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Overview

Ellen Greenberger is affiliated with the University of California, Irvine in the United States. Their research spans multiple fields within the social sciences, primarily focusing on psychology and its related subfields.

The main fields of study for Greenberger include:

  • Psychology
  • Social Sciences

Within these fields, Greenberger's work further specializes in subfields such as:

  • Social Psychology
  • Experimental and Cognitive Psychology
  • Sociology and Political Science

The prominent topics addressed in Greenberger's research are:

  • Attachment and Relationship Dynamics
  • Evolutionary Psychology and Human Behavior
  • Social and Intergroup Psychology

Greenberger has collaborated regularly with a group of coauthors, including:

  • Karen Wu
  • Chuansheng Chen
  • Yunxin Wang
  • Daiming Xiu
  • Bin Liu

A notable recent publication by Greenberger, co-authored with Karen Wu, is titled No need for pedestals: Idealization does not predict better relationships among Asians, published in 2020 in the journal Personal Relationships. This paper contributes to discussions on relationship dynamics across cultural contexts.

Greenberger's publication record includes work predominantly appearing in the venue:

  • Personal Relationships

Best Publications

  • Perceived family relationships and depressed mood in early and late adolescence : A comparison of European and Asian Americans

    Ellen Greenberger;Chuansheng Chen

  • No Safe Haven II: The Effects of Violence Exposure on Urban Youth

    Mary Schwab-Stone;Chuansheng Chen;Ellen Greenberger;David Silver

  • Item-wording and the dimensionality of the Rosenberg Self-Esteem Scale: do they matter?

    Ellen Greenberger;Chuansheng Chen;Julia Dmitrieva;Susan P. Farruggia

  • When teenagers work : the psychological and social costs of adolescent employment

    Ellen Greenberger;Laurence D. Steinberg

  • Self-Entitled College Students: Contributions of Personality, Parenting, and Motivational Factors

    Ellen Greenberger;Jared Lessard;Chuansheng Chen;Susan P. Farruggia

  • The measurement and structure of psychosocial maturity

    Ellen Greenberger;Ruthellen Josselson;Claramae Knerr;Bruce Knerr

  • Population Migration and the Variation of Dopamine D4 Receptor (DRD4) Allele Frequencies Around the Globe

    Chuansheng Chen;Michael L. Burton;Ellen Greenberger;Julia Dmitrieva

  • Cultural differences in the predictors of depression.

    Carolyn Aldwin;Ellen Greenberger

  • The nature of adolescents' relationships with their "very important" nonparental adults.

    Margaret R. Beam;Chuansheng Chen;Ellen Greenberger

  • Familial factors associated with the characteristics of nonmaternal care for infants

    Mark Appelbaum;Dee Ann Batten;Jay Belsky;Cathryn Booth

  • Family, peer, and individual correlates of depressive symptomatology among U.S. and Chinese adolescents.

    Ellen Greenberger;Chuansheng Chen;Steven R. Tally;Qi Dong

  • When Teenagers Work: The Psychological and Social Costs of Adolescent Employment

    Ronald J. D'Amico;Ellen Greenberger;Laurence Steinberg

  • The Role of "Very Important" Nonparental Adults in Adolescent Development.

    Ellen Greenberger;Chuansheng Chen;Margaret R. Beam

  • Toward a concept of psychosocial maturity.

    Ellen Greenberger;Aage B. Sørensen

  • Work, parenting, and the socialization of children.

    Ellen Greenberger;Wendy A. Goldberg

  • Values and creativity

    Joseph Kasof;Chuansheng Chen;Amy Himsel;Ellen Greenberger

  • Spouse, Parent, Worker: Role Commitments and Role-Related Experiences in the Construction of Adults' Well-Being

    Ellen Greenberger;Robin O'Neil

  • Adolescent Self-Esteem in Cross-Cultural Perspective Testing Measurement Equivalence and a Mediation Model

    Susan P. Farruggia;Chuansheng Chen;Ellen Greenberger;Julia Dmitrieva

  • Adolescent problem behavior and depressed mood: Risk and protection within and across social contexts

    Margaret R. Beam;Virginia Gil-Rivas;Ellen Greenberger;Chuansheng Chen

  • Linking workplace and homeplace : relations between the nature of adults' work and their parenting behaviors

    Ellen Greenberger;Robin O'Neil;Stacy K. Nagel

  • A Cross-Cultural Study of Family and Peer Correlates of Adolescent Misconduct.

    Chuansheng Chen;Ellen Greenberger;Julia Lester;Qi Dong

Frequent Co-Authors

Chuansheng Chen
Chuansheng Chen University of California, Irvine
Laurence Steinberg
Laurence Steinberg Temple University
Wendy A. Goldberg
Wendy A. Goldberg University of California, Irvine
Doris R. Entwisle
Doris R. Entwisle Johns Hopkins University
Qi Dong
Qi Dong Beijing Normal University
Jutta Heckhausen
Jutta Heckhausen University of California, Irvine
Martha J. Cox
Martha J. Cox University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
K. Alison Clarke-Stewart
K. Alison Clarke-Stewart University of California, Irvine
Robert H. Bradley
Robert H. Bradley Arizona State University
Robert K. Moyzis
Robert K. Moyzis University of California, Irvine

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