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Sarah C. Mangelsdorf

Sarah C. Mangelsdorf

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Psychology

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41
Citations
10158
World Ranking
7764
National Ranking
4166

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2020 - Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
  • 2014 - Fellow of the American Psychological Association (APA)

Overview

Sarah C. Mangelsdorf is affiliated with the University of Rochester in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on psychology, with a significant emphasis on clinical psychology and social psychology. Their work also touches on demography and pharmacy, reflecting a diverse engagement within psychological and health-related disciplines.

The scientist's research topics are centered around Attachment and Relationship Dynamics, Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development, Family Dynamics and Relationships, Child Abuse and Trauma, and Infant Health and Development.

Recent publications by Sarah C. Mangelsdorf include:

  • The latent structure of the adult attachment interview: Large sample evidence from the collaboration on attachment transmission synthesis (2020, Development and Psychopathology)
  • Conceptual comparison of constructs as first step in data harmonization: Parental sensitivity, child temperament, and social support as illustrations (2022, MethodsX)
  • Infant attachment configurations with mothers and fathers: Implications for triadic interaction quality and children's parental preferences (2021, Early Childhood Research Quarterly)
  • Attachment relationship quality with mothers and fathers and child temperament: An individual participant data meta-analysis (2024, Developmental Psychology)
  • Parental beliefs, infant temperament, and marital quality: Associations with infant-mother and infant-father attachment (2020, UNC Libraries)

Frequent co-authors of this researcher include:

  • Maria S. Wong
  • Geoffrey L. Brown
  • Sarah J. Schoppe-Sullivan
  • Marije L. Verhage
  • Glenn I. Roisman

The most frequent publication venues where Sarah C. Mangelsdorf's work appears are:

  • UNC Libraries
  • Development and Psychopathology
  • MethodsX
  • Developmental Psychology
  • Early Childhood Research Quarterly

The researcher has been recognized with the following awards:

  • Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences (2020)
  • Fellow of the American Psychological Association (APA) (2014)

Best Publications

  • Behavioral Inhibition and Stress Reactivity: The Moderating Role of Attachment Security

    Melissa Nachmias;Megan R Gunnar;Sarah Mangelsdorf;Robin Hornik Parritz

  • Early childhood antecedents of aggression and passive-withdrawal in early elementary school.

    B. Renken;Byron Egeland;D. Marvinney;S. Mangelsdorf

  • Maternal gatekeeping, coparenting quality, and fathering behavior in families with infants.

    Sarah J. Schoppe-Sullivan;Geoffrey L. Brown;Elizabeth A. Cannon;Sarah C. Mangelsdorf

  • Infant proneness-to-distress temperament, maternal personality, and mother-infant attachment: associations and goodness of fit.

    Sarah Mangelsdorf;Megan R Gunnar;Roberta Kestenbaum;Sarah Lang

  • Coparenting, family process, and family structure: implications for preschoolers' externalizing behavior problems.

    Sarah J. Schoppe;Sarah C. Mangelsdorf;Cynthia A. Frosch

  • Attachment, temperament, and adrenocortical activity in infancy : a study of psychoendocrine regulation

    M. R. Gunnar;S. Mangelsdorf;M. Larson;L. Hertsgaard

  • Associations between coparenting and marital behavior from infancy to the preschool years.

    Sarah J. Schoppe-Sullivan;Sarah C. Mangelsdorf;Cynthia A. Frosch;Jean L. McHale

  • Father involvement, paternal sensitivity, and father-child attachment security in the first 3 years.

    Geoffrey L. Brown;Sarah C. Mangelsdorf;Cynthia Neff

  • Marital behavior and the security of preschooler-parent attachment relationships.

    Cynthia A. Frosch;Sarah C. Mangelsdorf;Jean L. McHale

  • Developmental and Temperamental Differences in Emotion Regulation in Infancy.

    Sarah C. Mangelsdorf;Janet R. Shapiro;Donald Marzolf

  • Infants' Behavioral Strategies for Emotion Regulation With Fathers and Mothers: Associations With Emotional Expressions and Attachment Quality

    Marissa L. Diener;Sarah C. Mangelsdorf;Jean L. McHale;Cynthia A. Frosch

  • Maternal characteristics and social support across the transition to motherhood : Associations with maternal behavior

    Lauren Heim Goldstein;Marissa L. Diener;Sarah C. Mangelsdorf

  • Natural mentor relationships among Latina adolescent mothers: psychological adjustment, moderating processes, and the role of early parental acceptance.

    Jean E. Rhodes;Josefina M. Contreras;Sarah C. Mangelsdorf

  • Behavioral strategies for emotion regulation in toddlers: associations with maternal involvement and emotional expressions

    Marissa L Diener;Sarah C Mangelsdorf

  • Generational boundary dissolution between mothers and their preschool children: a relationship systems approach.

    L. A. Sroufe;Deborah B Jacobvitz;S. Mangelsdorf;E. DeAngelo

  • Marital behavior, parenting behavior, and multiple reports of preschoolers' behavior problems: Mediation or moderation?

    Cynthia A. Frosch;Sarah C. Mangelsdorf

  • Goodness-of-fit in family context: Infant temperament, marital quality, and early coparenting behavior

    Sarah J. Schoppe-Sullivan;Sarah C. Mangelsdorf;Geoffrey L. Brown;Margaret Szewczyk Sokolowski

  • Observed and Reported Supportive Coparenting as Predictors of Infant-Mother and Infant-Father Attachment Security

    Geoffrey L Brown;Sarah J Schoppe-Sullivan;Sarah C Mangelsdorf;Cynthia Neff

  • Attachment and sensitivity in family context: the roles of parent and infant gender

    Sarah J. Schoppe-Sullivan;Marissa L. Diener;Sarah C. Mangelsdorf;Geoffrey L. Brown

  • The determinants of parenting competence in adolescent mothers.

    Janet R. Shapiro;Sarah C. Mangelsdorf

Frequent Co-Authors

Sarah J. Schoppe-Sullivan
Sarah J. Schoppe-Sullivan The Ohio State University
Megan R. Gunnar
Megan R. Gunnar University of Minnesota
Sheri Madigan
Sheri Madigan University of Calgary
Marinus H. van IJzendoorn
Marinus H. van IJzendoorn University College London
Marian J. Bakermans-Kranenburg
Marian J. Bakermans-Kranenburg ISPA - University Institute of Psychological, Social and Life Sciences
Carlo Schuengel
Carlo Schuengel Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
Glenn I. Roisman
Glenn I. Roisman University of Minnesota
Jean E. Rhodes
Jean E. Rhodes University of Massachusetts Boston
Annie Bernier
Annie Bernier University of Montreal
Dan P. McAdams
Dan P. McAdams Northwestern University

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