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Overview

Beth E. Molnar is affiliated with Northeastern University in the United States. Their research primarily spans the fields of psychology, social sciences, and health professions, with a significant emphasis on clinical psychology and related subfields.

The main topics of their work include child abuse and trauma, intimate partner and family violence, migration, health and trauma, homelessness and social issues, child and adolescent psychosocial and emotional development, posttraumatic stress disorder research, and health disparities and outcomes.

Recent papers by Beth E. Molnar include:

  • Vicarious traumatization among child welfare and child protection professionals: A systematic review, 2020, Child Abuse & Neglect
  • Community-Level Prevention of Childhood Maltreatment: Next Steps in a World with COVID-19, 2021, International Journal on Child Maltreatment Research Policy and Practice

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Molnar are:

  • Arielle A. J. Scoglio
  • Alisa K. Lincoln
  • Sameera S. Nayak
  • Samantha A. Meeker
  • John L. Griffith

Molnar's research has appeared frequently in publication venues such as:

  • Child Abuse & Neglect
  • Community Mental Health Journal
  • International Journal on Child Maltreatment Research Policy and Practice
  • Journal of Traumatic Stress
  • Psychological Services

Their work intersects multiple areas within psychology and social sciences, addressing complex issues related to trauma, violence, and social determinants of health. Clinical psychology represents a key area within their broader research focus.

Best Publications

  • Child sexual abuse and subsequent psychopathology: results from the National Comorbidity Survey.

    Beth E. Molnar;Stephen L. Buka;Ronald C. Kessler

  • Emotional Distress Among LGBT Youth: The Influence of Perceived Discrimination Based on Sexual Orientation

    Joanna Almeida;Renee M. Johnson;Heather L. Corliss;Beth E. Molnar

  • Comorbidity of substance use disorders with mood and anxiety disorders: Results of the international consortium in psychiatric epidemiology

    Kathleen R. Merikangas;Rajni L. Mehta;Beth E. Molnar;Ellen E. Walters

  • Unsafe to play? Neighborhood disorder and lack of safety predict reduced physical activity among urban children and adolescents

    Beth E. Molnar;Steven L. Gortmaker;Fiona C. Bull;Stephen L. Buka

  • Psychopathology, childhood sexual abuse and other childhood adversities: relative links to subsequent suicidal behaviour in the US.

    Beth E. Molnar;L. F. Berkman;S. L. Buka

  • Patterns and mental health predictors of domestic violence in the United States: results from the National Comorbidity Survey.

    Ronald C Kessler;Beth E Molnar;Irene D Feurer;Mark Appelbaum

  • Ethnicity and nativity status as determinants of perceived social support: testing the concept of familism.

    Joanna Almeida;Beth E. Molnar;Ichiro Kawachi;S.V. Subramanian

  • A multilevel study of neighborhoods and parent-to-child physical aggression: results from the project on human development in Chicago neighborhoods.

    Beth E. Molnar;Stephen L. Buka;Robert T. Brennan;John K. Holton

  • Suicidal behavior and sexual/physical abuse among street youth

    Beth E. Molnar;Starley B. Shade;Alex H. Kral;Robert E. Booth

  • Prevalence and age of onset for drug use in seven international sites: results from the international consortium of psychiatric epidemiology

    William A. Vega;Sergio Aguilar-Gaxiola;Laura Andrade;Rob Bijl

  • College alcohol use: a full or empty glass?

    Henry Wechsler;Beth E. Molnar;Andrea E. Davenport;John S. Baer

  • Advancing science and practice for vicarious traumatization/secondary traumatic stress: A research agenda.

    Beth E. Molnar;Ginny Sprang;Kyle D. Killian;Ruth Gottfried

  • Effects of Neighborhood Resources on Aggressive and Delinquent Behaviors Among Urban Youths

    Beth E. Molnar;Magdalena Cerda;Andrea L. Roberts;Stephen L. Buka

  • Prevalence of sexual risk behaviour and substance use among runaway and homeless adolescents in San Francisco, Denver and New York City

    Alex Kral;BE Molnar;RE Booth;JK Watters

  • Neighborhood predictors of dating violence victimization and perpetration in young adulthood: a multilevel study.

    Sonia Jain;Stephen L. Buka;S. V. Subramanian;Beth E. Molnar

  • Neighborhood-level social processes and substantiated cases of child maltreatment

    Beth E. Molnar;Robert M. Goerge;Paola Gilsanz;Andrea Hill

  • Neighborhood Predictors of Concealed Firearm Carrying Among Children and Adolescents: Results From the Project on Human Development in Chicago Neighborhoods

    Beth E. Molnar;Matthew J. Miller;Deborah Azrael;Stephen L. Buka

  • Systematic Review of Risk and Protective Factors for Revictimization After Child Sexual Abuse

    Arielle A J Scoglio;Shane W Kraus;Jane Saczynski;Shehzad Jooma

  • Elevated maternal cortisol levels during pregnancy are associated with reduced childhood IQ

    Kaja Z LeWinn;Laura R Stroud;Beth E Molnar;James H Ware

  • Protective Factors for Youth Exposed to Violence Role of Developmental Assets in Building Emotional Resilience

    Sonia Jain;Stephen L. Buka;S. V. Subramanian;Beth E. Molnar

Frequent Co-Authors

Deborah R. Azrael
Deborah R. Azrael Harvard University
Renee M. Johnson
Renee M. Johnson Johns Hopkins University
Dustin T. Duncan
Dustin T. Duncan Columbia University
S. Bryn Austin
S. Bryn Austin Harvard University
S. V. Subramanian
S. V. Subramanian Harvard University
Erin C. Dunn
Erin C. Dunn Harvard University
Andrea L. Roberts
Andrea L. Roberts Harvard University
Shane W. Kraus
Shane W. Kraus University of Nevada, Las Vegas
William A. Vega
William A. Vega Florida International University
Kathleen R. Merikangas
Kathleen R. Merikangas National Institutes of Health

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