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Darcia Narvaez 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 Darcia Narvaez sits on this spectrum.

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31 publications 705+

This scientist: 183 publications — 63rd percentile

63% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Darcia Narvaez 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 Darcia Narvaez sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 144+

This scientist: 46 D-Index — 45th percentile

45% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Darcia Narvaez is affiliated with the University of Notre Dame in the United States and has a research portfolio largely centered on psychology and social sciences. Their work spans multiple subfields, including clinical psychology, social psychology, education, sociology and political science, and general health professions.

The primary themes in their research focus on child and adolescent psychosocial and emotional development, neuroendocrine regulation and behavior, and early childhood education and development. Other notable topics include education and critical thinking development, environmental education and sustainability, evolutionary psychology and human behavior, and the neuroscience of respiration and sleep.

Recent publications illustrate the range of Narvaez's interests and contributions. Notable papers include:

  • "Evolving evolutionary psychology." (2021) published in American Psychologist
  • "Moral education in a time of human ecological devastation" (2020) published in Journal of Moral Education
  • "The evolved nest, oxytocin functioning, and prosocial development" (2023) published in Frontiers in Psychology
  • "Indigenous Nature Connection: A 3-Week Intervention Increased Ecological Attachment" (2020) published in Ecopsychology
  • "Returning to Evolved Nestedness, Wellbeing, and Mature Human Nature, an Ecological Imperative" (2024) published in Review of General Psychology

Narvaez frequently publishes in venues such as Ecopsychology, PsycTESTS Dataset, American Psychologist, Frontiers in Psychology, and Developmental Psychobiology. This indicates a consistent engagement with both applied and theoretical domains in psychology and related social disciplines.

Collaboration is a notable aspect of Narvaez's academic work. Frequent coauthors include Mary S. Tarsha, Angela M. Kurth, Reilly Kohn, Daniel K. Lapsley, and David S. Moore. These collaborative relationships support research efforts in intersecting areas such as developmental psychobiology and ecological psychology.

Best Publications

  • Moral Development in the Professions : Psychology and Applied Ethics

    James R. Rest;Darcia Narváez

  • DIT2: Devising and testing a revised instrument of moral judgment.

    James R. Rest;Darcia Narvaez;Stephen J. Thoma;Muriel J. Bebeau

  • A Neo-Kohlbergian Approach to Morality Research

    James R. Rest;Darcia Narvaez;Stephen J. Thoma;Muriel J. Bebeau

  • Handbook of Moral and Character Education

    Larry P. Nucci;Darcia Narvaez

  • A Neo-Kohlbergian Approach: The DIT and Schema Theory

    James Rest;Darcia Narvaez;Muriel Bebeau;Stephen Thoma;Stephen Thoma

  • Beyond the Promise: A Perspective on Research in Moral Education

    Muriel J. Bebeau;James R. Rest;Darcia Narvaez

  • Integrative Ethical Education

    Darcia Narvaez

  • Alchemy and Beyond: Indexing the Defining Issues Test

    James Rest;Stephen J. Thoma;Darcia Narvaez;Muriel J. Bebeau

  • The Psychological Foundations of Everyday Morality and Moral Expertise.

    Darcia Narvaez;Daniel K. Lapsley

  • A Social–Cognitive Approach to the Moral Personality

    Daniel K. Lapsley;Darcia Narvaez

  • Moral Schemas and Tacit Judgement or How the Defining Issues Test is Supported by Cognitive Science

    Darcia Narvaez;Tonia Bock

  • Moral reasoning, intercultural development, and multicultural experiences: relations and cognitive underpinnings

    Leilani Endicott;Tonia Bock;Darcia Narvaez

  • The influence of reading purpose on inference generation and comprehension in reading.

    Darcia Narvaez;Paul van den Broek;Angela Barrón Ruiz

  • Moral Complexity: The Fatal Attraction of Truthiness and the Importance of Mature Moral Functioning

    Darcia Narvaez

  • Moral development, self, and identity.

    Daniel K. Lapsley;Darcia Narvaez

  • TEACHING MORAL CHARACTER: TWO ALTERNATIVES FOR TEACHER EDUCATION

    Darcia Narvaez;Daniel K. Lapsley

  • Moral chronicity and social information processing: Tests of a social cognitive approach to the moral personality

    Darcia Narvaez;Daniel K. Lapsley;Scott Hagele;Benjamin Lasky

  • Individual moral judgment and cultural ideologies.

    Darcia Narvaez;Irene Getz;James R. Rest;Stephen J. Thoma

  • Triune ethics: The neurobiological roots of our multiple moralities

    Darcia Narvaez

  • Personality, identity, and character: Explorations in moral psychology.

    Darcia Narvaez;Daniel K. Lapsley

Frequent Co-Authors

Daniel K. Lapsley
Daniel K. Lapsley University of Notre Dame
Larry Nucci
Larry Nucci University of California, Berkeley
Jaak Panksepp
Jaak Panksepp Washington State University
Kathleen Kendall-Tackett
Kathleen Kendall-Tackett Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center
Patrick L. Hill
Patrick L. Hill Washington University in St. Louis
Willis F. Overton
Willis F. Overton Temple University
Gabriel A. Radvansky
Gabriel A. Radvansky University of Notre Dame
Mark A. Reger
Mark A. Reger University of Washington
Paul van den Broek
Paul van den Broek Leiden University
Peter J. Marshall
Peter J. Marshall Temple University

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