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Michael F. Scheier

D-Index & Metrics

Psychology

D-Index
101
Citations
120351
World Ranking
579
National Ranking
366

Michael F. Scheier 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 Michael F. Scheier sits on this spectrum.

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31 publications 705+

This scientist: 211 publications — 72nd percentile

72% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Michael F. Scheier 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 Michael F. Scheier sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 144+

This scientist: 101 D-Index — 95th percentile

95% 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

  • 2018 - APA Award for Distinguished Scientific Contributions to Psychology, American Psychological Association
  • 2007 - Donald T. Campbell Award, Society for Personality and Social Psychology
  • 1984 - Fellow of the American Psychological Association (APA)

Overview

Michael F. Scheier is affiliated with Carnegie Mellon University in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on areas within psychology and medicine, particularly applied and clinical psychology, with additional work touching on pediatrics, perinatology, child health, experimental and cognitive psychology, and health toxicology.

The major topics of Scheier's scholarly activity include:

  • Optimism, Hope, and Well-being
  • Childhood Cancer Survivors' Quality of Life
  • Resilience and Mental Health
  • Climate Change and Health Impacts
  • COVID-19 and Mental Health
  • Psychological and Temporal Perspectives Research
  • Psychological Well-being and Life Satisfaction

Their recent publication record features a focus on the psychological constructs of optimism and pessimism, with notable papers including:

  • "Optimism versus pessimism as predictors of physical health: A comprehensive reanalysis of dispositional optimism research.", 2020, published in American Psychologist
  • "It remains meaningful to distinguish optimism from pessimism: Reply to VanderWeele and Kubzansky (2021).", 2021, published in American Psychologist
  • "Examining intra- and inter-personal health effects of optimism and pessimism: The role of subjective well-being in romantic couples", 2022, published in Journal of Personality
  • "Optimism and Physical Health", 2020, published in The Wiley Encyclopedia of Health Psychology
  • "Charles S. Carver (1947-2019).", 2020, published in American Psychologist

Scheier frequently collaborates with other researchers, including Meaghan Barlow, Carsten Wrosch, Joshua Swanson, Hilary A. Tindle, and Charles S. Carver.

Their work has appeared predominantly in the following publication venues:

  • American Psychologist
  • Journal of Personality
  • The Wiley Encyclopedia of Health Psychology

Over the course of their career, Scheier has received several professional recognitions, among them:

  • APA Award for Distinguished Scientific Contributions to Psychology, American Psychological Association, 2018
  • Donald T. Campbell Award, Society for Personality and Social Psychology, 2007
  • Fellow of the American Psychological Association (APA), 1984

Best Publications

  • Assessing Coping Strategies: A Theoretically Based Approach

    Charles S. Carver;Michael F. Scheier;Jagdish Kumari Weintraub

  • Optimism, coping, and health: Assessment and implications of generalized outcome expectancies.

    Michael F. Scheier;Charles S. Carver

  • Distinguishing optimism from neuroticism (and trait anxiety, self-mastery, and self-esteem): a reevaluation of the Life Orientation Test

    Michael F. Scheier;Charles S. Carver;Michael W. Bridges

  • On the Self-Regulation of Behavior

    Charles S. Carver;Michael F. Scheier

  • Attention and Self-Regulation : A Control-Theory Approach to Human Behavior

    Charles S. Carver;Michael Scheier

  • Public and private self-consciousness: Assessment and theory.

    Allan Fenigstein;Michael F. Scheier;Arnold H. Buss

  • Origins and Functions of Positive and Negative Affect: A Control-Process View.

    Charles S. Carver;Michael F. Scheier

  • Effects of optimism on psychological and physical well-being: Theoretical overview and empirical update

    Michael F. Scheier;Charles S. Carver

  • Control theory: A useful conceptual framework for personality–social, clinical, and health psychology.

    Charles S. Carver;Michael F. Scheier

  • How coping mediates the effect of optimism on distress : a study of women with early stage breast cancer

    Charles S. Carver;Christina Pozo;Suzanne D. Harris;Victoria Noriega

  • Coping with stress: divergent strategies of optimists and pessimists.

    Michael F. Scheier;Jagdish Kumari Weintraub;Charles S. Carver

  • The role of optimism in social network development, coping, and psychological adjustment during a life transition.

    Ian Brissette;Michael F. Scheier;Charles S. Carver

  • Situational coping and coping dispositions in a stressful transaction.

    Charles S. Carver;Michael F. Scheier

  • Dispositional optimism and recovery from coronary artery bypass surgery: the beneficial effects on physical and psychological well-being.

    MF Scheier;KA Matthews;JF Owens;GJ Magovern

  • Adaptive Self-Regulation of Unattainable Goals: Goal Disengagement, Goal Reengagement, and Subjective Well-Being

    Carsten Wrosch;Michael F. Scheier;Gregory E. Miller;Richard Schulz

  • Optimism, pessimism, and psychological well-being.

    Michael F. Scheier;Charles S. Carver;Michael W. Bridges

  • Optimism and Physical Health: A Meta-analytic Review

    Heather N. Rasmussen;Michael F. Scheier;Joel B. Greenhouse

  • On the Power of Positive Thinking: The Benefits of Being Optimistic

    Michael F. Scheier;Charles S. Carver

  • Self-regulation of action and affect.

    Charles S. Carver;Michael F. Scheier

  • Attention and self-regulation

    Charles S. Carver;Michael F. Scheier

  • On the Self-Regulation of Behavior: References

    Charles S. Carver;Michael F. Scheier

Frequent Co-Authors

Charles S. Carver
Charles S. Carver University of Miami
Richard Schulz
Richard Schulz University of Pittsburgh
Karen A. Matthews
Karen A. Matthews University of Pittsburgh
Carsten Wrosch
Carsten Wrosch Concordia University
Arnold H. Buss
Arnold H. Buss The University of Texas at Austin
Lynn M. Martire
Lynn M. Martire Pennsylvania State University
Gregory E. Miller
Gregory E. Miller Northwestern University
Katri Räikkönen
Katri Räikkönen University of Helsinki
Anu-Katriina Pesonen
Anu-Katriina Pesonen University of Helsinki
Vicki S. Helgeson
Vicki S. Helgeson Carnegie Mellon University

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