Publications

In Press

Seto, E., Kim, J., & Hicks, J. A. (in press). The illusion of time: Testing the bidirectional relationship between belief in free will and temporal horizons. Social Psychological and Personality Science.
Carter, J. E. M., Rivera, G. N. Heffer, R. W., & Schlegel, R. J. (In press). Stuck in an existential quagmire: The role of perceived true self-knowledge in client stuckness. Journal of Social and Clinical Psychology.
Hong, Z., Chen, C., Schlegel, R., Chen, K., & Liu, K. (In press). Spillover of authenticity from work to home: The mediating role of affect. European Journal of Social Psychology.
Kim, J., Christy, A. G., Rivera, G. N. Hicks, J. A. & Schlegel, R. J. (In press). Trust thyself: True-self-as-guide lay theories enhance decision satisfaction. Social Psychological and Personality Science.
Rivera, G. N., Vess, M., Hicks, J. A., & Routledge, C. (in press). Awe and meaning: Elucidating opposing mechanisms that link awe to the experience of meaning in life. European Journal of Social Psychology.
Maffly-Kipp, J., Flanagan, P., Kim, J., Schlegel, R. J., Vess, M., & Hicks, J. A. (in press). The role of perceived authenticity in psychological recovery from collective trauma. Journal of Social and Clinical Psychology.
Laird, V., Elliott, T., Brossart, D., Luo, W., Hicks, J. A., Warren, A., Foreman, M. (in press). Trajectories of affective balance 1 year after traumatic injury: Associations with resilience, social support, and mild traumatic brain injury. Journal of Happiness Studies. Download

2019

Zhang, H., Sang, Z., Chan, D. K. & Schlegel, R. J. (2019). Threats to belongingness and meaning in life: A test of the compensation among sources of meaning. Motivation and Emotion, 43, 242-254.
Zhang, H., *Chen, K., Schlegel, R. J., & Hicks, J. A. (2019). The Authentic Moral Self: Dynamic Interplay between Perceived Authenticity and Moral Behaviors in the Workplace. Collabra: Psychology, 5(1), 48. DOI: http://doi.org/10.1525/collabra.260.
Schlegel, R. J., Chu, S. L., Chen, K., Deuermeyer, E., Christy, A. G., & Quek, F. (2019). Making in the classroom: Longitudinal evidence of increases in self-efficacy and STEM possible selves over time. Computers and Education, 142, 103637.
Vess., M., Schlegel, R. J., Brooker, R. J., & Hicks, J. A. (2019). Daily mental lapses and the experience of true self alienation. Journal of Research in Personality, 78, 148-152. Download
Vess, M., Brooker, R. J., Stichter, M., & Neiderhiser, J. M. (2019). Genes and virtue: Exploring how heritability beliefs shape conceptions of virtue and its development. Behavior Genetics, 49, 168-174. Download
Rivera, G. N., Christy, A. G., Kim, J., Vess, M., Hicks, J. A., & Schlegel, R. J. (2019). Understanding the relationship between authenticity and positive psychological functioning: A lay theory approach. Review of General Psychology, 23, 113-126.
Vess, M. (2019). Varieties of conscious experience and the subjective awareness of one’s true self. Review of General Psychology, 23, 89-98. Download
Rivera, G., Smith, C., & Schlegel, R. J. (2019). Window to the true self: The importance of I-sharing in romantic relationships. Journal of Social and Personal Relationships, 36, 1640-1650. Download
Kim, J., Chen, K., Davis, W. E, Hicks, J.A., & Schlegel, R. J. (2019). Approaching the true-self: Promotion focus predicts the experience of authenticity. Journal of Research in Personality, 78, 165-176. Download
Rivera, G.N, Christy, A.G., Kim, J., Vess, M., Hicks, J.A., & Schlegel, R. J. (2019). Understanding the relationship between perceived authenticity and well-being. Review of General Psychology, 23, 113-126. Download
Christy, A. G., Schlegel, R. J., & Cimpian, A. (2019). Why do people believe in a “true self”? The role of essentialist reasoning about personal identity and the self. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 117, 386-416.
Kim, J., Seto, E., Schlegel, R. J., & Hicks, J. A. (2019). Thinking about a new decade in life increases personal self-reflection: A replication and reinterpretation of Alter and Hershfield’s (2014) findings. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 117, e27-e34. Download
Zhang, H., Chen, K., & Schlegel R. J. (2019). Intrinsic aspirations, person-environment fit, meaning in work and meaning in life: A moderated mediation model. Journal of Happiness Studies, 20, 1481-1497.

