What is he best known for?
The fields of study he is best known for:
- Social psychology
- Cognition
- Developmental psychology
Bram P. Buunk mainly investigates Social psychology, Developmental psychology, Social comparison theory, Social support and Social relation.
Many of his research projects under Social psychology are closely connected to Equity theory with Equity theory, tying the diverse disciplines of science together.
The Developmental psychology study combines topics in areas such as Falling in love, Perception and Evolutionary psychology.
His research in Social comparison theory intersects with topics in Locus of control, Cognition, Psychometrics and Social perception.
As part of the same scientific family, he usually focuses on Social support, concentrating on Clinical psychology and intersecting with Industrial and organizational psychology, Social psychiatry, Health psychology and Praise.
His research in Social relation focuses on subjects like Social group, which are connected to Social exchange theory, Social psychology and Social network.
His most cited work include:
- Individual differences in social comparison: Development of a scale of social comparison orientation (745 citations)
- Commitment Processes in Close Relationships: An Interdependence Analysis (649 citations)
- The Affective Consequences of Social Comparison: Either Direction Has Its Ups and Downs (618 citations)
What are the main themes of his work throughout his whole career to date?
His main research concerns Social psychology, Developmental psychology, Social comparison theory, Feeling and Personality.
His work on Social psychology is being expanded to include thematically relevant topics such as Perception.
His Developmental psychology study combines topics from a wide range of disciplines, such as Coping, Cognition, Physical attractiveness and Jealousy.
His biological study spans a wide range of topics, including Dominance and Evolutionary psychology.
The study incorporates disciplines such as Affect, Burnout, Social cognition and Social perception in addition to Social comparison theory.
His Feeling course of study focuses on Clinical psychology and Self-efficacy.
He most often published in these fields:
- Social psychology (65.87%)
- Developmental psychology (49.10%)
- Social comparison theory (32.34%)
What were the highlights of his more recent work (between 2002-2018)?
- Social psychology (65.87%)
- Developmental psychology (49.10%)
- Social comparison theory (32.34%)
In recent papers he was focusing on the following fields of study:
The scientist’s investigation covers issues in Social psychology, Developmental psychology, Social comparison theory, Clinical psychology and Feeling.
His Social psychology study frequently involves adjacent topics like Burnout.
Bram P. Buunk interconnects Cognition, Personality and Quality of life in the investigation of issues within Developmental psychology.
His Social comparison theory study combines topics in areas such as Life satisfaction, Quality of life, Marital distress and Gerontology.
His study in Clinical psychology is interdisciplinary in nature, drawing from both Psychological intervention and Psychotherapist, Self-efficacy.
His research integrates issues of Anger and Mood in his study of Feeling.
Between 2002 and 2018, his most popular works were:
- When it is better to give than to receive: long-term health effects of perceived reciprocity in support exchange. (118 citations)
- Effects of a brief intervention program for patients with cancer and their partners on feelings of inequity, relationship quality and psychological distress (116 citations)
- How to Measure Self-management Abilities in Older People by Self-report. The Development of the SMAS-30 (88 citations)
In his most recent research, the most cited papers focused on:
- Social psychology
- Cognition
- Psychotherapist
His primary scientific interests are in Developmental psychology, Social comparison theory, Feeling, Cognition and Clinical psychology.
His research on Developmental psychology focuses in particular on Self-esteem.
His work on Social comparison orientation as part of general Social comparison theory study is frequently connected to Work, therefore bridging the gap between diverse disciplines of science and establishing a new relationship between them.
As a part of the same scientific study, Bram P. Buunk usually deals with the Social comparison orientation, concentrating on Social environment and frequently concerns with Social psychology.
His research in Social psychology is mostly concerned with Social relation.
His work in Cognition tackles topics such as Personality which are related to areas like Distress, Anxiety, Coping and Openness to experience.
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