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Kennon M. Sheldon

Active 1995–2025

68
Papers
37,221
Citations
63
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Citations

Citations per year for Kennon M. Sheldon1995: 2 citations1996: 5 citations1997: 10 citations1998: 10 citations1999: 36 citations2000: 65 citations2001: 81 citations2002: 56 citations2003: 109 citations2004: 149 citations2005: 175 citations2006: 196 citations2007: 131 citations2008: 188 citations2009: 194 citations2010: 251 citations2011: 249 citations2012: 243 citations2013: 245 citations2014: 212 citations2015: 244 citations2016: 176 citations2017: 192 citations2018: 175 citations2019: 341 citations2020: 334 citations2021: 288 citations2022: 230 citations2023: 181 citations2024: 249 citations2025: 113 citations2026: 31 citations

Citation sources

Countries

World map of the countries and regions citing this authorUnited States: 1,425 citing papers, 28.6% of this breakdownUnited Kingdom: 438 citing papers, 8.8% of this breakdownGermany: 366 citing papers, 7.3% of this breakdownCanada: 326 citing papers, 6.5% of this breakdownAustralia: 268 citing papers, 5.4% of this breakdownChina: 230 citing papers, 4.6% of this breakdownNetherlands: 227 citing papers, 4.6% of this breakdownBelgium: 126 citing papers, 2.5% of this breakdownFinland: 101 citing papers, 2% of this breakdownSouth Korea: 83 citing papers, 1.7% of this breakdownSpain: 81 citing papers, 1.6% of this breakdownFrance: 81 citing papers, 1.6% of this breakdown
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Institutions

Fields

  • Psychology49.3%
  • Social Sciences15.8%
  • Computer Science9%
  • Business, Management and Accounting6.5%
  • Medicine6.1%
  • Health Professions3.9%
  • Other9.4%

Topics

  • Motivation and Self-Concept in Sports6%
  • Psychological Well-being and Life Satisfaction5.4%
  • Behavioral Health and Interventions5%
  • Impact of Technology on Adolescents3.2%
  • Job Satisfaction and Organizational Behavior2.6%
  • Innovative Human-Technology Interaction1.9%
  • Other75.9%

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  1. Basic psychological need satisfaction, need frustration, and need strength across four cultures

    Authors: Beiwen Chen, Maarten Vansteenkiste, Wim Beyers, Liesbet Boone, Edward L. Deci, Jolene van der Kaap‐Deeder, Bart Duriez, Willy Lens, Lennia Matos, Athanasios Mouratidis, Richard M. Ryan, Kennon M. Sheldon, Bart Soenens, Stijn Van Petegem, Joke Verstuyf - Motivation and Emotion 2014 cited by 2,376

  2. What is satisfying about satisfying events? Testing 10 candidate psychological needs.

    Authors: Kennon M. Sheldon, Andrew J. Elliot, Youngmee Kim, Tim Kasser - Journal of Personality and Social Psychology 2001 cited by 1,599

  3. Pursuing Happiness: The Architecture of Sustainable Change

    Authors: Sonja Lyubomirsky, Kennon M. Sheldon, David Schkade - Review of General Psychology 2005 cited by 3,198

  4. Motivating Learning, Performance, and Persistence: The Synergistic Effects of Intrinsic Goal Contents and Autonomy-Supportive Contexts.

    Authors: Maarten Vansteenkiste, Joke Simons, Willy Lens, Kennon M. Sheldon, Edward L. Deci - Journal of Personality and Social Psychology 2004 cited by 1,745

  5. Daily Well-Being: The Role of Autonomy, Competence, and Relatedness

    Authors: Harry T. Reis, Kennon M. Sheldon, Shelly L. Gable, Joseph A. Roscoe, Richard M. Ryan - Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin 2000 cited by 2,046

  6. Clarifying the Concept of Well-Being: Psychological Need Satisfaction as the Common Core Connecting Eudaimonic and Subjective Well-Being

    Authors: Frank Martela, Kennon M. Sheldon - Review of General Psychology 2019 cited by 516

