Lawrence A. Pervin

13.6k total citations · 3 hit papers
68 papers, 9.2k citations indexed

About

Lawrence A. Pervin is a scholar working on Social Psychology, Clinical Psychology and Experimental and Cognitive Psychology. According to data from OpenAlex, Lawrence A. Pervin has authored 68 papers receiving a total of 9.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 19 papers in Social Psychology, 15 papers in Clinical Psychology and 12 papers in Experimental and Cognitive Psychology. Recurrent topics in Lawrence A. Pervin's work include Behavioral Health and Interventions (8 papers), Behavioral and Psychological Studies (8 papers) and Mental Health Research Topics (7 papers). Lawrence A. Pervin is often cited by papers focused on Behavioral Health and Interventions (8 papers), Behavioral and Psychological Studies (8 papers) and Mental Health Research Topics (7 papers). Lawrence A. Pervin collaborates with scholars based in United States, Netherlands and Switzerland. Lawrence A. Pervin's co-authors include Oliver P. John, Richard W. Robins, Michael Lewis, Monte M. Page, Paul D. Werner, Donald B. Rubin, Roy S. Lilly, Daniel Cervone, Beatriz Champagne and Louis Reik and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, Psychological Bulletin and Academy of Management Review.

In The Last Decade

Lawrence A. Pervin

62 papers receiving 8.2k citations

Hit Papers

Handbook of Personality : Theory and Research 1984 2026 1998 2012 1992 1999 1984 1000 2.0k 3.0k
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.

  1. Handbook of Personality : Theory and Research
    1992 3.7k citations Lawrence A. Pervin Medical Entomology and Zoology profile →
  2. Handbook of personality: Theory and research, 2nd ed.
    1999 1.3k citations Lawrence A. Pervin et al. profile →
  3. Personality: Theory and Research
    1984 955 citations Lawrence A. Pervin Medical Entomology and Zoology profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Lawrence A. Pervin United States 27 3.8k 3.5k 2.4k 2.1k 1.4k 68 9.2k
Ladd Wheeler United States 34 2.3k 0.6× 4.6k 1.3× 2.3k 1.0× 3.8k 1.8× 1.7k 1.2× 77 9.7k
Douglas N. Jackson Canada 58 5.9k 1.6× 4.2k 1.2× 3.0k 1.2× 2.5k 1.2× 2.0k 1.4× 238 13.7k
Sampo V. Paunonen Canada 42 3.9k 1.0× 3.1k 0.9× 2.3k 1.0× 1.7k 0.8× 1.1k 0.8× 102 8.2k
Douglas P. Crowne Canada 28 3.3k 0.9× 3.5k 1.0× 1.6k 0.7× 2.8k 1.3× 1.3k 0.9× 54 10.5k
Robert Hogan United States 43 4.7k 1.3× 4.8k 1.4× 1.9k 0.8× 3.0k 1.5× 1.2k 0.8× 126 11.7k
David Mag­nusson Sweden 40 3.7k 1.0× 2.9k 0.8× 1.9k 0.8× 1.8k 0.9× 757 0.5× 116 8.6k
Nancy Cantor United States 41 2.2k 0.6× 3.9k 1.1× 2.4k 1.0× 2.6k 1.3× 2.0k 1.4× 118 9.8k
John M. Digman United States 17 4.7k 1.2× 3.2k 0.9× 2.2k 0.9× 1.6k 0.8× 962 0.7× 23 8.3k
Janet T. Spence United States 44 2.5k 0.7× 3.7k 1.0× 1.9k 0.8× 3.9k 1.9× 738 0.5× 119 12.3k
Donn Byrne United States 50 2.3k 0.6× 3.4k 1.0× 1.9k 0.8× 3.6k 1.7× 928 0.7× 171 9.1k

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Pervin, Lawrence A.. (2015). Goal Setting Theory and Job Performance. 301–336. 1 indexed citations
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Pervin, Lawrence A.. (2015). Goal Concepts in Personality and Social Psychology: A Historical Perspective. 11–28. 1 indexed citations
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Hofstee, Willem, Mike W. Martin, Caroline Moor, & Lawrence A. Pervin. (2011). Commentaries on “The Human Being in Society: Psychology as a Scientific Discipline” by David Magnusson. European Psychologist. 17(1). 28–33. 4 indexed citations
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Pervin, Lawrence A.. (1996). Personality: A View of the Future Based on a Look at the Past. Journal of Research in Personality. 30(3). 309–318. 18 indexed citations
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Pervin, Lawrence A.. (1993). Affect and personality.. 16 indexed citations
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Pervin, Lawrence A.. (1993). Personality: Theory and research, 6th ed.. 76 indexed citations
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Pervin, Lawrence A.. (1990). A brief history of modern personality theory.. 35 indexed citations
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Pervin, Lawrence A. & Adrian Furnham. (1987). Goal‐based and situation‐based expectation of behaviour. European Journal of Personality. 1(1). 37–44. 11 indexed citations
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Champagne, Beatriz & Lawrence A. Pervin. (1987). The relation of perceived situation similarity to perceived behavior similarity: Implications for social learning theory. European Journal of Personality. 1(2). 79–91. 19 indexed citations
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Pervin, Lawrence A.. (1985). Personality: Current Controversies, Issues, and Directions. Annual Review of Psychology. 36(1). 83–114. 115 indexed citations
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Pervin, Lawrence A.. (1984). Personality: Theory and Research. Medical Entomology and Zoology. 955 indexed citations breakdown →
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Page, Monte M. & Lawrence A. Pervin. (1983). Personality : current theory and research. University of Nebraska Press eBooks. 117 indexed citations
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Pervin, Lawrence A.. (1980). Principles and Practice of Sex Therapy. 116 indexed citations
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Pervin, Lawrence A.. (1976). A free-response description approach to the analysis of person-situation interaction.. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology. 34(3). 465–474. 92 indexed citations
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Pervin, Lawrence A.. (1975). DEFINITIONS, MEASUREMENTS, AND CLASSIFICATIONS OF STIMULI, SITUATIONS, AND ENVIRONMENTS. ETS Research Bulletin Series. 1975(2). 5 indexed citations
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Pervin, Lawrence A., et al.. (1967). The College Dropout and the Utilization of Talent. Princeton University Press eBooks. 22 indexed citations
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Pervin, Lawrence A.. (1967). Aptitude, Anxiety and Academic Performance: A Moderator Variable Analysis. Psychological Reports. 20(1). 215–221. 7 indexed citations
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Pervin, Lawrence A.. (1966). Reality and Nonreality in Student Expectations of College. The Journal of Psychology. 64(1). 41–48. 12 indexed citations
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Pervin, Lawrence A.. (1964). Predictive Strategies and the Need to Confirm Them: Some Notes on Pathological Types of Decisions. Psychological Reports. 15(1). 99–105. 4 indexed citations

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