2018

Klein, R. A., Vianello, M., Hasselman, F., Adams, B. G., Adams, R. B., Davis, W. E., Hicks, J. A., (2018). Many labs 2: Investigating variation in replicability across sample and setting. Advances in Methods and Practices in Psychological Science. 1, 443-490. Download
Zhang, H., Chen, K., & Schlegel R. J. (2018). How do people judge meaning in goal-directed behaviors: The interplay between self-concordance and performance. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 44, 1582-1600. Download
Vess. M. (2018). A broader look at terror management, death, and belief in the supernatural. Religion, Brain, and Behavior. https://doi.org/10.1080/2153599X.2017.1414710
Vess, M., Hoeldtke, R., Leal, S. A., Sanders, C., & Hicks, J.A. (2018). The subjective quality of episodic future thought contributes to the experience of meaning in life. Journal of Positive Psychology, 13, 419-428 Download
Seto, E. & Schlegel, R. J. (2018). Becoming your true self: Perceptions of authenticity across the lifespan, Self & Identity, 17, 310-326. Download
De Frietas, J., Cikara, M., Grossman, I. & Schlegel, R. (2018) Moral goodness is the essence of personal identity. Trends in Cognitive Science, 22, 739-740. Download
Kim, J., Christy, A. G., Rivera, G. N., Schlegel, R. J., & Hicks, J. A. (2018). Following one’s true self and the sacredness of cultural values. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology. 76, 100-103. Download
Vess. M. (2018). A broader look at terror management, death, and belief in the supernatural. Religion, Brain, and Behavior. Download
Quirin, M., Wróbel, M., Norcini Pala, A., Stieger, S., Shanchuan, D., Hicks, J. A..,… & Kuhl, J. (2018). A cross-cultural validation of the Implicit Positive and Negative Affect Test (IPANAT): Results from ten nations across three continents. European Journal of Psychological Assessment. 34, 52-63. Download
Kim, J., Christy, A. G., Schlegel, R. J., Donnellen, M. B., & Hicks, J. A. (2018). Existential ennui: The reciprocal relationship between self-alienation and academic amotivation among college students. Social Psychological and Personality Science. 9, 853-862. Download
Davis, W. E., Hicks, J. A., Foster, C. L., Holub, M. K., Krecek, R. C., & Richburg, A. W. (2018) Attitudes and motivations of owners who enroll pets in pet life-care centers, Anthrozoös, 31, 211-219. Download

2017

Christy, A. G., Kim, J., Schlegel, R. J. Vess, M., & Hicks, J. A. (in press). The reciprocal relationship between perceptions of moral goodness and knowledge of others’ true selves. Social Psychological and Personality Science, 8, 910-917. Download
Bench, S.W., Rivera, G. N., Schlegel, R. J., Hicks, J. A., & Lench, H. C. (2017). Does Expertise Matter in Replication? An Examination of the Reproducibility Project: Psychology. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 68, 181-184. Download
Schlegel, R. J. & Hicks, J. A. (in press). Reflections on the scientific study of meaning in life. Journal of Constructivist Psychology. Download
Christy, A. G., Sanders, C., Vess, M., Routledge, C., & Schlegel, R. J. (2017). The true self and existential structure? Unexpected effects of mortality salience and need for structure on belief in the true self. Self and Identity, 3, 335-352. Download
Vess, M. Rogers, R., Routledge, C., & Hicks, J. A. (in press). When being far away is good: Exploring how mortality salience, regulatory mode, and goal progress affect judgments of meaning in life. European Journal of Social Psychology. Download
Chu, S., Schlegel, R. J., Quek, F., Christy, A. G., & Chen, K. (2017). ‘I Make, Therefore I Am’: The Effects of Curriculum Aligned Making on Children’s Self-Identity. Proceedings of the CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI ’17). Denver, CO. ACM. Download

