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Overview

Daniel Romer is affiliated with the University of Pennsylvania in the United States. Their research spans multiple disciplines within psychology and social sciences, with a focus on issues related to public health, safety, and human behavior.

Their recent scholarly contributions include the following publications:

  • Conspiracy theories as barriers to controlling the spread of COVID-19 in the U.S. (2020) published in Social Science & Medicine
  • Misinformation about vaccine safety and uptake of COVID-19 vaccines among adults and 5-11-year-olds in the United States (2022) published in Vaccine
  • Cascades From Early Adolescent Impulsivity to Late Adolescent Antisocial Personality Disorder and Alcohol Use Disorder (2022) published in Journal of Adolescent Health
  • Licensing Examination and Crash Outcomes Postlicensure in Young Drivers (2022) published in JAMA Network Open
  • Adolescents' own views on their risk behaviors, and the potential effects of being labeled as risk-takers: A commentary and review (2022) published in Frontiers in Psychology

Frequently, Daniel Romer collaborates with several researchers in their field. Notable coauthors include:

  • Kathleen Hall Jamieson
  • Atika Khurana
  • Elizabeth A. Walshe
  • Flaura K. Winston
  • Ivy N. Defoe

Their work appears regularly in journals oriented toward medical and psychological sciences, with frequent publications found in:

  • JAMA Network Open
  • Frontiers in Psychology
  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Social Science & Medicine
  • Vaccine

The main fields of study for Daniel Romer cover:

  • Psychology
  • Social Sciences

Within these fields, their subfields of research activity include:

  • Cognitive Neuroscience
  • Sociology and Political Science
  • Safety, Risk, Reliability and Quality
  • Health
  • Clinical Psychology

The primary research topics Daniel Romer addresses are diverse, with emphases on:

  • Traffic and Road Safety
  • Misinformation and Its Impacts
  • Vaccine Coverage and Hesitancy
  • Human-Automation Interaction and Safety
  • Psychology of Moral and Emotional Judgment
  • Substance Abuse Treatment and Outcomes
  • Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development

Best Publications

  • Conspiracy theories as barriers to controlling the spread of COVID-19 in the U.S.

    Daniel Romer;Kathleen Hall Jamieson

  • Adolescent risk taking, impulsivity, and brain development: Implications for prevention

    Daniel Romer

  • Television News and the Cultivation of Fear of Crime

    Daniel Romer;Kathleen Hall Jamieson;Sean Aday

  • Using Drama to Persuade

    John Deighton;Daniel Romer;Josh McQueen

  • Social influences on the sexual behavior of youth at risk for HIV exposure.

    Daniel Romer;Maureen Black;Izabel Ricardo;Susan Feigelman

  • Media contagion and suicide among the young.

    Madelyn Gould;Patrick Jamieson;Daniel Romer

  • EARLY SEXUAL INITIATION : THE ROLE OF PEER NORMS

    Sara B. Kinsman;Daniel Romer;Frank F. Furstenberg;Donald F. Schwarz

  • Beyond stereotypes of adolescent risk taking: Placing the adolescent brain in developmental context

    Daniel Romer;Valerie F. Reyna;Theodore D. Satterthwaite

  • Can Adolescents Learn Self-control? Delay of Gratification in the Development of Control over Risk Taking

    Daniel Romer;Angela Lee Duckworth;Sharon Sznitman;Sohee Park

  • Realizing the social internet? Online social networking meets offline civic engagement

    Josh Pasek;eian more;Daniel Romer

  • Teachers as Builders of Respectful School Climates: Implications for Adolescent Drug Use Norms and Depressive Symptoms in High School

    Maria D. LaRusso;Daniel Romer;Robert L. Selman

  • Schools as Incubators of Democratic Participation: Building Long-Term Political Efficacy with Civic Education

    Josh Pasek;Lauren Feldman;Daniel Romer;Kathleen Hall Jamieson

  • America's Youth and Community Engagement How Use of Mass Media Is Related to Civic Activity and Political Awareness in 14- to 22-Year-Olds

    Josh Pasek;Kate Kenski;Daniel Romer;Kathleen Hall Jamieson

  • Parental Influence on Adolescent Sexual Behavior in High-Poverty Settings

    Daniel Romer;Bonita Stanton;Jennifer Galbraith;Susan Feigelman

  • The Treatment of Persons of Color in Local Television News Ethnic Blame Discourse or Realistic Group Conflict

    Daniel Romer;Kathleen H. Jamieson;Nicole J. De Coteau

  • A Biosocial-Affect Model of Adolescent Sensation Seeking: The Role of Affect Evaluation and Peer-Group Influence in Adolescent Drug Use

    Daniel Romer;Michael Hennessy

  • Executive cognitive functions and impulsivity as correlates of risk taking and problem behavior in preadolescents.

    Daniel Romer;Laura Betancourt;Joan M. Giannetta;Nancy L. Brodsky

  • Where do youth learn about suicides on the Internet, and what influence does this have on suicidal ideation?

    Sally M. Dunlop;Eian More;Daniel Romer

  • Youth violence: What we know and what we need to know.

    Brad J. Bushman;Katherine Newman;Sandra L. Calvert;Geraldine Downey

  • Group cohesiveness, social norms, and bystander intervention.

    Gregory K. Rutkowski;Charles L. Gruder;Daniel Romer

  • Reducing adolescent risk: toward an integrated approach.

    Daniel Romer

Frequent Co-Authors

Michael P. Carey
Michael P. Carey Brown University
Peter A. Vanable
Peter A. Vanable Syracuse University
Robert F. Valois
Robert F. Valois University of South Carolina
Larry K. Brown
Larry K. Brown Brown University
Maureen M. Black
Maureen M. Black University of Maryland, Baltimore
Brad J. Bushman
Brad J. Bushman The Ohio State University
Keith J. Zullig
Keith J. Zullig West Virginia University
Ellen Peters
Ellen Peters University of Oregon
Timothy C. Brock
Timothy C. Brock The Ohio State University
Martha J. Farah
Martha J. Farah University of Pennsylvania

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