Most cited papers in Psychological Well-being and Life Satisfaction
What are the most cited papers in Psychological Well-being and Life Satisfaction?
The most cited paper in Psychological Well-being and Life Satisfaction is "A Global Measure of Perceived Stress" (Sheldon Cohen, Tom Kamarck, Robin J. Mermelstein, 1983), with 33,209 citations. Next come "Development and validation of brief measures of positive and negative affect: The PANAS scales." (31,676) and "Stress, social support, and the buffering hypothesis." (17,584).
Showing 50 of 99 papers. Every paper with more than 2,608 citations is listed.
| # | Paper | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A Global Measure of Perceived Stress Sheldon Cohen, Tom Kamarck, Robin J. Mermelstein · Journal of Health and Social Behavior | Dec 1983 | 33,209 |
| 2 | Development and validation of brief measures of positive and negative affect: The PANAS scales. David Watson, Lee A. Clark, Auke Tellegen · Journal of Personality and Social Psychology | 1988 | 31,676 |
| 3 | Stress, social support, and the buffering hypothesis. Sheldon Cohen, Thomas A. Wills · Psychological Bulletin | Sep 1985 | 17,584 |
| 4 | The role of positive emotions in positive psychology: The broaden-and-build theory of positive emotions. Barbara L. Fredrickson · American Psychologist | Mar 2001 | 14,780 |
| 5 | The benefits of being present: Mindfulness and its role in psychological well-being. Kirk Warren Brown, Richard M. Ryan · Journal of Personality and Social Psychology | 2003 | 13,566 |
| 6 | Job Burnout Christina Maslach, Wilmar B. Schaufeli, Michael P. Leiter · Annual Review of Psychology | Feb 2001 | 12,801 |
| 7 | Individual differences in two emotion regulation processes: Implications for affect, relationships, and well-being. James Jonathan Gross, Oliver P. John · Journal of Personality and Social Psychology | 2003 | 11,993 |
| 8 | On Happiness and Human Potentials: A Review of Research on Hedonic and Eudaimonic Well-Being Richard M. Ryan, Edward L. Deci · Annual Review of Psychology | Feb 2001 | 11,546 |
| 9 | Subjective well-being: Three decades of progress. Ed Diener, Eunkook Mark Suh, Richard E. Lucas et al. · Psychological Bulletin | Mar 1999 | 11,478 |
| 10 | Positive psychology: An introduction. Martin E. P. Seligman, Mihály Csíkszentmihályi · American Psychologist | 2000 | 9,964 |
| 11 | Conservation of resources: A new attempt at conceptualizing stress. Stevan E. Hobfoll · American Psychologist | 1989 | 8,975 |
| 12 | Взаимосвязь статуса занятости и пола с уровнем психологического благополучия Ниводничева М.Р., Беляева С.И. · Cifra LLC Journals | 17 Aug 2026 | 8,003 |
| 13 | The Benefits of Frequent Positive Affect: Does Happiness Lead to Success? Sonja Lyubomirsky, Laura King, Ed Diener · Psychological Bulletin | Nov 2005 | 7,169 |
| 14 | Social Relationships and Health James S. House, Karl R. Landis, Debra Umberson · Science | 29 Jul 1988 | 7,086 |
| 15 | The Influence of Culture, Community, and the Nested‐Self in the Stress Process: Advancing Conservation of Resources Theory Stevan E. Hobfoll · Applied Psychology | Jul 2001 | 7,033 |
| 16 | Social Support as a Moderator of Life Stress Sidney Cobb · Psychosomatic Medicine | Sep 1976 | 6,924 |
| 17 | Subjective well-being: The science of happiness and a proposal for a national index. Ed Diener · American Psychologist | 2000 | 6,548 |
| 18 | Mindfulness: A proposed operational definition. Scott R. Bishop, Mark A. Lau, Shauna L. Shapiro et al. · Clinical Psychology Science and Practice | 2004 | 6,365 |
| 19 | Positive Psychology Progress: Empirical Validation of Interventions. Martin E. P. Seligman, Tracy A. Steen, Nansook Park et al. · American Psychologist | Jul 2005 | 5,979 |
| 20 | Acute Stressors and Cortisol Responses: A Theoretical Integration and Synthesis of Laboratory Research. Sally S. Dickerson, Margaret E. Kemeny · Psychological Bulletin | 2004 | 5,904 |
| 21 | Psychosocial resilience and protective mechanisms. Michael L. Rutter · American Journal of Orthopsychiatry | Jul 1987 | 5,837 |
| 22 | Rethinking individualism and collectivism: Evaluation of theoretical assumptions and meta-analyses. Daphna Oyserman, Heather M. Coon, Markus Kemmelmeier · Psychological Bulletin | 2002 | 5,762 |
| 23 | What Good Are Positive Emotions? Barbara L. Fredrickson · Review of General Psychology | Sep 1998 | 5,669 |
| 24 | The structure of psychological well-being revisited. Carol Diane Ryff, Corey L. M. Keyes · Journal of Personality and Social Psychology | 1995 | 5,637 |
