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Kathryn Lemery-Chalfant

Kathryn Lemery-Chalfant

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Psychology

D-Index
36
Citations
5860
World Ranking
9494
National Ranking
5030

Overview

Kathryn Lemery-Chalfant is affiliated with Arizona State University in the United States. Their research spans multiple areas within psychology and social sciences, with a strong focus on child and adolescent development, cognitive processes, and social dynamics.

The main fields of study for Kathryn Lemery-Chalfant include:

  • Psychology
  • Social Sciences

Within these fields, they have contributed extensively to several subfields, such as:

  • Clinical Psychology
  • Education
  • Experimental and Cognitive Psychology
  • Sociology and Political Science
  • Social Psychology

Their work covers a range of topics, prominently featuring:

  • Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development
  • Early Childhood Education and Development
  • Cognitive Abilities and Testing
  • Sleep and related disorders
  • Attachment and Relationship Dynamics
  • Youth Substance Use and School Attendance
  • Neuroendocrine regulation and behavior

Kathryn Lemery-Chalfant has published in various peer-reviewed journals. Some of the most frequent publication venues include:

  • Development and Psychopathology
  • SLEEP
  • Journal of Applied Developmental Psychology
  • Behavior Genetics
  • Developmental Psychology

The scientist has collaborated frequently with several co-authors, including:

  • Leah D. Doane
  • Daniel S. Shaw
  • Melvin N. Wilson
  • Sierra Clifford
  • Mary C. Davis

Some recent papers authored or co-authored by Kathryn Lemery-Chalfant include:

  • "The long-term indirect effect of the early Family Check-Up intervention on adolescent internalizing and externalizing symptoms via inhibitory control" (2020), published in Development and Psychopathology
  • "Harsh Parenting Predicts Novel HPA Receptor Gene Methylation and NR3C1 Methylation Predicts Cortisol Daily Slope in Middle Childhood" (2020), published in Cellular and Molecular Neurobiology
  • "Family SES Is Associated with the Gut Microbiome in Infants and Children" (2021), published in Microorganisms
  • "Effortful Control Moderates the Relation Between Electronic-Media Use and Objective Sleep Indicators in Childhood" (2020), published in Psychological Science
  • "Second-by-second infant and mother emotion regulation and coregulation processes" (2021), published in Development and Psychopathology

Best Publications

  • Prediction of Children’s Academic Competence From Their Effortful Control, Relationships, and Classroom Participation

    Carlos Valiente;Kathryn Lemery-Chalfant;Jodi Swanson;Mark Reiser

  • Pathways to Problem Behaviors: Chaotic Homes, Parent and Child Effortful Control, and Parenting.

    Carlos Valiente;Kathryn Lemery-Chalfant;Mark Reiser

  • Postpartum depression prevalence and impact on infant health, weight, and sleep in low-income and ethnic minority women and infants.

    Jenna L. Gress-Smith;Linda J. Luecken;Kathryn Lemery-Chalfant;Rose Howe

  • Prediction of Kindergartners' Academic Achievement from Their Effortful Control and Emotionality: Evidence for Direct and Moderated Relations.

    Carlos Valiente;Kathryn Lemery-Chalfant;Jodi Swanson

  • Children's Effortful Control and Academic Competence: Mediation through School Liking

    Carlos Valiente;Kathryn Lemery-Chalfant;Kimberly S. Castro

  • Examining the familial link between positive affect and empathy development in the second year.

    Michele M. Volbrecht;Kathryn Lemery-Chalfant;Nazan Aksan;Carolyn Zahn-Waxler

  • Physiological Regulation and Fearfulness as Predictors of Young Children's Empathy-related Reactions

    Jeffrey Liew;Nancy Eisenberg;Tracy L. Spinrad;Natalie D. Eggum

  • Predicting Early Adolescents' Academic Achievement, Social Competence, and Physical Health from Parenting, Ego Resilience, and Engagement Coping.

    Jodi Swanson;Carlos Valiente;Kathryn Lemery-Chalfant;T. Caitlin O'Brien

  • Kindergartners' Temperament, Classroom Engagement, and Student–teacher Relationship: Moderation by Effortful Control

    Carlos Valiente;Jodi Swanson;Kathryn Lemery‐Chalfant

  • The development of stranger fear in infancy and toddlerhood: normative development, individual differences, antecedents, and outcomes.

    Rebecca J. Brooker;Kristin A. Buss;Kathryn Lemery-Chalfant;Nazan Aksan

  • Genetic Relations Between Effortful and Attentional Control and Symptoms of Psychopathology in Middle Childhood.

    Kathryn Lemery-Chalfant;Lisa Doelger;H. Hill Goldsmith

  • Resilience in common life: introduction to the special issue.

    Mary C. Davis;Linda Luecken;Kathryn Lemery-Chalfant

  • Environmental influences on family similarity in afternoon cortisol levels: twin and parent-offspring designs.

    Jane E. Schreiber;Elizabeth Shirtcliff;Carol Van Hulle;Kathryn Lemery-Chalfant

  • Early Life Socioeconomic Disparities in Children’s Sleep: The Mediating Role of the Current Home Environment

    Leah D Doane;Reagan S Breitenstein;Charles Beekman;Sierra Clifford

  • Assessing internalizing, externalizing, and attention problems in young children: validation of the MacArthur HBQ.

    Kathryn Lemery-Chalfant;Jane E. Schreiber;Nicole L. Schmidt;Carol A. Van Hulle

  • Genetic and environmental influences on individual differences in cortisol level and circadian rhythm in middle childhood.

    Carol A. Van Hulle;Elizabeth A. Shirtcliff;Kathryn Lemery-Chalfant;H. Hill Goldsmith

  • COMT moderates the relation of daily maladaptive coping and pain in fibromyalgia

    Patrick H. Finan;Alex J. Zautra;Mary C. Davis;Kathryn Lemery-Chalfant

  • Genetic Influences on the Dynamics of Pain and Affect in Fibromyalgia

    Patrick H. Finan;Alex J. Zautra;Mary C. Davis;Kathryn Lemery-Chalfant

  • Children's shyness, popularity, school liking, cooperative participation, and internalizing problems in the early school years

    Natalie D. Eggum-Wilkens;Carlos Valiente;Jodi Swanson;Kathryn Lemery-Chalfant

  • Children's responses to daily social stressors: relations with parenting, children's effortful control, and adjustment.

    Carlos Valiente;Kathryn Lemery-Chalfant;Jodi Swanson

Frequent Co-Authors

H. Hill Goldsmith
H. Hill Goldsmith University of Wisconsin–Madison
Carlos Valiente
Carlos Valiente Arizona State University
Leah D. Doane
Leah D. Doane Arizona State University
Carol A. Van Hulle
Carol A. Van Hulle University of Wisconsin–Madison
Melvin N. Wilson
Melvin N. Wilson University of Virginia
Daniel S. Shaw
Daniel S. Shaw University of Pittsburgh
Mary C. Davis
Mary C. Davis Arizona State University
Tracy L. Spinrad
Tracy L. Spinrad Arizona State University
Nancy Eisenberg
Nancy Eisenberg Arizona State University
Thomas J. Dishion
Thomas J. Dishion Arizona State University

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