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Michael F. Steger is affiliated with Colorado State University in the United States. Their research primarily falls within the field of psychology, with a focus on social psychology, clinical psychology, experimental and cognitive psychology, applied psychology, and pediatrics, perinatology, and child health. The work spans 41 publications overall, highlighting various aspects of psychological well-being and related topics.

The main research topics covered by Michael F. Steger include:

  • Psychological Well-being and Life Satisfaction
  • Optimism, Hope, and Well-being
  • Psychological and Temporal Perspectives Research
  • Resilience and Mental Health
  • COVID-19 and Mental Health
  • Health, psychology, and well-being
  • Psychosomatic Disorders and Their Treatments

Frequent coauthors collaborating with Steger have included Frank Martela, Jessica L. Morse, Bryan J. Dik, Sara B. Algoe, and Jane E. Dutton.

The publication record features journals with repeated appearances in the following venues:

  • The Journal of Positive Psychology
  • Quality of Life Research
  • World Psychiatry
  • Journal of Research in Personality
  • Molecular & Cellular Proteomics

Selected recent papers authored or coauthored by Michael F. Steger include:

  • Meaning in life is a fundamental protective factor in the context of psychopathology (2022), World Psychiatry
  • Positive psychology in a pandemic: buffering, bolstering, and building mental health (2021), The Journal of Positive Psychology
  • Meaning, social support, and resilience as predictors of posttraumatic growth: A study of the Louisiana flooding of August 2016 (2020), American Journal of Orthopsychiatry

Other notable publications where Steger is not the primary author but relevant to their research domain include:

  • The role of significance relative to the other dimensions of meaning in life - an examination utilizing the three dimensional meaning in life scale (3DM) (2022), The Journal of Positive Psychology
  • Assessing meaning & purpose in life: development and validation of an item bank and short forms for the NIH PROMIS® (2020), Quality of Life Research

Best Publications

  • The Meaning in Life Questionnaire: Assessing the Presence of and Search for Meaning in Life

    Michael F. Steger;Patricia Frazier;Shigehiro Oishi;Matthew Kaler

  • Measuring Meaningful Work The Work and Meaning Inventory (WAMI)

    Michael F. Steger;Michael F. Steger;Bryan J. Dik;Ryan D. Duffy

  • Experiential avoidance as a generalized psychological vulnerability: comparisons with coping and emotion regulation strategies.

    Todd B. Kashdan;Velma Barrios;John P. Forsyth;Michael F. Steger

  • The three meanings of meaning in life: Distinguishing coherence, purpose, and significance

    Frank Martela;Michael F. Steger

  • Understanding the Search for Meaning in Life: Personality, Cognitive Style, and the Dynamic Between Seeking and Experiencing Meaning

    Michael F. Steger;Todd B. Kashdan;Brandon A. Sullivan;Danielle Lorentz

  • Meaning in life across the life span: Levels and correlates of meaning in life from emerging adulthood to older adulthood

    Michael F. Steger;Shigehiro Oishi;Todd B. Kashdan

  • Meaning in Life: One Link in the Chain From Religiousness to Well-Being

    Michael F. Steger;Patricia Frazier

  • The Curiosity and Exploration Inventory-II: Development, factor structure, and psychometrics.

    Todd B. Kashdan;Matthew W. Gallagher;Paul J. Silvia;Beate P. Winterstein

  • Being good by doing good: Daily eudaimonic activity and well-being

    Michael F. Steger;Todd B. Kashdan;Shigehiro Oishi

  • Meaning in Life

    Michael F. Steger

  • Development and validation of the Calling and Vocation Questionnaire (CVQ) and Brief Calling Scale (BCS)

    Bryan J. Dik;Brandy M. Eldridge;Michael F. Steger;Michael F. Steger;Ryan D. Duffy

  • Expanding the Topography of Social Anxiety An Experience-Sampling Assessment of Positive Emotions, Positive Events, and Emotion Suppression

    Todd B. Kashdan;Michael F. Steger

  • Curiosity and pathways to well-being and meaning in life: Traits, states, and everyday behaviors

    Todd B. Kashdan;Michael F. Steger

  • Calling and Work-Related Outcomes: Career Commitment as a Mediator.

    Ryan D. Duffy;Bryan J. Dik;Michael F. Steger

  • STABILITY AND SPECIFICITY OF MEANING IN LIFE AND LIFE SATISFACTION OVER ONE YEAR

    Michael F. Steger;Todd B. Kashdan

  • The meaningful life in Japan and the United States: Levels and correlates of meaning in life

    Michael F. Steger;Yoshito Kawabata;Satoshi Shimai;Keiko Otake

  • Experiencing meaning in life: Optimal functioning at the nexus of well-being, psychopathology, and spirituality.

    Michael F. Steger

  • Fostering meaningful work in organizations: A multi-level review and integration

    Evgenia I. Lysova;Blake A. Allan;Bryan J. Dik;Ryan D. Duffy

  • Meaning in life: Is it a protective factor for adolescents' psychological health?

    László Brassai;Bettina F. Piko;Michael F. Steger

  • Depression and Everyday Social Activity, Belonging, and Well-Being.

    Michael F. Steger;Todd B. Kashdan

  • Calling in Work: Secular or Sacred?.

    Michael F. Steger;N. K. Pickering;J. Y. Shin;B. J. Dik

Frequent Co-Authors

Bryan J. Dik
Bryan J. Dik Colorado State University
Todd B. Kashdan
Todd B. Kashdan George Mason University
Ryan D. Duffy
Ryan D. Duffy University of Florida
Patricia A. Frazier
Patricia A. Frazier University of Minnesota
Shigehiro Oishi
Shigehiro Oishi University of Chicago
Bettina Pikó
Bettina Pikó University of Szeged
Robert F. Krueger
Robert F. Krueger University of Minnesota
Blake A. Allan
Blake A. Allan University of Houston
Crystal L. Park
Crystal L. Park University of Connecticut
Richard M. Lee
Richard M. Lee University of Minnesota

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