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Social Sciences and Humanities

D-Index
35
Citations
6445
World Ranking
6686
National Ranking
3244

Best Publications

  • Third-year College Retention and Transfer: Effects of Academic Performance, Motivation, and Social Connectedness

    Jeff Allen;Steven B. Robbins;Alex Casillas;In-Sue Oh

  • Unraveling the Differential Effects of Motivational and Skills, Social, and Self-Management Measures from Traditional Predictors of College Outcomes.

    Steven B. Robbins;Jeff Allen;Alex Casillas;Christina Hamme Peterson

  • Systems Training for Emotional Predictability and Problem Solving (STEPPS) for Outpatients With Borderline Personality Disorder: A Randomized Controlled Trial and 1-Year Follow-Up

    M.S.W. Nancee Blum;P.A.C. Don St. John;Bruce Pfohl;Scott Stuart

  • Predictors of Long-Term Enrollment and Degree Outcomes for Community College Students: Integrating Academic, Psychosocial, Socio-Demographic, and Situational Factors.

    Sameano F. Porchea;Jeff Allen;Steve Robbins;Richard P. Phelps

  • Predicting early academic failure in high school from prior academic achievement, psychosocial characteristics, and behavior.

    Alex Casillas;Steve Robbins;Jeff Allen;Yi-Lung Kuo

  • Prediction of College Major Persistence Based on Vocational Interests, Academic Preparation, and First-Year Academic Performance

    Jeff Allen;Steven B. Robbins

  • Effects of interest-major congruence, motivation, and academic performance on timely degree attainment.

    Jeff Allen;Steve Robbins

  • Antisocial personality disorder in incarcerated offenders: Psychiatric comorbidity and quality of life.

    Donald W Black;Tracy Gunter;Peggy Loveless;Jeff Allen

  • Borderline personality disorder in male and female offenders newly committed to prison.

    Donald W. Black;Tracy Gunter;Jeff Allen;Nancee Blum

  • Reliability and Validity of the Borderline Evaluation of Severity Over Time (Best): A Self-Rated Scale to Measure Severity and Change in Persons With Borderline Personality Disorder

    Bruce Pfohl;Nancee Blum;Don St. John;Brett McCormick

  • Frequency of mental and addictive disorders among 320 men and women entering the Iowa prison system: use of the MINI-Plus.

    Tracy D. Gunter;Stephan Arndt;Gloria Wenman;Jeff Allen

  • Neuropsychological performance, impulsivity, ADHD symptoms, and novelty seeking in compulsive buying disorder

    Donald Wayne Black;Martha Shaw;Brett McCormick;John David Bayless

  • Attitudes toward borderline personality disorder: a survey of 706 mental health clinicians.

    Donald W Black;Bruce Pfohl;Nancee Blum;Brett McCormick

  • Bupropion in the treatment of pathological gambling: a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled, flexible-dose study.

    Donald W Black;Stephan Arndt;William H Coryell;Tami Argo

  • Pathological gambling: relationship to obesity, self-reported chronic medical conditions, poor lifestyle choices, and impaired quality of life

    Donald W. Black;Martha Shaw;Brett McCormick;Jeff Allen

  • Moderation of the relation between person–environment congruence and academic success: Environmental constraint, personal flexibility and method

    Terence J.G. Tracey;Jeff Allen;Steven B. Robbins

  • Marital Status, Childhood Maltreatment, and Family Dysfunction: A Controlled Study of Pathological Gambling

    Donald W. Black;Martha C. Shaw;Brett A. McCormick;Jeff Allen

  • The relationship of DSM-IV pathological gambling to compulsive buying and other possible spectrum disorders: Results from the Iowa PG family study

    Donald W. Black;William Coryell;Raymond Crowe;Martha Shaw

  • Can Measuring Psychosocial Factors Promote College Success

    Jeff Allen;Steven B. Robbins;Richard Sawyer

  • Relationship of sex to symptom severity, psychiatric comorbidity, and health care utilization in 163 subjects with borderline personality disorder.

    Brett McCormick;Nancee Blum;Rebecca Hansel;Jo Ann Franklin

  • Using ACT Assessment Scores to Set Benchmarks for College Readiness. ACT Research Report Series, 2005-3.

    Jeff Allen;Jim Sconing

  • Receipt of Clinical Preventive Medical Services Among Psychiatric Patients

    Caroline P. Carney;Jeff Allen;Bradley N. Doebbeling

  • Associations of Resource and Service Utilization, Risk Level, and College Outcomes

    Steven Robbins;Jeff Allen;Alex Casillas;Adaeze Akamigbo

  • Personality Disorders, Impulsiveness, and Novelty Seeking in Persons with DSM-IV Pathological Gambling and Their First-Degree Relatives

    Donald W. Black;William H. Coryell;Raymond R. Crowe;Martha Shaw

  • Age at onset of DSM-IV pathological gambling in a non-treatment sample: Early- versus later-onset.

    Donald W. Black;Martha Shaw;William Coryell;Raymond Crowe

  • Relating psychological and social factors to academic performance: A longitudinal investigation of high-poverty middle school students.

    Yaoran Li;Yaoran Li;Jeff Allen;Alex Casillas

  • Neuropsychological performance, impulsivity, symptoms of ADHD, and Cloninger's personality traits in pathological gambling

    Donald W. Black;Megan M. Smith;Kelsie T. Forbush;Martha C. Shaw

  • Interests, Work Values, and Occupations: Predicting Work Outcomes with the WorkKeys Fit Assessment

    Kyle B. Swaney;Jeff Allen;Alex Casillas;Mary Ann Hanson

  • Relationship of age to symptom severity, psychiatric comorbidity and health care utilization in persons with borderline personality disorder

    Nancee Blum;Joann Franklin;Rebecca Hansel;Brett McCormick

Frequent Co-Authors

Steven B. Robbins
Steven B. Robbins Virginia Commonwealth University
William Coryell
William Coryell University of Iowa
Raymond R. Crowe
Raymond R. Crowe University of Iowa
Kelsie T. Forbush
Kelsie T. Forbush University of Kansas
In-Sue Oh
In-Sue Oh Temple University
Clive J. Robins
Clive J. Robins Duke University
Scott Stuart
Scott Stuart University of Iowa
Katharine A. Phillips
Katharine A. Phillips Cornell University
Mary C. Zanarini
Mary C. Zanarini Harvard University
Mark Zimmerman
Mark Zimmerman Brown University

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