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D-Index
40
Citations
11863
World Ranking
8070
National Ranking
4321

Overview

Robert B. Cairns was affiliated with the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in the United States. Their academic career included contributions within the university setting, engaging in research and scholarly activities.

There are no specific records of recent papers, frequent co-authors, or publication venues associated with Robert B. Cairns in the available data. Similarly, no book publications or detailed fields of study were documented.

Information about particular research topics, subfields, or thematic focuses in their work is also not provided. There is no available data regarding awards or honors received during their career.

Since Robert B. Cairns is deceased, the profile is presented in the past tense, reflecting the completed nature of their academic contributions.

Best Publications

  • Social networks and aggressive behavior: Peer support or peer rejection?

    Robert B. Cairns;Beverley D. Cairns;Holly J. Neckerman;Scott D. Gest

  • Lifelines and Risks: Pathways of Youth in our Time

    Robert B. Cairns;Beverley D. Cairns

  • Do Extracurricular Activities Protect against Early School Dropout

    Joseph L. Mahoney;Robert B. Cairns

  • Growth and aggression: I. Childhood to early adolescence.

    Robert B. Cairns;Beverley D. Cairns;Holly J. Neckerman;Lynda L. Ferguson

  • Early school dropout: configurations and determinants.

    Robert B. Cairns;Beverley D. Cairns;Holly J. Neckerman

  • Friendships and Social Networks in Childhood and Adolescence: Fluidity, Reliability, and Interrelations

    Robert B. Cairns;Man-Chi Leung;Lisa Buchanan;Beverley D. Cairns

  • Aggressive Behaviors in Social Interaction and Developmental Adaptation: A Narrative Analysis of Interpersonal Conflicts During Early Adolescence

    Hongling Xie;Dylan J. Swift;Beverley D. Cairns;Robert B. Cairns

  • Social development : the origins and plasticity of interchanges

    Robert B. Cairns

  • Social Structure and Social Cognition in Early Adolescence: Affiliative Patterns:

    Robert B. Cairns;Jane E. Perrin;Beverley D. Cairns

  • Developmental Science and the Holistic Approach

    Lars R. Bergman;Robert B. Cairns;Lars-Goran Nilsson;Lars Nystedt

  • A brief method for assessing social development: Structure, reliability, stability, and developmental validity of the Interpersonal Competence Scale

    Robert B. Cairns;Man Chi Leung;Scott D. Gest;Beverley D. Cairns

  • Social Networks and Configurations in Inner-City Schools: Aggression, Popularity, and Implications for Students with EBD:

    Hongling Xie;Robert B. Cairns;Beverley D. Cairns

  • A developmental-genetic analysis of aggressive behavior in mice: I. Behavioral outcomes.

    Robert B. Cairns;Dennis J. MacCombie;Kathryn E. Hood

  • The Popularity of Friendship and the Neglect of Social Networks: Toward a New Balance.

    Robert Cairns;Hongling Xie;Man-Chi Leung

  • The development of social aggression and physical aggression: A narrative analysis of interpersonal conflicts

    Hongling Xie;Robert B. Cairns;Beverley D. Cairns

  • Developmental Science: Developmental Science

    Robert B. Cairns;Glen H. Elder;Elizabeth Jane Costello

  • Attachment behavior of mammals.

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  • Aggression in Inner-City Early Elementary Classrooms: Individual and Peer-Group Configurations.

    David B. Estell;Robert B. Cairns;Thomas W. Farmer;Beverley D. Cairns

  • The Making of Developmental Psychology

    Robert B. Cairns;Beverley D. Cairns

  • On fighting in mice: Is there a sensitive period for isolation effects?

    Robert B. Cairns;Kathryn E. Hood;Jane Midlam

  • Predicting teen motherhood and teen fatherhood: individual characteristics and peer affiliations.

    Hongling Xie;Beverley D. Cairns;Robert B. Cairns

Frequent Co-Authors

Scott D. Gest
Scott D. Gest University of Virginia
Thomas W. Farmer
Thomas W. Farmer University of Pittsburgh
Mark H. Lewis
Mark H. Lewis University of Florida
Scott G. Paris
Scott G. Paris University of Michigan–Ann Arbor

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