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Karen Hooker 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 Karen Hooker sits on this spectrum.

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31 publications 705+

This scientist: 116 publications — 30th percentile

30% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Karen Hooker 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 Karen Hooker sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 144+

This scientist: 38 D-Index — 24th percentile

24% 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

  • 1996 - Fellow of the American Psychological Association (APA)

Overview

Karen Hooker is affiliated with Oregon State University in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on the fields of psychology and social sciences, with specific attention to neuropsychology and physiological psychology, health, social psychology, experimental and cognitive psychology, and general health professions.

The scientist's work covers several main topics, including aging and gerontology research, health disparities and outcomes, psychological well-being and life satisfaction, psychological and temporal perspectives research, mental health research topics, cardiovascular health and risk factors, and optimism, hope, and well-being.

Frequent coauthors collaborating with Karen Hooker include Shelbie Turner, Robert S. Stawski, Shannon E. Jarrott, Dakota Witzel, and Richard A. Settersten.

Karen Hooker has published extensively in various academic venues. The most frequent publication venues are Innovation in Aging, The Journals of Gerontology Series B, Aging & Mental Health, Gerontechnology, and The Journals of Gerontology Series A.

Some recent papers authored or coauthored by Karen Hooker are listed below:

  • Trends in Cardiovascular Disease by Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander Ethnicity, Medicare Health Outcomes Survey 2011-2015 (2021), The Journals of Gerontology Series A
  • Are Thoughts About the Future Associated With Perceptions in the Present?: Optimism, Possible Selves, and Self-Perceptions of Aging (2020), The International Journal of Aging and Human Development
  • Self-Perceptions of Aging: Factorial Structure and Invariance by Gender (2020), The Gerontologist
  • Muscle power predicts frailty status over four years: A retrospective cohort study of the National Health and Aging Trends Study (2023), Journal of Frailty Sarcopenia and Falls
  • Self-Perceptions of Aging Moderate Associations of Within- and Between-Persons Perceived Stress and Physical Health Symptoms (2021), The Journals of Gerontology Series B

In 1996, Karen Hooker was recognized as a Fellow of the American Psychological Association (APA), an acknowledgment within the professional community.

Best Publications

  • Mental and physical health of spouse caregivers: the role of personality.

    Karen Hooker;Deborah Monahan;Kim Shifren;Cheryl Hutchinson

  • Personality Counts for a Lot: Predictors of Mental and Physical Health of Spouse Caregivers in Two Disease Groups

    Karen Hooker;Deborah J. Monahan;Sally R. Bowman;Leslie D. Frazier

  • Personality and Coping Among Caregivers of Spouses With Dementia

    Karen Hooker;Leslie D. Frazier;Deborah J. Monahan

  • Personality Reconsidered: A New Agenda for Aging Research

    Karen Hooker;Dan P. McAdams

  • Trust, health, and longevity.

    John C. Barefoot;Kimberly E. Maynard;Jean C. Beckham;Beverly H. Brummett

  • Family Rituals in the Early Stages of Parenthood.

    Barbara H. Fiese;Karen A. Hooker;Lisa Kotary;Janet Schwagler

  • Health-related possible selves in young and middle adulthood.

    Karen Hooker;Cheryl R. Kaus

  • Possible selves and perceived health in older adults and college students.

    Karen Hooker

  • Behavioral Change in Persons With Dementia Relationships With Mental and Physical Health of Caregivers

    Karen Hooker;Sally R. Bowman;Deborah Padgett Coehlo;Shana Rae Lim

  • Continuity and Change in Possible Selves in Later Life: A 5-Year Longitudinal Study

    Leslie D. Frazier;Karen Hooker;Paulette M. Johnson;Cheryl R. Kaus

  • Perceived Changes in Life Meaning following Bereavement

    Sarah Edmonds;Karen Hooker

  • Does Type of Disease Matter? Gender Differences Among Alzheimer's and Parkinson's Disease Spouse Caregivers

    Karen Hooker;Margaret Manoogian-O'Dell;Deborah J. Monahan;Leslie D. Frazier

  • Temperament, perceived competence, and depression in early and late adolescents.

    Michael Windle;Karen Hooker;Kathleen Lenerz;Patricia L. East

  • Stability and Change in Optimism: A Study among Spouse Caregivers

    Kim Shifren;Karen Hooker

  • Family stories in the early stages of parenthood

    Barbara H. Fiese;Karen A. Hooker;Lisa Kotary;Janet Schwagler

  • Possible Selves and Health Behaviors in Later Life

    Karen Hooker;Cheryl R. Kaus

  • Health of Spouse Caregivers of Dementia Patients: The Role of Personality and Social Support

    Deborah J. Monahan;Karen Hooker

  • Possible Selves in Adulthood: Incorporating Teleonomic Relevance into Studies of the Self

    Karen Hooker

  • Machine Learning, Sentiment Analysis, and Tweets: An Examination of Alzheimer's Disease Stigma on Twitter.

    Nels Oscar;Pamela A Fox;Racheal Croucher;Riana Wernick

  • Handbook of Intraindividual Variability Across the Life Span

    Manfred Diehl;Karen Hooker;Martin J. Sliwinski

  • Personality Counts for a Lot: Predictors of Mental and Physical Health of Spouse Caregivers in Two Disease Groups

    Deborah Monahan;Karen Hooker;Sally R. Bowman;Leslie D. Frazier

  • Personality reconsidered: A new agenda for aging research. Commentaries. Authors' reply

    Karen Hooker;Dan P. Mcadams;Daniel K. Mroczek;Avron Spiro

Frequent Co-Authors

Barbara H. Fiese
Barbara H. Fiese University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Ilene C. Siegler
Ilene C. Siegler Duke University
Dan P. McAdams
Dan P. McAdams Northwestern University
Richard M. Lerner
Richard M. Lerner Tufts University
Robert S. Stawski
Robert S. Stawski Utah State University
Manfred Diehl
Manfred Diehl Colorado State University
G. John Geldhof
G. John Geldhof Oregon State University
Jacqueline V. Lerner
Jacqueline V. Lerner Boston College
Avron Spiro
Avron Spiro Boston University
Christopher Hertzog
Christopher Hertzog Georgia Institute of Technology

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