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Kandauda A. S. Wickrama

Kandauda A. S. Wickrama

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Psychology

D-Index
49
Citations
12860
World Ranking
5596
National Ranking
3051

Overview

Kandauda A. S. Wickrama is affiliated with the University of Georgia in the United States. Their research spans multiple domains within the social sciences, psychology, and medicine, with a substantial focus on health-related topics. Their scholarly output includes work on health disparities, intergenerational family dynamics and caregiving, and psychological well-being and life satisfaction.

The scientist's primary fields of study include:

  • Social Sciences
  • Psychology
  • Medicine

Within these fields, their subfields of study cover areas such as:

  • Health
  • Sociology and Political Science
  • Social Psychology
  • General Health Professions
  • Clinical Psychology

The main research topics addressed in their work involve:

  • Health disparities and outcomes
  • Intergenerational Family Dynamics and Caregiving
  • Psychological Well-being and Life Satisfaction
  • Family Dynamics and Relationships
  • Birth, Development, and Health
  • Maternal Mental Health During Pregnancy and Postpartum
  • Attachment and Relationship Dynamics

Kandauda A. S. Wickrama has contributed to a number of peer-reviewed journal articles. Some of their recent papers include:

  • "Religiosity and joint activities of husbands and wives in enduring marriages," 2020, Psychology of Religion and Spirituality
  • "Preschoolers' dynamic respiratory sinus arrhythmia (RSA) change during a challenging parent-child interactive task: Relations with preschoolers' socioemotional health," 2020, Developmental Psychobiology
  • "Amygdalar Activation as a Neurobiological Marker of Differential Sensitivity in the Effects of Family Rearing Experiences on Socioemotional Adjustment in Youths," 2021, Biological Psychiatry Cognitive Neuroscience and Neuroimaging
  • "Patterning of midlife marital trajectories in enduring marriages in a dyadic context: Physical and mental health outcomes in later years," 2020, Journal of Social and Personal Relationships
  • "Couple Perceptions as Mediators Between Family Economic Strain and Marital Quality: Evidence From Longitudinal Dyadic Data," 2020, Journal of Financial Counseling and Planning

The venues that frequently publish their work include:

  • Journal of Family Psychology
  • Journal of Social and Personal Relationships
  • Journal of Aging and Health
  • Stress and Health
  • British Journal of Developmental Psychology

Kandauda A. S. Wickrama has collaborated with several researchers multiple times. Frequent co-authors include:

  • Catherine Walker O'Neal
  • Tae Kyoung Lee
  • Eric T. Klopack
  • Penny A. Ralston
  • Thulitha Wickrama

Best Publications

  • An introduction to latent class growth analysis and growth mixture modeling.

    Tony Jung;K. A. S. Wickrama

  • Relationships among sexual satisfaction, marital quality, and marital instability at midlife.

    Hsiu-Chen Yeh;Frederick O. Lorenz;K. A. S. Wickrama;Rand D. Conger

  • Overt and Subtle Racial Discrimination and Mental Health: Preliminary Findings for Korean Immigrants

    Samuel Noh;Violet Kaspar;K.A.S. Wickrama

  • The Short-Term and Decade-Long Effects of Divorce on Women's Midlife Health∗:

    Frederick O. Lorenz;K. A. S. Wickrama;Rand D. Conger;Glen H. Elder

  • Higher-Order Growth Curves and Mixture Modeling with Mplus : A Practical Guide

    Kandauda K.A.S. Wickrama;Tae Kyoung Lee;Catherine Walker O’Neal;Frederick O. Lorenz

  • Marital Quality and Physical Illness: A Latent Growth Curve Analysis

    K. A. S. Wickrama;Frederick O. Lorenz;Rand D. Conger;Glen H. Elder

  • Work-Family Conflict and Marital Quality: Mediating Processes

    Lisa S. Matthews;Rand D. Conger;K. A. S. Wickrama

  • The intergenerational transmission of health-risk behaviors: adolescent lifestyles and gender moderating effects

    K. A. S. Wickrama;Rand D. Conger;Lora Ebert Wallace;Glen H. Elder

  • The effects of parents' working conditions and family economic hardship on parenting behaviors and children's self-efficacy

    Les B. Whitbeck;Ronald L. Simons;Rand D. Conger;K. A.S. Wickrama

  • Family context of mental health risk in Tsunami-exposed adolescents: findings from a pilot study in Sri Lanka.

    K.A.S. Wickrama;Violet Kaspar

  • Community Context of Social Resources and Adolescent Mental Health

    K. A. S. Wickrama;Chalandra M. Bryant

  • Predicting Marital Instability from Spouse and Observer Reports of Marital Interaction.

    Lisa S. Matthews;K. A. S. Wickrama;Rand D. Conger

  • Race Matters, Even in Marriage: Identifying Factors Linked to Marital Outcomes for African Americans

    Chalandra M. Bryant;K. A. S. Wickrama;John Bolland;Barlynda M. Bryant

  • Family antecedents and consequences of trajectories of depressive symptoms from adolescence to young adulthood: a life course investigation.

    K. A. S. Wickrama;Rand D. Conger;Frederick O. Lorenz;Tony Jung

  • Parental support and adolescent physical health status: A latent growth-curve analysis.

    K. A. S. Wickrama;Frederick O. Lorenz;Rand D. Conger

  • Adolescent family experiences and educational attainment during early adulthood.

    Janet N. Melby;Rand D. Conger;Shu-Ann Fang;K. A. S. Wickrama

  • Ambivalence in Mother-Adult Child Relations: A Dyadic Analysis:

    Andrea E. Willson;Kim M. Shuey;Glen H. Elder;K.A.S. Wickrama

  • Early Adversity and Later Health: The Intergenerational Transmission of Adversity Through Mental Disorder and Physical Illness

    K. A. S. Wickrama;Rand D. Conger;W. Todd Abraham

  • Adolescent Obesity and Young Adult Psychosocial Outcomes: Gender and Racial Differences

    Michael J. Merten;K. A. S. Wickrama;Amanda L. Williams

  • Impulsivity as a mechanism linking child abuse and neglect with substance use in adolescence and adulthood

    Assaf Oshri;Steve M Kogan;Josephine A Kwon;K A S Wickrama

Frequent Co-Authors

Frederick O. Lorenz
Frederick O. Lorenz Iowa State University
Rand D. Conger
Rand D. Conger University of California, Davis
Glen H. Elder
Glen H. Elder University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Ronald L. Simons
Ronald L. Simons University of Georgia
Steven R. H. Beach
Steven R. H. Beach University of Georgia
Frank D. Fincham
Frank D. Fincham Florida State University
Guillermo Prado
Guillermo Prado University of Miami
Lawrence H. Sweet
Lawrence H. Sweet University of Georgia
Daniel W. Russell
Daniel W. Russell Iowa State University
Abraham A. Palmer
Abraham A. Palmer University of California, San Diego

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