Author

Matthew Vess

Observed names: Matt Vess, Vess, Matthew, Vess, Matthew ca. 20.-21.Jh

Observed institutions: Boston College, Montana State University, Ohio University, Washington State University, University of Missouri, Texas A&M University

ORCID: 0000-0003-1759-4864

Observed ORCID: 0000-0003-1759-4864

OpenAlex ID: A5049792733

Nostalgia as a Resource for the Self

2010 · Matthew Vess, Jamie Arndt, et al. · Self and Identity · 237

When Death is Good for Life

2012 · Kenneth E. Vail, Jacob Juhl, et al. · Personality and Social Psychology Review · 209

Understanding the Relationship Between Perceived Authenticity and Well-Being

2018 · Grace N. Rivera, Andrew G. Christy, et al. · Review of General Psychology · 183

The dynamics of death and meaning: The effects of death-relevant cognitions and personal need for structure on perceptions of meaning in life.

2009 · Matthew Vess, Clay Routledge, et al. · Journal of Personality and Social Psychology · 143

The nature of death and the death of nature: The impact of mortality salience on environmental concern

2008 · Matthew Vess, Jamie Arndt · Journal of Research in Personality · 117

Exploring the existential function of religion: The effect of religious fundamentalism and mortality salience on faith-based medical refusals.

2009 · Matthew Vess, Jamie Arndt, et al. · Journal of Personality and Social Psychology · 87

Awe and meaning: Elucidating complex effects of awe experiences on meaning in life

2019 · Grace N. Rivera, Matthew Vess, et al. · European Journal of Social Psychology · 78

Bronze is beautiful but pale can be pretty: The effects of appearance standards and mortality salience on sun-tanning outcomes.

2009 · Cathy R. Cox, Douglas P. Cooper, et al. · Health Psychology · 75

Embodied metaphor and the “true” self: Priming entity expansion and protection influences intrinsic self-expressions in self-perceptions and interpersonal behavior

2010 · Mark J. Landau, Matthew Vess, et al. · Journal of Experimental Social Psychology · 65

Straying From the Righteous Path and From Ourselves

2016 · Andrew G. Christy, Elizabeth Seto, et al. · Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin · 61

Blowing in the (social) wind: Implications of extrinsic esteem contingencies for terror management and health.

2009 · Jamie Arndt, Cathy R. Cox, et al. · Journal of Personality and Social Psychology · 58

To Discover or to Create: Metaphors and the True Self

2011 · Rebecca J. Schlegel, Matthew Vess, et al. · Journal of Personality · 57

Thinking about Change in the Self and Others: The Role of Self-Discovery Metaphors and the True Self

2015 · Shane W. Bench, Rebecca J. Schlegel, et al. · Social Cognition · 51

The unique nature and psychosocial implications of awe

2024 · Tonglin Jiang, Joshua A. Hicks, et al. · Nature Reviews Psychology · 49

Abstract construal levels attenuate state self-esteem reactivity

2011 · Matthew Vess, Jamie Arndt, et al. · Journal of Experimental Social Psychology · 44

Tales from Existential Oceans: Terror Management Theory and How the Awareness of Our Mortality Affects Us All

2008 · Jamie Arndt, Matthew Vess · Social and Personality Psychology Compass · 44

Varieties of Conscious Experience and the Subjective Awareness of One’s “True” Self

2019 · Matthew Vess · Review of General Psychology · 38

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The life and death of creativity: The effects of mortality salience on self versus social-directed creative expression

2008 · Clay Routledge, Jamie Arndt, et al. · Motivation and Emotion · 35

The Reciprocal Relationship Between Perceptions of Moral Goodness and Knowledge of Others’ True Selves

2017 · Andrew G. Christy, Jinhyung Kim, et al. · Social Psychological and Personality Science · 31

Authenticity and self-esteem across temporal horizons

2014 · William E. Davis, Joshua A. Hicks, et al. · The Journal of Positive Psychology · 31

True self-alienation positively predicts reports of mindwandering

2016 · Matthew Vess, Stephanie A. Leal, et al. · Consciousness and Cognition · 30

Guilty, But Not Ashamed: “True” Self‐Conceptions Influence Affective Responses to Personal Shortcomings

2013 · Matthew Vess, Rebecca J. Schlegel, et al. · Journal of Personality · 30

An edifice for enduring personal value: A terror management perspective on the human quest for multilevel meaning.

2012 · Jamie Arndt, Mark J. Landau, et al. · American Psychological Association eBooks · 28

Warm Thoughts

2012 · Matthew Vess · Psychological Science · 27

Assimilation Undercuts Authenticity: A Consequence of Women’s Masculine Self-Presentation in Masculine Contexts

2020 · Rose Dormanen, Courtney S. Sanders, et al. · Psychology of Women Quarterly · 26

Works count: 107

Citation count: 2,226

H-index: 25

I10-index: 43