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Howard Tennen 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 Howard Tennen sits on this spectrum.

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31 publications 705+

This scientist: 425 publications — 95th percentile

95% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Howard Tennen 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 Howard Tennen sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 144+

This scientist: 108 D-Index — 96th percentile

96% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Research.com Recognitions

  • 1987 - Fellow of the American Psychological Association (APA)

Overview

Howard Tennen is affiliated with the University of Connecticut in the United States. Their research primarily spans the fields of psychology and medicine, with substantial contributions in experimental and cognitive psychology, clinical psychology, epidemiology, applied psychology, and endocrinology, diabetes, and metabolism.

The scientific work of Howard Tennen covers multiple main topics that include:

  • Substance Abuse Treatment and Outcomes
  • Mental Health Research Topics
  • Behavioral Health and Interventions
  • Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development
  • Sleep and related disorders
  • Eating Disorders and Behaviors
  • Homelessness and Social Issues

Frequent publication venues for Tennen's work include:

  • Journal of Personality
  • Journal of Pain
  • Psychology of Addictive Behaviors
  • Addictive Behaviors
  • Substance Use & Misuse

Among recent papers authored or coauthored by Howard Tennen are:

  • Post-traumatic growth as positive personality change: Challenges, opportunities, and recommendations, 2020, Journal of Personality
  • The daily association between affect and alcohol use: A meta-analysis of individual participant data., 2023, Psychological Bulletin
  • Neuropsychological Assessments of Cognitive Impairment in Major Depressive Disorder: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis with Meta-Regression, 2024, Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics
  • Does negative emotion differentiation influence how people choose to regulate their distress after stressful events? A four-year daily diary study., 2021, Emotion
  • Daily stress predicts later drinking initiation via craving in heavier social drinkers: A prospective in-field daily diary study., 2022, Journal of Psychopathology and Clinical Science

Howard Tennen has collaborated frequently with several researchers, including:

  • Stephen Armeli
  • Hannah R. Hamilton
  • Chung Jung Mun
  • Jennifer A. Haythornthwaite
  • Patrick H. Finan

In 1987, Howard Tennen was recognized as a Fellow of the American Psychological Association (APA).

Best Publications

  • Construing benefits from adversity: Adaptational significance and dispositional underpinnings.

    Glenn Affleck;Howard Tennen

  • Health Psychology: Psychological Adjustment to Chronic Disease

    Annette L. Stanton;Tracey A. Revenson;Howard Tennen

  • Causal attribution, perceived benefits, and morbidity after a heart attack: An 8-year study.

    Glenn Affleck;Howard Tennen;Sydney Croog;Sol Levine

  • A daily process approach to coping. Linking theory, research, and practice.

    Howard Tennen;Glenn Affleck;Stephen Armeli;Margaret Anne Carney

  • Appraisals of control and predictability in adapting to a chronic disease.

    Glenn Affleck;Howard Tennen;Carol Pfeiffer;Judith Fifield

  • Does Self-Reported Posttraumatic Growth Reflect Genuine Positive Change?

    Patricia A Frazier;Howard Tennen;Margaret Gavian;Crystal Park

  • Sequential daily relations of sleep, pain intensity, and attention to pain among women with fibromyalgia.

    Glenn Affleck;Susan Urrows;Howard Tennen;Pamela Higgins

  • Comparison of Cognitive Behavioral and Mindfulness Meditation Interventions on Adaptation to Rheumatoid Arthritis for Patients With and Without History of Recurrent Depression

    Alex J. Zautra;Mary C. Davis;John W. Reich;Perry Nicassario

  • Benefit-finding and benefit-reminding.

    Howard Tennen;Glenn Affleck

  • Blaming others for threatening events.

    Howard Tennen;Glenn Affleck

  • Depression, self-esteem, and the absence of self-protective attributional biases

    Howard Tennen;Sharon Herzberger

  • Traumatic Events Among Undergraduate Students: Prevalence and Associated Symptoms

    Patricia A. Frazier;Samantha L. Anders;Sulani Perera;Patricia L. Tomich

  • Mood and alcohol consumption: an experience sampling test of the self-medication hypothesis.

    Joel D. Swendsen;Howard Tennen;Margaret Anne Carney;Glenn Affleck

  • Examinations of chronic pain and affect relationships: applications of a dynamic model of affect.

    Alex Zautra;Bruce Smith;Glenn Affleck;Howard Tennen

  • What lies beneath: Parenting style and implicit self-esteem.

    Tracy DeHart;Brett W. Pelham;Howard Tennen

  • The measurement structure of the Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression Scale.

    Sheehan Tj;Fifield J;Reisine S;Tennen H

  • Coping and cognitive factors in adaptation to in vitro fertilization failure.

    Mark D. Litt;Howard Tennen;Glenn Affleck;Susan Klock

  • Exploring thriving in the context of clinical trauma theory: Constructivist self development theory.

    Karen W. Saakvitne;Howard Tennen;Glenn Affleck

  • Experience Sampling Methods: A Modern Idiographic Approach to Personality Research

    Tamlin S. Conner;Howard Tennen;William Fleeson;Lisa Feldman Barrett

  • Dynamic Approaches to Emotions and Stress in Everyday Life: Bolger and Zuckerman Reloaded with Positive as Well as Negative Affects

    Alex J. Zautra;Glenn G. Affleck;Howard Tennen;John W. Reich

Frequent Co-Authors

Stephen Armeli
Stephen Armeli Fairleigh Dickinson University
Glenn Affleck
Glenn Affleck University of Connecticut Health Center
Henry R. Kranzler
Henry R. Kranzler University of Pennsylvania
Alex J. Zautra
Alex J. Zautra Arizona State University
Godfrey D. Pearlson
Godfrey D. Pearlson Yale University
Mary C. Davis
Mary C. Davis Arizona State University
Mark D. Litt
Mark D. Litt University of Connecticut Health Center
Michael J. Todd
Michael J. Todd Cornell University
Tamlin S. Conner
Tamlin S. Conner University of Otago
Bruce J. Rounsaville
Bruce J. Rounsaville Yale University

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