Charles S. Carver

134.4k citations

378 papers · 98.4k indexed · 35 hit papers · h-index 114

Applied Psychology top 0.01%
- Optimism, Hope, and Well-being 61
- Behavioral Health and Interventions 45
Clinical Psychology top 0.01%
- Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development 46
Experimental and Cognitive Psychology top 0.01%
- Mental Health Research Topics 42
- Anxiety, Depression, Psychometrics, Treatment, Cognitive Processes 41
Social Psychology top 0.01%
General Decision Sciences top 0.1%
Oncology
- Cancer survivorship and care 60
Sociology and Political Science
- Family Support in Illness 45
Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health
- Childhood Cancer Survivors' Quality of Life 36

Co-authors: 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
Cited by: Applied Psychology Clinical Psychology Experimental and Cognitive Psychology
Partner nations: United States Canada Japan

In The Last Decade

Charles S. Carver

369 papers receiving 91.8k citations

Hit Papers

15 papers align trajectories log scale

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2014 Dispositional optimism
2011 Modeling General and Specific Variance in Multifaceted Constructs: A Comparison of the Bifactor Model to Other Approaches
2010 Optimism
2009 Anger is an approach-related affect: Evidence and implications.
2009 Personality and Coping
2003 Adaptive Self-Regulation of Unattainable Goals: Goal Disengagement, Goal Reengagement, and Subjective Well-Being
2002 The role of optimism in social network development, coping, and psychological adjustment during a life transition.
2001 Cognitive-behavioral stress management intervention decreases the prevalence of depression and enhances benefit finding among women under treatment for early-stage breast cancer.
2001 Cognitive-behavioral stress management intervention decreases the prevalence of depression and enhances benefit finding among women under treatment for early-stage breast cancer.
2000 On the Self-Regulation of Behavior
1998 On the Self-Regulation of Behavior
1998 Resilience and Thriving: Issues, Models, and Linkages
1997 You want to measure coping but your protocol’ too long: Consider the brief cope
1994 Distinguishing optimism from neuroticism (and trait anxiety, self-mastery, and self-esteem): A reevaluation of the Life Orientation Test.
1994 Distinguishing optimism from neuroticism (and trait anxiety, self-mastery, and self-esteem): A reevaluation of the Life Orientation Test.
1994 Situational coping and coping dispositions in a stressful transaction.
1994 Situational coping and coping dispositions in a stressful transaction.
1994 Behavioral inhibition, behavioral activation, and affective responses to impending reward and punishment: The BIS/BAS Scales.
1993 How coping mediates the effect of optimism on distress: A study of women with early stage breast cancer.
1993 How coping mediates the effect of optimism on distress: A study of women with early stage breast cancer.
1992 Effects of optimism on psychological and physical well-being: Theoretical overview and empirical update
1990 Origins and functions of positive and negative affect: A control-process view.
1990 Origins and functions of positive and negative affect: A control-process view.
1989 Dispositional optimism and recovery from coronary artery bypass surgery: The beneficial effects on physical and psychological well-being.
1989 Assessing coping strategies: A theoretically based approach.
1989 Assessing coping strategies: A theoretically based approach.
1987 Dispositional Optimism and Physical Well‐Being: The Influence of Generalized Outcome Expectancies on Health
1986 Coping with stress: Divergent strategies of optimists and pessimists.
1986 Coping with stress: Divergent strategies of optimists and pessimists.
1985 Optimism, coping, and health: Assessment and implications of generalized outcome expectancies.
1985 Optimism, coping, and health: Assessment and implications of generalized outcome expectancies.
1985 The Self‐Consciousness Scale: A Revised Version for Use with General Populations¹
1982 Control theory: A useful conceptual framework for personality–social, clinical, and health psychology.
1981 Attention and Self-Regulation
1981 Attention and Self-Regulation : A Control-Theory Approach to Human Behavior

