Charles S. Carver

134.4k total citations · 35 hit papers
378 papers, 98.4k citations indexed

About

Charles S. Carver is a scholar working on Clinical Psychology, Applied Psychology and Experimental and Cognitive Psychology. According to data from OpenAlex, Charles S. Carver has authored 378 papers receiving a total of 98.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 114 papers in Clinical Psychology, 103 papers in Applied Psychology and 99 papers in Experimental and Cognitive Psychology. Recurrent topics in Charles S. Carver's work include Optimism, Hope, and Well-being (61 papers), Cancer survivorship and care (60 papers) and Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development (46 papers). Charles S. Carver is often cited by papers focused on Optimism, Hope, and Well-being (61 papers), Cancer survivorship and care (60 papers) and Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development (46 papers). Charles S. Carver collaborates with scholars based in United States, Canada and Taiwan. Charles S. Carver's co-authors include Michael F. Scheier, Michael W. Bridges, Teri L. White, Michael H. Antoni, Sheri L. Johnson, Jennifer K. Connor-Smith, Eddie Harmon‐Jones, Suzanne C. Segerstrom, Youngmee Kim and Richard Schulz and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, Journal of Clinical Oncology and Psychological Bulletin.

In The Last Decade

Charles S. Carver

369 papers receiving 91.8k citations

Hit Papers

Assessing coping strategi... 1981 2026 1996 2011 1989 1989 1997 1994 1994 2.0k 4.0k 6.0k
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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.

