2026 Constantine Sedikides: Psychology Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Psychology	129	177	154	31	26	636	59287

Research.com Recognitions

2026 - Research.com Psychology in United Kingdom Leader Award

Overview

Constantine Sedikides is primarily affiliated with the University of Southampton in the United Kingdom. Their research spans a wide range of topics within psychology and the social sciences, focusing particularly on social psychology and related subfields.

The main fields of study include:

Psychology
Social Sciences

The subfields of study cover:

Social Psychology
Sociology and Political Science
Clinical Psychology
Gender Studies
Literature and Literary Theory

Research topics frequently addressed by Constantine Sedikides involve:

Nostalgia and Consumer Behavior
Media, Gender, and Advertising
Media Influence and Health
Personality Traits and Psychology
Social and Intergroup Psychology
Social and Cultural Studies
Behavioral Health and Interventions

Their recent notable papers include:

"Adaptive and maladaptive behavior during the COVID-19 pandemic: The roles of Dark Triad traits, collective narcissism, and health beliefs" (2020), published in Personality and Individual Differences
"Awe motivates authentic-self pursuit via self-transcendence: Implications for prosociality." (2021), published in Journal of Personality and Social Psychology
"Time capsule: Nostalgia shields psychological wellbeing from limited time horizons." (2020), published in Emotion
"In Search of Narcissus" (2020), published in Trends in Cognitive Sciences
"Country-level correlates of the Dark Triad traits in 49 countries" (2020), published in Journal of Personality

Constantine Sedikides has frequently published in the following venues:

Journal of Personality
British Journal of Social Psychology
Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin
Personality and Individual Differences
Cognition & Emotion

Among frequent co-authors, the most notable collaborators include:

Tim Wildschut
Jarosław Piotrowski
Magdalena Żemojtel-Piotrowska
Nicholas J. Kelley
Peter K. Jonason

Best Publications

Nostalgia: Content, Triggers, Functions

Tim Wildschut;Constantine Sedikides;Jamie Arndt;Clay Routledge

1634
Citations
Self-Evaluation: To Thine Own Self Be Good, To Thine Own Self Be Sure, To Thine Own Self Be True, and To Thine Own Self be Better

Constantine Sedikides;Michael J. Strube

1586
Citations
Assessment, enhancement, and verification determinants of the self-evaluation process.

Constantine Sedikides

1282
Citations
Self-threat magnifies the self-serving bias: A meta-analytic integration.

W. Keith Campbell;Constantine Sedikides

1265
Citations
Narcissism, Self-Esteem, and the Positivity of Self-Views: Two Portraits of Self-Love

W. Keith Campbell;Eric A. Rudich;Constantine Sedikides

1230
Citations
Pancultural self-enhancement.

Constantine Sedikides;Lowell Gaertner;Yoshiyasu Toguchi

1212
Citations
Individual self,relational self,collective self

Constantine Sedikides;Marilynn B. Brewer

1170
Citations
Are Normal Narcissists Psychologically Healthy?: Self-Esteem Matters

Constantine Sedikides;Erich A. Rudich;Aiden P. Gregg;Madoka Kumashiro

1120
Citations
Self-Enhancement: Food for Thought.

Constantine Sedikides;Aiden P. Gregg

1067
Citations
Self-enhancement and self-protection: what they are and what they do

Mark D. Alicke;Constantine Sedikides

1063
Citations
Nostalgia Past, Present, and Future

Constantine Sedikides;Tim Wildschut;Jamie Arndt;Clay Routledge

808
Citations
Music-evoked nostalgia: affect, memory, and personality.

Frederick S. Barrett;Kevin J. Grimm;Richard W. Robins;Tim Wildschut

722
Citations
Counteracting Loneliness On the Restorative Function of Nostalgia

Xinyue Zhou;Constantine Sedikides;Tim Wildschut;Ding-Guo Gao

661
Citations
The past makes the present meaningful: nostalgia as an existential resource.

Clay Routledge;Jamie Arndt;Tim Wildschut;Constantine Sedikides

649
Citations
Narcissism and Comparative Self-Enhancement Strategies ☆

W.Keith Campbell;Glenn D. Reeder;Constantine Sedikides;Andrew J. Elliot

637
Citations
A blast from the past: The terror management function of nostalgia.

Clay Routledge;Jamie Arndt;Constantine Sedikides;Tim Wildschut

583
Citations
Odyssey's end: lay conceptions of nostalgia reflect its original Homeric meaning.

Erica G. Hepper;Timothy D. Ritchie;Constantine Sedikides;Tim Wildschut

563
Citations
Portraits of the self

Constantine Sedikides;Aiden P. Gregg

555
Citations
Out-group homogeneity effects in natural and minimal groups.

Thomas M. Ostrom;Constantine Sedikides

495
Citations
Pancultural self-enhancement reloaded: a meta-analytic reply to Heine (2005).

Constantine Sedikides;Lowell Gaertner;Jack L. Vevea

493
Citations
Intergroup Cognition and Intergroup Behavior

Constantine Sedikides;John Schopler;Chester A. Insko;Chester Insko

433
Citations
Handbook of self-enhancement and self-protection

Mark D. Alicke;Constantine Sedikides

335
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Tim Wildschut University of Southampton

Jochen E. Gebauer University of Mannheim

Lowell Gaertner University of Tennessee at Knoxville

Clay Routledge North Dakota State University

John J. Skowronski Northern Illinois University

Jamie Arndt University of Missouri

Huajian Cai University of Oklahoma

Marilynn B. Brewer The Ohio State University

David De Cremer National University of Singapore

W. Keith Campbell University of Georgia

External Links

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