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Kevin Durkin

Researcher at University of Strathclyde

Publications -  176
Citations -  11105

Kevin Durkin is an academic researcher from University of Strathclyde. The author has contributed to research in topics: Specific language impairment & Autism. The author has an hindex of 56, co-authored 175 publications receiving 9957 citations. Previous affiliations of Kevin Durkin include University of Western Ontario & University of Western Australia.

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The Geographic Distribution of Big Five Personality Traits Patterns and Profiles of Human Self-Description Across 56 Nations

David P. Schmitt, +123 more
TL;DR: The Big Five Inventory (BFI) is a self-report measure designed to assess the high-order personality traits of Extraversion, Agreeableness, Conscientiousness, Neuroticism, and Openness as discussed by the authors.
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Not so doomed: computer game play and positive adolescent development

TL;DR: This article examined the relationship between game play and several measures of adjustment or risk taking in a sample of 16-year-old high school students and concluded that computer games can be a positive feature of a healthy adolescence.
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Abnormal global processing along the dorsal visual pathway in autism: A possible mechanism for weak visuospatial coherence?

TL;DR: The outcomes indicate that the elevated global motion thresholds in autism are the result of high-level impairments in dorsal cortical regions, which might contribute to differential performance when processing stimuli as Gestalts.
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Patterns and Universals of Adult Romantic Attachment Across 62 Cultural Regions Are Models of Self and of Other Pancultural Constructs

David P. Schmitt, +130 more
TL;DR: In the International Sexuality Description Project, a total of 17,804 participants from 62 cultural regions completed the RelationshipQuestionnaire (RQ), a self-report measure of adult romantic attachment as discussed by the authors.
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A longitudinal study of behavioral, emotional and social difficulties in individuals with a history of specific language impairment (SLI)

TL;DR: A decrease in behavioral and emotional problems was observed from childhood to adolescence, although emotional problems were still evident in adolescence, and there was an increase in social problems.