Sheldon Solomon

27.6k total citations · 5 hit papers
142 papers, 15.0k citations indexed

About

Sheldon Solomon is a scholar working on Social Psychology, Clinical Psychology and Sociology and Political Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Sheldon Solomon has authored 142 papers receiving a total of 15.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 115 papers in Social Psychology, 70 papers in Clinical Psychology and 48 papers in Sociology and Political Science. Recurrent topics in Sheldon Solomon's work include Death Anxiety and Social Exclusion (106 papers), Grief, Bereavement, and Mental Health (63 papers) and Social and Intergroup Psychology (42 papers). Sheldon Solomon is often cited by papers focused on Death Anxiety and Social Exclusion (106 papers), Grief, Bereavement, and Mental Health (63 papers) and Social and Intergroup Psychology (42 papers). Sheldon Solomon collaborates with scholars based in United States, Canada and Netherlands. Sheldon Solomon's co-authors include Jeff Greenberg, Tom Pyszczynski, Jamie Arndt, Linda Simon, Abram Rosenblatt, Jeff Schimel, Jamie L. Goldenberg, Florette Cohen, Holly A. McGregor and Mark J. Landau and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, Psychological Bulletin and Psychological Review.

In The Last Decade

Sheldon Solomon

139 papers receiving 13.9k 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.

Evidence for terror management theory II: The effects of mortality salience on reactions to those who threaten or bolster the cultural worldview.

1990 950 citations Jeff Greenberg, Tom Pyszczynski et al. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology profile →
Why Do People Need Self-Esteem? A Theoretical and Empirical Review.

2004 898 citations Tom Pyszczynski, Jeff Greenberg et al. Psychological Bulletin profile →
Evidence for terror management theory: I. The effects of mortality salience on reactions to those who violate or uphold cultural values.

1989 808 citations Abram Rosenblatt, Jeff Greenberg et al. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology profile →
Evidence for terror management theory: I. The effects of mortality salience on reactions to those who violate or uphold cultural values.

1989 750 citations Abram Rosenblatt, Jeff Greenberg et al. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology profile →
Role of consciousness and accessibility of death-related thoughts in mortality salience effects.

1994 658 citations Jeff Greenberg, Tom Pyszczynski et al. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology profile →

