Books
Emmons, R.A. (1999). The
psychology of ultimate concerns: Motivation
and spirituality in personality. New
York: The Guilford Press.
Rabin, A.I., Zucker, R.A., Emmons, R.A., & Frank, S. (Eds.).
(1990). Studying persons and lives.
New York: Springer
Publishing Company.
Emmons, R.A., & McCullough, M.E. (Eds.).
The psychology of gratitude. Under
contract with Oxford University Press. To
be published 2002.
Emmons, R.A. & Hill, J. (2001).
Words of gratitude for mind, body, and soul.
Radnor, PA: Templeton Foundation Press.
Edited Journal Issues
McAdams, D.P., & Emmons, R.A. (Eds) (1995).
Levels and Domains in Personality. Journal
of Personality, Volume 63 (3).
Emmons, R.A., & McCullough, M.E. (Eds.) (1999).
Religion in the Psychology of Personality. Journal of Personality, Volume 67 (6).
Chapters and
journal articles
In Press
Emmons, R.A. & Shelton,
C.S. (in press).
Gratitude and the science of positive psychology.
In C.R. Snyder and S.J. Lopez (Eds.), Handbook of positive psychology.
New York: Oxford University Press.
Emmons, R.A. (in press).
Personal goals, life meaning, and virtue: Wellsprings of a positive life.
In C.L.M. Keyes (Ed.),
Flourishing: The positive person and the good life.
Washington, DC: American Psychological
Association.
Emmons, R.A. (in press).
Striving for the sacred: Personal
goals, life meaning, and religion. Journal of Social Issues.
Emmons, R.A. (in press).
Gratitude. In M.E.P.
Seligman & C. Peterson (Eds.), The VIA taxonomy of human strengths and
virtues.
McCullough,
M.E., Emmons, R.A., & Tsang, J. (in press). The
grateful disposition: A conceptual and empirical topography.
Journal of Personality and Social Psychology.
Emmons, R.A., McCullough, M.E., & Tsang, J. (in press).
The measurement of gratitude. In
S. Lopez & C.R. Snyder (Eds.), Handbook of positive psychology assessment.
Washington, DC: American Psychological Association.
2001
McCullough, M.E., Kirkpatrick, S., Emmons, R.A., & Larson, D. (2001).
Is gratitude a moral affect? Psychological
Bulletin, 127, 249-266.
2000
King, L.A., & Emmons, R.A. (2000).
Assessment of motivation. In
A.E. Kazdin (Ed)., Encyclopedia of
Psychology (Vol. 5, pp. 320-324). New
York: Oxford University Press.
Emmons, R.A., & Crumpler, C.A. (2000).
Gratitude as a human strength: Appraising
the evidence. Journal of Social and
Clinical Psychology, 19, 56-69.
Emmons, R.A. (2000). Spirituality
and intelligence: Problems and prospects. International
Journal for the Psychology of Religion, 10, 57-64.
Emmons, R.A. (2000). Is
spirituality an intelligence? Motivation,
cognition, and the psychology of ultimate concern.
International Journal for the Psychology of Religion, 10, 3-26.
Emmons, R.A. (2000). Personality
and forgiveness. In M. E.
McCullough, K. I. Pargament, & C. E.
1999
Emmons, R.A. (1999). Religion
in the psychology of personality: An
introduction. Journal of
Personality, 67, 873-888.
Emmons, R.A., & Crumpler,
C.A. (1999). Religion and
spirituality? The roles of sanctification and the concept of God. International Journal for the Psychology of Religion, 9,
17-24.
1998
Emmons, R.A., Cheung, C., & Tehrani, K. (1998).
Assessing spirituality through personal goals: Implications for research on religion and subjective
well-being. Social Indicators
Research, 45, 391-422.
Emmons, R.A. (1998). Religion
and personality. In H.G. Koenig
(Ed.), Handbook of religion and mental health (pp. 63-74). San Diego, CA:
Academic Press.
Emmons, R.A. (1998). A
systems framework or systems frameworks? Psychological
Inquiry, 9, 148-150.
Emmons, R.A., Colby, P.M., & Kaiser, H.A.
(1998). When losses lead to
gains: Personal goals and the
recovery of meaning. In P.T.P. Wong
& P.S. Fry (Eds.), The human quest for meaning (pp. 163-178). Mahwah, NJ:
Erlbaum.
1997
Colby, P.M., & Emmons, R.A. (1997).
Emotional styles as predictors of social support: Links to perceived,
requested, and observer reports of support.
In G.R. Pierce, I.G. Sarason, and B.
Sarason (Eds.), Sourcebook of theory and research on social support and
personality (pp. 445-471). New
York: Plenum.
Emmons, R.A. (1997). Motives
and life goals. In S. Briggs, R.
Hogan, and J.A. Johnson (Eds.), Handbook of personality psychology (pp.