  1. Assessing coping strategies: A theoretically based approach.
    1989 7.2k citations Charles S. Carver et al. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology profile →
  2. Assessing coping strategies: A theoretically based approach.
    1989 6.5k citations Charles S. Carver, Michael F. Scheier et al. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology profile →
  3. You want to measure coping but your protocol’ too long: Consider the brief cope
    1997 5.4k citations Charles S. Carver International Journal of Behavioral Medicine profile →
  4. Behavioral inhibition, behavioral activation, and affective responses to impending reward and punishment: The BIS/BAS Scales.
    1994 5.3k citations Charles S. Carver et al. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology profile →
  5. Distinguishing optimism from neuroticism (and trait anxiety, self-mastery, and self-esteem): A reevaluation of the Life Orientation Test.
    1994 4.7k citations Michael F. Scheier, Charles S. Carver et al. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology profile →
  6. Distinguishing optimism from neuroticism (and trait anxiety, self-mastery, and self-esteem): A reevaluation of the Life Orientation Test.
    1994 4.7k citations Michael F. Scheier, Charles S. Carver et al. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology profile →
  7. Optimism, coping, and health: Assessment and implications of generalized outcome expectancies.
    1985 4.2k citations Michael F. Scheier, Charles S. Carver Health Psychology profile →
  8. Optimism, coping, and health: Assessment and implications of generalized outcome expectancies.
    1985 3.8k citations Michael F. Scheier, Charles S. Carver Health Psychology profile →
  9. On the Self-Regulation of Behavior
    1998 2.7k citations Charles S. Carver, Michael F. Scheier profile →
  10. On the Self-Regulation of Behavior
    2000 2.6k citations Charles S. Carver, Michael F. Scheier et al. profile →
  11. Attention and Self-Regulation : A Control-Theory Approach to Human Behavior
    1981 1.9k citations Charles S. Carver, Michael F. Scheier profile →
  12. Control theory: A useful conceptual framework for personality–social, clinical, and health psychology.
    1982 1.8k citations Charles S. Carver, Michael F. Scheier profile →
  13. Origins and functions of positive and negative affect: A control-process view.
    1990 1.7k citations Charles S. Carver, Michael F. Scheier profile →
  14. Effects of optimism on psychological and physical well-being: Theoretical overview and empirical update
    1992 1.6k citations Michael F. Scheier, Charles S. Carver profile →
  15. Personality and Coping
    2009 1.6k citations Charles S. Carver et al. profile →
  16. Origins and functions of positive and negative affect: A control-process view.
    1990 1.5k citations Charles S. Carver, Michael F. Scheier profile →
  17. Attention and Self-Regulation
    1981 1.5k citations Charles S. Carver, Michael F. Scheier profile →
  18. Optimism
    2010 1.5k citations Charles S. Carver, Michael F. Scheier et al. Clinical Psychology Review profile →
  19. How coping mediates the effect of optimism on distress: A study of women with early stage breast cancer.
    1993 1.2k citations Charles S. Carver et al. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology profile →
  20. Anger is an approach-related affect: Evidence and implications.
    2009 1.2k citations Charles S. Carver et al. profile →
  21. How coping mediates the effect of optimism on distress: A study of women with early stage breast cancer.
    1993 1.0k citations Charles S. Carver, Michael F. Scheier et al. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology profile →
  22. Dispositional Optimism and Physical Well‐Being: The Influence of Generalized Outcome Expectancies on Health
    1987 968 citations Charles S. Carver et al. Journal of Personality profile →
  23. Coping with stress: Divergent strategies of optimists and pessimists.
    1986 839 citations Michael F. Scheier, Charles S. Carver et al. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology profile →
  24. The role of optimism in social network development, coping, and psychological adjustment during a life transition.
    2002 745 citations Ian Brissette, Michael F. Scheier et al. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology profile →
  25. Cognitive-behavioral stress management intervention decreases the prevalence of depression and enhances benefit finding among women under treatment for early-stage breast cancer.
    2001 719 citations Michael H. Antoni, A. Boyers et al. Health Psychology profile →
  26. Resilience and Thriving: Issues, Models, and Linkages
    1998 705 citations Charles S. Carver profile →
  27. Adaptive Self-Regulation of Unattainable Goals: Goal Disengagement, Goal Reengagement, and Subjective Well-Being
    2003 664 citations Michael F. Scheier, Charles S. Carver et al. profile →
  28. Coping with stress: Divergent strategies of optimists and pessimists.
    1986 657 citations Michael F. Scheier, Charles S. Carver et al. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology profile →
  29. Cognitive-behavioral stress management intervention decreases the prevalence of depression and enhances benefit finding among women under treatment for early-stage breast cancer.
    2001 653 citations Michael H. Antoni, Kristin Kilbourn et al. Health Psychology profile →
  30. Dispositional optimism
    2014 629 citations Charles S. Carver, Michael F. Scheier Trends in Cognitive Sciences profile →
  31. Situational coping and coping dispositions in a stressful transaction.
    1994 602 citations Charles S. Carver, Michael F. Scheier Journal of Personality and Social Psychology profile →
  32. Dispositional optimism and recovery from coronary artery bypass surgery: The beneficial effects on physical and psychological well-being.
    1989 583 citations Michael F. Scheier, Charles S. Carver et al. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology profile →
  33. Situational coping and coping dispositions in a stressful transaction.
    1994 531 citations Charles S. Carver, Michael F. Scheier Journal of Personality and Social Psychology profile →
  34. The Self‐Consciousness Scale: A Revised Version for Use with General Populations1
    1985 527 citations Michael F. Scheier, Charles S. Carver profile →
  35. Modeling General and Specific Variance in Multifaceted Constructs: A Comparison of the Bifactor Model to Other Approaches
    2011 435 citations Charles S. Carver et al. Journal of Personality profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Charles S. Carver United States 114 34.2k 32.5k 31.0k 21.1k 18.5k 378 98.4k
Michael F. Scheier United States 80 19.4k 0.6× 24.1k 0.7× 25.8k 0.8× 15.0k 0.7× 11.2k 0.6× 148 63.8k
Pim Cuijpers Netherlands 145 35.6k 1.0× 18.5k 0.6× 23.4k 0.8× 25.3k 1.2× 10.1k 0.5× 1.1k 82.3k
Albert Bandura United States 133 43.3k 1.3× 57.0k 1.8× 22.9k 0.7× 23.6k 1.1× 43.3k 2.3× 269 232.4k
Sheldon Cohen United States 110 29.7k 0.9× 22.7k 0.7× 9.2k 0.3× 10.8k 0.5× 14.3k 0.8× 312 94.3k
David A. Kenny United States 81 34.5k 1.0× 43.4k 1.3× 12.2k 0.4× 18.2k 0.9× 42.6k 2.3× 234 156.5k
Robert L. Spitzer United States 79 59.0k 1.7× 24.5k 0.8× 10.3k 0.3× 23.1k 1.1× 9.7k 0.5× 239 129.0k
Peter M. Bentler United States 89 47.9k 1.4× 47.5k 1.5× 14.9k 0.5× 23.9k 1.1× 39.4k 2.1× 395 179.7k
Janet B. W. Williams United States 54 40.8k 1.2× 17.0k 0.5× 8.3k 0.3× 16.5k 0.8× 7.3k 0.4× 118 89.7k
Shelley E. Taylor United States 112 15.3k 0.4× 20.4k 0.6× 11.5k 0.4× 8.8k 0.4× 15.0k 0.8× 284 55.4k
Reuben M. Baron United States 26 25.6k 0.7× 29.4k 0.9× 8.8k 0.3× 11.5k 0.5× 32.1k 1.7× 67 121.8k