2016

Christy, A.G., Seto, E., Schlegel, R.J., Vess, M., & Hicks, J.A. (2016). Straying from the righteous path and from ourselves: Moral behavior and perceived self- knowledge. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 42, 1538-1550. Download
Vess, M., Leal, S. A., Hoeldtke, R. T., Schlegel, R. J., & Hicks, J. A. (in press).True self-alienation postitively predicts mindwanderng. Consciousness and Cognition, 45, 89-99. Download
Seto, E., & Hicks, J.A. (2016). Disassociating the agent from the self: Undermining belief in free will diminishes true self-knowledge. Social Psychological and Personality Science, 7, 726-734. Download
Seto, E., Hicks, J.A., Vess, M. & Geraci, L. (2016). The association between vivid thoughts of death and authenticity. Motivation and Emotion, 40, 520-540. Download
Bettencourt, B. A., Manning, M., Molix, L., Schlegel, R., Eidelman, S. & Biernat, M. (2016). Explaining extremity in evaluation of group members: Meta-analytic tests of three theories. Personality and Social Psychology Review, 20, 49-74. Download
Rogers, R., Vess, M., & Routledge, C. (2016). Construal level shapes associations between ideology and reactions to male same sex intimacy. Social Psychology, 47, 87-97.
Rogers, R., Vess, M., Routledge, C., & Juhl, J. (2016). An easy feeling: Mortality salience decreases social exploration when examples of cultural value adherence are easy to generate. Self & Identity, 15, 62-71. Download
Begnoche, J. P., Brooker, R. J., & Vess, M. (2016). EEG asymmetry and ERN: Behavioral outcomes in preschoolers. PLoS ONE, 11(5), e0155713. PMCID: PMC4880182 Download
Ebersole, C. R., Atherton, O. E., Belanger, A. L., Skulborstad, H. M., Adams, R. B.,…Davis, W.E.,…Hicks, J.A.,…(2016). Many Labs 3: Evaluating participant pool quality across the academic semester via replication. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 67, 68-82. Download
Kelley, N. J., Davis, W. E., Kim, J., Tang, D., & Hicks, J. A. (2016). Motivating the academic mind: Abstract construal of academic goals enhances motivation. Motivation and Emotion, 42, 193-202. Download
Kim, J., Seto, E., Christy, A. G., & Hicks, J. A. (2016). Investing in the real me: Preference for experiential purchases to material purchases driven by the motivation to search for true self-knowledge. Self and Identity, 15, 727-747. Download
Kim, J., & Hicks, J. A. (2016). Happiness begets children? Evidence for a bi-directional link between well-being and number of children. The Journal of Positive Psychology, 11(1), 62-69. Download
Kim, J., Hong, E. K., Choi, I., & Hicks, J. A. (2016). Companion versus comparison: Examining seeking social companionship or social comparison as characteristics that differentiate happy and unhappy people. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 42, 311–322. Download
Mechin, N., Gable, P. A., & Hicks, J. A. (2016). Frontal asymmetry and alcohol cue reactivity: Influence of core personality systems. Psychophysiology, 53, 1223-1231. Download
Salter, P. S., Hirsch, K. A., Schlegel, R. J. & Thai, L. (2016). Who Needs Individual Responsibility? Audience Race and Message Content Influence Third-Party Evaluations of Political Messages. Social Psychology and Personality Science, 7, 29-36. Download
Williams, H., & Vess, M. (2016). Daydreams and the true self: Daydreaming styles are related to authenticity. Imagination, Cognition, & Personality, 36, 128-149. Download
Christy, A. G., Hirsch, K. A., & Schlegel, R. J. (2016). Animal magnetism: Metaphoric cues alter perceptions of romantic partners and relationships. PLOS One, 11, e0155943. Link
Darbor, K. E., & Lench, H. C., Davis, W. E., & Hicks, J. A. (2016). Experiencing versus contemplating: Language use during descriptions of awe and wonder. Cognition and Emotion, 30, 1188-1196. Download
Davis, W. E., & Hicks, J. A. (2016). Judgments of meaning in life, religious beliefs, and the experience of cognitive (dis)fluency. The Journal of Personality. 84, 291-305. Download

