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Dan P. McAdams

Northwestern University
United States

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Discipline name Citations Publications World Ranking National Ranking

Psychology D-index 87 Citations 37,396 298 World Ranking 743 National Ranking 478

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Awards & Achievements

1996 - Fellow of the American Psychological Association (APA)

Overview

What is he best known for?

The fields of study he is best known for:

Social psychology
Law
Social science

Dan P. McAdams spends much of his time researching Social psychology, Narrative, Personality, Developmental psychology and Personality development. His Social psychology research incorporates elements of Cognitive psychology, Personal development and Action. His Narrative study integrates concerns from other disciplines, such as Epistemology, Self and Psychoanalysis.

His Personality research is multidisciplinary, relying on both Self-concept and Autobiographical memory. His work carried out in the field of Developmental psychology brings together such families of science as Well-being and Happiness. His research in Personality development intersects with topics in Young adult, Personality Assessment Inventory, Personal identity and Psychometrics.

His most cited work include:

Explorations in Personality (1768 citations)
The Stories We Live By: Personal Myths and the Making of the Self (1642 citations)
The psychology of life stories. (1447 citations)

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

His primary scientific interests are in Social psychology, Narrative, Personality, Developmental psychology and Psychoanalysis. Social psychology is closely attributed to Meaning in his research. His study looks at the relationship between Narrative and topics such as Aesthetics, which overlap with Literature.

His Personality research integrates issues from Epistemology and Autobiographical memory. His Developmental psychology study frequently draws parallels with other fields, such as Psychosocial. The various areas that he examines in his Personality development study include Cognitive psychology and Personal identity.

He most often published in these fields:

Social psychology (43.38%)
Narrative (30.46%)
Personality (28.31%)

What were the highlights of his more recent work (between 2012-2021)?

Narrative (30.46%)
Social psychology (43.38%)
Personality (28.31%)

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

Dan P. McAdams spends much of his time researching Narrative, Social psychology, Personality, Developmental psychology and Narrative identity. His biological study spans a wide range of topics, including Identity, Aesthetics, Self-concept, Meaning and Life course approach. His Social psychology study combines topics in areas such as Meaning-making and Well-being.

Dan P. McAdams combines subjects such as Cognitive psychology and Autobiographical memory with his study of Personality. His work in the fields of Developmental psychology, such as Erikson's stages of psychosocial development, overlaps with other areas such as Trait. His Narrative identity research integrates issues from Epistemology, Feeling, Attachment theory and Storytelling.

Between 2012 and 2021, his most popular works were:

The Psychological Self as Actor, Agent, and Author. (261 citations)
Core and Surface Characteristics for the Description and Theory of Personality Differences and Development (111 citations)
Research Methods for Studying Narrative Identity: A Primer (99 citations)

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Best Publications

The Stories We Live By: Personal Myths and the Making of the Self

Dan P. McAdams.
(1997)

2793 Citations

Explorations in Personality

Henry A. Murray;Dan P. McAdams.
(2007)

2784 Citations

The psychology of life stories.

Dan P. McAdams.
Review of General Psychology (2001)

2546 Citations

A new Big Five: fundamental principles for an integrative science of personality.

Dan P. McAdams;Jennifer L. Pals.
American Psychologist (2006)

2015 Citations

Personality, Modernity, and the Storied Self: A Contemporary Framework for Studying Persons

Dan P. McAdams.
Psychological Inquiry (1996)

1356 Citations

Power, Intimacy, and the Life Story: Personological Inquiries into Identity

Dan P. McAdams.
(1985)

1341 Citations

A theory of generativity and its assessment through self-report, behavioral acts, and narrative themes in autobiography.

Dan P. McAdams;Ed de St. Aubin.
Journal of Personality and Social Psychology (1992)

1336 Citations

What Do We Know When We Know a Person

Dan P. McAdams.
Journal of Personality (1995)

1133 Citations

The redemptive self : stories Americans live by

Dan P. McAdams.
(2005)

878 Citations

When Bad Things Turn Good and Good Things Turn Bad: Sequences of Redemption and Contamination in Life Narrative and their Relation to Psychosocial Adaptation in Midlife Adults and in Students

Dan P. McAdams;Jeffrey Reynolds;Martha Lewis;Allison H. Patten.
Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin (2001)

851 Citations

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