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Cleopatra Howard Caldwell is affiliated with the University of Michigan-Ann Arbor in the United States. Their research focuses primarily within the social sciences, with significant contributions to sociology and political science, education, clinical psychology, general health professions, and health.

Their published work addresses topics such as racial and ethnic identity research, child and adolescent psychosocial and emotional development, health disparities and outcomes, early childhood education and development, parental involvement in education, maternal mental health during pregnancy and postpartum, and school choice and performance.

Recent papers authored or co-authored by Caldwell include:

  • Mathematical Performance of American Youth: Diminished Returns of Educational Attainment of Asian-American Parents, 2020, Education Sciences
  • Parental Educational Attainment and Social Environment of Urban Public Schools in the U.S.: Blacks' Diminished Returns, 2020, Children
  • African Americans' Diminished Returns of Parental Education on Adolescents' Depression and Suicide in the Adolescent Brain Cognitive Development (ABCD) Study, 2020, European Journal of Investigation in Health Psychology and Education
  • Multiple financial stressors and serious psychological distress among adults in the USA, 2020, International Journal of Public Health
  • Place-Based Diminished Returns of Parental Educational Attainment on School Performance of Non-Hispanic White Youth, 2020, Frontiers in Education

Caldwell frequently collaborates with other researchers. The most common co-authors include Shervin Assari, Mohsen Bazargan, Shanika Boyce, Marc A. Zimmerman, and Alvin Thomas.

The scientist's publications have appeared in a range of venues, with notable frequencies in UNC Libraries, Children, Brain Sciences, Journal of Community Psychology, and Urban Science.

Best Publications

  • Racial identity, racial discrimination, perceived stress, and psychological distress among African American young adults.

    Robert M. Sellers;Cleopatra H. Caldwell;Karen H. Schmeelk-Cone;Marc A. Zimmerman

  • Racial identity and academic attainment among African American adolescents.

    Tabbye M. Chavous;Debra Hilkene Bernat;Karen Schmeelk-Cone;Cleopatra H. Caldwell

  • The National Survey of American Life: A study of racial, ethnic and cultural influences on mental disorders and mental health

    James S. Jackson;Myriam Torres;Cleopatra H. Caldwell;Harold W. Neighbors

  • The prevalence of perceived discrimination among African American and Caribbean Black youth.

    Eleanor K. Seaton;Cleopatra H. Caldwell;Robert M. Sellers;James S. Jackson

  • Adolescent Resilience: Promotive Factors That Inform Prevention

    Marc A. Zimmerman;Sarah A. Stoddard;Andria B. Eisman;Cleopatra H. Caldwell

  • Racial Discrimination and Racial Identity as Risk or Protective Factors for Violent Behaviors in African American Young Adults

    Cleopatra Howard Caldwell;Laura P. Kohn-Wood;Karen H. Schmeelk-Cone;Tabbye M. Chavous

  • Interviewer effects in public health surveys

    R. E. Davis;M. P. Couper;N. K. Janz;C. H. Caldwell

  • Race, ethnicity, and the use of services for mental disorders: results from the National Survey of American Life.

    Harold W. Neighbors;Cleopatra Caldwell;David R. Williams;Randolph Nesse

  • A Handbook for the Study of Mental Health

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  • Racial Identity, Maternal Support, and Psychological Distress among African American Adolescents.

    Cleopatra Howard Caldwell;Marc A. Zimmerman;Debra Hilkene Bernat;Robert M. Sellers

  • An intersectional approach for understanding perceived discrimination and psychological well-being among African American and Caribbean Black youth.

    Eleanor K. Seaton;Cleopatra H. Caldwell;Robert M. Sellers;James S. Jackson

  • Natural Mentors, Racial Identity, and Educational Attainment Among African American Adolescents: Exploring Pathways to Success

    Noelle M. Hurd;Bernadette Sánchez;Marc A. Zimmerman;Cleopatra H. Caldwell

  • Prevalence of eating disorders among Blacks in the National Survey of American Life.

