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Lawrence J. Sanna is affiliated with the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in the United States.

There is no available data on recent papers, frequent co-authors, publication venues, book publications, fields of study, subfields, main topics of work, or awards associated with this researcher.

Best Publications

  • Social Cognition in Schizophrenia: An Overview

    David L. Penn;Lawrence J. Sanna;David L. Roberts

  • Metacognitive Experiences and the Intricacies of Setting People Straight: Implications for Debiasing and Public Information Campaigns

    Norbert Schwarz;Lawrence J. Sanna;Ian Skurnik;Carolyn Yoon

  • He's Skilled, She's Lucky: A Meta-Analysis of Observers' Attributions for Women's and Men's Successes and Failures

    Janet Kay Swim;Lawrence J. Sanna

  • Social problem solving: Theory, research, and training.

    Edward C. Chang;Thomas J. D'Zurilla;Lawrence J. Sanna

  • Optimism, pessimism, and positive and negative affectivity in middle-aged adults: a test of a cognitive-affective model of psychological adjustment

    Edward C. Chang;Lawrence J. Sanna

  • SELF-ESTEEM AND SOCIAL PROBLEM SOLVING AS PREDICTORS OF AGGRESSION IN COLLEGE STUDENTS

    Thomas J. D'zurilla;Edward C. Chang;Lawrence J. Sanna

  • When debiasing backfires: accessible content and accessibility experiences in debiasing hindsight.

    Lawrence J. Sanna;Norbert Schwarz;Shevaun L. Stocker

  • Psychological sequelae of childhood sexual abuse: abuse-related characteristics, coping strategies, and attributional style

    Jennifer Steel;Lawrence Sanna;Barbara Hammond;James Whipple

  • Antecedents to Spontaneous Counterfactual Thinking: Effects of Expectancy Violation and Outcome Valence

    Lawrence J. Sanna;Kandi Jo Turley

  • Cultural variations in optimistic and pessimistic bias: do Easterners really expect the worst and Westerners really expect the best when predicting future life events?

    Edward C. Chang;Kiyoshi Asakawa;Lawrence J. Sanna

  • Defensive pessimism, optimism, and simulating alternatives: some ups and downs of prefactual and counterfactual thinking.

    Lawrence J. Sanna

  • Optimism, pessimism, and positive and negative affectivity in middle-aged adults: A test of a cognitive-affective model of psychological adjustment.

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  • Loneliness and negative life events as predictors of hopelessness and suicidal behaviors in Hispanics: evidence for a diathesis-stress model.

    Edward C. Chang;Lawrence J. Sanna;Jameson K. Hirsch;Elizabeth L. Jeglic

  • Self-efficacy theory : implications for social facilitation and social loafing

    Lawrence J. Sanna

  • Debiasing the hindsight bias: The role of accessibility experiences and (mis)attributions

    Lawrence J Sanna;Norbert Schwarz

  • Integrating Temporal Biases The Interplay of Focal Thoughts and Accessibility Experiences

    Lawrence J. Sanna;Norbert Schwarz

  • Optimism, pessimism, affectivity, and psychological adjustment in US and Korea: a test of a mediation model

    Edward C. Chang;Lawrence J. Sanna;Kye Min Yang

  • Judgments over time : the interplay of thoughts, feelings, and behaviors

    Lawrence J. Sanna;Edward C. Chang

  • Defensive Pessimism and Optimism: The Bitter-Sweet Influence of Mood on Performance and Prefactual and Counterfactual Thinking

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  • Mood, self-esteem, and simulated alternatives: thought-provoking affective influences on counterfactual direction.

    Lawrence J. Sanna;Kandi Jo Turley-Ames;Susanne Meier

  • Mental Simulation, Affect, and Personality: A Conceptual Framework

    Lawrence J. Sanna

  • NEGATIVE ATTRIBUTIONAL STYLE AS A MODERATOR OF THE LINK BETWEEN PERFECTIONISM AND DEPRESSIVE SYMPTOMS: PRELIMINARY EVIDENCE FOR AN INTEGRATIVE MODEL

    Edward C. Chang;Lawrence J. Sanna

Frequent Co-Authors

Edward C. Chang
Edward C. Chang University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Norbert Schwarz
Norbert Schwarz University of Southern California
Thomas J. D'Zurilla
Thomas J. D'Zurilla Stony Brook University
Jameson K. Hirsch
Jameson K. Hirsch East Tennessee State University
Elizabeth L. Jeglic
Elizabeth L. Jeglic John Jay College of Criminal Justice
Adam D. Galinsky
Adam D. Galinsky Columbia University
David L. Penn
David L. Penn University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Janet K. Swim
Janet K. Swim Pennsylvania State University
Neal J. Roese
Neal J. Roese Northwestern University

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