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Social and personality psychologists have always had an interest in understanding human motivation -- knowing what it is that makes people work as hard as they do for the things they want. My recent research builds on my interest in human motivation and examines problems in effective self-management. The general focus of this research is to understand what happens when people encounter difficulties in their lives trying to attain the things they want (or avoid the things they don't want). What are the variables that make some people persist in their goal-directed activities and others give up? Is persistence always beneficial? Do some people cope better with adversity than others, and if so, what determines who receives better outcomes? In thinking about these questions, my research has been drawn more and more into applied settings, especially within the health domain.
I tend to view these questions from the perspective of personality psychology. Specifically, I have become quite interested in examining the role that dispositional optimism, purpose in life, and adjustment abilities play in dealing with stressful life circumstances. Research currently underway is exploring how enduring differences in optimism impact on the coping process and reactions to major life events such as recovery from surgery for breast cancer or coronary artery bypass surgery. Other recent research explores individual differences in goal disengagement and goal re-engagement processes and tries to understand how such differences impact adjustment to chronic diseases that become progressively worse over time.
I tend to view these questions from the perspective of personality psychology. Specifically, I have become quite interested in examining the role that dispositional optimism, purpose in life, and adjustment abilities play in dealing with stressful life circumstances. Research currently underway is exploring how enduring differences in optimism impact on the coping process and reactions to major life events such as recovery from surgery for breast cancer or coronary artery bypass surgery. Other recent research explores individual differences in goal disengagement and goal re-engagement processes and tries to understand how such differences impact adjustment to chronic diseases that become progressively worse over time.
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Encyclopedia of Quality of Life and Well-Being Researchpp.1-6, (2020)
The Wiley Encyclopedia of Health Psychologypp.385-393, (2020)
Encyclopedia of Quality of Life and Well-Being Research (2020)
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