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Patrick E. McKnight

D-Index & Metrics

Psychology

D-Index
44
Citations
11345
World Ranking
6850
National Ranking
3717

Patrick E. McKnight publication distribution in Psychology in 2026

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31 publications 705+

This scientist: 95 publications — 17th percentile

17% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Patrick E. McKnight 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 Patrick E. McKnight sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 144+

This scientist: 44 D-Index — 41st percentile

41% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Patrick E. McKnight is affiliated with George Mason University in the United States. Their research focuses primarily on the field of psychology, with a particular emphasis on experimental and cognitive psychology, social psychology, clinical psychology, applied psychology, and cognitive neuroscience.

Their work covers various topics including psychological and educational research studies, emotional intelligence and performance, optimism, hope, and well-being, psychological well-being and life satisfaction, infective endocarditis diagnosis and management, antibiotic use and resistance, and resilience and mental health.

Some of the recent papers involving Patrick E. McKnight include:

  • Understanding psychological flexibility: A multimethod exploration of pursuing valued goals despite the presence of distress. (2020, Psychological Assessment)
  • The Five-Dimensional Curiosity Scale Revised (5DCR): Briefer subscales while separating overt and covert social curiosity. (2020, Personality and Individual Differences)
  • Purpose in life: A resolution on the definition, conceptual model, and optimal measurement. (2023, American Psychologist)
  • Prophylactic antibiotic prescribing in dental practice. (2020, The Journal of the American Dental Association)
  • Evolving positive psychology: A blueprint for advancing the study of purpose in life, psychological strengths, and resilience. (2021, The Journal of Positive Psychology)

Patrick E. McKnight frequently publishes in the following venues:

  • PsycTESTS Dataset (4 publications)
  • Personality and Individual Differences (2 publications)
  • The Journal of the American Dental Association (2 publications)
  • The Journal of Positive Psychology (2 publications)
  • Human Factors The Journal of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society (2 publications)

Their frequent co-authors include:

  • Todd B. Kashdan (16 collaborations)
  • Fallon R. Goodman (9 collaborations)
  • David J. Disabato (7 collaborations)
  • Kerry C. Kelso (4 collaborations)
  • Peter B. Lockhart (3 collaborations)

Best Publications

  • Missing Data: A Gentle Introduction

    Patrick E. McKnight;Katherine M. McKnight;Souraya Sidani;Aurelio José Figueredo

  • Purpose in Life as a System That Creates and Sustains Health and Well-Being: An Integrative, Testable Theory

    Patrick E. McKnight;Todd B. Kashdan

  • Mann-Whitney U Test

    Patrick E. McKnight;Julius Najab

  • Brief intervention for heavy-drinking college students: 4-year follow-up and natural history.

    John S. Baer;Daniel R. Kivlahan;Arthur W. Blume;Patrick McKnight

  • Almost human: Anthropomorphism increases trust resilience in cognitive agents.

    Ewart J. de Visser;Samuel S. Monfort;Ryan McKendrick;Melissa A. B. Smith

  • Unpacking Emotion Differentiation: Transforming Unpleasant Experience by Perceiving Distinctions in Negativity

    Todd B. Kashdan;Lisa Feldman Barrett;Patrick E. McKnight

  • The importance of functional impairment to mental health outcomes: A case for reassessing our goals in depression treatment research

    Patrick E. McKnight;Todd B. Kashdan

  • The five-dimensional curiosity scale: Capturing the bandwidth of curiosity and identifying four unique subgroups of curious people

    Todd B. Kashdan;Melissa C. Stiksma;David J. Disabato;Patrick E. McKnight

  • A capability model of individual differences in frontal EEG asymmetry

    James A. Coan;John J.B. Allen;Patrick E. McKnight

  • Placebo effects in cognitive training.

    Cyrus K. Foroughi;Samuel S. Monfort;Martin Paczynski;Patrick E. McKnight

  • Origins of purpose in life: Refining our understanding of a life well lived.

    Todd B. Kashdan;Patrick E. McKnight

  • Distinguishing healthy adults from people with social anxiety disorder: evidence for the value of experiential avoidance and positive emotions in everyday social interactions.

    Todd B. Kashdan;Antonina S. Farmer;Leah M. Adams;Patty Ferssizidis

  • Calibration of measures for psychotherapy outcome studies

    Lee Sechrest;Patrick McKnight;Katherine McKnight

  • Understanding psychological flexibility: A multimethod exploration of pursuing valued goals despite the presence of distress.

    Todd B. Kashdan;David J. Disabato;Fallon R. Goodman;James D. Doorley

  • Anxiety symptoms and functional impairment: A systematic review of the correlation between the two measures

    Patrick E. McKnight;Samuel S. Monfort;Todd B. Kashdan;Dan V. Blalock

  • The Darker Side of Social Anxiety When Aggressive Impulsivity Prevails Over Shy Inhibition

    Todd B. Kashdan;Patrick E. McKnight

  • Progressive Resistance Training Improves Overall Physical Activity Levels in Patients With Early Osteoarthritis of the Knee: A Randomized Controlled Trial

    Joshua N. Farr;Scott B. Going;Patrick E. McKnight;Shelley Kasle

  • The Five-Dimensional Curiosity Scale Revised (5DCR): Briefer subscales while separating overt and covert social curiosity

    Todd B. Kashdan;David J. Disabato;Fallon R. Goodman;Patrick E. McKnight

  • When social anxiety disorder co-exists with risk-prone, approach behavior: investigating a neglected, meaningful subset of people in the National Comorbidity Survey-Replication.

    Todd B. Kashdan;Patrick E. McKnight;J. Anthony Richey;Stefan G. Hofmann

  • Multivariate modeling of missing data within and across assessment waves.

    Aurelio José Figueredo;Patrick E. McKnight;Katherine M. McKnight;Souraya Sidani

  • Low serum albumin levels, confusion, and fecal incontinence: are these risk factors for pressure ulcers in mobility-impaired hospitalized adults?

    Richard Lewis Reed;Kenneth Hepburn;Richard Adelson

  • Missing Data in Psychological Science

    Patrick E. McKnight;Katherine M. McKnight

Frequent Co-Authors

Todd B. Kashdan
Todd B. Kashdan George Mason University
John B. Nezlek
John B. Nezlek University of Social Sciences and Humanities
Aurelio José Figueredo
Aurelio José Figueredo University of Arizona
Raja Parasuraman
Raja Parasuraman George Mason University
Alex J. Zautra
Alex J. Zautra Arizona State University
Mantak Yuen
Mantak Yuen University of Hong Kong
Stefan G. Hofmann
Stefan G. Hofmann Philipp University of Marburg
Kathryn A. Bayles
Kathryn A. Bayles University of Arizona
Frank Krueger
Frank Krueger George Mason University
Scott B. Going
Scott B. Going University of Arizona

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