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Overview

Nancy A. Gonzales is affiliated with Arizona State University in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on psychology, with a significant emphasis on clinical psychology, social psychology, public health, environmental and occupational health, behavioral neuroscience, and education.

The scientist has contributed extensively to topics such as child and adolescent psychosocial and emotional development, maternal mental health during pregnancy and postpartum, stress responses and cortisol, early childhood education and development, family and disability support research, resilience and mental health, and neuroendocrine regulation and behavior.

Notable recent publications by Nancy A. Gonzales include:

  • 21st Century Skills in Higher Education: Teaching and Learning at Ifugao State University, Philippines (2020) in Asian Journal of Assessment in Teaching and Learning
  • Dampened psychobiological responses to stress and substance use in adolescence (2022) in Development and Psychopathology
  • A daily diary study of sleep chronotype among Mexican-origin adolescents and parents: Implications for adolescent behavioral health (2020) in Development and Psychopathology
  • Streamlined Prevention and Early Intervention for Pediatric Anxiety Disorders: A Randomized Controlled Trial (2020) in Prevention Science
  • Infant Temperament Profiles, Cultural Orientation, and Toddler Behavioral and Physiological Regulation in Mexican-American Families (2021) in Child Development

The scientist often collaborates with other researchers. Frequent coauthors include Jenn-Yun Tein, Linda J. Luecken, Joanna J. Kim, Andrew J. Fuligni, and Armando Piña.

Nancy A. Gonzales's work is regularly published in several scientific venues, including:

  • Prevention Science
  • Journal of Family Psychology
  • Development and Psychopathology
  • Cultural Diversity & Ethnic Minority Psychology
  • Proceedings of the Annual Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences

Best Publications

  • Family, peer, and neighborhood influences on academic achievement among African-American adolescents: one-year prospective effects

    Nancy A. Gonzales;Ana Mari Cauce;Ruth J. Friedman;Craig A. Mason

  • The Mexican American Cultural Values Scale for Adolescents and Adults

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

  • Family conflict and children's internalizing and externalizing behavior: Protective factors.

    Diana Formoso;Nancy A. Gonzales;Leona S. Aiken

  • Interobserver agreement in the assessment of parental behavior and parent-adolescent conflict: African American mothers, daughters, and independent observers.

    Nancy A. Gonzales;Ana Mari Cauce;Craig A. Mason

  • Neither Too Sweet nor Too Sour: Problem Peers, Maternal Control, and Problem Behavior in African American Adolescents

    Craig A. Mason;Ana Mari Cauce;Nancy Gonzales;Yumi Hiraga

  • Familism Values as a Protective Factor for Mexican-Origin Adolescents Exposed to Deviant Peers

    Miguelina Germán;Nancy A. Gonzales;Larry Dumka

  • On the Limits of Coping: Interaction between Stress and Coping for Inner-City Adolescents

    Nancy A. Gonzales;Jenn-Yun Tein;Irwin N. Sandler;Ruth J. Friedman

  • Multiple Mediators of the Effects of Acculturation Status on Delinquency for Mexican American Adolescents

    Roxana Y. Samaniego;Nancy A. Gonzales

  • Acculturation and the mental health of Latino youths: An integration and critique of the literature.

    Nancy A. Gonzales;George P. Knight;Antonio A. Morgan-Lopez;Delia Saenz

  • Discrimination and adjustment for Mexican American adolescents: A prospective examination of the benefits of culturally-related values

    Cady Berkel;George P. Knight;Katharine H. Zeiders;Jenn-Yun Tein

  • Pathways from family economic conditions to adolescents' distress: Supportive parenting, stressors outside the family, and deviant peers

    Manuel Barrera Jr.;Hazel M. Prelow;Larry E. Dumka;Nancy A. Gonzales

  • Family Mediators of the Relation Between Acculturation and Adolescent Mental Health

    Nancy A. Gonzales;Julianna Deardorff;Diana Formoso;Alicia Barr

  • Early Puberty and Adolescent Pregnancy: The Influence of Alcohol Use

    Julianna Deardorff;Nancy A. Gonzales;F. Scott Christopher;Mark W. Roosa

  • 6. Social Support During Adolescence: Methodological and Theoretical Considerations

    Ana Mari Cauce;Craig Mason;Nancy Gonzales;Yumi Hiraga

  • Social support in young children: Measurement, structure, and behavioral impact.

    Ana Mari Cauce;Molly Reid;Sharon Landesman;Nancy Gonzales

  • Economic Hardship, Neighborhood Context, and Parenting: Prospective Effects on Mexican–American Adolescent’s Mental Health

    Nancy A. Gonzales;Stefany Coxe;Mark W. Roosa;Rebecca M. B. White

  • A mediational model of the impact of interparental conflict on child adjustment in a multiethnic, low-income sample

    Nancy A. Gonzales;Steven C. Pitts;Nancy E. Hill;Mark W. Roosa

  • Parenting self-efficacy and parenting practices over time in Mexican American families.

    Larry E. Dumka;Nancy A. Gonzales;Lorey A. Wheeler;Roger E. Millsap

  • Adolescent problem behavior: the effect of peers and the moderating role of father absence and the mother-child relationship.

    Craig A. Mason;Ana Mari Cauce;Nancy Gonzales;Yumi Hiraga

  • Mexican American Adolescents’ Cultural Orientation, Externalizing Behavior and Academic Engagement: The Role of Traditional Cultural Values

    Nancy A. Gonzales;Miguelina Germán;Su Yeong Kim;Preethy George

Frequent Co-Authors

George P. Knight
George P. Knight Arizona State University
Jenn-Yun Tein
Jenn-Yun Tein Arizona State University
Andrew J. Fuligni
Andrew J. Fuligni University of California, Los Angeles
Linda J. Luecken
Linda J. Luecken Arizona State University
Mark W. Roosa
Mark W. Roosa Arizona State University
Roger E. Millsap
Roger E. Millsap Arizona State University
Keith A. Crnic
Keith A. Crnic Arizona State University
Ana Mari Cauce
Ana Mari Cauce University of Washington
Armando Pina
Armando Pina Arizona State University
Eva H. Telzer
Eva H. Telzer University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

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