Zewelanji Serpell

Virginia Commonwealth University — United States

Psychology · Social Sciences

18h-index1.7kcitations62works1.02yr avg
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Research Topics

Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development(15), Early Childhood Education and Development(14), Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder(13), Behavioral and Psychological Studies(7), Family and Disability Support Research(7)

Publications62 total

The role of community-based volunteers in integrating interactive playful parenting interventions for early childhood development in rural community systems for health in Zambia: a qualitative study
BMC Primary Care·2025Open Access
Age and gender effects on the development of executive function skills: A multisite study of school-aged children and adolescents
2025Open Access
Exploring parent and service provider expectations for children with autism or intellectual disability: A two-country follow-up study
Journal of Intellectual & Developmental Disability·2025Open Access
The Developmental Dynamics of Emotional and Behavioral Difficulties of Youth of Color: Systemic Oppression, Correlated Constraints, and the Need for Targeted Universalism
UNC Libraries·2025Open Access
Parental Expectations for Their Children with Developmental Disabilities: A Systematic Scoping Review
Journal of Child and Family Studies·2025· 6 citedOpen Access
African American College Students’ Contextual Emotion Expression
Affective Science·2025Open Access
Expectations for Children with Autism Spectrum Disorders or Intellectual Disabilities in Ghana: A Comparison Between Service Providers and Parents
Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders·2023· 6 citedOpen Access
Executive function measurement in urban schools: Exploring links between performance‐based metrics and teacher ratings
Developmental Science·2022Open Access
Ethnic-Racial Identity, Social Transactions in the Classroom and Academic-Related Outcomes: Gender Matters
The Journal of Genetic Psychology·2022· 4 cited
Developmental Considerations in a Problematic Ecology: Achieving Equity and Socially Just Learning Environments for African American Adolescents With Emotional and Behavioral Challenges
Journal of Emotional and Behavioral Disorders·2022· 3 cited
Editorial: African Cultural Models in Psychology
Frontiers in Psychology·2022· 4 citedOpen Access
The Developmental Dynamics of Emotional and Behavioral Difficulties of Youth of Color: Systemic Oppression, Correlated Constraints, and the Need for Targeted Universalism
Journal of Emotional and Behavioral Disorders·2022· 30 cited
Executive function measurement in urban schools: Exploring the links between performance-based metrics and teacher ratings
2021· 1 citedOpen Access
The Zoo Task: A novel metacognitive problem-solving task developed with a sample of African American children from schools in high poverty communities.
Psychological Assessment·2021· 4 citedOpen Access
Parental expectations for children with intellectual disability or autism in Ghana and Zambia: A concept mapping study
Research in Developmental Disabilities·2021· 18 cited
Measuring the Effect of ITS Feedback Messages on Students' Emotions.
2021
Zoo Task
PsycTESTS Dataset·2021
The Association Between Adverse Childhood Experiences and Child Telomere Length: Examining Self-Regulation as a Behavioral Mediator
Child Development·2020· 10 cited
Developing a Framework for Curtailing Exclusionary Discipline for African-American Students with Disruptive Behavior Problems: A Mixed-Methods Approach
School Mental Health·2020· 3 cited
Supporting the integration of evidence into federal educational policy and reform efforts: A navigational framework for educational researchers
Educational Psychologist·2020· 2 cited
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Frequent Co-authors

Steven W. Evans(11), Melissa Washington‐Nortey(6), Teresa Parr(6), Michelle R. Ellefson(6), Brandon K. Schultz(5), Caroline S. Clauss‐Ehlers(4), Jwalin Patel(4), Amanda Aldercotte(4), Maggie Sibley(3), Mark D. Weist(3), Adote Anum(3), Maria Tsapali(3), Vivian Dzokoto(3), Jacob Whitehill(2), Yi-Ching Lin(2), Aysha Foster(2), Javier R. Movellan(2), Dena A. Pastor(2), Brittney Pearson(2), Donna Penn Towns(2)