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Bram Orobio de Castro

Bram Orobio de Castro

D-Index & Metrics

Psychology

D-Index
46
Citations
8610
World Ranking
6423
National Ranking
295

Bram Orobio de Castro publication distribution in Psychology in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Psychology in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Bram Orobio de Castro sits on this spectrum.

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31 publications 705+

This scientist: 142 publications — 45th percentile

45% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 705 publications or more.

Bram Orobio de Castro D-index placement in Psychology in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Psychology scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Bram Orobio de Castro sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 144+

This scientist: 46 D-Index — 45th percentile

45% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 144 D-Index or more.

Overview

Bram Orobio de Castro is affiliated with Utrecht University in the Netherlands and has a focused research profile in the field of psychology, with particular expertise in clinical psychology. Their scholarly output includes 73 publications primarily centered around psychological topics, with substantial contributions to clinical psychology, social psychology, and education.

Their research spans several subfields, including clinical psychology, social psychology, education, developmental and educational psychology, and sociology and political science. The main topics of their work cover child and adolescent psychosocial and emotional development, bullying, victimization and aggression, family and disability support research, autism spectrum disorder research, early childhood education and development, child abuse and trauma, as well as child development and digital technology.

Among the recent papers authored or co-authored by Bram Orobio de Castro are:

  • Interactive virtual reality assessment of aggressive social information processing in boys with behaviour problems: A pilot study, 2021, Clinical Psychology & Psychotherapy
  • Does Social and Economic Disadvantage Predict Lower Engagement with Parenting Interventions? An Integrative Analysis Using Individual Participant Data, 2022, Prevention Science
  • Longer-Term Outcomes of the Incredible Years Parenting Intervention, 2020, Prevention Science
  • A Dual-Mode Social-Information-Processing Model to Explain Individual Differences in Children's Aggressive Behavior, 2021, Clinical Psychological Science
  • Does being defended relate to decreases in victimization and improved psychosocial adjustment among victims?, 2022, Journal of Educational Psychology

Their frequent co-authors include Anouk van Dijk, Ankie Menting, E. Verhulp, Walter Matthys, and Patty Leijten.

Bram Orobio de Castro often publishes in venues such as SSRN Electronic Journal, Kind & Adolescent Praktijk, Prevention Science, Clinical Child Psychology and Psychiatry, and Behaviour Research and Therapy.

Best Publications

  • Hostile attribution of intent and aggressive behavior: a meta-analysis.

    Bram Orobio de Castro;Jan W. Veerman;Willem Koops;Joop D. Bosch

  • Emotions in Social Information Processing and Their Relations With Reactive and Proactive Aggression in Referred Aggressive Boys

    Bram Orobio de Castro;Welmoet Merk;Willem Koops;Jan W. Veerman

  • Effectiveness of the Incredible Years parent training to modify disruptive and prosocial child behavior: a meta-analytic review.

    Ankie T.A. Menting;Bram Orobio de Castro;Walter Matthys

  • A meta-analysis of the distinction between reactive and proactive aggression in children and adolescents.

    Hanneke Polman;Bram Orobio de Castro;Willem Koops;Herman W. van Boxtel

  • Origins of narcissism in children

    Eddie Brummelman;Eddie Brummelman;Sander Thomaes;Sander Thomaes;Stefanie A. Nelemans;Bram Orobio de Castro

  • Does Socioeconomic Status Matter? A Meta-Analysis on Parent Training Effectiveness for Disruptive Child Behavior

    Patty Leijten;Maartje A. J. Raaijmakers;Bram Orobio de Castro;Walter Matthys

  • Reducing Narcissistic Aggression by Buttressing Self-Esteem: An Experimental Field Study

    Sander Thomaes;Brad J. Bushman;Brad J. Bushman;Bram Orobio de Castro;Geoffrey L. Cohen

  • Sustained, fade-out or sleeper effects? A systematic review and meta-analysis of parenting interventions for disruptive child behavior

    Jolien van Aar;Patty Leijten;Patty Leijten;Bram Orobio de Castro;Geertjan Overbeek

  • Experimental study of the differential effects of playing versus watching violent video games on children's aggressive behavior.

    Hanneke Polman;Bram Orobio de Castro;Marcel A.G. van Aken

  • The distinction between reactive and proactive aggression: Utility for theory, diagnosis and treatment?

    Welmoet Merk;Bram Orobio de Castro;Willem Koops;Walter Matthys

  • What makes narcissists bloom? A framework for research on the etiology and development of narcissism.

    Sander Thomaes;Brad J. Bushman;Bram Orobio de Castro;Hedy Stegge

  • Negative feelings exacerbate hostile attributions of intent in highly aggressive boys

    Bram Orobio de Castro;Nico W. Slot;Joop D. Bosch;Willem Koops

  • On feeding those hungry for praise: person praise backfires in children with low self-esteem

    Eddie Brummelman;Sander Thomaes;Geertjan Overbeek;Bram Orobio De Castro

  • In the eye of the beholder: eye-tracking assessment of social information processing in aggressive behavior

    Tako A. Horsley;Bram Orobio de Castro;Menno Van der Schoot

  • Effectiveness of the Incredible Years Parenting Program for Families with Socioeconomically Disadvantaged and Ethnic Minority Backgrounds

    Patty Leijten;Maartje A J Raaijmakers;Bram Orobio de Castro;Els van den Ban

  • Underlying Mechanisms of Gene-Environment Interactions in Externalizing Behavior: A Systematic Review and Search for Theoretical Mechanisms.

    Joyce Weeland;Joyce Weeland;Geertjan Overbeek;Bram Orobio de Castro;Walter Matthys

  • Social Information Processing in delinquent adolescents

    Coralijn N. Nas;Bram Orobio De Castro;Willem Koops

  • “That’s Not Just Beautiful—That’s Incredibly Beautiful!” The Adverse Impact of Inflated Praise on Children With Low Self-Esteem

    Eddie Brummelman;Sander Thomaes;Sander Thomaes;Bram Orobio de Castro;Geertjan Overbeek

  • The development of social information processing and aggressive behaviour: Current issues

    Bram Orobio de Castro

  • I Like Me If You Like Me: On the Interpersonal Modulation and Regulation of Preadolescents’ State Self‐Esteem

    Sander Thomaes;Albert Reijntjes;Bram Orobio de Castro;Brad J. Bushman

Frequent Co-Authors

Sander Thomaes
Sander Thomaes Utrecht University
Walter Matthys
Walter Matthys Utrecht University
Brad J. Bushman
Brad J. Bushman The Ohio State University
Geertjan Overbeek
Geertjan Overbeek University of Amsterdam
Marcel A. G. van Aken
Marcel A. G. van Aken Utrecht University
Albert Reijntjes
Albert Reijntjes Utrecht University
Rens van de Schoot
Rens van de Schoot Utrecht University
Maja Deković
Maja Deković Utrecht University
Michael J. Telch
Michael J. Telch The University of Texas at Austin
Peter Prinzie
Peter Prinzie Erasmus University Rotterdam

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