effects are positive or negative.

Selected Publications

"Assessing Causality and Persistence in Associations between Family Dinners and Adolescent Well-Being,” with Kelly Musick. Forthcoming 2012. Journal of Marriage and Family.

“Are both parents always better than one? Parental conflict and young adult well-being,” with Kelly Musick. 2010. Social Science Research 39(5): 814-830.

“Young Adult Relationship Values at the Intersection of Gender and Sexuality,” with Kathleen Hull and Timothy Ortyl.  2009. Journal of Marriage and Family 71(3):510-525.

“Romantic Relationships from Adolescence to Adulthood: Evidence from the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health,” with Gina Allen. 2009. The Sociological Quarterly 50:308-335.

“Adolescent First Sex and Subsequent Mental Health.” 2007. American Journal of Sociology 112(6):1811-1847.

“Adolescents' Transition to First Intercourse, Religiosity and Attitudes about Sex.” 2003. Social Forces 81(3):1031-1052.