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Discipline name D-index D-index (Discipline H-index) only includes papers and citation values for an examined discipline in contrast to General H-index which accounts for publications across all disciplines. Citations Publications World Ranking National Ranking
Psychology D-index 61 Citations 29,721 123 World Ranking 2024 National Ranking 1216

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Awards & Achievements

2002 - Fellow of the American Psychological Association (APA)

Overview

What is he best known for?

The fields of study he is best known for:

  • Social psychology
  • Cognition
  • Developmental psychology

Arthur Aron mainly focuses on Social psychology, Developmental psychology, Functional magnetic resonance imaging, Attraction and Self-concept. In general Social psychology, his work in Social relation, Interpersonal relationship and Personality is often linked to Closeness linking many areas of study. His studies deal with areas such as Identity, Prejudice, Friendship and Affect as well as Developmental psychology.

His Functional magnetic resonance imaging study combines topics in areas such as Cognitive psychology, Ventral tegmental area, Prefrontal cortex and Euphoriant. Arthur Aron combines subjects such as Romance, Reward system and Stalking with his study of Attraction. Arthur Aron interconnects Cognition and Self in the investigation of issues within Self-concept.

His most cited work include:

  • Inclusion of Other in the Self Scale and the structure of interpersonal closeness (2773 citations)
  • Close Relationships as Including Other in the Self (1302 citations)
  • The extended contact effect: Knowledge of cross-group friendships and prejudice. (958 citations)

What are the main themes of his work throughout his whole career to date?

His main research concerns Social psychology, Developmental psychology, Self, Romance and Interpersonal relationship. Arthur Aron merges Social psychology with Closeness in his study. His Developmental psychology study also includes

  • Cognition that intertwine with fields like Social relation,
  • Temperament most often made with reference to Trait.

His biological study spans a wide range of topics, including Nucleus accumbens, Reward system and Ventral tegmental area. Arthur Aron has included themes like Cognitive psychology and Social cognition in his Self expansion study. His studies in Friendship integrate themes in fields like Prejudice and Contact hypothesis.

He most often published in these fields:

  • Social psychology (54.93%)
  • Developmental psychology (33.80%)
  • Self (18.31%)

What were the highlights of his more recent work (between 2015-2021)?

  • Social psychology (54.93%)
  • Self (18.31%)
  • Self expansion (11.27%)

In recent papers he was focusing on the following fields of study:

Arthur Aron mainly investigates Social psychology, Self, Self expansion, Friendship and Developmental psychology. The concepts of his Social psychology study are interwoven with issues in Equivalence, Cognition and Validity. His Self research includes elements of Econometrics and Relationship development.

His Self expansion research incorporates elements of Cognitive psychology, Arousal, Perception and Marital satisfaction. His Developmental psychology research incorporates themes from Temperament and Trait. His research in Trait intersects with topics in Latent class model, Context, Multivariate analysis and Sample size determination.

Between 2015 and 2021, his most popular works were:

  • Intense, Passionate, Romantic Love: A Natural Addiction? How the Fields That Investigate Romance and Substance Abuse Can Inform Each Other. (70 citations)
  • Self-expansion motivation improves cross-group interactions and enhances self-growth (63 citations)
  • Environmental sensitivity in children: development of the highly sensitive child scale and identification of sensitivity groups (58 citations)

In his most recent research, the most cited papers focused on:

  • Social psychology
  • Cognition
  • Developmental psychology

Arthur Aron mainly focuses on Social psychology, Self, Developmental psychology, Feeling and Trait. Social psychology is closely attributed to Similarity in his study. Arthur Aron performs multidisciplinary study in the fields of Self and Closeness via his papers.

His Developmental psychology research is multidisciplinary, incorporating elements of Reward system, Euphoriant, Substance abuse and Behavioral addiction, Addiction. Arthur Aron has researched Feeling in several fields, including Interpersonal communication and Outgroup. His Trait research includes themes of Latent class model, Multivariate analysis, Sample size determination and Psychometrics.

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Best Publications

Inclusion of Other in the Self Scale and the structure of interpersonal closeness

Arthur Aron;Elaine N. Aron;Danny Smollan.
Journal of Personality and Social Psychology (1992)

5060 Citations

Close Relationships as Including Other in the Self

Arthur Aron;Elaine N. Aron;Michael Tudor;Greg Nelson.
Journal of Personality and Social Psychology (1991)

2511 Citations

The extended contact effect: Knowledge of cross-group friendships and prejudice.

Stephen C. Wright;Arthur Aron;Tracy McLaughlin-Volpe;Stacy A. Ropp.
Journal of Personality and Social Psychology (1997)

1806 Citations

Statistics for Psychology

Arthur Aron;Elaine N. Aron;Elliot J. Coups.
(1994)

1676 Citations

Some evidence for heightened sexual attraction under conditions of high anxiety.

Donald G. Dutton;Arthur P. Aron.
Journal of Personality and Social Psychology (1974)

1331 Citations

Reward, Motivation, and Emotion Systems Associated With Early-Stage Intense Romantic Love

Arthur Aron;Helen E Fisher;Debra J Mashek;Greg Strong.
Journal of Neurophysiology (2005)

1265 Citations

Sensory-processing sensitivity and its relation to introversion and emotionality.

Elaine N. Aron;Arthur Aron.
Journal of Personality and Social Psychology (1997)

855 Citations

The Experimental Generation of Interpersonal Closeness: A Procedure and Some Preliminary Findings

Arthur Aron;Edward Melinat;Elaine N. Aron;Robert Darrin Vallone.
Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin (1997)

821 Citations

Cross-Group Friendships and Intergroup Attitudes A Meta-Analytic Review

Kristin Davies;Linda R. Tropp;Arthur Aron;Thomas F. Pettigrew.
Personality and Social Psychology Review (2011)

772 Citations

Couples' shared participation in novel and arousing activities and experienced relationship quality

Arthur Aron;Christina C. Norman;Elaine N. Aron;Colin McKenna.
Journal of Personality and Social Psychology (2000)

767 Citations

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