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  • 2011 - Fellow of the American Psychological Association (APA)

Overview

Bruce L. Baker is affiliated with the University of California, Los Angeles in the United States. Their research spans multiple disciplines with a primary focus on psychology and neuroscience. The subfields of study include clinical psychology, cognitive neuroscience, atmospheric science, aerospace engineering, and psychiatry and mental health.

The scientist's work covers a range of topics, particularly centered on family and disability support research and autism spectrum disorder research. Other significant topics include child and adolescent psychosocial and emotional development, child development and digital technology, precipitation measurement and analysis, meteorological phenomena and simulations, and climate variability and models.

Bruce L. Baker has authored several recent papers, including:

  • Behavior Disorders and Social Skills in Adolescents with Intellectual Disability: Does Co-Morbid Autism Matter?, 2021, Journal of Mental Health Research in Intellectual Disabilities
  • How Well Are We Measuring Snow Post-SPICE?, 2021, Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society
  • Daily living skills in adolescents with autism spectrum disorder: Implications for intervention and independence, 2021, Research in Autism Spectrum Disorders
  • Current and Future Uses of UAS for Improved Forecasts/Warnings and Scientific Studies, 2020, Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society
  • Hope in Neurodiverse Adolescents: Disparities and Correlates, 2022, Advances in Neurodevelopmental Disorders

Frequent coauthors include Jacques Blacher, Lisa Christensen, John Kochendorfer, Michael E. Earle, and Roy Rasmussen.

Baker's work has been published repeatedly in journals such as the Journal of Mental Health Research in Intellectual Disabilities, Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, Research in Autism Spectrum Disorders, Advances in Neurodevelopmental Disorders, and Developmental Psychobiology.

Among their distinctions, Bruce L. Baker was named Fellow of the American Psychological Association (APA) in 2011.

Best Publications

  • Pre-school children with and without developmental delay: behaviour problems and parenting stress over time

    Bruce L. Baker;Laura Lee McIntyre;Jan Blacher;Keith A. Crnic

  • Parenting Stress and Child Behavior Problems: A Transactional Relationship Across Time

    Cameron Leigh Neece;Shulamite A. Green;Bruce L. Baker

  • Behavior Problems and Parenting Stress in Families of Three-Year-Old Children With and Without Developmental Delays

    Bruce L. Baker;Jan Blacher;Keith A. Crnic;Craig Edelbrock

  • Preschool Children with Intellectual Disability: Syndrome Specificity, Behaviour Problems, and Maternal Well-Being

    A. S. Eisenhower;Bruce L. Baker;J. Blacher

  • The impact of young children with externalizing behaviors on their families.

    Geri Donenberg;Bruce L. Baker

  • Preschool children with and without developmental delay: behaviour problems, parents' optimism and well-being.

    B. L. Baker;J. Blacher;M. B. Olsson

  • The transition to school: Adaptation in young children with and without intellectual disability.

    L. L. McIntyre;J. Blacher;B. L. Baker

  • Resilience and the course of daily parenting stress in families of young children with intellectual disabilities.

    Emily Gerstein;Keith A. Crnic;Jan Blacher;B L Baker

  • Positive impact of intellectual disability on families.

    Jan Blacher;Bruce L. Baker

  • Behaviour/mental health problems in young adults with intellectual disability: the impact on families.

    L. L. McIntyre;J. Blacher;B. L. Baker

  • Bullying of youth with autism spectrum disorder, intellectual disability, or typical development: victim and parent perspectives

    S.M. Zeedyk;G. Rodriguez;L.A. Tipton;B.L. Baker

  • Fathers' and mothers' perceptions of father involvement in families with young children with a disability

    Susan Simmerman;Jan Blacher;Bruce L Baker

  • Mental disorders in five-year-old children with or without developmental delay: focus on ADHD.

    Bruce L. Baker;Cameron L. Neece;Rachel M. Fenning;Keith A. Crnic

  • Prediction of Social Skills in 6-Year-Old Children with and without Developmental Delays: Contributions of Early Regulation and Maternal Scaffolding.

    Jason K. Baker;Rachel M. Fenning;Keith A. Crnic;Bruce L. Baker

  • Self-directed desensitization for acrophobia

    Bruce L. Baker;David C. Cohen;Jon Terry Saunders

  • Predicting maternal parenting stress in middle childhood: the roles of child intellectual status, behaviour problems and social skills.

    C. Neece;B. Baker

  • Behavior problems and peer rejection in preschool boys and girls.

    Jeffrey J. Wood;Philip A. Cowan;Bruce L. Baker

  • Early Student-Teacher Relationships of Children with and without Intellectual Disability: Contributions of Behavioral, Social, and Self-Regulatory Competence.

    Abbey S. Eisenhower;Bruce L. Baker;Jan Blacher

  • Externalizing behavior and cognitive functioning from preschool to first grade: Stability and predictors

    Tracy L. Heller;Bruce L. Baker;Barbara Henker;Stephen P. Hinshaw

  • Children's delayed development and behavior problems: impact on mothers' perceived physical health across early childhood.

    Abbey Severance Eisenhower;Bruce L. Baker;Jan Blacher

  • Preschool children with externalizing behaviors: Experience of fathers and mothers

    Bruce L. Baker;Tracy L. Heller

Frequent Co-Authors

Jan Blacher
Jan Blacher University of California, Riverside
Keith A. Crnic
Keith A. Crnic Arizona State University
Steve S. Lee
Steve S. Lee University of California, Los Angeles
Laura Lee McIntyre
Laura Lee McIntyre University of Oregon
Steven I. Pfeiffer
Steven I. Pfeiffer Florida State University
Sidney J. Blatt
Sidney J. Blatt Yale University
Barbara Henker
Barbara Henker University of California, Los Angeles
Denise A. Chavira
Denise A. Chavira University of California, Los Angeles
Philip A. Cowan
Philip A. Cowan University of California, Berkeley
Sally J. Rogers
Sally J. Rogers University of California, Davis

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