Alva Tang

1.0k total citations
38 papers, 622 citations indexed

About

Alva Tang is a scholar working on Clinical Psychology, Experimental and Cognitive Psychology and Cognitive Neuroscience. According to data from OpenAlex, Alva Tang has authored 38 papers receiving a total of 622 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 20 papers in Clinical Psychology, 12 papers in Experimental and Cognitive Psychology and 9 papers in Cognitive Neuroscience. Recurrent topics in Alva Tang's work include Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development (11 papers), Child Abuse and Trauma (11 papers) and Child Welfare and Adoption (7 papers). Alva Tang is often cited by papers focused on Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development (11 papers), Child Abuse and Trauma (11 papers) and Child Welfare and Adoption (7 papers). Alva Tang collaborates with scholars based in United States, Canada and United Kingdom. Alva Tang's co-authors include Louis A. Schmidt, Nathan A. Fox, Ayelet Lahat, Charles H. Zeanah, Charles A. Nelson, Ryan J. Van Lieshout, Kathryn A. Degnan, Santiago Morales, Daniel S. Pine and Ranjan Debnath and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Child Development and Biological Psychiatry.

In The Last Decade

Alva Tang

37 papers receiving 612 citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Alva Tang United States 16 321 187 169 112 74 38 622
Kate B. Nooner United States 13 782 2.4× 202 1.1× 134 0.8× 88 0.8× 72 1.0× 45 1.1k
Elizabeth Bolger United States 9 433 1.3× 79 0.4× 79 0.5× 117 1.0× 49 0.7× 15 599
Ryan J. Giuliano United States 16 280 0.9× 182 1.0× 148 0.9× 121 1.1× 41 0.6× 34 681
Sónia Alves Portugal 7 548 1.7× 87 0.5× 120 0.7× 98 0.9× 67 0.9× 13 732
Tomoyuki Nishino United States 9 370 1.2× 236 1.3× 100 0.6× 135 1.2× 192 2.6× 22 894
Anna E. Johnson United States 10 474 1.5× 112 0.6× 87 0.5× 169 1.5× 63 0.9× 12 709
Brooks Keeshin United States 17 689 2.1× 182 1.0× 100 0.6× 59 0.5× 153 2.1× 64 1.0k
Mackenzie J. Lind United States 15 328 1.0× 129 0.7× 207 1.2× 64 0.6× 55 0.7× 19 639
Janna Nelson Germany 4 510 1.6× 48 0.3× 126 0.7× 108 1.0× 40 0.5× 6 683
Sandra Thijssen Netherlands 16 282 0.9× 176 0.9× 76 0.4× 153 1.4× 114 1.5× 26 615

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Fields of papers citing papers by Alva Tang

