What is she best known for?
The fields of study she is best known for:
- Social psychology
- Mental health
- Developmental psychology
Debra Umberson spends much of her time researching Developmental psychology, Marital status, Social psychology, Demography and Affect.
Her Developmental psychology research includes elements of Marriage and health and Distress.
Her Marriage and health study combines topics in areas such as Social determinants of health and Social isolation.
The Marital status study combines topics in areas such as Child rearing and Clinical psychology.
Her study in Demography is interdisciplinary in nature, drawing from both Gerontology and Health policy.
Her Affect research incorporates themes from Social relation, Social support and Depression.
Her most cited work include:
- Social relationships and health. (5384 citations)
- Structures and Processes of Social Support (1327 citations)
- Social Relationships and Health: A Flashpoint for Health Policy (1045 citations)
What are the main themes of her work throughout her whole career to date?
Her main research concerns Developmental psychology, Social psychology, Life course approach, Lesbian and Mental health.
Her studies deal with areas such as Coping, Marital status and Affect as well as Developmental psychology.
Her work on Marriage and health as part of general Marital status study is frequently linked to Social environment, therefore connecting diverse disciplines of science.
Her research in Affect intersects with topics in Social relation, Social support and Vulnerability.
Her work on Emotion work as part of general Social psychology research is often related to Injury prevention, Suicide prevention, Human factors and ergonomics and Perception, thus linking different fields of science.
Her biological study spans a wide range of topics, including Demography, Gerontology and Race.
She most often published in these fields:
- Developmental psychology (40.29%)
- Social psychology (29.50%)
- Life course approach (25.90%)
What were the highlights of her more recent work (between 2017-2021)?
- Same sex (12.23%)
- Developmental psychology (40.29%)
- Lesbian (15.83%)
In recent papers she was focusing on the following fields of study:
Her primary areas of investigation include Same sex, Developmental psychology, Lesbian, Spouse and Life course approach.
She combines topics linked to Human sexuality with her work on Developmental psychology.
She focuses mostly in the field of Lesbian, narrowing it down to topics relating to Social psychology and, in certain cases, Hegemonic masculinity.
Debra Umberson has included themes like Demography, Gerontology and Race in her Life course approach study.
Her work deals with themes such as Mental health, Psychological distress, Social support and Depressive symptoms, which intersect with Clinical psychology.
Her Social support research integrates issues from Population ageing, Cognition and Affect.
Between 2017 and 2021, her most popular works were:
- Marriage, Social Control, and Health Behavior: A Dyadic Analysis of Same-sex and Different-sex Couples. (21 citations)
- Family Matters: Research on Family Ties and Health, 2010 to 2020 (17 citations)
- Variety Is the Spice of Late Life: Social Integration and Daily Activity (16 citations)
In her most recent research, the most cited papers focused on:
- Social psychology
- Mental health
- Developmental psychology
Her primary areas of investigation include Lesbian, Clinical psychology, Developmental psychology, Human sexuality and Same sex.
Her studies in Lesbian integrate themes in fields like Nursing, Social psychology and Distress.
Her Conformity and Dyadic data study in the realm of Social psychology connects with subjects such as Concordance, Survey data collection and Perception.
Debra Umberson works mostly in the field of Clinical psychology, limiting it down to topics relating to Mental health and, in certain cases, Affect, Population ageing and Cognition, as a part of the same area of interest.
She combines subjects such as Marital status and Emotional contagion with her study of Developmental psychology.
Her research integrates issues of Socioeconomic status and Biosocial theory in her study of Human sexuality.
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