Bethany E. Kok

2.2k total citations · 1 hit paper
18 papers, 1.4k citations indexed

About

Bethany E. Kok is a scholar working on Experimental and Cognitive Psychology, Applied Psychology and Clinical Psychology. According to data from OpenAlex, Bethany E. Kok has authored 18 papers receiving a total of 1.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 9 papers in Experimental and Cognitive Psychology, 6 papers in Applied Psychology and 5 papers in Clinical Psychology. Recurrent topics in Bethany E. Kok's work include Mental Health Research Topics (6 papers), Behavioral Health and Interventions (5 papers) and Mindfulness and Compassion Interventions (4 papers). Bethany E. Kok is often cited by papers focused on Mental Health Research Topics (6 papers), Behavioral Health and Interventions (5 papers) and Mindfulness and Compassion Interventions (4 papers). Bethany E. Kok collaborates with scholars based in Germany, United States and Greece. Bethany E. Kok's co-authors include Barbara L. Fredrickson, Tania Singer, Lahnna I. Catalino, Sara B. Algoe, Kimberly A. Coffey, Michael Cohn, Tanya Vacharkulksemsuk, Mary M. Brantley, Veronika Engert and Ioannis Papassotiriou and has published in prestigious journals such as Psychological Science, Science Advances and Brain Behavior and Immunity.

In The Last Decade

Bethany E. Kok

18 papers receiving 1.3k citations

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How Positive Emotions Build Physical Health

2013 473 citations Bethany E. Kok, Kimberly A. Coffey et al. Psychological Science profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Bethany E. Kok Germany	13	727	496	489	247	195	18	1.4k
Jorge J. Ricarte Spain	26	531 0.7×	352 0.7×	615 1.3×	146 0.6×	109 0.6×	112	1.9k
Nicola Petrocchi Italy	25	1.6k 2.2×	663 1.3×	699 1.4×	162 0.7×	169 0.9×	60	2.1k
Dana Sleicher United States	3	1.2k 1.7×	350 0.7×	471 1.0×	152 0.6×	87 0.4×	3	1.6k
Patrick Pössel United States	21	939 1.3×	406 0.8×	364 0.7×	178 0.7×	50 0.3×	114	1.5k
Saki Santorelli United States	4	1.3k 1.8×	475 1.0×	489 1.0×	122 0.5×	85 0.4×	10	1.8k
Antonia Lonigro Italy	18	632 0.9×	351 0.7×	385 0.8×	121 0.5×	142 0.7×	64	1.2k
Peggy M. Zoccola United States	21	588 0.8×	364 0.7×	664 1.4×	163 0.7×	143 0.7×	48	1.5k
Halina J. Dour United States	10	883 1.2×	353 0.7×	584 1.2×	120 0.5×	52 0.3×	12	1.4k
Andrea N. Niles United States	20	680 0.9×	354 0.7×	674 1.4×	259 1.0×	44 0.2×	45	1.4k
Joshua Curtiss United States	25	1.2k 1.7×	422 0.9×	1.2k 2.5×	268 1.1×	287 1.5×	60	2.4k

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18 of 18 papers shown

Engert, Veronika, Bethany E. Kok, Lara Puhlmann, et al.. (2018). Exploring the multidimensional complex systems structure of the stress response and its relation to health and sleep outcomes. Brain Behavior and Immunity. 73. 390–402. 40 indexed citations

Kok, Bethany E., et al.. (2017). Influences of oxytocin and respiratory sinus arrhythmia on emotions and social behavior in daily life.. Emotion. 17(8). 1156–1165. 21 indexed citations

Engert, Veronika, Bethany E. Kok, Ioannis Papassotiriou, George P. Chrousos, & Tania Singer. (2017). Specific reduction in cortisol stress reactivity after social but not attention-based mental training. Science Advances. 3(10). e1700495–e1700495. 108 indexed citations

Kok, Bethany E. & Tania Singer. (2016). Phenomenological Fingerprints of Four Meditations: Differential State Changes in Affect, Mind-Wandering, Meta-Cognition, and Interoception Before and After Daily Practice Across 9 Months of Training. Mindfulness. 8(1). 218–231. 103 indexed citations

Bornemann, Boris, Bethany E. Kok, Anne Böckler, & Tania Singer. (2016). Helping from the heart: Voluntary upregulation of heart rate variability predicts altruistic behavior. Biological Psychology. 119. 54–63. 43 indexed citations

Kok, Bethany E. & Tania Singer. (2016). Effects of Contemplative Dyads on Engagement and Perceived Social Connectedness Over 9 Months of Mental Training. JAMA Psychiatry. 74(2). 126–126. 70 indexed citations

Singer, Tania, et al.. (2016). The ReSource Project: Background, design, samples, and measurements. Max Planck Digital Library. 57 indexed citations

Kok, Bethany E., et al.. (2015). Is meditation always relaxing? Investigating heart rate, heart rate variability, experienced effort and likeability during training of three types of meditation. International Journal of Psychophysiology. 97(1). 38–45. 89 indexed citations

Pek, Jolynn, R. Philip Chalmers, Bethany E. Kok, & Diane Losardo. (2015). Visualizing Confidence Bands for Semiparametrically Estimated Nonlinear Relations Among Latent Variables. Journal of Educational and Behavioral Statistics. 40(4). 402–423. 2 indexed citations

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Kok, Bethany E. & Barbara L. Fredrickson. (2014). Well-being begins with "we": The physical and mental health benefits of interventions that increase social closeness. MPG.PuRe (Max Planck Society). 277–306. 4 indexed citations

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Kok, Bethany E., Kimberly A. Coffey, Michael Cohn, et al.. (2013). How Positive Emotions Build Physical Health. Psychological Science. 24(7). 1123–1132. 473 indexed citations breakdown →

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Kok, Bethany E., Christian E. Waugh, & Barbara L. Fredrickson. (2013). Meditation and Health: The Search for Mechanisms of Action. Social and Personality Psychology Compass. 7(1). 27–39. 29 indexed citations

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Kok, Bethany E.. (2013). The science of subjective experience: Positive emotions and social closeness influence autonomic functioning. MPG.PuRe (Max Planck Society). 314–324. 1 indexed citations

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Kok, Bethany E. & Barbara L. Fredrickson. (2012). How positive emotions broaden and build.. Max Planck Digital Library. 61–63. 1 indexed citations

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Kok, Bethany E. & Barbara L. Fredrickson. (2010). Upward spirals of the heart: Autonomic flexibility, as indexed by vagal tone, reciprocally and prospectively predicts positive emotions and social connectedness. Biological Psychology. 85(3). 432–436. 304 indexed citations

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Pek, Jolynn, Sonya K. Sterba, Bethany E. Kok, & Daniel J. Bauer. (2009). Estimating and Visualizing Nonlinear Relations Among Latent Variables: A Semiparametric Approach. Multivariate Behavioral Research. 44(4). 407–436. 22 indexed citations

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Kok, Bethany E., Lahnna I. Catalino, & Barbara L. Fredrickson. (2008). The broadening, building, buffering effects of positive emotions.. MPG.PuRe (Max Planck Society). 1–19. 21 indexed citations

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Kok, Bethany E., et al.. (1953). On differential mano- and volumetric methods. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta. 11(1). 7–16. 5 indexed citations

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