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Doran C. French

Psychology · Purdue University West Lafayette

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Established · publishing since 1975
Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional DevelopmentBullying, Victimization, and AggressionEarly Childhood Education and DevelopmentReligion, Spirituality, and PsychologyCultural Differences and Values

Publications

115

Citations

5,523

Est. group size

~3

Recurring co-author estimate

Active years

51

Publishing since 1975

Research summary
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Doran C. French studies how peer relationships, friendships, and family dynamics shape adolescent development, focusing especially on youth in China and Indonesia. His work examines topics like bullying, loneliness, leadership, religiosity, and substance use, often tracking how peer groups influence behaviors such as alcohol and tobacco use, aggression, and academic achievement over time. Much of this research compares developmental patterns across different cultural contexts, including Muslim adolescents in Indonesia and adolescents in China and the United States.

Peer relationships and friendshipAdolescent development across culturesBullying, aggression, and victimizationReligiosity and adolescent behaviorSubstance use (alcohol and tobacco) in youth

Publication output has been relatively steady over the last decade with some fluctuation, including a gap in 2021 followed by an increase in output from 2022 to 2024.

Generated by claude-sonnet-5 from public bibliographic data · Jul 20, 2026

Publication cadence
Publications per year over the last 10 years — averaging 3.8/year recently
2017: 2 publications172018: 4 publications182019: 2 publications192020: 3 publications20212022: 7 publications7222023: 4 publications232024: 5 publications242025: 3 publications2526
Recent publications
Publishes in
  • International Journal of Behavioral Development×4
  • Psychology of Religion and Spirituality×3
  • Journal of Research on Adolescence×3
  • European Health Psychologist×3
  • Journal of Adolescence×2
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Last updated Jul 20, 2026.

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