Ethan Kross

17.7k citations

112 papers · 11.6k indexed · 9 hit papers · h-index 47

Impact in

Applied Psychology top 0.1%
- Behavioral Health and Interventions
- Digital Mental Health Interventions
Experimental and Cognitive Psychology top 0.2%
- Anxiety, Depression, Psychometrics, Treatment, Cognitive Processes
- Mental Health Research Topics

Papers in

Applied Psychology 26
- Behavioral Health and Interventions 14
- Digital Mental Health Interventions 12
Experimental and Cognitive Psychology 45
- Anxiety, Depression, Psychometrics, Treatment, Cognitive Processes 26
- Mental Health Research Topics 22

Co-authors: Özlem Ayduk John Jonides Philippe Verduyn Oscar Ybarra Walter Mischel Tor D. Wager Marc G. Berman Holly Shablack
Journals: Emotion (9 papers)Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (5 papers)Clinical Psychological Science (5 papers)Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience (5 papers)Scientific Reports (4 papers)
Partner nations: United States Netherlands Belgium

In The Last Decade

Ethan Kross

106 papers receiving 11.2k citations

Hit Papers

9 papers align trajectories log scale

Social comparison on social networking sites 2020 · 279 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.

2020 Current Opinion in Psychology
2020 Trends in Cognitive Sciences
2017 Research Publications (Maastricht University)
2015 Journal of Experimental Psychology General
2013 New England Journal of Medicine
2013 PLoS ONE
2012 Journal of Affective Disorders
2011 Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
2010 Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

