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Psychology
Netherlands
2023

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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 87 Citations 23,331 205 World Ranking 756 National Ranking 41

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Awards & Achievements

2023 - Research.com Psychology in Netherlands Leader Award

2004 - Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences

Overview

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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Best Publications

Individual differences in social comparison: Development of a scale of social comparison orientation

Frederick X. Gibbons;Bram P. Buunk.
Journal of Personality and Social Psychology (1999)

1786 Citations

Commitment Processes in Close Relationships: An Interdependence Analysis

Caryl E. Rusbult;Bram P. Buunk.
Journal of Social and Personal Relationships (1993)

1333 Citations

The Affective Consequences of Social Comparison: Either Direction Has Its Ups and Downs

Bram P. Buunk;Rebecca L. Collins;Shelley E. Taylor;Nico W. VanYperen.
Journal of Personality and Social Psychology (1990)

1213 Citations

BURNOUT - A PERSPECTIVE FROM SOCIAL-COMPARISON THEORY

Bp Buunk;Wb Schaufeli.
(1993)

1125 Citations

Attitudes of minority and majority members towards adaptation of immigrants

Jan Pieter Van Oudenhoven;Karin S. Prins;Bram P. Buunk.
European Journal of Social Psychology (1998)

568 Citations

Sex Differences in Jealousy in Evolutionary and Cultural Perspective: Tests From the Netherlands, Germany, and the United States:

Bram P. Buunk;Alois Angleitner;Viktor Oubaid;David M. Buss.
Psychological Science (1996)

547 Citations

When better-than-others compare upward : Choice of comparison and comparative evaluation as independent predictors of academic performance

Hart Blanton;Bram P. Buunk;Frederick X. Gibbons;Hans Kuyper.
Journal of Personality and Social Psychology (1999)

503 Citations

Couples dealing with cancer : Role and gender differences regarding psychological distress and quality of life

Mariët Hagedoorn;Bram P. Buunk;Roeline G. Kuijer;Theo Wobbes.
Psycho-oncology (2000)

452 Citations

Age and gender differences in mate selection criteria for various involvement levels

Bram P. Buunk;Pieternel Dijkstra;Detlef Fetchenhauer;Douglas T. Kenrick.
Personal Relationships (2002)

373 Citations

Marital satisfaction in patients with cancer: does support from intimate partners benefit those who need it the most?

Mariët Hagedoorn;Roeline G. Kuijer;Bram P. Buunk;G. Majella DeJong.
Health Psychology (2000)

349 Citations

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