Sheldon Solomon
Impact in
- Social Psychology top 0.01%
- Death Anxiety and Social Exclusion
- Cultural Differences and Values
- Psychological Well-being and Life Satisfaction
- Applied Psychology top 0.05%
Papers in
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- Death Anxiety and Social Exclusion 133
- Paranormal Experiences and Beliefs 18
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- Grief, Bereavement, and Mental Health 74
- Co-authors
- Jeff Greenberg (115 shared papers)Tom Pyszczynski (98 shared papers)Jamie Arndt (28 shared papers)Linda Simon (20 shared papers)Abram Rosenblatt (6 shared papers)Jeff Schimel (11 shared papers)Jamie L. Goldenberg (10 shared papers)Florette Cohen (13 shared papers)
- Journals
- Journal of Personality and Social Psychology (41 papers)Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin (12 papers)Journal of Experimental Social Psychology (7 papers)Psychological Science (5 papers)Psychological Review (4 papers)
- Partner nations
- United StatesCanadaNetherlands
In The Last Decade
Sheldon Solomon
172 papers receiving 21.1k citations
Sheldon Solomon's Hit Papers
Peers
Comparison fields: 5 of 159
- Social Psychology 18.3k
- Applied Psychology 3.3k
- Health 3.9k
- Clinical Psychology 9.0k
- Sociology and Political Science 9.7k
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Co-authors
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All Works
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| 1 | The Causes and Consequences of a Need for Self-Esteem: A Terror Management Theory Hit paper breakdown → | 1986 | 1674 |
| 2 | Terror Management Theory of Self-Esteem and Cultural Worldviews: Empirical Assessments and Conceptual Refinements Hit paper breakdown → | 1997 | 1171 |
| 3 | Evidence for terror management theory II: The effects of mortality salience on reactions to those who threaten or bolster the cultural worldview. Hit paper breakdown → | 1990 | 1069 |
| 4 | A Terror Management Theory of Social Behavior: The Psychological Functions of Self-Esteem and Cultural Worldviews Hit paper breakdown → | 1991 | 1024 |
| 5 | A dual-process model of defense against conscious and unconscious death-related thoughts: An extension of terror management theory. Hit paper breakdown → | 1999 | 1023 |
| 6 | Why Do People Need Self-Esteem? A Theoretical and Empirical Review. Hit paper breakdown → | 2004 | 1020 |
| 7 | Evidence for terror management theory: I. The effects of mortality salience on reactions to those who violate or uphold cultural values. Hit paper breakdown → | 1989 | 875 |
| 8 | Evidence for terror management theory: I. The effects of mortality salience on reactions to those who violate or uphold cultural values. Hit paper breakdown → | 1989 | 832 |
| 9 | Role of consciousness and accessibility of death-related thoughts in mortality salience effects. Hit paper breakdown → | 1994 | 712 |
| 10 | Why do people need self-esteem? Converging evidence that self-esteem serves an anxiety-buffering function. Hit paper breakdown → | 1992 | 662 |
| 11 | In the wake of 9/11: The psychology of terror. Hit paper breakdown → | 2003 | 516 |
| 12 | 2004 | 497 | |
| 13 | 1997 | 421 | |
| 14 | 1992 | 414 | |
| 15 | 1997 | 360 | |
| 16 | 2009 | 349 | |
| 17 | 1998 | 348 | |
| 18 | 2004 | 334 | |
| 19 | 1997 | 334 | |
| 20 | Thirty Years of Terror Management Theory Hit paper breakdown → | 2015 | 324 |
About Sheldon Solomon
Sheldon Solomon is a scholar working on Social Psychology, Clinical Psychology, Sociology and Political Science, Health and Applied Psychology, having authored 177 papers that have together received 23.2k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Death Anxiety and Social Exclusion (133 papers), Grief, Bereavement, and Mental Health (74 papers), Social and Intergroup Psychology (51 papers), Religion, Spirituality, and Psychology (28 papers), Paranormal Experiences and Beliefs (18 papers), Optimism, Hope, and Well-being (17 papers), Psychology of Moral and Emotional Judgment (15 papers) and Media Influence and Health (12 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Social Psychology (18.3k citations), Applied Psychology (3.3k citations), Health (3.9k citations), Clinical Psychology (9.0k citations) and Sociology and Political Science (9.7k citations). Sheldon Solomon has collaborated with scholars based in United States, Canada and Netherlands. Frequent co-authors include Jeff Greenberg, Tom Pyszczynski, Jamie Arndt, Linda Simon, Abram Rosenblatt, Jeff Schimel, Jamie L. Goldenberg, Florette Cohen, Holly A. McGregor and Mark J. Landau. Their work appears in journals such as Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, Psychological Science and Psychological Review.
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