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Eranda Jayawickreme 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 Eranda Jayawickreme sits on this spectrum.

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31 publications 705+

This scientist: 139 publications — 43rd percentile

43% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Eranda Jayawickreme 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 Eranda Jayawickreme sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 144+

This scientist: 34 D-Index — 13th percentile

13% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Eranda Jayawickreme is affiliated with Wake Forest University in the United States and focuses primarily on the field of psychology. Their research spans multiple subfields, including clinical psychology, social psychology, applied psychology, experimental and cognitive psychology, and developmental and educational psychology.

Their work addresses a range of topics within psychological science, with particular interest in posttraumatic stress disorder research, resilience and mental health, personality traits and psychology, optimism, hope, and well-being, identity, memory, and therapy, mental health research topics, and psychological well-being and life satisfaction.

Jayawickreme has contributed research articles to several publication venues frequently, including:

  • European Journal of Personality
  • The Journal of Positive Psychology
  • Journal of Personality
  • SSM - Mental Health
  • Journal of Research in Personality

Notable recent papers authored or co-authored by Jayawickreme include:

  • Post-traumatic growth as positive personality change: Challenges, opportunities, and recommendations (2020) published in Journal of Personality
  • Personality dynamics (2021) published in Personality Science

Jayawickreme has also worked closely with a number of frequent co-authors, such as William Fleeson, Laura E. R. Blackie, R. Michael Furr, Nuwan Jayawickreme, and Frank J. Infurna, reflecting collaborative efforts within the field.

In addition to research articles, Jayawickreme has authored a book titled Redesigning Research on Post-Traumatic Growth, published in 2021 by Oxford University Press.

Best Publications

  • Doing the right thing: Measuring wellbeing for public policy

    Marie J. C. Forgeard;Eranda Jayawickreme;Margaret L. Kern;Martin E. P. Seligman

  • Whole Trait Theory

    William Fleeson;Eranda Jayawickreme

  • Post‐traumatic Growth as Positive Personality Change: Evidence, Controversies and Future Directions

    Eranda Jayawickreme;Laura E. R. Blackie

  • The engine of well-being.

    Eranda Jayawickreme;Marie J. C. Forgeard;Martin E. P. Seligman

  • Integrating Personality Structure, Personality Process, and Personality Development:

    Anna Baumert;Anna Baumert;Manfred Schmitt;Marco Perugini;Wendy Johnson

  • Post-traumatic growth as positive personality change: Challenges, opportunities, and recommendations.

    Eranda Jayawickreme;Frank J. Infurna;Kinan Alajak;Laura E.R. Blackie

  • Meaning and Health: A Systematic Review

    Ann Marie Roepke;Eranda Jayawickreme;Olivia M. Riffle

  • Predictors and consequences of intellectual humility

    Unknown

  • Fixing the Growth Illusion: New Directions for Research in Resilience and Posttraumatic Growth:

    Frank J. Infurna;Eranda Jayawickreme

  • Whole Trait Theory: An integrative approach to examining personality structure and process

    Eranda Jayawickreme;Corinne E. Zachry;William Fleeson

  • Character: The Prospects for a Personality-Based Perspective on Morality

    William Fleeson;R. Michael Furr;Eranda Jayawickreme;Peter Meindl

  • Virtuous states and virtuous traits: How the empirical evidence regarding the existence of broad traits saves virtue ethics from the situationist critique:

    Eranda Jayawickreme;Peter Meindl;Erik G. Helzer;R. Michael Furr

  • Clarifying the Content of Intellectual Humility: A Systematic Review and Integrative Framework.

    Tenelle Porter;Chayce R. Baldwin;Michael T. Warren;Elise D. Murray

  • How Can We Study Heroism? Integrating Persons, Situations and Communities

    Eranda Jayawickreme;Paul Di Stefano

  • Morality as a Basic Psychological Need

    Mike Prentice;Eranda Jayawickreme;Ashley Hawkins;Anna Hartley

  • Contextual positive coping as a factor contributing to resilience after disasters

    Elaine Z. Shing;Eranda Jayawickreme;Christian E. Waugh

  • The protective function of personal growth initiative among a genocide-affected population in Rwanda

    Laura E. R. Blackie;Eranda Jayawickreme;Marie J. C. Forgeard;Nuwan Jayawickreme

  • A foundation beam for studying morality from a personological point of view: Are individual differences in moral behaviors and thoughts consistent?☆

    Peter Meindl;Eranda Jayawickreme;R. Michael Furr;William Fleeson

  • Post-traumatic growth as positive personality change: developing a measure to assess within-person variability

    Laura E.R. Blackie;Laura E.R. Blackie;Eranda Jayawickreme;Eli Tsukayama;Marie J.C. Forgeard

  • Act Well to Be Well: The Promise of Changing Personality States to Promote Well‐Being

    Laura E. R. Blackie;Ann Marie Roepke;Marie J. C. Forgeard;Eranda Jayawickreme

  • Post-conflict struggles as networks of problems: A network analysis of trauma, daily stressors and psychological distress among Sri Lankan war survivors

    Nuwan Jayawickreme;Candace Mootoo;Christine Fountain;Andrew Rasmussen

  • Morality as a basic psychological need : Preliminary evidence

    Eranda Jayawickreme;Mike Prentice;William Fleeson

Frequent Co-Authors

William Fleeson
William Fleeson Wake Forest University
R. Michael Furr
R. Michael Furr Wake Forest University
Edna B. Foa
Edna B. Foa University of Pennsylvania
Frank J. Infurna
Frank J. Infurna Arizona State University
Brent W. Roberts
Brent W. Roberts University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Wendy Johnson
Wendy Johnson University of Edinburgh
Manfred Schmitt
Manfred Schmitt University of Koblenz and Landau
Martin E. P. Seligman
Martin E. P. Seligman University of Pennsylvania
Michael D. Robinson
Michael D. Robinson North Dakota State University
Marco Perugini
Marco Perugini University of Milano-Bicocca

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