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Wendi L. Gardner publication distribution in Psychology in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Psychology in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Wendi L. Gardner sits on this spectrum.

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31 publications 705+

This scientist: 83 publications — 10th percentile

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Wendi L. Gardner D-index placement in Psychology in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Psychology scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Wendi L. Gardner sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 144+

This scientist: 40 D-Index — 30th percentile

30% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 144 D-Index or more.

Overview

Wendi L. Gardner is affiliated with Northwestern University in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on the field of psychology, with nine publications spanning various subfields including social psychology, demography, experimental and cognitive psychology, applied psychology, and sociology and political science.

The scientist's work frequently addresses topics related to attachment and relationship dynamics, family dynamics and relationships, psychological well-being and life satisfaction, evolutionary psychology and human behavior, behavioral health and interventions, psychological and temporal perspectives research, and cultural differences and values.

Frequent coauthors collaborating with Gardner include Lydia F. Emery, Eli J. Finkel, Erin K. Hughes, Katie N. Rotella, and Janeta Nikolovski.

Gardner's recent papers include the following:

  • "Who are 'We'? Couple Identity Clarity and Romantic Relationship Commitment," 2020, Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin
  • "Confusion or Clarity? Examining a Possible Tradeoff Between Self-Expansion and Self-Concept Clarity," 2022, Social Psychological and Personality Science
  • "Implicit Maternal Intuition Confidence Is Associated With Maternal Well-Being Across Cultures," 2020, Frontiers in Psychology
  • "The delusion of the disappearing self? Attachment avoidance and the experience of externally invisible self-loss in romantic relationships," 2024, Journal of Personality and Social Psychology
  • "25789 Profiling acne sufferers: From acne types and severity to impact in personal and social life," 2021, Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology

Gardner has published in several academic venues, including Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, Social Psychological and Personality Science, Frontiers in Psychology, Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, and the Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology.

In addition to research articles, Gardner has contributed to book publications, notably with Frontiers Media. One such book is titled Developments in Implicit Measurements, published in 2022.

Best Publications

  • Who is this "We"? Levels of collective identity and self representations.

    Marilynn B. Brewer;Wendi Gardner

  • The affect system has parallel and integrative processing components: Form follows function.

    John T. Cacioppo;Wendi L. Gardner;Gary G. Berntson

  • Beyond Bipolar Conceptualizations and Measures: The Case of Attitudes and Evaluative Space:

    John T. Cacioppo;Wendi L. Gardner;Gary G. Berntson

  • “I” Value Freedom, but “We” Value Relationships: Self-Construal Priming Mirrors Cultural Differences in Judgment

    Wendi L. Gardner;Shira Gabriel;Angela Y. Lee

  • The pleasures and pains of distinct self-construals: The role of interdependence in regulatory focus.

    Angela Y. Lee;Jennifer L. Aaker;Wendi L. Gardner

  • Getting a Cue: The Need to Belong and Enhanced Sensitivity to Social Cues

    Cynthia L. Pickett;Wendi L. Gardner;Megan Knowles

  • Social Exclusion and Selective Memory: How the Need to belong Influences Memory for Social Events

    Wendi L. Gardner;Cynthia L. Pickett;Marilynn B. Brewer

  • Are there "his" and "hers" types of interdependence? The implications of gender differences in collective versus relational interdependence for affect, behavior, and cognition.

    Shira Gabriel;Wendi L. Gardner

  • Handbook of motivation science

    James Y. Shah;Wendi L. Gardner

  • Empathy as a cognitive inhibitor of interpersonal aggression

    Deborah R. Richardson;Georgina S. Hammock;Stephen M. Smith;Wendi Gardner

  • On the Outside Looking In: Loneliness and Social Monitoring:

    Wendi L. Gardner;Cynthia L. Pickett;Valerie Jefferis;Megan Knowles

  • When you and I are "we," you are not threatening: the role of self-expansion in social comparison.

    Wendi L. Gardner;Shira Gabriel;Laura Hochschild

  • Motivations for prevention or promotion following social exclusion: being rejected versus being ignored.

    Daniel C. Molden;Gale M. Lucas;Wendi L. Gardner;Kristy Dean

  • Who Am I Without You? The Influence of Romantic Breakup on the Self-Concept:

    Erica B. Slotter;Wendi L. Gardner;Eli J. Finkel

  • The Social Monitoring System: Enhanced Sensitivity to Social Cues as an Adaptive Response to Social Exclusion.

    Cynthia L. Pickett;Wendi L. Gardner

  • Bioelectrical echoes from evaluative categorizations: I. A late positive brain potential that varies as a function of trait negativity and extremity.

    John T. Cacioppo;Stephen L. Crites;Wendi L. Gardner;Gary G. Berntson

  • Attitudes to the Right: Evaluative Processing is Associated with Lateralized Late Positive Event-Related Brain Potentials

    John T. Cacioppo;Stephen L. Crites;Wendi L. Gardner

  • Benefits of Membership: The Activation and Amplification of Group Identities in Response to Social Rejection

    Megan L. Knowles;Megan L. Knowles;Wendi L. Gardner

  • Bioelectrical Echoes From Evaluative Categorization: II. A Late Positive Brain Potential That Varies as a Function of Attitude Registration Rather Than Attitude Report

    Stephen L. Crites;John T. Cacioppo;Wendi L. Gardner;Gary G. Berntson

  • Attitudes toward presidential candidates and political parties: Initial optimism, inertial first impressions, and a focus on flaws

    Allyson L. Holbrook;Jon A. Krosnick;Penny S. Visser;Wendi L. Gardner

Frequent Co-Authors

John T. Cacioppo
John T. Cacioppo University of Chicago
Daniel C. Molden
Daniel C. Molden Northwestern University
Gary G. Berntson
Gary G. Berntson The Ohio State University
Eli J. Finkel
Eli J. Finkel Northwestern University
Jennifer Aaker
Jennifer Aaker Stanford University
Marilynn B. Brewer
Marilynn B. Brewer The Ohio State University
David H. Uttal
David H. Uttal Northwestern University
Leigh Thompson
Leigh Thompson Northwestern University
Ying-yi Hong
Ying-yi Hong Chinese University of Hong Kong
Roy F. Baumeister
Roy F. Baumeister University of Queensland

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