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Kimberly A. Updegraff

Kimberly A. Updegraff

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Psychology

D-Index
48
Citations
11330
World Ranking
5869
National Ranking
3184

Overview

Kimberly A. Updegraff is affiliated with Arizona State University in the United States and has a research focus primarily within social sciences and psychology, with 51 and 41 publications respectively. Their research spans multiple subfields, including clinical psychology, education, sociology and political science, experimental and cognitive psychology, and safety research.

Their work often addresses key topics such as early childhood education and development, child and adolescent psychosocial and emotional development, cognitive abilities and testing, racial and ethnic identity research, family and disability support research, parental involvement in education, and family support in illness.

Updegraff has contributed to various publication venues, frequently appearing in Developmental Psychology, Journal of Family Psychology, Journal of Social and Personal Relationships, Child Development, and Cultural Diversity & Ethnic Minority Psychology.

Selected recent papers authored or co-authored by Updegraff include:

  • "Familism values and adjustment among Hispanic/Latino individuals: A systematic review and meta-analysis," 2021, Psychological Bulletin
  • "Implications of COVID-19 school closures for sibling dynamics among U.S. Latinx children: A prospective, daily diary study," 2021, Developmental Psychology
  • "Contextual Moderators of a School-Based Ethnic-Racial Identity Intervention: The Roles of Family Ethnic Socialization and Ethnic-Racial Background," 2020, Prevention Science
  • "Sexual Minority Adolescents' Disclosure of Sexual Identity to Family: A Systematic Review and Conceptual Framework," 2021, Adolescent Research Review
  • "Mexican-origin family members' unique and shared family perspectives of familism values and their links with parent-youth relationship quality," 2020, Developmental Psychology

Frequent collaborators in Updegraff's work include Adriana J. Umaña-Taylor, Susan M. McHale, Daye Son, Laudan B. Jahromi, and Jenny Padilla, with collaboration counts ranging from 6 to 27 co-authored works.

Best Publications

  • Latino adolescents’ mental health: Exploring the interrelations among discrimination, ethnic identity, cultural orientation, self-esteem, and depressive symptoms

    Adriana J. Umaña-Taylor;Kimberly A. Updegraff

  • Sibling Relationships and Influences in Childhood and Adolescence.

    Susan M. McHale;Kimberly A. Updegraff;Shawn D. Whiteman

  • The Mexican American Cultural Values Scale for Adolescents and Adults

    George P. Knight;Nancy A. Gonzales;Delia S. Saenz;Darya D. Bonds

  • Adolescent sibling relationships in mexican american families : Exploring the role of familism

    Kimberly A. Updegraff;Susan M. McHale;Shawn D. Whiteman;Shawna M. Thayer

  • Congruence between Mothers' and Fathers' Differential Treatment of Siblings: Links with Family Relations and Children's Well-Being

    Susan M. McHale;Ann C. Crouter;Shirley A. McGuire;Kimberly A. Updegraff

  • Conditions Underlying Parents' Knowledge about Children's Daily Lives in Middle Childhood: Between‐ and Within‐Family Comparisons

    Ann C. Crouter;Heather Helms-Erikson;Kimberly Updegraff;Susan M. McHale

  • When Does Parents’ Differential Treatment Have Negative Implications for Siblings?

    Susan M. McHale;Kimberly A. Updegraff;Julia Jackson-Newsom;Corinna J. Tucker

  • Parents' Involvement in Adolescents' Peer Relationships: A Comparison of Mothers' and Fathers' Roles

    Kimberly A. Updegraff;Susan M. McHale;Ann C. Crouter;Kristina Kupanoff

  • Sibling influences on gender development in middle childhood and early adolescence: a longitudinal study.

    Susan M. McHale;Kimberly A. Updegraff;Heather Helms-Erikson;Ann C. Crouter

  • Impact of Arizona’s SB 1070 Immigration Law on Utilization of Health Care and Public Assistance Among Mexican-Origin Adolescent Mothers and Their Mother Figures

    Russell B. Toomey;Adriana J. Umaña-Taylor;David R. Williams;Elizabeth Harvey-Mendoza

  • Mexican-Origin Adolescent Mothers' Stressors and Psychosocial Functioning: Examining Ethnic Identity Affirmation and Familism as Moderators.

    Adriana J. Umaña-Taylor;Kimberly A. Updegraff;Melinda A. Gonzales-Backen

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

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

  • Course enrollment as self-regulatory behavior: Who takes optional high school math courses?

    Kimberly A. Updegraff;Jacquelynne S. Eccles;Bonnie L. Barber;Kathryn M. O'brien

  • Older siblings as socializers of younger siblings' empathy

    Corinna Jenkins Tucker;Kimberly A. Updegraff;Susan M. McHale;Ann C. Crouter

  • Adolescents' sibling relationship and friendship experiences: Developmental patterns and relationship linkages

    Kimberly A. Updegraff;Susan M. McHale;Ann C. Crouter

  • Discrimination and Mexican-Origin Adolescents’ Adjustment: The Moderating Roles of Adolescents’, Mothers’, and Fathers’ Cultural Orientations and Values

    Melissa Y. Delgado;Kimberly A. Updegraff;Mark W. Roosa;Adriana J. Umaña-Taylor

  • Exploring Mothers’ and Fathers’ Relationships with Sons Versus Daughters: Links to Adolescent Adjustment in Mexican Immigrant Families

    Kimberly A. Updegraff;Melissa Y. Delgado;Lorey A. Wheeler

  • Siblings’ Differential Treatment in Mexican American Families

    Susan M. McHale;Kimberly A. Updegraff;Lilly Shanahan;Ann C. Crouter

  • Familism values and adjustment among Hispanic/Latino individuals: A systematic review and meta-analysis.

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  • A Universal Intervention Program Increases Ethnic-Racial Identity Exploration and Resolution to Predict Adolescent Psychosocial Functioning One Year Later.

    Adriana J. Umaña-Taylor;Olga Kornienko;Sara Douglass Bayless;Kimberly A. Updegraff

  • Children's perceptions of the sibling relationship in middle childhood: Connections within and between family relationships

    Shirley McGUIRE;Susan M. McHALE;Kimberly Updegraff

  • Relational Aggression in Adolescents' Sibling Relationships: Links to Sibling and Parent-Adolescent Relationship Quality.

    Kimberly A. Updegraff;Shawna M. Thayer;Shawn D. Whiteman;Donna J. Denning

Frequent Co-Authors

Adriana J. Umaña-Taylor
Adriana J. Umaña-Taylor Harvard University
Susan M. McHale
Susan M. McHale Pennsylvania State University
Katharine H. Zeiders
Katharine H. Zeiders University of Arizona
Ann C. Crouter
Ann C. Crouter Pennsylvania State University
Russell B. Toomey
Russell B. Toomey University of Arizona
Carol Lynn Martin
Carol Lynn Martin Arizona State University
Laura D. Hanish
Laura D. Hanish Arizona State University
Richard A. Fabes
Richard A. Fabes Arizona State University
Gary W. Ladd
Gary W. Ladd Arizona State University
George P. Knight
George P. Knight Arizona State University

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