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Catrin Finkenauer

Catrin Finkenauer

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Psychology

D-Index
64
Citations
25488
World Ranking
2905
National Ranking
149

Overview

Catrin Finkenauer is affiliated with Utrecht University in the Netherlands and has a research focus primarily in the fields of psychology and social sciences. Their work spans several subfields including clinical psychology, sociology and political science, social psychology, applied psychology, and experimental and cognitive psychology.

The main topics covered in Finkenauer's research include child and adolescent psychosocial and emotional development, the impact of technology on adolescents, behavioral health and interventions, family support in illness, child development and digital technology, psychological and temporal perspectives research, and attachment and relationship dynamics.

Finkenauer has published research in a variety of academic venues. Frequent publication outlets include:

  • Computers in Human Behavior
  • Journal of Adolescent Health
  • Frontiers in Psychology
  • European Child & Adolescent Psychiatry
  • Journal of Family Psychology

Collaborations have been a significant aspect of Finkenauer's career. Frequent coauthors are:

  • Gonneke W. J. M. Stevens (17 joint publications)
  • Maartje Boer (9 joint publications)
  • Regina J. J. M. van den Eijnden (7 joint publications)
  • Kirsten Visser (7 joint publications)
  • Cornelis K. van der Ent (7 joint publications)

Representative recent papers include:

  • "Social media use intensity, social media use problems, and mental health among adolescents: Investigating directionality and mediating processes" (2020) published in Computers in Human Behavior
  • "Neighbourhood deprivation effects on young people's mental health and well-being: A systematic review of the literature" (2020) published in Social Science & Medicine
  • "Perceived Social Support from Different Sources and Adolescent Life Satisfaction Across 42 Countries/Regions: The Moderating Role of National-Level Generalized Trust" (2021) published in Journal of Youth and Adolescence
  • "Cross-national validation of the social media disorder scale: findings from adolescents from 44 countries" (2021) published in Addiction
  • "Validation of the Social Media Disorder Scale in Adolescents: Findings From a Large-Scale Nationally Representative Sample" (2021) published in Assessment

Best Publications

  • Bad is Stronger than Good

    Roy F. Baumeister;Ellen Bratslavsky;Ellen Bratslavsky;Catrin Finkenauer;Kathleen D. Vohs

  • Taking Stock of Self-Control A Meta-Analysis of How Trait Self-Control Relates to a Wide Range of Behaviors

    Denise T. D. de Ridder;Gerty Lensvelt-Mulders;Catrin Finkenauer;F. Marijn Stok

  • Social sharing of emotion : new evidence and new questions

    Bernard Rimé;Catrin Finkenauer;Olivier Luminet;Emmanuelle Zech

  • Parenting behaviour and adolescent behavioural and emotional problems: The role of self-control:

    Catrin Finkenauer;Rutger C. M. E. Engels;Roy F. Baumeister

  • Parental attachment and adolescents' emotional adjustment: The associations with social skills and relational competence

    Rutger C. M. E. Engels;Catrin Finkenauer;Wim Meeus;Maja Dekovic

  • Keeping secrets from parents: Advantages and disadvantages of secrecy in adolescence

    Catrin Finkenauer;Rutger C. M. E. Engels;Wim Meeus

  • Bad is stronger than good

    C. Finkenauer;P. Kerkhof

  • If you are able to control yourself, I will trust you: The role of perceived self-control in interpersonal trust.

    Francesca Righetti;Catrin Finkenauer

  • Flashbulb memories and the underlying mechanisms of their formation: Toward an emotional-integrative model

    Catrin Finkenauer;Olivier Luminet;Lydia Gisle;Abdessadek el-Ahmadi

  • Socially Shared Emotional Experiences Vs. Emotional Experiences Kept Secret: Differential Characteristics and Consequences

    Catrin Finkenauer;Bernard Rimé

  • Toward understanding understanding : The importance of feeling understood in relationships

    Harry T. Reis;Edward P. Lemay;Catrin Finkenauer

  • Maintaining Close Relationships: Gratitude as a Motivator and a Detector of Maintenance Behavior

    Kaska E. Kubacka;Catrin Finkenauer;Caryl E. Rusbult;Loes Keijsers

  • Social media use intensity, social media use problems, and mental health among adolescents: Investigating directionality and mediating processes

    Maartje Boer;Gonneke W.J.M. Stevens;Catrin Finkenauer;Margaretha E. de Looze

  • Keeping Secrets From Parents: Longitudinal Associations of Secrecy in Adolescence

    Tom Frijns;Catrin Finkenauer;Ad A. Vermulst;Rutger C. M. E. Engels

  • Breaking the rules to rise to power: How norm violators gain power in the eyes of others

    Gerben A. Van Kleef;Astrid C. Homan;Catrin Finkenauer;Seval Gündemir

  • The Sum of Friends' and Lovers' Self-Control Scores Predicts Relationship Quality

    Kathleen D. Vohs;Catrin Finkenauer;Roy F. Baumeister

  • The traumatization of grief? : A conceptual framework for understanding the trauma-bereavement interface

    Margaret Stroebe;Henk Schut;Catrin Finkenauer

  • Disclosure and Relationship Satisfaction in Families

    Catrin Finkenauer;Rutger C. M. E. Engels;Susan J. T. Branje;Wim Meeus

  • Gender differences in keeping secrets from parents in adolescence

    Loes Keijsers;Susan J. T. Branje;Tom Frijns;Catrin Finkenauer

  • Disclosure and Secrecy in Marriage: Do Both Contribute to Marital Satisfaction?

    Catrin Finkenauer;Hana Hazam

  • Neighbourhood deprivation effects on young people's mental health and well-being: A systematic review of the literature.

    Kirsten Visser;Gideon Bolt;Catrin Finkenauer;Merel Jonker

  • Out of Control Identifying the Role of Self-Control Strength in Family Violence

    Catrin Finkenauer;Asuman Buyukcan-Tetik;Roy F. Baumeister;Kim Schoemaker

Frequent Co-Authors

Meike Bartels
Meike Bartels Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
Rutger C. M. E. Engels
Rutger C. M. E. Engels Erasmus University Rotterdam
Dorret I. Boomsma
Dorret I. Boomsma Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
Carlo Schuengel
Carlo Schuengel Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
Henk Schut
Henk Schut Utrecht University
Wim Meeus
Wim Meeus Utrecht University
Roy F. Baumeister
Roy F. Baumeister University of Queensland
Margaret Stroebe
Margaret Stroebe Utrecht University
Caryl E. Rusbult
Caryl E. Rusbult Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
Gonneke W. J. M. Stevens
Gonneke W. J. M. Stevens Utrecht University

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