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Ken J. Rotenberg

Ken J. Rotenberg

D-Index & Metrics

Psychology

D-Index
36
Citations
5304
World Ranking
9535
National Ranking
941

Ken J. Rotenberg publication distribution in Psychology in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Psychology in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Ken J. Rotenberg sits on this spectrum.

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31 publications 705+

This scientist: 163 publications — 56th percentile

56% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 705 publications or more.

Ken J. Rotenberg D-index placement in Psychology in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Psychology scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Ken J. Rotenberg sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 144+

This scientist: 36 D-Index — 19th percentile

19% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 144 D-Index or more.

Overview

Ken J. Rotenberg was a psychologist affiliated with Keele University in the United Kingdom. Their research primarily focused on psychology with significant contributions to clinical and social psychology, as well as general health professions, sociology and political science, and cognitive neuroscience. Over their career, they published extensively on topics related to child and adolescent psychosocial and emotional development, attachment and relationship dynamics, bullying, victimization and aggression, psychology of moral and emotional judgment, homelessness and social issues, eating disorders and behaviors, and the impact of technology on adolescents.

Rotenberg's recent scholarly output included multiple papers published in various academic venues. Notable works included:

  • The relation between young adults' trust beliefs in others and interpersonal hostility (2021) in Aggressive Behavior
  • Trust Beliefs in Significant Others, Interpersonal Stress, and Internalizing Psychopathology of Adolescents with Psychiatric Disorders (2021) in Child Psychiatry & Human Development
  • Loneliness, Food Poverty, and Perceived Benefits of Communal Food Consumption from a Charity Service (2021) in Journal of Poverty
  • Security of attachment and trust beliefs in close others during middle childhood (2021) in Infant and Child Development
  • How Much Should We Trust Others? The Relationship Between Trust Beliefs in Others and Psychosocial Adjustment (2023) in Journal of Social and Clinical Psychology

Rotenberg also published repeatedly in venues such as Aggressive Behavior and The Wiley Encyclopedia of Personality and Individual Differences, contributing to the development of knowledge in these fields.

Their frequent collaborators included Emma Manley, Serena Petrocchi, Katie M. Walker, Emma Surman, and Mary H. McGrath.

Their work in psychology covered:

  • Clinical Psychology
  • Social Psychology
  • General Health Professions
  • Sociology and Political Science
  • Cognitive Neuroscience

Main topics addressed over the course of their career involved:

  • Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development
  • Attachment and Relationship Dynamics
  • Bullying, Victimization, and Aggression
  • Psychology of Moral and Emotional Judgment
  • Homelessness and Social Issues
  • Eating Disorders and Behaviors
  • Impact of Technology on Adolescents

Best Publications

  • Childhood loneliness as a predictor of adolescent depressive symptoms: an 8-year longitudinal study.

    Pamela Qualter;Stephen L. Brown;Penny Munn;Ken J. Rotenberg

  • Trajectories of loneliness during childhood and adolescence: predictors and health outcomes.

    Pamela Qualter;Stephen Lloyd Brown;K J Rotenberg;J Vanhalst

  • Loneliness and Interpersonal Trust

    Ken J. Rotenberg

  • Construction and validation of a children's interpersonal trust belief scale

    Ken J. Rotenberg;Claire Fox;Sarah Green;Louise Ruderman

  • Disclosure processes in children and adolescents

    Ken J. Rotenberg

  • Loneliness in Childhood and Adolescence

    Ken J. Rotenberg;Shelley Hymel

  • The relation between trust beliefs and loneliness during early childhood, middle childhood, and adulthood.

    Ken J. Rotenberg;Nick Addis;Lucy R. Betts;Amanda Corrigan

  • Cognitive Processes and Prosocial Behaviors Among Children: The Role of Affective Attributions and Reconciliations

    Gustavo Carlo;George P. Knight;Nancy Eisenberg;Ken J. Rotenberg

  • Investigating Hypervigilance for Social Threat of Lonely Children

    Pamela Qualter;Ken Rotenberg;Louise Barrett;Peter Henzi

  • Loneliness and attention to social threat in young adults: Findings from an eye tracker study

    Munirah Bangee;Rebecca A. Harris;Nikola Jane Bridges;Ken J. Rotenberg

  • The relationship between loneliness and interpersonal trust during middle childhood.

    Ken J. Rotenberg;Keltie J. Macdonald;Emily V. King

  • Development of Character Constancy of Self and Other.

    Ken J. Rotenberg

  • Trustworthiness, friendships and self‐control: factors that contribute to young children's school adjustment

    Lucy R. Betts;Ken J. Rotenberg

  • Cross-sectional and longitudinal relations among children's trust beliefs, psychological maladjustment and social relationships: are very high as well as very low trusting children at risk?

    Ken J. Rotenberg;Michael J. Boulton;Claire L. Fox

  • The Socialisation of Trust: Parents' and Children's Interpersonal Trust

    Ken J. Rotenberg

  • Interpersonal Trust During Childhood and Adolescence: The conceptualization of interpersonal trust: A basis, domain, and target framework

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  • Loneliness, dysphoria, dietary restraint, and eating behavior.

    Ken J. Rotenberg;Darlene Flood

  • The relations among young children's peer-reported trustworthiness, inhibitory control, and preschool adjustment.

    Ken J. Rotenberg;Nicole Michalik;Nancy Eisenberg;Lucy R. Betts

  • Cross-sectional and longitudinal relations among peer-reported trustworthiness, social relationships, and psychological adjustment in children and early adolescents from the United Kingdom and Canada.

    Ken J Rotenberg;Patricia McDougall;Michael J Boulton;Tracy Vaillancourt

  • Children's Use of Intentionality in Judgments of Character and Disposition

    Ken J. Rotenberg

  • Same-sex patterns and sex differences in the trust-value basis of children's friendship.

    Ken J. Rotenberg

  • Interpersonal Trust During Childhood and Adolescence: List of contributors

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Frequent Co-Authors

Michael J. Boulton
Michael J. Boulton University of Chester
Pamela Qualter
Pamela Qualter University of Manchester
Nancy Eisenberg
Nancy Eisenberg Arizona State University
Manuel Eisner
Manuel Eisner University of Cambridge
Denis Ribeaud
Denis Ribeaud University of Zurich
Shelley Hymel
Shelley Hymel University of British Columbia
Gustavo Carlo
Gustavo Carlo University of California, Irvine
Carla Sharp
Carla Sharp University of Houston
Tina Malti
Tina Malti University of Toronto
Louise Barrett
Louise Barrett University of Lethbridge

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