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Research.com Recognitions

  • 1997 - Fellow of the American Psychological Association (APA)

Overview

Keith F. Widaman is affiliated with the University of California, Riverside, in the United States. Their research primarily falls within the field of Medicine, with notable contributions to Psychiatry and Mental Health, Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, Cognitive Neuroscience, Clinical Psychology, and Sociology and Political Science.

The scientist's work is concentrated on several key topics, including:

  • Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Research
  • Functional Brain Connectivity Studies
  • Health, Environment, Cognitive Aging
  • Air Quality and Health Impacts
  • Psychometric Methodologies and Testing
  • Alzheimer's disease research and treatments
  • Cognitive Abilities and Testing

Widaman has published extensively in a number of academic venues, with the most frequent venues being:

  • Alzheimer s & Dementia
  • Brain
  • Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society
  • UNC Libraries
  • Educational and Psychological Measurement

The scientist has collaborated regularly with several co-authors, including:

  • Dan Mungas
  • Brandon E. Gavett
  • Timothy J. Hohman
  • Paul K. Crane
  • Sarah Tomaszewski Farias

Among recent papers by Widaman are the following:

  • Thinking thrice about sum scores, and then some more about measurement and analysis, 2022, Behavior Research Methods
  • Genetic variants and functional pathways associated with resilience to Alzheimer's disease, 2020, Brain
  • Sex differences in the genetic architecture of cognitive resilience to Alzheimer's disease, 2022, Brain
  • Validation of the NIH Toolbox Cognitive Battery in intellectual disability, 2020, Neurology
  • Ambient air pollution exposure and increasing depressive symptoms in older women: The mediating role of the prefrontal cortex and insula, 2022, The Science of The Total Environment

In 1997, Keith F. Widaman was recognized as a Fellow of the American Psychological Association (APA).

Best Publications

  • To Parcel or Not to Parcel: Exploring the Question, Weighing the Merits

    Todd D. Little;William A. Cunningham;Golan Shahar;Keith F. Widaman

  • Sample size in factor analysis.

    Robert C. MacCallum;Keith F. Widaman;Shaobo Zhang;Sehee Hong

  • Factor analysis in the development and refinement of clinical assessment instruments.

    Frank J. Floyd;Keith F. Widaman

  • Confirmatory factor analysis and item response theory : two approaches for exploring measurement invariance

    Steven P. Reise;Keith F. Widaman;Robin H. Pugh

  • Exploring the measurement invariance of psychological instruments: Applications in the substance use domain.

    Keith F. Widaman;Steven P. Reise

  • Hierarchically nested covariance structure models for multitrait-multimethod data

    Keith F. Widaman

  • Sample size in factor analysis: The role of model error

    Robert C. MacCallum;Keith F. Widaman;Kristopher J. Preacher;Sehee Hong

  • Unidimensional Versus Domain Representative Parceling of Questionnaire Items: An Empirical Example:

    Joseph M. Kishton;Keith F. Widaman

  • HIV-Related Stigma and Knowledge in the United States: Prevalence and Trends, 1991–1999

    Gregory M. Herek;John P. Capitanio;Keith F. Widaman

  • Life-span development of self-esteem and its effects on important life outcomes

    Ulrich Orth;Richard W. Robins;Keith F. Widaman

  • Factorial Invariance Within Longitudinal Structural Equation Models: Measuring the Same Construct Across Time

    Keith F. Widaman;Emilio Ferrer;Rand D. Conger

  • On the Merits of Orthogonalizing Powered and Product Terms: Implications for Modeling Interactions Among Latent Variables

    Todd D. Little;James A. Bovaird;Keith F. Widaman

  • Common factor analysis versus principal component analysis: Differential bias in representing model parameters?

    Keith F. Widaman

  • Multidimensionality and Structural Coefficient Bias in Structural Equation Modeling: A Bifactor Perspective

    Steven P. Reise;Richard Scheines;Keith F. Widaman;Mark G. Haviland

  • Linkages between Children's Social and Academic Competence: A Longitudinal Analysis.

    Mara Welsh;Ross D Parke;Keith Widaman;Robin O'Neil

  • Economic Stress, Parenting, and Child Adjustment in Mexican American and European American Families

    Ross D. Parke;Scott Coltrane;Sharon Duffy;Raymond Buriel

  • Effects of extensive temporal lobe damage or mild hypoxia on recollection and familiarity.

    Andrew P. Yonelinas;Andrew P. Yonelinas;Neal E.A. Kroll;Neal E.A. Kroll;Joel R. Quamme;Michele M. Lazzara

  • The effects of study abroad during college on attitudes toward other cultures

    Jerry S. Carlson;Keith F. Widaman

  • III. MISSING DATA: WHAT TO DO WITH OR WITHOUT THEM

    Keith F. Widaman

  • On specifying the null model for incremental fit indices in structural equation modeling.

    Keith F. Widaman;Jane S. Thompson

Frequent Co-Authors

Rand D. Conger
Rand D. Conger University of California, Davis
Todd D. Little
Todd D. Little Texas Tech University
Richard W. Robins
Richard W. Robins University of California, Davis
Jay Belsky
Jay Belsky University of California, Davis
Dan M Mungas
Dan M Mungas University of California, Davis
Kevin J. Grimm
Kevin J. Grimm Arizona State University
John P. Capitanio
John P. Capitanio University of California, Davis
Dalun Zhang
Dalun Zhang Texas A&M University
Margaret Gatz
Margaret Gatz University of Southern California
Helena C. Chui
Helena C. Chui University of Southern California

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