Sheldon, Kennon M.

Pursuing Happiness: The Architecture of Sustainable Change

Lyubomirsky, S., Sheldon, K. M., & Schkade, D. (2005) · Review of General Psychology

Psychological Well-being and Life SatisfactionOptimism, Hope, and Well-being

Cited by 3,203

Goal striving, need satisfaction, and longitudinal well-being: The self-concordance model

Sheldon, K. M., & Elliot, A. J. (1999) · Journal of Personality and Social Psychology

Motivation and Self-Concept in SportsPsychological Well-being and Life Satisfaction

Cited by 2,541

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

Chen, B., Vansteenkiste, M., Beyers, W., Boone, L., Deci, E. L., Van der Kaap-Deeder, J., Duriez, B., Lens, W., Matos, L., Mouratidis, A., et al. (2015) · Motivation and Emotion

Motivation and Self-Concept in SportsCultural Differences and Values

Cited by 2,507

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

Reis, H. T., Sheldon, K. M., Gable, S. L., Roscoe, J., & Ryan, R. M. (2000) · Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin

Psychological Well-being and Life SatisfactionMotivation and Self-Concept in Sports

Cited by 2,067

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

Vansteenkiste, M., Simons, J., Lens, W., Sheldon, K. M., & Deci, E. L. (2004) · Journal of Personality and Social Psychology

Motivation and Self-Concept in SportsEducation, Achievement, and Giftedness

Cited by 1,762

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

Sheldon, K. M., Elliot, A. J., Kim, Y., & Kasser, T. (2001) · Journal of Personality and Social Psychology

Motivation and Self-Concept in SportsHuman Behavior and Motivation

Cited by 1,694

The Independent Effects of Goal Contents and Motives on Well-Being: It’s Both What You Pursue and Why You Pursue It

Sheldon, K. M., Ryan, R. M., Deci, E. L., & Kasser, T. (2004) · Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin

Psychological Well-being and Life SatisfactionMotivation and Self-Concept in Sports

Cited by 981

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

Sheldon, K. M., & Lyubomirsky, S. (2006) · The Journal of Positive Psychology

Psychological Well-being and Life SatisfactionOptimism, Hope, and Well-being

Cited by 925

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

Sheldon, K. M., & Elliot, A. J. (1998) · Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin

Behavioral Health and InterventionsMotivation and Self-Concept in Sports

Cited by 792

Pursuing Personal Goals: Skills Enable Progress, but Not all Progress is Beneficial

Sheldon, K. M., & Kasser, T. (1998) · Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin

Behavioral Health and InterventionsPsychological Well-being and Life Satisfaction

Cited by 768

Becoming happier takes both a will and a proper way: An experimental longitudinal intervention to boost well-being.

Lyubomirsky, S., Dickerhoof, R., Boehm, J. K., & Sheldon, K. M. (2011) · Emotion

Psychological Well-being and Life SatisfactionOptimism, Hope, and Well-being

Cited by 720

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

Sheldon, K. M., & Houser-Marko, L. (2001) · Journal of Personality and Social Psychology

Motivation and Self-Concept in SportsPsychological Well-being and Life Satisfaction

Cited by 663

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

Sheldon, K. M., Abad, N., & Hinsch, C. (2011) · Journal of Personality and Social Psychology

Impact of Technology on AdolescentsDeath Anxiety and Social Exclusion

Cited by 514

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

Sheldon, K. M., & Hilpert, J. C. (2012) · Motivation and Emotion

Motivation and Self-Concept in SportsPsychometric Methodologies and Testing

Cited by 487

Of wealth and death: Materialism, mortality salience, and consumption behavior

Kasser, T., & Sheldon, K. M. (2000) · Psychological Science

Death Anxiety and Social ExclusionConsumer Behavior in Brand Consumption and Identification

Cited by 483

The Urge to Splurge: A Terror Management Account of Materialism and Consumer Behavior

Arndt, J., Solomon, S., Kasser, T., & Sheldon, K. M. (2004) · Journal of Consumer Psychology

Death Anxiety and Social ExclusionConsumer Behavior in Brand Consumption and Identification

Cited by 463

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

Sheldon, K. M., & Niemiec, C. P. (2006) · Journal of Personality and Social Psychology

Motivation and Self-Concept in SportsPsychological Well-being and Life Satisfaction

Cited by 454

The American dream in Russia: Extrinsic aspirations and well-being in two cultures

Ryan, R. M., Chirkov, V. I., Little, T. D., Sheldon, K. M., Timoshina, E., & Deci, E. L. (1999) · Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin

Psychological Well-being and Life SatisfactionCultural Differences and Values

Cited by 450

Literal and symbolic immortality: The effect of evidence of literal immortality on self-esteem striving in response to mortality salience.

Dechesne, M., Pyszczynski, T., Arndt, J., Ransom, S., Sheldon, K. M., van Knippenberg, A., & Janssen, J. (2003) · Journal of Personality and Social Psychology

Death Anxiety and Social ExclusionDeath, Funerary Practices, and Mourning

Cited by 375

Self-Concordance and Subjective Well-Being in Four Cultures

Sheldon, K. M., Elliot, A. J., Ryan, R. M., Chirkov, V., Kim, Y., Wu, C., Demir, M., & Sun, Z. (2004) · Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology

Psychological Well-being and Life SatisfactionCultural Differences and Values

Cited by 366

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

Sheldon, K. M., & Bettencourt, B. A. (2002) · British Journal of Social Psychology

Motivation and Self-Concept in SportsSocial and Intergroup Psychology

Cited by 343

A longitudinal experimental study comparing the effectiveness of happiness-enhancing strategies in Anglo Americans and Asian Americans

Boehm, J. K., Lyubomirsky, S., & Sheldon, K. M. (2011) · Cognition and Emotion

Psychological Well-being and Life SatisfactionOptimism, Hope, and Well-being

Cited by 318

Personal Goals and Psychological Growth: Testing an Intervention to Enhance Goal Attainment and Personality Integration

Sheldon, K. M., Kasser, T., Smith, K., & Share, T. (2002) · Journal of Personality

Psychological Well-being and Life SatisfactionPersonality Traits and Psychology

Cited by 295

Psychological threat and extrinsic goal striving

Sheldon, K. M., & Kasser, T. (2008) · Motivation and Emotion

Death Anxiety and Social ExclusionMotivation and Self-Concept in Sports

Cited by 238