Publications

Books

Meszaros, P. S. & Baird, J. (1979). Developing home economics learning centers: A competency based approach. Homemaking Research Laboratories, Tony, WI.

Book Chapters, Monographs and Proceedings

 Meszaros, P., Piercy, F., Huebner, A, Crawford, H., Castagnoli, K. (2004). Adolescent females & smoking. Monograph published by the Center for Information Technology Impacts on Children, Youth and Families. Blacksburg, VA: Virginia Tech.

Meszaros, P. S. (2004) The wired family: Living digitally in the post-information age. American Behavioral Scientist, 48(4), 377-390.

Meszaros, P. S. (2003). Information technology impacts on children, youth, and families. In J. R. Miller, R. M. Lerner, L. B. Schiamberg, & P. M. Anderson (Eds.), Human Ecology: An Encyclopedia of Children, Families, Communities, and Environments. Santa Barbara, CA: ABC-Clio.

Meszaros, P. S . (2002). Family and consumer sciences: A holistic approach stretching to the future. In R. M. Lerner, F. Jacobs, & D. Wertlieb (Eds.), Promoting positive child, adolescent, and family development: A handbook of program and policy innovations. Thousand Oaks: CA: Sage.

Refereed Journal Articles

 Huebner, A., Shettler, L., Matheson, J., Meszaros, P., Piercy, F., & Davis, S. (2006). Examining ethnic differences in predictors of female adolescent smoking in rural Virginia. Journal of Child and Adolescent Substance Abuse, 15(3), 63-81

 Meszaros, P.S., Laughlin, A., Creamer, E.G., Burger, C.J. & Lee, S. (In Press, 2006). Parental support for female IT career interest and choice. Encyclopedia of Gender and Information Technology.

Creamer, E.G., Lee, S., Meszaros, P.S., Burger, C. J. & Laughlin, A. (In press, 2006) Predicting girls’ interest and choice in IT. Encyclopedia of Gender and Information Technology.

 Benson, M., Allen, K., Few, A., Roberto, K., Blieszner, R., Meszaros, P., & Henderson, T. (in press, 2006). Transforming the master’s degree in human development and family science. Family Relations.

Meszaros, P., Burger, C. & Creamer, E. (in press, 2006). Factors influencing successful IT women’s career choice: A qualitative study. Advancing Women in Leadership.

 Meszaros, P.S., Matheson, J., Piercy.F., Huebner, A., Davis, S., & Shettler, L. (under review, 2006).Effective smoking prevention and cessation programs for adolescent girls: A proposed framework for program design. International Journal of Human Ecology.

 Huebner, A. Koch, R., & Meszaros, P. (under review, 2006). Female adolescent smoking: Implication of former smokers’ ecologies for intervention programs. Journal of Adolescent and Family Health.

Matheson, J. & Meszaros, P. (under review, 2006). Influences on adolescent girls’ decisions not to smoke cigarettes: Results from a qualitative study. Journal of Adolescent and Family Health

Lee, S. & Meszaros, P. (under review, 2006) The role of Korean families in self-authored college female decisions. International Journal of Human Ecology.

 Huebner, A., Koch, R., & Meszaros, P. (under review, 2006). Female adolescent smoking: Examining the ecologies of current, former and never smokers. Youth & Society.

Meszaros, P. S., Creamer, E. G., Burger, C. J., & Matheson, J. (2005). Mothers and millennials: Career talking across the generations. Kappa Omicron Nu FORUM, 16(1), Retrieved October 29, 2005, from http://www.kon.org/archives/forum/2016-2001/meszaros.html.

 Piercy, F. P., Giddings, V., Allen, K. R., Dixon, B., Meszaros, P., & Joest, K. (2005). Improving campus climate to support faculty diversity and retention: A pilot program for new faculty. Innovative Higher Education, 30(1), 55-68. .

 Creamer, E., Burger, C. & Meszaros, P. (2004). Characteristics of high school and college women interested in information technology. Journal of Women and Minorities in Science and Engineering, 10(1).

Davis, S., Piercy, F., Meszaros, P., Huebner, A., Shettler, L. & Matheson, J. (2004). Female adolescent smoking: A Delphi study of best prevention practices. Journal of Drug Education, 34(3), 296-311

 Huebner A., Shettler, L., Matheson, J., Meszaros, P., Piercy, F., & Davis, S. (2004). Factors associated with former smokers among female adolescents in rural Virginia. Addictive Behaviors, 30(1), 167-173.

. Meszaros, P. (2002). Effective strategies for women in academia. Virginia Tech Faculty Handbook. Virginia Tech Graduate School. Blacksburg: VA.

Meszaros, P. S. (2002). The appropriate use of technology: Our commitment to families and communities. Journal of Family and Consumer Sciences, 94(2), 13-15.

Brownell, B. A., Heyl, J. D., Holzner, B, Malone, M., Meszaros, P. S., & Turner, P. (1999) The outlook for international education. International Education Forum 19(1), 65-67.