Corinna Tucker

Corinna Tucker

Affiliate Faculty
Professor Emerita
Director, SAARA
Phone: (603) 862-0939
Office: Crimes Against Children Res Ctr, 125A McConnell Hall, Durham, NH 03824

My research focuses on sibling relationships, particularly sibling aggression and abuse, and parenting. As Director of SAARA, I lead the effort to increase awareness of sibling aggression and abuse and provide evidence-based guidance for practitioners and the public on how to prevent and reduce it.

Education

  • Ph.D., Human Development and Family Studies, Pennsylvania State University
  • M.S., Human Development and Family Studies, Pennsylvania State University
  • B.A., Psychology, Clark University

Selected Publications

  • Tucker, C. J., Whitworth, T. R., & Finkelhor, D. (2025). Clarifying labels, constructs, and definitions: Sibling aggression and abuse are family violence. Journal of Social and Personal Relationships. doi:

  • Tucker, C. J., Finkelhor, D., & Turner, H. (2024). Patterns of sibling aggression and mental health in childhood and adolescence. Journal of Family Trauma, Child Custody & Child Development, 21(1), 2-21. doi:

  • Tucker, C. J., Finkelhor, D., & Turner, H. (2023). Emerging Ideas: Is sibling aggression as scary as peer aggression in childhood and adolescence?. Family Relations, 72(5), 3023-3028. doi:

  • Tucker, C. J., Finkelhor, D., & Turner, H. (2021). Exposure to parent assault on a sibling as a childhood adversity. CHILD ABUSE & NEGLECT, 122. doi:

  • Tucker, C. J., Finkelhor, D., & Turner, H. (2020). Family Predictors of Sibling Versus Peer Victimization. JOURNAL OF FAMILY PSYCHOLOGY, 34(2), 186-195. doi:

  • Tucker, C. J., Finkelhor, D., Turner, H., & Shattuck, A. (2013). Association of Sibling Aggression With Child and Adolescent Mental Health. PEDIATRICS, 132(1), 79-84. doi:

  • Crouter, A. C., Head, M. R., McHale, S. M., & Tucker, C. J. (2004). Family time and the psychosocial adjustment of adolescent siblings and their parents. JOURNAL OF MARRIAGE AND FAMILY, 66(1), 147-162. doi:

  • McHale, S. M., Crouter, A. C., & Tucker, C. J. (2001). Free-time activities in middle childhood: Links with adjustment in early adolescence. CHILD DEVELOPMENT, 72(6), 1764-1778. doi:

  • Flanagan, C. A., & Tucker, C. J. (1999). Adolescents' explanations for political issues: Concordance with their views of self and society. DEVELOPMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY, 35(5), 1198-1209. doi:

  • McHale, S. M., Crouter, A. C., & Tucker, C. J. (1999). Family context and gender role socialization in middle childhood: Comparing girls to boys and sisters to brothers. CHILD DEVELOPMENT, 70(4), 990-1004. doi:

  • Most Cited Publications