Elaine Walster

11.7k citations
39 papers · 7.5k indexed · 5 hit papers · h-index 27

Elaine Walster

39 papers receiving 6.4k citations

Hit Papers

New directions in equity research.1.2k196620261986200650010001.5k2.0k2.5k

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Elaine Walster
Comparison fields: 5 of 149
  • Experimental and Cognitive Psychology 2.9k
  • Marketing 1.9k
  • General Decision Sciences 253
  • Social Psychology 2.0k
  • Gender Studies 903
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All Works

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Advances in experimental social psychology, Vol. 9, Equity theory: Toward a general theory of social interaction.
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3 1975159
4 1974142
5 197454
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New directions in equity research.breakdown →
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7 197236
8 19725
9 197112
10 197156
11 19709
12 196730
13 196794
14 196621
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Assignment of responsibility for an accident.breakdown →
1966580
16 1966163
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Importance of physical attractiveness in dating behavior.breakdown →
1966608
18 196574
19 196324
20 1962115

About Elaine Walster

Elaine Walster is a scholar working on General Decision Sciences, Experimental and Cognitive Psychology and Social Psychology, having authored 39 papers that have together received 7.5k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Psychology of Social Influence (11 papers), Social and Intergroup Psychology (7 papers), Psychology of Moral and Emotional Judgment (6 papers), Evolutionary Psychology and Human Behavior (6 papers), Emotions and Moral Behavior (5 papers), Decision-Making and Behavioral Economics (5 papers), Attachment and Relationship Dynamics (4 papers) and Experimental Behavioral Economics Studies (2 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Experimental and Cognitive Psychology (2.9k citations), Marketing (1.9k citations) and General Decision Sciences (253 citations). Elaine Walster has collaborated with scholars based in United States and Canada. Frequent co-authors include Ellen Berscheid, Karen K. Dion, G. William Walster, Margaret M. Clifford, William Austin, Elliot Aronson, Léon Festinger, Jane Traupmann, Jane Allyn Piliavin and Leonard Berkowitz. Their work appears in journals such as Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews and Journal of Experimental Social Psychology.

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