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D-Index
87
Citations
30646
World Ranking
1081
National Ranking
670

Research.com Recognitions

  • Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences, United Kingdom
  • Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences, United Kingdom
  • Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences, United Kingdom

Overview

Alan Booth was affiliated with Pennsylvania State University in the United States. Their scholarly work included research related to social sciences, with publications that contributed to understanding human development and social behavior.

One of Booth's documented research papers is titled The Development of Gendered Interests and Personality Qualities from Middle Childhood through Adolescence: A Bio-Social Analysis, published in 2020 in UNC Libraries.

Booth collaborated with several frequent co-authors, including:

  • Susan M. McHale
  • Ji Yeon Kim
  • Aryn M. Dotterer
  • Ann C. Crouter

The publication venues where Booth contributed included:

  • UNC Libraries

Booth was recognized as a Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences in the United Kingdom, a distinction that marks a notable level of engagement within the academic community, although the exact year of this award is unspecified.

Throughout their career, Booth focused on interdisciplinary topics that intersect bio-social analysis with developmental psychology and social science methodologies, as reflected in their research themes.

Best Publications

  • Testosterone and dominance in men.

    Allan Mazur;Alan Booth

  • A Generation at Risk: Growing Up in an Era of Family Upheaval

    Paul R. Amato;Alan Booth

  • Parental Divorce, Marital Conflict, and Offspring Well-being during Early Adulthood

    Paul R. Amato;Laura Spencer Loomis;Alan Booth

  • Cohabitation versus marriage : A comparison of relationship quality

    Susan L. Brown;Alan Booth

  • Testosterone, and winning and losing in human competition.

    Alan Booth;Greg Shelley;Allan Mazur;Gerry Tharp

  • Divorce and psychological stress.

    Alan Booth;Paul Amato

  • Alone Together: How Marriage in America Is Changing

    Paul R. Amato;Alan Booth;David R. Johnson;Stacy J. Rogers

  • Parental Predivorce Relations and Offspring Postdivorce Well-Being

    Alan Booth;Paul R. Amato

  • Continuity and Change in Marital Quality Between 1980 and 2000

    Paul R. Amato;David R. Johnson;Alan Booth;Stacy J. Rogers

  • Unhappily Ever After: Effects of Long-Term, Low-Quality Marriages on Well-Being

    Daniel N. Hawkins;Alan Booth

  • A Prospective Study of Divorce and Parent-Child Relationships.

    Paul R. Amato;Alan Booth

  • Consequences of Parental Divorce and Marital Unhappiness for Adult Well-Being.

    Paul R. Amato;Alan Booth

  • Measuring Marital Instability.

    Alan Booth;David Johnson;John N. Edwards

  • The legacy of parents' marital discord: consequences for children's marital quality.

    Paul R. Amato;Alan Booth

  • Testosterone and Men's Marriages

    Alan Booth;James M. Dabbs

  • The quality and stability of remarriages: the role of stepchildren

    Lynn K. White;Alan Booth

  • Sex and Social Participation

    Alan Booth

  • Changes in gender role attitudes and perceived marital quality

    Paul R. Amato;Alan Booth

  • The ''trouble'' with salivary testosterone

    Douglas A Granger;Elizabeth A Shirtcliff;Alan Booth;Katie T Kivlighan

  • Family-school links : how do they affect educational outcomes?

    Alan Booth;Judith F. Dunn

  • Children's influence on family dynamics: The neglected side of family relationships.

    Ann C. Crouter;Alan Booth

Frequent Co-Authors

David R. Johnson
David R. Johnson Pennsylvania State University
Ann C. Crouter
Ann C. Crouter Pennsylvania State University
Paul R. Amato
Paul R. Amato Pennsylvania State University
Douglas A. Granger
Douglas A. Granger University of California, Irvine
Lynn K. White
Lynn K. White University of Nebraska–Lincoln
Susan M. McHale
Susan M. McHale Pennsylvania State University
Elizabeth A. Shirtcliff
Elizabeth A. Shirtcliff Iowa State University
Susan L. Brown
Susan L. Brown Bowling Green State University
Judy Dunn
Judy Dunn King's College London
James M. Dabbs
James M. Dabbs Georgia State University

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