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Overview

Sandra D. Simpkins is affiliated with the University of California, Irvine in the United States. Their research focuses on areas within social sciences and psychology, with a significant emphasis on education and developmental topics.

The main fields of study in their work include:

  • Social Sciences
  • Psychology

Within these fields, their subfields of study comprise:

  • Education
  • Safety Research
  • Experimental and Cognitive Psychology
  • Social Psychology
  • Clinical Psychology

The research topics frequently addressed in their publications cover:

  • Early Childhood Education and Development
  • Youth Development and Social Support
  • Parental Involvement in Education
  • Education, Achievement, and Giftedness
  • Career Development and Diversity
  • Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development
  • Diverse Education Studies and Reforms

Their recent papers demonstrate a focus on motivational factors and outcomes related to STEM education, gender and racial/ethnic intersections, and extracurricular influences on children's academic and social well-being. Notable publications include:

  • Individuals' math and science motivation and their subsequent STEM choices and achievement in high school and college: A longitudinal study of gender and college generation status differences, 2020, Developmental Psychology
  • High school students' math and science gender stereotypes: relations with their STEM outcomes and socializers' stereotypes, 2021, Social Psychology of Education
  • Gender by racial/ethnic intersectionality in the patterns of Adolescents' math motivation and their math achievement and engagement, 2021, Contemporary Educational Psychology
  • Afterschool programs, extracurricular activities, and unsupervised time: Are patterns of participation linked to children's academic and social well-being?, 2020, Applied Developmental Science
  • Black and Latinx Adolescents' STEM Motivational Beliefs: a Systematic Review of the Literature on Parent STEM Support, 2022, Educational Psychology Review

Simpkins has collaborated frequently with several coauthors, notably:

  • Deborah Lowe Vandell
  • Jacquelynne S. Eccles
  • Glona Lee
  • Mark Vincent B. Yu
  • Christine R. Starr

Their research has appeared repeatedly in specific journals, including:

  • Applied Developmental Science
  • Developmental Psychology
  • Journal of Adolescence
  • Journal of Adolescent Research
  • Social Psychology of Education

Best Publications

  • Math and science motivation: A longitudinal examination of the links between choices and beliefs.

    Sandra D. Simpkins;Pamela E. Davis-Kean;Jacquelynne S. Eccles

  • Family Involvement in School and Low-Income Children's Literacy: Longitudinal Associations between and within Families.

    Eric Dearing;Holly Kreider;Sandra Simpkins;Heather B. Weiss

  • Development of Achievement Motivation and Engagement

    Allan Wigfield;Jacquelynne S. Eccles;Jennifer A. Fredricks;Sandra Simpkins

  • The link between children's sport participation and self-esteem: Exploring the mediating role of sport self-concept

    Carly B. Slutzky;Sandra D. Simpkins

  • Families, Schools, and Developing Achievement-Related Motivations and Engagement.

    S. D. Simpkins;J. Fredricks;J. S. Eccles;Sandra Simpkins-Chaput

  • Charting the Eccles' expectancy-value model from mothers' beliefs in childhood to youths' activities in adolescence.

    Sandra D. Simpkins;Jennifer A. Fredricks;Jacquelynne S. Eccles

  • The Contribution of Extracurricular Activities to Adolescent Friendships: New Insights through Social Network Analysis

    David R. Schaefer;Sandra D. Simpkins;Andrea E. Vest;Chara D. Price

  • Adolescent out-of-school activities.

    Joseph L. Mahoney;Deborah Lowe Vandell;Sandra Simpkins;Nicole Zarrett

  • The promotive effects of family educational involvement for low-income children's literacy

    Eric Dearing;Kathleen McCartney;Heather B. Weiss;Holly Kreider

  • Promoting Positive Youth Development Through Organized After-School Activities: Taking a Closer Look at Participation of Ethnic Minority Youth

    Jennifer A. Fredricks;Sandra D. Simpkins

  • Parents’ socializing behavior and children’s participation in math, science, and computer out-of-school activities

    Sandra D. Simpkins;Pamela E. Davis-Kean;Jacquelynne S. Eccles

  • Adolescent Friendships, BMI, and Physical Activity: Untangling Selection and Influence Through Longitudinal Social Network Analysis

    Sandra D. Simpkins;David R. Schaefer;Chara D. Price;Andrea E. Vest

  • Encouraging girls in math and science

    Diane F. Halpern;Joshua Aronson;Nona Reimer;Sandra Simpkins

  • Predicting Participation and Outcomes in Out-of-School Activities: Similarities and Differences across Social Ecologies.

    Sandra D. Simpkins;Marika Ripke;Aletha C. Huston;Jacquelynne S. Eccles

  • How do middle school girls of color develop STEM identities? Middle school girls' participation in science activities and identification with STEM careers

    Hosun Kang;Angela Calabrese Barton;Edna Tan;Sandra D. Simpkins

  • Designing Culturally Responsive Organized After-School Activities.

    Sandra D. Simpkins;Nathaniel R. Riggs;Bic Ngo;Andrea Vest Ettekal

  • Understanding and measuring attendance in out-of-school programs

    S. D. Simpkins;P.M. D. Little;H. B. Weiss;Sandra Simpkins-Chaput

  • Parental support and high school students' motivation in biology, chemistry, and physics: Understanding differences among latino and caucasian boys and girls

    Sandra D. Simpkins;Chara D. Price;Krystal Garcia

  • Using Social Network Analysis to Clarify the Role of Obesity in Selection of Adolescent Friends

    David R. Schaefer;Sandra D. Simpkins

  • Demographic Differences in Patterns of Youth Out-of-School Time Activity Participation

    Suzanne M. Bouffard;Christopher Wimer;Pia Caronongan;Priscilla Little

  • The intersection between self-concepts and values: Links between beliefs and choices in high school

    Sandra D. Simpkins;Pamela E. Davis-Kean

Frequent Co-Authors

Jacquelynne S. Eccles
Jacquelynne S. Eccles University of California, Irvine
Jennifer A. Fredricks
Jennifer A. Fredricks Connecticut College
Eric Dearing
Eric Dearing Boston College
Deborah Lowe Vandell
Deborah Lowe Vandell University of California, Irvine
Pamela E. Davis-Kean
Pamela E. Davis-Kean University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Ross D. Parke
Ross D. Parke University of California, Riverside
Diane F. Halpern
Diane F. Halpern Claremont McKenna College
Joshua Aronson
Joshua Aronson New York University
Laurence Steinberg
Laurence Steinberg Temple University
Janis E. Jacobs
Janis E. Jacobs Pennsylvania State University

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