485-512). San Diego, CA:
Academic Press.
1996
Emmons, R.A. (1996). Striving and feeling: Personal goals and subjective well-being. In J. Bargh & P. Gollwitzer (Eds.), The psychology of action: Linking motivation and cognition to behavior (pp. 314-337). New York: Guilford.
1995
Emmons, R.A. (1995). Levels
and domains in personality. Journal
of Personality, 63, 341-364.
Emmons, R. A., & Colby, P.M. (1995).
Emotional conflict and well-being: Relation
to perceived availability, daily
utilization, and observer reports of social support.
Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 68, 947-959.
Emmons, R.A., & Kaiser, H. (1995).
Goal orientation and emotional well-being: Linking
goals and affect through the self. In
A. Tesser & L. Martin (Eds.), Goals and affect
(pp. 79-98). New York: Plenum.
Ferrari, J.R., & Emmons, R.A. (1995).
Methods of procrastination and their relation to self-control and
self-reinforcement. Journal of
Social Behavior and Personality, 10, 1-8.
Ferrari, J.R., & Emmons, R.A. (1995).
Procrastination as revenge: Do
people report using delays as a strategy for revenge? Personality and Individual Differences, 15, 539-544.
Sheldon, K., & Emmons, R. A. (1995).
Personal striving differentiation and integration.
1993
Emmons, R.A. (1993). Current
status of the motive concept. In R.
Wolfe, R. Hogan, & K. Craik (Eds.),
Fifty years of personality psychology (pp. 187‑196).
New York: Plenum Press.
Emmons, R.A., King, L.A., & Sheldon, K. (1993).
Goal conflict and the self‑regulation of action.
In D.M. Wegner & J.W. Pennebaker (Eds.), Handbook of Mental Control
(pp. 528‑551). Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice‑Hall.
1992
Emmons, R.A. (1992). Abstract
versus concrete goals: Personal
striving level, physical illness, and psychological well‑being. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 62,
292‑300.
Emmons, R. A. (1992). The
repressive personality and social support.
In H.S. Friedman (Ed.), Hostility, health, and coping (pp.
141‑150). Washington, DC: American Psychological Association.
Emmons, R.A., & King, L.A. (1992).
Thematic analysis, experience sampling, and personal goals. In C.A. Smith
(Ed.), Motivation and personality: Handbook
of thematic content analysis (pp. 73‑86).
New York: Cambridge
University Press.
King, L.A., Emmons, R.A., & Woodley, S. (1992).
The structure of inhibition. Journal
of Research in Personality, 26, 85‑102.
Bradlee, P.M., & Emmons, R.A. (1992).
Locating narcissism within the interpersonal circumplex and the
five-factor model. Personality and
Individual Differences, 13, 821-830.
1991
Emmons, R.A. (1991). Personal
strivings, daily life events, and psychological and physical well‑being.
Journal of Personality, 59, 453‑472.
Emmons, R.A., & McAdams, D.P. (1991).
Personal strivings and motive dispositions:
King, L.A., & Emmons, R.A. (1991).
Psychological, physical, and interpersonal correlates of emotional
expressiveness, conflict, and control. European
Journal of Personality, 5, 131‑150.
1990
King, L. A., & Emmons, R. A. (1990).
Ambivalence over expressing emotion:
Physical and psychological correlates.
Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 58, 864‑877.
1989
Emmons, R. A. (1989). The
personal striving approach to personality.
In L. A. Pervin (Ed.), Goal concepts in personality and social psychology
(pp. 87‑126). Hillsdale,
NJ : Erlbaum.
Emmons, R.A. (1989). Exploring
the relations between motives and traits: The
case of narcissism. In D.M. Buss
& N. Cantor (Eds.), Personality psychology:
Recent trends and emerging directions (pp. 32-44).
New York: Springer-Verlag.
Emmons, R. A., & King, L. A. (1989).
On the personalization of motivation.
In T. K. Srull & R. S.
Wyer, Jr. (Eds)., Advances in social cognition, (V. 2., pp. 111‑122).
Hillsdale, N.J: Erlbaum.
Emmons, R.A., & King,
L.A. (1989). Personal striving
differentiation and affective reactivity. Journal
of Personality and Social Psychology, 56, 478‑484.
1988
Emmons, R. A., & King, L. A. (1988).
Conflict among personal strivings: Immediate
and long‑term implications for psychological and physical
well‑being. Journal of
Personality and Social Psychology, 54, 1040‑1048.
1987
Emmons, R.A. (1987). Narcissism:
Theory and measurement. Journal
of Personality and Social Psychology, 52, 11-17.
1986
Emmons, R. A. (1986). Personal
strivings: An approach to personality and subjective
Emmons, R. A., & Diener, E. (1986). Situation selection as a
moderator of response consistency and stability.
Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 51, 1013-1019.
Emmons, R. A., Diener, E., & Larsen, R. J. (1986).