2015

Hicks, J. A., Fields, S., Davis, W. E., & Gable, P. (2015). Heavy drinking, impulsivity and attentional narrowing following alcohol cue exposure. Psychopharmacology, 15(232), 2773-2779. D ownload
Gable, P. A., Mechin, N., Adams, D. L., & Hicks, J. A. (2015). Supervisory control system and frontal asymmetry: Neurophysiological traits of emotion-based impulsivity. Social, Cognitive, and Affective Neuroscience, 10(10), 1310-1315. Download
McCabe, S., Arndt, J., Goldenberg, J. L., Vess, M., Vail III, K. E., Gibbons, F. X., & Rogers, R. (2015). The effect of visualizing healthy eaters and mortality reminders on nutritious grocery purchases: An integrative terror management and prototype willingness analysis. Health Psychology, 34, 279-232. Download
Kim, J., & Hicks J. A. (2015). Parental bereavement and the loss of purpose in life as a function of interdependent self-construal. Frontiers in Psychology, 6:1078. Download
Seto, E., Hicks, J. A., Davis, W. E., & Smallman, R. (2015). Free will, counterfactual reflection, and the meaningfulness of life events. Social Psychological and Personality Science, 6, 243-250. Download
Davis, W. E., Hicks, J. A., Schlegel, R. J., Smith, C. M., & Vess, M. (2015). Authenticity and self-esteem across temporal horizons. The Journal of Positive Psychology, 10, 116-126. Download
Schmeichel, B. J., Caskey, R., & Hicks, J. A. (2015). Rational versus experiential processing of negative feedback reduces defensiveness but induces ego depletion. Self and Identity, 14, 75-89. Download
Bench, S., Schlegel, R. J., Davis, W. E., & Vess, M. (2015). Thinking about change in the self and others: The role of self-discovery metaphors and the true self. Social Cognition, 33, 169-185. Download
Cicero , D. C., Hicks, J. A., & King, L. A. (2015). Extracting meaning from experience: The role of positive affect and individual differences in intuition. Imagination, Cognition, and Personality, 34, 398-414. Download

2014

Vess, M., Schlegel, R. J., Hicks, J. A., & Arndt, J. (2014). Guilty, but not ashamed: “True” self-conceptions influence affective responses to personal shortcomings. Journal of Personality, 82, 213-224. Download
Kim, J., Kang, P., & Choi, I. (2014). Pleasure now, meaning later: Temporal dynamics between pleasure and meaning. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 55, 262-270. Download
Klein, R. A., Ratliff, K. A., Vianello, M., Adams, R. B., Jr., Bahník, Š., . . . Davis, W. E., . . . Hicks, J. A., . . . (2014). Investigating variation in replicability: A “many labs” replication project. Social Psychology, 45. 142-152. Link

