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Research.com Recognitions

  • 1997 - Fellow of the American Psychological Association (APA)

Overview

Sarah L. Friedman is affiliated with George Washington University in the United States. Their research spans multiple areas within the broader field of Medicine, with a focus on Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Literature and Literary Theory, Clinical Psychology, Orthopedics and Sports Medicine, and General Health Professions.

Their work covers a range of main topics including Palliative Care and End-of-Life Issues, Opioid Use Disorder Treatment, Themes in Literature Analysis, Medieval Literature and History, Folklore, Mythology, and Literature Studies, Religion, Spirituality, and Psychology, as well as Grief, Bereavement, and Mental Health.

Recent publications by Sarah L. Friedman include:

  • "Spiritual AIM: assessment and documentation of spiritual needs in patients with cancer" (2021) in Journal of Health Care Chaplaincy
  • "The American Psychological Association and antisemitism: Toward equity, diversity, and inclusion." (2024) in American Psychologist
  • "Contagion, Sexual Violence, and Communal Healing in Chaucer's The Physician's Tale and Gower's Confessio Amantis" (2022) in Essays in medieval studies
  • "Hospital Experiences of Dignity in People Who Inject Drugs" (2023) in Journal of Addictions Nursing
  • "Duane F. Alexander (1940-2020)." (2022) in American Psychologist

Frequent coauthors working with Sarah L. Friedman include:

  • Carol K. Sigelman
  • Rosemarie Scolaro Moser
  • Gustav Luke Hensel
  • Gal Dubnov-Raz
  • Philip Schatz

Major journals where their work frequently appears include:

  • American Psychologist
  • Essays in medieval studies
  • Journal of Health Care Chaplaincy
  • Journal of Addictions Nursing
  • Parenting

Sarah L. Friedman was recognized as a Fellow of the American Psychological Association (APA) in 1997.

Best Publications

  • Identifying risk for obesity in early childhood.

    Philip R. Nader;Philip R. Nader;Marion O'Brien;Renate Houts;Robert Bradley

  • Child Care and Mother-Child Interaction in the First Three Years of Life

    M Appelbaum;DA Batten;J Belsky;C Booth

  • The relation of child care to cognitive and language development

    A Clarke-Stewart;S Friedman;Dane Phillips;CL Booth

  • Nonmaternal Care and Family Factors in Early Development: An Overview of the NICHD Study of Early Child Care

    Virginia Allhusen;Mark Appelbaum;Jay Belsky;Cathryn L. Booth

  • Duration and Developmental Timing of Poverty and Children's Cognitive and Social Development from Birth Through Third Grade.

    Virginia Allhusen;Jay Belsky;Cathryn Booth-LaForce;Robert Bradley

  • Examining the Black–White Achievement Gap Among Low-Income Children Using the NICHD Study of Early Child Care and Youth Development

    Margaret Burchinal;Kathleen McCartney;Laurence Steinberg;Robert Crosnoe

  • Child-care effect sizes for the NICHD Study of Early Child Care and Youth Development

    A Huston;C. Booth-LaForce;Robert Bradley;C. Brownell

  • Family rearing antecedents of pubertal timing.

    Jay Belsky;Laurence D. Steinberg;Renate M. Houts;Sarah L. Friedman

  • Familial factors associated with the characteristics of nonmaternal care for infants

    Mark Appelbaum;Dee Ann Batten;Jay Belsky;Cathryn Booth

  • Child care and children's peer interaction at 24 and 36 months: The NICHD study of early child care - NICHD early child care research network

    Mark Appelbaum;Dee Ann Batten;Jay Belsky;Cathryn Booth

  • Does Quality of Child Care Affect Child Outcomes at Age 4 1 ⁄ 2?

    N Marshall;CA Brownell;M Burchinal;B Caldwell

  • Type of child care and children's development at 54 months

    Virginia Allhusen;Jay Belsky;Cathryn L. Booth;Robert Bradley

  • Infant-mother attachment classification: Risk and protection in relation to changing maternal caregiving quality

    Jay Belsky;Jay Belsky;Cathryn L. Booth-LaForce;Robert Bradley;Celia A. Brownell

  • Frequency and intensity of activity of third-grade children in physical education.

    Jay Belsky;Cathryn Booth;Robert Bradley;Celia A. Brownell

  • Longitudinal Development of Secondary Sexual Characteristics in Girls and Boys Between Ages 9½ and 15½ Years

    Elizabeth J. Susman;Renate M. Houts;Laurence Steinberg;Jay Belsky

  • Instruction, Teacher-Student Relations, and Math Achievement Trajectories in Elementary School.

    Robert Crosnoe;Fred Morrison;Margaret Burchinal;Robert Pianta

  • Testing a Core Emotion‐Regulation Prediction: Does Early Attentional Persistence Moderate the Effect of Infant Negative Emotionality on Later Development?

    Jay Belsky;Sarah L. Friedman;Kuang-Hua Hsieh

  • The ecology of childhood overweight: a 12-year longitudinal analysis.

    M O'Brien;PR Nader;Renate Houts;R Bradley

  • Child-care and family predictors of preschool attachment and stability from infancy

    M Appelbaum;J Belsky;C Booth;R Bradley

  • Preterm birth and psychological development

    Sarah L. Friedman;Marian Sigman

  • Blueprints for Thinking: The Role of Planning in Cognitive Development

    Sarah L. Friedman;Ellin Kofsky Scholnick;Rodney R. Cocking

  • Duration and Developmental Timing of Poverty and Children's Cognitive and Social Development From Birth Through Third Grade National Institute of Child Health and Human Development Early Child Care Research Network

    Jay Belsky;Cathryn Booth-LaForce;Robert Bradley;Celia A. Brownell

Frequent Co-Authors

Jay Belsky
Jay Belsky University of California, Davis
Susan J. Spieker
Susan J. Spieker University of Washington
Robert C. Pianta
Robert C. Pianta University of Virginia
Margaret Burchinal
Margaret Burchinal University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Robert H. Bradley
Robert H. Bradley Arizona State University
Martha J. Cox
Martha J. Cox University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Deborah Lowe Vandell
Deborah Lowe Vandell University of California, Irvine
K. Alison Clarke-Stewart
K. Alison Clarke-Stewart University of California, Irvine
Margaret Tresch Owen
Margaret Tresch Owen The University of Texas at Dallas
Marsha Weinraub
Marsha Weinraub Temple University

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