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1	How people think about being alone shapes their experience of loneliness Nature Communications ·Micaela Rodriguez, Kathryn E. Schertz, Ethan Kross	2025	4
2	A Scoping Review of User Characteristics Moderating the Relationship Between Use of Social Networking Sites and Mental Health International Journal of Human-Computer Interaction ·Nino Gugushvili, Jan Kubik, 原田恭子, Dmitri Rozgonjuk, Karin Täht, Ethan Kross, Robert A. C. Ruiter, Philippe Verduyn	2025	0
3	Do you have a minute? The cognitive and emotional consequences of self-disclosures at work. Emotion ·Maximilien Fournier, Kathryn E. Schertz, Ethan Kross	2025	0
4	Remotely administered non‐deceptive placebos reduce COVID‐related stress, anxiety, and depression Applied Psychology Health and Well-Being ·Darwin A. Guevarra, Srabani Kar, Jin Bum Song, Ethan Kross, Jason S. Moser	2024	2
5	Sense of Purpose and Strategies for Coping with Anxiety Across Adulthood GeroPsych ·Gabrielle N. Pfund, Victor J. Strecher, Ethan Kross, Patrick L. Hill	2023	7
6	An event-related potential investigation of distanced self-talk: Replication and comparison to detached reappraisal International Journal of Psychophysiology ·Era Budi Prayekti, Martha K. Berg, Ethan Kross, Jason S. Moser	2022	3
7	Placebos without deception reduce self-report and neural measures of emotional distress Nature Communications ·Darwin A. Guevarra, Jason S. Moser, Tor D. Wager, Ethan Kross	2020	44
8	When chatting about negative experiences helps—and when it hurts: Distinguishing adaptive versus maladaptive social support in computer-mediated communication. Emotion ·David S. Lee, Ariana Orvell, Julia L. Briskin, Лапенко Марина Владимировна, Susan A. Gelman, Özlem Ayduk, Oscar Ybarra, Ethan Kross	2019	21
9	That’s how “you” do it: Generic you expresses norms during early childhood Journal of Experimental Child Psychology ·Ariana Orvell, Ethan Kross, Susan A. Gelman	2017	20
10	Separate neural representations for physical pain and social rejection Nature Communications ·Choong‐Wan Woo, Leonie Koban, Ethan Kross, Martin A. Lindquist, Marie T. Banich, Luka Ružić, Jessica R. Andrews‐Hanna, Tor D. Wager	2014	216
11	Self-talk as a regulatory mechanism: How you do it matters. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology ·Ethan Kross, Emma Bruehlman-Senecal, Jiyoung Park, Franziska Lahn, S Brodin, Holly Shablack, Ryan H. Bremner, Jason S. Moser, Özlem Ayduk	2014	198
12	Facebook use predicts declines in subjective well-being in young adults Ethan Kross, Philippe Verduyn, Emre Demiralp, J. Park, Adolf Kirchhoff, P Zhang, Holly Shablack, John Jonides, Oscar Ybarra	2013	0
13	An fMRI-Based Neurologic Signature of Physical Pain New England Journal of Medicine ·Tor D. Wager, Lauren Y. Atlas, Martin A. Lindquist, Mathieu Roy, Choong‐Wan Woo, Ethan Kross Hit paper breakdown →	2013	1074
14	Facebook Use Predicts Declines in Subjective Well-Being in Young Adults PLoS ONE ·Ethan Kross, Philippe Verduyn, Emre Demiralp, Jiyoung Park, David Seungjae Lee, Panda Lukongo Kitronza Jean Paul, Holly Shablack, John Jonides, Oscar Ybarra Hit paper breakdown →	2013	1036
15	Dimensionality of brain networks linked to life-long individual differences in self-control Nature Communications ·Marc G. Berman, Grigori Yourganov, Mary K. Askren, Özlem Ayduk, B.J. Casey, Ian H. Gotlib, Ethan Kross, Anthony R. McIntosh, Stephen C. Strother, Nicole L. Wilson, Vivian Zayas, Walter Mischel, Yuichi Shoda, John Jonides	2013	39
16	“Asking why” from a distance: Its cognitive and emotional consequences for people with major depressive disorder. Journal of Abnormal Psychology ·Ethan Kross, David E. Gard, Patricia J. Deldin, Jessica Clifton, Özlem Ayduk	2012	105
17	Social rejection shares somatosensory representations with physical pain Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·Ethan Kross, Marc G. Berman, Walter Mischel, Edward E. Smith, Tor D. Wager Hit paper breakdown →	2011	424
18	Boosting wisdom: Distance from the self enhances wise reasoning, attitudes, and behavior. Journal of Experimental Psychology General ·Ethan Kross, Igor Grossmann	2011	162
19	The effect of self-distancing on adaptive versus maladaptive self-reflection in children. Emotion ·Ethan Kross, Angela Duckworth, Özlem Ayduk, Eli Tsukayama, Walter Mischel	2011	65
20	From a distance: Implications of spontaneous self-distancing for adaptive self-reflection. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology ·Özlem Ayduk, Ethan Kross	2010	229

About Ethan Kross

Ethan Kross is a scholar working on Applied Psychology, Experimental and Cognitive Psychology, Social Psychology, Cognitive Neuroscience and Neuropsychology and Physiological Psychology, having authored 112 papers that have together received 11.6k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Anxiety, Depression, Psychometrics, Treatment, Cognitive Processes (26 papers), Mental Health Research Topics (22 papers), Impact of Technology on Adolescents (15 papers), Behavioral Health and Interventions (14 papers), Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development (13 papers), Digital Mental Health Interventions (12 papers), Cultural Differences and Values (11 papers) and Social and Intergroup Psychology (10 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Applied Psychology (2.0k citations), Experimental and Cognitive Psychology (3.0k citations), Cognitive Neuroscience (3.0k citations), Social Psychology (3.1k citations) and Clinical Psychology (2.8k citations). Ethan Kross has collaborated with scholars based in United States, Netherlands and Belgium. Frequent co-authors include Özlem Ayduk, John Jonides, Philippe Verduyn, Oscar Ybarra, Walter Mischel, Tor D. Wager, Marc G. Berman, Holly Shablack, Choong‐Wan Woo and Igor Grossmann. Their work appears in journals such as Emotion, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Clinical Psychological Science, Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience and Scientific Reports.

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