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Psychology D-index 59 Citations 17,705 177 World Ranking 2682 National Ranking 1588

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Awards & Achievements

2000 - Fellow of the American Psychological Association (APA)

Overview

What is she best known for?

The fields of study she is best known for:

  • Law
  • Social psychology
  • Mental health

Social psychology, Developmental psychology, Adolescent health, Injury prevention and Coping are her primary areas of study. Her study in Social psychology is interdisciplinary in nature, drawing from both Middle age, Social Welfare and Fertility. Her Developmental psychology research is multidisciplinary, incorporating elements of Socioeconomic status, Variables and Social group.

Her Adolescent health study combines topics in areas such as Tv viewing and Mass media. In her research on the topic of Injury prevention, Human factors and ergonomics is strongly related with Suicide prevention. Her work carried out in the field of Coping brings together such families of science as Social relation, Gerontology, Distress, Social support and Feeling.

Her most cited work include:

  • A national survey of stress reactions after the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks. (1303 citations)
  • For Better or Worse: The Impact of Upward Social Comparison on Self-Evaluations (708 citations)
  • The Affective Consequences of Social Comparison: Either Direction Has Its Ups and Downs (618 citations)

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

Her scientific interests lie mostly in Developmental psychology, Psychiatry, Mental health, Adolescent health and Clinical psychology. Rebecca L. Collins has included themes like Human sexuality and Social psychology in her Developmental psychology study. Her research in the fields of Stigma, Substance abuse and Mental illness overlaps with other disciplines such as Association.

Her Substance abuse research includes themes of Young adult, Public health and Substance use. Her work in Mental health addresses subjects such as Health care, which are connected to disciplines such as Nursing. Her Clinical psychology study incorporates themes from Psychological intervention and Ethnic group.

She most often published in these fields:

  • Developmental psychology (21.05%)
  • Psychiatry (20.00%)
  • Mental health (18.95%)

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

  • Clinical psychology (17.89%)
  • Mental health (18.95%)
  • Ethnic group (6.84%)

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

Her primary areas of study are Clinical psychology, Mental health, Ethnic group, Lesbian and Mental illness. The study incorporates disciplines such as Young adult, Persistence, Test and Health equity in addition to Clinical psychology. The Young adult study which covers Epidemiology that intersects with Longitudinal study.

Particularly relevant to Psychological distress is her body of work in Mental health. Her Lesbian research integrates issues from Substance use, Substance abuse and Sexual identity. Her biological study spans a wide range of topics, including Stigma, Social stigma and Empowerment.

Between 2017 and 2021, her most popular works were:

  • Disparities in substance use behaviors and disorders among adult sexual minorities by age, gender, and sexual identity. (56 citations)
  • 2015 Department of Defense Health Related Behaviors Survey (Hrbs) (22 citations)
  • Differences in Substance Use Disparities Across Age Groups in a National Cross-Sectional Survey of Lesbian, Gay, and Bisexual Adults. (20 citations)

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

  • Law
  • Social psychology
  • Mental health

Rebecca L. Collins spends much of her time researching Lesbian, Sexual identity, Substance abuse, Young adult and Ethnic group. Her Lesbian research is multidisciplinary, relying on both Cross-sectional study and Substance use. Her work deals with themes such as Sexual orientation, Health promotion, Medical education, Navy and Military personnel, which intersect with Substance abuse.

As part of the same scientific family, Rebecca L. Collins usually focuses on Young adult, concentrating on Epidemiology and intersecting with Longitudinal study, Logistic regression, Distress and Mental health. The concepts of her Ethnic group study are interwoven with issues in Military medicine and Clinical psychology. Rebecca L. Collins integrates Health equity with Suicide prevention in her study.

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Best Publications

A national survey of stress reactions after the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks.

Mark A. Schuster;Bradley D. Stein;Lisa H. Jaycox;Rebecca L. Collins.
The New England Journal of Medicine (2001)

2304 Citations

For Better or Worse: The Impact of Upward Social Comparison on Self-Evaluations

Rebecca L. Collins.
Psychological Bulletin (1996)

1431 Citations

The Affective Consequences of Social Comparison: Either Direction Has Its Ups and Downs

Bram P. Buunk;Rebecca L. Collins;Shelley E. Taylor;Nico W. VanYperen.
Journal of Personality and Social Psychology (1990)

1213 Citations

Watching sex on Television Predicts Adolescent Initiation of sexual Behavior

Rebecca L. Collins;Marc N. Elliott;Sandra H. Berry;David E. Kanouse.
Pediatrics (2004)

927 Citations

A Better World or a Shattered Vision? Changes in Life Perspectives Following Victimization

Rebecca L. Collins;Shelley E. Taylor;Laurie A. Skokan.
Social Cognition (1990)

731 Citations

Self-Esteem and Direct Versus Indirect Forms of Self-Enhancement

Jonathon D. Brown;Rebecca L. Collins;Greg W. Schmidt.
Journal of Personality and Social Psychology (1988)

587 Citations

Content analysis of gender roles in media: Where are we now and where should we go?

Rebecca L. Collins.
Sex Roles (2011)

530 Citations

Health-related quality of life in patients with human immunodeficiency virus infection in the United States: results from the HIV Cost and Services Utilization Study.

Ron D Hays;Ron D Hays;William E Cunningham;Cathy D Sherbourne;Ira B Wilson.
The American Journal of Medicine (2000)

489 Citations

Does alcohol advertising promote adolescent drinking? Results from a longitudinal assessment

Phyllis L. Ellickson;Rebecca L. Collins;Katrin Hambarsoomians;Daniel F. McCaffrey.
Addiction (2005)

451 Citations

Fertility desires and intentions of HIV-positive men and women.

Chen Jl;Philips Ka;Kanouse De;Collins Rl.
Family Planning Perspectives (2001)

435 Citations

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