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Overview

Doran C. French is affiliated with Purdue University West Lafayette in the United States. Their research primarily spans the fields of Psychology and Social Sciences, with notable contributions in subfields such as Social Psychology, Clinical Psychology, Education, Sociology and Political Science, and Safety Research.

The scientist's work focuses on several main topics including Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development, Bullying, Victimization, and Aggression, Youth Development and Social Support, Educational Methods and Impacts, Islamic Studies and Radicalism, Religion, Spirituality, and Psychology, as well as Behavioral Health and Interventions.

Key recent papers authored or co-authored by Doran C. French include:

  • Religiosity and positive religious coping as predictors of Indonesian Muslim adolescents' externalizing behavior and loneliness. (2020, Psychology of Religion and Spirituality)
  • Peers influence the tobacco and alcohol use of Chinese adolescents. (2023, Journal of Research on Adolescence)

Other notable papers in the broader collaboration network of French include studies on adolescent behavior and psychological adjustment published in venues such as Journal of Adolescence and Journal of Affective Disorders.

Frequent co-authors working alongside French include:

  • Urip Purwono
  • Mengqian Shen
  • Junsheng Liu
  • Luhao Wei
  • Xinyin Chen

The scientist publishes regularly in a set of recurring venues, which include:

  • International Journal of Behavioral Development
  • Psychology of Religion and Spirituality
  • Journal of Adolescence
  • Journal of Research on Adolescence
  • Child Development

Best Publications

  • The development and ecology of antisocial behavior.

    Thomas J. Dishion;Doran C. French;Gerald R. Patterson

  • Children's Social Competence in Cultural Context

    Xinyin Chen;Doran C. French

  • Heterogeneity of peer-rejected boys: aggressive and nonaggressive subtypes.

    Doran C. French

  • School Dropout as Predicted by Peer Rejection and Antisocial Behavior

    Doran C. French;Jody Conrad

  • Heterogeneity of Peer‐rejected Girls

    Doran C. French

  • Conflict and friendship relations in middle childhood: behavior in a closed-field situation.

    Willard W. Hartup;Doran C. French;Brett Laursen;Mary Kathleen Johnston

  • United States and Indonesian Children’s and Adolescents’ Reports of Relational Aggression by Disliked Peers

    Doran C. French;Elizabeth A. Jansen;Sri Pidada

  • Behavior problems of peer-neglected and peer-rejected elementary-age children: parent and teacher perspectives.

    Doran C. French;Gregory A. Waas

  • Predictors of early initiation of sexual intercourse among high-risk adolescents

    Doran C. French;Thomas J. Dishion

  • Religious involvement and the social competence and adjustment of Indonesian Muslim adolescents

    Doran C. French;Nancy Eisenberg;Julie Vaughan;Urip Purwono

  • Heterogeneity of Peer-Rejected Boys: Aggressive and Nonaggressive Subtypes

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  • Peer relationships in cultural context

    Xinyin Chen;Doran C. French;Barry H. Schneider

  • Peer interaction in same- and mixed-age triads in relation to chronological age and incentive condition.

    William Graziano;Doran French;Celia A. Brownell;Willard W. Hartup

  • Indonesian adolescents' spiritual and religious experiences and their longitudinal relations with socioemotional functioning.

    Julie Sallquist;Nancy Eisenberg;Doran C. French;Urip Purwono

  • Children's Knowledge of the Social Functions of Younger, Older, and Same-Age Peers.

    Doran C. French

  • Adjustment of antisocial and nonantisocial rejected adolescents

    Doran C. French;Jody Conrad;Tamara M. Turner

  • Leadership Asymmetries in Mixed-Age Children's Groups.

    Doran C. French;Gregory A. Waas;Anne L. Stright;Jean A. Baker

  • A Comparison Of The Social Competencies Of Learning Disabled And Low Achieving Elementary-Aged Children:

    Gary M. Sater;Doran C. French

  • Behavior Problems of Peer-Neglected and Peer-Rejected Elementary-Age Children: Parent and Teacher Perspectives

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  • Culture and Peer Relationships

    Xinyin Chen;Doran C. French;Barry H. Schneider

  • Friendships of Indonesian and United States youth

    Doran C. French;Sri Pidada;Andrea Victor

  • Longitudinal associations between popularity and aggression in Chinese middle and high school adolescents.

    Ting Lu;Shenghua Jin;Ling Li;Li Niu

Frequent Co-Authors

Xinyin Chen
Xinyin Chen University of Pennsylvania
Nancy Eisenberg
Nancy Eisenberg Arizona State University
Willard W. Hartup
Willard W. Hartup University of Minnesota
Thomas J. Dishion
Thomas J. Dishion Arizona State University
Barry H. Schneider
Barry H. Schneider Boston College
Duane Buhrmester
Duane Buhrmester The University of Texas at Dallas
Gerald R. Patterson
Gerald R. Patterson Ball State University
Celia A. Brownell
Celia A. Brownell University of Pittsburgh
Brett Laursen
Brett Laursen Florida Atlantic University
Kenneth H. Rubin
Kenneth H. Rubin University of Maryland, College Park

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