
Claire Kamp Dush
Campbell Hall 171A
(614) 247-2126
ckamp-dush@ehe.osu.edu
Assistant Professor of Human Development and Family Science
Faculty Associate, The Initative in Population Research
View Claire Kamp Dush's curriculum vitae.
2005
Ph.D., Pennsylvania State University
Human Development and Family Studies
(Gerontology Minor)
2002
M.S., Pennsylvania State University
Human Development and Family Studies
1999
B.S., University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Human Development and Family Studies
(French Minor)
Claire Kamp Dush is an assistant professor and faculty associate of the Initiative in Population Research. The focus of her work reflects her interest in the development of romantic relationships across the lifespan. Her research centers on two general themes:
1) understanding romantic relationship quality and stability longitudinally, and
2) examining how romantic relationship experiences and transitions shape individual development, including both adult and child development.
Specific interests include family structure, union quality, formation, and dissolution, relationship development, family policy, and longitudinal methods. She is currently working on a NICHD funded grant to compare the consequences of cohabitation dissolution to marital dissolution, as well as on the New Parents Project with her departmental colleague Dr. Sarah Schoppe-Sullivan.
*Bolding indicates student co-author.
Hart, S. A., Petrill, S. A., & Kamp Dush, C. M. (in press). Genetic influences on language, reading, and mathematic skills in a national sample: A selected and unselected analysis in the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth. Language, Speech, and Hearing Services in Schools.
Kamp Dush, C. M. (2009). The association between family of origin structure and instability and mental health across the transition to adulthood. In H. E. Peters & C. M. Kamp Dush (Eds.) Marriage and Family: Complexities and Perspectives. New York City, NY: Columbia University Press.
Kamp Dush, C. M. (2009). Change in romantic relationships over time. In H. Reis & S. Sprecher (Eds.) Encyclopedia of Human Relationships. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications.
Peters, H. E., & Kamp Dush, C. M. (2009). An introduction to marriage and family: Complexities and perspectives. In H. E. Peters & C. M. Kamp Dush (Eds.) Marriage and Family: Perspectives and Complexities. New York City, NY: Columbia University Press.
Peters, H. E., & Kamp Dush, C. M. (Eds.) (2009). Marriage and Family: Perspectives and Complexities. New York City, NY: Columbia University Press.
Birditt, K. S., Fingerman, K. L., Lefkowitz, E. S., & Kamp Dush, C. M. (2008). Parents perceived as peers: Development and correlates of a filial maturity measure. Journal of Adult Development, 15(1), 1-12.
Kamp Dush, C. M., Taylor, M. G., & Kroeger, R. A. (2008). Marital happiness and psychological well-being across the life course. In M. B. Tucker & A. C. Crouter (Guest Eds.) Enduring couples in various sociocultural contexts [Special issue]. Family Relations, 57(2), 211-226.
Fingerman, K. L., Hay, E. L., Kamp Dush, C. M., Cichy, K., & Hosterman, S. (2007). Parents’ and offspring’s perceptions of change and continuity when parents experience the transition to old age. In J. Jill Suitor & T. J. Owens (Eds.) Advances in Life Course Research.
Wethington, E., & Kamp Dush, C. M. (2007). Assessments of parenting quality and experiences across the life course. In J. Jill Suitor & T. J. Owens (Eds.) Advances in Life Course Research.
Kamp Dush, C. M., & Amato, P. R. (2005). Consequences of relationship status and quality for subjective well-being. Journal of Social and Personal Relationships, 22, 607-627.
Kamp Dush, C. M., Cohan, C. L., & Amato, P. R. (2003). The relationship between cohabitation and marital quality and stability: Changes across cohorts? Journal of Marriage and Family, 65, 539-549.
9/2007 - 8/2012, Principal Investigator. The Predictors and Consequences of Cohabitation Dissolution versus Divorce. K01 Mentored Research Scientist Development Award: Population Research, National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, National Institutes of Health (1K01HD056238-01). Total costs: $581,717.
7/2008 - 6/2009, Co-Principal Investigator with Sarah J. Schoppe-Sullivan. The Relationship Contexts of Fathering Behavior Across the Transition to Parenthood in Cohabiting and Married Couples. Sub-project of the Initiative in Population Research's Population Research Center Grant awarded to The Ohio State University, National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (1 R21 HD047943-01). Total costs: $74,139.
7/2008 - 6/2009, Co-investigator. Principal Investigator: Jean M. Gerard. Couple Relationship Quality and Child Adjustment in Married and Cohabiting Families: The Mediating and Moderating Roles of Mothers' and Fathers' Parenting. National Center for Marriage Research Internal Small Grant, Bowling Green State University. Total costs: $9962.
3/2007 - 12/2008, Principal Investigator. Family Structure Change and the Health and Well-Being of Adults and Children. Population and Health Targeted Investment in Excellence Initiative, The Ohio State University. Direct costs: $30,005.
7/2007 - 6/2008, Principal Investigator. Family Structure Change and the Health and Well-Being of Adults and Children. Sub-project of the Initiative in Population Research's Population Research Center Grant awarded to The Ohio State University, National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (1 R21 HD047943-01). Total costs: $7475.
4/1998 - 4/1999, Principal Investigator. College students' sexual behavior and attitudes: The influence of religiosity, communication with parents, and parents' religious and sexual attitudes. University of Illinois Jonathan Baldwin Turner Undergraduate Research Program. Total costs: $220