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Ethan Kross is affiliated with the University of Michigan-Ann Arbor in the United States and has contributed extensively to research in psychology. Their work spans several main fields and subfields with a focus on social, applied, clinical psychology, and cognitive neuroscience.

The scientist's primary field of study is psychology, with 55 publications attributed to this area. More specifically, their subfields of interest include social psychology, sociology and political science, applied psychology, cognitive neuroscience, and clinical psychology.

The research topics explored by Ethan Kross encompass:

  • Impact of Technology on Adolescents
  • Behavioral Health and Interventions
  • Digital Mental Health Interventions
  • Social and Intergroup Psychology
  • Media Influence and Health
  • Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development
  • Cultural Differences and Values

Frequent publication venues for their work include:

  • International Journal of Psychophysiology
  • Scientific Reports
  • Clinical Psychological Science
  • Character Lab Tips
  • Trends in Cognitive Sciences

Significant recent papers authored by Ethan Kross are:

  • Social Media and Well-Being: Pitfalls, Progress, and Next Steps, 2020, Trends in Cognitive Sciences

Kross's frequent co-authors are:

  • Ariana Orvell
  • Jason S. Moser
  • Philippe Verduyn
  • Özlem Ayduk
  • Susan A. Gelman

Best Publications

  • Facebook use predicts declines in subjective well-being in young adults.

    Ethan Kross;Philippe Verduyn;Emre Demiralp;Jiyoung Park

  • Do Social Network Sites Enhance or Undermine Subjective Well‐Being? A Critical Review

    Philippe Verduyn;Philippe Verduyn;Oscar Ybarra;Maxime Résibois;John Jonides

  • Passive Facebook usage undermines affective well-being: Experimental and longitudinal evidence

    Philippe Verduyn;David Seungjae Lee;Jiyoung Park;Holly Shablack

  • Interacting with nature improves cognition and affect for individuals with depression

    Marc G. Berman;Ethan Kross;Katherine M. Krpan;Mary K. Askren

  • Social rejection shares somatosensory representations with physical pain

    Ethan Kross;Marc G. Berman;Walter Mischel;Edward E. Smith

  • When asking "why" does not hurt. Distinguishing rumination from reflective processing of negative emotions

    Ethan Kross;Ozlem Ayduk;Walter Mischel

  • ‘Willpower’ over the life span: decomposing self-regulation

    Walter Mischel;Ozlem Ayduk;Marc G. Berman;B. J. Casey

  • Prefrontal–striatal pathway underlies cognitive regulation of craving

    Hedy Kober;Peter Mende-Siedlecki;Ethan F. Kross;Jochen Weber

  • Depression, rumination and the default network

    Marc G. Berman;Scott Peltier;Derek Evan Nee;Ethan Kross

  • Facilitating Adaptive Emotional Analysis: Distinguishing Distanced-Analysis of Depressive Experiences From Immersed-Analysis and Distraction

    Ethan Kross;Ozlem Ayduk

  • Making Meaning out of Negative Experiences by Self-Distancing

    Ethan Kross;Ozlem Ayduk

  • From a distance: implications of spontaneous self-distancing for adaptive self-reflection.

    Özlem Ayduk;Ethan Kross

  • Self-talk as a regulatory mechanism: how you do it matters

    Ethan Kross;Emma Bruehlman-Senecal;Jiyoung Park;Aleah Burson

  • Coping with emotions past: the neural bases of regulating affect associated with negative autobiographical memories.

    Ethan Kross;Matthew Davidson;Jochen Weber;Kevin Ochsner

  • Social Media and Well-Being: Pitfalls, Progress, and Next Steps

    Ethan Kross;Philippe Verduyn;Gal Sheppes;Cory K. Costello

  • Social comparison on social networking sites

    Philippe Verduyn;Nino Gugushvili;Karlijn Massar;Karin Täht

  • Boosting wisdom: distance from the self enhances wise reasoning, attitudes, and behavior.

    Ethan Kross;Igor Grossmann

  • Separate neural representations for physical pain and social rejection

    Choong Wan Woo;Leonie Koban;Ethan Kross;Martin A. Lindquist

  • Neural Dynamics of Rejection Sensitivity

    Ethan Kross;Tobias Egner;Kevin Ochsner;Joy Hirsch

  • Exploring Solomon’s Paradox Self-Distancing Eliminates the Self-Other Asymmetry in Wise Reasoning About Close Relationships in Younger and Older Adults

    Igor Grossmann;Ethan Kross

Frequent Co-Authors

Ozlem Ayduk
Ozlem Ayduk University of California, Berkeley
John Jonides
John Jonides University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Philippe Verduyn
Philippe Verduyn Maastricht University
Marc G. Berman
Marc G. Berman University of Chicago
Patricia J. Deldin
Patricia J. Deldin University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Oscar Ybarra
Oscar Ybarra University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Walter Mischel
Walter Mischel Columbia University
Kevin N. Ochsner
Kevin N. Ochsner Columbia University
Jason S. Moser
Jason S. Moser Michigan State University
Susan A. Gelman
Susan A. Gelman University of Michigan–Ann Arbor

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