Connie L. Best

10.7k citations

41 papers · 8.2k indexed · 6 hit papers · h-index 30

Clinical Psychology top 0.1%
Health top 0.1%
Gender Studies top 0.1%
Sociology and Political Science top 0.5%
General Health Professions top 0.5%

Co-authors: Dean G. Kilpatrick Heidi S. Resnick Benjamin E. Saunders Ron Acierno Paula P. Schnurr Bonnie S. Dansky Kenneth J. Ruggiero Lois J. Veronen
Topics: Sexual Assault and Victimization Studies (19 papers)Child Abuse and Trauma (17 papers)Intimate Partner and Family Violence (11 papers)
Cited by: Clinical Psychology Health Gender Studies
Journals: Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology
Partner nations: United States

In The Last Decade

Connie L. Best

41 papers receiving 7.6k citations

Hit Papers

5 papers align trajectories

What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

Violence and risk of PTSD, major depression, substance abuse/dependence, and comorbidity: Results from the National Survey of Adolescents.

2003 1.2k citations Dean G. Kilpatrick, Kenneth J. Ruggiero et al. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology profile →
Prevalence of civilian trauma and posttraumatic stress disorder in a representative national sample of women.

1993 1.2k citations Heidi S. Resnick, Dean G. Kilpatrick et al. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology profile →
Risk factors for adolescent substance abuse and dependence: Data from a national sample.

2000 802 citations Dean G. Kilpatrick, Ron Acierno et al. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology profile →
Risk factors for adolescent substance abuse and dependence: Data from a national sample.

2000 678 citations Dean G. Kilpatrick, Ron Acierno et al. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology profile →
A 2-year longitudinal analysis of the relationships between violent assault and substance use in women.

1997 605 citations Dean G. Kilpatrick, Ron Acierno et al. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology profile →
A 2-year longitudinal analysis of the relationships between violent assault and substance use in women.

1997 525 citations Dean G. Kilpatrick, Ron Acierno et al. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology profile →

