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Overview

Nancy G. Guerra is affiliated with the University of California, Irvine, in the United States. Their work spans several domains within psychology, with a particular emphasis on clinical and social psychology. The breadth of their research extends into subfields such as sociology and political science, as well as general health professions and endocrinology, diabetes, and metabolism.

The scientist's primary fields of study include:

  • Psychology

Key subfields of study are:

  • Clinical Psychology
  • Social Psychology
  • Sociology and Political Science
  • General Health Professions
  • Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism

Nancy G. Guerra's research topics focus on:

  • Family and Disability Support Research
  • Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development
  • Attachment and Relationship Dynamics
  • Migration, Health and Trauma
  • Racial and Ethnic Identity Research
  • Community Health and Development
  • Metabolism, Diabetes, and Cancer

Recent papers by the scientist include:

  • OGTT Glucose Response Curves, Insulin Sensitivity, and β-Cell Function in RISE: Comparison Between Youth and Adults at Randomization and in Response to Interventions to Preserve β-Cell Function (2021, Diabetes Care)
  • Obstructive Sleep Apnea, Glucose Tolerance, and β-Cell Function in Adults With Prediabetes or Untreated Type 2 Diabetes in the Restoring Insulin Secretion (RISE) Study (2021, Diabetes Care)
  • Safe Places to Learn: Advances in School Safety Research and Practice (2021, School Psychology Review)
  • Confía en mí, Confío en ti: Applying developmental theory to mitigate sociocultural risk in Latinx families (2020, Development and Psychopathology)
  • COVID-19 and the Latinx community: "Promotoras represent a community in pain". (2023, Journal of Latinx Psychology)

They have frequently collaborated with the following co-authors:

  • Jessica L. Borelli
  • Lyric N. Russo
  • Gloria Itzel Montiel
  • Kieren J. Mather
  • Breana R. Cervantes

Among their commonly used publication venues are:

  • Diabetes Care
  • Journal of Community Psychology
  • School Psychology Review
  • Development and Psychopathology
  • Journal of Latinx Psychology

Best Publications

  • Predictors of Bullying and Victimization in Childhood and Adolescence: A Meta-analytic Investigation

    Clayton R. Cook;Kirk R. Williams;Nancy G. Guerra;Tia E. Kim

  • Prevalence and Predictors of Internet Bullying

    Kirk R. Williams;Nancy G. Guerra

  • Bullying Prevalence Across Contexts: A Meta-analysis Measuring Cyber and Traditional Bullying

    Kathryn L. Modecki;Kathryn L. Modecki;Jeannie Minchin;Allen G. Harbaugh;Nancy G. Guerra

  • Children's normative beliefs about aggression and aggressive behavior

    L. Rowell Huesmann;Nancy G. Guerra

  • Cognitive mediators of aggression in adolescent offenders: I. Assessment.

    Ronald G. Slaby;Nancy G. Guerra

  • Neighborhood disadvantage, stressful life events, and adjustment in urban elementary-school children.

    Beth K. Attar;Nancy G. Guerra;Patrick H. Tolan

  • Community violence exposure, social cognition, and aggression among urban elementary school children

    Nancy G. Guerra;L. Rowell Huesmann;and Anja Spindler

  • Cognitive mediators of aggression in adolescent offenders: II. Intervention.

    Nancy G. Guerra;Ronald G. Slaby

  • Longitudinal relations between children's exposure to TV violence and their aggressive and violent behavior in young adulthood: 1977-1992.

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  • A longitudinal analysis of patterns of adjustment following peer victimization

    Laura D. Hanish;Nancy G. Guerra

  • Normative influences on aggression in urban elementary school classrooms.

    David Henry;Nancy Guerra;Rowell Huesmann;Patrick Tolan

  • Stressful events and individual beliefs as correlates of economic disadvantage and aggression among urban children.

    N G Guerra;L R Huesmann;P H Tolan;R Van Acker

  • Linking the prevention of problem behaviors and positive youth development: core competencies for positive youth development and risk prevention.

    N. G. Guerra;Catherine Pilcher Bradshaw

  • Positive parenting, family cohesion, and child social competence among immigrant Latino families.

    Melinda S. Leidy;Nancy G. Guerra;Rosa I. Toro

  • Understanding bullying and victimization during childhood and adolescence: a mixed methods study.

    Nancy G. Guerra;Kirk R. Williams;Shelly Sadek

  • A developmental€cological perspective on antisocial behavior in children and adolescents: Toward a unified risk and intervention framework.

    Patrick H. Tolan;Nancy G. Guerra;Philip C. Kendall

  • The roles of ethnicity and school context in predicting children's victimization by peers.

    Laura D. Hanish;Nancy G. Guerra

  • Aggressive Victims, Passive Victims, and Bullies: Developmental Continuity or Developmental Change?

    Laura D. Hanish;Nancy G. Guerra

  • An Analysis of Bullying among Students within Schools: Estimating the Effects of Individual Normative Beliefs, Self-Esteem, and School Climate.

    Brian P. Gendron;Kirk R. Williams;Nancy G. Guerra

  • Evaluative factors in social problem solving by aggressive boys.

    Nancy G. Guerra;Ronald G. Slaby

  • A cognitive-ecological approach to preventing aggression in urban settings: Initial outcomes for high risk children

    Leonard Eron;Rowell Huesmann;Anja Spindler;Nancy Guerra

Frequent Co-Authors

L. Rowell Huesmann
L. Rowell Huesmann University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Patrick H. Tolan
Patrick H. Tolan University of Virginia
Laura D. Hanish
Laura D. Hanish Arizona State University
Arnaldo Zelli
Arnaldo Zelli University of Rome "Foro Italico"
Catherine P. Bradshaw
Catherine P. Bradshaw University of Virginia
Paul Boxer
Paul Boxer Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
Larry Nucci
Larry Nucci University of California, Berkeley
Clayton R. Cook
Clayton R. Cook University of Minnesota
Philip C. Kendall
Philip C. Kendall Temple University
Sandra Graham
Sandra Graham University of California, Los Angeles

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