2013

Schlegel, R. J., Hicks, J. A., Davis, W. E., Hirsch, K. A., & Smith, C. M. (2013). The dynamic interplay between perceived true self-knowledge and decision satisfaction. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 104, 542-558. Download
Schlegel, R. J., Manning, M. A., & Bettencourt, B. A. (2013). Expectancy violations and the search for meaning among breast cancer survivors. Journal of Positive Psychology, 8, 387-394. Download
Davis, W. E., & Hicks, J. A. (2013). Maintaining hope at the 11th hour: Authenticity buffers the effect of limited time perspective on hope. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 39, 1634-1646. Download
Lambert, N. M., Stillman, T. F., Hicks, J. A., Baumeister, R. F., Gamble, S., & Fincham, F. D. (2013). To belong is to matter: Sense of belonging enhances meaning in life. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 39, 1418-1427. Download
Routledge, C., Juhl, J., Vess, M., Cathey, C., & Liao, J. (2013). Who uses groups to transcend the limits of the individual self? Exploring the effects of interdependent self-construal and mortality salience on investment in social groups. Social Psychological and Personality Science, 4, 483-491. Download
Routledge, C., Juhl, J., & Vess, M. (2013). Mortality salience increases death-anxiety for individuals low in personal need for structure. Motivation and Emotion, 37, 303-307. Download
Vess, M. (2013). Foundations of meaning: Death, the need for unambiguous knowledge, and the construction and maintenance of multi-level meaning. In J. A. Hicks & C. Routledge (Eds.), The experience of meaning in life: Emerging themes and controversies (pp. 271-283). New York: Springer Press.
Arndt, J., Landau, M. J., Vail III, K.E., & Vess, M. (2013). An edifice for enduring personal value: A terror management perspective on the human quest for multi-level meaning. In K. Markman, T. Proulx, & M. Lindberg (Eds.), The Psychology of Meaning. Washington, DC: American Psychological Association.

2012

Hicks, J. A, Trent, J., Davis, W. E., & King, L. A. (2012). Positive affect, meaning in life, & future time perspective: An application of socioemotional selectivity theory. Psychology and Aging, 27, 181-189. Download
Talley, A. E., Kocum, L., Schlegel, R. J., Molix, L., & Bettencourt, B. A. (2012). Social roles, basic need satisfaction, and psychological health: The central role of competence. Personality and Social Psychological Bulletin, 38, 155-173. Download
Schlegel, R. J., Vess, M. K., & Arndt, J. A. (2012). To discover or to create: Metaphors and the true self. Journal of Personality, 80, 969-993. Download
Hicks, J. A., Friedman, R. F., Gable, P., & Davis, W. E. (2012). Interactive effects of approach motivational intensity and alcohol cues on the scope of perceptual attention. Addiction, 107, 1074-1080. Download
Schlegel, R. J., Manning, M. A., Molix, L. A., Talley, A. E., & Bettencourt, B. A. (2012). Predictors of depressive symptoms among breast cancer patients during the first year post diagnosis. Psychology and Health, 27, 277-293. Download
Vess, M. (2012). Warm thoughts: Attachment-anxiety and sensitivity to temperature cues. Psychological Science, 23, 472-474. Download
Vess, M., Arndt, J., & Cox, C. R. (2012). Faith and nature: The effect of death-relevant cognitions on the relationship between religious fundamentalism and connectedness to nature. Social Psychological and Personality Science, 3, 333-340. Download
Vess, M., Arndt, J., Routledge, C., Sedikides, C., & Wildschut, T. (2012). Nostalgia as a resource for the self. Self & Identity, 11, 273-284. Download
Routledge, C., & Vess, M. (2012). More than meets the eye: There’s more to meaning maintenance than violated expectations. Psychological Inquiry, 23, 374-380. Download
Vail III, K. E., Juhl, J., Arndt, J., Vess, M., Routledge, C., & Rutjens, B. T. (2012). When death is good for life: Exploring the positive trajectories of terror management. Personality and Social Psychology Review, 16, 303-329. Download
Vail, III, K. E., Kosloff, S., Vess, M., & Ashish, D. (2012). Faith and finitude: Exhuming the death-denying function of religious belief. To appear in P. McNamara & W. J. Wildman (Eds.), Science and the world’s religions: Volume 3: Religions and controversies (pp. 291-320). Santa Barbara, CA: Praeger Publishers. Download

