What is she best known for?
The fields of study she is best known for:
- Social psychology
- Social science
- Epistemology
Her primary areas of investigation include Social psychology, Identity, Social group, Social identity approach and Social identity theory.
Her Social psychology research is multidisciplinary, relying on both Coping and Environmental ethics.
Her Identity research includes elements of Outgroup, Psychoanalysis, Optimal distinctiveness theory and Environmental planning.
Her study in Social group is interdisciplinary in nature, drawing from both Social relation, Social network and Action.
Her Social identity approach study combines topics from a wide range of disciplines, such as Asian psychology, Theoretical psychology, Environmental psychology and Differential psychology.
Her Social identity theory study combines topics in areas such as Ingroups and outgroups, Nationalism, Cultural identity, Identity formation and National identity.
Her most cited work include:
- Coping with Threatened Identities (614 citations)
- The Psychology of Risk (298 citations)
- Research Methods in Psychology (286 citations)
What are the main themes of her work throughout her whole career to date?
Her scientific interests lie mostly in Social psychology, Identity, Developmental psychology, Applied psychology and Public relations.
She combines subjects such as Social change and Social work with her study of Social psychology.
Social change is frequently linked to Social relation in her study.
Identity is represented through her Social identity approach, Identity formation and Cultural identity research.
She most often published in these fields:
- Social psychology (34.55%)
- Identity (11.64%)
- Developmental psychology (7.64%)
What were the highlights of her more recent work (between 2008-2021)?
- Identity (11.64%)
- Social psychology (34.55%)
- Risk perception (5.45%)
In recent papers she was focusing on the following fields of study:
Glynis M. Breakwell spends much of her time researching Identity, Social psychology, Risk perception, Social network and Applied psychology.
In the subject of general Identity, her work in Social identity approach and Cultural identity is often linked to Risk management framework, thereby combining diverse domains of study.
When carried out as part of a general Social psychology research project, her work on Ingroups and outgroups is frequently linked to work in Structural equation modeling, therefore connecting diverse disciplines of study.
Glynis M. Breakwell focuses mostly in the field of Risk perception, narrowing it down to matters related to Internal consistency and, in some cases, Compliance and Clinical psychology.
Her biological study deals with issues like Loneliness, which deal with fields such as Mental health and Cross-sectional data.
Her work deals with themes such as Psychological intervention, Variety, Intervention and Self-interest, which intersect with Applied psychology.
Between 2008 and 2021, her most popular works were:
- Identity Process Theory : Identity, Social Action and Social Change (55 citations)
- Resisting representations and identity processes (49 citations)
- Models of risk construction: some applications to climate change (47 citations)
In her most recent research, the most cited papers focused on:
- Social science
- Social psychology
- Epistemology
Glynis M. Breakwell mainly focuses on Identity, Economic growth, Social psychology, Social identity theory and Identity formation.
Her Identity study incorporates themes from Aesthetics and Process.
The study incorporates disciplines such as Mental health and Loneliness in addition to Economic growth.
Her Social identity theory study is related to the wider topic of Social psychology.
Her research in Social psychology is mostly concerned with Personal identity.
Her studies deal with areas such as Social identity approach, Cultural identity and Social group as well as Identity formation.
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