2026 Jefferson A. Singer: Psychology Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Psychology	35	9687	9063	5110	4663	87	9695

Overview

Jefferson A. Singer is affiliated with Connecticut College in the United States and specializes in the field of Psychology, with a research focus spanning 25 publications across related areas. Their work prominently covers subfields such as Developmental and Educational Psychology, Sociology and Political Science, Clinical Psychology, Experimental and Cognitive Psychology, and Social Psychology.

The main topics of their research include:

Identity, Memory, and Therapy
Family Support in Illness
Counseling, Therapy, and Family Dynamics
Cognitive Abilities and Testing
Social Representations and Identity
Cancer-related cognitive impairment studies
Early Childhood Education and Development

Jefferson A. Singer's recent published papers illustrate the variety and focus of their scholarly contributions. These papers include:

"Self-defining memories-Narrative features in relation to adaptive and maladaptive personality traits (replication and extension of Blagov & Singer, 2004)" (2021), published in the Journal of Personality
"Psychobiographies of social change agents: Introduction to the Special Issue" (2022), published in the Journal of Personality
"A Cross-Cultural Study of Self-Defining Memories in Chinese and American College Students" (2021), published in Frontiers in Psychology
"Narrative Identity in a Digital Age: What are the Human Risks?" (2020), published in Psychological Inquiry
"The Role and Function of Autobiographical Memory Narratives during the Emotional Processing of Breast Cancer Treatment: An Empirically-Derived Memory Coding System" (2023), published in the International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health

Their frequent co-authors include:

Maria Luisa Martino
Maria Francesca Freda
Pavel S. Blagov
Kathryn M. Oost
Joshua A. Goodman

Jefferson A. Singer has contributed multiple publications to notable venues such as the Journal of Personality, Frontiers in Psychology, the Journal of Applied Research in Memory and Cognition, Clio's Psyche, and Psychological Inquiry.

Best Publications

The Self and Autobiographical Memory: Correspondence and Coherence

Martin A. Conway;Jefferson A. Singer;Angela Tagini

1306
Citations
Narrative Identity and Meaning Making Across the Adult Lifespan: An Introduction

Jefferson A. Singer

1133
Citations
Cardiovascular Differentiation of Happiness, Sadness, Anger, and Fear Following Imagery and Exercise

Gary E. Schwartz;Daniel A. Weinberger;Jefferson A. Singer

767
Citations
The Remembered Self: Emotion and Memory in Personality

Jefferson A. Singer;Peter Salovey

668
Citations
Mood and memory: Evaluating the network theory of affect

Jefferson A. Singer;Peter Salovey

588
Citations
Four Dimensions of Self‐Defining Memories (Specificity, Meaning, Content, and Affect) and Their Relationships to Self‐Restraint, Distress, and Repressive Defensiveness

Pavel S. Blagov;Jefferson A. Singer

585
Citations
The Myth of Individualism-Collectivism: A Critical Review

Maxim Voronov;Jefferson A. Singer

456
Citations
Self‐Defining Memories, Scripts, and the Life Story: Narrative Identity in Personality and Psychotherapy

Jefferson A. Singer;Pavel Blagov;Meredith Berry;Kathryn M. Oost

402
Citations
Mood Regulation and Memory: Repairing Sad Moods with Happy Memories

Braden R. Josephson;Jefferson A. Singer;Peter Salovey

344
Citations
An Experimental Investigation of Specificity and Generality in Memory Narratives

Jefferson A. Singer;Kathie Halbach Moffitt

288
Citations
Older, wiser, and happier? Comparing older adults' and college students' self-defining memories.

Jefferson Singer;Blerim Rexhaj;Jenna Baddeley

248
Citations
The Integrative Function of Narrative Processing: Autobiographical Memory, Self-Defining Memories, and the Life Story of Identity

Jefferson A. Singer;Pavel Blagov

217
Citations
New perspectives on autobiographical memory: The integration of narrative processing and autobiographical reasoning.

Jefferson A. Singer;Susan Bluck

214
Citations
Continuity in the Life Story: Self-Defining Memories, Affect, and Approach/Avoidance Personal Strivings

Kathie Halbach Moffitt;Jefferson A. Singer

200
Citations
Personality and Psychotherapy: Treating the Whole Person

Jefferson A. Singer

192
Citations
Message in a Bottle: Stories of Men and Addiction

Jefferson A. Singer

139
Citations
The remembered self

Jefferson A. Singer

113
Citations
Depression and memory narrative type.

Kathie Halbach Moffitt;Jefferson A. Singer;Denise W. Nelligan;Myrna A. Carlson

113
Citations
Affective Responses to Autobiographical Memories and Their Relationship to Long‐Term Goals

Jefferson A. Singer

108
Citations
Racial identity of children in integrated, predominantly white, and black schools.

Susanne E. Dutton;Jefferson A. Singer;Ann Sloan Devlin

101
Citations
Thought Flow: Properties and Mechanisms Underlying Shifts in Content

Jefferson A. Singer;Peter Salovey

6
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Peter Salovey Yale University

Clifford J. Mallett University of Queensland

Martin A. Conway City, University of London

Jerome L. Singer Yale University

Theodore R. Sarbin University of California, Santa Cruz

Laura A. King University of Missouri

Gary E. Schwartz University of Arizona

Joan C. Chrisler Connecticut College

Melanie C. Green University at Buffalo, State University of New York

Susan Bluck University of Florida

External Links

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