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Katharine H. Zeiders

Katharine H. Zeiders

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Psychology

D-Index
35
Citations
4177
World Ranking
9966
National Ranking
5249

Overview

Katharine H. Zeiders is affiliated with the University of Arizona in the United States. Their research spans across social sciences with a strong focus on psychology, particularly clinical psychology and sociology and political science subfields. The scope of their work includes topics such as racial and ethnic identity research, resilience and mental health, stress responses and cortisol, social and intergroup psychology, migration, health and trauma, early childhood education and development, and youth development and social support.

The scientist's recent publications illustrate an engagement with issues related to racial discrimination, mental health, and adolescent development. Notable papers include:

  • "Daily racial discrimination experiences, ethnic-racial identity, and diurnal cortisol patterns among Black adults." (2020, Cultural Diversity & Ethnic Minority Psychology)
  • "Can White Guilt Motivate Action? The Role of Civic Beliefs" (2021, Journal of Youth and Adolescence)
  • "Within-person associations between racial microaggressions and sleep among African American and Latinx young adults" (2020, Journal of Sleep Research)
  • "Police discrimination among Black, Latina/x/o, and White adolescents: Examining frequency and relations to academic functioning" (2021, Journal of Adolescence)
  • "Identifying diurnal cortisol profiles among young adults: Physiological signatures of mental health trajectories" (2021, Psychoneuroendocrinology)

Frequent collaborators include Antoinette M. Landor, Evelyn D. Sarsar, Lindsay T. Hoyt, Selena Carbajal, and Alaysia M. Brown. Their publishing activity has been concentrated in several venues, with multiple works appearing in:

  • Psychoneuroendocrinology
  • Journal of Research on Adolescence
  • Emerging Adulthood
  • Journal of American College Health
  • The Journal of Early Adolescence

Katharine H. Zeiders has contributed to book publications as well, including a 2023 title published by Elsevier BV titled Conjugal Trajectories: Relationship Beginnings, Change, and Dissolutions.

Across their research output, their focus has maintained a consistent emphasis on the intersection of social psychology, mental health dynamics, and the impacts of racial and ethnic experiences on various populations. Their expertise is reflected in the thematic areas of youth development, childhood education, and physiological stress markers such as cortisol. This body of work situates them within a multidisciplinary framework combining social, psychological, and behavioral neuroscience perspectives.

Best Publications

  • Latino adolescents' academic success: the role of discrimination, academic motivation, and gender.

    Edna C. Alfaro;Adriana J. Umaña-Taylor;Melinda A. Gonzales-Backen;Mayra Y. Bámaca

  • 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

  • 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

  • Developmental histories of perceived racial discrimination and diurnal cortisol profiles in adulthood: A 20-year prospective study.

    Emma K. Adam;Jennifer A. Heissel;Katharine H. Zeiders;Jennifer A. Richeson

  • Family ethnic socialization and ethnic identity: A family-driven, youth-driven, or reciprocal process?

    Adriana J. Umaña-Taylor;Katharine H. Zeiders;Kimberly A. Updegraff

  • Trajectories of depressive symptoms and self-esteem in Latino youths: examining the role of gender and perceived discrimination.

    Katharine H. Zeiders;Adriana J. Umaña-Taylor;Chelsea L. Derlan

  • Longitudinal Relations Among Parenting Styles, Prosocial Behaviors, and Academic Outcomes in U.S. Mexican Adolescents

    Gustavo Carlo;Rebecca M. B. White;Cara Streit;George P. Knight

  • Perceived discrimination and diurnal cortisol: Examining relations among Mexican American adolescents

    Katharine H. Zeiders;Leah D. Doane;Mark W. Roosa

  • Associations between self-reported discrimination and diurnal cortisol rhythms among young adults: The moderating role of racial-ethnic minority status.

    Katharine H. Zeiders;Lindsay T. Hoyt;Emma K. Adam

  • Positive upshots of cortisol in everyday life.

    Lindsay T. Hoyt;Katharine H. Zeiders;Katherine B. Ehrlich;Emma K. Adam

  • An Examination of the Role of Perceptions in Neighborhood Research.

    Mark W. Roosa;Rebecca M. B. White;Katharine H. Zeiders;Jenn-Yun Tein

  • Mexican-origin youths' trajectories of depressive symptoms: the role of familism values.

    Katharine H. Zeiders;Kimberly A. Updegraff;Adriana J. Umaña-Taylor;Lorey A. Wheeler

  • Family structure and family processes in Mexican-American families.

    Katharine H. Zeiders;Mark W. Roosa;Jenn-Yun Tein

  • Cultural stressors and mental health symptoms among Mexican Americans: a prospective study examining the impact of the family and neighborhood context.

    Rajni L. Nair;Rebecca M. B. White;Mark W. Roosa;Katharine H. Zeiders

  • Mexican origin youths' trajectories of perceived peer discrimination from middle childhood to adolescence: variation by neighborhood ethnic concentration.

    Rebecca M. B. White;Katharine H. Zeiders;George P. Knight;Mark W. Roosa

  • Reciprocal Relations Between Objectively Measured Sleep Patterns and Diurnal Cortisol Rhythms in Late Adolescence

    Katharine H. Zeiders;Leah D. Doane;Emma K. Adam

  • A Test of the Social Development Model during the Transition to Junior High with Mexican American Adolescents.

    Mark W. Roosa;Katharine H. Zeiders;George P. Knight;Nancy A. Gonzales

  • Familism Values, Family Time, and Mexican‐Origin Young Adults' Depressive Symptoms

    Katharine H. Zeiders;Kimberly A. Updegraff;Adriana J. Umaña-Taylor;Susan M. McHale

  • Young adults' psychological and physiological reactions to the 2016 U.S. presidential election.

    Lindsay T. Hoyt;Katharine H. Zeiders;Natasha Chaku;Russell B. Toomey

  • Neighborhood and family intersections: prospective implications for Mexican American adolescents' mental health.

    Rebecca M. B. White;Mark W. Roosa;Katharine H. Zeiders

Frequent Co-Authors

Adriana J. Umaña-Taylor
Adriana J. Umaña-Taylor Harvard University
Kimberly A. Updegraff
Kimberly A. Updegraff Arizona State University
Mark W. Roosa
Mark W. Roosa Arizona State University
George P. Knight
George P. Knight Arizona State University
Susan M. McHale
Susan M. McHale Pennsylvania State University
Jenn-Yun Tein
Jenn-Yun Tein Arizona State University
Emma K. Adam
Emma K. Adam Northwestern University
Nancy A. Gonzales
Nancy A. Gonzales Arizona State University
Leah D. Doane
Leah D. Doane Arizona State University
Jacquelynne S. Eccles
Jacquelynne S. Eccles University of California, Irvine

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