Published Findings and Reports

• Reck, K., Higginbotham, B., Skogrand, L., & Davis, P. (in press).  Facilitating stepfamily education for Latinos. Marriage & Family Review.
• Allgood, S. & Higginbotham, B.  (in press). Professional and personal experiences and perceived facilitator effectiveness. Journal of Couple and Relationship Therapy: Innovations in Clinical and Educational Interventions
• Higginbotham, B., Tulane, S., & Skogrand, L. (in press). Stepfamily education and changes in financial practices. Journal of Family Issues.
• Vaterlaus, M., Allgood, S. & Higginbotham, B.  (in press). Stepfamily education booster sessions. Social Work with Groups, 35(2).
• Higginbotham, B., Davis, P., Smith, L., Dansie, L., Skogrand, L. & Reck, K. (in press). Stepfathers and stepfamily education. Journal of Divorce and Remarriage, 53.
• Skogrand, L., Dansie, L., Higginbotham, B. J., Davis, P. & Barrios-Bell, A. (2011). Benefits of Stepfamily Education: One-Year Post-Program.Marriage & Family Review, 47(3), 149-163.
• Skogrand, L., Davis, P., & Higginbotham, B. J. (2011).Stepfamily education: A case study. Contemporary Family Therapy, 33, 61-70.
• Higginbotham, B. & Skogrand, L. (2010).Relationship education with married and unmarried stepcouples: An exploratory study. Journal of Couple and Relationship Therapy: Innovations in Clinical and Educational Interventions, 9 (2), 133-148.
• Skogrand, L., Reck, K., Higginbotham, B., Adler-Baeder, F., & Dansie, L. (2010). Recruitment and retention for stepfamily education. Journal of Couple and Relationship Therapy: Innovations in Clinical and Educational Interventions, 9, 48-65.
• Higginbotham, B. & Adler-Baeder, F. (2010). Enhancing knowledge and agreement among ethnically and economically diverse couples in stepfamilies with the Smart Steps: Embrace the Journey program. Journal of Extension [on-line], 48(1), 1IAW7.
• Higginbotham, B. & Myler, C. (2010). The influence of facilitator and facilitation characteristics on participants' ratings of stepfamily education. Family Relations, 59, 74-76.
• Higginbotham, B., Skogrand, L., & Torres, E. (2010). Stepfamily education: Perceived benefits for children. Journal of Divorce & Remarriage, 51, 36-49.
• Higginbotham, B. & Felix, D. (2009). Economic predictors of marital quality among newly remarried rural and urban couples.Family Science Review, 14(2), 18-30.
• Skogrand, L., Bell, A., & Higginbotham, B. (2009). Stepfamily education for Latino couples and families: Implications for practice.Journal of Couple and Relationship Therapy: Innovations in Clinical and Educational Interventions, 8, 113-128.
• Higginbotham, B., Miller, J., & Niehuis, S. (2009). Remarriage preparation: Usage, perceived helpfulness, and dyadic adjustmentFamily Relations, 58, 316-329.
• Higginbotham, B., Reck, K., & Brooks, N. (2009). Difficulties experienced among newly remarried elderly couples.Journal of the National Extension Association of Family and Consumer Sciences [on-line], 4,32-37.
• Schramm, D. G. & Higginbotham, B. J. (2009). A revision of the Questionnaire for Couples in StepfamiliesJournal of Divorce & Remarriage, 50(5), 341-355.
• Higginbotham, B., & Adler-Baeder, F. (2008). The Smart Steps, Embrace the Journey Program: Enhancing relational skills and relationship quality in remarriages and stepfamilies.The Forum for Family and Consumer Issues [on-line], 13(3). 
• Higginbotham, B. & Adler-Baeder, F. (2008). Assessing beliefs about remarriages and stepfamilies: The remarriage belief inventory.Journal of Divorce & Remarriage, 48(3/4), 33-54.
• Higginbotham, B., Anderson, A., & Lown, J. (2007). Advising recently remarried clients: Implications from social science research.Journal of Personal Finance, 6(1), 81-92.
• Higginbotham, B., Henderson, K., & Adler-Baeder, F. (2007, Spring). Using research in marriage and relationship education programming.The Forum for Family and Consumer Issues [on-line], 12(1).
• Adler-Baeder, F., Ericson, M., & Higginbotham, B. (2007, Spring). Marriage education for stepcouples.The Forum for Family and Consumer Issues [on-line], 12(1).
• Higginbotham, B. J. & Adler-Baeder, F. (2005, June). Development of the Remarriage Belief Inventory for researchers and educators.The Journal of Extension [on-line], 43(2), 3IAW2.
• Adler-Baeder, F. & Higginbotham, B. (2004). Implications of remarriage and stepfamily formation for marriage education. Family Relations, 53, 448-458.