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2831
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Edward C. Chang publication distribution in Psychology in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Psychology in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Edward C. Chang sits on this spectrum.

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31 publications 705+

This scientist: 277 publications — 85th percentile

85% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 705 publications or more.

Edward C. Chang D-index placement in Psychology in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Psychology scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Edward C. Chang sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 144+

This scientist: 65 D-Index — 76th percentile

76% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 144 D-Index or more.

Overview

Edward C. Chang is affiliated with the University of Michigan-Ann Arbor in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on psychology, with significant contributions spanning social psychology, clinical psychology, applied psychology, experimental and cognitive psychology, and health.

The body of work by Edward C. Chang covers a range of topics within psychology, emphasizing areas such as:

  • Psychological Well-being and Life Satisfaction
  • Optimism, Hope, and Well-being
  • Resilience and Mental Health
  • Psychological and Temporal Perspectives Research
  • Suicide and Self-Harm Studies
  • Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development
  • Motivation and Self-Concept in Sports

Frequent publication venues for their work include:

  • Personality and Individual Differences
  • The Humanistic Psychologist
  • The Journal of Positive Psychology
  • Journal of Humanistic Psychology
  • Current Psychology

Edward C. Chang has collaborated regularly with several co-authors, including:

  • Olivia D. Chang
  • Nicolás Sánchez-Álvarez
  • Natalio Extremera
  • Lourdes Rey
  • Elizabeth A. Yu

Their recent papers demonstrate a focus on psychological well-being and social factors, including:

  • "Perceived Social Support Protects Lonely People Against COVID-19 Anxiety: A Three-Wave Longitudinal Study in China" (2020, Frontiers in Psychology)
  • "Relational meaning in life as a predictor of interpersonal well-being: A prospective analysis" (2020, Personality and Individual Differences)
  • "Frequency of Suicidal Ideation Inventory: Psychometric Properties of the Spanish Version" (2020, Psicothema)
  • "Loneliness, social problem solving, and negative affective symptoms: Negative problem orientation as a key mechanism" (2020, Personality and Individual Differences)
  • "Basic psychological needs and negative affective conditions in Chinese adolescents: Does coping still matter?" (2021, Personality and Individual Differences)

Edward C. Chang's research encompasses multiple quantitative and longitudinal methodologies within psychological science aimed at understanding interpersonal well-being, coping mechanisms, and mental health in diverse populations.

Best Publications

  • OPTIMISM AND PESSIMISM AS PARTIALLY INDEPENDENT CONSTRUCTS: RELATIONSHIP TO POSITIVE AND NEGATIVE AFFECTIVITY AND PSYCHOLOGICAL WELL-BEING

    Edward C. Chang;Albert Maydeu-Olivares;Thomas J. D'Zurilla

  • Hope, problem-solving ability, and coping in a college student population: some implications for theory and practice.

    Edward C. Chang

  • Cultural Differences in Optimism, Pessimism, and Coping: Predictors of Subsequent Adjustment in Asian American and Caucasian American College Students.

    Edward C. Chang

  • Dispositional optimism and primary and secondary appraisal of a stressor: Controlling for confounding influences and relations to coping and psychological and physical adjustment.

    Edward C. Chang

  • Assessing the dimensionality of optimism and pessimism using a multimeasure approach

    Edward C. Chang;Thomas J. D'Zurilla;Albert Maydeu-Olivares

  • Social problem-solving deficits and hopelessness, depression, and suicidal risk in college students and psychiatric inpatients

    Thomas J. D'Zurilla;Edward C. Chang;Edgar J. Nottingham;Lino Faccini

  • The positive psychology of negative thinking

    Julie K. Norem;Edward C. Chang

  • How Adaptive and Maladaptive Perfectionism Relate to Positive and Negative Psychological Functioning: Testing a Stress-Mediation Model in Black and White Female College Students.

    Edward C. Chang;Angela F. Watkins;Kira Hudson Banks

  • The relations between social problem solving and coping

    Thomas J. D'Zurilla;Edward C. Chang

  • Social problem solving: Theory, research, and training.

    Edward C. Chang;Thomas J. D'Zurilla;Lawrence J. Sanna

  • Perfectionism as a Predictor of Positive and Negative Psychological Outcomes: Examining a Mediation Model in Younger and Older Adults.

    Edward C. Chang

  • Optimism, pessimism, and positive and negative affectivity in middle-aged adults: a test of a cognitive-affective model of psychological adjustment

    Edward C. Chang;Lawrence J. Sanna

  • Cultural differences, perfectionism, and suicidal risk in a college population: Does social problem solving still matter?

    Edward C. Chang

  • The influence of hope on appraisals, coping, and dysphoria : A test of hope theory

    Edward C. Chang;Shawna L. DeSimone

  • Does dispositional optimism moderate the relation between perceived stress and psychological well-being?: a preliminary investigation

    Edward C. Chang

  • SELF-ESTEEM AND SOCIAL PROBLEM SOLVING AS PREDICTORS OF AGGRESSION IN COLLEGE STUDENTS

    Thomas J. D'zurilla;Edward C. Chang;Lawrence J. Sanna

  • Optimism and risk for job burnout among working college students: stress as a mediator

    Edward C Chang;Kevin L Rand;Daniel R Strunk

  • Perfectionism as a predictor of subsequent adjustment : Evidence for a specific diathesis-stress mechanism among college students

    Edward C. Chang;Kevin L. Rand

  • Optimism & pessimism: Implications for theory, research, and practice.

    Edward C. Chang

  • Cultural variations in optimistic and pessimistic bias: do Easterners really expect the worst and Westerners really expect the best when predicting future life events?

    Edward C. Chang;Kiyoshi Asakawa;Lawrence J. Sanna

Frequent Co-Authors

Jameson K. Hirsch
Jameson K. Hirsch East Tennessee State University
Lawrence J. Sanna
Lawrence J. Sanna University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Elizabeth L. Jeglic
Elizabeth L. Jeglic John Jay College of Criminal Justice
Thomas J. D'Zurilla
Thomas J. D'Zurilla Stony Brook University
Fuschia M. Sirois
Fuschia M. Sirois University of Sheffield
Shanmukh V. Kamble
Shanmukh V. Kamble Karnatak University
Frederick T. L. Leong
Frederick T. L. Leong Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen
Natalio Extremera
Natalio Extremera University of Malaga
Christopher Peterson
Christopher Peterson University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Nadine J. Kaslow
Nadine J. Kaslow Emory University

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