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Deborah A. Phillips

Deborah A. Phillips

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Psychology

D-Index
55
Citations
21554
World Ranking
4302
National Ranking
2396

Overview

Deborah A. Phillips is affiliated with Georgetown University in the United States and conducts research primarily within the social sciences and psychology. Their body of work focuses extensively on early childhood education and development, as well as related areas such as parental involvement in education and child and adolescent psychosocial and emotional development.

The main fields of study for this researcher include:

  • Social Sciences
  • Psychology

Within these broader fields, subfields of study covered in their publications encompass:

  • Education
  • Clinical Psychology
  • General Health Professions
  • Developmental and Educational Psychology
  • Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health

The primary research topics addressed include:

  • Early Childhood Education and Development
  • Parental Involvement in Education
  • Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development
  • Youth Substance Use and School Attendance
  • Infant Development and Preterm Care
  • Family and Disability Support Research
  • Educational and Psychological Assessments

Frequent publication venues for the researcher feature journals related to education and developmental psychology, such as:

  • Early Childhood Research Quarterly
  • AERA Open
  • Early Education and Development
  • Family Relations
  • Developmental Psychology

Deborah A. Phillips has collaborated regularly with several coauthors, including:

  • Anna D. Johnson
  • Sherri Castle
  • Anne Partika
  • Owen N. Schochet
  • Anne Martin

A selection of recent papers authored or coauthored by Deborah A. Phillips demonstrates their research interests and contributions. Some of these publications are:

  • "To Whom Little Is Given, Much Is Expected: ECE Teacher Stressors and Supports as Determinants of Classroom Quality" (2020) in Early Childhood Research Quarterly
  • "Everyday Heroes: The Personal and Economic Stressors of Early Care and Education Teachers Serving Low-Income Children" (2020) in Early Education and Development
  • "Chaos during the COVID-19 outbreak: Predictors of household chaos among low-income families during a pandemic" (2021) in Family Relations
  • "Dual language supports for dual language learners? Exploring preschool classroom instructional supports for DLLs' early learning outcomes" (2021) in Early Childhood Research Quarterly
  • "First do no harm: How teachers support or undermine children's self-regulation" (2021) in Early Childhood Research Quarterly

Best Publications

  • From Neurons to Neighborhoods: The Science of Early Childhood Development

    Jack P. Shonkoff;Deborah A. Phillips

  • The effects of universal pre-K on cognitive development.

    William T. Gormley Jr.;Ted Gayer;Deborah Phillips;Brittany Dawson

  • Investing in Our Future: The Evidence Base on Preschool Education

    Hirokazu Yoshikawa;Christina Weiland;Jeanne Brooks-Gunn;Margaret R. Burchinal

  • Thresholds of quality: implications for the social development of children in center-based child care.

    Carollee Howes;Deborah A. Phillips;Marcy Whitebook

  • Within and Beyond the Classroom Door: Assessing Quality in Child Care Centers.

    Deborah Phillips;Debra Mekos;Sandra Scarr;Kathleen McCartney

  • Child-care quality and children's social development.

    Deborah Phillips;Kathleen McCartney;Sandra Scarr

  • 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

  • Who cares? Child care teachers and the quality of care in America

    M. Whitebook;C. Howes;D. Phillips;C. Pemberton

  • Preschool Programs Can Boost School Readiness

    William T. Gormley;Deborah Phillips;Ted Gayer

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

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

  • Blackwell Handbook of Early Childhood Development

    Kathleen McCartney;Deborah Phillips

  • Child Care for Children in Poverty: Opportunity or Inequity?

    Deborah A. Phillips;Miriam Voran;Ellen Kisker;Carollee Howes

  • 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

  • Socialization of perceived academic competence among highly competent children.

    Deborah A. Phillips

  • Children of the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth: A Unique Research Opportunity.

    P. Lindsay Chase-Lansdale;Frank L. Mott;Jeanne Brooks-Gunn;Deborah A. Phillips

  • 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

  • Double Jeopardy: Poorer Social‐Emotional Outcomes for Children in the NICHD SECCYD Experiencing Home and Child‐Care Environments That Confer Risk

    Sarah Enos Watamura;Deborah A. Phillips;Taryn W. Morrissey;Kathleen McCartney

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

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

  • Social‐Emotional Effects of Early Childhood Education Programs in Tulsa

    William T. Gormley;Deborah A. Phillips;Katie Newmark;Kate Welti

  • Worthy Work, STILL Unlivable Wages: The Early Childhood Workforce 25 Years after the National Child Care Staffing Study

    Marcy Whitebook;Deborah Phillips;Carollee Howes

Frequent Co-Authors

Kathleen McCartney
Kathleen McCartney Harvard University
Jay Belsky
Jay Belsky University of California, Davis
Deborah Lowe Vandell
Deborah Lowe Vandell University of California, Irvine
Sandra Scarr
Sandra Scarr Yale University
Robert H. Bradley
Robert H. Bradley Arizona State University
Sarah L. Friedman
Sarah L. Friedman George Washington University
Susan J. Spieker
Susan J. Spieker University of Washington
Marion O'Brien
Marion O'Brien University of North Carolina at Greensboro
Celia A. Brownell
Celia A. Brownell University of Pittsburgh
Robert C. Pianta
Robert C. Pianta University of Virginia

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