Wilberta L. Donovan

1.7k total citations
27 papers, 1.1k citations indexed

About

Wilberta L. Donovan is a scholar working on Clinical Psychology, Pharmacy and Social Psychology. According to data from OpenAlex, Wilberta L. Donovan has authored 27 papers receiving a total of 1.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 19 papers in Clinical Psychology, 18 papers in Pharmacy and 17 papers in Social Psychology. Recurrent topics in Wilberta L. Donovan's work include Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development (19 papers), Infant Health and Development (18 papers) and Neuroendocrine regulation and behavior (13 papers). Wilberta L. Donovan is often cited by papers focused on Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development (19 papers), Infant Health and Development (18 papers) and Neuroendocrine regulation and behavior (13 papers). Wilberta L. Donovan collaborates with scholars based in United States. Wilberta L. Donovan's co-authors include Lewis A. Leavitt, Reghan O. Walsh, Michael E. Lamb, Ann Frodi, Nicole L. Taylor, Cynthia Neff and John D. Balling and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, Child Development and Developmental Psychology.

In The Last Decade

Wilberta L. Donovan

27 papers receiving 895 citations

Peers

Wilberta L. Donovan
Bruce P. Powers United States
Margaret Fish United States
Kenneth S. Robson United States
Karen A. Buck United States
Sueko Toda United States
Grazyna Kochanska United States
Alexander Thomas United States
Jeree Pawl United States
Paul C. Notaro United States
Joanne Gusella Canada
Bruce P. Powers United States
Wilberta L. Donovan
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All Works

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Taylor, Nicole L., et al.. (2008). Maternal control strategies, maternal language usage and children's language usage at two years. Journal of Child Language. 36(2). 381–404. 29 indexed citations
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Taylor, Nicole L., Wilberta L. Donovan, & Lewis A. Leavitt. (2008). Consistency in infant sleeping arrangements and mother–infant interaction. Infant Mental Health Journal. 29(2). 77–94. 19 indexed citations
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Donovan, Wilberta L., Nicole L. Taylor, & Lewis A. Leavitt. (2007). Maternal self-efficacy, knowledge of infant development, sensory sensitivity, and maternal response during interaction.. Developmental Psychology. 43(4). 865–876. 24 indexed citations
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Donovan, Wilberta L., Nicole L. Taylor, & Lewis A. Leavitt. (2007). Maternal sensory sensitivity and response bias in detecting change in infant facial expressions: Maternal self-efficacy and infant gender labeling. Infant Behavior and Development. 30(3). 436–452. 11 indexed citations
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Donovan, Wilberta L., et al.. (2006). Maternal sensory sensitivity, mother–infant 9-month interaction, infant attachment status: Predictors of mother–toddler interaction at 24 months. Infant Behavior and Development. 30(2). 336–352. 17 indexed citations
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Donovan, Wilberta L., Lewis A. Leavitt, & Nicole L. Taylor. (2005). Maternal Self-Efficacy and Experimentally Manipulated Infant Difficulty Effects on Maternal Sensory Sensitivity: A Signal Detection Analysis.. Developmental Psychology. 41(5). 784–798. 16 indexed citations
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Donovan, Wilberta L., Lewis A. Leavitt, & Reghan O. Walsh. (1997). Cognitive Set and Coping Strategy Affect Mothers' Sensitivity to Infant Cries: A Signal Detection Approach. Child Development. 68(5). 760–760. 24 indexed citations
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Donovan, Wilberta L., Lewis A. Leavitt, & Reghan O. Walsh. (1997). Cognitive Set and Coping Strategy Affect Mothers' Sensitivity to Infant Cries: A Signal Detection Approach. Child Development. 68(5). 760–772. 41 indexed citations
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Donovan, Wilberta L., Lewis A. Leavitt, & Reghan O. Walsh. (1990). Maternal Self-Efficacy: Illusory Control and Its Effect on Susceptibility to Learned Helplessness. Child Development. 61(5). 1638–1638. 57 indexed citations
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Donovan, Wilberta L. & Lewis A. Leavitt. (1989). Maternal Self-Efficacy and Infant Attachment: Integrating Physiology, Perceptions, and Behavior. Child Development. 60(2). 460–460. 86 indexed citations
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Donovan, Wilberta L. & Lewis A. Leavitt. (1985). Simulating Conditions of Learned Helplessness: The Effects of Interventions and Attributions. Child Development. 56(3). 594–594. 39 indexed citations
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Donovan, Wilberta L. & Lewis A. Leavitt. (1985). Physiologic Assessment of Mother-Infant Attachment. Journal of the American Academy of Child Psychiatry. 24(1). 65–70. 25 indexed citations
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Donovan, Wilberta L. & Lewis A. Leavitt. (1984). Effects of experimentally manipulated attributions of infant cries on maternal learned helplessness. Infant Behavior and Development. 7. 95–95. 3 indexed citations
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Donovan, Wilberta L.. (1981). Maternal learned helplessness and physiologic response to infant crying.. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology. 40(5). 919–926. 33 indexed citations
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Donovan, Wilberta L.. (1981). Maternal learned helplessness and physiologic response to infant crying.. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology. 40(5). 919–926. 22 indexed citations
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Donovan, Wilberta L. & Lewis A. Leavitt. (1978). Early Cognitive Development and Its Relation to Maternal Physiologic and Behavioral Responsiveness. Child Development. 49(4). 1251–1251. 29 indexed citations
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Frodi, Ann, et al.. (1978). Fathers' and mothers' responses to the faces and cries of normal and premature infants.. Developmental Psychology. 14(5). 490–498. 142 indexed citations
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Frodi, Ann, Michael E. Lamb, Lewis A. Leavitt, & Wilberta L. Donovan. (1978). Fathers' and mothers' responses to infant smiles and cries. Infant Behavior and Development. 1. 187–198. 135 indexed citations
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Donovan, Wilberta L. & Lewis A. Leavitt. (1978). Early Cognitive Development and Its Relation to Maternal Physiologic and Behavioral Responsiveness. Child Development. 49(4). 1251–1254. 37 indexed citations
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Donovan, Wilberta L., Lewis A. Leavitt, & John D. Balling. (1978). Maternal Physiological Response to Infant Signals. Psychophysiology. 15(1). 68–74. 41 indexed citations

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