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  • 1986 - Fellow of the American Psychological Association (APA)

Overview

Kenneth H. Rubin is affiliated with the University of Maryland, College Park in the United States. Their research primarily spans the fields of psychology and medicine, with a notable focus on clinical psychology, social psychology, education, experimental and cognitive psychology, and developmental and educational psychology.

Their main areas of work involve child and adolescent psychosocial and emotional development, attachment and relationship dynamics, early childhood education and development, traumatic brain injury research, youth substance use and school attendance, behavioral and psychological studies, as well as bullying, victimization, and aggression.

Recent papers authored or co-authored by Kenneth H. Rubin include:

  • "Perspectives on Social Withdrawal in Childhood: Past, Present, and Prospects" (2021) in Child Development Perspectives
  • "Early intervention for inhibited young children: a randomized controlled trial comparing the Turtle Program and Cool Little Kids" (2021) in Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry
  • "Associations Between Callous-Unemotional Traits and Peer-Rated Social-Behavioral Outcomes in Elementary and Middle School" (2020) in Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology
  • "Delineating the Nature and Correlates of Social Dysfunction after Childhood Traumatic Brain Injury Using Common Data Elements: Evidence from an International Multi-Cohort Study" (2020) in Journal of Neurotrauma
  • "Distinct Profiles of Relationships With Mothers, Fathers, and Best Friends and Social-Behavioral Functioning in Early Adolescence: A Cross-Cultural Study" (2021) in Child Development

Kenneth H. Rubin has frequently published research in several scientific venues including:

  • Frontiers in Psychology
  • Journal of Neurotrauma
  • Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry
  • Journal of Attention Disorders
  • Developmental Psychology

Their scholarly collaborations feature regular co-authorship with Andrea Chronis-Tuscano, Christina M. Danko, Nicholas J. Wagner, Danielle R. Novick, and Julie C. Bowker.

Kenneth H. Rubin has been recognized as a Fellow of the American Psychological Association (APA) since 1986.

Best Publications

  • Peer Interactions, Relationships, and Groups

    Kenneth H. Rubin;William M. Bukowski;Jeffrey G. Parker

  • The development and treatment of childhood aggression.

    Kenneth H. Rubin;Debra J. Pepler

  • Social withdrawal in childhood

    Kenneth H. Rubin;Robert J. Coplan;Julie C. Bowker

  • Peer Relationships, Child Development, and Adjustment: A Developmental Psychopathology Perspective

    Jeffrey G. Parker;Kenneth H. Rubin;Stephen A. Erath;Julie C. Wojslawowicz

  • Continuity and Discontinuity of Behavioral Inhibition and Exuberance: Psychophysiological and Behavioral Influences across the First Four Years of Life.

    Nathan A. Fox;Heather A. Henderson;Kenneth H. Rubin;Susan D. Calkins

  • Children's Peer Relationships: Longitudinal Prediction of Internalizing and Externalizing Problems from Middle to Late Childhood.

    Shelley Hymel;Kenneth H. Rubin;Lynda Rowden;Lucy LeMare

  • Stability and Social-Behavioral Consequences of Toddlers' Inhibited Temperament and Parenting Behaviors

    Kenneth H. Rubin;Kim B. Burgess;Paul D. Hastings

  • Child-rearing attitudes and behavioral inhibition in Chinese and Canadian toddlers: A cross-cultural study.

    Xinyin Chen;Paul D. Hastings;Kenneth H. Rubin;Huichang Chen

  • The Many Faces of Social Isolation in Childhood.

    Kenneth H. Rubin;Rosemary S. L. Mills

  • Interpersonal Problem-Solving and Social Competence in Children

    Kenneth H. Rubin;Linda Rose-Krasnor

  • Attachment, Friendship, and Psychosocial Functioning in Early Adolescence

    Kenneth H. Rubin;Kathleen M. Dwyer;Cathryn Booth-LaForce;Angel H. Kim

  • Social-Cognitive and Social Behavioral Perspectives on Problem Solving

    Kenneth H. Rubin;Linda Rose Krasnor

  • Emotionality, emotion regulation, and preschoolers' social adaptation

    Kenneth H. Rubin;Robert J. Coplan;Nathan A. Fox;Susan D. Calkins

  • Social withdrawal in childhood: Developmental pathways to peer rejection.

    Kenneth H. Rubin;Lucy J. LeMare;Susan Lollis

  • Handbook of Peer Interactions, Relationships, and Groups

    Kenneth H. Rubin;William M. Bukowski;Brett Paul Laursen

  • Peer Relationships in Childhood

    Kenneth H. Rubin;Julie C. Bowker;Kristina L. McDonald;Melissa Menzer

  • Predicting preschoolers' externalizing behaviors from toddler temperament, conflict, and maternal negativity.

    Kenneth H. Rubin;Kim B. Burgess;Kathleen M. Dwyer;Paul D. Hastings

  • Social Withdrawal, inhibition, and Shyness in Childhood

    Kenneth H. Rubin;Jens B. Asendorpf

  • Free Play Behaviors in Middle- and Lower-Class Preschoolers: Parten and Piaget Revisited

    Kenneth H. Rubin;Terrence L. Maioni;Margaret Hornung

  • Nonsocial Play in Preschoolers: Necessarily Evil?.

    Kenneth H. Rubin

Frequent Co-Authors

Kathryn Vannatta
Kathryn Vannatta The Ohio State University
Keith Owen Yeates
Keith Owen Yeates University of Calgary
Erin D. Bigler
Erin D. Bigler University of Utah
Cynthia A. Gerhardt
Cynthia A. Gerhardt The Ohio State University
Linda Rose-Krasnor
Linda Rose-Krasnor Brock University
Cathryn Booth-LaForce
Cathryn Booth-LaForce University of Washington
Maureen Dennis
Maureen Dennis University of Toronto
Terry Stancin
Terry Stancin Case Western Reserve University
Brett Laursen
Brett Laursen Florida Atlantic University
Xinyin Chen
Xinyin Chen University of Pennsylvania

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