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3618
National Ranking
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Overview

P. Wesley Schultz is affiliated with Claremont Graduate University in the United States. Their research spans several key areas within social sciences and psychology, focusing on environmental education, sustainability, social psychology, and behavioral interventions.

Their publications cover a variety of topics reflecting these interests. Main fields of study include:

  • Social Sciences
  • Psychology

Subfields of study represent a more detailed scope and include:

  • Sociology and Political Science
  • Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law
  • Social Psychology
  • Safety Research
  • Applied Psychology

Their work concentrates on the following topics:

  • Environmental Education and Sustainability
  • Social and Intergroup Psychology
  • Career Development and Diversity
  • Mentoring and Academic Development
  • Climate Change Communication and Perception
  • Behavioral Health and Interventions
  • Perfectionism, Procrastination, Anxiety Studies

Frequent co-authors contributing to multiple papers alongside Schultz include:

  • Anna Woodcock
  • Paul R. Hernandez
  • Samantha N. Mertens
  • Rachelle Pedersen
  • Mica Estrada

Schultz's recent papers demonstrate a focus on environmental and social psychological questions, published across notable journals. Recent publications include:

  • "Associations between green/blue spaces and mental health across 18 countries," 2021, Scientific Reports
  • "Peer influence on household energy behaviours," 2020, Nature Energy
  • "Referent group specificity: Optimizing normative feedback to increase residential recycling," 2020, Journal of Environmental Psychology
  • "Theory enhances impact. Reply to: 'The case for impact-focused environmental psychology'," 2021, Journal of Environmental Psychology
  • "Secret Agents of Influence: Leveraging Social Norms for Good," 2022, Current Directions in Psychological Science

Their publications appear most frequently in the Journal of Environmental Psychology, with additional appearances in Scientific Reports, Nature Energy, Ecology and Society, and Current Directions in Psychological Science.

Best Publications

  • The Constructive, Destructive, and Reconstructive Power of Social Norms

    P. Wesley Schultz;Jessica M. Nolan;Robert B. Cialdini;Noah J. Goldstein

  • THE STRUCTURE OF ENVIRONMENTAL CONCERN: CONCERN FOR SELF, OTHER PEOPLE, AND THE BIOSPHERE

    P. Wesley Schultz

  • Normative Social Influence is Underdetected

    Jessica M. Nolan;P. Wesley Schultz;Robert B. Cialdini;Noah J. Goldstein

  • VALUES AS PREDICTORS OF ENVIRONMENTAL ATTITUDES: EVIDENCE FOR CONSISTENCY ACROSS 14 COUNTRIES

    P. Wesley Schultz;P. Wesley Schultz;Lynnette Zelezny;Lynnette Zelezny

  • Implicit connections with nature

    P.Wesley Schultz;Chris Shriver;Jennifer J Tabanico;Azar M Khazian

  • Values and their Relationship to Environmental Concern and Conservation Behavior

    P. Wesley Schultz;Valdiney V. Gouveia;Linda D. Cameron;Geetika Tankha

  • New Environmental Theories: Empathizing With Nature: The Effects ofPerspective Taking on Concern for Environmental Issues

    P. Wesley Schultz

  • INCLUSION WITH NATURE: THE PSYCHOLOGY OF HUMAN-NATURE RELATIONS

    P. Wesley Schultz

  • Who recycles and when? A review of personal and situational factors

    P. Wesley Schultz;Stuart Oskamp;Tina Mainieri

  • Changing Behavior With Normative Feedback Interventions: A Field Experiment on Curbside Recycling

    P. Wesley Schultz

  • Values and Proenvironmental Behavior A Five-Country Survey

    P. Wesley Schultz;Lynnette C. Zelezny

  • Conservation means behavior.

    P. Wesley Schultz

  • Toward a Model of Social Influence that Explains Minority Student Integration into the Scientific Community

    Mica Estrada;Anna Woodcock;Paul R. Hernandez;P. Wesley Schultz

  • Promoting connectedness with nature through environmental education

    Anne K. Liefländer;Gabriele Fröhlich;Franz X. Bogner;P. Wesley Schultz

  • A Longitudinal Study of How Quality Mentorship and Research Experience Integrate Underrepresented Minorities into STEM Careers.

    Mica Estrada;Paul R. Hernandez;P. Wesley Schultz

  • Self, Identity, and the Natural Environment: Exploring Implicit Connections With Nature

    P. Wesley Schultz;Jennifer Tabanico

  • Co-benefits of addressing climate change can motivate action around the world

    Paul G. Bain;Paul G. Bain;Taciano L. Milfont;Yoshihisa Kashima;Michał Bilewicz

  • Sustaining Optimal Motivation: A Longitudinal Analysis of Interventions to Broaden Participation of Underrepresented Students in STEM.

    Paul R. Hernandez;P. Wesley Schultz;Mica Estrada;Anna Woodcock

  • Descriptive normative beliefs and conservation behavior: The moderating roles of personal involvement and injunctive normative beliefs

    Susanne Göckeritz;P. Wesley Schultz;Tania Rendón;Robert B. Cialdini

  • A Multinational Perspective on the Relation between Judeo-Christian Religious Beliefs and Attitudes of Environmental Concern

    P. Wesley Schultz;Lynnette Zelezny;Nancy J. Dalrymple

  • CRIMINAL BEWARE: A SOCIAL NORMS PERSPECTIVE ON POSTING PUBLIC WARNING SIGNS*

    P. Wesley Schultz;Jennifer J. Tabanico

Frequent Co-Authors

Taciano L. Milfont
Taciano L. Milfont University of Waikato
Linda Steg
Linda Steg University of Groningen
Valdiney Veloso Gouveia
Valdiney Veloso Gouveia Federal University of Paraíba
Paul G. Bain
Paul G. Bain University of Bath
Florian G. Kaiser
Florian G. Kaiser Otto-von-Guericke University Magdeburg
Victor Corral-Verdugo
Victor Corral-Verdugo Universidad de Sonora
Guy Doron
Guy Doron Reichman University
Yoshihisa Kashima
Yoshihisa Kashima University of Melbourne
Yanjun Guan
Yanjun Guan Durham University
Vladas Griskevicius
Vladas Griskevicius University of Minnesota

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