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Lisa G. Aspinwall

Lisa G. Aspinwall

D-Index & Metrics

Psychology

D-Index
40
Citations
19117
World Ranking
8028
National Ranking
4292

Lisa G. Aspinwall 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 Lisa G. Aspinwall sits on this spectrum.

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31 publications 705+

This scientist: 84 publications — 10th percentile

10% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Lisa G. Aspinwall 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 Lisa G. Aspinwall sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 144+

This scientist: 40 D-Index — 30th percentile

30% 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

  • 2007 - Fellow of the American Psychological Association (APA)

Overview

Lisa G. Aspinwall is affiliated with the University of Utah in the United States. Their research primarily spans the field of Medicine, with particular focus on Dermatology, Clinical Psychology, Genetics, Applied Psychology, and Sociology and Political Science. Their scholarly output includes work in various interconnected areas such as BRCA gene mutations in cancer, Behavioral Health and Interventions, Climate Change Communication and Perception, Skin Protection and Aging, Dermatology and Skin Diseases, COVID-19 and Mental Health, and Resilience and Mental Health.

Their recent papers demonstrate an interdisciplinary approach combining behavioral science with medical genetics and public health issues. Notable recent publications include:

  • Resilience to stress-related sleep disturbance: Examination of early pandemic coping and affect (2022) published in Health Psychology
  • Parent and child perspectives on family interactions related to melanoma risk and prevention after CDKN2A/p16 testing of minor children (2020) published in Journal of Community Genetics
  • Priority of Risk (But Not Perceived Magnitude of Risk) Predicts Improved Sun-Protection Behavior Following Genetic Counseling for Familial Melanoma (2020) published in Annals of Behavioral Medicine
  • The Family Lifestyles, Actions and Risk Education (FLARE) study: Protocol for a randomized controlled trial of a sun protection intervention for children of melanoma survivors (2023) published in Contemporary Clinical Trials
  • Weight stigma and bariatric surgery: Prospective improvements, psychological health, and weight (2025) published in Health Psychology

Their collaborative work includes frequent co-authorship with researchers such as Tammy K. Stump, Sancy A. Leachman, Yelena P. Wu, Richard Crisp, and Nancy E. Adler.

Lisa G. Aspinwall's research has been presented in several academic venues, primarily in Health Psychology, Journal of Applied Social Psychology, Annals of Behavioral Medicine, Journal of Community Genetics, and Contemporary Clinical Trials.

Their contributions to psychology and medical research were formally recognized in 2007 when they were named a Fellow of the American Psychological Association (APA).

Best Publications

  • A neuropsychological theory of positive affect and its influence on cognition.

    F. Gregory Ashby;Alice M. Isen;And U. Turken

  • A stitch in time: Self-regulation and proactive coping.

    Lisa G. Aspinwall;Shelley E. Taylor

  • Modeling cognitive adaptation: A longitudinal investigation of the impact of individual differences and coping on college adjustment and performance.

    Lisa G. Aspinwall;Shelley E. Taylor

  • Rethinking the Role of Positive Affect in Self-Regulation

    Lisa G. Aspinwall

  • Optimism, coping, psychological distress, and high-risk sexual behavior among men at risk for acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS).

    Shelley E. Taylor;Margaret E. Kemeny;Lisa G. Aspinwall;Stephen G. Schneider

  • A psychology of human strengths: Fundamental questions and future directions for a positive psychology

    Lisa G. Aspinwall;Ursula M. Staudinger

  • Emotion Regulation Across the Life Span: An Integrative Perspective Emphasizing Self-Regulation, Positive Affect, and Dyadic Processes

    Lisa M. Diamond;Lisa G. Aspinwall

  • Self-affirmation reduces biased processing of health-risk information.

    Mark B. Reed;Lisa G. Aspinwall

  • Effects of social comparison direction, threat, and self-esteem on affect, self-evaluation, and expected success.

    Lisa G. Aspinwall;Shelley E. Taylor

  • Distinguishing Optimism from Denial: Optimistic Beliefs Predict Attention to Health Threats

    Lisa G. Aspinwall;Susanne M. Brunhart

  • The value of positive psychology for health psychology: progress and pitfalls in examining the relation of positive phenomena to health.

    Lisa G. Aspinwall;Richard G. Tedeschi

  • The Psychology of Future-Oriented Thinking: From Achievement to Proactive Coping, Adaptation, and Aging

    Lisa G. Aspinwall

  • Mediating and moderating processes in psychosocial stress: Appraisal, coping, resistance, and vulnerability.

    Shelley E. Taylor;Lisa G. Aspinwall

  • Social Comparison, Stress, and Coping

    Shelley E. Taylor;Bram P. Buunk;Lisa G. Aspinwall

  • Understanding how optimism works: An examination of optimists' adaptive moderation of belief and behavior.

    Lisa G. Aspinwall;Linda Richter;Richard R. Hoffman Iii

  • Psychosocial predictors of gay men's AIDS risk-reduction behavior.

    Lisa G. Aspinwall;Margaret E. Kemeny;Shelley E. Taylor;Stephen G. Schneider

  • Optimism and Self-Mastery Predict More Rapid Disengagement from Unsolvable Tasks in the Presence of Alternatives

    Lisa G. Aspinwall;Linda Richter

  • The Double-Edged Sword: Does Biomechanism Increase or Decrease Judges' Sentencing of Psychopaths?

    Lisa G. Aspinwall;Teneille R. Brown;James Tabery

  • Maintaining Positive Illusions in the Face of Negative Information: Getting the Facts Without Letting them Get to You

    Shelley E. Taylor;Rebecca L. Collins;Laurie A. Skokan;Lisa G. Aspinwall

  • In search of the unique aspects of hope: Pinning our hopes on positive emotions, future-oriented thinking, hard times, and other people

    Lisa G. Aspinwall;Samantha L. Leaf

  • Emotion Regulation Across the Life Span: An Integrative Perspective Emphasizing Self-Regulation, Positive Affect,

    Lisa M. Diamond;Lisa G. Aspinwall

Frequent Co-Authors

Shelley E. Taylor
Shelley E. Taylor University of California, Los Angeles
Jennifer L. Hay
Jennifer L. Hay Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
Margaret E. Kemeny
Margaret E. Kemeny University of California, San Francisco
Julia Newton-Bishop
Julia Newton-Bishop University of Leeds
Nelleke A. Gruis
Nelleke A. Gruis Leiden University Medical Center
Nadine A. Kasparian
Nadine A. Kasparian Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center
Aad Tibben
Aad Tibben Leiden University
Lisa M. Diamond
Lisa M. Diamond University of Utah
Nicholas K. Hayward
Nicholas K. Hayward QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute

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