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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2020 - Fellow of the American Psychological Association (APA)

Overview

Abigail H. Gewirtz is affiliated with the University of Minnesota in the United States. Their research primarily spans the fields of Psychology and Social Sciences, with 81 and 30 publications respectively. Within these fields, their work focuses significantly on Clinical Psychology, Sociology and Political Science, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Education, and General Health Professions.

The scientist's main topics of research address key areas related to child development, trauma, and family support. These topics include:

  • Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development
  • Migration, Health and Trauma
  • Child Abuse and Trauma
  • Family Support in Illness
  • Maternal Mental Health During Pregnancy and Postpartum
  • Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Research
  • Early Childhood Education and Development

Gewirtz has contributed to a range of recent papers, which include:

  • "Parenting Interventions for Refugees and Forcibly Displaced Families: A Systematic Review" (2022) - Clinical Child and Family Psychology Review
  • "Intensity of Grandparent Caregiving, Health, and Well-Being in Cultural Context: A Systematic Review" (2022) - The Gerontologist
  • "Growth trajectories of parental emotion socialization and child adjustment following a military parenting intervention: A randomized controlled trial." (2020) - Developmental Psychology
  • "Psychological Intervention and Prevention Programs for Child and Adolescent Exposure to Community Violence: A Systematic Review" (2020) - Clinical Child and Family Psychology Review
  • "Coercive Parenting Mediates the Relationship between Military Fathers' Emotion Regulation and children's Adjustment" (2020) - Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology

Frequent coauthors in Gewirtz's collaborations include Jingchen Zhang, Qiyue Cai, Na Zhang, Sydni A J Basha, and Scott Marsalis. These partnerships reflect sustained research efforts in overlapping areas of interest.

Publication venues commonly hosting their work are:

  • Prevention Science
  • Clinical Child and Family Psychology Review
  • Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology
  • International Journal of Psychology
  • Family Process

Gewirtz also has a book publication titled "Vulnerability and Resilience," published by Lexington Books in 2020.

Award recognition includes being named a Fellow of the American Psychological Association (APA) in 2020.

Best Publications

  • Posttraumatic stress symptoms among National Guard soldiers deployed to Iraq: associations with parenting behaviors and couple adjustment.

    Abigail H. Gewirtz;Melissa A. Polusny;David S. DeGarmo;Anna Khaylis

  • Young Children’s Exposure to Intimate Partner Violence: Towards a Developmental Risk and Resilience Framework for Research and Intervention

    Abigail H. Gewirtz;Jeffrey L. Edleson

  • Parenting Practices as Potential Mechanisms for Child adjustment Following Mass Trauma

    Abigail Gewirtz;Marion Forgatch;Elizabeth Wieling

  • Resilience in Development: The Importance of Early Childhood

    Ann S. Masten;Abigail H. Gewirtz

  • Helping military families through the deployment process: Strategies to support parenting.

    Abigail H. Gewirtz;Christopher R. Erbes;Melissa A. Polusny;Marion S. Forgatch

  • Posttraumatic Stress, Family Adjustment, and Treatment Preferences Among National Guard Soldiers Deployed to OEF/OIF

    Anna Khaylis;Melissa A Polusny;Christopher R Erbes;Abigail Gewirtz

  • Promoting parenting to support reintegrating military families: after deployment, adaptive parenting tools.

    Abigail H. Gewirtz;Keri L. M. Pinna;Sheila K. Hanson;Dustin Brockberg

  • Implanting pygmalion leadership style through workshop training: Seven field experiments

    Dov Eden;Dvorah Geller;Abigail Gewirtz;Ranit Gordon-Terner

  • Looking Forward: The Promise of Widespread Implementation of Parent Training Programs.

    Marion S. Forgatch;Gerald R. Patterson;Abigail H. Gewirtz

  • Parenting, Parental Mental Health, and Child Functioning in Families Residing in Supportive Housing

    Abigail H. Gewirtz;David S. DeGarmo;Elizabeth J. Plowman;Gerald August

  • Relationship of service members' deployment trauma, PTSD symptoms, and experiential avoidance to postdeployment family reengagement

    Callie J. Brockman;James J. Snyder;Abigail Gewirtz;Suzanne R. Gird

  • Child Welfare, Juvenile Justice, Mental Health, and Education Providers’ Conceptualizations of Trauma-Informed Practice

    Katelyn Donisch;Chris Bray;Abigail Gewirtz

  • Tsunami, War, and Cumulative Risk in the Lives of Sri Lankan Schoolchildren

    Claudia Catani;Abigail H. Gewirtz;Elizabeth Wieling;Elizabeth Schauer

  • Vulnerability and Resilience in Early Child Development

    Ann S. Masten;Abigail H. Gewirtz

  • Promoting positive parenting in the context of homelessness.

    Staci Perlman;Beryl Cowan;Abigail Gewirtz;Mary Haskett

  • After Deployment, Adaptive Parenting Tools: 1-Year Outcomes of an Evidence-Based Parenting Program for Military Families Following Deployment

    Abigail H. Gewirtz;David S. DeGarmo;Osnat Zamir

  • Veterans’ perceptions of the impact of PTSD on their parenting and children.

    Michelle D. Sherman;Jenna L. Gress Smith;Kristy Straits-Troster;Jessica L. Larsen

  • Psychosocial Status of Homeless Children and Youth in Family Supportive Housing

    Abigail Gewirtz;Ellen Hart-Shegos;Amanuel Medhanie

  • Effects of mother's parenting practices on child internalizing trajectories following partner violence.

    Abigail H. Gewirtz;David S. DeGarmo;Amanuel Medhanie

  • Family adjustment of deployed and non-deployed mothers in families with a parent deployed to Iraq or Afghanistan.

    Abigail H. Gewirtz;Barbara J. McMorris;Sheila Hanson;Laurel Davis

Frequent Co-Authors

David S. DeGarmo
David S. DeGarmo University of Oregon
Gerald J. August
Gerald J. August University of Minnesota
James J. Snyder
James J. Snyder Wichita State University
Susanne S. Lee
Susanne S. Lee University of Minnesota
Ann S. Masten
Ann S. Masten University of Minnesota
Marion S. Forgatch
Marion S. Forgatch University of Oregon
Rachel Dekel
Rachel Dekel Bar-Ilan University
Melissa A. Polusny
Melissa A. Polusny University of Minnesota
George M. Realmuto
George M. Realmuto University of Minnesota
Gloria R. Leon
Gloria R. Leon University of Minnesota

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