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D-Index
70
Citations
22447
World Ranking
2247
National Ranking
1309

Research.com Recognitions

  • 1999 - Donald T. Campbell Award, Society for Personality and Social Psychology
  • 1977 - Fellow of the American Psychological Association (APA)

Overview

Abraham Tesser is affiliated with the University of Georgia in the United States.

The scientist has received recognition in the field of psychology, including the Donald T. Campbell Award from the Society for Personality and Social Psychology in 1999 and was named a Fellow of the American Psychological Association (APA) in 1977.

Best Publications

  • Toward a Self-Evaluation Maintenance Model of Social Behavior

    Abraham Tesser

  • Some ruminative thoughts.

    Leonard L. Martin;Abraham Tesser

  • Effects of time-management practices on college grades

    Bruce K. Britton;Abraham Tesser

  • Self-Generated Attitude Change

    Abraham Tesser

  • The Construction of Social Judgments

    Leonard L. Martin;Abraham Tesser

  • On the Confluence of Self-Esteem Maintenance Mechanisms:

    Abraham Tesser

  • Some Affective Consequences of Social Comparison and Reflection Processes: The Pain and Pleasure of Being Close

    Abraham Tesser;Murray Millar;Janet Moore

  • Effects of affective and cognitive focus on the attitude–behavior relation.

    Murray G. Millar;Abraham Tesser

  • Some determinants of gratitude.

    Abraham Tesser;Robert Gatewood;Michael Driver

  • Toward a motivational and structural theory of ruminative thought.

    Leonard L. Martin;Abraham Tesser

  • The Reluctance to Transmit Bad News

    Abraham Tesser;Sidney Rosen

  • Striving and Feeling : Interactions Among Goals, Affect, and Self-regulation

    Leonard L. Martin;Abraham Tesser

  • Cognitive schemas and thought as determinants of attitude change

    Abraham Tesser;Christopher Leone

  • On reluctance to communicate undesirable information: The MUM effect.

    Sidney Rosen;Abraham Tesser

  • Society of self: The emergence of collective properties in self-structure.

    Andrzej Nowak;Robin R. Vallacher;Abraham Tesser;Wojciech Borkowski

  • The Importance of Heritability in Psychological Research: The Case of Attitudes

    Abraham Tesser

  • On the confluence of self processes

    Abraham Tesser;David P Cornell

  • Attitudes and Attitude Change

    Abraham Tesser;David R. Shaffer

  • Self‐evaluation maintenance and the perception of friends and strangers

    Abraham Tesser;Jennifer L. Campbell

  • Confluence of Self-Esteem Regulation Mechanisms: On Integrating the Self-Zoo

    Abraham Tesser;Nicole Crepaz;Jon C. Collins;David Cornell

Frequent Co-Authors

Leonard L. Martin
Leonard L. Martin University of Georgia
Steven R. H. Beach
Steven R. H. Beach University of Georgia
Frank D. Fincham
Frank D. Fincham Florida State University
Rex Forehand
Rex Forehand University of Vermont
Henry E. Adams
Henry E. Adams University of Georgia
Robin R. Vallacher
Robin R. Vallacher Florida Atlantic University
James W. Pennebaker
James W. Pennebaker The University of Texas at Austin
Diederik A. Stapel
Diederik A. Stapel Tilburg University
Deborah J. Jones
Deborah J. Jones University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Delroy L. Paulhus
Delroy L. Paulhus University of British Columbia

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