Earl S. Schaefer

6.7k total citations · 5 hit papers
59 papers, 5.2k citations indexed

About

Earl S. Schaefer is a scholar working on Education, Clinical Psychology and Experimental and Cognitive Psychology. According to data from OpenAlex, Earl S. Schaefer has authored 59 papers receiving a total of 5.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 25 papers in Education, 19 papers in Clinical Psychology and 8 papers in Experimental and Cognitive Psychology. Recurrent topics in Earl S. Schaefer's work include Early Childhood Education and Development (22 papers), Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development (13 papers) and Cognitive Abilities and Testing (7 papers). Earl S. Schaefer is often cited by papers focused on Early Childhood Education and Development (22 papers), Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development (13 papers) and Cognitive Abilities and Testing (7 papers). Earl S. Schaefer collaborates with scholars based in United States, Czechia and Japan. Earl S. Schaefer's co-authors include Richard Q. Bell, Nancy Bayley, Dorothy H. Eichorn, Robert B. McCall, Ina Č. Užgiris, Leo F. Droppleman, Karl E. Bauman, Deborah D. Ingram, Earl Siegel and Thomas J. Prendergast and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, PEDIATRICS and Child Development.

In The Last Decade

Earl S. Schaefer

54 papers receiving 4.3k citations

Hit Papers

Children's Reports of Parental Behavior: An Inventory 1958 2026 1980 2003 1965 1965 1965 1959 1958 250 500 750 1000
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.

  1. Children's Reports of Parental Behavior: An Inventory
    1965 1.2k citations Earl S. Schaefer Child Development profile →
  2. Children's Reports of Parental Behavior: An Inventory
    1965 1.2k citations Earl S. Schaefer Child Development profile →
  3. A configurational analysis of children's reports of parent behavior.
    1965 505 citations Earl S. Schaefer profile →
  4. A circumplex model for maternal behavior.
    1959 465 citations Earl S. Schaefer Journal of Abnormal & Social Psychology profile →
  5. DEVELOPMENT OF A PARENTAL ATTITUDE RESEARCH INSTRUMENT1
    1958 434 citations Earl S. Schaefer, Richard Q. Bell Child Development profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Earl S. Schaefer United States 23 3.5k 1.7k 1.6k 947 602 59 5.2k
P. Herbert Leiderman United States 26 2.0k 0.6× 1.0k 0.6× 1.7k 1.0× 761 0.8× 321 0.5× 44 4.3k
Leon Kuczynski Canada 30 3.2k 0.9× 2.0k 1.2× 1.4k 0.9× 1.2k 1.2× 593 1.0× 82 4.9k
Daphne Blunt Bugental United States 34 2.7k 0.8× 1.6k 0.9× 702 0.4× 735 0.8× 473 0.8× 83 3.9k
Susan G. O'Ĺeary United States 37 3.5k 1.0× 1.3k 0.7× 977 0.6× 703 0.7× 589 1.0× 79 5.1k
Anne C. Petersen United States 37 2.7k 0.8× 1.2k 0.7× 1.4k 0.8× 871 0.9× 541 0.9× 92 4.9k
Emory L. Cowen United States 48 5.4k 1.5× 1.9k 1.1× 2.8k 1.7× 1.1k 1.2× 272 0.5× 248 8.5k
Zolinda Stoneman United States 39 2.4k 0.7× 663 0.4× 1.0k 0.6× 1.1k 1.2× 262 0.4× 104 4.0k
L. B. Brown Australia 24 2.9k 0.8× 1.7k 1.0× 408 0.3× 1.1k 1.1× 824 1.4× 77 4.7k
Donna M. Gelfand United States 27 2.7k 0.8× 1.2k 0.7× 741 0.5× 641 0.7× 1.3k 2.1× 74 3.9k
Vicky Phares United States 38 4.2k 1.2× 1.5k 0.9× 1.1k 0.7× 1.0k 1.1× 1.2k 2.0× 103 5.5k

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Halpern, Ricardo, et al.. (1996). Risk factors for low birth weight in a rural community in southern Brazil. Jornal de Pediatria. 72(6). 369–373. 6 indexed citations
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Schaefer, Earl S.. (1991). Goals for Parent and Future-Parent Education: Research on Parental Beliefs and Behavior. The Elementary School Journal. 91(3). 239–247. 34 indexed citations
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Frankenburg, William K., et al.. (1988). Validation of key Denver Developmental Screening Test items: A preliminary study. The Journal of Pediatrics. 112(4). 560–566. 8 indexed citations
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Schaefer, Earl S., et al.. (1987). Maternal Prenatal, Infancy and Concurrent Predictors of Maternal Reports of Child Psychopathology. Psychiatry. 50(4). 320–331. 6 indexed citations
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Schaefer, Earl S. & Charles K. Burnett. (1987). Stability and predictability of quality of women's marital relationships and demoralization.. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology. 53(6). 1129–1136. 27 indexed citations
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Schaefer, Earl S.. (1987). Mother-Child Relationship Correlates of Mothers' Reports of Child Behavior.. 5(2). 84–84. 1 indexed citations
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Schaefer, Earl S.. (1984). Interpersonal Relationships and Locus of Control: Expectancy and Reinforcement Effects.. HIV Clinical Trials. 9(3). 202–6. 1 indexed citations
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Schaefer, Earl S., et al.. (1980). Evidence of Parent and Teacher Validity in Screening for Handicaps.. 2 indexed citations
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McCall, Robert B., et al.. (1977). Transitions in Early Mental Development. Monographs of the Society for Research in Child Development. 42(3). 1–1. 185 indexed citations
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Schaefer, Earl S., et al.. (1975). Child Behavior toward Parent: An Inventory and Factor Analysis.. 10 indexed citations
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Schaefer, Earl S.. (1972). Parents as Educators: Evidence from Cross-Sectional, Longitudinal and Intervention Research.. Young children. 30 indexed citations
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Schaefer, Earl S.. (1971). Toward a Revolution in Education: A Perspective From Child Development Research.. 1 indexed citations
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Schaefer, Earl S.. (1969). Need for Early and Continuing Education.. 15 indexed citations
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Schaefer, Earl S.. (1965). Children's Reports of Parental Behavior: An Inventory. Child Development. 36(2). 413–422. 1191 indexed citations breakdown →
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Droppleman, Leo F. & Earl S. Schaefer. (1963). Boys' and girls' reports of maternal and paternal behavior.. Journal of Abnormal & Social Psychology. 67(6). 648–654. 59 indexed citations
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Schaefer, Earl S. & Nancy Bayley. (1960). Consistency of maternal behavior from infancy to preadolescence.. Journal of Abnormal & Social Psychology. 61(1). 1–6. 30 indexed citations
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Bayley, Nancy & Earl S. Schaefer. (1960). Relationships between Socioeconomic Variables and the Behavior of Mothers toward Young Children. The Journal of Genetic Psychology. 96(1). 61–77. 56 indexed citations
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Schaefer, Earl S. & Richard Q. Bell. (1958). Development of a Parental Attitude Research Instrument. Child Development. 29(3). 339–339. 85 indexed citations
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Schaefer, Earl S. & Richard Q. Bell. (1958). DEVELOPMENT OF A PARENTAL ATTITUDE RESEARCH INSTRUMENT1. Child Development. 29(3). 339–361. 434 indexed citations breakdown →
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Schaefer, Earl S.. (1954). Personality Structure of Alcoholics in Outpatient Psychotherapy. Quarterly Journal of Studies on Alcohol. 15(2). 304–319. 3 indexed citations

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