Jeff Greenberg

41.0k citations
244 papers · 23.5k indexed · 8 hit papers · h-index 83

Impact in

    • Death Anxiety and Social Exclusion
    • Cultural Differences and Values
    • Psychological Well-being and Life Satisfaction
    • Optimism, Hope, and Well-being

Papers in

    • Optimism, Hope, and Well-being 34
    • Behavioral Health and Interventions 25
    • Death Anxiety and Social Exclusion 157
    • Paranormal Experiences and Beliefs 17

Jeff Greenberg

238 papers receiving 21.7k citations

Hit Papers

Why Do People Need Self-Esteem? A Theoretical and Empirical Review. 2004 · 898 citations
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Peers

Jeff Greenberg
Comparison fields: 5 of 168
  • Social Psychology 17.5k
  • Applied Psychology 4.0k
  • Clinical Psychology 8.8k
  • Health 3.4k
  • Sociology and Political Science 9.9k
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All Works

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2 20223
3 20131
4 201013
5 200882
6 2007130
7 200656
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Handbook of experimental existential psychology
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20041168
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Why Do People Need Self-Esteem? A Theoretical and Empirical Review.
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2004898
10 2002146
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A dual-process model of defense against conscious and unconscious death-related thoughts: An extension of terror management theory.
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1999911
12 199883
13 199888
14 199746
15 19977
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Hanging on and letting go : understanding the onset, maintenance, and remission of depression
19923
17 199267
18 19912
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Evidence for terror management theory: I. The effects of mortality salience on reactions to those who violate or uphold cultural values.
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1989808
20 198712

About Jeff Greenberg

Jeff Greenberg is a scholar working on Applied Psychology, Social Psychology, Clinical Psychology, Health and General Decision Sciences, having authored 244 papers that have together received 23.5k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Death Anxiety and Social Exclusion (157 papers), Social and Intergroup Psychology (85 papers), Grief, Bereavement, and Mental Health (77 papers), Optimism, Hope, and Well-being (34 papers), Religion, Spirituality, and Psychology (29 papers), Psychology of Moral and Emotional Judgment (26 papers), Behavioral Health and Interventions (25 papers) and Paranormal Experiences and Beliefs (17 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Social Psychology (17.5k citations), Applied Psychology (4.0k citations), Clinical Psychology (8.8k citations), Health (3.4k citations) and Sociology and Political Science (9.9k citations). Jeff Greenberg has collaborated with scholars based in United States, Canada and Germany. Frequent co-authors include Tom Pyszczynski, Sheldon Solomon, Jamie Arndt, Linda Simon, Jeff Schimel, Abram Rosenblatt, Sander L. Koole, Thomas A. Pyszczynski, Andy Martens and Jamie L. Goldenberg. Their work appears in journals such as Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, European Journal of Social Psychology and Motivation and Emotion.

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