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All Works

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Mendez, Armando J., et al.. (2024). The associations of spirituality and Hispanic ethnicity with neuroendocrine biomarkers among patients with colorectal cancer. Journal of Psychosomatic Research. 185. 111865–111865.
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Pearlstein, Jennifer G., et al.. (2023). Emotion‐related impulsivity across transdiagnostic dimensions of psychopathology. Journal of Personality. 92(2). 342–360. 10 indexed citations
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Ironside, Manon L., Sheri L. Johnson, & Charles S. Carver. (2019). Identity in bipolar disorder: Self‐worth and achievement. Journal of Personality. 88(1). 45–58. 21 indexed citations
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Carver, Charles S. & Michael F. Scheier. (2014). Dispositional optimism. Trends in Cognitive Sciences. 18(6). 293–299. 629 indexed citations breakdown →
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Carver, Charles S., Sheri L. Johnson, & Jutta Joormann. (2013). Major depressive disorder and impulsive reactivity to emotion: Toward a dual‐process view of depression. British Journal of Clinical Psychology. 52(3). 285–299. 63 indexed citations
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Kim, Youngmee, Kelly M. Shaffer, Charles S. Carver, & Rachel Cannady. (2013). Prevalence and predictors of depressive symptoms among cancer caregivers 5 years after the relative’s cancer diagnosis.. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology. 82(1). 1–8. 49 indexed citations
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Carver, Charles S., Sheri L. Johnson, Jutta Joormann, Joelle LeMoult, & Michael L. Cuccaro. (2011). Childhood adversity interacts separately with 5-HTTLPR and BDNF to predict lifetime depression diagnosis. Journal of Affective Disorders. 132(1-2). 89–93. 50 indexed citations
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Carver, Charles S., Michael F. Scheier, & Suzanne C. Segerstrom. (2010). Optimism. Clinical Psychology Review. 30(7). 879–889. 1478 indexed citations breakdown →
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Carver, Charles S.. (2008). Two distinct bases of inhibition of behaviour: Viewing biological phenomena through the lens of psychological theory. European Journal of Personality. 22(5). 388–390. 8 indexed citations
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Foley, Kristie L., Deborah F. Farmer, Vida M. Petronis, et al.. (2005). A qualitative exploration of the cancer experience among long‐term survivors: comparisons by cancer type, ethnicity, gender, and age. Psycho-Oncology. 15(3). 248–258. 84 indexed citations
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Brissette, Ian, Michael F. Scheier, & Charles S. Carver. (2002). The role of optimism in social network development, coping, and psychological adjustment during a life transition.. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology. 82(1). 102–111. 163 indexed citations
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Carver, Charles S. & Michael F. Scheier. (2002). The hopeful optimist. Psychological Inquiry. 13(4). 288–290. 58 indexed citations
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Carver, Charles S.. (2000). Influences of personality and coping variables on health behaviors and health outcomes.. PubMed. 49–7. 1 indexed citations
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Cruess, Dean G., Michael H. Antoni, Bonnie A. McGregor, et al.. (2000). Cognitive-Behavioral Stress Management Reduces Serum Cortisol By Enhancing Benefit Finding Among Women Being Treated for Early Stage Breast Cancer. Psychosomatic Medicine. 62(3). 304–308. 244 indexed citations
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Wyer, Robert S. & Charles S. Carver. (1999). Perspectives on behavioral self-regulation. 36 indexed citations
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Carver, Charles S.. (1997). You want to measure coping but your protocol’ too long: Consider the brief cope. International Journal of Behavioral Medicine. 4(1). 92–100. 5432 indexed citations breakdown →
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Strack, Stephen, Charles S. Carver, & Paul H. Blaney. (1987). Predicting successful completion of an aftercare program following treatment for alcoholism: The role of dispositional optimism.. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology. 53(3). 579–584. 91 indexed citations
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Scheier, Michael F. & Charles S. Carver. (1985). Optimism, coping, and health: Assessment and implications of generalized outcome expectancies.. Health Psychology. 4(3). 219–247. 3817 indexed citations breakdown →

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