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Overview

Celia A. Brownell is affiliated with the University of Pittsburgh in the United States. Their research spans several interconnected fields, including Psychology, Neuroscience, and Social Sciences, with a particular focus on Clinical Psychology, Social Psychology, Experimental and Cognitive Psychology, Cognitive Neuroscience, and Education.

Their work addresses a range of main topics, notably Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development, Neuroendocrine regulation and behavior, Mental Health Research Topics, Autism Spectrum Disorder Research, Family and Disability Support Research, and Child Development and Digital Technology.

Among the frequent co-authors in their research are:

  • Aleksandra Petkova
  • Susan B. Campbell
  • Nina B. Leezenbaum
  • Amanda S. Mahoney
  • Elizabeth L. Moore

Their publications appear in specialized venues, with recorded contributions to UNC Libraries.

Recent work includes the paper titled Pretend Play and Social Engagement in Toddlers at High and Low Genetic Risk for Autism Spectrum Disorder, published in 2020 in UNC Libraries.

Best Publications

  • Childhood Peer Relationships: Social Acceptance, Friendships, and Peer Networks.

    Mary E Gifford-Smith;Celia A Brownell

  • Toddlers' prosocial behavior: from instrumental to empathic to altruistic helping.

    Margarita Svetlova;Sara R. Nichols;Celia A. Brownell

  • The relation of child care to cognitive and language development

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

  • 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

  • Changes in cooperation and self-other differentiation during the second year.

    Celia A. Brownell;Michael Sean Carriger

  • 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

  • The course of maternal depressive symptoms and maternal sensitivity as predictors of attachment security at 36 months

    Susan B. Campbell;Celia A. Brownell;Anne Hungerford;Susan J. Spieker

  • Becoming a Social Partner With Peers: Cooperation and Social Understanding in One- and Two-Year-Olds

    Celia A. Brownell;Geetha B. Ramani;Stephanie C Zerwas

  • Socialization of Early Prosocial Behavior: Parents' Talk about Emotions is Associated with Sharing and Helping in Toddlers.

    Celia A. Brownell;Margarita Svetlova;Ranita Anderson;Sara R. Nichols

  • To Share or Not to Share: When Do Toddlers Respond to Another's Needs?

    Celia A. Brownell;Margarita Svetlova;Sara Nichols

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

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

  • Mastery motivation and self-evaluative affect in toddlers: longitudinal relations with maternal behavior.

    Sue A. Kelley;Celia A. Brownell;Susan B. Campbell

  • 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

  • Frequency and intensity of activity of third-grade children in physical education.

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

  • Peers, Persuasion, and Piaget: Dyadic Interaction between Conservers and Nonconservers.

    Scott A. Miller;Celia A. Brownell

  • ''So Big'': The Development of Body Self-Awareness in Toddlers

    Celia A. Brownell;Stephanie Zerwas;Geetha B. Ramani

  • Early Development of Prosocial Behavior: Current Perspectives

    Celia A. Brownell

  • Becoming a Social Partner With Peers: Cooperation and Social Understanding in One- and Two-Year-Olds: Toddler Peer Cooperation

    Celia A. Brownell;Geetha B. Ramani;Stephanie Zerwas

Frequent Co-Authors

Jay Belsky
Jay Belsky University of California, Davis
Susan J. Spieker
Susan J. Spieker University of Washington
Sarah L. Friedman
Sarah L. Friedman George Washington University
Deborah Lowe Vandell
Deborah Lowe Vandell University of California, Irvine
Robert C. Pianta
Robert C. Pianta University of Virginia
Kathleen McCartney
Kathleen McCartney Harvard University
Robert H. Bradley
Robert H. Bradley Arizona State University
K. Alison Clarke-Stewart
K. Alison Clarke-Stewart University of California, Irvine
Margaret Burchinal
Margaret Burchinal University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Martha J. Cox
Martha J. Cox University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

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