2026 Daniel K. Lapsley: Psychology Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Psychology	57	3992	3680	2239	2016	144	15015

Discipline name

D-Index

World Ranking

Current World Ranking

National Ranking

Current National Ranking

Publications

Citations

Psychology

3992

3680

2239

2016

144

15015

Overview

Daniel K. Lapsley is affiliated with the University of Notre Dame in the United States. Their research primarily lies within the social sciences, with particular focus on education and psychology.

They have contributed to several recent publications, including:

Post-truth and science identity: A virtue-based approach to science education (2020) published in Educational Psychologist
Editorial: Promoting a kinder and more just world: the development of prosocial, moral, and social justice behaviors in adolescence (2025) published in Frontiers in Developmental Psychology

Their work has been published frequently in the following venues:

Educational Psychologist
Frontiers in Developmental Psychology

Co-authors who have collaborated with Lapsley on multiple occasions include:

Darcia Narváez
Katheryn Kelley
F. Clark Power
Dominic T. Chaloner
Emily LaPorte

Lapsley's main fields of study encompass Social Sciences, Health Professions, and Psychology. Their subfields of concentration include:

Education
General Health Professions
Social Psychology
Philosophy
Psychiatry and Mental Health

The main topics addressed in their research cover:

Education and Critical Thinking Development
Hermeneutics and Narrative Identity
Aging, Elder Care, and Social Issues
Health, Medicine and Society
Empathy and Medical Education
Misinformation and Its Impacts
Leadership, Courage, and Heroism Studies

Best Publications

Moral Identity and Developmental Theory

Daniel Lapsley

1834
Citations
Purpose, hope, and life satisfaction in three age groups

Kendall Cotton Bronk;Patrick L. Hill;Daniel K. Lapsley;Tasneem L. Talib

786
Citations
Adolescent Attachment, Identity, and Adjustment to College: Implications for the Continuity of Adaptation Hypothesis

Daniel K. Lapsley;Kenneth G. Rice;David P. FitzGerald

621
Citations
Psychological separation and adjustment to college.

Daniel K. Lapsley;Kenneth G. Rice;Gregory E. Shadid

491
Citations
Separation-individuation, family cohesion, and adjustment to college: Measurement validation and test of a theoretical model.

Kenneth G. Rice;David A. Cole;Daniel K. Lapsley

407
Citations
Separation-individuation, adult attachment style, and college adjustment.

Daniel K. Lapsley;Jason Edgerton

393
Citations
The Psychological Foundations of Everyday Morality and Moral Expertise.

Darcia Narvaez;Daniel K. Lapsley

361
Citations
A Social–Cognitive Approach to the Moral Personality

Daniel K. Lapsley;Darcia Narvaez

358
Citations
Prototypic Moral Character

Daniel K. Lapsley;Benjamin Lasky

306
Citations
Moral development, self, and identity.

Daniel K. Lapsley;Darcia Narvaez

288
Citations
Rationality in psychological research: The good-enough principle.

Ronald C. Serlin;Daniel K. Lapsley

287
Citations
TEACHING MORAL CHARACTER: TWO ALTERNATIVES FOR TEACHER EDUCATION

Darcia Narvaez;Daniel K. Lapsley

274
Citations
Self, ego, and identity : integrative approaches

Daniel K. Lapsley;F. Clark Power

255
Citations
Moral chronicity and social information processing: Tests of a social cognitive approach to the moral personality

Darcia Narvaez;Daniel K. Lapsley;Scott Hagele;Benjamin Lasky

244
Citations
Adolescent egocentrism-sociocentrism and self-consciousness.

Robert D. Enright;Diane G. Shukla;Daniel K. Lapsley

219
Citations
Moral stage theory.

Daniel K. Lapsley

219
Citations
Toward an integrated theory of adolescent ego development: the "new look" at adolescent egocentrism.

Daniel K. Lapsley

211
Citations
Collegiate purpose orientations and well-being in early and middle adulthood

Patrick L. Hill;Anthony L. Burrow;Jay W. Brandenberger;Daniel K. Lapsley

206
Citations
An Empirical Typology of Perfectionism in Gifted Adolescents

Felicia A. Dixon;Daniel K. Lapsley;Timothy A. Hanchon

198
Citations
Personality, identity, and character: Explorations in moral psychology.

Darcia Narvaez;Daniel K. Lapsley

176
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Robert D. Enright University of Wisconsin–Madison

Patrick L. Hill Washington University in St. Louis

Darcia Narvaez University of Notre Dame

Kenneth G. Rice Georgia State University

David S. Yeager The University of Texas at Austin

Anthony L. Burrow Cornell University

James R. Brockmole University of Notre Dame

Gustavo Carlo University of California, Irvine

David A. Cole Vanderbilt University

Brent W. Roberts University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

External Links

Personal website of Daniel K. Lapsley

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