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Margaret Kerr

Margaret Kerr

D-Index & Metrics

Psychology

D-Index
51
Citations
16225
World Ranking
5119
National Ranking
45

Margaret Kerr publication distribution in Psychology in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Psychology in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Margaret Kerr sits on this spectrum.

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31 publications 705+

This scientist: 144 publications — 46th percentile

46% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 705 publications or more.

Margaret Kerr D-index placement in Psychology in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Psychology scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Margaret Kerr sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 144+

This scientist: 51 D-Index — 56th percentile

56% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 144 D-Index or more.

Overview

Margaret Kerr was affiliated with Örebro University in Sweden and contributed extensively to the fields of psychology and social sciences during their career. Their research spanned multiple subfields including clinical psychology, social psychology, sociology and political science, public health, environmental and occupational health, and safety research.

Their work focused primarily on topics related to child and adolescent psychosocial and emotional development, attachment and relationship dynamics, family and disability support research, maternal mental health during pregnancy and postpartum, family support in illness, family dynamics and relationships, and the psychological impacts of COVID-19.

Margaret Kerr's notable recent papers included:

  • "Parenting During COVID-19: A Study of Parents' Experiences Across Gender and Income Levels" (2021, Family Relations)
  • "Parents' Self-Reported Psychological Impacts of COVID-19: Associations With Parental Burnout, Child Behavior, and Income" (2021, Journal of Pediatric Psychology)
  • "Exploring the complexity of mothers' real-time emotions while caregiving" (2020, Emotion)

Frequent coauthors collaborating with Kerr included Jessica L. Borelli, Patricia A. Smiley, Hannah F. Rasmussen, Kerrie Fanning, and Katherine V. Buttitta.

The venues where Kerr published most often were:

  • Infant Mental Health Journal (5 publications)
  • Journal of Family Psychology (4 publications)
  • Family Relations (3 publications)
  • Emotion (2 publications)
  • BMC Geriatrics (2 publications)

Best Publications

  • Parental monitoring: a reinterpretation.

    Häkan Stattin;Margaret Kerr

  • What parents know, how they know it, and several forms of adolescent adjustment: further support for a reinterpretation of monitoring.

    Margaret Kerr;Håkan Stattin

  • Psychopathic traits in non-referred youths : a new assessment tool

    Henrik A. Andershed;Margaret Kerr;Håkan Stattin;Sten Levander

  • A Reinterpretation of Parental Monitoring in Longitudinal Perspective

    Margaret Kerr;Håkan Stattin;William J. Burk

  • Two subtypes of psychopathic violent offenders that parallel primary and secondary variants.

    Jennifer Skeem;Peter Johansson;Henrik Andershed;Margaret Kerr

  • To know you is to trust you: parents' trust is rooted in child disclosure of information.

    Margaret Kerr;Håkan Stattin;Kari Trost

  • Parenting of adolescents: Action or reaction?

    Margaret Kerr;Håkan Stattin

  • Perceived parenting style and adolescent adjustment: Revisiting directions of effects and the role of parental knowledge.

    Margaret Kerr;Håkan Stattin;Metin Özdemir

  • Boys' behavioral inhibition and the risk of later delinquency

    Margaret Kerr;Richard E. Tremblay;Linda Pagani;Frank Vitaro

  • Alcohol use and friendship dynamics: selection and socialization in early-, middle-, and late-adolescent peer networks

    William J. Burk;Haske van der Vorst;Margaret Kerr;Håkan Stattin

  • Open Up or Close Down: How Do Parental Reactions Affect Youth Information Management?.

    Lauree Tilton-Weaver;Margaret Kerr;Vilmante Pakalniskeine;Ana Tokic

  • Life course sequelae of childhood shyness in Sweden : Comparison with the United States

    Margaret Kerr;William W. Lambert;Daryl J. Bem

  • Relationships With Parents and Peers in Adolescence

    Margaret Kerr;Håkan Stattin;Gretchen Biesecker;Laura Ferrer-Wreder

  • The usefulness of self‐reported psychopathy‐like traits in the study of antisocial behaviour among non‐referred adolescents

    Henrik A. Andershed;Sigrid B. Gustafson;Margaret Kerr;Håkan Stattin

  • Staying in or Moving Away From Structured Activities: Explanations Involving Parents and Peers

    Andreas Persson;Margaret Kerr;Håkan Stattin

  • The Relationship of Parental Control to Youth Adjustment: Do Youths’ Feelings About Their Parents Play a Role?

    Fumiko Kakihara;Lauree Tilton-Weaver;Margaret Kerr;Håkan Stattin

  • Political socialization and human agency : The development of civic engagement from adolescence to adulthood

    Erik Amnå;Mats Ekström;Margaret Kerr;Håkan Stattin

  • It Takes Three: Selection, Influence, and De-Selection Processes of Depression in Adolescent Friendship Networks

    Maarten Herman Walter Van Zalk;Margaret Kerr;Susan J. T. Branje;Håkan Stattin

  • Reducing youth alcohol drinking through a parent‐targeted intervention: the Örebro Prevention Program

    Nikolaus Koutakis;Håkan Stattin;Margaret Kerr

  • The Peer Relationships of Youths With Psychopathic Personality Traits A Matter of Perspective

    Luna C. Muñoz;Margaret Kerr;Nejra Besic

  • Does Proximity Matter? Distance Dependence of Adolescent Friendships.

    Paulina Preciado;Tom A. B. Snijders;William J. Burk;Håkan Stattin

Frequent Co-Authors

Håkan Stattin
Håkan Stattin Uppsala University
Henrik Andershed
Henrik Andershed Örebro University
William J. Burk
William J. Burk Radboud University
Rutger C. M. E. Engels
Rutger C. M. E. Engels Erasmus University Rotterdam
Brett Laursen
Brett Laursen Florida Atlantic University
Maria Tillfors
Maria Tillfors Karlstad University
Wim Meeus
Wim Meeus Utrecht University
Geertjan Overbeek
Geertjan Overbeek University of Amsterdam
Susan Branje
Susan Branje Utrecht University
Jennifer L. Skeem
Jennifer L. Skeem University of California, Berkeley

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