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George P. Knight is affiliated with Arizona State University in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on social sciences and psychology, with a significant emphasis on clinical psychology, education, and sociology and political science. The scientist's body of work addresses various aspects of child and adolescent psychosocial and emotional development, racial and ethnic identity research, early childhood education and development, resilience and mental health, parental involvement in education, youth development and social support, and cultural differences and values.

Frequent publication venues for their research include Developmental Psychology, Child Development, Cultural Diversity & Ethnic Minority Psychology, Journal of Research on Adolescence, and Advances in Child Development and Behavior.

  • Developmental Psychology (3 publications)
  • Child Development (2 publications)
  • Cultural Diversity & Ethnic Minority Psychology (2 publications)
  • Journal of Research on Adolescence (1 publication)
  • Advances in Child Development and Behavior (1 publication)

Notable recent papers authored or coauthored by George P. Knight include:

  • "Relations Among Parenting, Culture, and Prosocial Behaviors in U.S. Mexican Youth: An Integrative Socialization Approach," 2021, Child Development
  • "Parental Warmth and Developmental Change in Familism Values: Latinx Adolescents in an Emerging Immigrant Community," 2022, Journal of Research on Adolescence
  • "Family Contextual Influences on Bicultural Competence Development Among U.S. Mexican-Origin Youths," 2020, Developmental Psychology
  • "A Family Stress Model Investigation of Bicultural Competence Among U.S. Mexican-Origin Youth," 2020, Cultural Diversity & Ethnic Minority Psychology
  • "Kindness Towards All: Prosocial Behaviors to Address U.S. Latinx Youth Social Inequities," 2022, Advances in Child Development and Behavior

Frequent coauthors collaborating with George P. Knight include:

  • Rebecca M. B. White
  • Gustavo Carlo
  • M. Dalal Safa
  • Nancy A. Gonzales
  • Carmen Kho

The research themes reveal an interdisciplinary approach that combines developmental psychology with sociocultural contexts, particularly focusing on Latinx and U.S. Mexican-origin youth. The scientist's work often intersects studies of family dynamics, cultural socialization processes, and psychosocial outcomes such as prosocial behavior and bicultural competence.

Best Publications

  • The interplay of traits and motives on volunteering: agreeableness, extraversion and prosocial value motivation

    Gustavo Carlo;Morris A. Okun;George P. Knight;Maria Rosario T. de Guzman

  • The Mexican American Cultural Values Scale for Adolescents and Adults

    George P. Knight;Nancy A. Gonzales;Delia S. Saenz;Darya D. Bonds

  • Ethnic identity : formation and transmission among Hispanics and other minorities

    Martha E. Bernal;George P. Knight

  • THEORY AND RESEARCH ON DESISTANCE FROM ANTISOCIAL ACTIVITY AMONG SERIOUS ADOLESCENT OFFENDERS

    Edward P. Mulvey;Laurence Steinberg;Jeffrey A. Fagan;Elizabeth Cauffman

  • Empathy-Related Responding and Cognition: A “Chicken and the Egg” Dilemma

    Nancy Eisenberg;Cindy L. Shea;Gustavo Carlo;George P. Knight

  • OPERATIONAL LESSONS FROM THE PATHWAYS TO DESISTANCE PROJECT.

    Carol A. Schubert;Edward P. Mulvey;Laurence Steinberg;Elizabeth Cauffman

  • The development of ethnic identity in Mexican-American children.

    Martha E. Bernal;George P. Knight;Camille A. Garza;Katheryn A. Ocampo

  • Family Socialization and the Ethnic Identity of Mexican-American Children:

    George P. Knight;Martha E. Bernal;Camille A. Garza;Marya K. Cota

  • An Objective Measure of Adolescents' Prosocial Moral Reasoning

    Gustavo Carlo;Nancy Eisenberg;George P. Knight

  • Studying Ethnic Minority and Economically Disadvantaged Populations: Methodological Challenges and Best Practices

    George P. Knight;Mark W. Roosa;Adriana J. Umaña-Taylor

  • Acculturation and the mental health of Latino youths: An integration and critique of the literature.

    Nancy A. Gonzales;George P. Knight;Antonio A. Morgan-Lopez;Delia Saenz

  • Discrimination and adjustment for Mexican American adolescents: A prospective examination of the benefits of culturally-related values

    Cady Berkel;George P. Knight;Katharine H. Zeiders;Jenn-Yun Tein

  • Emotional arousal and gender differences in aggression: A meta‐analysis

    George P. Knight;Ivanna K. Guthrie;Melanie C. Page;Richard A. Fabes

  • Pathways from family economic conditions to adolescents' distress: Supportive parenting, stressors outside the family, and deviant peers

    Manuel Barrera Jr.;Hazel M. Prelow;Larry E. Dumka;Nancy A. Gonzales

  • Measurement Equivalence in Research Involving Minority Adolescents

    George P. Knight;Nancy E. Hill

  • Socialization and family correlates of mental health outcomes among Hispanic and Anglo American children: consideration of cross-ethnic scalar equivalence

    George P. Knight;Lynn M. Virdin;Mark Roosa

  • Economic Hardship, Neighborhood Context, and Parenting: Prospective Effects on Mexican–American Adolescent’s Mental Health

    Nancy A. Gonzales;Stefany Coxe;Mark W. Roosa;Rebecca M. B. White

  • Ethnic Identity and Adaptation of Mexican American Youths in School Settings

    Martha E. Bernal;Delia S. Saenz;George P. Knight

  • The socialization of prosocial behavioral tendencies among Mexican American adolescents: The role of familism values.

    Carlos O. Calderón-Tena;George P. Knight;Gustavo Carlo

  • Development of Mexican American identity.

    Martha E. Bernal;George P. Knight;Katheryn A. Ocampo;Camille A. Garza

  • Ethnic Identity: Formation and Transmission among Hispanics and Other Minorities. SUNY Series, United States Hispanic Studies.

    Martha E. Bernal;George P. Knight

Frequent Co-Authors

Mark W. Roosa
Mark W. Roosa Arizona State University
Gustavo Carlo
Gustavo Carlo University of California, Irvine
Nancy A. Gonzales
Nancy A. Gonzales Arizona State University
Adriana J. Umaña-Taylor
Adriana J. Umaña-Taylor Harvard University
Jenn-Yun Tein
Jenn-Yun Tein Arizona State University
Sandra H. Losoya
Sandra H. Losoya Arizona State University
Laurie Chassin
Laurie Chassin Arizona State University
Katharine H. Zeiders
Katharine H. Zeiders University of Arizona
Laurence Steinberg
Laurence Steinberg Temple University
Nancy Eisenberg
Nancy Eisenberg Arizona State University

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