Michael E. McCullough

46.3k total citations · 16 hit papers
169 papers, 31.7k citations indexed

About

Michael E. McCullough is a scholar working on Social Psychology, Sociology and Political Science and Health. According to data from OpenAlex, Michael E. McCullough has authored 169 papers receiving a total of 31.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 89 papers in Social Psychology, 66 papers in Sociology and Political Science and 62 papers in Health. Recurrent topics in Michael E. McCullough's work include Religion, Spirituality, and Psychology (60 papers), Forgiveness and Related Behaviors (42 papers) and Grief, Bereavement, and Mental Health (33 papers). Michael E. McCullough is often cited by papers focused on Religion, Spirituality, and Psychology (60 papers), Forgiveness and Related Behaviors (42 papers) and Grief, Bereavement, and Mental Health (33 papers). Michael E. McCullough collaborates with scholars based in United States, Japan and Australia. Michael E. McCullough's co-authors include Robert A. Emmons, David B. Larson, Harold G. Koenig, Jo‐Ann Tsang, Everett L. Worthington, K. Chris Rachal, Shelley Dean Kilpatrick, Carl E. Thoresen, William T. Hoyt and Brian L. B. Willoughby and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Journal of Personality and Social Psychology and Psychological Bulletin.

In The Last Decade

Michael E. McCullough

167 papers receiving 29.0k citations

Hit Papers

Handbook of Religion and Health 1997 2026 2006 2016 2004 2003 2002 2001 2002 500 1000 1.5k 2.0k
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 Religion and Health
    2004 2.5k citations Michael E. McCullough et al. profile →
  2. Counting blessings versus burdens: An experimental investigation of gratitude and subjective well-being in daily life.
    2003 2.1k citations Michael E. McCullough et al. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology profile →
  3. The grateful disposition: A conceptual and empirical topography.
    2002 2.1k citations Michael E. McCullough, Jo‐Ann Tsang et al. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology profile →
  4. Handbook of Religion and Health
    2001 1.8k citations Michael E. McCullough et al. profile →
  5. The grateful disposition: A conceptual and empirical topography.
    2002 1.7k citations Michael E. McCullough, Jo‐Ann Tsang et al. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology profile →
  6. Interpersonal forgiving in close relationships: II. Theoretical elaboration and measurement.
    1998 1.2k citations Michael E. McCullough et al. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology profile →
  7. Is gratitude a moral affect?
    2001 1.1k citations Michael E. McCullough et al. profile →
  8. Interpersonal forgiving in close relationships.
    1997 939 citations Michael E. McCullough et al. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology profile →
  9. Forgiveness: Theory, research, and practice.
    2000 885 citations Michael E. McCullough, Kenneth I. Pargäment et al. Guilford Press eBooks profile →
  10. Interpersonal forgiving in close relationships.
    1997 858 citations Michael E. McCullough et al. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology profile →
  11. Religiousness and depression: Evidence for a main effect and the moderating influence of stressful life events.
    2003 831 citations Michael E. McCullough et al. profile →
  12. The Religious Commitment Inventory--10: Development, refinement, and validation of a brief scale for research and counseling.
    2003 783 citations Michael E. McCullough et al. profile →
  13. Religion, self-regulation, and self-control: Associations, explanations, and implications.
    2009 747 citations Michael E. McCullough et al. profile →
  14. Religious involvement and mortality: A meta-analytic review.
    2000 604 citations Michael E. McCullough, William T. Hoyt et al. profile →
  15. Religious involvement and mortality: A meta-analytic review.
    2000 559 citations Michael E. McCullough, William T. Hoyt et al. profile →
  16. A series of meta-analytic tests of the depletion effect: Self-control does not seem to rely on a limited resource.
    2015 351 citations Evan C. Carter, Daniel E. Forster et al. Journal of Experimental Psychology General profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Michael E. McCullough United States 68 17.8k 13.6k 10.8k 10.1k 3.3k 169 31.7k
Frank D. Fincham United States 93 19.6k 1.1× 14.4k 1.1× 4.3k 0.4× 9.7k 1.0× 1.8k 0.5× 482 30.3k
Richard E. Lucas United States 67 20.4k 1.1× 8.4k 0.6× 6.6k 0.6× 7.5k 0.7× 6.0k 1.8× 165 33.0k
Shigehiro Oishi United States 70 17.8k 1.0× 6.6k 0.5× 4.2k 0.4× 7.5k 0.7× 5.1k 1.6× 221 27.7k
Corey L. M. Keyes United States 44 16.5k 0.9× 10.7k 0.8× 5.4k 0.5× 4.7k 0.5× 5.0k 1.5× 86 29.0k
Robert A. Emmons United States 64 15.8k 0.9× 11.1k 0.8× 3.3k 0.3× 5.3k 0.5× 5.3k 1.6× 116 26.4k
Thomas A. Wills United States 80 8.4k 0.5× 11.7k 0.9× 4.7k 0.4× 7.8k 0.8× 4.7k 1.4× 169 31.3k
Mario Mikulincer Israel 99 21.1k 1.2× 18.1k 1.3× 2.8k 0.3× 7.6k 0.8× 2.0k 0.6× 429 32.7k
Jean M. Twenge United States 89 13.0k 0.7× 11.6k 0.9× 2.6k 0.2× 11.3k 1.1× 3.6k 1.1× 177 32.2k
Carol D. Ryff United States 82 24.7k 1.4× 13.9k 1.0× 8.7k 0.8× 8.1k 0.8× 8.7k 2.6× 253 47.4k
Phillip R. Shaver United States 96 34.2k 1.9× 23.6k 1.7× 4.5k 0.4× 12.1k 1.2× 2.2k 0.7× 292 47.9k

