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Scott D. Gest

University of Virginia

H-index: 48

North America-United States

About Scott D. Gest

Scott D. Gest, With an exceptional h-index of 48 and a recent h-index of 36 (since 2020), a distinguished researcher at University of Virginia, specializes in the field of child & adolescent development, peer relations, teacher influences on classroom peer relations, social network analysis.

His recent articles reflect a diverse array of research interests and contributions to the field:

Peer relationships mediate the pathways from behavioral qualities to United States and Chinese children's loneliness

Cross-ethnic and same-ethnic friendships in elementary classrooms: Unique associations with school adjustment

A comparison of peer influence estimates from SIENA stochastic actor–based models and from conventional regression approaches

Toddler dysregulated fear predicts continued risk for social anxiety symptoms in early adolescence

Scott D. Gest Information

University	University of Virginia
Position	Professor of Education Curry School of Education
Citations(all)	13333
Citations(since 2020)	4110
Cited By	10839
hIndex(all)	48
hIndex(since 2020)	36
i10Index(all)	65
i10Index(since 2020)	59
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University Profile Page	University of Virginia
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Scott D. Gest Skills & Research Interests

child & adolescent development

peer relations

teacher influences on classroom peer relations

social network analysis

Top articles of Scott D. Gest

Title	Journal	Author(s)	Publication Date
Peer relationships mediate the pathways from behavioral qualities to United States and Chinese children's loneliness	Child Development	Keqin Zhang Jingyi Duan Scott Gest Xinyin Chen Junsheng Liu ...	2024/1
Cross-ethnic and same-ethnic friendships in elementary classrooms: Unique associations with school adjustment	Journal of Applied Developmental Psychology	Marina Serdiouk Travis M Wilson Scott D Gest	2022/7/1
A comparison of peer influence estimates from SIENA stochastic actor–based models and from conventional regression approaches	Sociological Methods & Research	Daniel T Ragan D Wayne Osgood Nayan G Ramirez James Moody Scott D Gest	2022/2
Toddler dysregulated fear predicts continued risk for social anxiety symptoms in early adolescence	Development and psychopathology	Kristin A Buss Sunghye Cho Santiago Morales Meghan McDoniel Ann Frank Webb ...	2021/2