| 25 | Unraveling the Mystery of Health: How People Manage Stress and Stay Well Aaron Antonovsky | 2002 | 5,595 |
| 26 | Conservation of Resources in the Organizational Context: The Reality of Resources and Their Consequences Stevan E. Hobfoll, Jonathon R. B. Halbesleben, Jean‐Pierre Neveu et al. · Annual Review of Organizational Psychology and Organizational Behavior | 10 Nov 2017 | 5,584 |
| 27 | Screening for Depression in Well Older Adults: Evaluation of a Short Form of the CES-D Elena M. Andresen, Judith April Malmgren, William B. Carter et al. · American Journal of Preventive Medicine | Mar 1994 | 5,471 |
| 28 | Maps of Bounded Rationality: Psychology for Behavioral Economics Daniel J. Kahneman · American Economic Review | Nov 2003 | 5,465 |
| 29 | Self-Compassion: An Alternative Conceptualization of a Healthy Attitude Toward Oneself Kristin D. Neff · Self and Identity | Apr 2003 | 5,422 |
| 30 | The Warwick-Edinburgh Mental Well-being Scale (WEMWBS): development and UK validation Ruth Tennant, Louise Hiller, Ruth Fishwick et al. · Health and Quality of Life Outcomes | 27 Nov 2007 | 5,237 |
| 31 | The Mental Health Continuum: From Languishing to Flourishing in Life Corey L. M. Keyes · Journal of Health and Social Behavior | Jun 2002 | 5,075 |
| 32 | New Well-being Measures: Short Scales to Assess Flourishing and Positive and Negative Feelings Ed Diener, Derrick Wirtz, William Tov et al. · Social Indicators Research | 27 May 2009 | 4,990 |
| 33 | The Structure of Psychological Well-Being. David Mechanic, Norman M. Bradburn · American Sociological Review | Oct 1970 | 4,966 |
| 34 | A gradient of childhood self-control predicts health, wealth, and public safety Terrie E. Moffitt, Louise Arseneault, Daniel W. Belsky et al. · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences | 24 Jan 2011 | 4,916 |
| 35 | The WHO-5 Well-Being Index: A Systematic Review of the Literature Christian Winther Topp, Søren Dinesen Østergaard, Susan Søndergaard et al. · Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics | 2015 | 4,862 |
| 36 | The meaning in life questionnaire: Assessing the presence of and search for meaning in life. Michael F. Steger, Patricia A. Frazier, Shigehiro Oishi et al. · Journal of Counseling Psychology | 2006 | 4,859 |
| 37 | Loneliness Matters: A Theoretical and Empirical Review of Consequences and Mechanisms Louise C. Hawkley, John T. Cacioppo · Annals of Behavioral Medicine | 21 Jul 2010 | 4,857 |
| 38 | POSITIVE PSYCHOLOGICAL CAPITAL: MEASUREMENT AND RELATIONSHIP WITH PERFORMANCE AND SATISFACTION Fred Luthans, Bruce J. Avolio, James B. Avey et al. · Personnel Psychology | Sep 2007 | 4,776 |
| 39 | Does Economic Growth Improve the Human Lot? Some Empirical Evidence Richard Ainley Easterlin · Elsevier eBooks | 1974 | 4,439 |
| 40 | The job satisfaction–job performance relationship: A qualitative and quantitative review. Timothy A. Judge, Carl J. Thoresen, Joyce E. Bono et al. · Psychological Bulletin | 2001 | 4,436 |
| 41 | Social and Psychological Resources and Adaptation Stevan E. Hobfoll · Review of General Psychology | Dec 2002 | 4,328 |
| 42 | The broaden–and–build theory of positive emotions Barbara L. Fredrickson · Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences | 17 Aug 2004 | 4,217 |
| 43 | Happiness: Lessons from a New Science Richard N. Cooper, Richard Layard · Foreign Affairs | 2005 | 4,143 |
| 44 | A critique of the cross-lagged panel model. Ellen L. Hamaker, Rebecca M. Kuiper, Raoul P. P. P. Grasman · Psychological Methods | 2015 | 3,967 |
| 45 | Resilient Individuals Use Positive Emotions to Bounce Back From Negative Emotional Experiences. Michele M. Tugade, Barbara L. Fredrickson · Journal of Personality and Social Psychology | Feb 2004 | 3,961 |
| 46 | A Measure of Subjective Happiness: Preliminary Reliability and Construct Validation Sonja Lyubomirsky, Heidi S. Lepper · Social Indicators Research | Feb 1999 | 3,901 |
| 47 | Perceived stress in a probability sample of the United States Sheldon Cohen | 1988 | 3,806 |
| 48 | Socioeconomic disadvantage and child development. Vonnie C. McLoyd · American Psychologist | Feb 1998 | 3,719 |
| 49 | Psychological perspectives on successful aging: The model of selective optimization with compensation Paul B. Baltes, Margret M. Baltes · Cambridge University Press eBooks | 30 Nov 1990 | 3,664 |
| 50 | Dynamics of a stressful encounter: Cognitive appraisal, coping, and encounter outcomes. Susan Folkman, et al · Journal of Personality and Social Psychology | 1986 | 3,603 |
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