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Overview

Sharon F. Lambert is affiliated with George Washington University in the United States. Their research primarily lies within the broad domain of social sciences, with a focus on sociology and political science, clinical psychology, and education. Additional work engages with general health professions and health-related topics.

The scientist's research explores a range of topics, including:

  • Racial and ethnic identity research
  • Child and adolescent psychosocial and emotional development
  • Early childhood education and development
  • Urban, neighborhood, and segregation studies
  • Health disparities and outcomes
  • Homelessness and social issues
  • Migration, health, and trauma

Notable recent papers authored or coauthored by Lambert include:

  • Association of Family Member Detention or Deportation With Latino or Latina Adolescents' Later Risks of Suicidal Ideation, Alcohol Use, and Externalizing Problems (2020, JAMA Pediatrics)
  • Strategic Directions in Preventive Intervention Research to Advance Health Equity (2022, Prevention Science)
  • Racial exclusion causes acute cortisol release among emerging-adult African Americans: The role of reduced perceived control (2020, The Journal of Social Psychology)
  • COVID-19 Stressors and Latinx Adolescents' Mental Health Symptomology and School Performance: A Prospective Study (2022, Journal of Youth and Adolescence)
  • School Discrimination and Changes in Latinx Adolescents' Internalizing and Externalizing Symptoms (2020, Journal of Youth and Adolescence)

Lambert frequently publishes in several academic venues, including:

  • Prevention Science
  • Journal of Youth and Adolescence
  • Journal of Research on Adolescence
  • JAMA Pediatrics
  • The Journal of Social Psychology

Collaborative efforts feature several frequent coauthors, such as:

  • Kathleen M. Roche
  • Farzana T. Saleem
  • Theda Rose
  • Nicholas S. Ialongo
  • Todd D. Little

Best Publications

  • A measure of positive and negative affect for children: Scale development and preliminary validation.

    Jeff Laurent;Salvatore J. Catanzaro;Thomas E. Joiner Jr.;Karen D. Rudolph

  • Negotiating the Transition to Middle School: The Role of Self-Regulatory Processes

    Karen D. Rudolph;Sharon F. Lambert;Alyssa G. Clark;Kathryn D. Kurlakowsky

  • Daily multidimensional racial discrimination among Black U.S. American adolescents.

    Devin English;Sharon F. Lambert;Brendesha M. Tynes;Lisa Bowleg

  • The relationship between perceptions of neighborhood characteristics and substance use among urban African American adolescents.

    Sharon F. Lambert;Tamara L. Brown;Clarenda M. Phillips;Nicholas S. Ialongo

  • Risk factors for community violence exposure in adolescence.

    Sharon F. Lambert;Nicholas S. Ialongo;Rhonda C. Boyd;Michele R. Cooley

  • Contextual Stress and Health Risk Behaviors Among African American Adolescents

    Nikeea Copeland-Linder;Sharon F. Lambert;Yi Fu Chen;Nicholas S. Ialongo

  • Community Violence, Protective Factors, and Adolescent Mental Health: A Profile Analysis

    Nikeea Copeland-Linder;Sharon F. Lambert;Nicholas S. Ialongo

  • Low Academic Competence in First Grade as a Risk Factor for Depressive Cognitions and Symptoms in Middle School.

    Keith C. Herman;Sharon F. Lambert;Wendy M. Reinke;Nicholas S. Ialongo

  • Longitudinal associations between experienced racial discrimination and depressive symptoms in African American adolescents

    Devin English;Sharon F. Lambert;Nicholas S. Ialongo

  • Perceptions of Racism and Depressive Symptoms in African American Adolescents: The Role of Perceived Academic and Social Control

    Sharon F. Lambert;Keith C. Herman;Mia Smith Bynum;Nicholas S. Ialongo

  • Relationship Proximity to Victims of Witnessed Community Violence: Associations With Adolescent Internalizing and Externalizing Behaviors

    Sharon F. Lambert;Rhonda C. Boyd;Nicole L. Cammack;Nicholas S. Ialongo

  • Psychological Symptoms Linking Exposure to Community Violence and Academic Functioning in African American Adolescents

    Danielle R. Busby;Sharon F. Lambert;Nicholas S. Ialongo

  • Screen for Child Anxiety Related Emotional Disorders (SCARED): psychometric properties in an African-American parochial high school sample.

    Rhonda C Boyd;Golda S Ginsburg;Sharon F Lambert;Michele R Cooley

  • Academic pathways between attention problems and depressive symptoms among urban African American children.

    Keith C. Herman;Sharon F. Lambert;Nicholas S. Ialongo;Rick Ostrander

  • Longitudinal associations between community violence exposure and suicidality.

    Sharon F. Lambert;Nikeea Copeland-Linder;Nicholas S. Ialongo

  • Identifying Patterns of Early Risk for Mental Health and Academic Problems in Adolescence: A Longitudinal Study of Urban Youth

    Carmen R. Valdez;Sharon F. Lambert;Nicholas S. Ialongo

  • Traumatic Stress Symptoms in Women Exposed to Community and Partner Violence

    Jorielle R. Brown;Hope M. Hill;Sharon F. Lambert

  • Patterns of Community Violence Exposure During Adolescence

    Sharon F. Lambert;Karen Nylund-Gibson;Nikeea Copeland-Linder;Nicholas S. Ialongo

  • Associations between trajectories of perceived racial discrimination and psychological symptoms among African American adolescents.

    Mia A. Smith-Bynum;Sharon F. Lambert;Devin English;Nicholas S. Ialongo

  • Neighborhood racial composition, racial discrimination, and depressive symptoms in African Americans.

    Devin English;Sharon F. Lambert;Michele K. Evans;Alan B. Zonderman

  • Adverse life events, coping and internalizing and externalizing behaviors in urban African American youth.

    Yadira M. Sanchez;Sharon F. Lambert;Michele R. Cooley-Strickland;Michele R. Cooley-Strickland

Frequent Co-Authors

Nicholas S. Ialongo
Nicholas S. Ialongo Johns Hopkins University
Todd D. Little
Todd D. Little Texas Tech University
John E. Schulenberg
John E. Schulenberg University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Keith C. Herman
Keith C. Herman University of Missouri
Leonard A. Jason
Leonard A. Jason DePaul University
Sheppard G. Kellam
Sheppard G. Kellam Johns Hopkins University
Thomas E. Joiner
Thomas E. Joiner Florida State University
Catherine P. Bradshaw
Catherine P. Bradshaw University of Virginia
Kathryn E. Grant
Kathryn E. Grant DePaul University
Golda S. Ginsburg
Golda S. Ginsburg University of Connecticut

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