Gary W. Ladd

27.3k total citations · 10 hit papers
132 papers, 18.9k citations indexed

About

Gary W. Ladd is a scholar working on Clinical Psychology, Education and Social Psychology. According to data from OpenAlex, Gary W. Ladd has authored 132 papers receiving a total of 18.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 78 papers in Clinical Psychology, 73 papers in Education and 71 papers in Social Psychology. Recurrent topics in Gary W. Ladd's work include Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development (67 papers), Bullying, Victimization, and Aggression (63 papers) and Early Childhood Education and Development (42 papers). Gary W. Ladd is often cited by papers focused on Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development (67 papers), Bullying, Victimization, and Aggression (63 papers) and Early Childhood Education and Development (42 papers). Gary W. Ladd collaborates with scholars based in United States, Switzerland and Canada. Gary W. Ladd's co-authors include Becky J. Kochenderfer, Sondra H. Birch, Eric S. Buhs, Wendy Troop‐Gordon, Joseph M. Price, Susan M. Profilet, Jacquelyn Mize, Thomas J. Berndt, Nicki R. Crick and Idean Ettekal and has published in prestigious journals such as Psychological Review, Child Development and Annual Review of Psychology.

In The Last Decade

Gary W. Ladd

127 papers receiving 16.6k citations

Hit Papers

The teacher-child relationship and children's early schoo... 1987 2026 2000 2013 1997 1999 1998 1996 1990 400 800 1.2k
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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. The teacher-child relationship and children's early school adjustment
    1997 1.3k citations Gary W. Ladd et al. Journal of School Psychology profile →
  2. Children's Social and Scholastic Lives in Kindergarten: Related Spheres of Influence?
    1999 850 citations Gary W. Ladd, Eric S. Buhs et al. Child Development profile →
  3. Children's interpersonal behaviors and the teacher–child relationship.
    1998 694 citations Gary W. Ladd et al. Developmental Psychology profile →
  4. Peer Victimization: Cause or Consequence of School Maladjustment?
    1996 625 citations Becky J. Kochenderfer, Gary W. Ladd Child Development profile →
  5. Having Friends, Keeping Friends, Making Friends, and Being Liked by Peers in the Classroom: Predictors of Children's Early School Adjustment?
    1990 611 citations Gary W. Ladd Child Development profile →
  6. Peer exclusion and victimization: Processes that mediate the relation between peer group rejection and children's classroom engagement and achievement?
    2006 602 citations Eric S. Buhs, Gary W. Ladd et al. profile →
  7. The Child Behavior Scale: A teacher-report measure of young children's aggressive, withdrawn, and prosocial behaviors.
    1996 552 citations Gary W. Ladd et al. Developmental Psychology profile →
  8. Friendship Quality as a Predictor of Young Children's Early School Adjustment
    1996 531 citations Gary W. Ladd, Becky J. Kochenderfer et al. Child Development profile →
  9. Predicting Children's Social and School Adjustment Following the Transition from Preschool to Kindergarten
    1987 518 citations Gary W. Ladd et al. Child Development profile →
  10. Peer relationships in child development.
    1989 506 citations Gary W. Ladd et al. profile →

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Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Gary W. Ladd United States 62 11.3k 11.3k 9.2k 2.8k 2.3k 132 18.9k
Steven R. Asher United States 51 7.4k 0.6× 11.0k 1.0× 8.8k 0.9× 3.1k 1.1× 2.6k 1.1× 102 17.4k
John D. Coie United States 67 8.2k 0.7× 14.8k 1.3× 12.3k 1.3× 3.3k 1.2× 3.5k 1.5× 113 21.7k
Dan Olweus Norway 45 4.9k 0.4× 6.0k 0.5× 10.4k 1.1× 2.2k 0.8× 2.9k 1.3× 75 13.8k
Shelley Hymel Canada 52 4.6k 0.4× 5.8k 0.5× 7.1k 0.8× 1.4k 0.5× 1.9k 0.8× 99 10.8k
Roger P. Weissberg United States 47 10.1k 0.9× 8.3k 0.7× 4.6k 0.5× 2.5k 0.9× 1.4k 0.6× 132 16.9k
Richard A. Fabes United States 85 10.2k 0.9× 17.3k 1.5× 10.0k 1.1× 2.3k 0.8× 3.2k 1.4× 242 24.6k
William M. Bukowski Canada 56 4.1k 0.4× 7.9k 0.7× 6.7k 0.7× 1.2k 0.4× 2.6k 1.1× 183 13.0k
Sandra Graham United States 59 5.0k 0.4× 5.3k 0.5× 6.6k 0.7× 1.4k 0.5× 3.7k 1.6× 157 13.8k
L. Alan Sroufe United States 75 4.5k 0.4× 17.2k 1.5× 10.7k 1.2× 2.1k 0.8× 3.0k 1.3× 141 23.4k
Arnold J. Sameroff United States 65 5.5k 0.5× 9.9k 0.9× 3.7k 0.4× 1.6k 0.6× 2.6k 1.1× 148 15.7k

