What is she best known for?
The fields of study she is best known for:
- Social psychology
- Social science
- Developmental psychology
The scientist’s investigation covers issues in Social psychology, Loneliness, Developmental psychology, Social support and Gerontology.
The Social psychology study combines topics in areas such as Typology and Quality of life.
Her Loneliness research integrates issues from Affect, Social network, Demography, Embeddedness and Social engagement.
Her biological study spans a wide range of topics, including Kinship, Childlessness and Geographical distance.
Her Social support study integrates concerns from other disciplines, such as Friendship, Public economics and Compensation.
In general Gerontology, her work in Residential care is often linked to Western europe, Longitudinal study and Network expansion linking many areas of study.
Her most cited work include:
- Older adult loneliness: myths and realities (309 citations)
- Changes in Older Adult Loneliness : Results From a Seven-Year Longitudinal Study (276 citations)
- Loneliness and Social Isolation (270 citations)
What are the main themes of her work throughout her whole career to date?
Her primary areas of investigation include Social psychology, Developmental psychology, Kinship, Gerontology and Loneliness.
Pearl A. Dykstra works in the field of Social psychology, focusing on Social support in particular.
Her work carried out in the field of Developmental psychology brings together such families of science as Ambivalence and Childlessness.
Her Childlessness research includes elements of Diversity, Marital history and Life course approach.
Her work deals with themes such as Genealogy, Educational attainment and Demographic economics, which intersect with Kinship.
In the subject of general Gerontology, her work in Active ageing is often linked to Index, thereby combining diverse domains of study.
She most often published in these fields:
- Social psychology (31.72%)
- Developmental psychology (23.12%)
- Kinship (19.35%)
What were the highlights of her more recent work (between 2013-2020)?
- Social psychology (31.72%)
- Gerontology (13.98%)
- Context (8.60%)
In recent papers she was focusing on the following fields of study:
Pearl A. Dykstra mainly focuses on Social psychology, Gerontology, Context, Developmental psychology and Kinship.
Many of her studies involve connections with topics such as Quality of life and Social psychology.
The various areas that Pearl A. Dykstra examines in her Quality of life study include Social support, Positive economics and Social network.
In her study, Economy and Marital history is strongly linked to Childlessness, which falls under the umbrella field of Gerontology.
Her Developmental psychology study frequently links to other fields, such as Social psychology.
Her Kinship study frequently involves adjacent topics like Long-term care.
Between 2013 and 2020, her most popular works were:
- Child care by grandparents: changes between 1992 and 2006 (30 citations)
- Structuration of the Life Course: Some Neglected Aspects (26 citations)
- New Ways of Theorizing and Conducting Research in the Field of Loneliness and Social Isolation (25 citations)
In her most recent research, the most cited papers focused on:
- Social science
- Social psychology
- Anthropology
Her primary scientific interests are in Demographic economics, Intergenerational solidarity, Life course approach, Interdependence and Kinship.
Her research on Demographic economics often connects related areas such as Comparative research.
Her Intergenerational solidarity study frequently involves adjacent topics like Familialism.
Life course approach connects with themes related to Personal control in her study.
Her Interdependence research includes themes of Bridge, Poverty, Socioeconomic status and Convergence.
Her Kinship research is multidisciplinary, relying on both Public sector and Long-term care.
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