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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Psychology in Australia Leader Award
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  • 2023 - Research.com Psychology in Australia Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Psychology in Australia Leader Award
  • 2015 - Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
  • 2013 - William James Fellow Award, Association for Psychological Science (APA)

Overview

Roy F. Baumeister is affiliated with the University of Queensland in Australia and has contributed extensively to the field of psychology, with a primary focus on social psychology. Their research spans 119 publications, predominantly in psychology, including subfields such as social psychology, applied psychology, experimental and cognitive psychology, cognitive neuroscience, and sociology and political science.

The scientist's work addresses a variety of main topics, including behavioral health and interventions, psychological well-being and life satisfaction, mental health research topics, decision-making and behavioral economics, psychology of moral and emotional judgment, death anxiety and social exclusion, and optimism, hope, and well-being.

Frequent coauthors of the scientist include:

  • Dianne M. Tice
  • William von Hippel
  • Nathalie André
  • Connie J. Clark
  • Hallgeir Sjåstad

Common publication venues for the scientist are:

  • Possibility Studies & Society
  • Frontiers in Psychology
  • The Journal of Positive Psychology
  • Behavioral and Brain Sciences
  • Perspectives on Psychological Science

Recent significant papers include:

  • "The Need to Belong: a Deep Dive into the Origins, Implications, and Future of a Foundational Construct" (2021), published in Educational Psychology Review
  • "Risk factors associated with mental illness in hospital discharged patients infected with COVID-19 in Wuhan, China" (2020), published in Psychiatry Research
  • "Student belongingness in higher education: Lessons for Professors from the COVID-19 pandemic" (2021), published in Journal of University Teaching and Learning Practice
  • "Everyday Thoughts in Time: Experience Sampling Studies of Mental Time Travel" (2020), published in Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin
  • "Prosocial motives underlie scientific censorship by scientists: A perspective and research agenda" (2023), published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

Among book publications, the scientist has contributed to:

  • Emotions and Negativity (2022), published by Research on emotion in organizations
  • Being Social (2020), published by Open Agenda Publishing eBooks
  • New Paradigm of Attention and Attention Training: Mechanisms and Applications (2022), published by Frontiers Media

Awards received by the scientist include:

  • Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences (2015)
  • William James Fellow Award, Association for Psychological Science (APA) (2013)

Best Publications

  • The need to belong: Desire for interpersonal attachments as a fundamental human motivation.

    Roy F. Baumeister;Mark R. Leary

  • Bad is Stronger than Good

    Roy F. Baumeister;Ellen Bratslavsky;Ellen Bratslavsky;Catrin Finkenauer;Kathleen D. Vohs

  • High self-control predicts good adjustment, less pathology, better grades, and interpersonal success.

    June P. Tangney;Roy F. Baumeister;Angie Luzio Boone

  • Ego depletion: is the active self a limited resource?

    Roy F. Baumeister;Ellen Bratslavsky;Mark Muraven;Dianne M. Tice

  • Does high self-esteem cause better performance, interpersonal success, happiness, or healthier lifestyles?

    RF Baumeister;JD Campbell;JI Krueger;KD Vohs

  • Self-regulation and depletion of limited resources: does self-control resemble a muscle?

    Mark Muraven;Roy F. Baumeister

  • The Strength Model of Self-Control

    Roy F. Baumeister;Kathleen D. Vohs;Dianne M. Tice

  • Relation of threatened egotism to violence and aggression: The dark side of high self-esteem.

    Roy F. Baumeister;Laura Smart;Joseph M. Boden

  • The nature and function of self-esteem: Sociometer theory

    Mark R. Leary;Roy F. Baumeister

  • Meanings of Life

    Roy F. Baumeister

  • Losing Control: How and Why People Fail at Self-Regulation

    Roy F. Baumeister;Todd F. Heatherton;Dianne M. Tice

  • Self-Regulation Failure: An Overview

    Roy F. Baumeister;Todd F. Heatherton

  • Self-control as limited resource: regulatory depletion patterns

    Mark Muraven;Dianne M. Tice;Roy F. Baumeister

  • Threatened egotism, narcissism, self-esteem, and direct and displaced aggression: Does self-love or self-hate lead to violence?

    Brad J. Bushman;Roy F. Baumeister

  • Binge eating as escape from self-awareness.

    Todd F. Heatherton;Roy F. Baumeister

  • Handbook of self-regulation : research, theory, and applications

    Kathleen D. Vohs;Roy F. Baumeister

  • Guilt: An interpersonal approach.

    Roy F. Baumeister;Arlene M. Stillwell;Todd F. Heatherton

  • Suicide as escape from self.

    Roy F. Baumeister

  • Making choices impairs subsequent self-control: A limited-resource account of decision making, self-regulation, and active initiative.

    Kathleen D. Vohs;Roy F. Baumeister;Brandon J. Schmeichel;Jean M. Twenge

  • A SELF-PRESENTATIONAL VIEW OF SOCIAL PHENOMENA

    Roy F. Baumeister

Frequent Co-Authors

Kathleen D. Vohs
Kathleen D. Vohs University of Minnesota
Dianne M. Tice
Dianne M. Tice Brigham Young University
C. Nathan DeWall
C. Nathan DeWall University of Kentucky
Joseph P. Forgas
Joseph P. Forgas University of New South Wales
Jean M. Twenge
Jean M. Twenge San Diego State University
Brad J. Bushman
Brad J. Bushman The Ohio State University
Brandon J. Schmeichel
Brandon J. Schmeichel Texas A&M University
Catrin Finkenauer
Catrin Finkenauer Utrecht University
Jon K. Maner
Jon K. Maner Florida State University
Mark Muraven
Mark Muraven University at Albany, State University of New York

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