2011

Schlegel, R. J., Hicks, J. A., King, L. A., & Arndt, J. (2011). Feeling like you know who you are: Perceived true self-knowledge and meaning in life. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 37, 745-756. Download
Vess, M., Arndt, J., & Schlegel, R. J. (2011) Abstract construal levels attenuate state self-esteem reactivity. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology. Download
Schlegel, R. J., & Hicks, J. A. (2011). The true self and psychological health: Emerging evidence and future directions. Social and Personality Psychology Compass, 5, 989-1003. Download
Landau, M. J., Vess, M., Arndt, J. Rothschild, Z. K., Sullivan, D., & Atchley, R. A. (2011). Embodiment and the intrinsic self: Priming entity expansion heightens expression of the intrinsic self-concept in self-perceptions and interpersonal behavior. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 47, 79-87. Download

2006-2010

Hicks, J. A., Cicero, D. C., Trent, J., Burton, C. B., & King, L. A. (2010). Positive affect, intuition, and feelings of meaning. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 96, 967-979. Download
Hicks, J. A., Schlegel, R.J., & King, L. A. (2010). Social threats, happiness, and the dynamics of meaning in life judgments. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 36, 1305-1317. Download
Lambert, N. M., Stillman, T. F., Baumeister, R. F., Fincham, F. D., Hicks, J. A., & Graham, S. M. (2010). Family as a Salient Source of Meaning in Young Adulthood. Journal of Positive Psychology, 5, 367-376. Download
Hicks, J. A., & King, L. A. (2010). Subliminal mere exposure and explicit and implicit positive affective responses. Cognition and Emotion, 25, 726-729. Download
Talley, A E., Molix, L., Schlegel, R. J. & Bettencourt, B. A. (2010). Perceived partner social support and need satisfaction on depression symptoms. Psychology and Health, 25, 433-449. Download
Henry, E. A., Schlegel, R. J., Talley, A., Molix, L. A. & Bettencourt, B. A. (2010). The feasibility and effectiveness of expressive writing for rural and urban breast cancer survivors. Oncology Nursing Forum, 37, 749-757. Download
Hicks, J. A, & King, L. A. (2009). Meaning in life as a subjective judgment and lived experience. Social and Personality Psychology Compass, 3, 638-653. Download
Vess, M., Routledge, C., Landau, M. J., & Arndt, J. (2009). The dynamics of death and meaning: The effects of death-relevant cognitions and personal need for structure on perceptions of meaning in life. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 97, 728-744.Download
Vess, M., & Arndt, J. (2008). The nature of death and the death of nature: The impact of mortality salience on environmental concern. Journal of Research in Personality, 42, 1376-1380. Download
Routledge, C., Arndt, J., Vess, M., & Sheldon, K. (2008). The life and death of creativity: The effects of mortality salience on self vs. social-directed creative expression. Motivation & Emotion, 32, 331-338. Download
King, L. A. Hicks, J. A., & Abdelkhalik, J. (2009). Death, Life, Scarcity, and Value: An alternative perspective on the meaning of death. Psychological Science, 20, 1459-1462. Download
King, L. A. & Hicks, J. A. (2009). Positive affect, intuition, and referential thinking. Personality and Individual Differences, 46, 719-724. Download
Schlegel, R.J., Talley, A.E., Molix, L.A., & Bettencourt, B.A. (2009). Rural Breast Cancer Patients, Coping and Depression: A Prospective Comparison Study. Psychology and Health, 24, 933-948. Download
Schlegel, R. J., Hicks, J. A., Arndt, J. & King, L. A. (2009). Thine own self: True self-concept accessibility and meaning in life. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 96, 473-490. Download
Hicks, J. A., & King, L. A. (2009). Positive mood and social relatedness as information about meaning in life. Journal of Positive Psychology, 4, 471-482. Download
Bettencourt, B.A., Talley, A.E., Molix, L.A., & Schlegel, R.J. (2008). Rural Breast Cancer Patients: Distinct associations between personal resources and psychological adjustment. Psycho-Oncology, 17, 932-939. Download
Hicks, J. A., & King, L.A. (2008). Religious commitment and positive mood as information about meaning in life. Journal of Research in Personality, 64, 139-152. Download
Bettencourt, B.A., Schlegel, R.J., Talley, A., & Molix, L.A. (2007). The breast cancer experience of rural women: A literature review. Psycho-Oncology, 16, 875-887. Download
Friedman, R. S., McCarthy, D. M., Bartholow, B. D., & Hicks J. A. (2007). Interactive effects of alcohol outcome expectancies and suboptimal alcohol cues on non-consumptive behavior. Experimental and Clinical Psychopharmacology, 15, 102-114. Download
Hicks, J. A., & King, L. A. (2007). Meaning in life and seeing the big picture: Positive affect and global focus. Cognition and Emotion, 21, 1577 – 1584. Download
King, L. A., Burton, C. B., Hicks, J. A., & Dragotis, S. (2007). Ghosts, UFOs, and magic: Positive affect and the experiential system. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 92, 905-919. Download
King, L. A., & Hicks, J. A. (2007). Whatever happened to “what might have been?” Regret, happiness, and maturity. American Psychologist, 62, 625 -636. Download
King, L. A., Hicks, J. A., Krull, J., & Del Gaiso, A. K. (2006). Positive affect and the experience of meaning in life. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 90, 179-196. Download
King, L. A., & Hicks, J. A. (2006). Narrating the self in the past and the future: Implications for maturity. Research in Human Development, 3, 121-138. Download

