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Discipline name D-index D-index (Discipline H-index) only includes papers and citation values for an examined discipline in contrast to General H-index which accounts for publications across all disciplines. Citations Publications World Ranking National Ranking
Psychology D-index 32 Citations 5,568 121 World Ranking 8098 National Ranking 4450

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Awards & Achievements

2011 - Fellow of the American Psychological Association (APA)

Overview

What is she best known for?

The fields of study she is best known for:

  • Cognition
  • Developmental psychology
  • Social psychology

Her scientific interests lie mostly in Affect, Developmental psychology, Cognition, Creativity and Divergent thinking. Her Affect course of study focuses on Expression and Personality. Her research in Developmental psychology intersects with topics in Coping, Cognitive coping and Fantasy.

Her work on Cognitive psychology expands to the thematically related Creativity. Her work carried out in the field of Cognitive psychology brings together such families of science as Creativity technique, Storytelling and Card sorting. Her work in the fields of Creative problem-solving overlaps with other areas such as Comprehension.

Her most cited work include:

  • Affect and Creativity: the Role of Affect and Play in the Creative Process (164 citations)
  • Pretend Play: Longitudinal Prediction of Creativity and Affect in Fantasy in Children (159 citations)
  • Identifying Coping Strategies in Children (131 citations)

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

Her primary areas of investigation include Developmental psychology, Creativity, Affect, Cognition and Social psychology. Her studies in Developmental psychology integrate themes in fields like Coping, Fantasy and Divergent thinking. Her Divergent thinking research integrates issues from Convergent thinking and Cognitive science.

Her work deals with themes such as Cognitive development, Psychoanalytic theory, Psychoanalysis and Cognitive psychology, which intersect with Creativity. Sandra W. Russ has researched Affect in several fields, including Expression, Personality and Cognitive dimensions of notations. The concepts of her Cognition study are interwoven with issues in Intervention and Test validity.

She most often published in these fields:

  • Developmental psychology (44.35%)
  • Creativity (32.17%)
  • Affect (25.22%)

What were the highlights of her more recent work (between 2015-2021)?

  • Intervention (11.30%)
  • Creativity (32.17%)
  • Developmental psychology (44.35%)

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

Sandra W. Russ spends much of her time researching Intervention, Creativity, Developmental psychology, Clinical psychology and Cognition. Her Intervention study combines topics from a wide range of disciplines, such as Autism, Distress, Intellectual disability and Self-efficacy. Sandra W. Russ is involved in the study of Creativity that focuses on Divergent thinking in particular.

Her study in Outdoor education extends to Developmental psychology with its themes. Her research integrates issues of Psychotherapist, Sleep in non-human animals and Socioemotional selectivity theory in her study of Clinical psychology. Sandra W. Russ interconnects Creativity technique and Child development in the investigation of issues within Cognition.

Between 2015 and 2021, her most popular works were:

  • Fostering pretend play skills and creativity in elementary school girls: A group play intervention. (32 citations)
  • Pretend play and creativity in preschool-age children: Associations and brief intervention. (17 citations)
  • Pretend Play: Antecedent of Adult Creativity. (11 citations)

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

  • Cognition
  • Developmental psychology
  • Psychotherapist

Developmental psychology, Intervention, Divergent thinking, Creativity and Preschool child are her primary areas of study. Her study on Developmental psychology is mostly dedicated to connecting different topics, such as Outdoor education. She has included themes like Physical therapy, Autism, Play therapy and Public health in her Intervention study.

Her biological study spans a wide range of topics, including Mathematics education, School based intervention and Storytelling. Sandra W. Russ combines subjects such as Cognition and Child development with her study of Creativity. Her Preschool child study frequently involves adjacent topics like Brief intervention.

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Best Publications

Affect and Creativity: the Role of Affect and Play in the Creative Process

Sandra Walker Russ.
(1993)

689 Citations

Play in Child Development and Psychotherapy: Toward Empirically Supported Practice

Sandra Walker Russ.
(2003)

459 Citations

Pretend Play: Longitudinal Prediction of Creativity and Affect in Fantasy in Children

Sandra W. Russ;Andrew L. Robins;Beth A. Christiano.
Creativity Research Journal (1999)

330 Citations

Identifying Coping Strategies in Children

Sandra L. Curry;Sandra W. Russ.
Journal of Clinical Child Psychology (1985)

290 Citations

Pretend play, creativity, and emotion regulation in children.

Jessica Hoffmann;Sandra Russ.
Psychology of Aesthetics, Creativity, and the Arts (2012)

274 Citations

Play and Creativity: Developmental issues

Sandra W. Russ.
Scandinavian Journal of Educational Research (2003)

256 Citations

Cognitive outcomes of preschool children with prenatal cocaine exposure.

Lynn T. Singer;Sonia Minnes;Elizabeth Short;Robert Arendt.
JAMA (2004)

250 Citations

Children's fantasy play and emotional understanding.

Astrida L. Seja;Sandra W. Russ.
Journal of Clinical Child Psychology (1999)

172 Citations

Affective Expression in Children's Fantasy Play, Primary Process Thinking on the Rorschach, and Divergent Thinking

Sandra W. Russ;Anna Grossman-McKee.
Journal of Personality Assessment (1990)

166 Citations

Affect in Fantasy Play, Emotion in Memories, and Divergent Thinking

Sandra W. Russ;Ethan D. Schafer.
Creativity Research Journal (2006)

161 Citations

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