What is he best known for?
The fields of study he is best known for:
- Social psychology
- Law
- Cognition
Roy F. Baumeister mainly focuses on Social psychology, Developmental psychology, Self-control, Ego depletion and Personality.
His Social psychology study focuses mostly on Self, Interpersonal relationship, Social rejection, Self-concept and Sociometer.
Roy F. Baumeister has researched Interpersonal relationship in several fields, including Interpersonal communication and Meaningful life.
His Developmental psychology research is multidisciplinary, incorporating elements of Belongingness, Anxiety and Mood.
His Ego depletion study incorporates themes from Anagrams, Resource, Cognition and Function.
His work deals with themes such as Narcissism and Task, which intersect with Personality.
His most cited work include:
- The need to belong: Desire for interpersonal attachments as a fundamental human motivation. (12350 citations)
- Bad is Stronger than Good (4399 citations)
- High self-control predicts good adjustment, less pathology, better grades, and interpersonal success. (3324 citations)
What are the main themes of his work throughout his whole career to date?
His primary areas of study are Social psychology, Self-control, Developmental psychology, Cognitive psychology and Ego depletion.
Social psychology and Cognition are frequently intertwined in his study.
His studies deal with areas such as Task and Temptation as well as Self-control.
His Developmental psychology study frequently draws connections between related disciplines such as Social rejection.
His Interpersonal relationship research extends to Interpersonal communication, which is thematically connected.
He most often published in these fields:
- Social psychology (65.24%)
- Self-control (19.25%)
- Developmental psychology (17.04%)
What were the highlights of his more recent work (between 2015-2021)?
- Social psychology (65.24%)
- Self-control (19.25%)
- Free will (10.53%)
In recent papers he was focusing on the following fields of study:
Roy F. Baumeister mostly deals with Social psychology, Self-control, Free will, Ego depletion and Cognitive psychology.
As part of his studies on Social psychology, he often connects relevant subjects like Morality.
Roy F. Baumeister has included themes like Causality, Task, Self-efficacy and Social group in his Self-control study.
Roy F. Baumeister combines subjects such as Soul, Moral responsibility, Addiction and Action with his study of Free will.
While working on this project, Roy F. Baumeister studies both Ego depletion and Energy.
His Epistemology research includes elements of Social psychology and Relevance.
Between 2015 and 2021, his most popular works were:
- Strength Model of Self-Regulation as Limited Resource: Assessment, Controversies, Update (103 citations)
- Strength Model of Self-Regulation as Limited Resource: Assessment, Controversies, Update (103 citations)
- Misguided Effort With Elusive Implications (101 citations)
In his most recent research, the most cited papers focused on:
- Social psychology
- Law
- Epistemology
Roy F. Baumeister spends much of his time researching Social psychology, Ego depletion, Self-control, Free will and Reputation.
His Social psychology study combines topics from a wide range of disciplines, such as Test, Cognition and Morality.
His study in Cognition is interdisciplinary in nature, drawing from both Developmental psychology, Empirical research and Mindset.
His Ego depletion research is multidisciplinary, relying on both Cognitive psychology, Decision fatigue, Statistical power, Sampling and Standard error.
The study incorporates disciplines such as Situational ethics, Task, Prosocial behavior, Dictator and Clinical psychology in addition to Self-control.
His research in Free will intersects with topics in Perception, Action, Moral responsibility, Determinism and Addiction.
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