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Esther M. Leerkes 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 Esther M. Leerkes sits on this spectrum.

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31 publications 705+

This scientist: 143 publications — 45th percentile

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

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

Esther M. Leerkes 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 Esther M. Leerkes sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 144+

This scientist: 48 D-Index — 49th percentile

49% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Esther M. Leerkes is affiliated with the University of North Carolina at Greensboro in the United States. Their research primarily spans the fields of psychology and medicine, with notable focus areas including clinical psychology, public health, environmental and occupational health, social psychology, pharmacy, and psychiatry and mental health.

The scientist's work concentrates on several main topics, including:

  • Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development
  • Maternal Mental Health During Pregnancy and Postpartum
  • Infant Health and Development
  • Child Abuse and Trauma
  • Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet
  • Child Nutrition and Feeding Issues
  • Attachment and Relationship Dynamics

Recent publications by Leerkes illustrate the scope and focus of their research. Among these are:

  • When is Parental Suppression of Black Children's Negative Emotions Adaptive? The Role of Preparation for Racial Bias and Children's Resting Cardiac Vagal Tone, 2021, Research on Child and Adolescent Psychopathology
  • Effects of maternal depressive symptoms on sensitivity to infant distress and non-distress: Role of SES and race, 2020, Infant Behavior and Development
  • Mothers' preparation for bias and responses to children's distress predict positive adjustment among Black children: an attachment perspective, 2021, Attachment & Human Development
  • The intergenerational transmission of emotion socialization, 2020, Developmental Psychology
  • Mothers' self-reported emotion dysregulation: A potentially valid method in the field of infant mental health, 2020, Infant Mental Health Journal

Leerkes frequently publishes in several academic venues, with multiple contributions to:

  • Journal of Family Psychology
  • Infant Behavior and Development
  • Infant Mental Health Journal
  • Appetite
  • Journal of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics

Their collaboration network includes frequent coauthors such as:

  • Lenka H. Shriver
  • Laurie Wideman
  • Cheryl Buehler
  • Lauren G. Bailes

Esther M. Leerkes's body of work emphasizes topics related to the psychosocial and emotional development of children and adolescents, maternal mental health, and mechanisms of emotion socialization within families. Their interdisciplinary research integrates psychological and medical perspectives to address complex developmental and health-related phenomena.

Best Publications

  • Development and Assessment of Short and Very Short Forms of the Infant Behavior Questionnaire–Revised

    Samuel P Putnam;Amy L Helbig;Maria A Gartstein;Mary K Rothbart

  • Differential Effects of Maternal Sensitivity to Infant Distress and Nondistress on Social-Emotional Functioning

    Esther M. Leerkes;A. Nayena Blankson;Marion O’Brien

  • Early attachment processes and the development of emotional self-regulation.

    Susan D. Calkins;Esther M. Leerkes

  • The development of maternal self-efficacy and its impact on maternal behavior.

    Esther M. Leerkes;Susan C. Crockenberg

  • Infant and maternal behaviors regulate infant reactivity to novelty at 6 months.

    Susan C. Crockenberg;Esther M. Leerkes

  • Infant social and emotional development in family context.

    Susan Crockenberg;Esther Leerkes

  • The reliability and validity of the Infant Behavior Questionnaire-Revised.

    Stephanie H. Parade;Esther M. Leerkes

  • Predictors of Maternal Sensitivity to Infant Distress

    Esther M. Leerkes

  • Parental acceptance, postpartum depression, and maternal sensitivity: mediating and moderating processes.

    Susan C. Crockenberg;Esther M. Leerkes

  • Emotion and Cognition Processes in Preschool Children

    Esther M. Leerkes;Matthew John Paradise;Marion O'Brien;Susan D. Calkins

  • An Integrative Conceptual Model of Parental Racial/Ethnic and Emotion Socialization and Links to Children's Social-Emotional Development Among African American Families

    Angel S. Dunbar;Esther M. Leerkes;Stephanie I. Coard;Andrew J. Supple

  • African American and European American Mothers' Beliefs about Negative Emotions and Emotion Socialization Practices.

    Jackie A. Nelson;Esther M. Leerkes;Marion O'Brien;Susan D. Calkins

  • The Development of Parenting Efficacy Among New Mothers and Fathers

    Esther M. Leerkes;Regan V. Burney

  • Maternal sensitivity during distressing tasks: A unique predictor of attachment security

    Esther M. Leerkes

  • Predicting aggressive behavior in the third year from infant reactivity and regulation as moderated by maternal behavior.

    Susan C. Crockenberg;Esther M. Leerkes;Patricia S. BÁrrig Jó

  • Infant and maternal behavior moderate reactivity to novelty to predict anxious behavior at 2.5 years.

    Susan C. Crockenberg;Esther M. Leerkes

  • Attachment to Parents, Social Anxiety, and Close Relationships of Female Students over the Transition to College

    Stephanie H. Parade;Esther M. Leerkes;A. Nayena Blankson

  • Attachment linked predictors of women’s emotional and cognitive responses to infant distress

    Esther M Leerkes;Kathryn J Siepak

  • Infant negative emotionality, caregiving, and family relationships.

    Susan Crockenberg;Esther Leerkes

  • Antecedents of Maternal Sensitivity During Distressing Tasks: Integrating Attachment, Social Information Processing, and Psychobiological Perspectives

    Esther M. Leerkes;Andrew J. Supple;Marion O'Brien;Susan D. Calkins

  • The Impact of Maternal Characteristics and Sensitivity on the Concordance Between Maternal Reports and Laboratory Observations of Infant Negative Emotionality

    Esther M. Leerkes;Susan C. Crockenberg

Frequent Co-Authors

Susan D. Calkins
Susan D. Calkins University of North Carolina at Greensboro
Marion O'Brien
Marion O'Brien University of North Carolina at Greensboro
Stuart Marcovitch
Stuart Marcovitch University of North Carolina at Greensboro
Andrew J. Supple
Andrew J. Supple University of North Carolina at Greensboro
Joseph G. Grzywacz
Joseph G. Grzywacz San Jose State University
John D. Haltigan
John D. Haltigan University of Toronto
Beth A. Reboussin
Beth A. Reboussin Wake Forest University
Andrew Smolen
Andrew Smolen University of Colorado Boulder
Maria A. Gartstein
Maria A. Gartstein Washington State University
Mary K. Rothbart
Mary K. Rothbart University of Oregon

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