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Preventing and Responding to Complaints of Sexual Harassment in an Academic Health Center: A 10-Year Review From the Medical University of South Carolina 2010 ·Academic Medicine ·Connie L. Best,Daniel W. Smith,John R. Raymond,Raymond S. Greenberg,Rosalie K. Crouch	22
2	The gaping hole: physicians are missing from the front line of disaster preparedness training. 2006 ·PubMed ·(unknown),William M. Simpson,(unknown),Connie L. Best,Elizabeth Lapovsky Kennedy,Deborah Stier Carson,David R. Garr	7
3	Assault, psychiatric diagnoses, and sociodemographic variables in relation to help‐seeking behavior in a national sample of women 2005 ·Journal of Traumatic Stress ·Sarah F. Lewis,Heidi S. Resnick,Kenneth J. Ruggiero,Daniel W. Smith,Dean G. Kilpatrick,Connie L. Best,Benjamin E. Saunders	62
4	Participant reactions to survey research in the general population after terrorist attacks 2005 ·Journal of Traumatic Stress ·Sandro Galea,Arijit Nandi,Jennifer Stuber,Joel A. Gold,Ron Acierno,Connie L. Best,(unknown),Sasha Rudenstine,Joseph A. Boscarino,Heidi S. Resnick	43
5	Is Disclosure of Childhood Rape Associated with Mental Health Outcome? Results from the National Women’s Study 2004 ·Child Maltreatment ·Kenneth J. Ruggiero,Daniel W. Smith,Rochelle F. Hanson,Heidi S. Resnick,Benjamin E. Saunders,Dean G. Kilpatrick,Connie L. Best	110
6	Violence and risk of PTSD, major depression, substance abuse/dependence, and comorbidity: Results from the National Survey of Adolescents.breakdown → 2003 ·Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology ·Dean G. Kilpatrick,Kenneth J. Ruggiero,Ron Acierno,Benjamin E. Saunders,Heidi S. Resnick,Connie L. Best	1176
7	Rape and physical violence: Comparison of assault characteristics in older and younger adults in the national women's study 2001 ·Journal of Traumatic Stress ·Ron Acierno,Matt J. Gray,Connie L. Best,Heidi S. Resnick,(unknown),(unknown),Kristine L. Brady	41
8	Assault, PTSD, family substance use, and depression as risk factors for cigarette use in youth: Findings from the national survey of adolescents 2000 ·Journal of Traumatic Stress ·Ron Acierno,Dean G. Kilpatrick,Heidi S. Resnick,Benjamin E. Saunders,Michael de Arellano,Connie L. Best	147
9	Risk factors for adolescent substance abuse and dependence: Data from a national sample.breakdown → 2000 ·Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology ·Dean G. Kilpatrick,Ron Acierno,Benjamin A. Saunders,Heidi S. Resnick,Connie L. Best,Paula P. Schnurr	802
10	Predictors of post-rape medical care in a national sample of women1 2000 ·American Journal of Preventive Medicine ·Heidi S. Resnick,Melisa Holmes,(unknown),Gretchen Clum,Ron Acierno,Connie L. Best,Benjamin E. Saunders	136
11	Risk Factors for Rape, Physical Assault, and Posttraumatic Stress Disorder in Women 1999 ·Journal of Anxiety Disorders ·Ron Acierno,Heidi S. Resnick,Dean G. Kilpatrick,Benjamin A. Saunders,Connie L. Best	184
12	Factors related to the reporting of childhood rape 1999 ·Child Abuse & Neglect ·Rochelle F. Hanson,Heidi S. Resnick,Benjamin E. Saunders,Dean G. Kilpatrick,Connie L. Best	101
13	Criminal victimization, posttraumatic stress disorder, and comorbid psychopathology among a community sample of women 1998 ·Journal of Traumatic Stress ·Edwin D. Boudreaux,Gavin J. Kilpatrick,Heidi S. Resnick,Connie L. Best,Benjamin E. Saunders	127
14	Rape-related pregnancy: Estimates and descriptive characteristics from a national sample of women 1996 ·American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology ·Melisa Holmes,Heidi S. Resnick,Dean G. Kilpatrick,Connie L. Best	211
15	Violent Assault, Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, and Depression 1996 ·Behavior Modification ·Ron Acierno,Dean G. Kilpatrick,Heidi S. Resnick,Benjamin E. Saunders,Connie L. Best	107
16	Vulnerability-Stress Factors in Development of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder 1992 ·The Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease ·Heidi S. Resnick,Dean G. Kilpatrick,Connie L. Best,Teresa L. Kramer	114
17	Rape Victims' Self-Esteem 1988 ·Journal of Interpersonal Violence ·Shane Murphy,(unknown),Dean G. Kilpatrick,Mary E. Haskett,Lois J. Veronen,Connie L. Best,Benjamin E. Saunders	32
18	Rape in Marriage and in Dating Relationships: How Bad Is It for Mental Health?^a 1988 ·Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences ·Dean G. Kilpatrick,Connie L. Best,Benjamin E. Saunders,Lois J. Veronen	59
19	Correlates of assertive behavior in alcoholics 1979 ·Addictive Behaviors ·Ellie T. Sturgis,Karen S. Calhoun,Connie L. Best	2
20	Treatment goal preference and problem perception of chronic alcoholics: Behavioral and personality correlates 1978 ·Addictive Behaviors ·Dean G. Kilpatrick,John C. Roitzsch,Connie L. Best,(unknown),Ellie T. Sturgis,William C. Miller	4

About Connie L. Best

Connie L. Best is a scholar working on Gender Studies, Health and Clinical Psychology, having authored 41 papers that have together received 8.2k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Sexual Assault and Victimization Studies (19 papers), Child Abuse and Trauma (17 papers) and Intimate Partner and Family Violence (11 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Clinical Psychology (5.8k citations), Health (2.3k citations) and Gender Studies (1.9k citations). Connie L. Best has collaborated with scholars based in United States. Frequent co-authors include Dean G. Kilpatrick, Heidi S. Resnick, Benjamin E. Saunders, Ron Acierno, Paula P. Schnurr, Bonnie S. Dansky, Kenneth J. Ruggiero, Lois J. Veronen, Benjamin A. Saunders and Daniel W. Smith. Their work appears in journals such as Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences and American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology.

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