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Cathryn Booth-LaForce

Cathryn Booth-LaForce

D-Index & Metrics

Psychology

D-Index
68
Citations
16193
World Ranking
2492
National Ranking
1443

Cathryn Booth-LaForce publication distribution in Psychology in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Psychology in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Cathryn Booth-LaForce sits on this spectrum.

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31 publications 705+

This scientist: 159 publications — 54th percentile

54% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 705 publications or more.

Cathryn Booth-LaForce D-index placement in Psychology in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Psychology scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Cathryn Booth-LaForce sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 144+

This scientist: 68 D-Index — 79th percentile

79% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 144 D-Index or more.

Overview

Cathryn Booth-LaForce is affiliated with the University of Washington in the United States. Their research intersects psychology and medicine, with a significant focus on clinical psychology and public health. Their work spans several subfields including social psychology, pediatrics, perinatology, child health, and education.

Their scholarly contributions emphasize child and adolescent psychosocial and emotional development, maternal mental health during pregnancy and postpartum, attachment and relationship dynamics, birth, development, and health, child abuse and trauma, obesity, physical activity, diet, and early childhood education and development.

Some of the frequent venues where Booth-LaForce has published include:

  • Infant and Child Development
  • Developmental Psychology
  • UNC Libraries
  • Psychological Science
  • International Journal of Behavioral Medicine

Frequent co-authors in Booth-LaForce's collaborations are:

  • Glenn I. Roisman
  • Maria E. Bleil
  • Bradley M. Appelhans
  • Steven E. Gregorich
  • Marissa D. Nivison

Representative recent papers include:

  • Convergent and Discriminant Validity of Retrospective Assessments of the Quality of Childhood Parenting: Prospective Evidence From Infancy to Age 26 Years, 2021, Psychological Science
  • Preexisting Executive Function Deficits and Change in Health Behaviors During the COVID-19 Pandemic, 2021, International Journal of Behavioral Medicine
  • Early Life Adversity and Pubertal Timing: Implications for Cardiometabolic Health, 2020, Journal of Pediatric Psychology
  • Disparities in COVID-19-related stressful life events in the United States: Understanding who is most impacted, 2021, Health & Social Care in the Community
  • Does secure base script knowledge mediate associations between observed parental caregiving during childhood and adult romantic relationship quality and health?, 2020, Attachment & Human Development

Best Publications

  • Child Care and Mother-Child Interaction in the First Three Years of Life

    M Appelbaum;DA Batten;J Belsky;C Booth

  • Attachment, Friendship, and Psychosocial Functioning in Early Adolescence

    Kenneth H. Rubin;Kathleen M. Dwyer;Cathryn Booth-LaForce;Angel H. Kim

  • The relation of child care to cognitive and language development

    A Clarke-Stewart;S Friedman;Dane Phillips;CL Booth

  • The Best Friendships of Shy/Withdrawn Children: Prevalence, Stability, and Relationship Quality

    Kenneth H. Rubin;Julie C. Wojslawowicz;Linda Rose-Krasnor;Cathryn Booth-LaForce

  • Nonmaternal Care and Family Factors in Early Development: An Overview of the NICHD Study of Early Child Care

    Virginia Allhusen;Mark Appelbaum;Jay Belsky;Cathryn L. Booth

  • Maternal sensitivity to infant distress and nondistress as predictors of infant-mother attachment security.

    Nancy L. McElwain;Cathryn Booth-LaForce

  • Duration and Developmental Timing of Poverty and Children's Cognitive and Social Development from Birth Through Third Grade.

    Virginia Allhusen;Jay Belsky;Cathryn Booth-LaForce;Robert Bradley

  • Social Information Processing and Coping Strategies of Shy/Withdrawn and Aggressive Children: Does Friendship Matter?

    Kim B. Burgess;Julie C. Wojslawowicz;Kenneth H. Rubin;Linda Rose-Krasnor

  • Mothers' and Fathers' Perceptions of Daily Hassles of Parenting across Early Childhood.

    Keith A. Crnic;Cathryn L. Booth

  • Child-care effect sizes for the NICHD Study of Early Child Care and Youth Development

    A Huston;C. Booth-LaForce;Robert Bradley;C. Brownell

  • Trajectories of social withdrawal from middle childhood to early adolescence.

    Wonjung Oh;Kenneth H. Rubin;Julie C. Bowker;Cathryn Booth-LaForce

  • Interpersonal and genetic origins of adult attachment styles: A longitudinal study from infancy to early adulthood.

    R. Chris Fraley;Glenn I. Roisman;Cathryn Booth-LaForce;Margaret Tresch Owen

  • Effects of parental separation and divorce on very young children.

    K. Alison Clarke-Stewart;Deborah L. Vandell;Kathleen McCartney;Margaret T. Owen

  • Familial factors associated with the characteristics of nonmaternal care for infants

    Mark Appelbaum;Dee Ann Batten;Jay Belsky;Cathryn Booth

  • Trajectories of Social Withdrawal from Grades 1 to 6: Prediction from Early Parenting, Attachment, and Temperament

    Cathryn Booth-LaForce;Monica L. Oxford

  • Child care and children's peer interaction at 24 and 36 months: The NICHD study of early child care - NICHD early child care research network

    Mark Appelbaum;Dee Ann Batten;Jay Belsky;Cathryn Booth

  • Does Quality of Child Care Affect Child Outcomes at Age 4 1 ⁄ 2?

    N Marshall;CA Brownell;M Burchinal;B Caldwell

  • Type of child care and children's development at 54 months

    Virginia Allhusen;Jay Belsky;Cathryn L. Booth;Robert Bradley

  • Infant-mother attachment classification: Risk and protection in relation to changing maternal caregiving quality

    Jay Belsky;Jay Belsky;Cathryn L. Booth-LaForce;Robert Bradley;Celia A. Brownell

  • Behavioral Characteristics Associated with Stable and Fluid Best Friendship Patterns in Middle Childhood

    Julie C. Wojslawowicz Bowker;Kenneth H. Rubin;Kim B. Burgess;Cathryn Booth-LaForce

  • Child-care and family predictors of preschool attachment and stability from infancy

    M Appelbaum;J Belsky;C Booth;R Bradley

  • Duration and Developmental Timing of Poverty and Children's Cognitive and Social Development From Birth Through Third Grade National Institute of Child Health and Human Development Early Child Care Research Network

    Jay Belsky;Cathryn Booth-LaForce;Robert Bradley;Celia A. Brownell

Frequent Co-Authors

Glenn I. Roisman
Glenn I. Roisman University of Minnesota
Kenneth H. Rubin
Kenneth H. Rubin University of Maryland, College Park
Linda Rose-Krasnor
Linda Rose-Krasnor Brock University
Jay Belsky
Jay Belsky University of California, Davis
Susan J. Spieker
Susan J. Spieker University of Washington
Brett Laursen
Brett Laursen Florida Atlantic University
Margaret Tresch Owen
Margaret Tresch Owen The University of Texas at Dallas
Margaret Burchinal
Margaret Burchinal University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Martha J. Cox
Martha J. Cox University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Kristine E. Ensrud
Kristine E. Ensrud University of Minnesota

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