Choice and avoidance of everyday situations and affect congruence:
Two models of reciprocal interactionism.
Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 51, 815-826.
Emmons, R. A., & Diener, E. (1986).
A goal-affect analysis of situational choice and avoidance.
Journal of Research in Personality, 20, 309-326
Larsen, R. J., Diener, E., & Emmons, R. A. (1986).
Affect intensity and reactions to daily life events.
Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 51, 803-815.
Emmons, R. A., & Diener, E. (1986). Influence of impulsivity and
sociability on subjective well-being. Journal
of Personality and Social Psychology, 50, 1211-1215.
Emmons, R. A., & Diener, E. (1986).
An interactional approach to the study of personality and emotion.
Journal of Personality, 54, 371-384.
1985
Diener, E., Emmons, R. A., Larsen, R. J., & Griffin, S. (1985).
The satisfaction with life scale. Journal
of Personality Assessment, 49, 71-75.
Diener, E., Horowitz, J., & Emmons, R. A. (1985).
Happiness of the very wealthy. Social
Indicators Research, 16, 263-274.
Diener, E., Larsen, R. J., Levine, S., & Emmons, R. A. (1985).
Intensity and frequency: Dimensions
underlying positive and negative affect. Journal
of Personality and Social Psychology, 48, 1253-1265.
Emmons, R. A., & Diener, E. (1985).
Factors predicting satisfaction judgments:
A
Larsen, R. J., Diener, E., & Emmons, R. A. (1985).
An evaluation of subjective well‑being measures.
Social Indicators Research, 17, 1-17.
Emmons, R. A., & Diener, E. (1985).
Personality correlates of subjective well-being.
Emmons, R. A., Diener, E., & Larsen, R. J. (1985).
Choice and avoidance of situations and congruence models of
interactionism. Personality
and Individual Differences, 6, 693-702.
1984
Emmons, R. A. (1984). Factor
analysis and construct validity of the Narcissistic Personality Inventory.
Journal of Personality Assessment, 48, 291-300.
Diener, E., Larsen, R. J., & Emmons, R. A. (1984).
Person X situation interactions: choice of situations and congruence
response models. Journal of
Personality and Social Psychology, 47, 580-592.
Diener, E., & Emmons, R. A. (1984).
The independence of positive and negative affect.
Journal of Personality and
Social Psychology, 47, 1105-1117.
Translated
Articles
Emmons, R.A. (1997). La
contribution des but personnels au bonheur au sens a la vie.
Revue quebecoise de psychologie, 18, 1-20.
(French)
Emmons, R.A. (1993). Henkilokohtaiset
tavoitteet-kognitiivis-emotionaalinen lahestymistapa persoonallisuuteen ja
motivaatioon. Psykologia, 28,
167-177. (Finnish)
Reviews
Emmons, R.A. (in press). Measures
of religiosity. Journal for the
Scientific Study of Religion.
Emmons, R.A. (1997). Uniting
the self. Contemporary Psychology,
42, 396-397.
Emmons, R.A., & Chow, D. (1994).
Happiness is everything, or is it? Contemporary
Psychology, 39, 902-904. [Review of The Pursuit of Happiness, by D.G.
Myers]
Emmons, R.A. (1989). The big
three, the big four, or the big five? Contemporary
1993
Emmons, R.A. (1993, August). Relation
of the introductory personality course to the
Emmons, R.A. (1993, July). Striving
and feeling: Personal goals and
psychological well-being. Invited
talk presented at the International Conference on Motivation and Action,
Ringberg, Germany.
Emmons, R.A. (1993, May). Goals
and subjective well-being. Invited
talk, Midwestern Psychological Association, Chicago.
1992
Emmons, R.A. (1992, November). Goal
striving conflict: Issues in
assessment, conceptualization, and application.
Presented at a symposium entitled "Intra‑personal conflict:
Its assessment and its role in psychopathology and therapy" (W.
Lauterbach, Chair) at the 26th Annual Convention of
the Association for the Advancement of Behavior Therapy, Boston.
Emmons, R.A. (1992, September). Personal
goals: A cognitive‑affective
approach to
1991
Emmons, R.A. (1991, October). The
structure of inhibition: Psychometric
considerations and psychophysiological correlates.
Presented at the Social Psychophysiology premeeting of the Society for
Experimental Social Psychology, Columbus, Ohio.
1988
Emmons, R. A. (1988, May). Should
I or should I not: Ambivalence over
expressing emotion. Presented at a
conference entitled "The Self‑control of Cognition and Emotion",
Nags Head Conference Center, Kill Devil Hills, North Carolina.
Emmons, R. A. (1988, April). Exploring
the relations between personal strivings and
1987
Emmons, R. A. (1987, December). The
personal striving approach to personality:
Content,
Emmons, R. A. (1987, August). Current
status of the motive concept. Invited
paper as part