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Discipline name D-index D-index (Discipline H-index) only includes papers and citation values for an examined discipline in contrast to General H-index which accounts for publications across all disciplines. Citations Publications World Ranking National Ranking
Psychology D-index 100 Citations 79,580 271 World Ranking 403 National Ranking 267

Overview

What is he best known for?

The fields of study he is best known for:

  • Social psychology
  • Health care
  • Social science

His primary scientific interests are in Social psychology, Values in Action Inventory of Strengths, Explanatory style, Attributional style questionnaire and Attribution. His work in Social psychology is not limited to one particular discipline; it also encompasses Pessimism. The study incorporates disciplines such as Epistemology, Virtue, Morality, Gratitude and Zest in addition to Values in Action Inventory of Strengths.

He has researched Explanatory style in several fields, including Learned helplessness and Clinical psychology. As part of the same scientific family, Christopher Peterson usually focuses on Attributional style questionnaire, concentrating on Depressive symptoms and intersecting with Individual difference. His Happiness research is multidisciplinary, relying on both Human development, Development economics, Pleasure and Positive psychology.

His most cited work include:

  • Positive Psychology Progress: Empirical Validation of Interventions. (3463 citations)
  • Character Strengths and Virtues: A Handbook and Classification (3186 citations)
  • Grit: Perseverance and Passion for Long-Term Goals (2458 citations)

What are the main themes of his work throughout his whole career to date?

Christopher Peterson focuses on Social psychology, Developmental psychology, Health care, Clinical psychology and Positive psychology. His work in Happiness, Life satisfaction, Values in Action Inventory of Strengths, Personality and Explanatory style are all subfields of Social psychology research. His Life satisfaction research integrates issues from Well-being and Meaning.

In his research on the topic of Values in Action Inventory of Strengths, Zest, Curiosity and Big Five personality traits is strongly related with Gratitude. His study in Developmental psychology is interdisciplinary in nature, drawing from both Sample and Causality. His Clinical psychology research also works with subjects such as

  • Attribution that intertwine with fields like Learned helplessness,
  • Depressive symptoms which connect with Style.

He most often published in these fields:

  • Social psychology (34.29%)
  • Developmental psychology (16.00%)
  • Health care (16.57%)

What were the highlights of his more recent work (between 2016-2021)?

  • Epilepsy (17.71%)
  • Family medicine (10.29%)
  • Quality of life (6.86%)

In recent papers he was focusing on the following fields of study:

Epilepsy, Family medicine, Quality of life, Health care and Cohort are his primary areas of study. His Epilepsy study incorporates themes from Longitudinal study, Sample and Stigma. His Stigma research incorporates elements of Clinical psychology, Mood, Anxiety, Multilevel model and Depression.

Christopher Peterson combines subjects such as Emergency department, Attendance and Cohort study with his study of Family medicine. His work on Health policy as part of general Health care study is frequently linked to Pretext, Equity and Economic cost, therefore connecting diverse disciplines of science. His Psychiatry study combines topics in areas such as Polypharmacy and General practice.

Between 2016 and 2021, his most popular works were:

  • Health and disease—emergent states resulting from adaptive social and biological network interactions (23 citations)
  • Occupational health and safety: international influences and the "new" epidemics. (11 citations)
  • 'I hate wasting the hospital's time': Experiences of emergency department admissions of Australian people with epilepsy. (7 citations)

In his most recent research, the most cited papers focused on:

  • Social psychology
  • Health care
  • Social science

Christopher Peterson mainly focuses on Sociology of health and illness, Public relations, Health care, Epilepsy and Cohort study. Christopher Peterson has included themes like Sociological imagination, Sociological theory, Social environment, Social system and Competence in his Sociology of health and illness study. The various areas that Christopher Peterson examines in his Public relations study include Mental health, Health informatics, Health policy and Social isolation.

His Health care study frequently draws parallels with other fields, such as Psychosocial. His Epilepsy research is multidisciplinary, incorporating perspectives in Physical therapy, Older people, Polycythaemia and Intensive care medicine. His Cohort study research is multidisciplinary, incorporating elements of Emergency department, Cohort, Family medicine and Attendance.

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Best Publications

Character Strengths and Virtues: A Handbook and Classification

Christopher Peterson;Martin E. P. Seligman.
(2004)

11963 Citations

Positive Psychology Progress: Empirical Validation of Interventions.

Martin E. P. Seligman;Tracy A. Steen;Nansook Park;Christopher Peterson.
American Psychologist (2005)

8815 Citations

Grit: Perseverance and Passion for Long-Term Goals

Angela L. Duckworth;Christopher Peterson;Michael D. Matthews;Dennis R. Kelly.
Journal of Personality and Social Psychology (2007)

7049 Citations

The attributional Style Questionnaire

Christopher Peterson;Amy Semmel;Carl L. von Baeyer;Lyn Y. Abramson.
Cognitive Therapy and Research (1982)

3210 Citations

Causal explanations as a risk factor for depression: Theory and evidence.

Christopher Peterson;Martin E. Seligman.
Psychological Review (1984)

3011 Citations

The future of optimism.

Christopher Peterson.
American Psychologist (2000)

2779 Citations

STRENGTHS OF CHARACTER AND WELL-BEING

Nansook Park;Christopher Peterson;Martin E. P. Seligman.
Journal of Social and Clinical Psychology (2004)

2757 Citations

A Primer in Positive Psychology

Christopher Peterson.
(2006)

2470 Citations

Learned Helplessness: A Theory for the Age of Personal Control

Christopher Peterson;Steven F. Maier;Martin E. P. Seligman.
(1993)

2305 Citations

Orientations to happiness and life satisfaction: The full life versus the empty life.

Christopher Peterson;Nansook Park;Martin E. P. Seligman.
Journal of Happiness Studies (2005)

2135 Citations

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