Dr. Dariotis is a multidisciplinary family researcher and developmentalist focusing on understanding family formation decision-making (in terms of fertility and romantic unions) across the lifespan beginning in childhood through middle adulthood. Of particular interest are the biological and familial determinants of fertility and romantic relationship intentions in youth and how life-course competition variables influence those intentions and subsequent behaviors over time. She has been involved in numerous state-wide prevention and intervention program evaluations while completing her graduate degrees in Human Development and Family Studies as well as Statistics. As a mixed-methodologist she focuses on both quantitative (parametric and nonparametric statistics) and qualitative paradigms.

In the fall of 2005, Dr. Dariotis joined the faculty at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health and is currently an investigator on two projects at the Center on Adolescent Health that focus on examining men’s developmental trajectories in terms of their reproductive health and transition into marital and parental roles.

Family formation decision-making, fertility, marriage, cohabitation, voluntary childlessness, reproductive health, biological determinants, social determinants, adolescent development, adult development, lifespan development, family studies, romantic relationships, qualitative and quantitative research methods

Dariotis, J.K., Bumbarger, B.K., Duncan, L.G., & Greenberg, M.T. (2008). How Do Implementation Efforts Relate to Program Adherence? Examining the Role of Organizational, Implementer, and Program Factors. Journal of Community Psychology, 36, 744-760.

Dariotis, J.K. (2008). Childlessness. In D. Carr, R. Crosnoe, M.E. Hughes, and A. Pienta (Eds.), Encyclopedia of the Life Course and Human Development. Macmillan.

Dariotis, J.K., Sonenstein, F.L., Gates, G.J., Capps, R., Astone, N.M., Pleck, J.H., Sifakis, F., & Zeger, S. (2008). Changes in Sexual Risk Behaviors as Young Men Transition to Adulthood. Perspectives on Sexual and Reproductive Health, 40(4), 218-225.

Pierre, T.S., & Dariotis, J.K. (2005). Understanding Low Fertility: The Impact of Life-Course Competition on Fertility Behavior in Developed Nations (Chapter 17; pp. 235-250). In Alan Booth & Ann C. Crouter, The New Population Problem: Why Families in Developed Countries are Shrinking and What It Means. Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates.

McHale, S.M., Dariotis, J.K., & Kauh, T.J. (2003). Social development and social relationships in middle childhood. In R. M. Lerner, M. A. Easterbrooks, J. Mistry, & I. B. Weiner (Eds.), Handbook of Psychology: Volume 6 Developmental Psychology (pp. 241-266). New Jersey: John Wiley & Sons.