Robert Cohen

Biographic Data

ID3700151
NAMERobert Cohen
GIVEN NAMESRobert
FAMILY NAMECohen
SIGNATURECOHEN R
AFFILIATIONSUniversity of Memphis
ORCID0000-0001-6151-0686
VERIFIEDYes
TOTAL WORKS90
TOTAL CITATIONS90
AUTHOR COUNT87
EDITOR COUNT3
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR1937
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2025
H-INDEX5

  • Accounting for aid: Estimating the impact of United States’ global health investments on mortality among women of reproductive age using synthetic control and Bayesian methods

    Open AccessKarar Zunaid Ahsan, Gustavo Angeles et al.ARTICLEJournal of Global Health2025

    Background: The United States government (USG) is a key global actor in preventing mortality and supporting lifesaving health services among women and children in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs). Since the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, USG has funded global health programmes targeting specific conditions and strengthening health systems for the delivery of essential services via the United States Agency for International Development (U…

  • Peace in the Mountains: Northern Appalachian Students Protest the Vietnam War

    Open AccessRobert CohenARTICLEPennsylvania History A Journal of…2023

    Speaking in the wake of the US invasion of Cambodia and the killing of four Kent State students at an antiwar protest in May 1970, historian Leo Marx told an Amherst campus convocation, “You are part of the largest, most comprehensive and militant act by American students . . . in the history of the Republic.” Marx was not exaggerating. The Cambodia and Kent State tragedies generated the most widespread campus protests ever seen in the US, involv…

  • A Person-Centered Analysis of Change in Children’s Peer Optimism and Its Relation to Peer Social Competence

    Open AccessDaneen P Deptula, Gabrielle G Banks et al.ARTICLEJournal of Happiness Studies2021

  • Psychological Testing and Assessment: An Introduction to Tests and Measurement

    Renée Margaret Tobin, William Joel Schneider et al.BOOKPsychological Testing and…2021

  • Strong community-based health systems and national governance predict improvement in coverage of oral rehydration solution (ORS): A multilevel longitudinal model

    Open AccessAlthea Andrus, Robert S Cohen et al.ARTICLEJournal of Global Health2020

    Strong community-based health systems and national governance predict improvement in coverage of oral rehydration solution (ORS): a multilevel longitudinal model Diarrheal disease remains a leading cause of child death globally, especially in low and middle-income countries. Use of oral rehydration solution (ORS) for treatment of diarrhea in children, a very cost-effective intervention, remains below 50% in many countries. Here we use a multi-lev…

  • Children’s social status and anticipated shame and guilt experiences

    Open AccessCharles Matthew Stapleton, Hui Zhang et al.ARTICLEJournal of Social and Personal…2019References: 37

    Previous research indicates that the behavioral profile of high-status children is not monolithic but varied. This study contributes to the existing research on high-status children by showing that they are also an emotionally diverse group in terms of their anticipated shame and guilt experiences. Children ( N = 163, aged 8–12 years) nominated classmates who were perceived as popular, socially preferred, respected, and overtly aggressive. Regard…

  • Carrying Out the Assigned Task: "Anna Seghers's "The Excursion of the Dead Girls

    Robert S Cohen, Robert Cohen et al.ARTICLEAmerican imago2017

    The essay explores Anna Seghers's "The Excursion of the Dead Girls." In the story, questions about the narrator, and about the identity and difference between the narrator and the author, strike at the heart not only of Anna Seghers's artistic self-understanding but also her worldview. The autobiographical moment in the story is objectified in the process of literary creation. The difficulty of speaking in the first person, however, results not f…

  • You Are Not a Marxist on Your Own

    Robert S Cohen, Robert CohenARTICLESocialism and Democracy2016

  • Parent emotion coaching buffers the psychological effects of poor peer relations in the classroom

    Open AccessKelly E Buckholdt, Katherine M Kitzmann et al.ARTICLEJournal of Social and Personal…2016References: 36

