Kali H. Trzesniewski

20.9k total citations · 7 hit papers
71 papers, 14.1k citations indexed

About

Kali H. Trzesniewski is a scholar working on Social Psychology, Clinical Psychology and Experimental and Cognitive Psychology. According to data from OpenAlex, Kali H. Trzesniewski has authored 71 papers receiving a total of 14.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 35 papers in Social Psychology, 30 papers in Clinical Psychology and 28 papers in Experimental and Cognitive Psychology. Recurrent topics in Kali H. Trzesniewski's work include Personality Traits and Psychology (17 papers), Identity, Memory, and Therapy (11 papers) and Education, Achievement, and Giftedness (11 papers). Kali H. Trzesniewski is often cited by papers focused on Personality Traits and Psychology (17 papers), Identity, Memory, and Therapy (11 papers) and Education, Achievement, and Giftedness (11 papers). Kali H. Trzesniewski collaborates with scholars based in United States, Canada and United Kingdom. Kali H. Trzesniewski's co-authors include Richard W. Robins, Carol S. Dweck, M. Brent Donnellan, Lisa Blackwell, Holly M. Hendin, Jessica L. Tracy, Avshalom Caspi, Terrie E. Moffitt, Samuel D. Gosling and Jeff Potter and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Journal of Personality and Social Psychology and SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología.

In The Last Decade

Kali H. Trzesniewski

70 papers receiving 13.0k citations

Hit Papers

5 papers align trajectories

What are hit papers?

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.

Implicit Theories of Intelligence Predict Achievement Across an Adolescent Transition: A Longitudinal Study and an Intervention

2007 2.4k citations Lisa Blackwell, Kali H. Trzesniewski et al. Child Development profile →
Measuring Global Self-Esteem: Construct Validation of a Single-Item Measure and the Rosenberg Self-Esteem Scale

2001 2.3k citations Richard W. Robins, Kali H. Trzesniewski et al. profile →
Low Self-Esteem Is Related to Aggression, Antisocial Behavior, and Delinquency

2005 799 citations M. Brent Donnellan, Kali H. Trzesniewski et al. Psychological Science profile →
Low self-esteem during adolescence predicts poor health, criminal behavior, and limited economic prospects during adulthood.

2006 742 citations Kali H. Trzesniewski, M. Brent Donnellan et al. Developmental Psychology profile →
What Does the Narcissistic Personality Inventory Really Measure?

2010 610 citations M. Brent Donnellan, Kali H. Trzesniewski et al. profile →
Global self-esteem across the life span.

2002 568 citations Richard W. Robins, Kali H. Trzesniewski et al. Psychology and Aging profile →
Stability of self-esteem across the life span.

2003 532 citations Kali H. Trzesniewski, M. Brent Donnellan et al. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Kali H. Trzesniewski United States	39	6.6k	5.9k	4.0k	3.5k	2.3k	71	14.1k
M. Brent Donnellan United States	60	7.1k 1.1×	9.1k 1.5×	4.4k 1.1×	4.0k 1.1×	1.8k 0.8×	203	17.5k
Susan Branje Netherlands	62	5.2k 0.8×	7.2k 1.2×	2.4k 0.6×	3.6k 1.0×	2.6k 1.1×	299	12.7k
Shelly L. Gable United States	44	8.2k 1.2×	3.5k 0.6×	3.4k 0.9×	3.0k 0.9×	1.4k 0.6×	73	12.9k
Joseph Ciarrochi Australia	66	7.1k 1.1×	7.9k 1.3×	3.0k 0.7×	1.8k 0.5×	1.9k 0.8×	229	14.1k
Roger B. Rensvold Hong Kong	11	5.1k 0.8×	4.4k 0.7×	2.7k 0.7×	2.9k 0.8×	2.4k 1.1×	14	13.4k
Jaap J. A. Denissen Netherlands	56	4.6k 0.7×	6.0k 1.0×	3.9k 1.0×	2.9k 0.8×	988 0.4×	196	12.0k
Concetta Pastorelli Italy	48	5.9k 0.9×	6.7k 1.1×	1.8k 0.5×	3.4k 1.0×	3.8k 1.7×	152	14.1k
Daphna Oyserman United States	59	7.4k 1.1×	3.3k 0.6×	2.4k 0.6×	7.0k 2.0×	2.9k 1.3×	173	16.3k
Yuichi Shoda United States	44	5.0k 0.8×	5.2k 0.9×	3.6k 0.9×	3.2k 0.9×	1.5k 0.7×	96	13.7k
Koen Luyckx Belgium	61	4.3k 0.6×	5.6k 0.9×	2.4k 0.6×	4.4k 1.2×	2.2k 1.0×	341	14.3k

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Muradoglu, Melis, Bethany Lassetter, Madison N. Sewell, et al.. (2025). The structure and motivational significance of early beliefs about ability.. Developmental Psychology. 62(3). 583–596. 3 indexed citations

