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Nancy Darling 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 Nancy Darling sits on this spectrum.

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31 publications 705+

This scientist: 67 publications — 3rd percentile

3% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Nancy Darling 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 Nancy Darling sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 144+

This scientist: 34 D-Index — 13th percentile

13% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Nancy Darling is affiliated with Oberlin College in the United States. Their research covers multiple disciplines, primarily within the social sciences, psychology, and health professions. Darling's work frequently appears in outlets such as the Journal of Adult Development and Innovation in Aging, among other venues.

Their recent scholarly contributions focus largely on intergenerational family dynamics, aging, and adolescent health. Notable papers include:

  • "Monitoring, Scaffolding, Intervening, and Overriding: Adult Children's Perspectives on Supporting Older Parents" (2021, Journal of Adult Development)
  • "How does cross-sectional sampling bias our understanding of adolescent romantic relationships?: An agent-based simulation" (2022, Journal of Adolescence)
  • "Adult Children's Monitoring Their Older Parents' Lives" (2025, Journal of Adult Development)
  • "Adult Children's Monitoring, Knowledge, and Intergenerational Ambivalence" (2021, Innovation in Aging)
  • "ASSOCIATION BETWEEN OLDER PARENTS' INFORMATION SHARING AND THEIR INTERGENERATIONAL AMBIVALENCE" (2022, Innovation in Aging)

Darling's research topics include:

  • Intergenerational Family Dynamics and Caregiving
  • Aging and Gerontology Research
  • Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health
  • Health Disparities and Outcomes
  • Family Support in Illness
  • Child and Adolescent Health
  • Mobile Health and mHealth Applications

Their fields of study encompass:

  • Social Sciences
  • Psychology
  • Health Professions

Within subfields, their work aligns with:

  • Sociology and Political Science
  • General Health Professions
  • Neuropsychology and Physiological Psychology
  • Health
  • Demography

Darling frequently collaborates with several coauthors, notably:

  • Noriko Toyokawa
  • Teru Toyokawa
  • Ian Burns
  • Richard Salter

Publication venues where Darling's research is regularly featured include:

  • Journal of Adult Development
  • Innovation in Aging
  • Journal of Adolescence
  • NOVEL A Forum on Fiction

Best Publications

  • Parenting Style as Context: An Integrative Model

    Nancy Darling;Laurence Steinberg

  • Impact of parenting practices on adolescent achievement: authoritative parenting, school involvement, and encouragement to succeed.

    Laurence Steinberg;Susie D. Lamborn;Sanford M. Dornbusch;Nancy Darling

  • Over-time changes in adjustment and competence among adolescents from authoritative, authoritarian, indulgent, and neglectful families

    Laurence Steinberg;Susie D. Lamborn;Nancy Darling;Nina S. Mounts

  • Parental Monitoring and Peer Influences on Adolescent Substance Use

    Laurence Steinberg;Anne Fletcher;Nancy Darling

  • Participation in School-Based Extracurricular Activities and Adolescent Adjustment

    Nancy Darling;Linda L. Caldwell;Robert Smith

  • Ecological Systems Theory: The Person in the Center of the Circles

    Nancy Darling

  • Participation in Extracurricular Activities and Adolescent Adjustment: Cross-Sectional and Longitudinal Findings

    Nancy Darling

  • Authoritative parenting and adolescent adjustment: An ecological journey.

    Laurence Steinberg;Nancy E. Darling;Anne C. Fletcher

  • The Company They Keep: Relation of Adolescents' Adjustment and Behavior to Their Friends' Perceptions of Authoritative Parenting in the Social Network

    Anne C. Fletcher;Nancy E. Darling;Laurence Steinberg;Sanford Dornbusch

  • Parental Monitoring and Peer Influences on Adolescent Substance Use

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  • Predictors of adolescents' disclosure to parents and perceived parental knowledge: Between- and within-person differences

    N. Darling;P. Cumsille;L.L. Caldwell;B. Dowdy

  • Individual Differences in Adolescents’ Beliefs About the Legitimacy of Parental Authority and Their Own Obligation to Obey: A Longitudinal Investigation

    Nancy Darling;Patricio Cumsille;M. Loreto Martínez

  • Parenting Style and Peer Group Membership Among European-American Adolescents

    Denise L. Durbin;Nancy Darling;Laurence Steinberg;B. Bradford Brown

  • Leisure Context, Parental Control, and Resistance to Peer Pressure as Predictors of Adolescent Partying and Substance Use: An Ecological Perspective

    Linda L. Caldwell;Nancy Darling

  • “Why are You Bored?”: An Examination of Psychological and Social Control Causes of Boredom Among Adolescents

    Linda L. Caldwell;Nancy Darling;Laura L. Payne;Bonnie Dowdy

  • Exploring adolescent self-defining leisure activities and identity experiences across three countries

    J. Douglas Coatsworth;Erin Hiley Sharp;Lori-Ann Palen;Nancy Darling

  • GENDER, ETHNICITY, DEVELOPMENT, AND RISK: MENTORING AND THE CONSIDERATION OF INDIVIDUAL DIFFERENCES

    Nancy Darling;G. Anne Bogat;Timothy A. Cavell;Susan Elaine Murphy

  • Gender differences in the self-defining activities and identity experiences of adolescents and emerging adults

    Erin Hiley Sharp;J. Douglas Coatsworth;Nancy Darling;Patricio Cumsille

  • Theory, measurement, and methods in the study of family influences on adolescent smoking.

    Nancy Darling;Patricio Cumsille

  • Adolescents' as active agents in the socialization process: Legitimacy of parental authority and obligation to obey as predictors of obedience.

    Nancy Darling;Patricio Cumsille;M. Loreto Martínez

  • Naturally occurring mentoring in Japan and the United States: social roles and correlates.

    Nancy Darling;Stephen Hamilton;Teru Toyokawa;Sei Matsuda

Frequent Co-Authors

Laurence Steinberg
Laurence Steinberg Temple University
Linda L. Caldwell
Linda L. Caldwell Pennsylvania State University
Nancy Eisenberg
Nancy Eisenberg Arizona State University
Sandra H. Losoya
Sandra H. Losoya Arizona State University
Sanford M. Dornbusch
Sanford M. Dornbusch Stanford University
Tracy L. Spinrad
Tracy L. Spinrad Arizona State University
Jeffrey Liew
Jeffrey Liew Texas A&M University
Mark Reiser
Mark Reiser Arizona State University
Elizabeth T. Gershoff
Elizabeth T. Gershoff The University of Texas at Austin
Judith G. Smetana
Judith G. Smetana University of Rochester

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