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Judith G. Smetana 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 Judith G. Smetana sits on this spectrum.

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31 publications 705+

This scientist: 222 publications — 75th percentile

75% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Judith G. Smetana 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 Judith G. Smetana sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 144+

This scientist: 75 D-Index — 85th percentile

85% 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

  • 2016 - Fellow of the American Psychological Association (APA)

Overview

Judith G. Smetana is affiliated with the University of Rochester in the United States. Their primary fields of study include psychology and social sciences, with a significant focus on social psychology, clinical psychology, education, developmental and educational psychology, and cognitive neuroscience.

Their research concentrates notably on topics such as child and adolescent psychosocial and emotional development, attachment and relationship dynamics, cultural differences and values, early childhood education and development, child and animal learning development, psychology of moral and emotional judgment, and ethics and legal issues in pediatric healthcare.

Judith G. Smetana has published in several academic venues, including:

  • Journal of Youth and Adolescence
  • Developmental Psychology
  • Journal of Experimental Child Psychology
  • Social Development
  • Journal of Child and Family Studies

Among notable recent papers are the following:

  • "Helicopter Parenting and Perceived Overcontrol by Emerging Adults: A Family-Level Profile Analysis," 2020, Journal of Child and Family Studies
  • "Distinctions between moral and conventional judgments from early to middle childhood: A meta-analysis of social domain theory research," 2022, Developmental Psychology
  • "Acceptance of Society-Level and Individual-Level Preventive Measures during the COVID-19 Pandemic among College Students in Three Societies," 2021, Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology
  • "Longitudinal associations between adolescent information management and mother-teen relationship quality: Between- versus within-family differences," 2020, Developmental Psychology
  • "Patterns of Reasons for Not Disclosing Personal Activities and Feelings to Mothers and Fathers among Ethnically Diverse Adolescents," 2022, Journal of Youth and Adolescence

Frequent coauthors with whom Judith G. Smetana has collaborated include Wendy M. Rote, Lovia Feliscar, Courtney L. Ball, Nan Zhu, and Lei Chang.

Judith G. Smetana was recognized as a Fellow of the American Psychological Association in 2016.

Best Publications

  • Adolescent development in interpersonal and societal contexts.

    Judith G. Smetana;Nicole Campione-Barr;Aaron Metzger

  • Social–Cognitive Domain Theory: Consistencies and Variations in Children's Moral and Social Judgments

    Melanie Killen;Judith G. Smetana;Judith Smetana

  • Preschool children's conceptions of moral and social rules.

    Judith G. Smetana

  • Parenting Styles and Conceptions of Parental Authority during Adolescence

    Judith G. Smetana

  • Adolescents' and parents' reasoning about actual family conflict.

    Judith G. Smetana

  • Adolescents' and parents' conceptions of parental authority.

    Judith G. Smetana

  • Handbook of Moral Development

    Melanie Killen;Judith G. Smetana

  • Disclosure and Secrecy in Adolescent¿Parent Relationships

    Judith G. Smetana;Aaron Metzger;Denise C. Gettman;Nicole Campione-Barr

  • Domain-specific antecedents of parental psychological control and monitoring: the role of parenting beliefs and practices

    Judith G. Smetana;Christopher Daddis

  • Adolescents, Families, and Social Development: How Teens Construct Their Worlds

    Judith G. Smetana

  • Adolescents' and Parents' Conceptions of Parental Authority and Personal Autonomy

    Judith G. Smetana;Pamela Asquith

  • The Social Domain Approach to Children's Moral and Social Judgments

    Judith G. Smetana;Marc Jambon;Courtney Ball

  • Concepts of self and social convention: Adolescents' and parents' reasoning about hypothetical and actual family conflicts.

    Judith G. Smetana

  • The Role of Parents in Moral Development: A social domain analysis

    Judith G. Smetana

  • Middle-class African American adolescents' and parents' conceptions of parental authority and parenting practices: a longitudinal investigation.

    Judith G. Smetana

  • Current research on parenting styles, dimensions, and beliefs.

    Judith G Smetana

  • Origins and Development of Morality

    Melanie Killen;Judith G. Smetana

  • Longitudinal Development of Family Decision Making: Defining Healthy Behavioral Autonomy for Middle‐Class African American Adolescents

    Judith G. Smetana;Nicole Campione-Barr;Christopher Daddis;Christopher Daddis

  • Toddlers' Social Interactions in the Context of Moral and Conventional Transgressions in the Home.

    Judith G. Smetana

  • Preschool children's conceptions of transgressions: Effects of varying moral and conventional domain-related attributes.

    Judith G. Smetana

  • The Development of Toddlers' Moral and Conventional Judgments.

    Judith G. Smetana;Judith L. Braeges

Frequent Co-Authors

Melanie Killen
Melanie Killen University of Maryland, College Park
Elliot Turiel
Elliot Turiel University of California, Berkeley
Larry Nucci
Larry Nucci University of California, Berkeley
Cecilia Wainryb
Cecilia Wainryb University of Utah
Melissa L. Sturge-Apple
Melissa L. Sturge-Apple University of Rochester
Ronald D. Rogge
Ronald D. Rogge University of Rochester
Dante Cicchetti
Dante Cicchetti University of Minnesota
Sheree L. Toth
Sheree L. Toth University of Rochester
Nancy E. Adler
Nancy E. Adler University of California, San Francisco
Nancy Eisenberg
Nancy Eisenberg Arizona State University

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