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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2008 - Fellow of the American Educational Research Association

Overview

Robert D. Abbott is affiliated with the University of Washington in the United States and has focused research efforts primarily within the field of Medicine, particularly in areas intersecting with cardiology, sleep disorders, and cognitive neuroscience.

Their research includes notable contributions spanning various subfields such as Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, Physiology, Cognitive Neuroscience, Experimental and Cognitive Psychology, and Neurology.

Main topics covered by their work include:

  • Cardiovascular Disease and Adiposity
  • Obstructive Sleep Apnea Research
  • Sleep and related disorders
  • Sleep and Wakefulness Research
  • Cardiovascular Effects of Exercise
  • Cardiovascular Function and Risk Factors
  • Child and Adolescent Health

Recent papers by Robert D. Abbott feature research published between 2020 and 2022:

  • Outcomes of Childhood Preventive Intervention Across 2 Generations, 2020, JAMA Pediatrics
  • Association of pericardial adipose tissue with left ventricular structure and function: a region-specific effect?, 2021, Cardiovascular Diabetology
  • Sleep Duration, Sleep Apnea, and Gray Matter Volume, 2021, Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry and Neurology
  • Alcohol drinking and brain morphometry in apparently healthy community-dwelling Japanese men, 2020, Alcohol
  • Implications of Age and Sex in Relation to Obstructive Sleep Apnea Severity Spectrum: Korean Genome and Epidemiology-Ansan Aging Study, 2022, Annals of the American Thoracic Society

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Abbott include:

  • Chol Shin
  • Seung Ku Lee
  • Regina E. Y. Kim
  • Soriul Kim
  • Robert J. Thomas

Abbott's publications are typically found in specialized venues such as:

  • JAMA Pediatrics
  • Cardiovascular Diabetology
  • Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry and Neurology
  • Alcohol
  • Annals of the American Thoracic Society

In recognition of their academic contributions, Robert D. Abbott was named a Fellow of the American Educational Research Association in 2008.

Best Publications

  • Early Social Attention Impairments in Autism: Social Orienting, Joint Attention, and Attention to Distress.

    Geraldine Dawson;Karen Toth;Robert Abbott;Julie Osterling

  • Predictors of Early High School Dropout: A Test of Five Theories.

    Sara Battin-Pearson;Michael D. Newcomb;Robert D. Abbott;Karl G. Hill

  • Contributions of morphology beyond phonology to literacy outcomes of upper elementary and middle-school students.

    William E Nagy;Virginia W Berninger;Robert D. Abbott

  • Parenting stress and psychological functioning among mothers of preschool children with autism and developmental delay

    Annette Estes;Jeffrey Munson;Geraldine Dawson;Elizabeth Koehler

  • Developmental risk factors for youth violence

    Todd I Herrenkohl;Eugene Maguin;Karl G Hill;J.David Hawkins

  • Exploring the effects of age of alcohol use initiation and psychosocial risk factors on subsequent alcohol misuse

    J. D. Hawkins;J. W. Graham;E. Maguin;R. Abbott

  • Role of mechanics in composing of elementary school students: A new methodological approach.

    Steve Graham;Virginia W. Berninger;Robert D. Abbott;Sylvia P. Abbott

  • Modeling the Etiology of Adolescent Substance Use: A Test of the Social Development Model

    Richard F. Catalano;Rick Kosterman;J. David Hawkins;Michael D. Newcomb

  • Treatment of Handwriting Problems in Beginning Writers: Transfer from Handwriting to Composition.

    Virginia W. Berninger;Katherine B. Vaughan;Robert D. Abbott;Sylvia P. Abbott

  • The dynamics of alcohol and marijuana initiation: patterns and predictors of first use in adolescence.

    R. Kosterman;J. D. Hawkins;Jie Guo;R. F. Catalano

  • Increases in alcohol and marijuana use during the transition out of high school into emerging adulthood: The effects of leaving home, going to college, and high school protective factors.

    Helene Raskin White;Barbara J. McMORRIS;Richard F. Catalano;Charles B. Fleming

  • Longitudinal Relationships of Levels of Language in Writing and between Writing and Reading in Grades 1 to 7.

    Robert D. Abbott;Virginia W. Berninger;Michel Fayol

  • Growth in Phonological, Orthographic, and Morphological Awareness in Grades 1 to 6

    Virginia W. Berninger;Robert D. Abbott;William Nagy;Joanne Carlisle

  • The Seattle Social Development Project: Effects of the first four years on protective factors and problem behaviors.

    J. David Hawkins;Richard F. Catalano;Diane M. Morrison;Julie O'Donnell

  • Relationship of morphology and other language skills to literacy skills in at-risk second-grade readers and at-risk fourth-grade writers

    William Nagy;Virginia W. Berninger;Robert D. Abbott;Katherine Vaughan

  • The contribution of gang membership to delinquency beyond delinquent friends

    Sara R. Battin;Karl G. Hill;Robert D. Abbott;Richard F. Catalano

  • Beginning Literacy Links Among Teacher Knowledge, Teacher Practice, and Student Learning

    Deborah McCutchen;Robert D. Abbott;Laura B. Green;S. Natasha Beretvas

  • Teaching Spelling and Composition Alone and Together: Implications for the Simple View of Writing

    Virginia W. Berninger;Katherine Vaughan;Robert D. Abbott;Kristin Begay

  • Structural equation modeling of relationships among developmental skills and writing skills in primary- and intermediate-grade writers.

    Robert D. Abbott;Virginia W. Berninger

  • Writing and Reading Connections Between Language by Hand and Language by Eye

    Virginia W. Berninger;Robert D. Abbott;Sylvia P. Abbott;Steve Graham

  • Lower-Level Developmental Skills in Beginning Writing.

    Virginia Berninger;Cheryl Yates;Ana Cartwright;Judith Rutberg

Frequent Co-Authors

Virginia W. Berninger
Virginia W. Berninger University of Washington
Richard F. Catalano
Richard F. Catalano University of Washington
J. David Hawkins
J. David Hawkins University of Washington
Karl G. Hill
Karl G. Hill University of Colorado Boulder
Kevin P. Haggerty
Kevin P. Haggerty University of Washington
Charles B. Fleming
Charles B. Fleming University of Washington
Geraldine Dawson
Geraldine Dawson Duke University
Wendy H. Raskind
Wendy H. Raskind University of Washington
Steve Graham
Steve Graham Arizona State University
Annette Estes
Annette Estes University of Washington

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