Elizabeth T. Gershoff

12.3k total citations · 4 hit papers
110 papers, 8.3k citations indexed

About

Elizabeth T. Gershoff is a scholar working on Clinical Psychology, Education and Sociology and Political Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Elizabeth T. Gershoff has authored 110 papers receiving a total of 8.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 70 papers in Clinical Psychology, 38 papers in Education and 22 papers in Sociology and Political Science. Recurrent topics in Elizabeth T. Gershoff's work include Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development (44 papers), Child Abuse and Trauma (43 papers) and Early Childhood Education and Development (31 papers). Elizabeth T. Gershoff is often cited by papers focused on Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development (44 papers), Child Abuse and Trauma (43 papers) and Early Childhood Education and Development (31 papers). Elizabeth T. Gershoff collaborates with scholars based in United States, Canada and France. Elizabeth T. Gershoff's co-authors include Andrew Grogan‐Kaylor, J. Lawrence Aber, C. Cybele Raver, Mary Clare Lennon, Nancy Eisenberg, Sandra H. Losoya, Richard A. Fabes, Amanda Cumberland, Stephanie A. Shepard and Tracie O. Afifi and has published in prestigious journals such as The Lancet, Psychological Bulletin and American Psychologist.

In The Last Decade

Elizabeth T. Gershoff

106 papers receiving 7.7k citations

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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

Corporal punishment by parents and associated child behaviors and experiences: A meta-analytic and theoretical review.

2002 1.5k citations Elizabeth T. Gershoff profile →
Income Is Not Enough: Incorporating Material Hardship Into Models of Income Associations With Parenting and Child Development

2007 679 citations Elizabeth T. Gershoff, J. Lawrence Aber et al. profile →
Spanking and child outcomes: Old controversies and new meta-analyses.

2016 549 citations Elizabeth T. Gershoff, Andrew Grogan‐Kaylor Journal of Family Psychology profile →
Unpacking the impact of adverse childhood experiences on adult mental health

2017 545 citations Melissa T. Merrick, Katie A. Ports et al. Child Abuse & Neglect profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Elizabeth T. Gershoff United States	41	6.2k	2.6k	1.7k	1.6k	1.2k	110	8.3k
J. Douglas Coatsworth United States	41	5.7k 0.9×	1.9k 0.7×	1.5k 0.9×	2.3k 1.5×	1.2k 1.0×	118	8.5k
Bonnie J. Leadbeater Canada	46	4.3k 0.7×	2.5k 1.0×	1.3k 0.8×	2.9k 1.9×	962 0.8×	143	7.7k
Nancy A. Gonzales United States	44	4.4k 0.7×	2.5k 1.0×	2.5k 1.5×	1.6k 1.0×	1.0k 0.9×	156	7.0k
Wendy Kliewer United States	43	4.0k 0.6×	1.3k 0.5×	1.1k 0.6×	2.0k 1.3×	1.1k 0.9×	164	6.0k
Todd I. Herrenkohl United States	47	4.8k 0.8×	1.2k 0.5×	2.0k 1.2×	1.6k 1.1×	1.9k 1.6×	152	7.2k
Patrick H. Tolan United States	52	6.1k 1.0×	2.2k 0.8×	2.2k 1.3×	2.8k 1.8×	2.1k 1.8×	150	9.1k
Velma McBride Murry United States	43	3.2k 0.5×	1.7k 0.7×	2.4k 1.4×	1.1k 0.7×	1.8k 1.5×	107	6.4k
Cynthia García Coll United States	37	4.3k 0.7×	4.4k 1.7×	3.4k 2.0×	1.2k 0.8×	963 0.8×	92	9.0k
Anna S. Lau United States	45	5.3k 0.9×	1.2k 0.5×	1.7k 1.0×	2.1k 1.3×	1.8k 1.5×	166	7.3k
Nina S. Mounts United States	23	5.7k 0.9×	3.6k 1.4×	1.7k 1.0×	2.7k 1.7×	899 0.8×	47	8.4k

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Cuartas, Jorge, et al.. (2025). Physical punishment and lifelong outcomes in low‑ and middle‑income countries: a systematic review and multilevel meta-analysis. Nature Human Behaviour. 9(7). 1365–1379. 1 indexed citations

Gershoff, Elizabeth T., Shawna J. Lee, Joyce Y. Lee, Olivia D. Chang, & Catherine A. Taylor. (2024). Spare the dog, hit the child: Preliminary findings regarding parents’ beliefs about spanking and hitting children.. Psychology of Violence. 15(1). 76–84.

