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Psychology
USA
2023

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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 140 Citations 85,175 440 World Ranking 73 National Ranking 44

Research.com Recognitions

Awards & Achievements

2023 - Research.com Psychology in United States Leader Award

2010 - Member of Academia Europaea

Overview

What is he best known for?

The fields of study he is best known for:

  • Developmental psychology
  • Social psychology
  • Cognition

His primary areas of study are Developmental psychology, Child development, Child rearing, Differential susceptibility hypothesis and Personality. His study in Developmental psychology is interdisciplinary in nature, drawing from both Temperament, Social psychology and Social environment. His Child development study deals with Positive Youth Development intersecting with Personality Assessment Inventory.

The concepts of his Child rearing study are interwoven with issues in Firstborn, Affect, Personality development, Day care and Clinical psychology. His Differential susceptibility hypothesis study combines topics in areas such as Nature versus nurture, Externalization, Human development and Vulnerability. His Personality research is multidisciplinary, incorporating elements of Social support and Marital relationship.

His most cited work include:

  • The determinants of parenting: A process model. (3359 citations)
  • Beyond Diathesis Stress: Differential Susceptibility to Environmental Influences. (1799 citations)
  • Childhood Experience, Interpersonal Development, and Reproductive Strategy: An Evolutionary Theory of Socialization. (1643 citations)

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

Developmental psychology, Child development, Social psychology, Clinical psychology and Personality are his primary areas of study. Jay Belsky combines subjects such as Social relation and Temperament with his study of Developmental psychology. The study incorporates disciplines such as Social environment and Strange situation in addition to Social relation.

His Child development study combines topics from a wide range of disciplines, such as Social change, Day care and Personality development. His work on Attachment theory as part of general Social psychology study is frequently linked to Perspective, therefore connecting diverse disciplines of science. His studies deal with areas such as Social skills and Anxiety as well as Clinical psychology.

He most often published in these fields:

  • Developmental psychology (80.34%)
  • Child development (20.08%)
  • Social psychology (14.80%)

What were the highlights of his more recent work (between 2012-2021)?

  • Developmental psychology (80.34%)
  • Clinical psychology (16.28%)
  • Peer review (5.50%)

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

Jay Belsky mainly investigates Developmental psychology, Clinical psychology, Peer review, Psychopathology and Positive Youth Development. In general Developmental psychology study, his work on Child development and Social skills often relates to the realm of Diathesis–stress model, thereby connecting several areas of interest. Jay Belsky has included themes like Social competence and Psychiatric assessment in his Social skills study.

His work carried out in the field of Clinical psychology brings together such families of science as Anxiety, Allele, Peer group, Depression and Early childhood. His research integrates issues of Mental health and Prenatal stress in his study of Anxiety. His Positive Youth Development study frequently involves adjacent topics like Personality.

Between 2012 and 2021, his most popular works were:

  • Vantage sensitivity: individual differences in response to positive experiences. (261 citations)
  • The Multiple Determinants of Parenting (230 citations)
  • Beyond risk, resilience, and dysregulation: phenotypic plasticity and human development. (210 citations)

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

  • Developmental psychology
  • Social psychology
  • Cognition

Jay Belsky spends much of his time researching Developmental psychology, Clinical psychology, Psychopathology, Positive Youth Development and Anxiety. While working in this field, he studies both Developmental psychology and Peer review. He interconnects Academic achievement and Social skills in the investigation of issues within Clinical psychology.

His research investigates the connection between Psychopathology and topics such as Differential susceptibility hypothesis that intersect with problems in Social environment, Person–environment fit and Developmental plasticity. His research investigates the connection between Positive Youth Development and topics such as Child development that intersect with issues in Impulsivity. His Anxiety research is multidisciplinary, relying on both Psychological intervention and Mental health.

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Best Publications

The determinants of parenting: A process model.

Jay Belsky.
Child Development (1984)

8542 Citations

Child maltreatment: an ecological integration.

Jay Belsky.
American Psychologist (1980)

3311 Citations

Childhood Experience, Interpersonal Development, and Reproductive Strategy: An Evolutionary Theory of Socialization.

Jay Belsky;Laurence Steinberg;Patricia Draper.
Child Development (1991)

3292 Citations

Beyond Diathesis Stress: Differential Susceptibility to Environmental Influences.

Jay Belsky;Michael Pluess.
Psychological Bulletin (2009)

3135 Citations

For Better and For Worse Differential Susceptibility to Environmental Influences

Jay Belsky;Marian J. Bakermans-Kranenburg;Marinus H. van IJzendoorn.
Current Directions in Psychological Science (2007)

1795 Citations

Etiology of child maltreatment: a developmental-ecological analysis.

Jay Belsky.
Psychological Bulletin (1993)

1789 Citations

Differential susceptibility to the environment: an evolutionary--neurodevelopmental theory.

Bruce J. Ellis;W. Thomas Boyce;Jay Belsky;Marian J. Bakermans-Kranenburg.
Development and Psychopathology (2011)

1632 Citations

Early human experience : A family perspective

Jay Belsky.
Developmental Psychology (1981)

1330 Citations

Are There Long‐Term Effects of Early Child Care?

Jay Belsky;Deborah Lowe Vandell;Margaret Burchinal;K. Alison Clarke-Stewart.
Child Development (2007)

1327 Citations

Vulnerability genes or plasticity genes

Jay Belsky;C. Jonassaint;Michael Pluess;M. Stanton.
Molecular Psychiatry (2009)

1292 Citations

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