  7. The balanced measure of psychological needs (BMPN) scale: An alternative domain general measure of need satisfaction

    Authors: Kennon M. Sheldon, Jonathan C. Hilpert - Motivation and Emotion 2012 cited by 487

  8. Psychological Needs as Basic Motives, Not Just Experiential Requirements

    Authors: Kennon M. Sheldon, Alexander Gunz - Journal of Personality 2009 cited by 367

  9. Intrinsic motivation and exercise adherence.

    Authors: Richard M. Ryan, Christina M. Frederick, Deborah Lepes, Noel Rubio, Kennon M. Sheldon - International journal of sport psychology 1997 cited by 961

  10. A two-process view of Facebook use and relatedness need-satisfaction: Disconnection drives use, and connection rewards it.

    Authors: Kennon M. Sheldon, Neetu Abad, Christian Hinsch - Journal of Personality and Social Psychology 2011 cited by 513

  11. Manipulating autonomy, competence, and relatedness support in a game‐learning context: New evidence that all three needs matter

    Authors: Kennon M. Sheldon, Vincent F. Filak - British Journal of Social Psychology 2007 cited by 381

  12. What Makes for a Good Day? Competence and Autonomy in the Day and in the Person

    Authors: Kennon M. Sheldon, Richard M. Ryan, Harry T. Reis - Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin 1996 cited by 912

  13. Trait self and true self: Cross-role variation in the Big-Five personality traits and its relations with psychological authenticity and subjective well-being.

    Authors: Kennon M. Sheldon, Richard M. Ryan, Laird J. Rawsthorne, Barbara C. Ilardi - Journal of Personality and Social Psychology 1997 cited by 977

  14. How to increase and sustain positive emotion: The effects of expressing gratitude and visualizing best possible selves

    Authors: Kennon M. Sheldon, Sonja Lyubomirsky - The Journal of Positive Psychology 2006 cited by 916

  15. Self-concordance, goal attainment, and the pursuit of happiness: Can there be an upward spiral?

    Authors: Kennon M. Sheldon, Linda Houser‐Marko - Journal of Personality and Social Psychology 2001 cited by 622

  16. It's not just the amount that counts: Balanced need satisfaction also affects well-being.

    Authors: Kennon M. Sheldon, Christopher P. Niemiec - Journal of Personality and Social Psychology 2006 cited by 448

  17. The Experiential Incompatibility of Mindfulness and Flow Absorption

    Authors: Kennon M. Sheldon, Mike Prentice, Marc Halusic - Social Psychological and Personality Science 2014 cited by 119

  18. Not all Personal Goals are Personal: Comparing Autonomous and Controlled Reasons for Goals as Predictors of Effort and Attainment

    Authors: Kennon M. Sheldon, Andrew J. Elliot - Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin 1998 cited by 793

  19. The Structure of Goal Contents Across 15 Cultures.

    Authors: Frédérick M. E. Grouzet, Tim Kasser, Aaron Ahuvia, José Miguel Fernández Dols, Youngmee Kim, Sing Lau, Richard M. Ryan, Shaun Saunders, Peter Schmuck, Kennon M. Sheldon - Journal of Personality and Social Psychology 2005 cited by 715

  20. Psychological need‐satisfaction and subjective well‐being within social groups

    Authors: Kennon M. Sheldon, B. Ann Bettencourt - British Journal of Social Psychology 2002 cited by 341

  21. Becoming Oneself

    Authors: Kennon M. Sheldon - Personality and Social Psychology Review 2014 cited by 251

  22. The Challenge of Staying Happier

    Authors: Kennon M. Sheldon, Sonja Lyubomirsky - Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin 2012 cited by 248

  23. Why positive psychology is necessary.

    Authors: Kennon M. Sheldon, Laura King - American Psychologist 2001 cited by 889

  24. Promoting internalized motivation for environmentally responsible behavior: A prospective study of environmental goals

    Authors: Richard Osbaldiston, Kennon M. Sheldon - Journal of Environmental Psychology 2003 cited by 294