Kenneth E. Vail

1.6k total citations
31 papers, 928 citations indexed

About

Kenneth E. Vail is a scholar working on Social Psychology, Clinical Psychology and Health. According to data from OpenAlex, Kenneth E. Vail has authored 31 papers receiving a total of 928 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 28 papers in Social Psychology, 25 papers in Clinical Psychology and 8 papers in Health. Recurrent topics in Kenneth E. Vail's work include Death Anxiety and Social Exclusion (26 papers), Grief, Bereavement, and Mental Health (21 papers) and Religion, Spirituality, and Psychology (8 papers). Kenneth E. Vail is often cited by papers focused on Death Anxiety and Social Exclusion (26 papers), Grief, Bereavement, and Mental Health (21 papers) and Religion, Spirituality, and Psychology (8 papers). Kenneth E. Vail collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Netherlands. Kenneth E. Vail's co-authors include Jamie Arndt, Tom Pyszczynski, Zachary K. Rothschild, Sheldon Solomon, Jeff Greenberg, Clay Routledge, Jacob Juhl, Matthew Vess, Abdolhossein Abdollahi and Bastiaan T. Rutjens and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin and Health Psychology.

In The Last Decade

Kenneth E. Vail

30 papers receiving 889 citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Kenneth E. Vail United States 11 706 350 341 282 125 31 928
Adrienne R. Carter‐Sowell United States 16 637 0.9× 360 1.0× 145 0.4× 325 1.2× 105 0.8× 27 930
Andrew A. Abeyta United States 14 447 0.6× 143 0.4× 103 0.3× 146 0.5× 73 0.6× 28 592
Deborah South Richardson United States 17 433 0.6× 336 1.0× 290 0.9× 310 1.1× 47 0.4× 27 881
Steven M. Graham United States 12 912 1.3× 412 1.2× 205 0.6× 314 1.1× 189 1.5× 15 1.2k
Matthew Draper United States 7 451 0.6× 499 1.4× 121 0.4× 275 1.0× 97 0.8× 21 953
Elise Choe United States 12 553 0.8× 397 1.1× 131 0.4× 238 0.8× 93 0.7× 32 818
Marina Herrera Spain 11 409 0.6× 159 0.5× 93 0.3× 384 1.4× 67 0.5× 23 726
Erik H. Faucher Canada 8 1.0k 1.5× 527 1.5× 222 0.7× 402 1.4× 195 1.6× 9 1.2k
Brian E. Armenta United States 18 423 0.6× 601 1.7× 114 0.3× 632 2.2× 48 0.4× 28 1.2k
Gina M. Bellavia United States 13 1.2k 1.7× 410 1.2× 153 0.4× 488 1.7× 292 2.3× 20 1.4k

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Kenneth E. Vail

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Vail, Kenneth E., et al.. (2023). The captain of my soul: Self-determination and need-satisfaction help manage death-related cognition, anxiety, and well-being.. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology. 125(6). 1308–1331. 3 indexed citations
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Vail, Kenneth E., et al.. (2022). Motivated reasoning: Election integrity beliefs, outcome acceptance, and polarization before, during, and after the 2020 U.S. Presidential Election. Motivation and Emotion. 47(2). 177–192. 7 indexed citations
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Helm, Peter J., et al.. (2022). Divergent effects of social media use on meaning in life via loneliness and existential isolation during the coronavirus pandemic. Journal of Social and Personal Relationships. 39(6). 1768–1793. 17 indexed citations
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Reed, David E., et al.. (2021). Pain-related disability, PTSD symptoms, and mood among a comorbid chronic pain and PTSD sample prior to and during the COVID-19 pandemic. Journal of Health Psychology. 27(6). 1515–1532. 4 indexed citations
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Reed, David E., et al.. (2021). Authenticity as a Resilience Factor Against CV-19 Threat Among Those With Chronic Pain and Posttraumatic Stress Disorder. Frontiers in Psychology. 12. 643869–643869. 7 indexed citations
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Vail, Kenneth E., Elizabeth A. Goncy, & Donald Edmondson. (2019). Anxiety buffer disruption: Worldview threat, death thought accessibility, and worldview defense among low and high posttraumatic stress symptom samples.. Psychological Trauma Theory Research Practice and Policy. 11(6). 647–655. 10 indexed citations
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Vail, Kenneth E., et al.. (2019). Pushing up daisies: Goal orientations, death awareness, and satisfaction with life. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology. 85. 103891–103891. 9 indexed citations
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Vail, Kenneth E., et al.. (2017). Self-affirmation attenuates death-thought accessibility after mortality salience, but not among a high post-traumatic stress sample.. Psychological Trauma Theory Research Practice and Policy. 10(1). 112–120. 14 indexed citations
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Vail, Kenneth E., et al.. (2017). The impact of mortality awareness on meaning in life among Christians and atheists. Religion Brain & Behavior. 8(1). 44–56. 13 indexed citations
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Sedikides, Constantine, Tim Wildschut, Wing‐Yee Cheung, et al.. (2016). Nostalgia fosters self-continuity: Uncovering the mechanism (social connectedness) and consequence (eudaimonic well-being).. Emotion. 16(4). 524–539. 172 indexed citations
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Vail, Kenneth E. & Jacob Juhl. (2015). An Appreciative View of the Brighter Side of Terror Management Processes. Social Sciences. 4(4). 1020–1045. 15 indexed citations
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Arndt, Jamie, Kenneth E. Vail, Cathy R. Cox, et al.. (2013). The interactive effect of mortality reminders and tobacco craving on smoking topography.. Health Psychology. 32(5). 525–532. 23 indexed citations
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Vail, Kenneth E., et al.. (2013). Hails From the Crypt. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin. 40(3). 289–300. 17 indexed citations
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Vail, Kenneth E., Jamie Arndt, & Abdolhossein Abdollahi. (2012). Exploring the Existential Function of Religion and Supernatural Agent Beliefs Among Christians, Muslims, Atheists, and Agnostics. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin. 38(10). 1288–1300. 77 indexed citations
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Pyszczynski, Tom, Matt Motyl, Kenneth E. Vail, et al.. (2012). Drawing attention to global climate change decreases support for war.. Peace and Conflict Journal of Peace Psychology. 18(4). 354–368. 2 indexed citations
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Vail, Kenneth E., Matt Motyl, Abdolhossein Abdollahi, & Tom Pyszczynski. (2011). Dying to Live: Terrorism, War, and Defending One's Way of Life. SSRN Electronic Journal. 2 indexed citations
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Vail, Kenneth E. & Matt Motyl. (2010). Support for diplomacy: Peacemaking and militarism as a unidimensional correlate of social, environmental, and political attitudes.. Peace and Conflict Journal of Peace Psychology. 16(1). 29–57. 2 indexed citations
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Vail, Kenneth E., et al.. (2009). A Terror Management Analysis of the Psychological Functions of Religion. Personality and Social Psychology Review. 14(1). 84–94. 305 indexed citations
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Vail, Kenneth E., Jamie Arndt, Matt Motyl, & Tom Pyszczynski. (2009). Compassionate Values and Presidential Politics: Mortality Salience, Compassionate Values, and Support for Barack Obama and John McCain in the 2008 Presidential Election. Analyses of Social Issues and Public Policy. 9(1). 255–268. 1 indexed citations

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