2026 Margaret L. Kern: Psychology Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Psychology	59	3630	3346	194	189	155	22971

Overview

Margaret L. Kern is affiliated with the University of Melbourne in Australia and specializes primarily in the field of psychology. Their scholarly output focuses extensively on psychological well-being and related areas within clinical, social, and applied psychology.

The scientist's research spans multiple subfields, including:

Clinical Psychology
Social Psychology
Applied Psychology
Education
Developmental and Educational Psychology

The main topics covered in Kern's work encompass:

Psychological Well-being and Life Satisfaction
Mindfulness and Compassion Interventions
Early Childhood Education and Development
Behavioral Health and Interventions
Family and Disability Support Research
Resilience and Mental Health
Optimism, Hope, and Well-being

Margaret L. Kern has contributed research published in several frequent venues, which include:

The Journal of Positive Psychology
International Journal of Wellbeing
Frontiers in Psychology
Scientific Reports
International Journal of Applied Positive Psychology

The scientist has collaborated repeatedly with a number of coauthors, with the most frequent among them being:

Johannes C. Eichstaedt
Lindsay G. Oades
Lyle Ungar
David B. Yaden
Kelly-Ann Allen

Among recent publications, notable papers include:

Belonging: a review of conceptual issues, an integrative framework, and directions for future research (2021), published in the Australian Journal of Psychology
Third wave positive psychology: broadening towards complexity (2020), published in The Journal of Positive Psychology
Characterizing Geographic Variation in Well-Being Using Tweets (2021), published in the Proceedings of the International AAAI Conference on Web and Social Media
Estimating geographic subjective well-being from Twitter: A comparison of dictionary and data-driven language methods (2020), published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
Closed- and open-vocabulary approaches to text analysis: A review, quantitative comparison, and recommendations (2021), published in Psychological Methods

Best Publications

Personality, Gender, and Age in the Language of Social Media: The Open-Vocabulary Approach

H. Andrew Schwartz;Johannes C. Eichstaedt;Margaret L. Kern;Lukasz Dziurzynski

2156
Citations
The PERMA-Profiler: A brief multidimensional measure of flourishing

Julie Butler;Margaret L. Kern

1553
Citations
A meta-analysis of the convergent validity of self-control measures

Angela Lee Duckworth;Margaret L. Kern

1247
Citations
What Schools Need to Know About Fostering School Belonging: a Meta-analysis

Kelly Allen;Margaret L. Kern;Dianne Vella-Brodrick;John Hattie

1044
Citations
Doing the right thing: Measuring wellbeing for public policy

Marie J. C. Forgeard;Eranda Jayawickreme;Margaret L. Kern;Martin E. P. Seligman

1037
Citations
A multidimensional approach to measuring well-being in students: Application of the PERMA framework

Margaret L. Kern;Lea E. Waters;Alejandro Adler;Mathew A. White

900
Citations
Automatic personality assessment through social media language.

Gregory Park;H. Andrew Schwartz;Johannes C. Eichstaedt;Margaret L. Kern

882
Citations
Health benefits: Meta-analytically determining the impact of well-being on objective health outcomes

Ryan T. Howell;Margaret L. Kern;Sonja Lyubomirsky

801
Citations
Social Networking Sites, Depression, and Anxiety: A Systematic Review

Elizabeth M Seabrook;Margaret L Kern;Nikki S Rickard;Nikki S Rickard

787
Citations
Detecting depression and mental illness on social media: an integrative review

Sharath Chandra Guntuku;David B Yaden;Margaret L Kern;Lyle H Ungar

681
Citations
Belonging: A Review of Conceptual Issues, an Integrative Framework, and Directions for Future Research.

Kelly-Ann Allen;Margaret L. Kern;Christopher S. Rozek;Dennis Michael Mcinerney

663
Citations
Personality, Well-Being, and Health*

Howard S. Friedman;Margaret L. Kern

616
Citations
Psychological Language on Twitter Predicts County-Level Heart Disease Mortality

Johannes C. Eichstaedt;Hansen Andrew Schwartz;Margaret L. Kern;Gregory Park

616
Citations
Do conscientious individuals live longer? A quantitative review.

Margaret L. Kern;Howard S. Friedman

563
Citations
The EPOCH Measure of Adolescent Well-Being

Margaret L Kern;Lizbeth Benson;Elizabeth A Steinberg;Laurence Steinberg

532
Citations
Leader autonomy support in the workplace: A meta-analytic review.

Gavin R. Slemp;Margaret L. Kern;Kent J. Patrick;Richard M. Ryan;Richard M. Ryan

432
Citations
School Belonging in Adolescents: Theory, Research and Practice

Kelly-Ann Allen;Kelly-Ann Allen;Margaret L. Kern

386
Citations
Personality and Health, Subjective Well-Being, and Longevity

Howard S. Friedman;Margaret L. Kern;Chandra A. Reynolds

331
Citations
Assessing Employee Wellbeing in Schools Using a Multifaceted Approach: Associations with Physical Health, Life Satisfaction, and Professional Thriving

Margaret L. Kern;Lea Waters;Alejandro Adler;Mathew White

320
Citations
Workplace Well-Being: The Role of Job Crafting and Autonomy Support

Gavin R. Slemp;Margaret L. Kern;Dianne A. Vella-Brodrick

320
Citations
Characterizing geographic variation in well-being using tweets

Hansen Andrew Schwartz;Johannes C. Eichstaedt;Margaret L. Kern;Lukasz Dziurzynski

298
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Johannes C. Eichstaedt Stanford University

Martin E. P. Seligman University of Pennsylvania

Howard S. Friedman University of California, Riverside

Lea Waters University of Melbourne

David Stillwell University of Cambridge

Michal Kosinski Stanford University

Maarten Sap Carnegie Mellon University

Dianne Vella-Brodrick University of Melbourne

Lindsay G. Oades University of Melbourne

Chandra A. Reynolds University of California, Riverside

External Links

Personal website of Margaret L. Kern

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