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Leslie Gordon Simons

Leslie Gordon Simons

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Social Sciences and Humanities

D-Index
36
Citations
6051
World Ranking
6469
National Ranking
3127

Overview

Leslie Gordon Simons is affiliated with the University of Georgia in the United States. Their research spans several areas within the social sciences and psychology, with a strong focus on issues related to family dynamics, crime, health, and adolescent development.

Their scholarly contributions include publications in prominent academic journals. Recent papers by Simons include: "The Negative Impact of Economic Hardship on Adolescent Academic Engagement: An Examination Parental Investment and Family Stress Processes" (2020, Journal of Youth and Adolescence), and "The long arm of parenting: How parenting styles influence crime and the pathways that explain this effect" (2021, Criminology).

Simons frequently publishes in venues such as Feminist Criminology, Journal of Youth and Adolescence, Social Science & Medicine, UNC Libraries, and Criminology.

Their research topics cover areas such as:

  • Child Abuse and Trauma
  • Intimate Partner and Family Violence
  • Family Dynamics and Relationships
  • Crime Patterns and Interventions
  • Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health
  • Health disparities and outcomes
  • Criminal Justice and Corrections Analysis

Simons' main fields of study include Social Sciences and Psychology, with subfields emphasizing Clinical Psychology, Sociology and Political Science, Health, General Health Professions, and Gender Studies.

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Simons are Ronald L. Simons, Tara E. Sutton, Steven R. H. Beach, Megan Steele-Baser, and Man-Kit Lei.

Best Publications

  • Linking Mother–Father Differences in Parenting to a Typology of Family Parenting Styles and Adolescent Outcomes

    Leslie Gordon Simons;Rand D. Conger

  • A LONGITUDINAL TEST OF THE EFFECTS OF PARENTING AND THE STABILITY OF SELF-CONTROL: NEGATIVE EVIDENCE FOR THE GENERAL THEORY OF CRIME*

    Callie Harbin Burt;Ronald L. Simons;Leslie G. Simons

  • COLLECTIVE EFFICACY, AUTHORITATIVE PARENTING AND DELINQUENCY: A LONGITUDINAL TEST OF A MODEL INTEGRATING COMMUNITY- AND FAMILY- LEVEL PROCESSES *

    Ronald L. Simons;Leslie Gordon Simons;Callie Harbin Burt;Gene H. Brody

  • Supportive Parenting Moderates the Effect of Discrimination upon Anger, Hostile View of Relationships, and Violence among African American Boys

    Ronald L. Simons;Leslie Gordon Simons;Callie Harbin Burt;Holli Drummund

  • The Role of Religiosity in the Relationship Between Parents, Peers, and Adolescent Risky Sexual Behavior

    Antoinette Landor;Leslie Gordon Simons;Ronald L. Simons;Gene H. Brody

  • Families, Delinquency, and Crime: Linking Society's Most Basic Institution to Antisocial Behavior

    Ronald L Simons;Leslie Gordon Simons;Lora Ebert Wallace

  • Discrimination, segregation, and chronic inflammation: Testing the weathering explanation for the poor health of Black Americans

    Ronald L. Simons;Man-Kit Lei;Steven R. H. Beach;Ashley B. Barr

  • Identifying the psychological factors that mediate the association between parenting practices and delinquency

    Ronald L. Simons;Leslie Gordon Simons;Yi-Fu Chen;Gene H. Brody

  • From racial discrimination to risky sex: prospective relations involving peers and parents.

    Megan E. Roberts;Frederick X. Gibbons;Meg Gerrard;Chih-Yuan Weng

  • The Effect of Corporal Punishment and Verbal Abuse on Delinquency: Mediating Mechanisms

    Sara Z. Evans;Leslie Gordon Simons;Ronald L. Simons

  • Identifying the Mechanisms Whereby Family Religiosity Influences the Probability of Adolescent Antisocial Behavior

    Leslie Gordon Simons;Ronald L. Simons;Rand D. Conger

  • Exploring the impact of skin tone on family dynamics and race-related outcomes.

    Antoinette M. Landor;Leslie Gordon Simons;Ronald L. Simons;Gene H. Brody

  • Relational schemas, hostile romantic relationships, and beliefs about marriage among young African American adults

    Ronald L. Simons;Leslie Gordon Simons;Man Kit Lei;Antoinette Landor

  • Sexual Assault Among College Students: Family of Origin Hostility, Attachment, and the Hook-Up Culture as Risk Factors

    Tara E. Sutton;Leslie Gordon Simons

  • Factors that Influence Trajectories of Delinquency Throughout Adolescence

    Sara Z. Evans;Leslie Gordon Simons;Ronald L. Simons

  • Collective Socialization and Child Conduct Problems: A Multilevel Analysis with an African American Sample

    Leslie Gordon Simons;Ronald L. Simons;Rand D. Conger;Gene H. Brody

  • Chronic Family Economic Hardship, Family Processes and Progression of Mental and Physical Health Symptoms in Adolescence.

    Tae Kyoung Lee;K. A. S. Wickrama;Leslie Gordon Simons

  • Testing Family Stress and Family Investment Explanations for Conduct Problems Among African American Adolescents

    Leslie Gordon Simons;K. A. S. Wickrama;T. K. Lee;Melissa Landers-Potts

  • Mechanisms That Link Parenting Practices to Adolescents' Risky Sexual Behavior: A Test of Six Competing Theories.

    Leslie Gordon Simons;Tara E. Sutton;Ronald L. Simons;Frederick X. Gibbons

  • The Effect of Religion on Risky Sexual Behavior among College Students

    Leslie Gordon Simons;Callie Harbin Burt;F. Ryan Peterson

Frequent Co-Authors

Ronald L. Simons
Ronald L. Simons University of Georgia
Frederick X. Gibbons
Frederick X. Gibbons University of Connecticut
Gene H. Brody
Gene H. Brody University of Georgia
Steven R. H. Beach
Steven R. H. Beach University of Georgia
Kandauda A. S. Wickrama
Kandauda A. S. Wickrama University of Georgia
Kimberly A. Tyler
Kimberly A. Tyler University of Nebraska–Lincoln
Rand D. Conger
Rand D. Conger University of California, Davis
Velma McBride Murry
Velma McBride Murry Vanderbilt University
Carolyn E. Cutrona
Carolyn E. Cutrona Iowa State University
Steven M. Kogan
Steven M. Kogan University of Georgia

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