Steven R. Asher

About

Steven R. Asher is a Professor of Psychology & Neuroscience at Duke University. He holds a Ph.D. and an M.A. from the University of Wisconsin, Madison, obtained in 1972 and 1968 respectively, and a B.A. from Rutgers University earned in 1966. His academic and professional focus is within the fields of psychology and neuroscience, and he is affiliated with the Department of Psychology & Neuroscience at Duke University. Further details about his specific research interests, contributions, or publications are not provided on the page.

Research topics

• Psychology
• Social psychology
• Developmental psychology
• Sociology
• Medical education
• Applied psychology
• Pedagogy
• Medicine

Selected publications

• Why do the lonely stay lonely? Chronically lonely adolescents’ attributions and emotions in situations of social inclusion and exclusion.

  Journal of Personality and Social Psychology · 2015-07-20 · 164 citations

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  The goal of this study was to identify mechanisms associated with chronic loneliness by examining the effect of adolescents' accumulated history of loneliness on responses to new social situations. Specifically, this study investigated whether attributions and emotions in situations of social inclusion and exclusion differ between chronically lonely adolescents and adolescents with a different loneliness history. A total of 730 adolescents (Mage at Wave 1 = 15.43 years) participated in a 4-wave…

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• When Friends Disappoint: Boys’ and Girls’ Responses to Transgressions of Friendship Expectations

  Child Development · 2011-11-22 · 151 citations

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  In this study, the prevailing view that girls are pervasively more skilled in their friendships than boys was challenged by examining whether girls respond more negatively than boys when a friend violates core friendship expectations. Fourth- and fifth-grade children (n = 267) responded to vignettes depicting transgressions involving a friend's betrayal, unreliability, or failure to provide support or help. Results indicated that girls were more troubled by the transgressions, more strongly endo…

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• The behavioral basis of acceptance, rejection, and perceived popularity.

  2009-01-01 · 128 citations

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• Loneliness in Childhood

  Advances in child development and behavior · 2012-01-01 · 67 citations

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• The Social Tasks of Friendship: Do Boys and Girls Excel in Different Tasks?

  Child Development Perspectives · 2016-11-14 · 65 citations

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  Abstract Research documents the strengths of girls’ friendships compared to boys’ friendships leading to the inference that boys are not very skilled as friends. In this article, we use a friendship tasks framework to propose that this inference is premature and should be reconciled with evidence that boys are as satisfied as girls with their friendships and that their friendships are as stable over time. We also propose that the inference arises partly because the friendship tasks that girls ha…

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Frequent coauthors

• Molly S. Weeks

  25 shared

• Timothy J. Strauman

  Duke University

  17 shared

• Cinnamon A. Stetler

  17 shared

• Mark R. Leary

  Duke University

  17 shared

• Beth A. Pontari

  17 shared

• Lauren A. Stutts

  Davidson College

  17 shared

• Debra F. Terrell

  Davidson College

  17 shared

• Kerst in K. Blomquist

  Johnson C. Smith University

  16 shared

Awards & honors

• Fellow of AAAS (2024)

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