Caryl E. Rusbult

26.4k citations

105 papers · 17.8k indexed · 10 hit papers · h-index 56

Impact in

Social Psychology top 0.02%
- Attachment and Relationship Dynamics
Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management top 0.1%
- Customer Service Quality and Loyalty
- Job Satisfaction and Organizational Behavior

Papers in

Social Psychology 68
- Attachment and Relationship Dynamics 53
- Cultural Differences and Values 11
- Psychological Well-being and Life Satisfaction 10
Applied Psychology 17
- Behavioral Health and Interventions 15

Co-authors: Paul A. M. Van Lange Christopher R. Agnew John M. Martz Dan Farrell Stephen M. Drigotas Madoka Kumashiro Dennis J. Johnson Eli J. Finkel
Journals: Journal of Personality and Social Psychology (38 papers)Personal Relationships (10 papers)Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin (7 papers)Journal of Experimental Social Psychology (6 papers)Journal of Applied Social Psychology (3 papers)
Partner nations: United States Netherlands United Kingdom

In The Last Decade

Caryl E. Rusbult

104 papers receiving 16.3k citations

Hit Papers

10 papers align trajectories log scale

Are normal narcissists psychologically healthy?: Self-esteem matters. 2004 · 531 citations

What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if any of the following hold:

it has ≥500 total citations;
it reaches ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (the threshold is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it);
it reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

2004 Journal of Personality and Social Psychology
2002 Journal of Personality and Social Psychology
2002 Annual Review of Psychology
1998 Personal Relationships
1993 Journal of Social and Personal Relationships
1991 Journal of Personality and Social Psychology
1988 Academy of Management Journal
1983 Journal of Applied Psychology
1983 Journal of Personality and Social Psychology
1980 Journal of Experimental Social Psychology

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#	Work
1	Trust and biased memory of transgressions in romantic relationships. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology ·Laura B. Luchies, Jennifer Wieselquist, Caryl E. Rusbult, Madoka Kumashiro, Paul W. Eastwick, Michael K. Coolsen, Eli J. Finkel	2013	47
2	The benefits of interpersonal regulatory fit for individual goal pursuit. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology ·Francesca Righetti, Catrin Finkenauer, Caryl E. Rusbult	2011	75
3	The soothing effects of forgiveness on victims' and perpetrators' blood pressure Personal Relationships ·Peggy A. Hannon, Eli J. Finkel, Madoka Kumashiro, Caryl E. Rusbult	2011	29
4	"The part of me that you bring out": Ideal similarity and the Michelangelo phenomenon. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology ·Caryl E. Rusbult, Madoka Kumashiro, Sena Demirci, Eli J. Finkel	2009	68
5	Navigating personal and relational concerns: The quest for equilibrium. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology ·Madoka Kumashiro, Caryl E. Rusbult, Eli J. Finkel	2008	68
6	Cultural Value Orientations, Internalized Homophobia, and Accommodation in Romantic Relationships Journal of Homosexuality ·Stanley O. Gaines, 江仲鹏, Sun-Mok Keun, Lara Jaroudi, Jennifer Y. Yi, Caryl E. Rusbult, Duncan J. Noble, Lowell Gaertner	2005	28
7	Executive Self, Self-Esteem, and Negative Affectivity: Relations at the Phenotypic and Genotypic Level. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology ·Michelle B. Neiss, Jim Stevenson, Constantine Sedikides, Madoka Kumashiro, Eli J. Finkel, Caryl E. Rusbult	2005	30
8	Self processes in interdependent relationships: Partner affirmation and the Michelangelo phenomenon Digital Academic REpository of VU University Amsterdam (Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam) ·Caryl E. Rusbult, (unknown), Shevaun L. Stocker, (unknown), Eli J. Finkel, Michael K. Coolsen	2005	3
9	Dealing with betrayal in close relationships: Does commitment promote forgiveness? Journal of Personality and Social Psychology ·Eli J. Finkel, Caryl E. Rusbult, Madoka Kumashiro, Peggy A. Hannon	2002	56
10	Self‐Respect and Pro‐Relationship Behavior in Marital Relationships Journal of Personality ·Madoka Kumashiro, Eli J. Finkel, Caryl E. Rusbult	2002	26
11	Commitment, pro-relationship behavior, and trust in close relationships. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology ·Jennifer Wieselquist, Caryl E. Rusbult, Craig A. Foster, Christopher R. Agnew	1999	436
12	Close partner as sculptor of the ideal self: Behavioral affirmation and the Michelangelo phenomenon. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology ·Stephen M. Drigotas, Caryl E. Rusbult, Jennifer Wieselquist, Sarah W. Whitton	1999	28
13	Cognitive interdependence: Commitment and the mental representation of close relationships. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology ·Christopher R. Agnew, Paul A. M. Van Lange, Caryl E. Rusbult, Christopher Langston	1998	482
14	Willingness to sacrifice in close relationships. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology ·Paul A. M. Van Lange, Caryl E. Rusbult, Stephen M. Drigotas, Ximena B. Arriaga, et al	1997	409
15	Empathic accuracy and marital conflict resolution. Victor Bissonnette, Caryl E. Rusbult, Shelley Dean Kilpatrick	1997	32
16	An interdependence analysis of accommodation processes. Caryl E. Rusbult, Nancy A. Yovetich, Julie Verette	1996	38
17	What Do We Really Want?: Mental Models of Ideal Romantic Involvement Explored through Multidimensional Scaling Journal of Experimental Social Psychology ·Caryl E. Rusbult, Naoko Sato Arino, Isaac M. Lipkus	1993	27
18	Impact of employee mobility and employee performance on the allocation of rewards under conditions of constraint. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology ·Caryl E. Rusbult, David Lowery, Michael Hubbard, Hela Ouertani, et al.	1988	1
19	Impact of Exchange Variables on Exit, Voice, Loyalty, and Neglect: An Integrative Model of Responses to Declining Job Satisfaction Academy of Management Journal ·Caryl E. Rusbult, Dan Farrell, Glen Rogers, Arch G. Mainous	1988	179
20	Conceptual dimensions of crowding: A North Carolina study Population and Environment ·John Schopler, Caryl E. Rusbult, R. Andrew McCallum	1978	3

About Caryl E. Rusbult

Caryl E. Rusbult is a scholar working on Social Psychology, Applied Psychology, Computational Mathematics, Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management and General Decision Sciences, having authored 105 papers that have together received 17.8k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Attachment and Relationship Dynamics (53 papers), Social and Intergroup Psychology (17 papers), Behavioral Health and Interventions (15 papers), Psychology of Social Influence (13 papers), Customer Service Quality and Loyalty (12 papers), Cultural Differences and Values (11 papers), Psychological Well-being and Life Satisfaction (10 papers) and Job Satisfaction and Organizational Behavior (9 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Social Psychology (11.4k citations), Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management (3.7k citations), Applied Psychology (1.7k citations), Experimental and Cognitive Psychology (3.2k citations) and Demography (2.5k citations). Caryl E. Rusbult has collaborated with scholars based in United States, Netherlands and United Kingdom. Frequent co-authors include Paul A. M. Van Lange, Christopher R. Agnew, John M. Martz, Dan Farrell, Stephen M. Drigotas, Madoka Kumashiro, Dennis J. Johnson, Eli J. Finkel, Bram P. Buunk and Julie Verette. Their work appears in journals such as Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, Personal Relationships, Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, Journal of Experimental Social Psychology and Journal of Applied Social Psychology.

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