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Michael T. Willoughby

Michael T. Willoughby

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Psychology

D-Index
66
Citations
15607
World Ranking
2721
National Ranking
1561

Overview

Michael T. Willoughby is affiliated with RTI International in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on developmental psychology, with significant contributions to the understanding of child and adolescent psychosocial and emotional development, early childhood education, and infant development and preterm care.

Their recent publications explore various aspects of child psychology and development. Notable papers include:

  • Examining Longitudinal Associations between Externalizing and Internalizing Behavior Problems at Within- and Between-Child Levels, 2020, Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology
  • Measurement models for studying child executive functioning: Questioning the status quo., 2020, Developmental Psychology
  • Short report: Improving motor competence skills in early childhood has corollary benefits for executive function and numeracy skills, 2020, Developmental Science
  • Infant and Toddler Child-Care Quality and Stability in Relation to Proximal and Distal Academic and Social Outcomes, 2020, Child Development
  • Improvements in motor competence skills are associated with improvements in executive function and math problem-solving skills in early childhood., 2021, Developmental Psychology

Willoughby's research spans multiple subfields including clinical psychology, education, developmental and educational psychology, pediatrics, perinatology and child health, as well as psychiatry and mental health.

The main topics covered in their work include:

  • Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development
  • Early Childhood Education and Development
  • Infant Development and Preterm Care
  • Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
  • Children's Physical and Motor Development
  • Cognitive and developmental aspects of mathematical skills
  • Child Abuse and Trauma

Frequent collaborators of Michael T. Willoughby include Clancy Blair, W. Roger Mills-Koonce, Lynne Vernon-Feagans, Mark T. Greenberg, and Kesha Hudson, indicating a network of interdisciplinary partnerships that contribute to the fields of child development and psychology.

The scientist's work has been published extensively in several venues. The most common publication sources are:

  • UNC Libraries
  • Developmental Psychology
  • Psychological Assessment
  • Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology
  • Journal of Experimental Child Psychology

Michael T. Willoughby's body of work contributes to understanding complex developmental processes during childhood and adolescence, with a focus on both behavioral and cognitive development within diverse and applied psychological contexts.

Best Publications

  • Salivary Cortisol Mediates Effects of Poverty and Parenting on Executive Functions in Early Childhood

    Clancy Blair;Douglas A. Granger;Michael Willoughby;Roger Mills-Koonce

  • On the Practical Interpretability of Cross-Lagged Panel Models: Rethinking a Developmental Workhorse.

    Daniel Berry;Michael T. Willoughby

  • Poverty as a predictor of 4-year-olds' executive function: new perspectives on models of differential susceptibility

    C. Cybele Raver;Clancy Blair;Michael Willoughby

  • Executive function in early childhood: longitudinal measurement invariance and developmental change.

    Michael T. Willoughby;R. J. Wirth;Clancy B. Blair

  • Executive Function: Implications for Education. NCER 2017-2000.

    Philip David Zelazo;Clancy B. Blair;Michael T. Willoughby

  • The measurement of executive function at age 5: psychometric properties and relationship to academic achievement.

    Michael T. Willoughby;Clancy B. Blair;R. J. Wirth;Mark Greenberg

  • The measurement of executive function at age 3 years: psychometric properties and criterion validity of a new battery of tasks.

    Michael T. Willoughby;Clancy B. Blair;R. J. Wirth;Mark Greenberg

  • Contributions of Hot and Cool Self-Regulation to Preschool Disruptive Behavior and Academic Achievement

    Michael Willoughby;Janis Kupersmidt;Mare Voegler-Lee;Donna Bryant

  • Predictors of behavioral regulation in kindergarten: Household chaos, parenting, and early executive functions.

    Lynne Vernon-Feagans;Michael Willoughby;Patricia Garrett-Peters

  • Chaos, poverty, and parenting: Predictors of early language development

    Lynne Vernon-Feagans;Patricia Garrett-Peters;Michael Willoughby;Roger Mills-Koonce

  • Developmental course of ADHD symptomatology during the transition from childhood to adolescence: a review with recommendations.

    Michael T. Willoughby

  • Maternal and child contributions to cortisol response to emotional arousal in young children from low-income, rural communities.

    Clancy Blair;Douglas A. Granger;Katie T. Kivlighan;Roger Mills-Koonce

  • Do preschool executive function skills explain the school readiness gap between advantaged and disadvantaged children

    Caroline Fitzpatrick;Rachel D. McKinnon;Clancy B. Blair;Michael T. Willoughby

  • Interdependence of Parenting of Mothers and Fathers of Infants

    Melissa A. Barnett;Min Deng;W. Roger Mills-Koonce;Michael Willoughby

  • Early Communicative Gestures Prospectively Predict Language Development and Executive Function in Early Childhood

    Laura J. Kuhn;Michael T. Willoughby;Makeba Parramore Wilbourn;Lynne Vernon-Feagans

  • Testing main effects and interactions in latent curve analysis.

    Patrick J. Curran;Daniel J. Bauer;Michael T. Willoughby

  • Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and being overweight/obesity: New data and meta-analysis

    Joel T. Nigg;Jeanette M. Johnstone;Erica D. Musser;Hilary Galloway Long

  • The efficacy, safety, and practicality of treatments for adolescents with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD).

    Bradley H. Smith;Daniel A. Waschbusch;Michael T. Willoughby;Steven Evans

  • Commentary on the review of measures of early childhood social and emotional development: Conceptualization, critique, and recommendations

    Susan B. Campbell;Susanne A. Denham;Grace Z. Howarth;Stephanie M. Jones

  • Music education, academic achievement, and executive functions

    Steven J. Holochwost;Cathi B. Propper;Dennie Palmer Wolf;Michael T. Willoughby

  • Parenting quality, DRD4, and the prediction of externalizing and internalizing behaviors in early childhood

    C. Propper;M. Willoughby;Carolyn T Halpern;M. A. Carbone

  • Executive function mediates socio-economic and racial differences in early academic achievement

    Kimberly Turner Nesbitt;Lynne Baker-Ward;Michael T. Willoughby

Frequent Co-Authors

Clancy Blair
Clancy Blair New York University
Daniel A. Waschbusch
Daniel A. Waschbusch Pennsylvania State University
Lynne Vernon-Feagans
Lynne Vernon-Feagans University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
W. Roger Mills-Koonce
W. Roger Mills-Koonce University of North Carolina at Greensboro
Douglas A. Granger
Douglas A. Granger University of California, Irvine
Martha J. Cox
Martha J. Cox University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Mark T. Greenberg
Mark T. Greenberg Pennsylvania State University
William E. Pelham
William E. Pelham Florida International University
Janis B. Kupersmidt
Janis B. Kupersmidt Innovation Research and Training
Donna M. Bryant
Donna M. Bryant University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

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