Books, Chapters, and Other Publications

Klein, R. A., Ratliff, K. A., Vianello, M., Adams, R. B., Jr., Bahník, S., Bernstein, M. J., . . ., Davis, W. E., . . ., Hicks, J. A., . . . (2014). Data from investigating variation in replicability: A “many labs” replication project. The Journal of Open Psychology Data, 2.1. Link
Kim, J., Seto, E., Davis, W. E., & Hicks, J. A. (2014). Positive and existential psychological approaches to the experience of meaning in life. In P. Russo-Netzer & A. Batthyany (Eds.), Meaning in Existential and Positive Psychology (pp.221-233). New York: Springer Press.
Hicks, J. A. & Routledge, C. Eds. (2013). The Experience of Meaning in Life: Classical Perspectives, Emerging Themes, and Controversies. New York: Springer Press. Link
Davis, W. E., & Hicks, J. A. (2013). Meaning in life judgment processes following existential crises. In Hicks, J. A., & Routledge, C. (Eds.), The Experience of Meaning in Life: Classical Perspectives, Emerging Themes, and Controversies. New York: Springer Press.
Schlegel, R. J., Smith, C. M.,& Hirsch, K. A. (2013). Examining the true self as a wellspring of meaning. In Hicks, J. A. & Routledge C. (Eds.), The Experience of Meaning in Life: Classical Perspectives, Emerging Themes, and Controversies (177-188). New York: Springer Press.
Hicks, J. A., & Routledge, C. (2013). The experience of meaning in life: An introduction to an age-old question. In Hicks, J. A., & Routledge, C. (Eds.), The Experience of Meaning in Life: Classical Perspectives, Emerging Themes, and Controversies. New York: Springer Press.
Tang, D., Kelley, N. J., Hicks, J. A., & Harmon-Jones, E. (2013). Emotions and meaning in life: A motivational perspective. In Hicks, J. A., & Routledge, C. (Eds.), The Experience of Meaning in Life: Classical Perspectives, Emerging Themes, and Controversies. New York: Springer Press.
Schlegel, R. J., Hirsch, K. A., & Smith, C. M. (2013). The importance of who you really are: The role of the true self in eudaimonia. In Waterman, A.S. (Ed.) The Best within Us: Positive Psychology Perspectives in Eudaimonia (pp. 207-225). Washington DC: American Psychological Association.
King, L. A. & Hicks, J. A. (2012). Positive affect and meaning in life: The intersection of hedonism and eudaimonia. In P.T. Wong (Ed.), The Human Quest for Meaning. Lawrence Erlbaum.
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