D-Index & Metrics Best Publications

D-Index & Metrics 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.

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 57 Citations 9,229 143 World Ranking 3016 National Ranking 20

Overview

What is he best known for?

The fields of study he is best known for:

  • Social psychology
  • Anxiety
  • Major depressive disorder

Avi Besser focuses on Developmental psychology, Personality, Psychiatry, Clinical psychology and Interpersonal relationship. His Developmental psychology research is multidisciplinary, relying on both Narcissism, Cognition and Social perception. Avi Besser has researched Personality in several fields, including Self-concept, Self-criticism and Perfectionism.

In general Psychiatry, his work in Posttraumatic stress, Generalized anxiety disorder, Anxiety disorder and Major depressive disorder is often linked to Longitudinal study linking many areas of study. His work on Multidimensional perfectionism, Self-acceptance and Self-esteem as part of general Clinical psychology study is frequently linked to Terrorism, bridging the gap between disciplines. The various areas that Avi Besser examines in his Interpersonal relationship study include Social relation, Social support and Interpersonal communication.

His most cited work include:

  • Validation of a new scale for measuring problematic internet use: implications for pre-employment screening. (511 citations)
  • Perfectionism is multidimensional: a reply to Shafran, Cooper and Fairburn (2002) (152 citations)
  • grAndiose nArcissism versus vulnerAble nArcissism in threAtening situAtions: emotionAl reActions to Achievement FAilure And interPersonAl rejection (145 citations)

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

His primary areas of study are Clinical psychology, Developmental psychology, Personality, Social psychology and Depression. His work carried out in the field of Clinical psychology brings together such families of science as Psychiatry and Anxiety. His Posttraumatic stress and Mental health study, which is part of a larger body of work in Psychiatry, is frequently linked to Injury prevention and Suicide prevention, bridging the gap between disciplines.

His Developmental psychology research is multidisciplinary, incorporating elements of Interpersonal communication, Social relation, Cognition, Association and Interpersonal relationship. His Association study which covers Narcissism that intersects with Psychopathy and Machiavellianism. His Personality research incorporates themes from Vulnerability, Self-criticism, Social support and Self-esteem.

He most often published in these fields:

  • Clinical psychology (42.25%)
  • Developmental psychology (38.73%)
  • Personality (38.73%)

What were the highlights of his more recent work (between 2013-2021)?

  • Clinical psychology (42.25%)
  • Personality (38.73%)
  • Social psychology (23.24%)

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

Avi Besser mostly deals with Clinical psychology, Personality, Social psychology, Developmental psychology and Big Five personality traits. Avi Besser has included themes like Optimism and Psychiatry, Depression, Anxiety in his Clinical psychology study. Avi Besser interconnects Cognition and Perfectionism in the investigation of issues within Anxiety.

His research investigates the connection with Personality and areas like Distress which intersect with concerns in Happiness and Feeling. Many of his research projects under Social psychology are closely connected to Prestige, Ideology and World view with Prestige, Ideology and World view, tying the diverse disciplines of science together. The concepts of his Developmental psychology study are interwoven with issues in Narcissism, Self-criticism and Machiavellianism, Psychopathy.

Between 2013 and 2021, his most popular works were:

  • The Child–Adolescent Perfectionism Scale Development, Psychometric Properties, and Associations With Stress, Distress, and Psychiatric Symptoms (67 citations)
  • Intrapersonal Resilience Moderates the Association Between Exposure-Severity and PTSD Symptoms Among Civilians Exposed to the 2014 Israel–Gaza Conflict (53 citations)
  • The Dark Triad and sexual harassment proclivity (42 citations)

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

  • Social psychology
  • Anxiety
  • Psychotherapist

His primary scientific interests are in Clinical psychology, Personality, Optimism, Developmental psychology and Depression. His studies in Clinical psychology integrate themes in fields like Psychiatry and Anxiety. His Personality research incorporates elements of Harm and Moral disengagement.

In his study, which falls under the umbrella issue of Optimism, Social support, Intrapersonal communication and Posttraumatic stress is strongly linked to Psychological resilience. His Developmental psychology research also works with subjects such as

  • Narcissism which intersects with area such as Harassment,
  • Social psychology which intersects with area such as Pathological. The Multidimensional perfectionism research Avi Besser does as part of his general Perfectionism study is frequently linked to other disciplines of science, such as Trait, therefore creating a link between diverse domains of science.

This overview was generated by a machine learning system which analysed the scientist’s body of work. If you have any feedback, you can contact us here.

Best Publications

Validation of a new scale for measuring problematic internet use: implications for pre-employment screening.