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Yap, Tami, et al.. (2024). Assessing bias in the causal role of HPV in oral cancer: A systematic review and meta‐analysis. Oral Diseases. 30(8). 5379–5387. 2 indexed citations
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McCauley, Thomas Granville, Joseph Billingsley, & Michael E. McCullough. (2021). An evolutionary psychology view of forgiveness: individuals, groups, and culture. Current Opinion in Psychology. 44. 275–280. 19 indexed citations
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Hone, Liana S. E., Thomas McCauley, Eric J. Pedersen, Evan C. Carter, & Michael E. McCullough. (2020). The sex premium in religiously motivated moral judgment.. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology. 120(6). 1621–1633. 15 indexed citations
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Hone, Liana S. E. & Michael E. McCullough. (2020). Are women more likely to wear red and pink at peak fertility? What about on cold days? Conceptual, close, and extended replications with novel clothing colour measures. British Journal of Social Psychology. 59(4). 945–964. 3 indexed citations
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McAuliffe, William H.B., et al.. (2019). Is Empathy the Default Response to Suffering? A Meta-Analytic Evaluation of Perspective Taking’s Effect on Empathic Concern. Personality and Social Psychology Review. 24(2). 141–162. 41 indexed citations
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Pedersen, Eric J., et al.. (2019). When and Why Do Third Parties Punish Outside of the Lab? A Cross-Cultural Recall Study. Social Psychological and Personality Science. 11(6). 846–853. 24 indexed citations
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Billingsley, Joseph, Cristina Gomes, & Michael E. McCullough. (2018). Implicit and explicit influences of religious cognition on Dictator Game transfers. Royal Society Open Science. 5(8). 170238–170238. 19 indexed citations
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McAuliffe, William H.B., et al.. (2017). Digital altruists: Resolving key questions about the empathy–altruism hypothesis in an Internet sample.. Emotion. 18(4). 493–506. 39 indexed citations
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Nave, Gideon, Colin F. Camerer, & Michael E. McCullough. (2015). Does Oxytocin Increase Trust in Humans? A Critical Review of Research. Perspectives on Psychological Science. 10(6). 772–789. 186 indexed citations
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Carter, Evan C., et al.. (2015). A series of meta-analytic tests of the depletion effect: Self-control does not seem to rely on a limited resource.. Journal of Experimental Psychology General. 144(4). 796–815. 351 indexed citations breakdown →
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Hone, Liana S. E., Evan C. Carter, & Michael E. McCullough. (2013). Drinking Games as a Venue for Sexual Competition. Evolutionary Psychology. 11(4). 889–906. 22 indexed citations
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Carter, Evan C., et al.. (2011). Religious people discount the future less. Evolution and Human Behavior. 33(3). 224–231. 49 indexed citations
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McCullough, Michael E. & Evan C. Carter. (2011). Waiting. Tolerating, and cooperating: Did religion evolve to prop up humans' self-control abilities?. Dialnet (Universidad de la Rioja). 422–441. 10 indexed citations
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Raggio, Randle D., et al.. (2009). Deberíamos agradecer a los contribuyentes por pagar nuestro rescate. Harvard business review. 87(6). 18–24. 4 indexed citations
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Kim, Jungmeen, Michael E. McCullough, & Dante Cicchetti. (2009). Parents’ and Children’s Religiosity and Child Behavioral Adjustment Among Maltreated and Nonmaltreated Children. Journal of Child and Family Studies. 18(5). 594–605. 20 indexed citations
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Hoyt, William T. & Michael E. McCullough. (2007). Issues in the Multimodal Measurement of Forgiveness. 133–148. 17 indexed citations
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McCullough, Michael E., et al.. (2006). Change and Stability During the Third Age Longitudinal Investigations of Self-Rated Health and Religiousness with the Terman Sample 1. 26. 175. 4 indexed citations
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McCullough, Michael E., et al.. (2003). Personality Traits in Adolescence as Predictors of Religiousness in Early Adulthood: Findings from the Terman Longitudinal Study. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin. 29(8). 980–991. 84 indexed citations
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McCullough, Michael E., Kenneth I. Pargäment, & Carl E. Thoresen. (2000). Forgiveness: Theory, research, and practice.. Guilford Press eBooks. 885 indexed citations breakdown →
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D’Onofrio, Brian M., et al.. (1999). Adolescent religiousness and its influence on substance use: preliminary findings from the Mid-Atlantic School Age Twin Study. Twin Research. 2(2). 156–168. 19 indexed citations

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