Sample Articles
Journal of Personality and Social Psychology®
- Prosocial Spending and Well-Being: Cross-Cultural Evidence for a Psychological Universal (PDF, 197KB)
April 2013
by Lara B. Aknin, Christopher P. Barrington-Leigh, Elizabeth W. Dunn, John F. Helliwell, Justine Burns, Robert Biswas-Diener, Imelda Kemeza, Paul Nyende, Claire E. Ashton-James, and Michael I. Norton - How Universal Is the Big Five? Testing the Five-Factor Model of Personality Variation Among Forager–Farmers in the Bolivian Amazon (PDF, 142KB)
February 2013
by Michael Gurven, Christopher von Rueden, Maxim Massenkoff, Hillard Kaplan, and Marino Lero Vie - Rising Income and the Subjective Well-Being of Nations (PDF, 101KB)
February 2013
by Ed Diener, Louis Tay, and Shigehiro Oishi - Generational Differences in Young Adults' Life Goals, Concern for Others, and Civic Orientation, 1966–2009 (PDF, 273KB)
May 2012
by Jean M. Twenge, W. Keith Campbell, and Elise C. Freeman - The Dark Side of Creativity: Original Thinkers Can Be More Dishonest (PDF, 185KB)
March 2012
by Francesca Gino and Dan Ariely - On the Perpetuation of Ignorance: System Dependence, System Justification, and the Motivated Avoidance of Sociopolitical Information (PDF, 259KB)
February 2012
by Steven Shepherd and Aaron C. Kay - Divergent Effects of Activating Thoughts of God on Self-Regulation (PDF, 164KB)
January 2012
by Kristin Laurin, Aaron C. Kay, and Gráinne M. Fitzsimons - Friends With Benefits: On the Positive Consequences of Pet Ownership (PDF, 105KB)
December 2011
Allen R. McConnell, Christina M. Brown, Tonya M. Shoda, Laura E. Stayton, and Colleen E. Martin - Personality and Obesity Across the Adult Life Span (PDF, 120KB)
September 2011
by Angelina R. Sutin, Luigi Ferrucci, Alan B. Zonderman, and Antonio Terracciano - Self-Esteem Development From Age 14 to 30 Years: A Longitudinal Study (PDF, 240KB)
September 2011
by Ruth Yasemin Erol and Ulrich Orth - Needs and Subjective Well-Being Around the World (PDF, 97KB)
August 2011
by Louis Tay and Ed Diener - What Is More Important for National Well-Being: Money or Autonomy? A Meta-Analysis of Well-Being, Burnout, and Anxiety Across 63 Societies (PDF, 187KB)
July 2011
by Ronald Fischer and Diana Boer
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