Brenda Major

31.3k citations

173 papers · 20.4k indexed · 8 hit papers · h-index 66

Sociology and Political Science top 0.02%
Social Psychology top 0.05%
Clinical Psychology top 0.2%
Gender Studies top 0.01%
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health top 0.5%

Co-authors: Jennifer Crocker Laurie T. O’Brien Shannon K. McCoy Cheryl R. Kaiser Kay Deaux Richard H. Gramzow Toni Schmader Catherine Cozzarelli
Topics: Social and Intergroup Psychology (74 papers)Cultural Differences and Values (42 papers)Gender Diversity and Inequality (29 papers)
Cited by: Gender Studies Social Psychology Pharmacy
Journals: Journal of Personality and Social Psychology Academy of Management Journal Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews
Partner nations: United States Canada France

In The Last Decade

Brenda Major

171 papers receiving 18.7k citations

Hit Papers

5 papers align trajectories

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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

Social stigma and self-esteem: The self-protective properties of stigma.

1989 2.4k citations Jennifer Crocker, Brenda Major profile →
The Social Psychology of Stigma

2004 2.2k citations Brenda Major, Laurie T. O’Brien profile →
Putting gender into context: An interactive model of gender-related behavior.

1987 885 citations Brenda Major et al. profile →
The Psychology of Legitimacy: Emerging Perspectives on Ideology, Justice, and Intergroup Relations

2003 811 citations Brenda Major et al. profile →
Social stigma: The affective consequences of attributional ambiguity.

1991 558 citations Jennifer Crocker, Brenda Major et al. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology profile →
How and why weight stigma drives the obesity ‘epidemic’ and harms health

2018 436 citations Brenda Major et al. profile →
Discrimination and the Stress Response: Psychological and Physiological Consequences of Anticipating Prejudice in Interethnic Interactions

2012 279 citations Pamela J. Sawyer, Brenda Major et al. profile →
The threat of increasing diversity: Why many White Americans support Trump in the 2016 presidential election

2016 249 citations Brenda Major, Alison Blodorn et al. profile →

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Diversity Initiatives and White Americans’ Perceptions of Racial Victimhood 2021 ·Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin ·Cheryl R. Kaiser,Tessa L. Dover,(unknown),(unknown),Laura Brady,Brenda Major	25
2	Motivational processes of the relationship between weight stigma and physical activity: a comparison between France and Mexico 2021 ·International Journal of Sport and Exercise Psychology ·(unknown),Philippe Sarrazin,(unknown),Brenda Major,Aïna Chalabaëv	8
3	Motives matter: White instructors’ external race-based motives undermine trust and belonging for Black college students. 2021 ·Cultural Diversity & Ethnic Minority Psychology ·(unknown),(unknown),(unknown),(unknown),Kurt Hugenberg,(unknown),(unknown),Brenda Major	3
4	Latinx identity and intersectional responses to stigma. 2021 ·Cultural Diversity & Ethnic Minority Psychology ·(unknown),Tessa L. Dover,Brenda Major	7
5	Discrimination, health, and the costs and benefits of believing in system fairness. 2019 ·Health Psychology ·Tessa L. Dover,Brenda Major,(unknown)	9
6	Was it race or merit?: The cognitive costs of observing the attributionally ambiguous hiring of a racial minority. 2017 ·Cultural Diversity & Ethnic Minority Psychology ·(unknown),Brenda Major,(unknown)	10
7	Suspicion of motives predicts minorities' responses to positive feedback in interracial interactions 2015 ·Journal of Experimental Social Psychology ·Brenda Major,Jonathan W. Kunstman,(unknown),Pamela J. Sawyer,Sarah S. M. Townsend,Wendy Berry Mendes	55
8	Unpacking the psychological weight of weight stigma: A rejection-expectation pathway 2015 ·Journal of Experimental Social Psychology ·Alison Blodorn,Brenda Major,Jeffrey M. Hunger,Carol T. Miller	59
9	Weight stigma mediates the association between BMI and self-reported health. 2014 ·Health Psychology ·Jeffrey M. Hunger,Brenda Major	139
10	Intergroup relations and health disparities: A social psychological perspective. 2013 ·Health Psychology ·Brenda Major,Wendy Berry Mendes,John F. Dovidio	161
11	Presumed fair: Ironic effects of organizational diversity structures. 2012 ·Journal of Personality and Social Psychology ·Cheryl R. Kaiser,Brenda Major,Ines Jurcevic,Tessa L. Dover,Laura Brady,Jenessa R. Shapiro	264
12	Can the absence of prejudice be more threatening than its presence? It depends on one's worldview. 2010 ·Journal of Personality and Social Psychology ·Sarah S. M. Townsend,Brenda Major,Pamela J. Sawyer,Wendy Berry Mendes	60
13	Perceived discrimination as worldview threat or worldview confirmation: Implications for self-esteem. 2007 ·Journal of Personality and Social Psychology ·Brenda Major,Cheryl R. Kaiser,Laurie T. O’Brien,Shannon K. McCoy	234
14	Adolescents and adjustment to abortion: Are minors at greater risk? 2001 ·Psychology Public Policy and Law ·Wendy J. Quinton,Brenda Major,Caroline Richards	27
15	Abortion as stigma: Cognitive and emotional implications of concealment. 1999 ·Journal of Personality and Social Psychology ·Brenda Major,Richard H. Gramzow	232
16	Personal resilience, cognitive appraisals, and coping: An integrative model of adjustment to abortion. 1998 ·Journal of Personality and Social Psychology ·Brenda Major,Caroline Richards,Myra Cooper,Catherine Cozzarelli,Josephine M. Zubek	205
17	Mixed messages: Implications of social conflict and social support within close relationships for adjustment to a stressful life event. 1997 ·Journal of Personality and Social Psychology ·Brenda Major,Josephine M. Zubek,Myra Cooper,Catherine Cozzarelli,et al	115
18	The stigma of overweight: Affective consequences of attributional ambiguity. 1993 ·Journal of Personality and Social Psychology ·Jennifer Crocker,(unknown),Brenda Major	297
19	Gender patterns in social touch: The impact of setting and age. 1990 ·Journal of Personality and Social Psychology ·Brenda Major,(unknown),Lynne Williams	46
20	Whether to Agree-Disagree Or Disagree-Agree: the Effects of Anchor Order on Item Response 1978 ·ACR North American Advances ·(unknown),Jacob Jacoby,Brenda Major	5

About Brenda Major

Brenda Major is a scholar working on Gender Studies, Applied Psychology and Social Psychology, having authored 173 papers that have together received 20.4k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Social and Intergroup Psychology (74 papers), Cultural Differences and Values (42 papers) and Gender Diversity and Inequality (29 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Gender Studies (4.5k citations), Social Psychology (7.3k citations) and Pharmacy (1.8k citations). Brenda Major has collaborated with scholars based in United States, Canada and France. Frequent co-authors include Jennifer Crocker, Laurie T. O’Brien, Shannon K. McCoy, Cheryl R. Kaiser, Kay Deaux, Richard H. Gramzow, Toni Schmader, Catherine Cozzarelli, Wendy Berry Mendes and Maria Testa. Their work appears in journals such as Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, Academy of Management Journal and Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews.

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