Chester A. Insko

8.0k total citations · 1 hit paper
132 papers, 5.6k citations indexed

About

Chester A. Insko is a scholar working on Sociology and Political Science, Social Psychology and Safety Research. According to data from OpenAlex, Chester A. Insko has authored 132 papers receiving a total of 5.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 80 papers in Sociology and Political Science, 48 papers in Social Psychology and 26 papers in Safety Research. Recurrent topics in Chester A. Insko's work include Social and Intergroup Psychology (64 papers), Cultural Differences and Values (28 papers) and Experimental Behavioral Economics Studies (26 papers). Chester A. Insko is often cited by papers focused on Social and Intergroup Psychology (64 papers), Cultural Differences and Values (28 papers) and Experimental Behavioral Economics Studies (26 papers). Chester A. Insko collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Canada. Chester A. Insko's co-authors include John Schopler, Lowell Gaertner, Tim Wildschut, Brad Pinter, Stephen Bochner, R. Matthew Montoya, Rick H. Hoyle, Kenneth A. Graetz, Taya R. Cohen and Bobby J. Calder and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, Psychological Bulletin and Psychological Review.

In The Last Decade

Chester A. Insko

128 papers receiving 5.0k citations

Hit Papers

Theories of attitude change 1967 2026 1986 2006 1967 100 200 300
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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. Theories of attitude change
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Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Chester A. Insko United States 48 3.5k 2.5k 1.1k 751 745 132 5.6k
Charles G. Lord United States 27 3.4k 1.0× 1.9k 0.8× 506 0.5× 829 1.1× 516 0.7× 85 6.3k
J. Merrill Carlsmith United States 24 2.6k 0.7× 2.0k 0.8× 394 0.4× 774 1.0× 635 0.9× 30 5.9k
Harold B. Gerard United States 20 3.0k 0.9× 1.8k 0.7× 382 0.4× 556 0.7× 510 0.7× 48 5.6k
Deborah H. Gruenfeld United States 23 3.4k 1.0× 3.0k 1.2× 516 0.5× 781 1.0× 638 0.9× 42 6.0k
Joel Cooper United States 42 3.2k 0.9× 2.3k 0.9× 278 0.3× 927 1.2× 497 0.7× 123 6.1k
Deborah A. Prentice United States 29 3.1k 0.9× 2.0k 0.8× 464 0.4× 660 0.9× 763 1.0× 48 6.5k
James T. Tedeschi United States 34 2.9k 0.8× 1.9k 0.7× 483 0.4× 375 0.5× 378 0.5× 171 5.0k
Victoria Husted Medvec United States 27 1.7k 0.5× 1.3k 0.5× 575 0.5× 746 1.0× 547 0.7× 46 4.3k
David L. Hamilton United States 44 5.3k 1.5× 4.0k 1.6× 340 0.3× 1.7k 2.2× 1.0k 1.4× 109 8.1k
Donna M. Webster United States 17 3.1k 0.9× 2.6k 1.0× 223 0.2× 1.1k 1.4× 944 1.3× 18 6.2k

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Wildschut, Tim & Chester A. Insko. (2025). Power effects on interindividual and intergroup competition. British Journal of Social Psychology. 64(2). e12831–e12831.
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Cohen, Taya R., Scott T. Wolf, A. T. Panter, & Chester A. Insko. (2011). Introducing the GASP scale: A new measure of guilt and shame proneness.. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology. 100(5). 947–966. 36 indexed citations
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Wolf, Scott T., Chester A. Insko, Jeffrey L. Kirchner, & Tim Wildschut. (2008). Interindividual-intergroup discontinuity in the domain of correspondent outcomes: The roles of relativistic concern, perceived categorization, and the doctrine of mutual assured destruction.. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology. 94(3). 479–494. 14 indexed citations
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Pinter, Brad, Chester A. Insko, Tim Wildschut, et al.. (2007). Reduction of interindividual-intergroup discontinuity: The role of leader accountability and proneness to guilt.. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology. 93(2). 250–265. 53 indexed citations
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Insko, Chester A., et al.. (2005). Interindividual-Intergroup Discontinuity as a Function of Trust and Categorization: The Paradox of Expected Cooperation.. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology. 88(2). 365–385. 70 indexed citations
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Wildschut, Tim, Chester A. Insko, & Brad Pinter. (2004). The perception of outgroup threat: content and activation of the outgroup schema. ePrints Soton (University of Southampton). 14 indexed citations
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Hafdahl, Adam R., A. T. Panter, Richard H. Gramzow, Constantine Sedikides, & Chester A. Insko. (2000). Free‐Response Self‐Discrepancies Across, Among, and Within FFM Personality Dimensions. Journal of Personality. 68(1). 111–151. 19 indexed citations
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Schopler, John, et al.. (1993). Individual-Group Discontinuity: Further Evidence for Mediation by Fear and Greed. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin. 19(4). 419–431. 80 indexed citations
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Insko, Chester A., et al.. (1987). Individual versus group discontinuity: The role of intergroup contact. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology. 23(3). 250–267. 84 indexed citations
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Crum, Larry, et al.. (1983). Reply to Turner's comments. European Journal of Social Psychology. 13(4). 369–381. 21 indexed citations
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Wetzel, Christopher G. & Chester A. Insko. (1982). The similarity-attraction relationship: Is there an ideal one?. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology. 18(3). 253–276. 45 indexed citations
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Insko, Chester A., et al.. (1980). Extension of the Kelley attribution model: The role of comparison-object consensus, target-object consensus, distinctiveness, and consistency.. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology. 39(1). 39–58. 54 indexed citations
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Insko, Chester A., et al.. (1979). Balance and social comparison processes in the attribution of attraction. Journal of Personality. 47(3). 432–448. 1 indexed citations
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Tashakkori, Abbas & Chester A. Insko. (1979). Interpersonal attraction and the polarity of similar attitudes: A test of three balance models.. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology. 37(12). 2262–2277. 6 indexed citations
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Worchel, Stephen, Chester A. Insko, Virginia Andreoli, & David A. Drachman. (1974). Attribution of attitude as a function of behavioral direction and freedom: Reactance in the eye of the observer. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology. 10(5). 399–414. 6 indexed citations
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Insko, Chester A., et al.. (1970). Triadic consistency and false heart-rate feedback. Journal of Personality. 38(4). 629–640. 4 indexed citations
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Insko, Chester A., Robert R. Blake, Robert B. Cialdini, & Stanley A. Mulaik. (1970). Attitude toward birth control and cognitive consistency: Theoretical and practical implications of survey data.. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology. 16(2). 228–237. 40 indexed citations
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Stroebe, Wolfgang, et al.. (1970). Balance and differentiation in the evaluation of linked attitude objects.. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology. 16(1). 38–47. 5 indexed citations
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Insko, Chester A. & William F. Oakes. (1966). Awareness and the "conditioning" of attitudes.. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology. 4(5). 487–496. 49 indexed citations
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Insko, Chester A., et al.. (1965). Effects of high and low fear-arousing communications upon opinions toward smoking. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology. 1(3). 256–266. 59 indexed citations

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