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Alva Tang

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Schmidt, Louis A., et al.. (2025). Measuring Ostracism: A Psychometric Examination of the Need-Threat Scale in Adolescence. Journal of Psychopathology and Behavioral Assessment. 47(3).
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Li, Lilian Y., Carter J. Funkhouser, Allison M. Letkiewicz, et al.. (2025). EEG-based brain connectivity and sentiment analysis from smartphone social communication: insights into remitted major depressive disorder among adolescents. PubMed. 3(1). 23–23. 1 indexed citations
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Kim, Hannah, et al.. (2023). Longitudinal patterns of childhood homelessness and early adolescent trajectories of internalising and externalising behaviour. Journal of Epidemiology & Community Health. 77(4). 216–223. 2 indexed citations
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Tan, Enda, Alva Tang, Ranjan Debnath, et al.. (2023). Resting brain activity in early childhood predicts IQ at 18 years. Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience. 63. 101287–101287. 14 indexed citations
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Tang, Alva, Karen A. Ertel, Carol Mita, et al.. (2023). Parent-child separation and cardiometabolic outcomes and risk factors in adulthood: A systematic review. Psychoneuroendocrinology. 152. 106084–106084. 2 indexed citations
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Tang, Alva, Katie A. McLaughlin, Margaret A. Sheridan, et al.. (2021). Autonomic reactivity to social rejection, peer difficulties, and the buffering effects of adolescent friendships following early psychosocial deprivation.. Emotion. 22(2). 318–330. 6 indexed citations
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Morales, Santiago, Alva Tang, Maureen E. Bowers, et al.. (2021). Infant temperament prospectively predicts general psychopathology in childhood. Development and Psychopathology. 34(3). 774–783. 19 indexed citations
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Oddo, Lauren E., Michael C. Meinzer, Alva Tang, et al.. (2021). Enhanced Brief Motivational Intervention for College Student Drinkers With ADHD: Goal-Directed Activation as a Mechanism of Change. Behavior Therapy. 52(5). 1198–1212. 5 indexed citations
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Tang, Alva, Ayelet Lahat, Michael J. Crowley, Jia Wu, & Louis A. Schmidt. (2021). Children’s shyness and neural responses to social exclusion: Patterns of midfrontal theta power usually not observed until adolescence. Cognitive Affective & Behavioral Neuroscience. 21(6). 1262–1275. 5 indexed citations
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Tang, Alva, Alisa N. Almas, Selin Zeytinoglu, et al.. (2021). Long-Term Effects of Institutional Care and Enhanced Attachment Relationships on Close Adolescent Friendships. Child Development. 92(6). 2431–2446. 4 indexed citations
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Nooner, Kate B., et al.. (2020). Alpha EEG asymmetry, childhood maltreatment, and problem behaviors: A pilot home-based study. Child Abuse & Neglect. 101. 104358–104358. 13 indexed citations
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Tang, Alva, Mark Wade, Nathan A. Fox, et al.. (2020). The prospective association between stressful life events and inflammation among adolescents with a history of early institutional rearing. Development and Psychopathology. 32(5). 1715–1724. 10 indexed citations
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Slopen, Natalie, Alva Tang, Charles A. Nelson, et al.. (2019). The Consequences of Foster Care Versus Institutional Care in Early Childhood on Adolescent Cardiometabolic and Immune Markers: Results From a Randomized Controlled Trial. Psychosomatic Medicine. 81(5). 449–457. 15 indexed citations
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Schmuckler, Mark A. & Alva Tang. (2019). Multisensory factors in postural control: Varieties of visual and haptic effects. Gait & Posture. 71. 87–91. 15 indexed citations
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Tang, Alva, Ayelet Lahat, Michael J. Crowley, Jia Wu, & Louis A. Schmidt. (2018). Neurodevelopmental differences to social exclusion: An event-related neural oscillation study of children, adolescents, and adults.. Emotion. 19(3). 520–532. 22 indexed citations
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Tang, Alva, Ryan J. Van Lieshout, Ayelet Lahat, et al.. (2017). Shyness Trajectories across the First Four Decades Predict Mental Health Outcomes. Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology. 45(8). 1621–1633. 61 indexed citations
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Schmidt, Louis A., Alva Tang, Kimberly L. Day, et al.. (2016). Personality Development Within a Generational Context: Life Course Outcomes of Shy Children. Child Psychiatry & Human Development. 48(4). 632–641. 18 indexed citations
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Shahab, Saba, et al.. (2016). Depression Predicts Functional Outcome in Geriatric Inpatient Rehabilitation. Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation. 98(3). 500–507. 17 indexed citations
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Tang, Alva, Diane L. Santesso, Sidney J. Segalowitz, & Louis A. Schmidt. (2015). Distinguishing shyness and sociability in children: An event-related potential study. Journal of Experimental Child Psychology. 142. 291–311. 24 indexed citations
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Tang, Alva, et al.. (2014). Revisiting shyness and sociability: a preliminary investigation of hormone-brain-behavior relations. Frontiers in Psychology. 5. 1430–1430. 9 indexed citations

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