    Parent emotion coaching (i.e., child-reported parental responses to sadness and anger) was examined as a moderator of peer relations in the classroom (i.e., peer-rated sociability, number of mutual friends, and respect nominations) and self-perceptions of social competence (i.e., loneliness and optimism). Participants were 129 (44% boys; 66% Caucasian) fourth through sixth graders. If parents were perceived as low in emotion coaching, low sociabi…

  • A global reference for human genetic variation

    Open AccessCorresponding authors, Adam Auton et al.ARTICLENature2015

    The 1000 Genomes Project set out to provide a comprehensive description of common human genetic variation by applying whole-genome sequencing to a diverse set of individuals from multiple populations. Here we report completion of the project, having reconstructed the genomes of 2,504 individuals from 26 populations using a combination of low-coverage whole-genome sequencing, deep exome sequencing, and dense microarray genotyping. We characterized…

  • Apologies in Close Relationships: A Review of Theory and Research

    Open AccessJarrett T Lewis, Gilbert R Parra et al.ARTICLEJournal of Family Theory & Review2015

    This article summarizes current theory and research related to apologies in close relationships. Eight studies examined predictors of the occurrence and effectiveness of apologies, and 7 studies investigated outcomes associated with apologies. Two studies investigated predictors and associated outcomes of apologies. Findings indicated that characteristics of the victim (e.g., willingness to empathize), characteristics of the transgressor (e.g., g…

  • The Virginia Tech Massacre: Strategies and Challenges for Improving Mental Health Policy on Campus and Beyond

    Aradhana Bela Sood, Robert CohenBOOKThe Virginia Tech Massacre2014

    After the April 2006 Virginia Tech shootings, governor Timothy Kaine appointed an independent panel to investigate the incident and to recommend potential policy changes that might prevent such a tragedy from occurring again. The incident itself and the work of the panel mobilized the entire nation to examine many aspects of the tragedy, most centrally university mental health systems. Certain aspects of the case raised issues that were not addre…

  • Country progress towards the Millennium Development Goals: Adjusting for socioeconomic factors reveals greater progress and new challenges

    Open AccessRobert Cohen, Robert L Cohen et al.ARTICLEGlobalization and Health2014

    BACKGROUND: The health Millennium Development Goals (4, 5, 6) impose the same ambitious 2015 targets on every country. Few low-income countries are on track to reach them. Some authors have proposed country-specific targets as a more informative method by which countries can measure their progress against their potential. METHODS: This paper demonstrates a supplementary approach to assess individual country progress that complements the global go…

  • Teaching Recent Global History

    Diana B Turk, Laura J Dull et al.BOOKTeaching Recent Global History2014

    Teaching Recent Global History explores innovative ways to teach world history, beginning with the early 20th century. The authors’ unique approach unites historians, social studies teachers, and educational curriculum specialists to offer historically rich, pedagogically innovative, and academically rigorous lessons that help students connect with and deeply understand key events and trends in recent global history. Highlighting the best scholar…

  • Matthew Levin. Cold War University: Madison and the New Left in the Sixties

    Robert CohenARTICLEThe American Historical Review2014

    In the 1960s the University of Wisconsin at Madison was an important center of the New Left, ranking with Berkeley, Columbia, and Michigan as one of the United States' most politically active campuses. This story was explored with great intelligence and insight in The War at Home (1979), an Academy Award–nominated documentary on the antiwar movement at Madison directed by Barry Alexander Brown and Glenn Silber, which featured unforgettable footag…

  • Rebellion in Black and White: Southern Student Activism in The 1960s

    Dan T Carter, Robert Cohen et al.BOOKRebellion in Black and White2013

  • Patterns of Conflict Experience That Emerge in Peer Reports and Personal Narratives During Middle Childhood

    Alice J Davidson, Marsha D Walton et al.ARTICLEApplied Developmental Science2013

    The present study used a person-centered approach to examine patterns of conflict experience among 198 3rd–6th grade children. Peer reports of aggressive behavior, sociability, victimization, and an assessment of psychological mindedness in narrative accounts of conflict experiences were used. Three patterns were identified using mixture modeling: Managers, Avoiders, and Sustainers. Patterns differed with respect to narrative skills and social ad…

