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Citations
13809
World Ranking
5821
National Ranking
3154

Research.com Recognitions

  • 1970 - Fellow of the American Psychological Association (APA)

Overview

Salvatore R. Maddi is affiliated with the University of California, Irvine in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on psychology, with particular emphasis on clinical psychology, social psychology, and applied psychology. Their investigations cover various aspects of psychological resilience, mental health, and well-being.

The scientist's main research topics include:

  • Resilience and Mental Health
  • Psychological Well-being and Life Satisfaction
  • COVID-19 and Mental Health
  • Grit, Self-Efficacy, and Motivation
  • Optimism, Hope, and Well-being

Their recent published papers include the following:

  • "Resiliency and Hardiness," 2020, The Wiley Encyclopedia of Personality and Individual Differences
  • "Resiliency and Hardiness," 2020, The Wiley Encyclopedia of Personality and Individual Differences
  • "Salvatore R. Maddi," 2020, The Wiley Encyclopedia of Personality and Individual Differences
  • "Personality Hardiness," 2020, The Wiley Encyclopedia of Health Psychology
  • "Salvatore R. Maddi," 2020, The Wiley Encyclopedia of Personality and Individual Differences

The frequent publication venues for their work are:

  • The Wiley Encyclopedia of Personality and Individual Differences
  • The Wiley Encyclopedia of Health Psychology

Salvatore R. Maddi was recognized as a Fellow of the American Psychological Association (APA) in 1970.

Best Publications

  • Hardiness and health: a prospective study.

    Suzanne C. Kobasa;Salvatore R. Maddi;Stephen Kahn

  • Personality and constitution as mediators in the stress-illness relationship

    Suzanne C. Kobasa;Salvatore R. Maddi;Sheila Courington

  • The story of hardiness: Twenty years of theorizing, research, and practice.

    Salvatore R. Maddi

  • Personality Theories : A Comparative Analysis

    Salvatore R. Maddi

  • The personality construct of hardiness, III: Relationships with repression, innovativeness, authoritarianism, and performance.

    Salvatore R. Maddi;Richard H. Harvey;Deborah M. Khoshaba;John L. Lu

  • Hardiness: The courage to grow from stresses

    Salvatore R. Maddi

  • The Hardy Executive: Health Under Stress

    Salvatore R. Maddi;Suzanne C. Kobasa

  • The Role of Hardiness and Grit in Predicting Performance and Retention of USMA Cadets

    Salvatore R. Maddi;Michael D. Matthews;Dennis R. Kelly;Brandilynn Villarreal

  • Personality and exercise as buffers in the stress-illness relationship

    Suzanne C. Kobasa;Salvatore R. Maddi;Mark C. Puccetti

  • Hardiness and mental health.

    Salvatore R. Maddi;Deborah M. Khoshaba

  • Hardiness: An Operationalization of Existential Courage

    Salvatore R. Maddi

  • EFFECTIVENESS OF HARDINESS, EXERCISE AND SOCIAL SUPPORT AS RESOURCES AGAINST ILLNESS

    Suzanne C. Ouellette Kobasa;Salvatore R. Maddi;Mark C. Puccetti;Marc A. Zola

  • The Personality Construct of Hardiness: II. Relationships with Comprehensive Tests of Personality and Psychopathology

    Salvatore R Maddi;Deborah M Khoshaba;Michele Persico;John Lu

  • An Alienation Test

    Salvatore R. Maddi;Suzanne C. Kobasa;Marlin Hoover

  • The effectiveness of hardiness training.

    Salvatore R. Maddi;Stephen Kahn;Karen L. Maddi

  • Hardiness and health: A prospective study.

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  • Type A and hardiness

    Suzanne C. Kobasa;Salvatore R. Maddi;Marc A. Zola

  • The existential neuroses.

    Salvatore R. Maddi

  • On hardiness and other pathways to resilience.

    Salvatore R. Maddi

  • The Personality Construct of Hardiness: I. Effects on Experiencing, Coping, and Strain

    Salvatore R. Maddi

  • Resilience at Work: How to Succeed No Matter What Life Throws at You

    Salvatore R. Maddi;Deborah M. Khoshaba

Frequent Co-Authors

Richard J. Haier
Richard J. Haier University of California, Irvine
Paul T. Bartone
Paul T. Bartone National Defense University

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