Fleckman, Julia M., et al.. (2023). Levels of support for legislative bans to end physical punishment in schools and homes in a national sample. Public Health. 222. 60–65. 1 indexed citations

Koepp, Andrew E., Tyler W. Watts, Elizabeth T. Gershoff, et al.. (2023). Attention and behavior problems in childhood predict adult financial status, health, and criminal activity: A conceptual replication and extension of Moffitt et al. (2011) using cohorts from the United States and the United Kingdom.. Developmental Psychology. 59(8). 1389–1406. 12 indexed citations

Koepp, Andrew E., et al.. (2023). Parents' coping behaviors and mental health during the COVID‐19 pandemic. Family Relations. 72(5). 2318–2333. 3 indexed citations

Koepp, Andrew E., et al.. (2022). Total Play Time Needed for Preschoolers to Reach Recommended Amount of Non-Sedentary Activity. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 19(6). 3354–3354. 8 indexed citations

Burt, S. Alexandra, David A. Clark, Elizabeth T. Gershoff, Kelly L. Klump, & Luke W. Hyde. (2021). Twin Differences in Harsh Parenting Predict Youth’s Antisocial Behavior. Psychological Science. 32(3). 395–409. 30 indexed citations

Vandell, Deborah Lowe, Megan Kuhfeld, Elizabeth T. Gershoff, & Robert Crosnoe. (2021). Predictors and consequences of school mobility in middle childhood. Journal of Applied Developmental Psychology. 76. 101309–101309. 2 indexed citations

Font, Sarah A. & Elizabeth T. Gershoff. (2020). Foster Care: How We Can, and Should, Do More for Maltreated Children. PubMed. 33(3). 1–40. 30 indexed citations

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Font, Sarah A., Kierra M. P. Sattler, & Elizabeth T. Gershoff. (2018). Measurement and correlates of foster care placement moves. Children and Youth Services Review. 91. 248–258. 19 indexed citations

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Merrick, Melissa T., Katie A. Ports, Derek Ford, et al.. (2017). Unpacking the impact of adverse childhood experiences on adult mental health. Child Abuse & Neglect. 69. 10–19. 545 indexed citations breakdown →

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Gershoff, Elizabeth T.. (2017). School corporal punishment in global perspective: prevalence, outcomes, and efforts at intervention. Psychology Health & Medicine. 22(sup1). 224–239. 113 indexed citations

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Gershoff, Elizabeth T. & Sarah A. Font. (2016). Corporal Punishment in U.S. Public Schools: Prevalence, Disparities in Use, and Status in State and Federal Policy. PubMed. 30(1). 1–26. 67 indexed citations

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Gershoff, Elizabeth T., et al.. (2016). Chaotic experiences and low-income children's social-emotional development. Children and Youth Services Review. 70. 19–29. 26 indexed citations

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Moed, Anat, et al.. (2016). Violence Exposure as a Mediator Between Parenting and Adolescent Mental Health. Child Psychiatry & Human Development. 48(2). 235–247. 9 indexed citations

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Gershoff, Elizabeth T., Arya Ansari, Kelly M. Purtell, & Holly R. Sexton. (2015). Changes in parents’ spanking and reading as mechanisms for Head Start impacts on children.. Journal of Family Psychology. 30(4). 480–491. 26 indexed citations

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Lee, Shawna J., Inna Altschul, & Elizabeth T. Gershoff. (2014). Wait until your father gets home? Mother's and fathers’ spanking and development of child aggression. Children and Youth Services Review. 52. 158–166. 50 indexed citations

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Gershoff, Elizabeth T.. (2013). Spanking and Child Development: We Know Enough Now to Stop Hitting Our Children. Child Development Perspectives. 7(3). 133–137. 159 indexed citations

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Gershoff, Elizabeth T. & J. Lawrence Aber. (2006). Neighborhoods and schools: Contexts and consequences for the mental health and risk behaviors of children and youth. 611–645. 15 indexed citations

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Gershoff, Elizabeth T. & J. Lawrence Aber. (2004). Special issues. Assessing the impact of September 11, 2001, on children, youth and parents in the U.S.: Lessons from applied developmental science. Applied Developmental Science. 8. 1 indexed citations

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