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Overview

George W. Brown is affiliated with King's College London in the United Kingdom. Their research spans multiple areas within psychology and social sciences, with a focus on evolutionary psychology, gender studies, and social psychology.

The primary fields of study include:

  • Psychology
  • Social Sciences

Within these fields, their work touches on several subfields:

  • Sociology and Political Science
  • Clinical Psychology
  • Experimental and Cognitive Psychology
  • Social Psychology
  • Gender Studies

The main topics that have been the focus of their research are:

  • Evolutionary Psychology and Human Behavior
  • Gender Roles and Identity Studies
  • Race, Genetics, and Society
  • Perfectionism, Procrastination, Anxiety Studies
  • Work-Family Balance Challenges
  • Impact of Technology on Adolescents
  • Education, Achievement, and Giftedness

Recent papers authored or co-authored by George W. Brown cover a range of themes and were published between 2020 and 2024. Notable publications include:

  • "The imposter phenomenon and its relationship with self-efficacy, perfectionism and happiness in university students," 2023, Current Psychology
  • "Gender Equality and Gender Gaps in Mathematics Performance," 2020, Trends in Cognitive Sciences
  • "Suppression of ovarian hormones in adolescent rats has no effect on anxiety-like behaviour or c-fos activation in the amygdala," 2020, Journal of Neuroendocrinology
  • "Feminist Beliefs, Not Gender Equality Primes, Shape Self-Reported Partner Preferences," 2024, Sex Roles
  • "Comparability of personality facets between men and women: A test of measurement invariance in IPIP-NEO facets in 49 countries," 2024, Journal of Research in Personality

George W. Brown frequently collaborates with other researchers. Their most frequent co-authors are:

  • Kevin N. Laland
  • Csilla Pákozdy
  • Marcus W. Feldman
  • Jemima Askew
  • Jessica Dyer

The scientist's work often appears in recurring publication venues, indicating preferred outlets for disseminating their research findings. These venues include:

  • Evolutionary Human Sciences
  • Evolution and Human Behavior
  • Current Psychology
  • Trends in Cognitive Sciences
  • Journal of Neuroendocrinology

Best Publications

  • Social Origins of Depression: A Study of Psychiatric Disorder in Women

    George W. Brown;Tirril O. Harris

  • Life events and illness

    George W. Brown;Tirril O. Harris

  • Social support, self-esteem and depression.

    George W. Brown;B. Andrews;Tirril O. Harris;Z. Adler

  • Social Class and Psychiatric Disturbance among Women in an Urban Population

    George W. Brown;Maire Ni Bhrolchain;Tirril Harris

  • The Measurement of Family Activities and Relationships A Methodological Study

    George W. Brown;Michael Rutter

  • Crises and life changes and the onset of schizophrenia.

    George W. Brown;J. L. T. Birley

  • types of stressful life event and the onset of anxiety and depressive disorders.

    Robert Finlay-Jones;George W. Brown

  • Childhood Experience of Care and Abuse (CECA): A Retrospective Interview Measure

    A. Bifulco;G. W. Brown;T. O. Harris

  • Loss, humiliation and entrapment among women developing depression: a patient and non-patient comparison.

    George W. Brown;T. O. Harris;C. Hepworth

  • Institutionalism and schizophrenia

    JK Wing;GW Brown

  • Life events, vulnerability and onset of depression: some refinements.

    G W Brown;A Bifulco;T O Harris

  • Single mothers, poverty and depression.

    George W. Brown;Patricia M. Moran

  • Influence of Family Life on the Course of Schizophrenic Illness

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  • Life-events and psychiatric disorders Part 1: some methodological issues

    G. W. Brown;F. Sklair;T. O. Harris;J. L. T. Birley

  • Depression and loss.

    George W. Brown;Tirril Harris;John J. Copeland

  • Loss of parent in childhood and adult psychiatric disorder: The role of lack of adequate parental care.

    Tirril Harris;George W. Brown;Antonia Bifulco

  • Early sexual abuse and clinical depression in adult life.

    A Bifulco;G W Brown;Z Adler

  • Social origins of depression: a reply

    George W. Brown;Tirril Harris

  • Meaning, measurement, and stress of life events.

    George W. Brown

  • Social Support, Life Events and Depression

    George W. Brown;Antonia Bifulco

  • Social Origins of Depression: A Study of Psychiatric Disorders in Women

    Joan Busfield;George W. Brown;Tirril Harris

Frequent Co-Authors

Antonia Bifulco
Antonia Bifulco Middlesex University
Rudolf Uher
Rudolf Uher Dalhousie University
Bernice Andrews
Bernice Andrews Royal Holloway University of London
Michael Rutter
Michael Rutter King's College London
Kim Stanford
Kim Stanford University of Lethbridge
Ian Brockington
Ian Brockington University of Birmingham
Tony Kendrick
Tony Kendrick University of Southampton

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