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Overview

Kathleen D. Vohs is affiliated with the University of Minnesota in the United States. Their research predominantly focuses on the field of psychology, contributing extensively to social psychology, experimental and cognitive psychology, applied psychology, sociology and political science, and clinical psychology.

The main topics covered in their research include behavioral health and interventions, mental health research topics, cultural differences and values, death anxiety and social exclusion, urban green space and health, social and intergroup psychology, and environmental education and sustainability.

They have published multiple papers in well-regarded academic venues. Some recent publications include:

  • A Multisite Preregistered Paradigmatic Test of the Ego-Depletion Effect, 2021, Psychological Science
  • Personal economic anxiety in response to COVID-19, 2020, Personality and Individual Differences
  • Everyday Thoughts in Time: Experience Sampling Studies of Mental Time Travel, 2020, Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin
  • Training for Wisdom: The Distanced-Self-Reflection Diary Method, 2021, Psychological Science
  • Victims, perpetrators, or both? The vicious cycle of disrespect and cynical beliefs about human nature., 2020, Journal of Experimental Psychology General

Their frequent coauthors include Roy F. Baumeister, Brandon J. Schmeichel, Anna J Finley, Wilhelm Hofmann, and Heather M. Maranges. These collaborations suggest interdisciplinary engagement across various psychological subfields.

Among their common publication venues are:

  • Psychological Science
  • Journal of Environmental Psychology
  • Personality and Individual Differences
  • Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin
  • Journal of Experimental Psychology General

Kathleen D. Vohs's work bridges behavioral and social psychology areas, emphasizing both experimental methodology and applied psychological concerns. Their research engages with issues related to mental health, social behaviors, and cultural influences, reflecting a broad thematic range within psychology.

Best Publications

  • Bad is Stronger than Good

    Roy F. Baumeister;Ellen Bratslavsky;Ellen Bratslavsky;Catrin Finkenauer;Kathleen D. Vohs

  • Does high self-esteem cause better performance, interpersonal success, happiness, or healthier lifestyles?

    RF Baumeister;JD Campbell;JI Krueger;KD Vohs

  • The Strength Model of Self-Control

    Roy F. Baumeister;Kathleen D. Vohs;Dianne M. Tice

  • Handbook of self-regulation : research, theory, and applications

    Kathleen D. Vohs;Roy F. Baumeister

  • Making choices impairs subsequent self-control: A limited-resource account of decision making, self-regulation, and active initiative.

    Kathleen D. Vohs;Roy F. Baumeister;Brandon J. Schmeichel;Jean M. Twenge

  • How Emotion Shapes Behavior: Feedback, Anticipation, and Reflection, Rather Than Direct Causation

    Roy F. Baumeister;Kathleen D. Vohs;C. Nathan DeWall;Liqing Zhang

  • Psychology as the science of self-reports and finger movements: Whatever happened to actual behavior?

    Roy F. Baumeister;Kathleen D. Vohs;David C. Funder

  • Self-Regulation, Ego Depletion, and Motivation

    Roy F. Baumeister;Kathleen D. Vohs

  • The Psychological Consequences of Money

    Kathleen D. Vohs;Nicole L. Mead;Miranda R. Goode

  • The Meaning Maintenance Model: On the Coherence of Social Motivations

    Steven J. Heine;Travis Proulx;Kathleen D. Vohs

  • Spent Resources: Self‐Regulatory Resource Availability Affects Impulse Buying

    Kathleen D. Vohs;Ronald J. Faber

  • Self-Regulatory Failure: A Resource-Depletion Approach

    Kathleen D. Vohs;Todd F. Heatherton

  • Some key differences between a happy life and a meaningful life

    Roy F. Baumeister;Kathleen D. Vohs;Jennifer L. Aaker;Emily N. Garbinsky

  • Self-regulation and self-presentation: regulatory resource depletion impairs impression management and effortful self-presentation depletes regulatory resources.

    Kathleen D. Vohs;Roy F. Baumeister;Natalie J. Ciarocco

  • Intellectual performance and ego depletion: role of the self in logical reasoning and other information processing.

    Brandon J. Schmeichel;Kathleen D. Vohs;Roy F. Baumeister

  • Is There a Gender Difference in Strength of Sex Drive? Theoretical Views, Conceptual Distinctions, and a Review of Relevant Evidence

    Roy F. Baumeister;Kathleen R. Catanese;Kathleen D. Vohs

  • Everyday temptations: an experience sampling study of desire, conflict, and self-control.

    Wilhelm Hofmann;Roy F. Baumeister;Georg Förster;Kathleen D. Vohs

  • The value of believing in free will: encouraging a belief in determinism increases cheating.

    Kathleen D. Vohs;Jonathan W. Schooler

  • Nonprofits are seen as warm and for-profits as competent: Firm stereotypes matter

    Jennifer Aaker;Kathleen D. Vohs;Cassie Mogilner

  • The pursuit of meaningfulness in life.

    Roy F. Baumeister;Kathleen D. Vohs

Frequent Co-Authors

Roy F. Baumeister
Roy F. Baumeister University of Queensland
Brandon J. Schmeichel
Brandon J. Schmeichel Texas A&M University
Jennifer Aaker
Jennifer Aaker Stanford University
Todd F. Heatherton
Todd F. Heatherton Dartmouth College
Thomas E. Joiner
Thomas E. Joiner Florida State University
Wilhelm Hofmann
Wilhelm Hofmann Ruhr University Bochum
Lyn Y. Abramson
Lyn Y. Abramson University of Wisconsin–Madison
Catrin Finkenauer
Catrin Finkenauer Utrecht University
C. Nathan DeWall
C. Nathan DeWall University of Kentucky
Joachim I. Krueger
Joachim I. Krueger Brown University

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