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Overview

Morris A. Okun is affiliated with Arizona State University in the United States. Their research primarily spans the social sciences and psychology, focusing on various subfields such as sociology and political science, experimental and cognitive psychology, applied psychology, health, and social psychology.

Their scholarly work covers topics including social and intergroup psychology, psychological and temporal perspectives research, religion, spirituality, and psychology, behavioral health and interventions, death anxiety and social exclusion, optimism, hope, and well-being, as well as media influence and health.

Okun has contributed to publications in several peer-reviewed journals. Some of the recent papers include:

  • A test of a triadic conceptualization of future self-identification, 2020, PLoS ONE
  • Faith and science mindsets as predictors of COVID-19 concern: A three-wave longitudinal study, 2021, Journal of Experimental Social Psychology
  • Is Seeing Believing? A Longitudinal Study of Vividness of the Future and Its Effects on Academic Self-Efficacy and Success in College, 2021, Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin
  • The interaction of faith and science mindsets predicts perceptions of the relationship between religion and science, 2023, Current Research in Ecological and Social Psychology

Frequent co-authors of Okun include:

  • Michael T. Bixter
  • Samantha L. McMichael
  • Cameron J. Bunker
  • Kevin J. Grimm
  • Oliver Graudejus

Okun's work appears in diverse publication venues, such as:

  • PLoS ONE
  • Journal of Experimental Social Psychology
  • Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin
  • Current Research in Ecological and Social Psychology

The scope of Okun's research incorporates a wide range of psychological and social dimensions, with investigatory emphasis on how beliefs, mindsets, and temporal perspectives influence behavior, health outcomes, and social relationships. Their contributions support interdisciplinary inquiry into religion's interaction with science, future self-conceptualization, and social psychological responses to public health concerns.

Best Publications

  • The interplay of traits and motives on volunteering: agreeableness, extraversion and prosocial value motivation

    Gustavo Carlo;Morris A. Okun;George P. Knight;Maria Rosario T. de Guzman

  • Religion and Subjective Well-Being in Adulthood: A Quantitative Synthesis

    Robert A. Witter;William A. Stock;Morris A. Okun;Marilyn J. Haring

  • A Comparison of the Influence of Conflictual and Supportive Social Interactions on Psychological Distress

    John F. Finch;Morris A. Okun;Gregory J. Pool;Linda S. Ruehlman

  • Health and subjective well-being: a meta-analysis.

    Morris A. Okun;William A. Stock;Marilyn J. Haring;Robert A. Witter

  • Age and motives for volunteering: testing hypotheses derived from socioemotional selectivity theory.

    Morris A. Okun;Amy Schultz

  • A Research Synthesis of Gender and Social Class as Correlates of Subjective Well-Being

    Marilyn J. Haring;William A. Stock;Morris A. Okun

  • Effects of Positive and Negative Social Exchanges with Various Sources on Depressive Symptoms in Younger and Older Adults

    Morris A. Okun;Verna M. Keith

  • Positive and negative social ties among older adults: measurement models and the prediction of psychological distress and well-being.

    John F. Finch;Morris A. Okun;Manuel Barrera;Alex J. Zautra

  • The Effects of a Female Role Model on Academic Performance and Persistence of Women in STEM Courses

    Sarah D. Herrmann;Robert Mark Adelman;Jessica E. Bodford;Oliver Graudejus

  • Physician- and self-ratings of health, neuroticism and subjective well-being among men and women.

    Morris A. Okun;Linda K. George

  • Life regrets and current goals as predictors of psychological adjustment

    Len Lecci;Morris A. Okun;Paul Karoly

  • Motivation to volunteer by older adults: a test of competing measurement models.

    Morris A. Okun;Alicia Barr;A. Regula Herzog

  • Education and Subjective Well-Being: A Meta-Analysis

    Robert A Witter;Morris A Okun;William A Stock;Marilyn J Haring

  • Volunteering by older adults and risk of mortality: a meta-analysis.

    Morris A. Okun;Ellen Wan Heung Yeung;Stephanie Brown

  • Assessing volunteer motives: a comparison of an open‐ended probe and Likert rating scales

    Lora D. Allison;Morris A. Okun;Kathy S. Dutridge

  • The Social Activity/Subjective Well-Being Relation: A Quantitative Synthesis

    Morris A. Okun;William A. Stock;Marilyn J. Haring;Robert A. Witter

  • Sense of Community and Being a Volunteer Among the Young-Old

    Morris A. Okun;Josef Michel

  • The Relation Between Motives for Organizational Volunteering and Frequency of Volunteering by Elders

    Morris A. Okun

  • Social support and social norms: do both contribute to predicting leisure-time exercise?

    Morris A. Okun;Linda Ruehlman;Paul Karoly;Rafer Lutz

  • Friends in high places: The influence of authoritarian and benevolent god-concepts on social attitudes and behaviors

    Kathryn A. Johnson;Yexin Jessica Li;Adam B. Cohen;Morris A. Okun

Frequent Co-Authors

Paul Karoly
Paul Karoly Arizona State University
A.B. Cohen
A.B. Cohen Arizona State University
Linda K. George
Linda K. George Duke University
Alex J. Zautra
Alex J. Zautra Arizona State University
Ilene C. Siegler
Ilene C. Siegler Duke University
Nancy Eisenberg
Nancy Eisenberg Arizona State University
Howard Tennen
Howard Tennen University of Connecticut
Karen S. Rook
Karen S. Rook University of California, Irvine
Joshua N. Hook
Joshua N. Hook University of North Texas
Frank J. Infurna
Frank J. Infurna Arizona State University

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