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20 of 20 papers shown

#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Top Ten Tips Palliative Care Clinicians Should Know About Attending to the Existential Experience 2024 ·Journal of Palliative Medicine ·Elise C. Tarbi, (unknown), Cara Wallace, Yvan Beaussant, Elizabeth G. Broden, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Brianna Morgan, Leah Rosenberg, Zachary Sager, Sheldon Solomon, William E. Rosa, Harvey Max Chochinov	6
2	Examining Moderation of Dignity Therapy Effects by Symptom Burden or Religious/Spiritual Struggles 2024 ·Journal of Pain and Symptom Management ·George Fitchett, Yingwei Yao, Linda L. Emanuel, Marvin Omar Delgado-Guay, George Handzo, Joshua Hauser, (unknown), Sean O’Mahony, Tammie E. Quest, Michael W. Rabow, (unknown), Sheldon Solomon, Diana J. Wilkie, Harvey Max Chochinov	5
3	Death Anxiety and Correlates in Cancer Patients Receiving Palliative Care 2022 ·Journal of Palliative Medicine ·Linda L. Emanuel, Sheldon Solomon, Harvey Max Chochinov, Marvin Omar Delgado-Guay, George Handzo, Joshua Hauser, (unknown), Sean O’Mahony, Tammie E. Quest, Michael W. Rabow, (unknown), Diana J. Wilkie, Yingwei Yao, George Fitchett	14
4	Fostering Existential Maturity to Manage Terror in a Pandemic 2020 ·Journal of Palliative Medicine ·Linda L. Emanuel, Sheldon Solomon, George Fitchett, Harvey Max Chochinov, George Handzo, (unknown), Diana J. Wilkie	15
5	Mortality Salience Effects on the Life Expectancy Estimates of Older Adults as a Function of Neuroticism 2010 ·Journal of Aging Research ·Molly Maxfield, Sheldon Solomon, Tom Pyszczynski, Jeff Greenberg	13
6	On graves and graven images: A terror management analysis of the psychological functions of art 2010 ·European Review of Social Psychology ·Mark J. Landau, Daniel Sullivan, Sheldon Solomon	14
7	How Our Dreams of Death Transcendence Breed Prejudice, Stereotyping, and Conflict 2009 ·Jeff Greenberg, Mark J. Landau, Spee Kosloff, Sheldon Solomon	5
8	Terror management and adults' attachment to their parents: The safe haven remains. 2008 ·Journal of Personality and Social Psychology ·Cathy R. Cox, Jamie Arndt, Tom Pyszczynski, Jeff Greenberg, Abdolhossein Abdollahi, Sheldon Solomon	82
9	Age-related differences in responses to thoughts of one's own death: Mortality salience and judgments of moral transgressions. 2007 ·Psychology and Aging ·Molly Maxfield, Tom Pyszczynski, (unknown), Cathy R. Cox, Jeff Greenberg, Sheldon Solomon, David Weise	130
10	The siren's call: Terror management and the threat of men's sexual attraction to women. 2006 ·Journal of Personality and Social Psychology ·Mark J. Landau, Jamie L. Goldenberg, Jeff Greenberg, Omri Gillath, Sheldon Solomon, Cathy R. Cox, Andy Martens, Tom Pyszczynski	56
11	Windows into nothingness: Terror management, meaninglessness, and negative reactions to modern art. 2006 ·Journal of Personality and Social Psychology ·Mark J. Landau, Jeff Greenberg, Sheldon Solomon, Tom Pyszczynski, Andy Martens	144
12	The Urge to Splurge Revisited: Further Reflections on Applying Terror Management Theory to Materialism and Consumer Behavior 2004 ·Journal of Consumer Psychology ·Jamie Arndt, Sheldon Solomon, Tim Kasser, Kennon M. Sheldon	26
13	Why Do People Need Self-Esteem? A Theoretical and Empirical Review. breakdown → 2004 ·Psychological Bulletin ·Tom Pyszczynski, Jeff Greenberg, Sheldon Solomon, Jamie Arndt, Jeff Schimel	898
14	Terror management and aggression: Evidence that mortality salience motivates aggression against worldview-threatening others. 1998 ·Journal of Personality and Social Psychology ·Holly A. McGregor, (unknown), Jeff Greenberg, Sheldon Solomon, (unknown), (unknown), Tom Pyszczynski	83
15	Terror Management and Meaning: Evidence That the Opportunity to Defend the Worldview in Response to Mortality Salience Increases the Meaningfulness of Life in the Mildly Depressed 1998 ·Journal of Personality ·Linda Simon, (unknown), Jeff Greenberg, Tom Pyszczynski, Sheldon Solomon	88
16	Suppression, accessibility of death-related thoughts, and cultural worldview defense: Exploring the psychodynamics of terror management. 1997 ·Journal of Personality and Social Psychology ·(unknown), Jeff Greenberg, Sheldon Solomon, (unknown), (unknown)	46
17	Terror management and cognitive-experiential self-theory: Evidence that terror management occurs in the experiential system. 1997 ·Journal of Personality and Social Psychology ·Linda Simon, Jeff Greenberg, Eddie Harmon‐Jones, Sheldon Solomon, et al	7
18	Terror management and tolerance: Does mortality salience always intensify negative reactions to others who threaten one's worldview? 1992 ·Journal of Personality and Social Psychology ·Jeff Greenberg, (unknown), Tom Pyszczynski, Sheldon Solomon, (unknown)	67
19	Evidence for terror management theory: I. The effects of mortality salience on reactions to those who violate or uphold cultural values. breakdown → 1989 ·Journal of Personality and Social Psychology ·Abram Rosenblatt, Jeff Greenberg, Sheldon Solomon, Tom Pyszczynski, (unknown)	808
20	Effects of paced respiration and expectations on physiological and psychological responses to threat. 1979 ·Journal of Personality and Social Psychology ·Kevin D. McCaul, Sheldon Solomon, David S. Holmes	60

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