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Psychology D-index 103 Citations 35,913 431 World Ranking 361 National Ranking 237

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Awards & Achievements

2007 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

1997 - Fellow of the American Psychological Association (APA)

Overview

What is he best known for?

The fields of study he is best known for:

  • Cognition
  • Social psychology
  • Psychiatry

His primary scientific interests are in Developmental psychology, Personality, Alcohol abuse, Clinical psychology and Psychiatry. His Developmental psychology research is multidisciplinary, relying on both Michigan Alcoholism Screening Test, Big Five personality traits, Cognition and Social environment. His Personality research integrates issues from Family history and Self-control.

His Alcohol abuse study integrates concerns from other disciplines, such as Longitudinal study, Psychometrics, Binge drinking, Social influence and Alcohol use disorder. His research integrates issues of Test validity, Etiology and MEDLINE in his study of Clinical psychology. The study incorporates disciplines such as Alcohol dependence and Suicide prevention in addition to Psychiatry.

His most cited work include:

  • Characteristics of children of alcoholics: putative risk factors, substance use and abuse, and psychopathology. (784 citations)
  • The relation between alcohol problems and the anxiety disorders (590 citations)
  • Personality and disinhibitory psychopathology: Alcoholism and antisocial personality disorder. (562 citations)

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

Kenneth J. Sher mainly investigates Psychiatry, Clinical psychology, Developmental psychology, Young adult and Personality. His study in Psychiatry is interdisciplinary in nature, drawing from both Alcohol dependence and Alcohol use disorder. His Clinical psychology research is multidisciplinary, incorporating elements of Personality disorders, Addiction and Anxiety.

As a member of one scientific family, Kenneth J. Sher mostly works in the field of Developmental psychology, focusing on Human factors and ergonomics and, on occasion, Social psychology. His Young adult study incorporates themes from Longitudinal study, Prospective cohort study, Family history and Risk factor. His work on Impulsivity expands to the thematically related Personality.

He most often published in these fields:

  • Psychiatry (31.65%)
  • Clinical psychology (30.94%)
  • Developmental psychology (28.06%)

What were the highlights of his more recent work (between 2017-2021)?

  • Clinical psychology (30.94%)
  • Alcohol use disorder (16.55%)
  • Young adult (22.78%)

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

His scientific interests lie mostly in Clinical psychology, Alcohol use disorder, Young adult, Personality and Psychiatry. His Clinical psychology study combines topics from a wide range of disciplines, such as PsycINFO, Association and Measurement invariance. His Alcohol use disorder research includes themes of Epidemiology, DSM-5, Substance abuse, Binge drinking and Comorbidity.

His Young adult research is included under the broader classification of Developmental psychology. His work on Big Five personality traits as part of general Personality study is frequently linked to Conversation, therefore connecting diverse disciplines of science. His Psychiatry research is multidisciplinary, incorporating elements of Text mining, Football, Health psychology and Harm.

Between 2017 and 2021, his most popular works were:

  • Adolescent brain cognitive development (ABCD) study: Overview of substance use assessment methods (121 citations)
  • Trends in Adult Alcohol Use and Binge Drinking in the Early 21st-Century United States: A Meta-Analysis of 6 National Survey Series. (79 citations)
  • Assessment of the prodromal questionnaire-brief child version for measurement of self-reported psychoticlike experiences in childhood (38 citations)

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

  • Statistics
  • Social psychology
  • Internal medicine

The scientist’s investigation covers issues in Clinical psychology, Alcohol use disorder, Young adult, Developmental psychology and Neurocognitive. Kenneth J. Sher has included themes like Confirmatory factor analysis and Measurement invariance in his Clinical psychology study. His Alcohol use disorder research incorporates themes from Lower prevalence, Injury prevention, Statistics, Generalization and Occupational safety and health.

The Young adult study combines topics in areas such as Behavioral inhibition, Maturing out, Obesity and Stroop effect. His biological study spans a wide range of topics, including Alcoholic fathers and Personality. His studies deal with areas such as Test validity, Psychometrics and External validity as well as Personality.

This overview was generated by a machine learning system which analysed the scientist’s body of work. If you have any feedback, you can contact us here.

Best Publications

Characteristics of children of alcoholics: putative risk factors, substance use and abuse, and psychopathology.

Kenneth J. Sher;Kimberly S. Walitzer;Phillip K. Wood;Edward E. Brent.
Journal of Abnormal Psychology (1991)

1251 Citations

The relation between alcohol problems and the anxiety disorders

Matt G. Kushner;Kenneth J. Sher;Bernard D. Beitman.
American Journal of Psychiatry (1990)

1082 Citations

Children of Alcoholics: A Critical Appraisal of Theory and Research

Kenneth J. Sher.
(1991)

1068 Citations

Personality and disinhibitory psychopathology: Alcoholism and antisocial personality disorder.

Kenneth J. Sher;Timothy J. Trull.
Journal of Abnormal Psychology (1994)

926 Citations

Automatic and controlled processes and the development of addictive behaviors in adolescents: a review and a model.

Reinout W. Wiers;Bruce D. Bartholow;Esther van den Wildenberg;Carolien Thush.
Pharmacology, Biochemistry and Behavior (2007)

760 Citations

Understanding the construct of impulsivity and its relationship to alcohol use disorders.

Danielle M. Dick;Gregory Smith;Peter Olausson;Suzanne H. Mitchell.
Addiction Biology (2010)

744 Citations

A Developmental Perspective on Alcohol and Youths 16 to 20 Years of Age

Sandra A. Brown;Matthew McGue;Jennifer Maggs;John Schulenberg.
Pediatrics (2008)

726 Citations

Borderline personality disorder and substance use disorders: a review and integration.

Timothy J Trull;Kenneth J Sher;Christa Minks-Brown;Jennifer Durbin.
Clinical Psychology Review (2000)

708 Citations

Revised NESARC personality disorder diagnoses: gender, prevalence, and comorbidity with substance dependence disorders.

Timothy J. Trull;Seungmin Jahng;Rachel L. Tomko;Phillip K. Wood.
Journal of Personality Disorders (2010)

677 Citations

Relationship between the five-factor model of personality and Axis I disorders in a nonclinical sample.

Timothy J. Trull;Kenneth J. Sher.
Journal of Abnormal Psychology (1994)

646 Citations

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