Victoria N Mugambi

Biographic Data

ID5757997
NAMEVictoria N Mugambi
GIVEN NAMESVictoria N
FAMILY NAMEMugambi
SIGNATUREMUGAMBI V N
AFFILIATIONSThe University of Texas at Dallas
VERIFIEDNo
TOTAL WORKS3
TOTAL CITATIONS1
WORKS AS AUTHOR3
WORKS AS EDITOR0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR2022
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2025
H-INDEX1

  • The Prevention of Nicotine use in the State of Arkansas that has Geographic Tobacco use Disparities

    Open AccessAshley H Clawson, Page D Dobbs et al.ARTICLEJournal of Community Health2025

  • “Why do dogs pant?”

    Open AccessCandice M Mills, Judith H Danovitch et al.ARTICLEChild Development2022

    Using a new method for examining parental explanations in a laboratory setting, the prompted explanation task, this study examines how characteristics of parental explanations about biology relate to children's knowledge. Parents (N = 148; Mage = 38; 84% female, 16% male; 67% having completed college) of children ages 7–10 (Mage = 8.92; 47% female, 53% male; 58% White, 9.5% Black, 9.5% Asian) provided answers to eight how and why questions about …

  • Cognitive reflection and authoritarianism relate to how parents respond to children’s science questions

    Open AccessCandice M Mills, Judith H Danovitch et al.ARTICLEDevelopmental Psychology2022Cited by: 1

    When children ask questions about science, parents use a variety of strategies to answer them, including providing accurate information, connecting to prior knowledge, or simply saying "I do not know." This study examines the factors underlying individual differences in parental explanatory characteristics. Parents ( N = 148; M age = 38; 84% female, 16% male; 58% with White American children; 67% having completed college; 49% with household incom…