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Deborah Lowe Vandell 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 Deborah Lowe Vandell sits on this spectrum.

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31 publications 705+

This scientist: 157 publications — 53rd percentile

53% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Deborah Lowe Vandell 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 Deborah Lowe Vandell sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 144+

This scientist: 72 D-Index — 82nd percentile

82% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2008 - Fellow of the American Educational Research Association
  • 1999 - Fellow of the American Psychological Association (APA)

Overview

Deborah Lowe Vandell is affiliated with the University of California, Irvine, in the United States. Their research spans multiple areas within the social sciences and psychology, focusing primarily on education and developmental psychology.

The scientist's main fields of study include:

  • Social Sciences
  • Psychology

Key subfields of study encompass:

  • Education
  • Clinical Psychology
  • Safety Research
  • Social Psychology
  • Developmental and Educational Psychology

Research topics addressed by Deborah Lowe Vandell involve:

  • Early Childhood Education and Development
  • Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development
  • Youth Development and Social Support
  • Parental Involvement in Education
  • Educational and Psychological Assessments
  • Infant Development and Preterm Care
  • Attachment and Relationship Dynamics

Frequent publication venues include:

  • Developmental Psychology
  • Applied Developmental Science
  • Child Development
  • Development and Psychopathology
  • Early Childhood Research Quarterly

Some of the recent papers published are:

  • Preschool executive function and adult outcomes: A developmental cascade model. (2021) in Developmental Psychology
  • Afterschool programs, extracurricular activities, and unsupervised time: Are patterns of participation linked to children's academic and social well-being? (2020) in Applied Developmental Science
  • Adult outcomes of sustained high-quality early child care and education: Do they vary by family income? (2021) in Child Development
  • Convergent and Discriminant Validity of Retrospective Assessments of the Quality of Childhood Parenting: Prospective Evidence From Infancy to Age 26 Years (2021) in Psychological Science
  • Parenting, temperament, and attachment security as antecedents of political orientation: Longitudinal evidence from early childhood to age 26. (2020) in Developmental Psychology

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Deborah Lowe Vandell include:

  • Sandra D. Simpkins
  • Zehra Gülseven
  • Nicole Zarrett
  • Robert J. Duncan
  • Margaret Burchinal

In their career, they have received recognition as a fellow of prominent organizations:

  • Fellow of the American Educational Research Association (2008)
  • Fellow of the American Psychological Association (APA) (1999)

Best Publications

  • Contemporary research on parenting: The case for nature and nurture.

    W. Andrew Collins;Eleanor E. Maccoby;Laurence Steinberg;E. Mavis Hetherington

  • Are There Long‐Term Effects of Early Child Care?

    Jay Belsky;Deborah Lowe Vandell;Margaret Burchinal;K. Alison Clarke-Stewart

  • Do Effects of Early Child Care Extend to Age 15 Years? Results From the NICHD Study of Early Child Care and Youth Development

    Deborah Lowe Vandell;Jay Belsky;Margaret Burchinal;Laurence Steinberg

  • Child Care Quality: Does It Matter and Does It Need To Be Improved?.

    Deborah Lowe Vandell;Barbara Wolfe

  • Low-income children's after-school care: are there beneficial effects of after-school programs?

    Jill K. Posner;Deborah Lowe Vandell

  • Characteristics of Infant Child Care: Factors Contributing to Positive Caregiving

    Deborah Lowe Vandell

  • After-school activities and the development of low-income urban children: a longitudinal study

    Jill K. Posner;Deborah Lowe Vandell

  • 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

  • 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

  • Do regulable features of child-care homes affect children's development?

    K.Alison Clarke-Stewart;Deborah Lowe Vandell;Margaret Burchinal;Marion O’Brien

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

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

  • Effects of early and recent maternal employment on children from low-income families

    Deborah Lowe Vandell;Janaki Ramanan

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

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

  • Preschool center quality and school readiness: quality effects and variation by demographic and child characteristics.

    Tran D. Keys;George Farkas;Margaret R. Burchinal;Greg J. Duncan

  • Experiences in After-School Programs and Children's Adjustment in First-Grade Classrooms.

    Kim M. Pierce;Jill V. Hamm;Deborah Lowe Vandell

  • Early Child Care: The Known and the Unknown

    Deborah Lowe Vandell

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

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

  • Harsh, Firm, and Permissive Parenting in Low-Income Families Relations to Children's Academic Achievement and Behavioral Adjustment

    Lee Shumow;Deborah Lowe Vandell;Jill K. Posner

  • Adolescent out-of-school activities.

    Joseph L. Mahoney;Deborah Lowe Vandell;Sandra Simpkins;Nicole Zarrett

Frequent Co-Authors

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

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