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Laura V. Scaramella

Laura V. Scaramella

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Psychology

D-Index
37
Citations
6515
World Ranking
9148
National Ranking
4848

Overview

Laura V. Scaramella is affiliated with the University of Arizona in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on Psychology, with a particular emphasis on Clinical Psychology and Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health subfields.

The main topics addressed in their work include:

  • Child Abuse and Trauma
  • Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development
  • Maternal Mental Health During Pregnancy and Postpartum

Their recent publications reflect these research interests. Notable papers include:

  • "Cumulative socio-contextual risk and child abuse potential in parents of young children: Can social support buffer the impact?" (2020), published in Child & Family Social Work
  • "Special section on personality development: Testing environmental and genetic associations across generations." (2021), published in Developmental Psychology

Frequent coauthors in their research collaborations are:

  • Lucy McGoron
  • Moira R. Riley
  • Katherine J. Conger
  • Tricia K. Neppl

The venues where Laura V. Scaramella most often publishes include:

  • Child & Family Social Work
  • Developmental Psychology

Best Publications

  • Implications of timing of maternal depressive symptoms for early cognitive and language development.

    Sara L. Sohr-Preston;Laura V. Scaramella

  • Clarifying parent-child reciprocities during early childhood: The early childhood coercion model.

    Laura V. Scaramella;Leslie D. Leve

  • Angry and aggressive behavior across three generations: a prospective, longitudinal study of parents and children.

    Rand D. Conger;Tricia Neppl;Kee Jeong Kim;Laura Scaramella

  • Parents, Siblings, Psychological Control, and Adolescent Adjustment

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

  • Parental Protective Influences and Gender-Specific Increases in Adolescent Internalizing and Externalizing Problems

    Laura V. Scaramella;Rand D. Conger;Ronald L. Simons

  • Consequences of socioeconomic disadvantage across three generations: parenting behavior and child externalizing problems.

    Laura V. Scaramella;Tricia K. Neppl;Lenna L. Ontai;Rand D. Conger

  • Intergenerational continuity in parenting behavior: mediating pathways and child effects.

    Tricia K. Neppl;Rand D. Conger;Laura V. Scaramella;Lenna L. Ontai

  • Predicting risk for pregnancy by late adolescence: a social contextual perspective.

    Laura V. Scaramella;Rand D. Conger;Ronald L. Simons;Les B. Whitbeck

  • First Onset of Depressive or Anxiety Disorders Predicted by the Longitudinal Course of Internalizing Symptoms and Parent-Adolescent Disagreements

    Martha A. Rueter;Laura Scaramella;Lora Ebert Wallace;Rand D. Conger

  • Evaluation of a social contextual model of delinquency: a cross-study replication.

    Laura V. Scaramella;Rand D. Conger;Richard Spoth;Ronald L. Simons

  • Bridging the divide: openness in adoption and postadoption psychosocial adjustment among birth and adoptive parents.

    Xiaojia Ge;Misaki N. Natsuaki;David M. Martin;Leslie D. Leve

  • A Test of the Family Stress Model on Toddler-Aged Children's Adjustment Among Hurricane Katrina Impacted and Nonimpacted Low-Income Families

    Laura V. Scaramella;Sara L. Sohr-Preston;Kristin L. Callahan;Scott P. Mirabile

  • Parental Socioeconomic Status, Communication, and Children's Vocabulary Development: A Third‐Generation Test of the Family Investment Model

    Sara L. Sohr-Preston;Laura V. Scaramella;Monica J. Martin;Tricia K. Neppl

  • Intergenerational Relationship Quality, Gender and Grandparent Involvement.

    Melissa A. Barnett;Laura V. Scaramella;Tricia K. Neppl;Lenna L. Ontai

  • Grandmother involvement as a protective factor for early childhood social adjustment.

    Melissa A. Barnett;Laura V. Scaramella;Tricia K. Neppl;Lenna L. Ontai

  • Intergenerational Continuity of Hostile Parenting and Its Consequences: The Moderating Influence of Children's Negative Emotional Reactivity.

    Laura V. Scaramella;Rand D. Conger

  • Infant Pathways to Externalizing Behavior: Evidence of Genotype × Environment Interaction

    Leslie D. Leve;David C. R. Kerr;Daniel Shaw;Xiaojia Ge

  • Beyond the Interactional Relationship between Delinquency and Parenting Practices: The Contribution of Legal Sanctions

    Eric A. Stewart;Ronald L. Simons;Rand D. Conger;Laura V. Scaramella

  • The early growth and development study: A prospective adoption design

    Leslie D. Leve;Jenae M. Neiderhiser;Xiaojia Ge;Laura V. Scaramella

  • Differential stability of temperament and personality from toddlerhood to middle childhood

    Tricia K. Neppl;M. Brent Donnellan;Laura V. Scaramella;Keith F. Widaman

Frequent Co-Authors

Rand D. Conger
Rand D. Conger University of California, Davis
Leslie D. Leve
Leslie D. Leve University of Oregon
Jenae M. Neiderhiser
Jenae M. Neiderhiser Pennsylvania State University
David Reiss
David Reiss Yale University
Daniel S. Shaw
Daniel S. Shaw University of Pittsburgh
Xiaojia Ge
Xiaojia Ge University of Minnesota
Misaki N. Natsuaki
Misaki N. Natsuaki University of California, Riverside
John B. Reid
John B. Reid University of Oregon
Jody M. Ganiban
Jody M. Ganiban George Washington University
Ronald L. Simons
Ronald L. Simons University of Georgia

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