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Ellen A. Skinner publication distribution in Psychology in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Psychology in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Ellen A. Skinner sits on this spectrum.

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31 publications 705+

This scientist: 167 publications — 57th percentile

57% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 705 publications or more.

Ellen A. Skinner D-index placement in Psychology in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Psychology scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Ellen A. Skinner sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 144+

This scientist: 56 D-Index — 64th percentile

64% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 144 D-Index or more.

Overview

Ellen A. Skinner is affiliated with Portland State University in the United States. Their research primarily spans the fields of Psychology and Social Sciences, with significant contributions in Clinical Psychology, Education, Social Psychology, Safety Research, and Experimental and Cognitive Psychology.

The main topics of their scholarly work include:

  • Early Childhood Education and Development
  • Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development
  • Resilience and Mental Health
  • Parental Involvement in Education
  • Motivation and Self-Concept in Sports
  • Youth Development and Social Support
  • Education, Achievement, and Giftedness

Skinner's recent publications cover various aspects of motivation, engagement, and academic development. Notable papers include:

  • "I get knocked down but I get up again": Integrative frameworks for studying the development of motivational resilience in school, 2020, published in the International Journal of Behavioral Development
  • The complex social ecology of academic development: A bioecological framework and illustration examining the collective effects of parents, teachers, and peers on student engagement, 2022, published in Educational Psychologist
  • Engagement and Motivation During Childhood, 2020, published in The Encyclopedia of Child and Adolescent Development
  • Mindfulness training improves middle school teachers' occupational health, well-being, and interactions with students in their most stressful classrooms, 2021, published in Journal of Educational Psychology (co-authored with Robert W. Roeser)
  • Complex Social Ecologies and the Development of Academic Motivation, 2022, published in Educational Psychology Review

Frequent publication venues for Skinner's research include the International Journal of Behavioral Development, Educational Psychology Review, Journal of Adolescence, PsycTESTS Dataset, and Educational Psychologist.

Among collaborators, Skinner has frequently co-authored with:

  • Nicolette P. Rickert (11 publications)
  • Melanie J. Zimmer-Gembeck (8 publications)
  • Thomas A. Kindermann (5 publications)
  • Emily Saxton (4 publications)
  • Kristen E. Raine (4 publications)

Best Publications

  • Motivation in the classroom: Reciprocal effects of teacher behavior and student engagement across the school year.

    Ellen A. Skinner;Michael J. Belmont

  • Sense of Relatedness as a Factor in Children's Academic Engagement and Performance.

    Carrie Furrer;Ellen Skinner

  • Searching for the structure of coping: a review and critique of category systems for classifying ways of coping.

    Ellen A. Skinner;Kathleen Edge;Jeffrey Altman;Hayley Sherwood

  • Engagement and Disaffection in the Classroom: Part of a Larger Motivational Dynamic?

    Ellen Skinner;Carrie Furrer;Gwen Marchand;Thomas Kindermann

  • A guide to constructs of control.

    Ellen A. Skinner

  • The Development of Coping

    Ellen A. Skinner;Melanie J. Zimmer-Gembeck

  • A Motivational Perspective on Engagement and Disaffection: Conceptualization and Assessment of Children's Behavioral and Emotional Participation in Academic Activities in the Classroom

    Ellen A. Skinner;Thomas A. Kindermann;Carrie J. Furrer

  • Developmental Dynamics of Student Engagement, Coping, and Everyday Resilience

    Ellen A. Skinner;Jennifer R. Pitzer

  • What It Takes to Do Well in School and Whether I've Got It: A Process Model of Perceived Control and Children's Engagement and Achievement in School

    Ellen A. Skinner;James G. Wellborn;James P. Connell

  • Individual Differences and the Development of Perceived Control

    Ellen A. Skinner;Melannie J. Zimmer-Gembeck;James P. Connell

  • Review: The development of coping across childhood and adolescence: An integrative review and critique of research:

    Melanie J. Zimmer-Gembeck;Ellen A. Skinner

  • Mindfulness Training and Teachers' Professional Development: An Emerging Area of Research and Practice

    Robert W. Roeser;Ellen Skinner;Jeffry Beers;Patricia A. Jennings

  • What motivates children's behavior and emotion? Joint effects of perceived control and autonomy in the academic domain.

    Brian C. Patrick;Ellen A. Skinner;James P. Connell

  • Six Dimensions of Parenting: A Motivational Model

    Ellen Skinner;Sandy Johnson;Tatiana Snyder

  • Engagement and disaffection as organizational constructs in the dynamics of motivational development.

    Ellen A. Skinner;Thomas A. Kindermann;James P. Connell;James G. Wellborn

  • The Influence of Teacher and Peer Relationships on Students' Classroom Engagement and Everyday Motivational Resilience

    Carrie J. Furrer;Ellen A. Skinner;Jennifer R. Pitzer

  • Control, means-ends, and agency beliefs : A new conceptualization and its measurement during childhood

    Ellen A. Skinner;Michael Chapman;Paul B. Baltes

  • Coping during childhood and adolescence: A motivational perspective.

    Ellen A. Skinner;James G. Wellborn

  • The Development of Coping: Implications for Psychopathology and Resilience

    Melanie J. Zimmer‐Gembeck;Ellen A. Skinner

  • Motivational dynamics of children's academic help-seeking and concealment

    Gwen Marchand;Ellen A. Skinner

  • Perceived Control, Motivation, & Coping

    Ellen A. Skinner

Frequent Co-Authors

Melanie J. Zimmer-Gembeck
Melanie J. Zimmer-Gembeck Griffith University
Andrew J. Mashburn
Andrew J. Mashburn Portland State University
Robert W. Roeser
Robert W. Roeser Pennsylvania State University
Paul B. Baltes
Paul B. Baltes Max Planck Institute for Human Development
Ronald M. Rapee
Ronald M. Rapee Macquarie University
Carolyn M. Aldwin
Carolyn M. Aldwin Oregon State University
Stijn Van Petegem
Stijn Van Petegem Université Libre de Bruxelles
Graham Leslie Bradley
Graham Leslie Bradley Griffith University
Margret M. Baltes
Margret M. Baltes Freie Universität Berlin

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