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Diane Hughes is affiliated with New York University in the United States and has a research portfolio primarily situated within the social sciences. Their work extensively addresses issues related to racial and ethnic identity, education, and community psychology.

The scientist's recent publications include the following papers:

  • Racial regularities: Setting-level dynamics as a source of ethnic-racial socialization, 2021, American Journal of Community Psychology
  • Through the looking glass: Ethnic racial socialization among children and adolescents, 2021, Journal of Social Issues
  • Inter-Relations Between Ethnic-Racial Discrimination and Ethnic-Racial Identity Among Early Adolescents, 2020, Child Development
  • Neighborhood-level predictors of African American and Latinx parents' ethnic-racial socialization, 2021, American Journal of Community Psychology
  • An Intersectional Approach to Understanding the Academic and Health Effects of Policing Among Urban Adolescents, 2021, Journal of Research on Adolescence

Frequent co-authors working collaboratively with Diane Hughes include:

  • Niobe Way
  • Jon Alexander Watford
  • Blair Cox
  • Sohini Das
  • Caitlin Keryc

The scientist's work has been published repeatedly in a core group of venues, including:

  • Journal of Research on Adolescence
  • Journal of Social Issues
  • American Journal of Community Psychology
  • Journal of Applied Developmental Psychology
  • Child Development

The main fields of study encompass the broad category of social sciences, with notable contributions in specific subfields such as:

  • Sociology and Political Science
  • Education
  • Gender Studies
  • Safety Research
  • Clinical Psychology

Diane Hughes primarily investigates topics related to racial and ethnic identity research and early childhood education and development. Other thematic focuses in their work include:

  • Parental involvement in education
  • Critical race theory in education
  • Gender roles and identity studies
  • Urban, neighborhood, and segregation studies
  • Youth development and social support

Best Publications

  • Parents' ethnic-racial socialization practices: a review of research and directions for future study.

    Diane Hughes;James Rodriguez;Emilie P. Smith;Deborah J. Johnson

  • When and What Parents Tell Children About Race: An Examination of Race-Related Socialization Among African American Families

    Diane Hughes;Lisa Chen

  • Correlates of African American and Latino parents' messages to children about ethnicity and race: a comparative study of racial socialization.

    Diane Hughes

  • Parents' Goals for Children: The Dynamic Coexistence of Individualism and Collectivism in Cultures and Individuals.

    Catherine S. Tamis-LeMonda;Niobe Way;Diane Hughes;Hirokazu Yoshikawa

  • The epidemiology of social phobia: findings from the Duke Epidemiological Catchment Area Study

    Jonathon R. Davidson;D. L. Hughes;Linda K. George;Dan G. Blazer

  • Correlates in children's experiences of parents' racial socialization behaviors.

    Diane Hughes;Deborah Johnson

  • Status inequalities, perceived discrimination, and eudaimonic well-being: do the challenges of minority life hone purpose and growth?

    Carol D. Ryff;Corey L. M. Keyes;Diane L. Hughes

  • Using focus groups to facilitate culturally anchored research

    Diane L. Hughes;Kimberly DuMont

  • The Influence of Student Perceptions of School Climate on Socioemotional and Academic Adjustment: A Comparison of Chinese and American Adolescents

    Yueming Jia;Niobe Way;Guangming Ling;Hirokazu Yoshikawa

  • Received ethnic-racial socialization messages and youths' academic and behavioral outcomes: examining the mediating role of ethnic identity and self-esteem.

    Diane Hughes;Dawn Paula Witherspoon;Deborah Rivas-Drake;Nia West-Bey

  • The nature of parents' race-related communications to children: A developmental perspective.

    Diane Hughes;Lisa Chen

  • Race, ethnicity, and culture in child development: contemporary research and future directions.

    Stephen M. Quintana;Frances E. Aboud;Ruth K. Chao;Josefina Contreras-Grau

  • A Preliminary Analysis of Associations among Ethnic-Racial Socialization, Ethnic Discrimination, and Ethnic Identity among Urban Sixth Graders.

    Deborah Rivas-Drake;Diane Hughes;Niobe Way

  • The Relationship Between Maternal Education and Children's Academic Outcomes: A Theoretical Framework

    Jessica F. Harding;Pamela A. Morris;Diane Hughes

  • A Closer Look at Peer Discrimination, Ethnic Identity, and Psychological Well-being Among Urban Chinese American Sixth Graders

    Deborah Rivas-Drake;Diane Hughes;Niobe Way

  • The Effects of Job Characteristics on Marital Quality: Specifying Linking Mechanisms.

    Diane Hughes;Ellen Galinsky;Anne Morris

  • Stress, Coping, and Marital Functioning among Parents of Children with Cancer.

    Oscar A. Barbarin;Diane Hughes;Mark A. Chesler

  • Cultural phenomena and the research enterprise: toward a culturally anchored methodology.

    Diane Hughes;Edward Seidman;Nathaniel Williams

  • Heterosexism in High School and Victimization Among Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Questioning Students

    Daniel Chesir-Teran;Diane Hughes

  • Gender, Job and Family Conditions, and Psychological Symptoms

    Diane L. Hughes;Ellen Galinsky

Frequent Co-Authors

Niobe Way
Niobe Way New York University
Hirokazu Yoshikawa
Hirokazu Yoshikawa New York University
Edward Seidman
Edward Seidman New York University
Deborah Rivas-Drake
Deborah Rivas-Drake University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Lynn S. Liben
Lynn S. Liben Pennsylvania State University
Corey L. M. Keyes
Corey L. M. Keyes Emory University
Andrew J. Fuligni
Andrew J. Fuligni University of California, Los Angeles
Xinyin Chen
Xinyin Chen University of Pennsylvania
Diane N. Ruble
Diane N. Ruble New York University
Carol D. Ryff
Carol D. Ryff University of Wisconsin–Madison

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