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  • 1968 - Fellow of the American Psychological Association (APA)

Overview

Richard Jessor is affiliated with the University of Colorado Boulder in the United States. Their academic career includes recognition as a Fellow of the American Psychological Association (APA) awarded in 1968.

Although specific details regarding their research papers, co-authors, and publication venues are not listed, Jessor's academic involvement is clearly anchored in the field of psychology, given the nature of the APA fellowship.

No detailed records of recent papers, book publications, or specific research topics are available. Similarly, there is no information on the main or subfields of study associated with their work.

The recognition by the APA in 1968 suggests a sustained contribution to the field of psychology over the course of their career.

Best Publications

  • Problem Behavior and Psychosocial Development: A Longitudinal Study of Youth

    Richard Jessor;Shirley L Jessor

  • Risk behavior in adolescence: a psychosocial framework for understanding and action

    Richard Jessor

  • Protective Factors in Adolescent Problem Behavior: Moderator Effects and Developmental Change.

    Richard Jessor;Jill Van Den Bos;Judith Vanderryn;Frances M. Costa

  • Structure of problem behavior in adolescence and young adulthood.

    John E. Donovan;Richard Jessor

  • Beyond Adolescence: Problem Behaviour and Young Adult Development

    Richard Jessor;John Edward Donovan;Frances Marie Costa

  • Problem-behavior theory, psychosocial development, and adolescent problem drinking.

    Richard Jessor

  • Successful adolescent development among youth in high-risk settings.

    Richard Jessor

  • Society, personality, and deviant behavior : a study of a tri-ethnic community

    Richard Jessor

  • Structure of problem behavior in adolescence and young adulthood.

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  • New Perspectives on Adolescent Risk Behavior

    Richard Jessor

  • Syndrome of problem behavior in adolescence: A replication.

    John E. Donovan;Richard Jessor;Frances M. Costa

  • OCCUPATIONAL CHOICE: A CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK

    Peter M. Blau;John W. Gustad;Richard Jessor;Herbert S. Parnes

  • Transition from virginity to nonvirginity among youth: A social-psychological study over time.

    Shirley L. Jessor;Richard Jessor

  • Psychosocial Correlates of Marijuana Use and Problem Drinking in a National Sample of Adolescents

    Richard Jessor;James A. Chase;John E. Donovan

  • Adolescent Problem Behavior in China and the United States: A Cross‐National Study of Psychosocial Protective Factors

    Richard Jessor;Mark S. Turbin;Frances M. Costa;Qi Dong

  • Adolescent development and the onset of drinking. A longitudinal study.

    R Jessor;S L Jessor

  • Religiosity in youth: A personal control against deviant behavior?

    John Rohrbaugh;Richard Jessor

  • Adolescent health behavior and conventionality-unconventionality: an extension of problem-behavior theory.

    John E. Donovan;Richard Jessor;Frances M. Costa

  • Risk behavior in adolescence: A psychosocial framework for understanding and action*1

    Richard Jessor

  • Problem drinking in adolescence and young adulthood. A follow-up study.

    John E. Donovan;Richard Jessor;Lee Jessor

  • Problem Behavior and Psychosocial Development: A Longitudinal Study of Growth.

    Betty Crowther;Richard Jessor;Shirley L. Jessor

  • Beyond adolescence : problem behavior and young adultdevelopment

    John Edward Donovan;Frances Marie Costa;Richard Jessor

Frequent Co-Authors

John E. Donovan
John E. Donovan University of Colorado Boulder
Qi Dong
Qi Dong Beijing Normal University
Cheryl L. Perry
Cheryl L. Perry The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston
Kenneth R. Hammond
Kenneth R. Hammond University of Colorado Boulder

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