Muradoglu, Melis, Tenelle Porter, Kali H. Trzesniewski, & Andrei Cimpian. (2024). A Growth Mindset Scale for Young Children (GM-C): Development and validation among children from the United States and South Africa. PLoS ONE. 19(10). e0311205–e0311205. 1 indexed citations

Zheng, Lucy, et al.. (2022). Association Between Educational Attainment and EFNEP Participants’ Food Practice Outcomes. Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior. 54(10). 902–907. 2 indexed citations

Lewis, Kendra, et al.. (2021). Evaluating evidence for a global mindset factor across multiple ability domains. Journal of Research in Personality. 95. 104165–104165. 13 indexed citations

Selmeczy, Diana, Simona Ghetti, Lucy Zheng, Tenelle Porter, & Kali H. Trzesniewski. (2021). Help me understand: Adaptive information-seeking predicts academic achievement in school-aged children. Cognitive Development. 59. 101062–101062. 8 indexed citations

Trzesniewski, Kali H., et al.. (2021). Global Mindset Initiative Paper 3: Measuring Growth Mindset Classroom Cultures. SSRN Electronic Journal. 14 indexed citations

Porter, Tenelle, et al.. (2020). Measuring Mastery Behaviors at Scale: The Persistence, Effort, Resilience and Challenge-Seeking Task (PERC). Journal of Learning Analytics. 7(1). 17 indexed citations

Gunderson, Elizabeth A., M. Brent Donnellan, Richard W. Robins, & Kali H. Trzesniewski. (2018). The specificity of parenting effects: Differential relations of parent praise and criticism to children’s theories of intelligence and learning goals. Journal of Experimental Child Psychology. 173. 116–135. 26 indexed citations

McCauley, James B., Michelle A. Harris, Matthew C. Zajic, et al.. (2017). Self-Esteem, Internalizing Symptoms, and Theory of Mind in Youth With Autism Spectrum Disorder. Journal of Clinical Child & Adolescent Psychology. 48(3). 400–411. 36 indexed citations

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Harris, Michelle A., M. Brent Donnellan, Jen Guo, et al.. (2017). Parental Co-Construction of 5- to 13-Year-Olds' Global Self-Esteem Through Reminiscing About Past Events. Child Development. 88(6). 1810–1822. 34 indexed citations

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Campbell, David, et al.. (2013). Positive youth development merits state investment. California Agriculture. 67(1). 38–46. 3 indexed citations

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Yeager, David S., Kali H. Trzesniewski, Kirsi Tirri, Petri Nokelainen, & Carol S. Dweck. (2011). Adolescents' implicit theories predict desire for vengeance after peer conflicts: Correlational and experimental evidence.. Developmental Psychology. 47(4). 1090–1107. 127 indexed citations

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Orth, Ulrich, Kali H. Trzesniewski, & Richard W. Robins. (2010). Self-esteem development from young adulthood to old age: A cohort-sequential longitudinal study.. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology. 98(4). 645–658. 396 indexed citations

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Orth, Ulrich, Richard W. Robins, Kali H. Trzesniewski, Jürgen Maes, & Manfred Schmitt. (2009). Low self-esteem is a risk factor for depressive symptoms from young adulthood to old age.. Journal of Abnormal Psychology. 118(3). 472–478. 243 indexed citations

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Donnellan, M. Brent, Kali H. Trzesniewski, & Richard W. Robins. (2008). An emerging epidemic of narcissism or much ado about nothing?. Journal of Research in Personality. 43(3). 498–501. 45 indexed citations

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Trzesniewski, Kali H., M. Brent Donnellan, Terrie E. Moffitt, et al.. (2006). Low self-esteem during adolescence predicts poor health, criminal behavior, and limited economic prospects during adulthood.. Developmental Psychology. 42(2). 381–390. 742 indexed citations breakdown →

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Donnellan, M. Brent, Kali H. Trzesniewski, Richard W. Robins, Terrie E. Moffitt, & Avshalom Caspi. (2005). Low Self-Esteem Is Related to Aggression, Antisocial Behavior, and Delinquency. Psychological Science. 16(4). 328–335. 799 indexed citations breakdown →

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Robins, Richard W. & Kali H. Trzesniewski. (2005). Self-Esteem Development Across the Life Span. eScholarship (California Digital Library). 13 indexed citations

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Trzesniewski, Kali H., et al.. (2003). Stability of self-esteem across the life span.. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology. 84(1). 205–220. 41 indexed citations

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Robins, Richard W., Kali H. Trzesniewski, Jessica L. Tracy, Samuel D. Gosling, & Jeff Potter. (2002). Global self-esteem across the life span.. Psychology and Aging. 17(3). 423–434. 568 indexed citations breakdown →

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