Richard A. Davis;Gordon L. Flett;Avi Besser.
Cyberpsychology, Behavior, and Social Networking (2002)

1242 Citations

DIMENSIONS OF PERFECTIONISM, UNCONDITIONAL SELF- ACCEPTANCE, AND DEPRESSION

Gordon L. Flett;Avi Besser;Richard A. Davis;Paul L. Hewitt.
Journal of Rational-emotive & Cognitive-behavior Therapy (2003)

327 Citations

Perfectionism is multidimensional: a reply to Shafran, Cooper and Fairburn (2002)

P.L. Hewitt;G.L. Flett;A. Besser;S.B. Sherry.
Behaviour Research and Therapy (2003)

312 Citations

grAndiose nArcissism versus vulnerAble nArcissism in threAtening situAtions: emotionAl reActions to Achievement FAilure And interPersonAl rejection

Avi Besser;Beatriz Priel.
Journal of Social and Clinical Psychology (2010)

308 Citations

Experiences of stigmatization play a role in mediating the impact of disease severity on quality of life in psoriasis patients

D. Vardy;A. Besser;M. Amir;B. Gesthalter.
British Journal of Dermatology (2002)

243 Citations

Personality, martial satisfaction, and probability of marital infidelity.

Todd K. Shackelford;Avi Besser;Aaron T. Goetz.
Individual Differences Research (2008)

237 Citations

Perfectionism, cognition, and affect in response to performance failure vs. success

Avi Besser;Gordon L. Flett;Paul L. Hewitt.
Journal of Rational-emotive & Cognitive-behavior Therapy (2004)

212 Citations

The Role of Simple Emotion Recognition Skills among School Aged Boys at Risk of ADHD

Inna Kats-Gold;Avi Besser;Beatriz Priel.
Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology (2007)

197 Citations

Self-oriented and socially prescribed perfectionism in the Eating Disorder Inventory Perfectionism subscale.

Simon B. Sherry;Paul L. Hewitt;Avi Besser;Brandy J. McGee.
International Journal of Eating Disorders (2004)

183 Citations

Vulnerability to Postpartum Depressive Symptomatology: Dependency, Self-Criticism and the Moderating Role of Antenatal Attachment

Beatriz Priel;Avi Besser.
Journal of Social and Clinical Psychology (1999)

170 Citations

If you think any of the details on this page are incorrect, let us know.

Contact us

Best Scientists Citing Avi Besser

Gordon L. Flett

Gordon L. Flett

York University

Publications: 70

Paul L. Hewitt

Paul L. Hewitt

University of British Columbia

Publications: 62

Patrick Luyten

Patrick Luyten

KU Leuven

Publications: 44

Joachim Stoeber

Joachim Stoeber

University of Kent

Publications: 26

Marnin J. Heisel

Marnin J. Heisel

University of Western Ontario

Publications: 25

Virgil Zeigler-Hill

Virgil Zeigler-Hill

Oakland University

Publications: 21

Donald H. Saklofske

Donald H. Saklofske

University of Western Ontario

Publications: 20

Golan Shahar

Golan Shahar

Ben-Gurion University of the Negev

Publications: 19

Aaron L. Pincus

Aaron L. Pincus

Pennsylvania State University

Publications: 16

Sidney J. Blatt

Sidney J. Blatt

Yale University

Publications: 15

Bart Soenens

Bart Soenens

Ghent University

Publications: 13

David C. Zuroff

David C. Zuroff

McGill University

Publications: 12

Howard Hall

Howard Hall

York St John University

Publications: 12

Phillip R. Shaver

Phillip R. Shaver

University of California, Davis

Publications: 12

Sherry H. Stewart

Sherry H. Stewart

Dalhousie University

Publications: 11

Paul R. Duberstein

Paul R. Duberstein

Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey

Publications: 10

Trending Scientists

Eli Upfal

Eli Upfal

Brown University

Xiaoyi Jiang

Xiaoyi Jiang

University of Münster

John Vian

John Vian

Boeing (United States)

Lieve Helsen

Lieve Helsen

KU Leuven

Jiali Gao

Jiali Gao

University of Minnesota

Changren Zhou

Changren Zhou

Jinan University

Robert J. White

Robert J. White

University of York

Johnjoe McFadden

Johnjoe McFadden

University of Surrey

Douglas F. Williams

Douglas F. Williams

University of South Carolina

Rob A. Kemp

Rob A. Kemp

Royal Holloway University of London

Ben-Xun Su

Ben-Xun Su

Chinese Academy of Sciences

Lucy Johnston

Lucy Johnston

University of Canterbury

Robert G. Knight

Robert G. Knight

University of Otago

Donald P. Tashkin

Donald P. Tashkin

University of California, Los Angeles

Gary A. Rosenberg

Gary A. Rosenberg

University of New Mexico

Denis Burgarella

Denis Burgarella

Aix-Marseille University

Something went wrong. Please try again later.