    Jacquelyn Y. Taylor;Cleopatra Howard Caldwell;Raymond E. Baser;Nakesha Faison

  • Blacks' Diminished Health Return of Family Structure and Socioeconomic Status; 15 Years of Follow-up of a National Urban Sample of Youth

    Shervin Assari;Alvin Thomas;Alvin Thomas;Cleopatra H. Caldwell;Ronald B. Mincy

  • Growth Trajectories of Sexual Risk Behavior in Adolescence and Young Adulthood

    Stevenson Fergus;Marc A. Zimmerman;Cleopatra Howard Caldwell

  • 12-Month and Lifetime Prevalence of Suicide Attempts Among Black Adolescents in the National Survey of American Life

    Sean Joe;Raymond S. Baser;Harold W. Neighbors;Cleopatra Howard Caldwell

  • Promoting academic achievement: The role of racial identity in buffering perceptions of teacher discrimination on academic achievement among african american and caribbean black adolescents

    Oseela N. Thomas;Cleopatra Howard Caldwell;Nkesha Faison;James S. Jackson

  • Racial Discrimination during Adolescence Predicts Mental Health Deterioration in Adulthood: Gender Differences among Blacks

    Shervin Assari;Shervin Assari;Ehsan Moazen-Zadeh;Cleopatra Howard Caldwell;Marc A. Zimmerman

  • Depressive symptoms, social support, and violence exposure among urban youth: A longitudinal study of resilience

    Andria B. Eisman;Sarah A. Stoddard;Justin Heinze;Cleopatra Howard Caldwell

  • The Church, the Family, and the School in the African American Community

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  • High Risk of Depression in High-Income African American Boys.

    Shervin Assari;Cleopatra H. Caldwell

  • The impact of neighborhood quality, perceived stress, and social support on depressive symptoms during pregnancy in African American women.

    Carmen Giurgescu;Dawn P. Misra;Shawnita Sealy-Jefferson;Cleopatra H. Caldwell

  • Family Socioeconomic Status at Birth and Youth Impulsivity at Age 15; Blacks' Diminished Return.

    Shervin Assari;Cleopatra Howard Caldwell;Ron Mincy

  • Does Discrimination Explain High Risk of Depression among High-Income African American Men?

    Shervin Assari;Maryam Moghani Lankarani;Cleopatra Howard Caldwell

  • The Comprehensive Race Socialization Inventory

    Chase L. Lesane-Brown;Tony N. Brown;Cleopatra H. Caldwell;Robert M. Sellers

  • Family Structure and Subsequent Anxiety Symptoms; Minorities’ Diminished Return

    Shervin Assari;Cleopatra Howard Caldwell;Marc A. Zimmerman

  • Family Income at Birth and Risk of Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder at Age 15: Racial Differences.

    Shervin Assari;Cleopatra Howard Caldwell

  • Association Between Parental Educational Attainment and Youth Outcomes and Role of Race/Ethnicity.

    Shervin Assari;Cleopatra H. Caldwell;Mohsen Bazargan;Mohsen Bazargan

  • Subjective Socioeconomic Status Moderates the Association between Discrimination and Depression in African American Youth.

    Shervin Assari;Brianna Preiser;Maryam Moghani Lankarani;Cleopatra H Caldwell

  • Religious Social Support, Discrimination, and Psychiatric Disorders among Black Adolescents

    Meredith O. Hope;Shervin Assari;Yasmin C. Cole-Lewis;Cleopatra Howard Caldwell

  • Discrimination Increases Suicidal Ideation in Black Adolescents Regardless of Ethnicity and Gender

    Shervin Assari;Maryam Moghani Lankarani;Cleopatra Howard Caldwell

Frequent Co-Authors

Shervin Assari
Shervin Assari Charles R. Drew University of Medicine and Science
James S. Jackson
James S. Jackson University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Eleanor K. Seaton
Eleanor K. Seaton University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Robert M. Sellers
Robert M. Sellers University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Tony Brown
Tony Brown Manchester Metropolitan University
Tabbye M. Chavous
Tabbye M. Chavous University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Toni C. Antonucci
Toni C. Antonucci University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Harold W. Neighbors
Harold W. Neighbors University of Michigan–Ann Arbor

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