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Alan S. Waterman is affiliated with the College of New Jersey in the United States. The primary field of study is Psychology, with 13 publications attributed to this scientist. Within Psychology, the main subfields include Developmental and Educational Psychology, Clinical Psychology, Social Psychology, Sociology and Political Science, and Health.

The research themes focus on several topics: Identity, Memory, and Therapy; Psychological Well-being and Life Satisfaction; Flow Experience in Various Fields; Family Support in Illness; Migration, Health and Trauma; Resilience and Mental Health; and Racial and Ethnic Identity Research.

Alan S. Waterman has published in various academic venues. These frequent publication venues are:

  • The Journal of Positive Psychology
  • Journal of Adolescence
  • Journal of Theoretical and Philosophical Psychology
  • Journal of Counseling Psychology
  • Identity

Recent papers authored by Alan S. Waterman include:

  • "Now what do I do?": Toward a conceptual understanding of the effects of traumatic events on identity functioning, 2020, Journal of Adolescence
  • Toward a theory of maldaimonia., 2021, Journal of Theoretical and Philosophical Psychology
  • Identity Contributions to a Life Well-Lived: A Study of the Relationship of Eudaimonic Well-Being to Intrinsic Motivation for Identity-Related Activities, 2023, Identity
  • Resolving the paradox of work: generalization of the roles of self-determination, the balance of challenges and skills, and self-realization values in intrinsic motivation across activity domains, 2023, The Journal of Positive Psychology

Another recent paper coauthored with Seth J. Schwartz, who is also a frequent collaborator, is Cultural stress, daily well-being, and internalizing and externalizing symptoms among Hispanic college students, 2022, Journal of Counseling Psychology.

Frequent co-authors working with Alan S. Waterman are:

  • Seth J. Schwartz
  • Cory L. Cobb
  • Miguel Ángel Cano
  • Carolina Scaramutti
  • Alan Meca

Best Publications

  • Two conceptions of happiness: Contrasts of personal expressiveness (eudaimonia) and hedonic enjoyment.

    Alan S. Waterman

  • Eudaimonia and Its Distinction from Hedonia: Developing a Classification and Terminology for Understanding Conceptual and Operational Definitions

    Veronika Huta;Alan S. Waterman

  • The Implications of Two Conceptions of Happiness (Hedonic Enjoyment and Eudaimonia) for the Understanding of Intrinsic Motivation

    Alan S. Waterman;Seth J. Schwartz;Regina Conti

  • Identity Development From Adolescence to Adulthood: An Extension of Theory and a Review of Research

    Alan S. Waterman

  • The Questionnaire for Eudaimonic Well-Being: Psychometric properties, demographic comparisons, and evidence of validity

    Alan S. Waterman;Seth J. Schwartz;Byron L. Zamboanga;Russell D. Ravert

  • Reconsidering happiness: a eudaimonist's perspective

    Alan S. Waterman

  • Examining the Light and Dark Sides of Emerging Adults’ Identity: A Study of Identity Status Differences in Positive and Negative Psychosocial Functioning

    Seth J. Schwartz;Wim Beyers;Koen Luyckx;Bart Soenens

  • Ego Identity

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  • Identity, the Identity Statuses, and Identity Status Development: A Contemporary Statement

    Alan S. Waterman

  • Two conceptions of happiness: Contrasts of personal expressiveness (eudaimonia) and hedonic enjoyment.

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  • The psychology of individualism

    Alan S. Waterman

  • Personal expressiveness: Philosophical and psychological foundations.

    Alan S. Waterman

  • Identity Formation: Discovery or Creation?

    Alan S. Waterman

  • Individualism and interdependence.

    Alan S. Waterman

  • When Effort Is Enjoyed: Two Studies of Intrinsic Motivation for Personally Salient Activities

    Alan S. Waterman

  • Identity as an aspect of optimal psychological functioning.

    Alan S. Waterman

  • Identity in the context of adolescent psychology

    Alan S. Waterman

  • Psychosocial development in adulthood: a 22-year sequential study.

    Susan Krauss Whitbourne;Michael K. Zuschlag;Lisa B. Elliot;Alan S. Waterman

  • Finding Someone to be: Studies on the Role of Intrinsic Motivation in Identity Formation.

    Alan S. Waterman

  • Predicting the Subjective Experience of Intrinsic Motivation: The Roles of Self-Determination, the Balance of Challenges and Skills, and Self-Realization Values

    Alan S. Waterman;Seth J. Schwartz;Edie Goldbacher;Hope Green

  • Doing Well: The Relationship of Identity Status to Three Conceptions of Well-Being

    Alan S. Waterman

  • Service-learning : Applications From the Research

    Alan S. Waterman

Frequent Co-Authors

Seth J. Schwartz
Seth J. Schwartz The University of Texas at Austin
Susan Krauss Whitbourne
Susan Krauss Whitbourne University of Massachusetts Amherst
Byron L. Zamboanga
Byron L. Zamboanga University of Arkansas at Fayetteville
Alexander T. Vazsonyi
Alexander T. Vazsonyi University of Kentucky
Sam A. Hardy
Sam A. Hardy Brigham Young University
Koen Luyckx
Koen Luyckx KU Leuven
M. Brent Donnellan
M. Brent Donnellan Michigan State University
Richard M. Lee
Richard M. Lee University of Minnesota
Robert S. Weisskirch
Robert S. Weisskirch California State University, Monterey Bay
Lindsay S. Ham
Lindsay S. Ham University of Arkansas at Fayetteville

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