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Presence Current · Arkansas
Last published 2024
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Kristin K. Higgins

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Researcher

Faculty Researcher

4 h-index 16 pubs 133 cited

  • Employment
  • Adult
  • Humans
  • Psychology
  • Schools
  • Workplace
  • Asperger Syndrome

Biography and Research Information

OverviewAI-generated summary

Kristin K. Higgins' research focuses on psychological and behavioral aspects of employment, particularly for adults navigating career transitions due to chronic illness. Her work also addresses transitional services for adolescents with psychiatric disabilities. Higgins has published on topics including career construction perspectives in the context of illness and the development of psychological assessment tools, such as the Counselor Self-Discrepancy Inventory. Her scholarly output includes 16 publications with 133 citations and an h-index of 4. She has collaborated with researchers Julia Conroy, Kristi L. Perryman, and Andrea Hampton at the University of Arkansas at Fayetteville, with whom she shares single publications.

Metrics

  • h-index: 4
  • Publications: 16
  • Citations: 133

Selected Publications

  • Development and Initial Validation of the Counselor Self-Discrepancy Inventory (2024)
    Research Square DOI OpenAlex
  • Career Transitions Caused by Chronic Illness: A Career Construction Perspective (2022)
    Rehabilitation Research Policy and Education 1 citation DOI OpenAlex
  • Transitional Services for Adolescents with Psychiatric Disabilities (2021)
    Education and Training in Autism and Developmental Disabilities DOI OpenAlex
  • Persistence to degree completion: A profile of students with psychiatric disabilities in higher education (2014)
    Journal of Vocational Rehabilitation 38 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • Psychosocial Educational Groups for Students (PEGS) (2010)
    Counseling Outcome Research and Evaluation 9 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • Helping Student-Athletes Adapt to College (2009)
  • School-to-work transition and Asperger Syndrome (2008)
    Work 61 citations DOI OpenAlex

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Collaboration Network

10 Collaborators 6 Institutions 1 Country

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