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1	The Roles of Gender and Patient Versus Caregiver Status in Cardiovascular and Affective Responses to an Induced Stress Youngmee Kim,Thomas C. Tsai,David Spiegel,Charles S. Carver	2025	0
2	Emotion‐related impulsivity across transdiagnostic dimensions of psychopathology Jennifer G. Pearlstein,Sheri L. Johnson,Kiara R. Timpano,Caitlin A. Stamatis,Morgan Robison,Charles S. Carver	2023	10
3	Identity in bipolar disorder: Self‐worth and achievement Manon L. Ironside,Sheri L. Johnson,Charles S. Carver	2019	21
4	On the mechanics of goal striving: Experimental evidence of coasting and shifting. J. Lukas Thürmer,Michael F. Scheier,Charles S. Carver	2019	18
5	Serotonin transporter polymorphism, depressive symptoms, and emotional impulsivity among advanced breast cancer patients Youngmee Kim,Charles S. Carver,Joachim Hallmayer,Jamie M. Zeitzer,Oxana Palesh,Eric Neri,Bita Nouriani,David Spiegel	2017	6
6	Buffering and direct effect of posttraumatic growth in predicting distress following cancer. Ashley Wei-Ting Wang,Cheng-Shyong Chang,Shou-Tung Chen,Dar‐Ren Chen,Fang Fan,Charles S. Carver,Wen-Yau Hsu	2017	28
7	Postsurgical Depressive Symptoms and Proinflammatory Cytokine Elevations in Women Undergoing Primary Treatment for Breast Cancer Laura C. Bouchard,Michael H. Antoni,Bonnie B. Blomberg,Jamie M. Stagl,Lisa M. Gudenkauf,Devika R. Jutagir,Alain Diaz,Suzanne C. Lechner,Stefan Glück,Robert P. Derhagopian,Charles S. Carver	2015	55
8	Childhood adversity interacts separately with 5-HTTLPR and BDNF to predict lifetime depression diagnosis Charles S. Carver,Sheri L. Johnson,Jutta Joormann,Joelle LeMoult,Michael L. Cuccaro	2011	50
9	Perceived partner support and psychosexual adjustment to breast cancer Sarah Kinsinger,Jean‐Philippe Laurenceau,Charles S. Carver,Michael H. Antoni	2011	67
10	Two distinct bases of inhibition of behaviour: Viewing biological phenomena through the lens of psychological theory Charles S. Carver	2008	8
11	A qualitative exploration of the cancer experience among long‐term survivors: comparisons by cancer type, ethnicity, gender, and age Kristie L. Foley,Deborah F. Farmer,Vida M. Petronis,Roselyn G. Smith,Sarah McGraw,Kevin Smith,Charles S. Carver,Nancy E. Avis	2005	84
12	Cognitive–behavioral stress management increases benefit finding and immune function among women with early-stage breast cancer Bonnie A. McGregor,Michael H. Antoni,A. Boyers,Susan M. Alferi,Bonnie B. Blomberg,Charles S. Carver	2004	199
13	The role of optimism in social network development, coping, and psychological adjustment during a life transition. Ian Brissette,Michael F. Scheier,Charles S. Carver	2002	163
14	Influences of personality and coping variables on health behaviors and health outcomes. Charles S. Carver	2000	1
15	Perspectives on behavioral self-regulation Robert S. Wyer,Charles S. Carver	1999	36
16	Religiosity, Religious Coping, and Distress Susan M. Alferi,Jenifer L. Culver,Charles S. Carver,Patricia L. Arena,Michael H. Antoni	1999	76
17	Concerns about breast cancer and relations to psychosocial well-being in a multiethnic sample of early-stage patients. S. Melinda Spencer,Jessica M. Lehman,Christina Wynings,Patricia L. Arena,Charles S. Carver,Michael H. Antoni,Robert P. Derhagopian,Gail Ironson,Neil Love	1999	84
18	You want to measure coping but your protocol’ too long: Consider the brief copebreakdown → Charles S. Carver	1997	5432
19	Predicting successful completion of an aftercare program following treatment for alcoholism: The role of dispositional optimism. Stephen Strack,Charles S. Carver,Paul H. Blaney	1987	91
20	Optimism, coping, and health: Assessment and implications of generalized outcome expectancies.breakdown → Michael F. Scheier,Charles S. Carver	1985	3817

About Charles S. Carver

Charles S. Carver is a scholar working on Applied Psychology, Experimental and Cognitive Psychology and General Psychology, having authored 378 papers that have together received 98.4k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Optimism, Hope, and Well-being (61 papers), Cancer survivorship and care (60 papers), Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development (46 papers), Family Support in Illness (45 papers), Behavioral Health and Interventions (45 papers), Mental Health Research Topics (42 papers), Anxiety, Depression, Psychometrics, Treatment, Cognitive Processes (41 papers) and Childhood Cancer Survivors' Quality of Life (36 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Applied Psychology (31.0k citations), Clinical Psychology (34.2k citations) and Experimental and Cognitive Psychology (21.1k citations). Charles S. Carver has collaborated with scholars based in United States, Canada and Japan. Frequent 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.

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