Herbert M. Lefcourt

8.5k total citations · 2 hit papers
69 papers, 5.5k citations indexed

About

Herbert M. Lefcourt is a scholar working on Social Psychology, Clinical Psychology and Developmental and Educational Psychology. According to data from OpenAlex, Herbert M. Lefcourt has authored 69 papers receiving a total of 5.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 35 papers in Social Psychology, 13 papers in Clinical Psychology and 11 papers in Developmental and Educational Psychology. Recurrent topics in Herbert M. Lefcourt's work include Humor Studies and Applications (15 papers), Academic and Historical Perspectives in Psychology (8 papers) and Behavioral and Psychological Studies (6 papers). Herbert M. Lefcourt is often cited by papers focused on Humor Studies and Applications (15 papers), Academic and Historical Perspectives in Psychology (8 papers) and Behavioral and Psychological Studies (6 papers). Herbert M. Lefcourt collaborates with scholars based in Canada and United States. Herbert M. Lefcourt's co-authors include Rod A. Martin, Edward E. Ware, Karina W. Davidson, Carl L. von Baeyer, David E. Mills, Michael G. Flaherty, Kenneth M. Prkachin, Irwin Silverman, Peter J. McDonald and John G. Holmes and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, Psychological Bulletin and Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews.

In The Last Decade

Herbert M. Lefcourt

66 papers receiving 4.6k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Locus of control: Current trends in theory and research

1976 1.3k citations Herbert M. Lefcourt Medical Entomology and Zoology profile →
Internal versus external control of reinforcement: A review.

1966 599 citations Herbert M. Lefcourt profile →

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Herbert M. Lefcourt Canada	33	2.8k	1.4k	1.1k	911	656	69	5.5k
Jonathan M. Cheek United States	26	2.2k 0.8×	2.4k 1.7×	1.5k 1.3×	1.3k 1.5×	504 0.8×	36	5.6k
Warren H. Jones United States	37	2.8k 1.0×	2.6k 1.8×	1.5k 1.3×	786 0.9×	446 0.7×	78	5.6k
Daniel Offer United States	30	1.6k 0.6×	2.6k 1.9×	1.8k 1.6×	673 0.7×	1.1k 1.7×	102	6.0k
Steve Duck United States	33	2.8k 1.0×	1.4k 1.0×	1.8k 1.6×	732 0.8×	279 0.4×	78	5.2k
William G. Graziano United States	36	2.7k 0.9×	2.4k 1.7×	1.9k 1.7×	1.1k 1.2×	623 0.9×	99	5.7k
Harrison G. Gough United States	36	2.1k 0.7×	2.5k 1.8×	1.3k 1.2×	2.0k 2.2×	434 0.7×	136	6.9k
Edward Diener United States	26	4.8k 1.7×	1.5k 1.0×	2.4k 2.1×	1.7k 1.9×	341 0.5×	48	8.7k
Sidney M. Jourard United States	23	2.1k 0.7×	1.9k 1.4×	1.4k 1.2×	556 0.6×	255 0.4×	61	4.9k
Jerry M. Burger United States	35	2.0k 0.7×	989 0.7×	2.2k 2.0×	750 0.8×	265 0.4×	95	5.3k
David Marlowe United States	13	3.1k 1.1×	2.9k 2.1×	2.6k 2.3×	1.4k 1.5×	465 0.7×	20	8.8k

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Lefcourt, Herbert M.. (2014). Locus of Control and Achievement-Related Behavior. 95–113.

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Lefcourt, Herbert M. & Rod A. Martin. (2011). Humor and Life Stress: Antidote to Adversity. Medical Entomology and Zoology. 83 indexed citations

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Davidson, Karina W., Kenneth M. Prkachin, David E. Mills, & Herbert M. Lefcourt. (1994). Comparison of three theories relating facial expressiveness to blood pressure in male and female undergraduates.. Health Psychology. 13(5). 404–411. 3 indexed citations

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Davidson, Karina W., Kenneth M. Prkachin, David E. Mills, & Herbert M. Lefcourt. (1994). Comparison of three theories relating facial expressiveness to blood pressure in male and female undergraduates.. Health Psychology. 13(5). 404–411.

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Lefcourt, Herbert M.. (1992). Perceived control, personal effectiveness, and emotional states.. 20 indexed citations

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Lefcourt, Herbert M., et al.. (1986). Marital locus of control and marital problem solving.. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology. 51(1). 161–169. 71 indexed citations

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Lefcourt, Herbert M., et al.. (1985). Locus of control for affiliation and behavior in social interactions.. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology. 48(3). 755–759. 40 indexed citations

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Martin, Rod A. & Herbert M. Lefcourt. (1984). Situational Humor Response Questionnaire: Quantitative measure of sense of humor.. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology. 47(1). 145–155. 224 indexed citations

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Lefcourt, Herbert M., Rod A. Martin, & Edward E. Ware. (1984). Locus of control, causal attributions, and affects in achievement-related contexts.. Canadian Journal of Behavioural Science/Revue canadienne des sciences du comportement. 16(1). 57–64. 9 indexed citations

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Lefcourt, Herbert M., et al.. (1983). The construction and development of the Miller Marital Locus of Control scale.. Canadian Journal of Behavioural Science/Revue canadienne des sciences du comportement. 15(3). 266–279. 41 indexed citations

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Martin, Rod A. & Herbert M. Lefcourt. (1983). Sense of humor as a moderator of the relation between stressors and moods.. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology. 45(6). 1313–1324. 31 indexed citations

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Lefcourt, Herbert M., et al.. (1982). The Assessment of Social Intimacy. Journal of Personality Assessment. 46(5). 514–518. 326 indexed citations

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Lefcourt, Herbert M.. (1979). Personality Variables in Social Behavior (Book). Journal of Personality Assessment. 43(3). 318–318.

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Lefcourt, Herbert M.. (1976). Locus of control and the response to aversive events.. 17(3). 202–209. 54 indexed citations

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Lefcourt, Herbert M., et al.. (1973). Cognitive activity and hypothesis formation during a double entendre word association test as a function of locus of control and field dependence.. Canadian Journal of Behavioural Science/Revue canadienne des sciences du comportement. 5(2). 161–173. 43 indexed citations

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Lefcourt, Herbert M. & Jerome M. Siegel. (1970). Predisposition to fantasy and situational variations as determinants of attention in reaction time tasks.. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology. 34(3). 415–424. 2 indexed citations

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Lefcourt, Herbert M.. (1969). Need for approval and threatened negative evaluation as determinants of expressiveness in a projective test.. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology. 33(1). 96–102. 20 indexed citations

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Lefcourt, Herbert M.. (1968). Serendipitous validity study of Gough's social maturity index.. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology. 32(1). 85–86. 4 indexed citations

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Lefcourt, Herbert M., et al.. (1965). The effect of reference group upon Negroes task persistence in a biracial competitive game.. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology. 1(6). 668–671. 37 indexed citations

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Lefcourt, Herbert M.. (1963). Some empirical correlates of Negro identity /. OhioLink ETD Center (Ohio Library and Information Network). 1 indexed citations

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