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113
Citations
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World Ranking
361
National Ranking
228

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2007 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
  • 1997 - Fellow of the American Psychological Association (APA)

Overview

Kenneth J. Sher is affiliated with the University of Missouri in the United States. Their research primarily spans the fields of medicine and psychology, with a significant focus on epidemiology, clinical psychology, experimental and cognitive psychology, general health professions, and psychiatry and mental health.

The main topics covered in their work include substance abuse treatment and outcomes, gambling behavior and treatments, child and adolescent psychosocial and emotional development, schizophrenia research and treatment, mental health research topics, cognitive abilities and testing, and health policy implementation science.

Frequent co-authors in Kenneth J. Sher's publications include Ashley L. Watts, Deanna M. Barch, Cassandra L. Boness, Nicole R. Karcher, and Susan F. Tapert.

Common venues for publishing their work are UNC Libraries, Development and Psychopathology, Psychology of Addictive Behaviors, Prevention Science, and Clinical Psychological Science.

Recent publications by Kenneth J. Sher include:

  • "Meaningful associations in the adolescent brain cognitive development study," 2021, NeuroImage
  • "Correspondence Between Perceived Pubertal Development and Hormone Levels in 9-10 Year-Olds From the Adolescent Brain Cognitive Development Study," 2021, Frontiers in Endocrinology
  • "Demographic and mental health assessments in the adolescent brain and cognitive development study: Updates and age-related trajectories," 2021, Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience
  • "Rates of Incidental Findings in Brain Magnetic Resonance Imaging in Children," 2021, JAMA Neurology
  • "Persistent and distressing psychotic-like experiences using adolescent brain cognitive development℠ study data," 2021, Molecular Psychiatry

Kenneth J. Sher has been recognized as a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) since 2007 and a Fellow of the American Psychological Association (APA) since 1997.

Best Publications

  • Surveying the damage: a review of research on consequences of alcohol misuse in college populations.

    H Wesley Perkins

  • 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

  • The relation between alcohol problems and the anxiety disorders

    Matt G. Kushner;Kenneth J. Sher;Bernard D. Beitman

  • Children of Alcoholics: A Critical Appraisal of Theory and Research

    Kenneth J. Sher

  • Personality and disinhibitory psychopathology: Alcoholism and antisocial personality disorder.

    Kenneth J. Sher;Timothy J. Trull

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

    Danielle M. Dick;Gregory Smith;Peter Olausson;Suzanne H. Mitchell

  • 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

  • Demographic, physical and mental health assessments in the adolescent brain and cognitive development study: Rationale and description

    M Deanna;Matthew D. Albaugh;Shelli Avenevoli;Linda Chang

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

    Timothy J. Trull;Seungmin Jahng;Rachel L. Tomko;Phillip K. Wood

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

    Sandra A. Brown;Matthew McGue;Jennifer Maggs;John Schulenberg

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

    Timothy J Trull;Kenneth J Sher;Christa Minks-Brown;Jennifer Durbin

  • APA handbook of research methods in psychology, Vol 2: Research designs: Quantitative, qualitative, neuropsychological, and biological.

    Harris Cooper;Paul M. Camic;Debra L. Long;A. T. Panter

  • Personality and substance use disorders: A prospective study.

    Kenneth J. Sher;Bruce D. Bartholow;Mark D. Wood

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

    Timothy J. Trull;Kenneth J. Sher

  • Characteristics of borderline personality disorder in a community sample: comorbidity, treatment utilization, and general functioning.

    Rachel L. Tomko;Timothy J. Trull;Phillip K. Wood;Kenneth J. Sher

  • The development of alcohol use disorders.

    Kenneth J. Sher;Emily R. Grekin;Natalie A. Williams

  • Risk for Alcoholism and Individual Differences in the Stress-Response-Dampening Effect of Alcohol

    Kenneth J. Sher;Robert W. Levenson

  • Assessing alcohol problems in college students.

    Stephanie C. Hurlbut;Kenneth J. Sher

  • Strategic control and medial frontal negativity: Beyond errors and response conflict.

    Bruce D. Bartholow;Melanie A. Pearson;Cheryl L. Dickter;Kenneth J. Sher

  • Candidate gene-environment interaction research: reflections and recommendations.

    Danielle M. Dick;Arpana Agrawal;Matthew C. Keller;Amy Adkins

Frequent Co-Authors

Phillip K. Wood
Phillip K. Wood University of Missouri
Andrew K. Littlefield
Andrew K. Littlefield Texas Tech University
Timothy J. Trull
Timothy J. Trull University of Missouri
Kristina M. Jackson
Kristina M. Jackson Brown University
Thomas M. Piasecki
Thomas M. Piasecki University of Wisconsin–Madison
Bruce D. Bartholow
Bruce D. Bartholow University of Missouri
Kathleen K. Bucholz
Kathleen K. Bucholz Washington University in St. Louis
Andrew C. Heath
Andrew C. Heath Washington University in St. Louis
Arpana Agrawal
Arpana Agrawal Washington University in St. Louis
Pamela A. F. Madden
Pamela A. F. Madden Washington University in St. Louis

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