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Paul Karoly is affiliated with Arizona State University in the United States. Their research spans multiple fields, including psychology, neuroscience, and medicine, with a focus on subfields such as cognitive neuroscience, applied psychology, pharmacology, philosophy, and ecology.

The scientist's work frequently addresses topics related to pain management and the placebo effect, musculoskeletal pain and rehabilitation, mental health and psychiatry, agriculture sustainability and environmental impact, environmental education and sustainability, behavioral health and interventions, and mindfulness and compassion interventions.

Paul Karoly has published in several academic venues, including:

  • Journal of Clinical Psychology in Medical Settings
  • Public Health Nutrition
  • Journal of American College Health
  • Journal of Experimental Psychology Applied
  • New Ideas in Psychology

Their recent papers include:

  • How Pain Shapes Depression and Anxiety: A Hybrid Self-regulatory/Predictive Mind Perspective, 2020, Journal of Clinical Psychology in Medical Settings
  • A goal-systems perspective on plant-based eating: keys to successful adherence in university students, 2020, Public Health Nutrition
  • A pilot test of Internet-delivered brief interactive training sessions for depression: Evaluating dropout, uptake, adherence, and outcome, 2021, Journal of American College Health
  • Acute pain impairs sustained attention, 2021, Journal of Experimental Psychology Applied
  • A self-regulatory perspective on human motivation and its implications for understanding adaptation to chronic pain, 2023, New Ideas in Psychology

Frequent coauthors collaborating with Paul Karoly include Linda S. Ruehlman, Maricarmen Vizcaino, Katy R Shilling, Andrew Berardy, and Sidney Lines.

Best Publications

  • The measurement of clinical pain intensity: a comparison of six methods.

    Mark P. Jensen;Paul Karoly;Sanford Braver

  • Mechanisms of Self-Regulation: A Systems View

    Paul Karoly

  • Self-report scales and procedures for assessing pain in adults.

    Mark P. Jensen;Paul Karoly

  • Coping with chronic pain: A critical review of the literature.

    Mark P. Jensen;Judith A. Turner;Joan M. Romano;Paul Karoly

  • Fear-avoidance model of chronic pain: the next generation.

    Geert Crombez;Christopher Eccleston;Stefaan Van Damme;Johan W S Vlaeyen;Johan W S Vlaeyen

  • Assessing global pain severity by self-report in clinical and health services research.

    Michael Von Korff;Michael Von Korff;Mark P. Jensen;Paul Karoly

  • Self-control: A behavioristic excursion into the lion's den

    Frederick H. Kanfer;Paul Karoly

  • Self-Regulation Assessment and Intervention in Physical Health and Illness: A Review

    Stan Maes;Paul Karoly

  • Control beliefs, coping efforts, and adjustment to chronic pain.

    Mark P. Jensen;Paul Karoly

  • The subjective experience of acute pain. An assessment of the utility of 10 indices.

    Mark Jensen;Paul Karoly;Eoghan O'Riordan;Frank Bland

  • The development and preliminary validation of an instrument to assess patients' attitudes toward pain

    Mark P. Jensen;Paul Karoly;Raymond Huger

  • Psychological "resilience" and its correlates in chronic pain: findings from a national community sample.

    Paul Karoly;Linda S. Ruehlman

  • Life regrets and current goals as predictors of psychological adjustment

    Len Lecci;Morris A. Okun;Paul Karoly

  • Self‐Regulation Across Domains of Applied Psychology: Is there an Emerging Consensus?

    Monique Boekaerts;Stan Maes;Paul Karoly

  • A Goal Systems–Self-Regulatory Perspective on Personality, Psychopathology, and Change:

    Paul Karoly

  • With a little flak from my friends : development and preliminary validation of the test of negative social exchange (TENSE)

    Linda S. Ruehlman;Paul Karoly

  • Self-management and behavior change : from theory to practice

    Paul Karoly;Frederick H. Kanfer

  • Reduction of children's fear of the dark by competence-related and situational threat-related verbal cues.

    Frederick H. Kanfer;Paul Karoly;Alexander Newman

  • Fibromyalgia and women's pursuit of personal goals: a daily process analysis.

    Glenn Affleck;Howard Tennen;Susan Urrows;Pamela Higgins

  • Measurement strategies in health psychology

    Paul Karoly

Frequent Co-Authors

Morris A. Okun
Morris A. Okun Arizona State University
Howard Tennen
Howard Tennen University of Connecticut
Geert Crombez
Geert Crombez Ghent University
Alex J. Zautra
Alex J. Zautra Arizona State University
Leona S. Aiken
Leona S. Aiken Arizona State University
Mary C. Davis
Mary C. Davis Arizona State University
Stan Maes
Stan Maes Leiden University
Monique Boekaerts
Monique Boekaerts Leiden University
Stefaan Van Damme
Stefaan Van Damme Ghent University
Robert D. Kerns
Robert D. Kerns Yale University

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