2026 Nansook Park: Psychology Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Psychology	51	5081	4713	2788	2523	83	31305

Nansook Park 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 Nansook Park sits on this spectrum.

31 publications 705+

This scientist: 83 publications — 10th percentile

10% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Nansook Park 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 Nansook Park sits on this spectrum.

30 D-Index 144+

This scientist: 51 D-Index — 56th percentile

56% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 144 D-Index or more.

Overview

Nansook Park is affiliated with the University of Michigan-Ann Arbor in the United States. Their research primarily spans the domains of social sciences and psychology, with a focus on education and related subfields.

The main fields of study represented in their work include:

Social Sciences
Psychology

Within these fields, the subfields addressed by Park's publications cover:

Education
Safety Research
Social Psychology
Applied Psychology
Philosophy

The research topics frequently explored encompass:

Youth Development and Social Support
Teacher Education and Leadership Studies
Early Childhood Education and Development
Motivation and Self-Concept in Sports
Behavioral Health and Interventions
Education Practices and Challenges
Education and Teacher Training

Park's recent papers demonstrate a focus on youth and teacher development, wellbeing, and educational engagement. Selected recent publications include:

"Positive Youth Development Among Youth Living in Poverty: The Role of Psychological Needs Satisfaction" (2021, Youth & Society)
"#ArmMeWith: Resources for Teacher Wellbeing" (2021, International Journal of Wellbeing)
"Examining Teacher Well-Being: An Analysis of Resources Needs" (2024, International Journal of Changes in Education)
"Does school kindness lead to greater school engagement? Cross-sectional and longitudinal evidence in the Philippine context" (2023, The Journal of Positive Psychology)
"Self-efficacy and work stress among U.S. preschool teachers: the mediating role of anxiety" (2025, Journal of Early Childhood Teacher Education)

Frequent coauthors collaborating with Park include:

Christina Costa
Fabio Alivernini
Dora Bianchi
Elisa Cavicchiolo
Sara Manganelli

Park's work is regularly published in scholarly journals such as:

Youth & Society
International Journal of Wellbeing
International Journal of Changes in Education
The Journal of Positive Psychology
Journal of Early Childhood Teacher Education

Best Publications

Positive Psychology Progress: Empirical Validation of Interventions.

Martin E. P. Seligman;Tracy A. Steen;Nansook Park;Christopher Peterson

9958
Citations
STRENGTHS OF CHARACTER AND WELL-BEING

Nansook Park;Christopher Peterson;Martin E. P. Seligman

3109
Citations
Orientations to happiness and life satisfaction: The full life versus the empty life.

Christopher Peterson;Nansook Park;Martin E. P. Seligman

2398
Citations
The Role of Subjective Well-Being in Positive Youth Development

Nansook Park

1279
Citations
Strengths of character, orientations to happiness, and life satisfaction

Christopher Peterson;Willibald Ruch;Ursula Beermann;Nansook Park

1141
Citations
Moral competence and character strengths among adolescents: The development and validation of the Values in Action Inventory of Strengths for Youth

Nansook Park;Christopher Peterson

1077
Citations
Character strengths in fifty-four nations and the fifty US states

Nansook Park;Christopher Peterson;Martin E. P. Seligman

726
Citations
Character Strengths: Research and Practice

Nansook Park;Christopher Peterson

580
Citations
Strengths of character and posttraumatic growth.

Christopher Peterson;Nansook Park;Nnamdi Pole;Wendy D'Andrea

571
Citations
Character strengths and happiness among young children: Content analysis of parental descriptions.

Nansook Park;Christopher Peterson

557
Citations
Greater strengths of character and recovery from illness

Christopher Peterson;Nansook Park;Martin E. P. Seligman

542
Citations
Character Strengths Predict Subjective Well-Being During Adolescence

Jane Gillham;Zoe Adams-Deutsch;Jaclyn Werner;Karen Reivich

516
Citations
Positive Psychology and Character Strengths: Application to Strengths-Based School Counseling.

Nansook Park;Christopher Peterson

484
Citations
Zest and work

Christopher Peterson;Nansook Park;Nicholas Hall;Martin E. P. Seligman

473
Citations
Character Strengths and Positive Youth Development

Nansook Park

466
Citations
Values in Action Inventory of Strengths (VIA-IS): Adaptation and Validation of the German Version and the Development of a Peer-Rating Form

Willibald Ruch;René T. Proyer;Claudia Harzer;Nansook Park

434
Citations
Character strengths in the United Kingdom: The VIA Inventory of Strengths

P. Alex Linley;John Maltby;Alex M. Wood;Stephen Joseph

403
Citations
Military children and families: strengths and challenges during peace and war.

Nansook Park

403
Citations
Convergence of Character Strengths in American and Japanese Young Adults

Satoshi Shimai;Keiko Otake;Nansook Park;Christopher Peterson

366
Citations
Three ways to be happy: Pleasure, engagement, and meaning - Findings from Australian and US samples

Dianne Anne Vella-Brodrick;Nansook Park;Christopher Peterson

319
Citations
Positive Organizational Scholarship

Christopher Peterson;Nansook Park

98
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Christopher Peterson University of Michigan–Ann Arbor

Martin E. P. Seligman University of Pennsylvania

E. Scott Huebner University of South Carolina

Jane E. Gillham Swarthmore College

Willibald Ruch University of Zurich

Rich Gilman Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center

Stephen Joseph University of Nottingham

Robert F. Valois University of South Carolina

Corey L. M. Keyes Emory University

William Damon Stanford University

External Links

Personal website of Nansook Park Google Scholar page

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