2026 Robert D. Enright: Psychology Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Psychology	46	6280	5841	3394	3078	200	18683

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Overview

Robert D. Enright is primarily affiliated with the University of Wisconsin-Madison in the United States. Their research focuses largely on psychology, with a considerable number of publications in social psychology and clinical psychology. Other fields of study include sociology and political science, general health professions, and education.

The main topics addressed in this scientist's research include:

Forgiveness and Related Behaviors
Grief, Bereavement, and Mental Health
Migration, Health and Trauma
Child Abuse and Trauma
Bullying, Victimization, and Aggression
Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development
Resilience and Mental Health

Their frequent coauthors are:

Jacqueline Y. Song
Jichan Kim
Jiahe Wang Xu
Lifan Yu
Júlio Rique

Publications by this researcher often appear in these venues:

Clinical Psychology & Psychotherapy
Journal of Theoretical and Philosophical Psychology
Education Sciences
PsycTESTS Dataset
Current Psychology

Selected recent papers include:

A meta-analysis of forgiveness education interventions' effects on forgiveness and anger in children and adolescents, 2022, Child Development
Validating the Enright Self-Forgiveness Inventory (ESFI), 2021, Current Psychology
Effectiveness of forgiveness education with adolescents in reducing anger and ethnic prejudice in Iran, 2020, Journal of Educational Psychology
Forgiveness therapy in a maximum-security correctional institution: A randomized clinical trial, 2021, Clinical Psychology & Psychotherapy
Enright Forgiveness Inventory-30, 2022, PsycTESTS Dataset

Best Publications

Helping Clients Forgive: An Empirical Guide for Resolving Anger and Restoring Hope

Robert D. Enright;Richard P. Fitzgibbons

1494
Citations
Forgiveness as an intervention goal with incest survivors

Suzanne R. Freedman;Robert D. Enright

1218
Citations
Forgiveness Is a Choice: A Step-by-Step Process for Resolving Anger and Restoring Hope

Robert D. Enright

1120
Citations
Counseling within the Forgiveness Triad: On Forgiving, Receiving Forgiveness, and Self-Forgiveness.

Robert D. Enright

1029
Citations
The moral development of forgiveness.

Robert D. Enright

955
Citations
Handbook of Moral Behavior and Development

R. D. Enright;W. Kurtiness;J. Gerwitz

921
Citations
Forgiveness As A Psychotherapeutic Goal With Elderly Females

John H. Hebl;Robert D. Enright

801
Citations
The psychology of interpersonal forgiveness.

Robert D. Enright;Suzanne Freedman;Julio Rique

794
Citations
Intervention Studies on Forgiveness: A Meta‐Analysis

Thomas W. Baskin;Robert D. Enright

789
Citations
Forgiveness intervention with postabortion men.

Catherine T. Coyle;Robert D. Enright

754
Citations
Measuring Interpersonal Forgiveness in Late Adolescence and Middle Adulthood.

Michael J. Subkoviak;Robert D. Enright;Ching-Ru Wu;Elizabeth A. Gassin

706
Citations
The adolescent as forgiver

Robert D. Enright;Maria J.D. Santos;Radhi Al-Mabuk

646
Citations
The Effects of Forgiveness Therapy on Depression, Anxiety, and Posttraumatic Stress for Women after Spousal Emotional Abuse.

Gayle L. Reed;Robert D. Enright

591
Citations
Forgiveness Education with Parentally Love‐deprived Late Adolescents

Radhi H. Al‐Mabuk;Robert D. Enright;Paul A. Cardis

585
Citations
Forgiveness as an intervention goal with incest survivors.

Unknown

428
Citations
Forgiveness: a developmental view

Robert D. Enright;Elizabeth A. Gassin;Ching‐Ru Wu

402
Citations
Effects of forgiveness therapy on anger, mood, and vulnerability to substance use among inpatient substance-dependent clients.

Wei-Fen Lin;David Mack;Robert D. Enright;Dean Krahn

395
Citations
Piaget on the Moral Development of Forgiveness: Identity or Reciprocity?

Robert D. Enright

312
Citations
Interpersonal Forgiveness Within the Helping Professions: An Attempt to Resolve Differences of Opinion

Robert D. Enright;David L. Eastin;Sandra Golden;Issidoros Sarinopoulos

276
Citations
Adolescent egocentrism-sociocentrism and self-consciousness.

Robert D. Enright;Diane G. Shukla;Daniel K. Lapsley

219
Citations
Adolescent egocentrism in early and late adolescence.

Robert D. Enright

184
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Daniel K. Lapsley University of Notre Dame

Richard J. Davidson University of Wisconsin–Madison

Everett L. Worthington Virginia Commonwealth University

Carolyn Zahn-Waxler University of Wisconsin–Madison

Suzanne E. Mazzeo Virginia Commonwealth University

Marilyn J. Essex University of Wisconsin–Madison

Silvia Helena Koller Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul

Bruce E. Wampold University of Wisconsin–Madison

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