Martin E. P. Seligman
Impact in
- Applied Psychology top 0.01%
- Optimism, Hope, and Well-being
- Behavioral Health and Interventions
- Social Psychology top 0.01%
- Psychological Well-being and Life Satisfaction
Papers in
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- Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development 34
- Resilience and Mental Health 22
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- Psychological Well-being and Life Satisfaction 52
- Co-authors
- Mihály Csíkszentmihályi (4 shared papers)Christopher Peterson (24 shared papers)Lyn Y. Abramson (13 shared papers)Steven F. Maier (9 shared papers)Nansook Park (18 shared papers)John D. Teasdale (2 shared papers)Angela Duckworth (6 shared papers)Tracy A. Steen (4 shared papers)
- Journals
- American Psychologist (26 papers)Journal of Abnormal Psychology (25 papers)Behaviour Research and Therapy (19 papers)Journal of Personality and Social Psychology (19 papers)The Journal of Positive Psychology (15 papers)
- Partner nations
- United StatesAustraliaUnited Kingdom
In The Last Decade
Martin E. P. Seligman
322 papers receiving 70.7k citations
Martin E. P. Seligman's Hit Papers
Peers
Comparison fields: 5 of 219
- Applied Psychology 15.0k
- Social Psychology 35.3k
- Clinical Psychology 31.4k
- Experimental and Cognitive Psychology 15.6k
- General Decision Sciences 1.3k
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Co-authors
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All Works
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| 1 | Positive psychology: An introduction. Hit paper breakdown → | 2000 | 7080 |
| 2 | Positive psychology: An introduction. Hit paper breakdown → | 2000 | 6845 |
| 3 | Learned helplessness in humans: Critique and reformulation. Hit paper breakdown → | 1978 | 4879 |
| 4 | Helplessness: On Depression, Development, and Death Hit paper breakdown → | 1975 | 4042 |
| 5 | Positive Psychology Progress: Empirical Validation of Interventions. Hit paper breakdown → | 2005 | 3701 |
| 6 | Authentic Happiness: Using the New Positive Psychology to Realize Your Potential for Lasting Fulfillment Hit paper breakdown → | 2002 | 2287 |
| 7 | Learned helplessness: Theory and evidence. Hit paper breakdown → | 1976 | 1663 |
| 8 | Beyond Money Hit paper breakdown → | 2004 | 1601 |
| 9 | Very Happy People Hit paper breakdown → | 2002 | 1496 |
| 10 | Self-Discipline Outdoes IQ in Predicting Academic Performance of Adolescents Hit paper breakdown → | 2005 | 1473 |
| 11 | Failure to escape traumatic shock. Hit paper breakdown → | 1967 | 1253 |
| 12 | On the generality of the laws of learning. Hit paper breakdown → | 1970 | 1228 |
| 13 | Positive education: positive psychology and classroom interventions Hit paper breakdown → | 2009 | 1154 |
| 14 | Strengths of Character and Well-Being Hit paper breakdown → | 2004 | 1124 |
| 15 | Personality, Gender, and Age in the Language of Social Media: The Open-Vocabulary Approach Hit paper breakdown → | 2013 | 1116 |
| 16 | Causal explanations as a risk factor for depression: Theory and evidence. Hit paper breakdown → | 1984 | 1089 |
| 17 | The effectiveness of psychotherapy: The Consumer Reports study. Hit paper breakdown → | 1995 | 985 |
| 18 | Phobias and preparedness Hit paper breakdown → | 1971 | 948 |
| 19 | Orientations to happiness and life satisfaction: the full life versus the empty life Hit paper breakdown → | 2005 | 942 |
| 20 | Positive psychotherapy. Hit paper breakdown → | 2006 | 900 |
About Martin E. P. Seligman
Martin E. P. Seligman is a scholar working on Clinical Psychology, Social Psychology, Applied Psychology, Experimental and Cognitive Psychology and Developmental and Educational Psychology, having authored 323 papers that have together received 80.2k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Optimism, Hope, and Well-being (60 papers), Psychological Well-being and Life Satisfaction (52 papers), Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development (34 papers), Mental Health Research Topics (29 papers), Resilience and Mental Health (22 papers), Behavioral and Psychological Studies (21 papers), Psychological and Temporal Perspectives Research (20 papers) and Early Childhood Education and Development (19 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Applied Psychology (15.0k citations), Social Psychology (35.3k citations), Clinical Psychology (31.4k citations), Experimental and Cognitive Psychology (15.6k citations) and General Decision Sciences (1.3k citations). Martin E. P. Seligman has collaborated with scholars based in United States, Australia and United Kingdom. Frequent co-authors include Mihály Csíkszentmihályi, Christopher Peterson, Lyn Y. Abramson, Steven F. Maier, Nansook Park, John D. Teasdale, Angela Duckworth, Tracy A. Steen, Christopher Peterson and Ed Diener. Their work appears in journals such as American Psychologist, Journal of Abnormal Psychology, Behaviour Research and Therapy, Journal of Personality and Social Psychology and The Journal of Positive Psychology.
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