What is he best known for?
The fields of study he is best known for:
- Social psychology
- Law
- Social science
Kennon M. Sheldon mainly focuses on Social psychology, Well-being, Developmental psychology, Autonomy and Personality.
His Social psychology study frequently draws connections between related disciplines such as Deci-.
The concepts of his Well-being study are interwoven with issues in Collectivism, Subjective well-being and Life skills.
His Developmental psychology study combines topics in areas such as Neuroticism, Feeling and Intrinsic motivation.
His studies in Personality integrate themes in fields like Congruence and Need for achievement.
His Happiness research integrates issues from Optimism, Theoretical psychology, Affect, Positive psychology and Circumstantial evidence.
His most cited work include:
- Pursuing Happiness: The Architecture of Sustainable Change (1853 citations)
- Goal striving, need satisfaction, and longitudinal well-being: the self-concordance model. (1568 citations)
- Daily Well-Being: The Role of Autonomy, Competence, and Relatedness (1373 citations)
What are the main themes of his work throughout his whole career to date?
Kennon M. Sheldon focuses on Social psychology, Well-being, Self-determination theory, Happiness and Developmental psychology.
His biological study spans a wide range of topics, including Autonomy and Deci-.
He combines subjects such as Optimism, Psychological well-being, Self-determination, Positive psychology and Feeling with his study of Well-being.
Kennon M. Sheldon has researched Self-determination theory in several fields, including Goal theory, Psychological Theory, Intrinsic motivation and Need theory.
He has included themes like Life satisfaction, Affect and Prosocial behavior in his Happiness study.
His Developmental psychology study incorporates themes from Neuroticism and Interpersonal relationship.
He most often published in these fields:
- Social psychology (89.45%)
- Well-being (30.86%)
- Self-determination theory (27.73%)
What were the highlights of his more recent work (between 2017-2021)?
- Social psychology (89.45%)
- Self-determination theory (27.73%)
- Well-being (30.86%)
In recent papers he was focusing on the following fields of study:
Kennon M. Sheldon spends much of his time researching Social psychology, Self-determination theory, Well-being, Happiness and Subjective well-being.
His research in Social psychology intersects with topics in Test, Sample and Eudaimonia.
His Self-determination theory study deals with the bigger picture of Autonomy.
The Well-being study combines topics in areas such as Intrapersonal communication, Feeling and Self-control.
His Happiness research incorporates elements of Face and Prosocial behavior.
His studies deal with areas such as Gratitude, Face-to-face, Positive psychology, Expression and Structural equation modeling as well as Subjective well-being.
Between 2017 and 2021, his most popular works were:
- Pursuing Eudaimonic Functioning Versus Pursuing Hedonic Well-Being: The First Goal Succeeds in Its Aim, Whereas the Second Does Not (17 citations)
- Self-determination theory as a foundation for personality researchers. (17 citations)
- Self-determination theory as a foundation for personality researchers. (17 citations)
In his most recent research, the most cited papers focused on:
- Social psychology
- Law
- Social science
His primary areas of study are Social psychology, Subjective well-being, Self-determination theory, Test and Happiness.
His work on Social psychology is being expanded to include thematically relevant topics such as Academic achievement.
His Subjective well-being research incorporates themes from Structural equation modeling, Eudaimonia, Well-being and Developmental psychology.
His work in the fields of Cognitive evaluation theory overlaps with other areas such as Trait.
His studies in Test integrate themes in fields like Educational psychology, Higher education, Attribution and Moderation.
His study looks at the intersection of Happiness and topics like Positive psychology with Pie chart and Affect.
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