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Ladd, Gary W., Wendy Troop‐Gordon, Idean Ettekal, & Gary W. Ladd. (2021). From social withdrawal to depression: A quasireplication and extension of Boivin, Hymel, and Bukowski (1995).. Developmental Psychology. 57(12). 2032–2049. 1 indexed citations
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Ladd, Gary W., Idean Ettekal, & Gary W. Ladd. (2018). Longitudinal Changes in Victimized Youth’s Social Anxiety and Solitary Behavior. Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology. 47(7). 1211–1223. 36 indexed citations
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Visconti, Kari Jeanne, et al.. (2013). Coping with peer victimization: The role of children’s attributions.. School Psychology Quarterly. 28(2). 122–140. 29 indexed citations
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Kochel, Karen P., Cindy Faith Miller, Kimberly A. Updegraff, Gary W. Ladd, & Gary W. Ladd. (2011). Associations Between Fifth Graders’ Gender Atypical Problem Behavior and Peer Relationships: A Short-Term Longitudinal Study. Journal of Youth and Adolescence. 41(8). 1022–1034. 14 indexed citations
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Ladd, Gary W., et al.. (2007). Teachers' views and beliefs about bullying: Influences on classroom management strategies and students' coping with peer victimization. Journal of School Psychology. 46(4). 431–453. 273 indexed citations
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Ladd, Gary W.. (2004). The role of emotions in adaptive and maladaptive coping with peer victimization. Social Development. 3. 329–349. 4 indexed citations
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Ladd, Gary W., Eric S. Buhs, & Michael Seid. (2000). Childrens initial sentiments about kindergarten: Is school liking an antecedent of early classroom participation and achievement?. DigitalCommons - WayneState (Wayne State University). 46(2). 255–279. 212 indexed citations
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Ladd, Gary W.. (1998). Parenting Behaviors and Parent-Child Relationships: Correlates of Peer Victimization.. Developmental Psychology. 34(6). 3 indexed citations
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Ladd, Gary W., et al.. (1998). Parenting behaviors and parent-child relationships: Correlates of peer victimization in kindergarten?. Developmental Psychology. 34(6). 1450–1458. 27 indexed citations
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Kochenderfer, Becky J. & Gary W. Ladd. (1996). Peer victimization: Cause or consequence of children's school adjustment difficulties. Child Development. 67. 1293–1305. 31 indexed citations
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Melson, Gail F., Gary W. Ladd, & Hui‐Chin Hsu. (1993). Maternal Support Networks, Maternal Cognitions, and Young Children's Social and Cognitive Development. Child Development. 64(5). 1401–1401. 42 indexed citations
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Hart, Craig H., Gary W. Ladd, & Brant R. Burleson. (1990). Children's Expectations of the Outcomes of Social Strategies: Relations with Sociometric Status and Maternal Disciplinary Styles. Child Development. 61(1). 127–137. 138 indexed citations
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Crick, Nicki R. & Gary W. Ladd. (1989). Nominator Attrition: Does It Affect the Accuracy of Children's Sociometric Classifications?.. Merrill-palmer Quarterly. 35(2). 197–207. 52 indexed citations
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Ladd, Gary W., et al.. (1988). Parents' management of preschooler's peer relations: Is it related to children's social competence?. Developmental Psychology. 24(1). 109–117. 3 indexed citations
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Ladd, Gary W.. (1984). Expanding Our View of the Child's Social World: New Territories, New Maps, Same Directions?.. Merrill-palmer Quarterly. 30(3). 5 indexed citations
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Ladd, Gary W.. (1983). Social networks of popular, average, and rejected children in school settings.. Merrill-palmer Quarterly. 224 indexed citations
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Ladd, Gary W. & Sherri Oden. (1977). The Relationship Between Children's Ideas About Helpfulness and Peer Acceptance.. Frontiers in Public Health. 10. 1072030–1072030.

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