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Overview

Katherine J. Conger is affiliated with the University of California, Davis in the United States. Their research primarily addresses areas within social sciences and psychology, focusing on family dynamics, health, and psychological development.

The main fields of study in Conger's work include:

  • Social Sciences
  • Psychology

The subfields of study cover:

  • Sociology and Political Science
  • Experimental and Cognitive Psychology
  • Health
  • Clinical Psychology
  • Demography

Katherine J. Conger's research topics encompass family and health-related themes such as:

  • Intergenerational Family Dynamics and Caregiving
  • Cognitive Abilities and Testing
  • Health disparities and outcomes
  • Family Support in Illness
  • Family and Disability Support Research
  • Health and Well-being Studies
  • Family Dynamics and Relationships

Their recent publications include:

  • "Sibling Relationships in Adulthood: Research Findings and New Frontiers" (2020), Journal of Family Theory & Review
  • "Special section on personality development: Testing environmental and genetic associations across generations." (2021), Developmental Psychology
  • "The influence of sibling relationship quality on emotional distress from adolescence to early midlife." (2024), Journal of Family Psychology
  • "Sibling relationships in older adulthood: Links with loneliness and well-being": Correction. (2020), Journal of Family Psychology
  • "The association between sibling ambivalence and well-being in older adulthood: The role of sibling gender composition" (2024), Journal of Social and Personal Relationships

Frequent publication venues for Conger's work include:

  • Journal of Family Psychology
  • Journal of Family Theory & Review
  • Developmental Psychology
  • Journal of Social and Personal Relationships
  • Journal of Family Violence

Significant coauthors collaborating with Conger are:

  • Megan Gilligan
  • Clare M. Stocker
  • Tricia K. Neppl
  • Jeenkyoung Lee
  • Laura V. Scaramella

Best Publications

  • Socioeconomic Status, Family Processes, and Individual Development.

    Rand D. Conger;Katherine J. Conger;Monica J. Martin

  • A family process model of economic hardship and adjustment of early adolescent boys.

    Rand D. Conger;Katherine J. Conger;Glen H. Elder;Frederick O. Lorenz

  • Resilience in Midwestern Families: Selected Findings from the First Decade of a Prospective, Longitudinal Study

    Rand D. Conger;Katherine J. Conger

  • Linking economic hardship to marital quality and instability.

    Rand D. Conger;Glen H. Elder;Frederick O. Lorenz;Katherine J. Conger

  • Family economic stress and adjustment of early adolescent girls.

    Rand D. Conger;Katherine J. Conger;Glen H. Elder;Frederick O. Lorenz

  • The role of economic pressure in the lives of parents and their adolescents: The Family Stress Model.

    Katherine Jewsbury Conger;Martha A. Rueter;Rand D. Conger

  • Sisters, brothers, and delinquency: evaluating social influence during early and middle adolescence.

    Cheryl Slomkowski;Richard Rende;Katherine Jewsbury Conger;Ronald L. Simons

  • Parents, Siblings, Psychological Control, and Adolescent Adjustment

    Katherine Jewsbury Conger;Rand D. Conger;Laura V. Scaramella

  • Pathways of economic influence on adolescent adjustment.

    Rand D. Conger;Katherine Jewsbury Conger;Lisa S. Matthews;Glen H. Elder

  • Role of family and peers in the development of prototypes associated with substance use.

    Hart Blanton;Frederick X. Gibbons;Meg Gerrard;Katherine Jewsbury Conger

  • Parenting factors, social skills, and value commitments as precursors to school failure, involvement with deviant peers, and delinquent behavior

    Ronald L. Simons;Les B. Whitbeck;Rand D. Conger;Katherine J. Conger

  • Sibling Relationships during the Transition to Adulthood.

    Katherine Jewsbury Conger;Wendy M. Little

  • Adolescent family experiences and educational attainment during early adulthood.

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

  • Parent Personality and Positive Parenting as Predictors of Positive Adolescent Personality Development Over Time.

    Thomas J. Schofield;Rand D. Conger;M. Brent Donnellan;Rachel Jochem

  • A Process Model of Family Economic Pressure and Early Adolescent Alcohol Use

    Rand D. Conger;Frederick O. Lorenz;Glen H. Elder;Janet N. Melby

  • Differential parenting and change in sibling differences in delinquency.

    Katherine Jewsbury Conger;Rand D. Conger

  • Effects of Parental Behavior on Tobacco Use by Young Male Adolescents.

    Janet N. Melby;Rand D. Conger;Katherine J. Conger;Frederick O. Lorenz

  • Personal characteristics and resilience to economic hardship and its consequences: conceptual issues and empirical illustrations.

    M. Brent Donnellan;Katherine Jewsbury Conger;Kimberly K. McAdams;Tricia K. Neppl

  • Development of Mastery during Adolescence: The Role of Family Problem Solving

    Katherine Jewsbury Conger;Shannon Tierney Williams;Wendy M. Little;Katherine E. Masyn

  • The development of interpersonal aggression during adolescence: the importance of parents, siblings, and family economics.

    Shannon Tierney Williams;Katherine Jewsbury Conger;Shelley A. Blozis

Frequent Co-Authors

Rand D. Conger
Rand D. Conger University of California, Davis
Keith F. Widaman
Keith F. Widaman University of California, Riverside
M. Brent Donnellan
M. Brent Donnellan Michigan State University
Frederick O. Lorenz
Frederick O. Lorenz Iowa State University
Stephen T. Russell
Stephen T. Russell The University of Texas at Austin
Jerica M. Berge
Jerica M. Berge University of Minnesota
Amanda E. Guyer
Amanda E. Guyer 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
Dianne Neumark-Sztainer
Dianne Neumark-Sztainer University of Minnesota

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