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Overview

Natasha J. Cabrera is affiliated with the University of Maryland, College Park in the United States. Their research spans multiple disciplines within the social sciences and psychology, with a strong focus on education and developmental psychology.

The main fields of study covered by their work include:

  • Social Sciences
  • Psychology

Within these broader fields, their research extends particularly into subfields such as:

  • Education
  • Clinical Psychology
  • Sociology and Political Science
  • Statistics and Probability
  • Developmental and Educational Psychology

Key topics that frequently appear in their work include:

  • Early Childhood Education and Development
  • Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development
  • Parental Involvement in Education
  • Cognitive and developmental aspects of mathematical skills
  • Child Development and Digital Technology
  • Family Support in Illness
  • Intergenerational Family Dynamics and Caregiving

Natasha J. Cabrera's recent publications demonstrate engagement with topics related to family dynamics, child cognitive development, and culturally relevant health interventions, including:

  • Next directions in measurement of the home mathematics environment: An international and interdisciplinary perspective, 2021, Journal of Numerical Cognition
  • Cognitive Stimulation at Home and in Child Care and Children's Preacademic Skills in Two-Parent Families, 2020, Child Development
  • Family Functioning in the Time of COVID-19 Among Economically Vulnerable Families: Risks and Protective Factors, 2021, Frontiers in Psychology
  • Cultural adaptation of 'Healthy Dads, Healthy Kids' for Hispanic families: applying the ecological validity model, 2020, International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity
  • Feasibility of Targeting Hispanic Fathers and Children in an Obesity Intervention: Papás Saludables Niños Saludables, 2020, Childhood Obesity

The venues in which Natasha J. Cabrera frequently publishes include:

  • Frontiers in Psychology
  • Journal of Family Issues
  • Early Childhood Research Quarterly
  • Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases
  • Child Development

Among frequent coauthors collaborating with Natasha J. Cabrera are:

  • Stephanie M. Reich
  • Angélica Castilho Alonso
  • Catherine S. Tamis-LeMonda
  • Melissa E. Libertus
  • Jay Fagan

Best Publications

  • Fatherhood in the Twenty-First Century

    Natasha J. Cabrera;Catherine S. Tamis-LeMonda;Robert H. Bradley;Sandra Hofferth

  • Fathers and mothers at play with their 2- and 3-year-olds: contributions to language and cognitive development.

    Catherine S. Tamis-LeMonda;Jacqueline D. Shannon;Natasha J. Cabrera;Michael E. Lamb

  • Fathers' Influence on Their Children's Cognitive and Emotional Development: From Toddlers to Pre-K

    Natasha J. Cabrera;Jacqueline D. Shannon;Catherine Tamis-LeMonda

  • Fathers Are Parents, Too! Widening the Lens on Parenting for Children's Development

    Natasha J. Cabrera;Brenda L. Volling;Rachel Barr

  • Handbook of father involvement: Multidisciplinary perspectives

    Catherine S. Tamis-LeMonda;Natasha J. Cabrera

  • The Ecology of Father‐Child Relationships: An Expanded Model

    Natasha J. Cabrera;Hiram E. Fitzgerald;Robert H. Bradley;Lori Roggman

  • Modeling the Dynamics of Paternal Influences on Children over the Life Course.

    Natasha Cabrera;Hiram E. Fitzgerald;Robert H. Bradley;Lori Roggman

  • Beyond Rough and Tumble: Low-Income Fathers' Interactions and Children's Cognitive Development at 24 Months

    Jacqueline D. Shannon;Catherine S. Tamis-LeMonda;Kevin London;Natasha Cabrera

  • Influence of Mother, Father, and Child Risk on Parenting and Children’s Cognitive and Social Behaviors

    Natasha J. Cabrera;Jay Fagan;Vanessa Wight;Cornelia Schadler

  • Should Researchers Conceptualize Differently the Dimensions of Parenting for Fathers and Mothers

    Jay Fagan;Randal Day;Michael E. Lamb;Natasha J. Cabrera

  • Going Beyond Input Quantity: Wh-Questions Matter for Toddlers' Language and Cognitive Development

    Meredith L. Rowe;Kathryn A. Leech;Kathryn A. Leech;Natasha Cabrera

  • Parental interactions with Latino infants: variation by country of origin and English proficiency.

    Natasha J. Cabrera;Jacqueline D. Shannon;Jerry West;Jeanne Brooks-Gunn

  • Explaining the Long Reach of Fathers’ Prenatal Involvement on Later Paternal Engagement

    Natasha J. Cabrera;Jay Fagan;Danielle Farrie

  • Low-Income, Nonresident Father Involvement With Their Toddlers: Variation by Fathers' Race and Ethnicity

    Natasha J. Cabrera;Rebecca M. Ryan;Stephanie J. Mitchell;Jacqueline D. Shannon

  • Patterns and predictors of father-infant engagement across race/ethnic groups.

    Natasha J. Cabrera;Sandra L. Hofferth;Soo Chae

  • Low-Income Fathers' Involvement in Their Toddlers' Lives: Biological Fathers from the Early Head Start Research and Evaluation Study

    Natasha J. Cabrera;Rebecca M. Ryan;Jacqueline D. Shannon;Jeanne Brooks-Gunn

  • African American, White and Latino Fathers' Activities with their Sons and Daughters in Early Childhood

    Ashley Smith Leavell;Catherine S. Tamis-LeMonda;Diane N. Ruble;Kristina M. Zosuls

  • Perspectives on Father Involvement: Research and Policy

    Catherine S. Tamis-LeMonda;Natasha Cabrera

  • Latino Fathers and Their Children

    Natasha J. Cabrera;Robert H. Bradley

  • Handbook of Father Involvement : Multidisciplinary Perspectives, Second Edition

    Natasha J. Cabrera;Catherine S. Tamis-LeMonda

  • Parental Interactions With Latino Infants: Variation by Country of Origin and

    Natasha J. Cabrera;Jerry West;Jacqueline D. Shannon;Jeanne Brooks-Gunn

Frequent Co-Authors

Catherine S. Tamis-LeMonda
Catherine S. Tamis-LeMonda New York University
Lori A. Roggman
Lori A. Roggman Utah State University
Robert H. Bradley
Robert H. Bradley Arizona State University
Meredith L. Rowe
Meredith L. Rowe Harvard University
Jeanne Brooks-Gunn
Jeanne Brooks-Gunn Columbia University
Hiram E. Fitzgerald
Hiram E. Fitzgerald Michigan State University
Michael E. Lamb
Michael E. Lamb University of Cambridge
Helen Raikes
Helen Raikes University of Nebraska–Lincoln
Sandra L. Hofferth
Sandra L. Hofferth University of Maryland, College Park
Rebecca Ryan
Rebecca Ryan Georgetown University

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