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103
Citations
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World Ranking
545
National Ranking
21

Research.com Recognitions

  • 1989 - Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada Academy of Social Sciences

Overview

Stanley Rachman was affiliated with the University of British Columbia in Canada. Their academic work primarily intersected with the social sciences, with a notable focus on sociology and political science, literature and literary theory, law, education, and music.

Their research covered diverse topics, including marriage and family dynamics, legal studies and policies, American and British literature analysis, Russian literature and Bakhtin studies, folklore, mythology, and literature studies, as well as music history and culture.

Stanley Rachman's recent publications included:

  • "Ellison and Dostoevsky: A Critical Reassessment of the Aesthetics and Politics" (2021) published in Literature of the Americas
  • "Violence and Voice: Hearing Poe's Sociopaths" (2024) published in The Edgar Allan Poe Review
  • "THE RESPONSIBILITY OF TAXPAYERS WHO INTENTIONALLY USE VAT PAYABLE FOR THE OPERATIONAL ACTIVITIES OF A LEGAL ENTITY" (2024) published in DE RECHT (Journal of Police and Law Enforcement)
  • "Peranan Hakim Mediator dalam Melakukan Mediasi Terhadap para Pihak yang Akan Bercerai di Pengadilan Agama Cibinong" (2025) published in As-Syar i Jurnal Bimbingan & Konseling Keluarga

Frequent publication venues included:

  • The Edgar Allan Poe Review
  • Literature of the Americas
  • DE RECHT (Journal of Police and Law Enforcement)
  • El Madani Jurnal Dakwah dan Komunikasi Islam
  • As-Syar i Jurnal Bimbingan & Konseling Keluarga

Collaboration was a part of their scholarly activity, with frequent coauthors including:

  • Tanudjaja Tanudjaja
  • Kulsum Ummi
  • Yono
  • Simón Ramírez
  • Fabiola M S Adam

Their academic output demonstrated interdisciplinary engagement spanning social sciences, law, literature, and music, reflecting a diverse research portfolio.

Stanley Rachman was recognized as a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada in 1989 within the Academy of Social Sciences.

Best Publications

  • Obsessions and compulsions

    Stanley J. Rachman

  • Abnormal and normal obsessions

    S. Rachman;P. de Silva

  • The conditioning theory of fear-acquisition: A critical examination.

    S. Rachman

  • Fear and courage

    Stanley Jack Rachman

  • Cognitive assessment of obsessive-compulsive disorder

    Randy Frost;Gail Steketee;Nader Amir;Martine Bouvard

  • A cognitive theory of obsessions: elaborations.

    S. Rachman

  • Thought-action fusion in obsessive compulsive disorder☆

    Roz Shafran;Dana S. Thordarson;S. Rachman

  • Obsessions, responsibility and guilt

    S. Rachman

  • Panic: Psychological Perspectives

    Stanley Rachman;Jack D. Maser

  • Development and initial validation of the Obsessive Beliefs Questionnaire and the Interpretation of Intrusions Inventory.

    M Freeston;G Steketee;R Frost;N Amir

  • Contributions to medical psychology

    Stanley Rachman

  • I. Synchrony and desynchrony in fear and avoidance

    S. Rachman;R. Hodgson

  • A cognitive theory of compulsive checking

    S. Rachman

  • II. Desynchrony in measures of fear.

    R. Hodgson;S. Rachman

  • Fear of contamination.

    S. Rachman

  • The Vancouver Obsessional Compulsive Inventory (VOCI).

    Dana S. Thordarson;Adam S. Radomsky;S. Rachman;Roz Shafran

  • Multiple pathways to inflated responsibility beliefs in obsessional problems: possible origins and implications for therapy and research

    Paul Salkovskis;Roz Shafran;S Rachman;Mark H Freeston

  • Post-event processing in social anxiety

    S Rachman;J Grüter-Andrew;R Shafran

  • The effects of psychological therapy

    Stanley Rachman;G. Terence Wilson

  • Perceived responsibility and compulsive checking: An experimental analysis

    C Lopatka;S Rachman

  • Advances in behavior therapy

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Frequent Co-Authors

Roz Shafran
Roz Shafran University College London
Adam S. Radomsky
Adam S. Radomsky Concordia University
Gudrun Sartory
Gudrun Sartory University of Wuppertal
Steven Taylor
Steven Taylor University of British Columbia
Bethany A. Teachman
Bethany A. Teachman University of Virginia
Hans J. Eysenck
Hans J. Eysenck King's College London
G. Terence Wilson
G. Terence Wilson Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
Ray Hodgson
Ray Hodgson Alcohol Research UK
Mark H. Freeston
Mark H. Freeston Newcastle University
Martin E. P. Seligman
Martin E. P. Seligman University of Pennsylvania

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