Cornell Early Childhood Program

Cochran, M. (In press, 2006) Finding Our Way: Early Care and Education in the 21st Century. Washington, D.C.: Zero to Three Press.

New, R. and Cochran, M. (Eds.) (In preparation, 2006) Early Childhood Education: An International Encyclopedia. New York: Greenwood Press.

Cochran, E. and Cochran, M. (1997) Child Care that Works: A Parent’s Guide to Finding Quality Care. Boston: Mariner Books (Houghton Mifflin Co.); 2nd Edition, (2000), Robins Lane Press/Gryphon House.

Cochran, M. (Ed.) (1995) Empowerment and Family Support. Ithaca, N.Y.: Cornell Cooperative Extension.

Cochran, M. (Ed.) (1993) The International Handbook of Child Day Care Policies and Programs. New York: Greenwood Press.

Cochran, M., Larner, M., Riley, D., Gunnarsson, L. and Henderson, C. Jr. (1990) Extending Families: the Social Networks of Parents and their Children. Cambridge, England: Cambridge University Press.

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Cochran, M. and Niego, S. (2004) Parenting and social networks. In M. Bornstein (Ed.) Handbook of Parenting. Mahwah, N.J.: Lawrence Erlbaum.

Cochran, M. and Walker, S. (2004) Parenting and personal social networks. In L. Okagaki, and T. Luster (Eds.) Parenting: An Ecological Perspective (2nd Ed.). Hillsdale, N.J.: Lawrence Erlbaum.

Cochran, M. (2001) Mesosystems in the ecology of human development. In K. Sandqvist (Ed.) Ungdom – Hela Livet. Stockholm, Sweden: HLS Forlag.

Cochran, M. (1997) Fitting early child care services to societal needs and characteristics. In Mary E. Young (Ed.) Early Child Development: Investing in our Children’s Future. Amsterdam: Elsevier.

Cochran, M. and Allhusen V. (1992) Societal influences on childrens' peer relationships. In R.Parke, and G. Ladd (Eds.) Family-Peer Relationships: Modes of Linkage. Hillsdale, N.J.: Lawrence Erlbaum.

Cochran, M. (1991) Personal social networks as a focus of support. In D. Unger, and D. Powell (Eds.) Families as Nurturing Systems. New York: Haworth Press.

Cochran, M. (1988) Parental empowerment in Family Matters: lessons learned from a research program. In D. Powell (Ed.) Parent Education and Support programs: Consequences for Children and Families. New York: Ablex.

Cochran, M. (1988) Between cause and effect: the ecology of program impacts. In Allen Pence (Ed.) Ecological Research with Children and Families. New York: Teacher's College Press.

Cochran, M. & Riley, R. (l988). Mother reports of children's personal networks: Antecedents, concomitants and consequences. In S. Salzinger, J. Antrobus & M. Hammer (Eds.) Social Networks of Children, Adolescents, and College Students. Hillsdale, N.J.: Lawrence Erlbaum.

Cochran, M. (1987) Empowering families: an alternative to the deficit model. In K. Hurrelmann, F.-X. Kaufmann & F. Losel (Eds.) Social Intervention: Potential and Constraints. Berlin/New York: Walter De Gruyter.

Cochran, M. (1985). The parental empowerment process: Building upon family strengths. In John Harris (Ed.) Child psychology in action: Linking research and practice. London: Croom Helm. Reprinted in Equity and Choice, 4, #1, Fall, 1987.

Cochran, M. & Woolever, F. (1983). Beyond the deficit model: The empowerment of parents with information and informal supports. In I. Siegel and L. Laosa (Eds.), Changing Families, New York: Plenum Publishing, pp. 225‑246.

Cochran, M. & Robinson, J. (1983). Day care, family circumstances, and sex differences in children. In S. Kilmer (Ed.), Advances in early education and child care, Vol. III, Greenwich, CT: J.A.I., pp. 47‑67.

Cochran, M. (1982). Profits and policy: Child care in America. In Ray C. Rist (Ed.) Policy Studies Annals, Vol. 6, pp. 537‑549.

Cochran, M. & Bronfenbrenner, U. (1979). Childrearing, parenthood and the world of work. In C. Kerr and J. Rosow (Eds.), Work in America: The decade ahead, New York: Van Nostrand Reinhold.

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Cochran, M. (1995) European child care in global perspective. European Early Childhood Education Research Journal, Vol. 3, #1, pp. 61-72.

Cochran, M. Action research by teacher-parent teams: implications for the empowerment process. Equity and Choice, September, 1993

Cochran, M. (1992) Parent empowerment: Developing an conceptual framework. Family Science Review, Vol. 5, No. 1 & 2, pp. 3-21.

Cochran, M. and Dean, C. (1991) Home-school relations and the empowerment process. Elementary School Journal Special issue on home-school relations. Vol 91, No. 3, pp. 261-269.

Cochran, M. & Bö, I. (1989) The social networks, family involvement and pro- and anti-social behavior of adolescent males in Norway. Journal of Youth and Adolescence, Vol 18, #4.

Cochran, M. (1988) Addressing youth and family vulnerability: empowerment in an ecological context. Canadian J. of Public Health, Vol. 79 (Suppl. 2), Nov./Dec.

Riley, D. and Cochran, M. (1988) Children's relationships with non-parental adults: sex-specific connections to early school success. Journal of Sex Roles, Vol. 17 (11/12), 637-655.

Cochran, M. & Gunnarsson, L. (1985). A follow-up study of group day care and family-based childrearing patterns. Journal of Marriage and Family, Vol. 47, #2, pp. 297 - 310.

Riley D. & Cochran, M. (1985). Naturally occurring childrearing advice for fathers: Utilization of the personal social network. Journal of Marriage and Family, Vol. 47, #2, pp. 275-286.

Cochran, M. with Barr, D, Whitham, M. & Riley, D. (1985). Family empowerment: An interview. Human Ecology Forum, Vol. 14, #1.

Cochran, M. & Gunnarsson, L. (1980). Samma konsskillnader pa dagis som hemma (Sex differences among day care and home-reared children), Forskning och Framsteg, 5, pp. 22 - 27.

Cochran, M. & Brassard, J. (1979). Child development and personal social networks, Child Development, 50, pp. 601 - 666.

Cochran, M. (Winter 1979). Changes in the American family: Implications for extension, Journal of Extension.

Cochran, M. (1978). Child care and the world of work. Voice for Children, 11 (3), pp. 15 - 17.

Cochran, M. (1977). A comparison of group day care and family childrearing patterns in Sweden, Child Development, 48, pp. 702‑707.

Cochran M. & Jones, W. (January 1971). Mental health and the community: A case study, Community Mental Health Journal.

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