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Overview

James E. Maddux is affiliated with George Mason University in the United States. Their research spans multiple domains with a significant focus on environmental science and psychology.

The scientist's recent publications include:

  • Quantifying Long-Term Seasonal and Regional Impacts of North American Fire Activity on Continental Boundary Layer Aerosols and Cloud Condensation Nuclei (2020, Earth and Space Science)
  • Issue Information (2020, Journal of Applied Social Psychology)
  • Issue Information (2020, Journal of Applied Social Psychology)
  • Issue Information (2023, Journal of Applied Social Psychology)
  • Mental Health and Self-Esteem (2025, The Wiley Blackwell Encyclopedia of Health, Illness, Behavior, and Society)

Their frequent coauthors include:

  • Richard Crisp
  • Nancy E. Adler
  • Bárbara Anderson
  • Lisa G. Aspinwall
  • Robert A. Baron

James E. Maddux has contributed multiple works to a variety of publication venues, with the most frequent being:

  • Journal of Applied Social Psychology
  • Earth and Space Science
  • The Wiley Blackwell Encyclopedia of Health, Illness, Behavior, and Society

Their interdisciplinary research encompasses several subfields of study, notably:

  • Global and Planetary Change
  • Atmospheric Science
  • Music

Main topics of their scholarly work include:

  • Atmospheric aerosols and clouds
  • Fire effects on ecosystems
  • Atmospheric chemistry and aerosols
  • Diverse Music Education Insights

Best Publications

  • The Self-Efficacy Scale: Construction and Validation:

    Mark Sherer;James E. Maddux;Blaise Mercandante;Steven Prentice-Dunn

  • Protection motivation and self-efficacy: A revised theory of fear appeals and attitude change

    James E Maddux;Ronald W Rogers

  • Self-efficacy, adaptation, and adjustment: Theory, research, and application.

    James E. Maddux

  • Effects of source expertness, physical attractiveness, and supporting arguments on persuasion: A case of brains over beauty.

    James E. Maddux;Ronald W. Rogers

  • Self-efficacy: The power of believing you can

    James E. Maddux

  • Self-Efficacy Theory

    James E. Maddux

  • Self-efficacy expectancy and outcome expectancy: Their relationship and their effects on behavioral intentions

    James E. Maddux;Mark Sherer;Ronald W. Rogers

  • Self-efficacy expectancy, outcome expectancy, and outcome value: Relative effects on behavioral intentions.

    James E. Maddux;Larry W. Norton;Cal D. Stoltenberg

  • Relative contributions of protection motivation theory components in predicting exercise intentions and behavior.

    Sandy K. Wurtele;James E. Maddux

  • Social Cognitive Psychology: History and Current Domains

    David F. Barone;James E. Maddux;C. R. Snyder

  • Social cognitive models of health and exercise behavior: An introduction and review of conceptual issues

    James E. Maddux

  • SHAME-PRONENESS, GUILT-PRONENESS, AND INTERPERSONAL PROBLEM SOLVING: A SOCIAL COGNITIVE ANALYSIS

    Michelle Vowell Covert;June Price Tangney;James E. Maddux;Nancy M. Heleno

  • Self-Efficacy Theory in Contemporary Psychology: An Overview

    James E. Maddux;Melinda A. Stanley

  • Self-Efficacy and Depression

    James E. Maddux;Lisa J. Meier

  • Cognitive Processes in Health Enhancement: Investigation of a Combined Protection Motivation and Self-Efficacy Model

    Melinda A. Stanley;James E. Maddux

  • Predictors of Psychological Help Seeking in Clinical and Counseling Psychology Graduate Students.

    Ronda L. Dearing;James E. Maddux;June Price Tangney

  • Cognitive Components of Social Anxiety: An Investigation of the Integration of Self-Presentation Theory and Self-Efficacy Theory

    James E. Maddux;Larry W. Norton;Mark R. Leary

  • Expectancies and the social–cognitive perspective: Basic principles, processes, and variables.

    James E. Maddux

  • Self-Efficacy and Healthy Behavior

    James E. Maddux;Lawrence Brawley;Angela Boykin

  • Social psychological foundations of clinical psychology

    James E. Maddux;June Price Tangney

  • Psychopathology: Foundations for a Contemporary Understanding

    James E. Maddux;Barbara A. Winstead

  • Self-Efficacy: A Foundational Concept for Positive Clinical Psychology

    James E. Maddux;Evan M. Kleiman

Frequent Co-Authors

C. R. Snyder
C. R. Snyder University of Kansas
Ronald W. Rogers
Ronald W. Rogers University of Alabama
Barbara A. Winstead
Barbara A. Winstead Old Dominion University
Michael C. Roberts
Michael C. Roberts University of Kansas
John H. Harvey
John H. Harvey University of Iowa
June P. Tangney
June P. Tangney George Mason University
Mark R. Leary
Mark R. Leary Duke University
Shane J. Lopez
Shane J. Lopez University of Kansas
John H. Riskind
John H. Riskind George Mason University
Gifford Weary
Gifford Weary The Ohio State University

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