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Margaret S. Clark

Margaret S. Clark

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Psychology

D-Index
61
Citations
23609
World Ranking
3310
National Ranking
1865

Overview

Margaret S. Clark is affiliated with Yale University in the United States and has contributed extensively to the field of psychology, with a primary focus on social psychology. Their research spans multiple subfields, including clinical psychology, cognitive neuroscience, experimental and cognitive psychology, as well as sociology and political science.

Their work covers several main topics, which include:

  • Psychology of Moral and Emotional Judgment
  • Attachment and Relationship Dynamics
  • Emotions and Moral Behavior
  • Evolutionary Psychology and Human Behavior
  • Social and Intergroup Psychology
  • Mental Health Research Topics
  • Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development

Margaret S. Clark has published in a variety of academic venues, with frequent publications appearing in:

  • Nature Communications
  • Behavioral and Brain Sciences
  • Current Opinion in Psychology
  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Clinical Psychology Review

Some recent papers authored or coauthored by Clark include:

  • Who are "we" and why are we cooperating? Insights from social psychology, 2020, Behavioral and Brain Sciences
  • Understanding positive emotion deficits in depression: From emotion preferences to emotion regulation, 2020, Clinical Psychology Review
  • How social relationships shape moral wrongness judgments, 2021, Nature Communications
  • Psychological Selfishness, 2022, Perspectives on Psychological Science
  • Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction for Older Couples with Metabolic Syndrome: a Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial, 2020, Mindfulness

Clark frequently collaborates with other researchers. Their common coauthors include:

  • Brian D. Earp
  • Molly J. Crockett
  • Killian Lorcan McLoughlin
  • Joshua Teperowski Monrad
  • W. Michael Vanderlind

The scope of Clark's academic contributions is primarily focused on understanding moral and emotional judgments, attachment processes, and the impact of social relationships on behavior. Their interdisciplinary approach integrates findings from psychology and social sciences to address questions about cooperation, emotion regulation, and mental health.

Best Publications

  • Interpersonal attraction in exchange and communal relationships.

    Margaret S. Clark;Judson Mills

  • Affect, accessibility of material in memory, and behavior: a cognitive loop?

    Alice M. Isen;Thomas E. Shalker;Margaret Clark;Lynn Karp

  • The Difference between Communal and Exchange Relationships: What it is and is Not

    Margaret S. Clark;Judson Mils

  • Perceived Partner Responsiveness as an Organizing Construct in the Study of Intimacy and Closeness

    Harry T. Reis;Margaret S. Clark;John G. Holmes

  • Interpersonal Processes in Close Relationships

    Margaret S. Clark;Harry T. Reis

  • Recipient's Mood, Relationship Type, and Helping

    Margaret S. Clark;Robert Oullette;Martha C. Powell;Sandra Milberg

  • Social skills and the stress-protective role of social support.

    Sheldon Cohen;Drury R. Sherrod;Margaret S. Clark

  • Record keeping in two types of relationships

    Margaret S. Clark

  • Keeping track of needs in communal and exchange relationships.

    Margaret S. Clark;Judson Mills;Martha C. Powell

  • Duration of the effect of good mood on helping: "Footprints on the sands of time."

    Alice M. Isen;Margaret Clark;Mark F. Schwartz

  • Benefits of Expressing Gratitude Expressing Gratitude to a Partner Changes One’s View of the Relationship

    Nathaniel M. Lambert;Margaret S. Clark;Jared Durtschi;Frank D. Fincham

  • A theory of communal (and exchange) relationships.

    Margaret S. Clark;Judson R. Mills

  • Shared Experiences Are Amplified

    Erica J. Boothby;Margaret S. Clark;John A. Bargh

  • Projection of responsiveness to needs and the construction of satisfying communal relationships.

    Edward P. Lemay Jr.;Margaret S. Clark;Brooke C. Feeney

  • Measurement of communal strength

    Judson Mills;Margaret S. Clark;Thomas E. Ford;Melanie Johnson

  • Keeping Track of Needs and Inputs of Friends and Strangers

    Margaret S. Clark;Judson R. Mills;David M. Corcoran

  • The Positives of Negative Emotions: Willingness to Express Negative Emotions Promotes Relationships

    Steven M. Graham;Julie Y. Huang;Margaret S. Clark;Vicki S. Helgeson

  • Research Methods in Personality and Social Psychology

    Clyde Hendrick;Margaret Sydnor Clark

  • Some thoughts and findings on self-presentation of emotions in relationships.

    Margaret S. Clark;Sherri P. Pataki;Valerie H. Carver

  • Providing help and desired relationship type as determinants of changes in moods and self-evaluations.

    Gail M. Williamson;Margaret S. Clark

  • Emotion and social behavior

    Margaret Sydnor Clark

Frequent Co-Authors

Edward P. Lemay
Edward P. Lemay University of Maryland, College Park
Judson Mills
Judson Mills University of Maryland, College Park
Harry T. Reis
Harry T. Reis University of Rochester
John A. Bargh
John A. Bargh Yale University
Eli J. Finkel
Eli J. Finkel Northwestern University
Gail M. Williamson
Gail M. Williamson University of Georgia
Garth J. O. Fletcher
Garth J. O. Fletcher Victoria University of Wellington
Alice M. Isen
Alice M. Isen Cornell University
Vicki S. Helgeson
Vicki S. Helgeson Carnegie Mellon University
Richard Schulz
Richard Schulz University of Pittsburgh

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