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Vonnie C. McLoyd publication distribution in Psychology in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Psychology in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Vonnie C. McLoyd sits on this spectrum.

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31 publications 705+

This scientist: 114 publications — 29th percentile

29% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 705 publications or more.

Vonnie C. McLoyd D-index placement in Psychology in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Psychology scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Vonnie C. McLoyd sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 144+

This scientist: 51 D-Index — 56th percentile

56% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 144 D-Index or more.

Research.com Recognitions

  • 1996 - Fellow of the MacArthur Foundation

Overview

Vonnie C. McLoyd is affiliated with the University of Michigan-Ann Arbor in the United States. Their research spans multiple disciplines including Medicine, Psychology, and Social Sciences, with a strong emphasis on Clinical Psychology, Sociology and Political Science, and Cognitive Neuroscience. Their work also intersects with Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, as well as Radiology, Nuclear Medicine, and Imaging.

The central topics in McLoyd's research include Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development, Functional Brain Connectivity Studies, Advanced Neuroimaging Techniques and Applications, Maternal Mental Health During Pregnancy and Postpartum, Child Abuse and Trauma, Traumatic Brain Injury Research, and Health disparities and outcomes.

McLoyd has contributed to a range of scholarly articles, including the following recent papers:

  • Evaluation of a longitudinal family stress model in a population-based cohort, 2020, Social Development
  • Childhood violence exposure and social deprivation are linked to adolescent threat and reward neural function, 2020, Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience
  • Association of Childhood Violence Exposure With Adolescent Neural Network Density, 2020, JAMA Network Open
  • Childhood violence exposure and social deprivation predict adolescent amygdala-orbitofrontal cortex white matter connectivity, 2020, Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience
  • Differential Developmental Associations of Material Hardship Exposure and Adolescent Amygdala-Prefrontal Cortex White Matter Connectivity, 2021, Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience

Frequent co-authors collaborating with McLoyd include:

  • Colter Mitchell
  • Luke W. Hyde
  • Christopher S. Monk
  • Leigh G. Goetschius
  • Nestor L. Lopez-Duran

McLoyd's publications are often found in venues such as Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience, Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience, JAMA Network Open, UNC Libraries, and Social Development. This range reflects a cross-disciplinary focus on developmental psychology and neuroscience studies.

In 1996, McLoyd was recognized as a Fellow of the MacArthur Foundation, an indication of involvement with prominent scientific communities.

Best Publications

  • Socioeconomic disadvantage and child development

    Vonnie C. McLoyd

  • The Impact of Economic Hardship on Black Families and Children: Psychological Distress, Parenting, and Socioemotional Development

    Vonnie C. McLoyd

  • Economic pressure in African American families: a replication and extension of the family stress model.

    Rand D. Conger;Lora Ebert Wallace;Yumei Sun;Ronald L. Simons

  • Unemployment and Work Interruption among African American Single Mothers: Effects on Parenting and Adolescent Socioemotional Functioning

    Vonnie C. McLoyd;Toby Epstein Jayaratne;Rosario Ceballo;Julio Borquez

  • Economic well-being and children's social adjustment: The role of family process in an ethnically diverse low-income sample

    Rashmita S. Mistry;Elizabeth A. Vandewater;Aletha C. Huston;Vonnie C. McLoyd

  • Marital processes and parental socialization in families of color : A decade review of research

    Vonnie C. McLoyd;Ana Mari Cauce;David Takeuchi;Leon Wilson

  • Children and Poverty: Issues in Contemporary Research

    Aletha C. Huston;Vonnie C. McLoyd;Cynthia Garcia Coll

  • Social support and parenting in poor, dangerous neighborhoods.

    Rosario Ceballo;Vonnie C. McLoyd

  • Discrimination, crime, ethnic identity, and parenting as correlates of depressive symptoms among African American children: a multilevel analysis.

    Ronald L. Simons;Velma Murry;Vonnie McLoyd;Kuei Hsiu Lin

  • Socialization and Development in a Changing Economy: The Effects of Paternal Job and Income Loss on Children.

    Vonnie C. McLoyd

  • Physical discipline and behavior problems in African American, European American, and Hispanic children: Emotional support as a moderator.

    Vonnie C. McLoyd;Julia Smith

  • The strain of living poor: Parenting, social support, and child mental health.

    Vonnie C. McLoyd;Leon Wilson

  • Parents' Management of Their Children's Education within the Home, at School, and in the Community: An Examination of African-American Families Living in Poverty.

    Leslie Morrison Gutman;Vonnie C. McLoyd

  • Growing Up is Harder to do

    Frank F. Furstenberg;Sheela Kennedy;Vonnie C. McLoyd;Rubén G. Rumbaut

  • Examining the Black–White Achievement Gap Among Low-Income Children Using the NICHD Study of Early Child Care and Youth Development

    Margaret Burchinal;Kathleen McCartney;Laurence Steinberg;Robert Crosnoe

  • Studying Minority Adolescents : Conceptual, Methodological, and Theoretical Issues

    Vonnie C. McLoyd;Laurence D. Steinberg

  • Financial Strain, Neighborhood Stress, Parenting Behaviors, and Adolescent Adjustment in Urban African American Families

    Leslie Morrison Gutman;Vonnie C. McLoyd;Teru Tokoyawa

  • Work-based antipoverty programs for parents can enhance the school performance and social behavior of children.

    Aletha C. Huston;Greg J. Duncan;Robert Granger;Johannes Bos

  • Gender Differences in the Educational Expectations of Urban, Low-Income African American Youth: The Role of Parents and the School

    Dana Wood;Rachel Kaplan;Vonnie C. McLoyd

  • New Hope for People with Low Incomes: Two-Year Results of a Program To Reduce Poverty and Reform Welfare.

    Johannes M. Bos;Aletha C. Huston;Robert C. Granger;Greg J. Duncan

Frequent Co-Authors

Aletha C. Huston
Aletha C. Huston The University of Texas at Austin
Luke W. Hyde
Luke W. Hyde University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Jeanne Brooks-Gunn
Jeanne Brooks-Gunn Columbia University
Sara McLanahan
Sara McLanahan Princeton University
Christopher S. Monk
Christopher S. Monk University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Nestor L. Lopez-Duran
Nestor L. Lopez-Duran University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Rashmita S. Mistry
Rashmita S. Mistry University of California, Los Angeles
Greg J. Duncan
Greg J. Duncan University of California, Irvine
Laurence Steinberg
Laurence Steinberg Temple University
Ronald L. Simons
Ronald L. Simons University of Georgia

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