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Discipline name D-index D-index (Discipline H-index) only includes papers and citation values for an examined discipline in contrast to General H-index which accounts for publications across all disciplines. Citations Publications World Ranking National Ranking
Psychology D-index 103 Citations 35,053 271 World Ranking 362 National Ranking 238

Overview

What is he best known for?

The fields of study he is best known for:

  • Social psychology
  • Developmental psychology
  • Cognition

His primary areas of study are Developmental psychology, Social psychology, Social comparison theory, Social perception and Social relation. The concepts of his Developmental psychology study are interwoven with issues in Vulnerability, Suicide prevention and Human factors and ergonomics. His Social psychology study incorporates themes from Cognition and Perception.

His Social comparison theory study combines topics in areas such as Mood, Behavior change, Coping, Self-efficacy and Cross-cultural studies. The Social perception study combines topics in areas such as Structural equation modeling, Psychometrics and Personality. His research integrates issues of Affect, Juvenile delinquency, Anger, Hostility and Interpersonal relationship in his study of Social relation.

His most cited work include:

  • Meta-analysis of the relationship between risk perception and health behavior: the example of vaccination. (999 citations)
  • Individual differences in social comparison: Development of a scale of social comparison orientation (745 citations)
  • Reasoned action and social reaction: Willingness and intention as independent predictors of health risk. (520 citations)

What are the main themes of his work throughout his whole career to date?

His primary areas of investigation include Developmental psychology, Social psychology, Social comparison theory, Clinical psychology and Injury prevention. His Developmental psychology study integrates concerns from other disciplines, such as Social relation and Cognition. His research in Social psychology intersects with topics in Perception and Social perception.

Frederick X. Gibbons interconnects Optimism, Social influence, Mood, Social cognition and Coping in the investigation of issues within Social comparison theory. His Clinical psychology research incorporates elements of Young adult, Moderation, Health psychology, Vulnerability and Depression. His studies deal with areas such as Suicide prevention and Human factors and ergonomics as well as Injury prevention.

He most often published in these fields:

  • Developmental psychology (46.18%)
  • Social psychology (41.09%)
  • Social comparison theory (18.91%)

What were the highlights of his more recent work (between 2013-2021)?

  • Developmental psychology (46.18%)
  • Social psychology (41.09%)
  • Community health (5.82%)

In recent papers he was focusing on the following fields of study:

Frederick X. Gibbons focuses on Developmental psychology, Social psychology, Community health, Demography and Clinical psychology. Frederick X. Gibbons undertakes interdisciplinary study in the fields of Developmental psychology and Ethnic group through his works. A large part of his Social psychology studies is devoted to Social comparison theory.

Frederick X. Gibbons has researched Community health in several fields, including Health equity and Structural equation modeling. His work carried out in the field of Demography brings together such families of science as Intervention, Self-control, Socioeconomic status, Cohort and Risk factor. His Clinical psychology research is multidisciplinary, relying on both Justice and Moderation.

Between 2013 and 2021, his most popular works were:

  • Longitudinal study of e-cigarette use and onset of cigarette smoking among high school students in Hawaii (205 citations)
  • The effect of smoking on DNA methylation of peripheral blood mononuclear cells from African American women (155 citations)
  • Economic hardship and biological weathering: The epigenetics of aging in a U.S. sample of black women (80 citations)

In his most recent research, the most cited papers focused on:

  • Social psychology
  • Developmental psychology
  • Cognition

His scientific interests lie mostly in Developmental psychology, Epigenetics, CpG site, Psychosocial and Clinical psychology. Sibling is the focus of his Developmental psychology research. His Psychosocial research is multidisciplinary, incorporating perspectives in Cognition, Cigarette use and Nicotine.

His study looks at the intersection of Cigarette use and topics like Propensity score matching with Social psychology, Addiction, Risk factor and Demography. His studies in Social psychology integrate themes in fields like Injury prevention and Suicide prevention. The study incorporates disciplines such as Positive Youth Development and Prosocial behavior in addition to Clinical psychology.

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Best Publications

Meta-analysis of the relationship between risk perception and health behavior: the example of vaccination.

Noel T. Brewer;Gretchen B. Chapman;Frederick X. Gibbons;Meg Gerrard.
Health Psychology (2007)

1843 Citations

Individual differences in social comparison: Development of a scale of social comparison orientation

Frederick X. Gibbons;Bram P. Buunk.
Journal of Personality and Social Psychology (1999)

1786 Citations

Social comparison: The end of a theory and the emergence of a field

Abraham P. Buunk;Frederick X. Gibbons.
Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes (2007)

1016 Citations

Perceived Discrimination and the Adjustment of African American Youths: A Five-Year Longitudinal Analysis With Contextual Moderation Effects

Gene H. Brody;Yi Fu Chen;Velma McBride Murry;Xiaojia Ge.
Child Development (2006)

831 Citations

A dual-process approach to health risk decision making: The prototype willingness model

Meg Gerrard;Frederick X. Gibbons;Amy E. Houlihan;Michelle L. Stock.
Developmental Review (2008)

798 Citations

Reasoned action and social reaction: Willingness and intention as independent predictors of health risk.

Frederick X. Gibbons;Meg Gerrard;Hart Blanton;Daniel W. Russell.
Journal of Personality and Social Psychology (1998)

780 Citations

Predicting young adults' health risk behavior.

Frederick X. Gibbons;Meg Gerrard.
Journal of Personality and Social Psychology (1995)

764 Citations

The Influence of Neighborhood Disadvantage, Collective Socialization, and Parenting on African American Children's Affiliation with Deviant Peers

Gene H Brody;Xiaojia Xiaojia Ge;Rand Conger;Frederick X Gibbons.
Child Development (2001)

742 Citations

Perceived Discrimination and Substance Use in African American Parents and Their Children: A Panel Study.

Frederick X. Gibbons;Meg Gerrard;Michael J. Cleveland;Thomas A. Wills.
Journal of Personality and Social Psychology (2004)

653 Citations

Relation Between Perceived Vulnerability to HIV and Precautionary Sexual Behavior

Meg Gerrard;Frederick X. Gibbons;Brad J. Bushman.
Psychological Bulletin (1996)

590 Citations

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