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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 48 Citations 18,192 75 World Ranking 4122 National Ranking 2374

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Awards & Achievements

2001 - APA Award for Lifetime Contributions to Psychology, American Psychological Association.

1975 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Overview

What is she best known for?

The fields of study she is best known for:

  • Social psychology
  • Developmental psychology
  • Self-esteem

Her primary scientific interests are in Social psychology, Developmental psychology, Femininity, Masculinity and Androgyny. Her research integrates issues of Scale and Rating scale in her study of Social psychology. She combines subjects such as Test validity and Stereotype with her study of Developmental psychology.

Janet T. Spence interconnects Attribution, Gender identity and Self-concept in the investigation of issues within Stereotype. The study incorporates disciplines such as Big Five personality traits and Personality in addition to Femininity. While the research belongs to areas of Androgyny, Janet T. Spence spends her time largely on the problem of Bem Sex-Role Inventory, intersecting her research to questions surrounding Self-esteem.

Her most cited work include:

  • Masculinity & femininity: Their psychological dimensions, correlates, and antecedents (1865 citations)
  • Ratings of self and peers on sex role attributes and their relation to self-esteem and conceptions of masculinity and femininity. (1416 citations)
  • A short version of the Attitudes toward Women Scale (AWS) (810 citations)

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

Janet T. Spence spends much of her time researching Social psychology, Developmental psychology, Femininity, Masculinity and Personality. Her work on Big Five personality traits, Need for achievement, Competence and Gender identity as part of general Social psychology study is frequently linked to Gender related, therefore connecting diverse disciplines of science. Her research in Developmental psychology intersects with topics in Attribution, Stereotype and Reinforcement.

Her work in Femininity covers topics such as Gender schema theory which are related to areas like Gender role. Her studies in Masculinity integrate themes in fields like Self-concept and Personality theory. Her research investigates the link between Personality and topics such as Scale that cross with problems in Rating scale and Clinical psychology.

She most often published in these fields:

  • Social psychology (64.47%)
  • Developmental psychology (48.68%)
  • Femininity (34.21%)

What were the highlights of her more recent work (between 1992-2012)?

  • Femininity (34.21%)
  • Masculinity (32.89%)
  • Gender studies (6.58%)

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

Her main research concerns Femininity, Masculinity, Gender studies, Social psychology and Scale. Her Femininity study combines topics from a wide range of disciplines, such as Self-concept, Gender schema theory, Big Five personality traits, Personality and Self report. Her biological study spans a wide range of topics, including Bem Sex-Role Inventory and Androgyny.

Her Personality research includes themes of Psychometrics and Gender role. Janet T. Spence usually deals with Social psychology and limits it to topics linked to Developmental psychology and Stereotype. Her work deals with themes such as Clinical psychology and Rating scale, which intersect with Scale.

Between 1992 and 2012, her most popular works were:

  • Gender-related traits and gender ideology: Evidence for a multifactorial theory. (401 citations)
  • INSTRUMENTAL AND EXPRESSIVE TRAITS, TRAIT STEREOTYPES, AND SEXIST ATTITUDES What Do They Signify? (382 citations)
  • THE ATTITUDES TOWARD WOMEN SCALE AND ATTITUDE CHANGE IN COLLEGE STUDENTS (260 citations)

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

  • Social psychology
  • Developmental psychology
  • Self-esteem

Janet T. Spence mostly deals with Social psychology, Developmental psychology, Cohort, Process improvement and Clinical psychology. Her Social psychology and Gender identity and Gender role investigations all form part of her Social psychology research activities. Her Gender identity research includes elements of Attribution and Stereotype.

The various areas that she examines in her Gender role study include Psychometrics, Gender schema theory and Big Five personality traits, Personality Assessment Inventory, Personality. She combines subjects such as Femininity and Masculinity with her study of Personality. Janet T. Spence has researched Cohort in several fields, including Scale, Attitude change and Rating scale.

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Best Publications

Masculinity & femininity: Their psychological dimensions, correlates, and antecedents

Janet Taylor Spence;Robert L. Helmreich.
(1978)

3078 Citations

Ratings of self and peers on sex role attributes and their relation to self-esteem and conceptions of masculinity and femininity.

Janet T. Spence;Robert Helmreich;Joy Stapp.
Journal of Personality and Social Psychology (1975)

2287 Citations

A short version of the Attitudes toward Women Scale (AWS)

Janet T. Spence;Robert Helmreich;Joy Stapp.
Bulletin of the psychonomic society (1973)

1293 Citations

Workaholism: Definition, Measurement, and Preliminary Results

Janet T. Spence;Ann S. Robbins.
Journal of Personality Assessment (1992)

1042 Citations

Negative and positive components of psychological masculinity and femininity and their relationships to self-reports of neurotic and acting out behaviors.

Janet T. Spence;Robert L. Helmreich;Carole K. Holahan.
Journal of Personality and Social Psychology (1979)

915 Citations

Gender-related traits and gender ideology: Evidence for a multifactorial theory.

Janet T. Spence.
Journal of Personality and Social Psychology (1993)

629 Citations

INSTRUMENTAL AND EXPRESSIVE TRAITS, TRAIT STEREOTYPES, AND SEXIST ATTITUDES What Do They Signify?

Janet T. Spence;Camille E. Buckner.
Psychology of Women Quarterly (2000)

607 Citations

Achievement American style: The rewards and costs of individualism.

Janet T. Spence.
American Psychologist (1985)

584 Citations

Masculine Instrumentality and Feminine Expressiveness: Their Relationships with Sex Role Attitudes and Behaviors.

Janet T. Spence;Robert L. Helmreich.
Psychology of Women Quarterly (1980)

518 Citations

CHAPTER 12 – The Motivational Components of Manifest Anxiety: Drive and Drive Stimuli1

Janet Taylor Spence;Kenneth W. Spence.
Anxiety and Behavior (1966)

507 Citations

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