  • Front porch politics: The forgotten heyday of American activism in the 1970s and 1980s

    Robert CohenARTICLEThe Sixties2013

  • Cyber Aggression: The Relation between Online Offenders and Offline Social Competence

    Open AccessCorrie L Schoffstall, Robert S Cohen et al.ARTICLESocial Development2011Cited by: 21References: 7

    Children are increasingly using computer technologies to engage in acts of aggression against peers, often termed ‘cyber aggression’. Media reports have sensationalized instances of cyber aggression, and social scientists have begun to examine its characteristics and consequences. Using a younger sample of children than most previous research (192 third‐ through sixth‐grade children), the present research evaluated grade and gender effects on cyb…

  • Can patient flow be effectively controlled

    Open AccessBruria Adini, Robert Cohen et al.ARTICLEHealth Policy and Planning2011References: 9

    BACKGROUND Emergency department (ED) overcrowding may affect the ability to provide quality care and maximize patient flow. Study objectives To analyse the impact of the control of the patient flow during a conflict on ED overcrowding. METHODS During a recent military conflict in Israel the Ministry of Health issued a directive aimed at redirecting the patient flow to EDs in a metropolitan area. The admissions were monitored to identify trends an…

  • The relationship between demographic/educational parameters and perceptions, knowledge and earthquake mitigation in Israel

    Open AccessYechiel Soffer, Avishay Goldberg et al.ARTICLEDisasters2011Cited by: 2References: 21

    Perceptions, knowledge and mitigation are factors that might play a role in preventing injury and loss of life during a major earthquake.2 Little is known about the relationships between different demographic and educational parameters and these factors. A national representative sample of 495 adults was investigated in order to determine the relationship between demographic and educational parameters in terms of the perceived threat, perceived c…

  • Teaching U.S. History: Dialogues Among Social Studies Teachers and Historians

    Diana B Turk, Diana Turk et al.BOOKTeaching U.S. history2010

    Teaching U.S. History offers an innovative approach to social studies teaching by connecting historians to real-world social studies classrooms and social studies teachers. In an unusual, even unprecedented, dialogue between scholars and practitioners, this book weds historical theory and practice with social studies pedagogy. Seven chapters are organized around key US History eras and events from the time of slavery through the Civil Rights Move…

  • The effect of different educational interventions on schoolchildren's knowledge of earthquake protective behaviour in Israel

    Open AccessYechiel Soffer, Avishay Goldberg et al.ARTICLEDisasters2010References: 8

    Knowledge of appropriate behaviour during an earthquake is crucial for prevention of injury and loss of life. The Israeli Home Front Command conducts a yearly earthquake education programme in all Israeli schools, using three types of educational interventions: lectures, drills and a combination of the two. The aim of this study was to evaluate the effectiveness of these interventions in providing students with knowledge. We distributed a questio…

  • A national system for disseminating information on victims during mass casualty incidents

    Open AccessBruria Adini, Kobi Peleg et al.ARTICLEDisasters2010Cited by: 1References: 8

    Immediate provision of information to the public is vital during mass casualty incidents (MCIs). Failure to implement rapidly a communication response system may result in the public overwhelming hospitals. This paper shares Israel's experience in developing and maintaining a national system for supplying information on the location and identification of casualties. ADAM interfaces online with hospitals' patient registration systems, and allows f…

  • Preparedness for anthrax attack: The Effect of Knowledge on the Willingness to Treat Patients

    Open AccessAriel Rokach, Robert Cohen et al.ARTICLEDisasters2010Cited by: 1References: 13

    Little is known about the factors that may impact on the willingness of physicians and nurses to treat patients during a bioterrorism attack. This survey was conducted among 76 randomly selected nurses and physicians in the emergency rooms of three public hospitals in order to analyse the relationship between knowledge, profession and the willingness to treat anthrax. The study finds that the willingness of physicians and nurses to come to work i…