Willibald F. Ruch

Social Psychology · 2001–2017

A researcher in the Science corpus: 29 papers; trusts 72 researchers and is trusted by 40 researchers here, as inferred from the citation graph.

Subfields

• Social Psychology — 227 citations into it; #892 of 15,694 by trust here, #546 by citations
• Clinical Psychology — 140 citations into it; #543 of 8,024 by trust here, #465 by citations
• Applied Psychology — 97 citations into it; #499 of 3,868 by trust here, #323 by citations
• Experimental and Cognitive Psychology — 50 citations into it; #6,870 of 9,731 by trust here, #2,895 by citations
• Sociology and Political Science — 41 citations into it; #8,898 of 22,756 by trust here, #9,840 by citations
• Safety Research — 31 citations into it; #3,508 of 5,829 by trust here, #1,499 by citations
• Education — 27 citations into it
• Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management — 25 citations into it; #1,650 of 8,741 by trust here, #3,407 by citations

Whom Willibald F. Ruch trusts overall

Their strongest outbound trust, strongest first, inferred from their citations.

1. Christopher Peterson
2. Nansook Park
3. Martin E. P. Seligman
4. R. Proyer
5. C. Harzer
6. Tracey Platt
7. K. Schweizer
8. P. Lachenbruch
9. Hadassah Littman-Ovadia
10. Tracy A. Steen

Who trusts Willibald F. Ruch overall

1. R. Proyer
2. Robert E. McGrath
3. Claudia Buschor
4. Marco Weber
5. A. Hirschi
6. Shiri Lavy
7. C. Harzer
8. Hadassah Littman-Ovadia
9. F. Gander
10. V. Huta

Papers from Willibald F. Ruch's perspective

Ordered by how strongly the researchers Willibald F. Ruch trusts endorse each paper. Same corpus, a different order for every researcher.

1. Character Strengths and Virtues: A Handbook and Classification
2. A Primer in Positive Psychology
3. Positive psychology progress: empirical validation of interventions. (American Psychologist)
4. STRENGTHS OF CHARACTER AND WELL-BEING
5. Asymptotic and resampling strategies for assessing and comparing indirect effects in multiple mediator models (Behavior Research Methods)
6. Does positive affect influence health? (Psychological bulletin)
7. Counting blessings in early adolescents: an experimental study of gratitude and subjective well-being. (Journal of School Psychology)
8. The "What" and "Why" of Goal Pursuits: Human Needs and the Self-Determination of Behavior
9. Orientations to happiness and life satisfaction: the full life versus the empty life
10. Moral competence and character strengths among adolescents: the development and validation of the Values in Action Inventory of Strengths for Youth. (Journal des adolescens)

Their papers

• Strengths of character, orientations to happiness, and life satisfaction (2007) — 724 citations
• The Application of Signature Character Strengths and Positive Experiences at Work (2013) — 226 citations
• Ways to happiness in German-Speaking countries the adaptation of the german version of the orientations to happiness questionnaire in Paper-Pencil and internet samples (2010) — 118 citations
• Values in Action Inventory of Strengths (VIA-IS): Adaptation and Validation of the German Version and the Development of a Peer-Rating Form (2010) — 298 citations
• Orientations to happiness and life satisfaction in twenty-seven nations (2009) — 209 citations
• Strength-Based Positive Interventions: Further Evidence for Their Potential in Enhancing Well-Being and Alleviating Depression (2013) — 414 citations
• Validation of the German version of the Career Adapt-Abilities Scale and its relation to orientations to happiness and work stress (2013) — 159 citations
• The virtuousness of adult playfulness: the relation of playfulness with strengths of character (2011) — 98 citations
• Patterns and Universals of Adult Romantic Attachment Across 62 Cultural Regions (2004) — 379 citations
• Character strengths in children and adolescents: Reliability and initial validity of the german values in action inventory of strengths for youth (German VIA-Youth) (2014) — 135 citations
• Extending the study of gelotophobia: On gelotophiles and katagelasticists (2009) — 164 citations
• The fear of being laughed at: Individual and group differences in Gelotophobia (2008) — 175 citations
• Who is Gelotophobic? Assessment Criteria for the Fear of Being Laughed at (2008) — 176 citations
• Relationships among higher-order strengths factors, subjective well-being, and general self-efficacy - The case of Israeli adolescents (2013) — 120 citations
• The expressive pattern of laughter (2001) — 283 citations
• Character strengths predict resilience over and above positive affect, self-efficacy, optimism, social support, self-esteem, and life satisfaction (2017) — 340 citations
• Positive Feelings at School: On the Relationships Between Students’ Character Strengths, School-Related Affect, and School Functioning (2016) — 142 citations
• Humor-based online positive psychology interventions: A randomized placebo-controlled long-term trial (2016) — 97 citations
• The state-of-the art in gelotophobia research: A review and some theoretical extensions (2014) — 124 citations
• The Role of Character Strengths for Task Performance, Job Dedication, Interpersonal Facilitation, and Organizational Support (2014) — 150 citations