Robert E. Franken

712 total citations
41 papers, 530 citations indexed

About

Robert E. Franken is a scholar working on Social Psychology, Experimental and Cognitive Psychology and Cognitive Neuroscience. According to data from OpenAlex, Robert E. Franken has authored 41 papers receiving a total of 530 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 19 papers in Social Psychology, 13 papers in Experimental and Cognitive Psychology and 9 papers in Cognitive Neuroscience. Recurrent topics in Robert E. Franken's work include Adventure Sports and Sensation Seeking (13 papers), Outdoor and Experiential Education (10 papers) and Recreation, Leisure, Wilderness Management (7 papers). Robert E. Franken is often cited by papers focused on Adventure Sports and Sensation Seeking (13 papers), Outdoor and Experiential Education (10 papers) and Recreation, Leisure, Wilderness Management (7 papers). Robert E. Franken collaborates with scholars based in Canada and United States. Robert E. Franken's co-authors include Guy L. Rowland, Kevin J. Gibson, Douglas J. Brown, Wilfred J. Zerbe, Ross A. Hill, J. Kierstead, James M. Davis, A. B. Silverstein, Theresa J. B. Kline and Robert W. Earl and has published in prestigious journals such as Child Development, Personality and Individual Differences and Acta Psychologica.

In The Last Decade

Robert E. Franken

39 papers receiving 462 citations

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Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Robert E. Franken Canada 11 255 115 99 77 69 41 530
Duane P. Schultz United States 14 211 0.8× 118 1.0× 131 1.3× 51 0.7× 63 0.9× 32 701
Judith H. Koivumaki United States 5 253 1.0× 101 0.9× 211 2.1× 60 0.8× 104 1.5× 6 455
Bem P. Allen United States 15 236 0.9× 126 1.1× 188 1.9× 117 1.5× 113 1.6× 49 670
Ralph V. Exline United States 13 338 1.3× 233 2.0× 200 2.0× 64 0.8× 111 1.6× 23 727
Suzanne Prescott United States 4 177 0.7× 176 1.5× 119 1.2× 99 1.3× 99 1.4× 6 556
Stanley B. Woll United States 12 209 0.8× 206 1.8× 171 1.7× 28 0.4× 229 3.3× 23 667
Robert I. Watson United States 12 186 0.7× 116 1.0× 86 0.9× 97 1.3× 59 0.9× 46 700
Eva Dreikurs Ferguson United States 10 163 0.6× 85 0.7× 66 0.7× 36 0.5× 55 0.8× 32 483
Anneke Vrugt Netherlands 10 189 0.7× 177 1.5× 70 0.7× 29 0.4× 31 0.4× 20 537
Nickolas B. Cottrell United States 8 273 1.1× 81 0.7× 164 1.7× 139 1.8× 112 1.6× 15 553

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Franken, Robert E. & Douglas J. Brown. (1996). The need to win is not adaptive: the need to win, coping strategies, hope and self-esteem. Personality and Individual Differences. 20(6). 805–808. 17 indexed citations
2.
Franken, Robert E. & Douglas J. Brown. (1995). Why do people like competition? The motivation for winning, putting forth effort, improving one's performance, performing well, being instrumental, and expressing forceful/aggressive behavior. Personality and Individual Differences. 19(2). 175–184. 59 indexed citations
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Gibson, Kevin J., Wilfred J. Zerbe, & Robert E. Franken. (1992). Job Search Strategies for Older Job Hunters: Addressing Employers' Perceptions.. Canadian Journal of Counselling and Psychotherapy. 26(3). 4 indexed citations
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Franken, Robert E. & Guy L. Rowland. (1990). Sensation seeking and fantasy. Personality and Individual Differences. 11(2). 191–193. 9 indexed citations
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Franken, Robert E., et al.. (1990). Sensation seeking and disclosure to close and casual friends. Personality and Individual Differences. 11(8). 829–832. 21 indexed citations
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Gibson, Kevin J., Robert E. Franken, & Guy L. Rowland. (1989). Sensation Seeking and Marital Adjustment. Journal of Sex & Marital Therapy. 15(1). 57–61. 3 indexed citations
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Rowland, Guy L., Robert E. Franken, Sarah E. Williams, & Todd F. Heatherton. (1988). The perception of sensation seeking in familiar and unfamiliar others. Personality and Individual Differences. 9(2). 237–241.
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Franken, Robert E.. (1988). Sensation seeking, decision making styles, and preference for individual responsibility. Personality and Individual Differences. 9(1). 139–146. 7 indexed citations
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Rowland, Guy L., et al.. (1986). Sensation Seeking and Participation in Sporting Activities. Journal of Sport Psychology. 8(3). 212–220. 62 indexed citations
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Franken, Robert E. & Guy L. Rowland. (1979). Nature of the Representation for Picture-Recognition Memory. Perceptual and Motor Skills. 49(2). 619–629. 4 indexed citations
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Rowland, Guy L., et al.. (1978). Recognition of Familiar Scenes from New Perspectives. Perceptual and Motor Skills. 46(3_suppl). 1287–1292. 4 indexed citations
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Franken, Robert E. & Guy L. Rowland. (1974). Visual Memory: Accuracy of Decisions of Familiar-Novel for Tachistoscopically Presented Stimuli. Perceptual and Motor Skills. 38(3_suppl). 1039–1043. 4 indexed citations
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Franken, Robert E., et al.. (1974). Effect of Increased Arousal on Response to Stimulus Change in a Complex Maze. Perceptual and Motor Skills. 39(3). 1076–1078. 2 indexed citations
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Franken, Robert E., et al.. (1968). Spontaneous Alternation and the Influence of Reward. Psychological Reports. 22(3). 821–825. 3 indexed citations
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Earl, Robert W., Robert E. Franken, & Richard B. May. (1967). Choice as a Function of Stimulus Change. Perceptual and Motor Skills. 24(1). 183–189. 6 indexed citations
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Franken, Robert E., et al.. (1967). Effects of stimulus size, brightness and complexity upon EEG desynchronization. Psychonomic Science. 7(9). 289–290. 13 indexed citations
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Franken, Robert E.. (1967). Stimulus change, exploration, and latent learning.. Journal of Comparative and Physiological Psychology. 64(2). 301–307. 3 indexed citations
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Franken, Robert E., et al.. (1967). Drive level and cue utilization in spontaneous alternation. Psychonomic Science. 8(3). 89–90. 5 indexed citations
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Franken, Robert E.. (1967). Stimulus change, attention, and brightness discrimination learning.. Journal of Comparative and Physiological Psychology. 64(3). 499–501. 4 indexed citations
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Silverstein, A. B., et al.. (1964). Test Anxiety and Intellectual Performance in Mentally Retarded School Children1. Child Development. 35(4). 1137–1146. 3 indexed citations

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