Aaron C. Kay

9.8k citations
101 papers · 6.0k indexed · 4 hit papers · h-index 37

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Aaron C. Kay

98 papers receiving 5.6k citations

Hit Papers

Compensatory control and the appeal of a structured world. 2015 · 314 citations
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Aaron C. Kay
Comparison fields: 5 of 152
  • Applied Psychology 642
  • Social Psychology 2.5k
  • Sociology and Political Science 3.9k
  • Gender Studies 828
  • General Decision Sciences 139
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The 25 scholars most cited alongside Aaron C. Kay, linked wherever they have co-authored with each other. Click a name or a connecting line to browse the papers they share.

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All Works

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How Symbolic Fusions With Religion Imbue Products With Increased Reliability and Safety
20151
10
Compensatory control and the appeal of a structured world.
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2015314
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Solution aversion: On the relation between ideology and motivated disbelief.
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2014353
12 2014153
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Differences in Punitiveness Across Three Cultures: A Test of American Exceptionalism in Justice Attitudes
201312
14 201341
15 201369
16 201222
17 201165
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When Your World Must Be Defended: Consuming to Justify the System
20104
19 2009290
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Complementary Justice: Effects of "Poor but Happy" and "Poor but Honest" Stereotype Exemplars on System Justification and Implicit Activation of the Justice Motive.
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2003744

About Aaron C. Kay

Aaron C. Kay is a scholar working on Applied Psychology, Social Psychology, Sociology and Political Science, Cognitive Neuroscience and General Decision Sciences, having authored 101 papers that have together received 6.0k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Social and Intergroup Psychology (64 papers), Cultural Differences and Values (45 papers), Psychology of Moral and Emotional Judgment (26 papers), Behavioral Health and Interventions (18 papers), Religion, Spirituality, and Psychology (7 papers), Death Anxiety and Social Exclusion (7 papers), Gender Diversity and Inequality (7 papers) and Experimental Behavioral Economics Studies (5 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Applied Psychology (642 citations), Social Psychology (2.5k citations), Sociology and Political Science (3.9k citations), Gender Studies (828 citations) and General Decision Sciences (139 citations). Aaron C. Kay has collaborated with scholars based in United States, Canada and Netherlands. Frequent co-authors include John T. Jost, Justin Friesen, Kristin Laurin, Danielle Gaucher, Troy Campbell, Gráinne M. Fitzsimons, Steven Shepherd, Mark J. Landau, Lee Ross and Jennifer Whitson. Their work appears in journals such as Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes, Psychological Science and Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin.

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