What is he best known for?
The fields of study he is best known for:
- Developmental psychology
- Social psychology
- Internal medicine
His primary scientific interests are in Developmental psychology, Aggression, Longitudinal study, Clinical psychology and Juvenile delinquency.
His Peer group and Academic achievement study, which is part of a larger body of work in Developmental psychology, is frequently linked to Injury prevention and Human factors and ergonomics, bridging the gap between disciplines.
His Aggression research includes elements of Psychodynamics, Child rearing, Socioeconomic status and Personality.
The Longitudinal study study combines topics in areas such as Odds ratio, Conduct disorder, Demography, Child development and Early childhood.
His Clinical psychology study incorporates themes from Young adult, Psychiatry, Social skills, Anxiety and Parent training.
The concepts of his Juvenile delinquency study are interwoven with issues in Parental supervision, Cohort study and Deviance.
His most cited work include:
- The development of impulsivity, fearfulness, and helpfulness during childhood: patterns of consistency and change in the trajectories of boys and girls (195 citations)
- A Prosocial Scale for the Preschool Behaviour Questionnaire: Concurrent and Predictive Correlates (194 citations)
- Boys' behavioral inhibition and the risk of later delinquency (193 citations)
What are the main themes of his work throughout his whole career to date?
Frank Vitaro spends much of his time researching Developmental psychology, Clinical psychology, Aggression, Longitudinal study and Injury prevention.
In his study, Interpersonal relationship is inextricably linked to Friendship, which falls within the broad field of Developmental psychology.
His work deals with themes such as Young adult, Psychiatry, Depression, Anxiety and Personality, which intersect with Clinical psychology.
In most of his Aggression studies, his work intersects topics such as Socioeconomic status.
Frank Vitaro interconnects Academic achievement, Demography, Early childhood and Child development in the investigation of issues within Longitudinal study.
His study in Injury prevention is interdisciplinary in nature, drawing from both Suicide prevention and Human factors and ergonomics.
He most often published in these fields:
- Developmental psychology (60.05%)
- Clinical psychology (24.83%)
- Aggression (20.54%)
What were the highlights of his more recent work (between 2015-2021)?
- Developmental psychology (60.05%)
- Longitudinal study (19.64%)
- Demography (9.03%)
In recent papers he was focusing on the following fields of study:
His main research concerns Developmental psychology, Longitudinal study, Demography, Clinical psychology and Aggression.
His work on Twin study expands to the thematically related Developmental psychology.
His research in Longitudinal study intersects with topics in Psychological intervention, Child and adolescent psychiatry, Child development, Psychopathy and Mental health.
His Demography study also includes fields such as
- Early childhood together with Gerontology,
- Socioeconomic status together with Juvenile delinquency,
- Body mass index, which have a strong connection to Obesity, Zygosity, Heritability and Young adult,
- Genetic variation which is related to area like Gene–environment interaction.
His Clinical psychology study integrates concerns from other disciplines, such as Personality, Depression and Anxiety.
His Aggression study combines topics in areas such as Friendship and Prosocial behavior.
Between 2015 and 2021, his most popular works were:
- Genetic and environmental effects on body mass index from infancy to the onset of adulthood: an individual-based pooled analysis of 45 twin cohorts participating in the COllaborative project of Development of Anthropometrical measures in Twins (CODATwins) study (91 citations)
- Genetic and environmental influences on height from infancy to early adulthood: An individual-based pooled analysis of 45 twin cohorts (76 citations)
- Associations Between Peer Victimization and Suicidal Ideation and Suicide Attempt During Adolescence: Results From a Prospective Population-Based Birth Cohort (70 citations)
In his most recent research, the most cited papers focused on:
- Developmental psychology
- Social psychology
- Internal medicine
Frank Vitaro focuses on Developmental psychology, Longitudinal study, Clinical psychology, Demography and Early childhood.
Particularly relevant to Impulsivity is his body of work in Developmental psychology.
The Longitudinal study study combines topics in areas such as Psychological intervention, Graduation and Child development.
His work carried out in the field of Clinical psychology brings together such families of science as Odds ratio, Moderation and Anxiety.
His Demography study combines topics from a wide range of disciplines, such as Body mass index, Twin study, Birth weight, Cohort study and Confounding.
His study in the fields of Suicidal ideation under the domain of Suicide prevention overlaps with other disciplines such as Peer group.
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