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Robert J. Thompson

Robert J. Thompson

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Social Sciences and Humanities

D-Index
43
Citations
8166
World Ranking
4408
National Ranking
2105

Overview

Robert J. Thompson is affiliated with Duke University in the United States. Their research lies primarily within the social sciences, with a focus on education, sociology, political science, developmental and educational psychology, gender studies, and safety research.

Their work explores a range of topics including educational strategies and epistemologies, education and critical thinking development, sports, gender, and society, American sports and literature, sex work and related issues, HIV, drug use and sexual risk, and gender, feminism, and media.

Recent publications by Robert J. Thompson include:

  • How faculty discipline and beliefs influence instructional uses of writing in STEM undergraduate courses at research-intensive universities, 2021, Journal of Writing Research
  • Diversity of undergraduates in STEM courses: individual and demographic differences in changes in self-efficacy, epistemic beliefs, and intrapersonal attribute profiles, 2023, Studies in Higher Education

Other noteworthy papers connected to their research network, though with different primary authorship, include:

  • "What will we do if we get infected?": An interview-based study of the COVID-19 pandemic and its effects on the health and safety of sex workers in the United States, 2021, SSM - Qualitative Research in Health
  • Postsecondary Faculty Attitudes and Beliefs about Writing-Based Pedagogies in the STEM Classroom, 2022, CBE-Life Sciences Education
  • Houston College Sport Programs' Hurricane Harvey Communication: A Twitter Content Analysis, 2020, Utah State Research and Scholarship (Utah State University)

Frequent publication venues for Thompson include:

  • Journal of Emerging Sport Studies
  • SSM - Qualitative Research in Health
  • Journal of Writing Research
  • CBE-Life Sciences Education
  • Studies in Higher Education

The individual collaborates regularly with several coauthors, among them:

  • Julie Reynolds
  • Solaire A. Finkenstaedt-Quinn
  • Chris Hanna
  • Anne Ruggles Gere
  • Jason E. Dowd

Best Publications

  • Cognitive functioning and brain magnetic resonance imaging in children with sickle Cell disease. Neuropsychology Committee of the Cooperative Study of Sickle Cell Disease.

    Armstrong Fd;Thompson Rj;Wang W;Zimmerman R

  • Adaptation to Chronic Childhood Illness

    Robert Joseph Thompson Jr.;Kathryn E. Gustafson

  • Neuropsychologic performance in school-aged children with sickle cell disease: a report from the Cooperative Study of Sickle Cell Disease.

    Winfred Wang;Laura Enos;Dianne Gallagher;Robert Thompson

  • Psychosocial Adjustment of Children with Chronic Physical Conditions.

    Jan L. Wallander;Robert J. Thompson Jr.;Ann Alriksson-Schmidt

  • Medium-chain acyl-coenzyme A dehydrogenase deficiency: clinical course in 120 affected children.

    A.Kimberly Iafolla;Robert J. Thompson;Charles R. Roe

  • Sickle Cell Disease in Children and Adolescents: The Relation of Child and Parent Pain Coping Strategies to Adjustment

    Karen M. Gil;David A. Williams;Robert J. Thompson;Thomas R. Kinney

  • Influence of Acidosis, Hypoxemia, and Hypotension on Neurodevelopmental Outcome in Very Low Birth Weight Infants

    Ricki F. Goldstein;Robert J. Thompson;Jerri M. Oehler;Jane E. Brazy

  • Role of Child and Maternal Processes in the Psychological Adjustment of Children with Sickle Cell Disease.

    Robert J. Thompson;Karen M. Gil;Daniel J. Burbach;Barbara R. Keith

  • Writing-to-Learn in Undergraduate Science Education: A Community-Based, Conceptually Driven Approach

    Julie A. Reynolds;Christopher Thaiss;Wendy Katkin;Robert J. Thompson

  • Stress, Coping, and Family Functioning in the Psychological Adjustment of Mothers of Children and Adolescents with Cystic Fibrosis

    Robert J. Thompson;Kathryn E. Gustafson;Kim W. Hamlett;Alexander Spock

  • Sickle Cell Disease Pain in Children and Adolescents: Change in Pain Frequency and Coping Strategies Over Time

    Karen M. Gil;Robert J. Thompson;Barbara R. Keith;Mary Tota-Faucette

  • Psychological Adjustment of Mothers of Children and Adolescents with Sickle Cell Disease: The Role of Stress, Coping Methods, and Family Functioning

    Robert J. Thompson;Karen M. Gil;Daniel J. Burbach;Barbara R. Keith

  • Psychological Adjustment of Children with Cystic Fibrosis: The Role of Child Cognitive Processes and Maternal Adjustment

    Robert J. Thompson;Kathryn E. Gustafson;Kim W. Hamlett;Alexander Spock

  • Stress, coping, and psychological adjustment of adults with sickle cell disease.

    Robert J. Thompson;Karen M. Gil;Mary R. Abrams;George Phillips

  • Do smoking prevention programs really work? Attrition and the internal and external validity of an evaluation of a refusal skills training program.

    Anthony Biglan;Herbert Severson;Dennis V. Ary;Carol Faller

  • Applied Behavior Analysis in the Treatment of Childhood Feeding Problems

    Sushma Palmer;Robert J. Thompson;Thomas R. Linscheid

  • Sexual abuse in young children: its clinical presentation and characteristic patterns.

    John Gale;Robert J. Thompson;Thomas Moran;William H. Sack

  • Nursery neurobiologic risk score: levels of risk and relationships with nonmedical factors.

    Jane E. Brazy;Ricki F. Goldstein;Jerri M. Oehler;Kathryn E. Gustafson

  • Computer instruction in handwriting, spelling, and composing for students with specific learning disabilities in grades 4-9

    Virginia W. Berninger;William Nagy;Steve Tanimoto;Rob Thompson

  • Dimensions of Family Functioning in Families With Chronically Ill Children: A Higher Order Factor Analysis of the Family Environment Scale

    William G. Kronenberg;Robert J. Thompson

Frequent Co-Authors

Romeel Davé
Romeel Davé University of Edinburgh
Karen M. Gil
Karen M. Gil University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
John F. Curry
John F. Curry Duke University
Linda K. George
Linda K. George Duke University
Thomas R. Greve
Thomas R. Greve University College London
Dennis V. Ary
Dennis V. Ary Oregon Research Institute
Anthony Biglan
Anthony Biglan Oregon Research Institute
Edward Lichtenstein
Edward Lichtenstein Oregon Research Institute
Herbert H. Severson
Herbert H. Severson Oregon Research Institute
Laura S. Porter
Laura S. Porter Duke University

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