Kenneth S. Davidson

1.6k total citations · 1 hit paper
19 papers, 1.2k citations indexed

About

Kenneth S. Davidson is a scholar working on Clinical Psychology, Education and Experimental and Cognitive Psychology. According to data from OpenAlex, Kenneth S. Davidson has authored 19 papers receiving a total of 1.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 7 papers in Clinical Psychology, 4 papers in Education and 3 papers in Experimental and Cognitive Psychology. Recurrent topics in Kenneth S. Davidson's work include Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development (5 papers), Early Childhood Education and Development (4 papers) and Health and Well-being Studies (2 papers). Kenneth S. Davidson is often cited by papers focused on Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development (5 papers), Early Childhood Education and Development (4 papers) and Health and Well-being Studies (2 papers). Kenneth S. Davidson collaborates with scholars based in United States. Kenneth S. Davidson's co-authors include Seymour B. Sarason, Frederick F. Lighthall, Britton K. Ruebush, Richard R. Waite, Boyd R. McCandless, Burton Blatt, Irving Sarnoff, Richard Q. Bell and Richard Waite and has published in prestigious journals such as Child Development, Journal of Educational Psychology and American Educational Research Journal.

In The Last Decade

Kenneth S. Davidson

17 papers receiving 835 citations

Hit Papers

Anxiety in elementary school children: A report of research. 1960 2026 1982 2004 1960 100 200 300 400
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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. Anxiety in elementary school children: A report of research.
    1960 447 citations Seymour B. Sarason, Kenneth S. Davidson et al. profile →

Peers

Kenneth S. Davidson
Frederick F. Lighthall United States
Britton K. Ruebush United States
Jeri Dawn Wine Canada
Herbert C. Richards United States
Doris K. Yee United States
David F. Ricks United States
Louise Bates Ames United States
William N. Thetford United States
Jack M. Chinsky United States
John Marzillier United Kingdom
Frederick F. Lighthall United States
Kenneth S. Davidson
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This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Kenneth S. Davidson. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Kenneth S. Davidson based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Kenneth S. Davidson. Kenneth S. Davidson is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

19 of 19 papers shown
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McCandless, Boyd R., et al.. (1967). Anxiety in Elementary School Children. American Educational Research Journal. 4(3). 321–321. 337 indexed citations
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Davidson, Kenneth S., et al.. (1962). The preparation of teachers: An unstudied problem in education.. 75 indexed citations
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Davidson, Kenneth S. & Seymour B. Sarason. (1962). A STUDY OF TEACHER BEHAVIOR IN RELATION TO CHILDREN DIFFERING IN ANXIETY LEVEL.. 1 indexed citations
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Davidson, Kenneth S. & Seymour B. Sarason. (1961). Test Anxiety and Classroom Observations. Child Development. 32(1). 199–199. 2 indexed citations
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Davidson, Kenneth S. & Seymour B. Sarason. (1961). TEST ANXIETY AND CLASSROOM OBSERVATIONS1. Child Development. 32(1). 199–210. 24 indexed citations
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Sarason, Seymour B., Kenneth S. Davidson, Frederick F. Lighthall, Richard R. Waite, & Britton K. Ruebush. (1960). Anxiety in elementary school children: A report of research.. 447 indexed citations breakdown →
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Lighthall, Frederick F., Kenneth S. Davidson, Richard R. Waite, Seymour B. Sarason, & Irving Sarnoff. (1960). The Effects of Serial Position and Time Interval on two Anxiety Questionnaires. The Journal of General Psychology. 63(1). 113–131. 5 indexed citations
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Bell, Richard Q., Seymour B. Sarason, Frederick F. Lighthall, et al.. (1960). Anxiety in Elementary School Children. The American Journal of Psychology. 73(4). 651–651. 29 indexed citations
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Davidson, Kenneth S.. (1959). Interviews of Parents of High Anxious and Low Anxious Children. Child Development. 30(3). 341–341. 7 indexed citations
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Sarnoff, Irving, Seymour B. Sarason, Frederick F. Lighthall, & Kenneth S. Davidson. (1959). TEST ANXIETY AND THE “ELEVEN‐PLUS” EXAMINATIONS. British Journal of Educational Psychology. 29(1). 9–16. 14 indexed citations
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Davidson, Kenneth S.. (1959). Interviews of parents of high anxious and low anxious children.. PubMed. 30. 341–51. 5 indexed citations
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Sarason, Seymour B., et al.. (1958). A TEST ANXIETY SCALE FOR CHILDREN1. Child Development. 29(1). 105–113. 103 indexed citations
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Sarason, Seymour B., et al.. (1958). CLASSROOM OBSERVATIONS OF HIGH AND LOW ANXIOUS CHILDREN1. Child Development. 29(2). 287–295. 18 indexed citations
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Sarason, Seymour B., Kenneth S. Davidson, Frederick F. Lighthall, & Richard Waite. (1958). Classroom Observations of High and Low Anxious Children. Child Development. 29(2). 287–287. 4 indexed citations
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Sarason, Seymour B., et al.. (1958). RORSCHACH BEHAVIOR AND PERFORMANCE OF HIGH AND LOW ANXIOUS CHILDREN1. Child Development. 29(2). 277–285. 27 indexed citations
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Sarnoff, Irving, et al.. (1958). A cross-cultural study of anxiety among American and English school children.. Journal of Educational Psychology. 49(3). 129–136. 30 indexed citations
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Davidson, Kenneth S., et al.. (1958). HUMAN FIGURE DRAWINGS OF HIGH AND LOW ANXIOUS CHILDREN1. Child Development. 29(2). 297–301. 13 indexed citations
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Davidson, Kenneth S., Seymour B. Sarason, Frederick F. Lighthall, Richard R. Waite, & Irving Sarnoff. (1958). DIFFERENCES BETWEEN MOTHERS' AND FATHERS' RATINGS OF LOW ANXIOUS AND HIGH ANXIOUS CHILDREN1. Child Development. 29(1). 155–161. 14 indexed citations
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Waite, Richard R., Seymour B. Sarason, Frederick F. Lighthall, & Kenneth S. Davidson. (1958). A study of anxiety and learning in children.. Journal of Abnormal & Social Psychology. 57(3). 267–270. 32 indexed citations

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