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Psychology D-index 50 Citations 18,660 114 World Ranking 3844 National Ranking 258

Overview

What is she best known for?

The fields of study she is best known for:

  • Social psychology
  • Cognition
  • Statistics

Elizabeth W. Dunn spends much of her time researching Social psychology, Happiness, Prosocial behavior, Well-being and Feeling. Her work on Social psychology is being expanded to include thematically relevant topics such as Developmental psychology. In the field of Happiness, her study on Subjective well-being overlaps with subjects such as Consumption.

Her Prosocial behavior research includes themes of Social play, Chemistry, Altruism, Fundamental human needs and Competence. Her research in Feeling intersects with topics in Introspection, Cognitive psychology, Recall, Consciousness and Cognition. Her Interpersonal ties research is multidisciplinary, incorporating perspectives in Helping behavior and Survey data collection.

Her most cited work include:

  • Estimating the reproducibility of psychological science (3492 citations)
  • Spending money on others promotes happiness. (834 citations)
  • Prosocial Spending and Well-Being: Cross-Cultural Evidence for a Psychological Universal (387 citations)

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

Her primary areas of study are Social psychology, Happiness, Prosocial behavior, Well-being and Feeling. Her Social psychology research is multidisciplinary, relying on both Developmental psychology and Social cognition. Her work deals with themes such as Savoring, Personality and Meaning, which intersect with Developmental psychology.

Her Happiness course of study focuses on Life satisfaction and Scarcity. Elizabeth W. Dunn has researched Prosocial behavior in several fields, including Test, Altruism, Survey data collection and Chemistry. Her work investigates the relationship between Interpersonal relationship and topics such as Social relation that intersect with problems in Similarity.

She most often published in these fields:

  • Social psychology (63.56%)
  • Happiness (44.92%)
  • Prosocial behavior (20.34%)

What were the highlights of her more recent work (between 2018-2021)?

  • Social psychology (63.56%)
  • Happiness (44.92%)
  • Prosocial behavior (20.34%)

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

Social psychology, Happiness, Prosocial behavior, Well-being and Value are her primary areas of study. The Affect research Elizabeth W. Dunn does as part of her general Social psychology study is frequently linked to other disciplines of science, such as Bayesian hypothesis testing, therefore creating a link between diverse domains of science. Elizabeth W. Dunn performs integrative study on Happiness and Socioeconomic status in her works.

Her study on Prosocial behavior is intertwined with other disciplines of science such as Generosity and Work. Her work focuses on many connections between Consumer behaviour and other disciplines, such as Psychological intervention, that overlap with her field of interest in Social support. Her biological study spans a wide range of topics, including Social relation and Feeling.

Between 2018 and 2021, her most popular works were:

  • Smartphones distract parents from cultivating feelings of connection when spending time with their children (29 citations)
  • Smartphones reduce smiles between strangers (21 citations)
  • Did Social Connection Decline During the First Wave of COVID-19?: The Role of Extraversion (13 citations)

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

  • Social psychology
  • Cognition
  • Statistics

Her primary scientific interests are in Internet privacy, Subjective well-being, Mobile computing, Feeling and Well-being. Elizabeth W. Dunn integrates Internet privacy and Printing press in her research. Elizabeth W. Dunn interconnects Social relation and Variety in the investigation of issues within Subjective well-being.

In her work, Elizabeth W. Dunn performs multidisciplinary research in Mobile computing and Connection. Her work carried out in the field of Feeling brings together such families of science as Developmental psychology, Face, Personality, Open data and Extraversion and introversion. Well-being is intertwined with Happiness, PsycINFO, Consumer behaviour, Prosocial behavior and Value in her study.

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Best Publications

Estimating the reproducibility of psychological science

Alexander A. Aarts;Joanna E. Anderson;Christopher J. Anderson;Peter R. Attridge;Peter R. Attridge.
Science (2015)

6501 Citations

Spending money on others promotes happiness.

Elizabeth W. Dunn;Lara B. Aknin;Michael I. Norton.
Science (2008)

2045 Citations

Prosocial Spending and Well-Being: Cross-Cultural Evidence for a Psychological Universal

Lara B. Aknin;Christopher P. Barrington-Leigh;Elizabeth W. Dunn;John F. Helliwell.
Journal of Personality and Social Psychology (2013)

834 Citations

Self-Knowledge: Its Limits, Value, and Potential for Improvement

Timothy D. Wilson;Elizabeth W. Dunn.
Annual Review of Psychology (2004)

802 Citations

If money doesn't make you happy, then you probably aren't spending it right

Elizabeth W. Dunn;Daniel T. Gilbert;Timothy D. Wilson.
Journal of Consumer Psychology (2011)

578 Citations

Happiness Runs in a Circular Motion: Evidence for a Positive Feedback Loop between Prosocial Spending and Happiness

Lara B. Aknin;Elizabeth W. Dunn;Michael I. Norton.
Journal of Happiness Studies (2012)

441 Citations

Social Interactions and Well-Being: The Surprising Power of Weak Ties

Gillian M. Sandstrom;Elizabeth W. Dunn.
Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin (2014)

395 Citations

Prosocial Spending and Happiness Using Money to Benefit Others Pays Off

Elizabeth W. Dunn;Lara B. Aknin;Michael Irwin Norton.
Current Directions in Psychological Science (2014)

376 Citations

Giving Leads to Happiness in Young Children

Lara B. Aknin;J. Kiley Hamlin;Elizabeth W. Dunn.
PLOS ONE (2012)

375 Citations

In Defense of Parenthood Children Are Associated With More Joy Than Misery

S. Katherine Nelson;Kostadin Kushlev;Tammy English;Elizabeth W. Dunn.
Psychological Science (2013)

373 Citations

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