Ken Marshall Sheldon
- Academic Supervisor:International Laboratory of Positive Psychology of Personality and Motivation
- Ken Marshall Sheldon has been at HSE University since 2014.
Education and Degrees
- 1992
PhD
University of California - 1992
Doctoral programme in Social/Personality Psychology
University of California, Davis, CA - 1988
Master's
University of California - 1981
B.S. in Psychology
Duke University
Continuing education / Professional retraining / Internships / Study abroad experience
Winter school of IL PPLM "Psychology of motivation", HSE, January 2015
Publications67
- Article Sheldon K. M., Martela F. A modest proposal: Free will is real // The Journal of Positive Psychology. 2022. Vol. 17. No. 2. P. 271-280. doi
- Article Kennon M. Sheldon, Evgeny Osin, Lapka S., Rasskazova E., Titova L., Khrushev S., Vybornykh D., Gaponova T. Blood Donation Motivation in the United States and Russia: What keeps donors coming back? // Journal of Community & Applied Social Psychology. 2022. Vol. 32. No. 5. P. 872-881. doi
- Article Titova L., Sheldon K. M. Happiness comes from trying to make others feel good, rather than oneself // The Journal of Positive Psychology. 2022. Vol. 17. No. 3. P. 341-355. doi
- Article Sheldon K. M., Yu S. Methods of gratitude expression and their effects upon well-being: Texting may be just as rewarding as and less risky than face-to-face // The Journal of Positive Psychology. 2022. Vol. 17. No. 5. P. 690-700. doi
- Article Sheldon K. M., Gordeeva T. O., Sychev O., Osin E. N., Titova L. Self-concordant goals breed goal-optimism and thus well-being // Current Psychology. 2022. Vol. 41. No. 9. P. 6549-6557. doi
- Article Titova L., Kennon M. Sheldon. Thwarted beneficence: Not getting to help lowers mood // The Journal of Positive Psychology. 2022. Vol. 17. No. 1. P. 21-33. doi
- Article Sheldon K. M., Titova L., Osin E. N., Bratcher B. Understanding the motivations of food bank volunteers: Applying Self-Determination Theory and Functional Motivations Theory // Journal of Community & Applied Social Psychology. 2022 doi (in press)
- Article Sheldon K. M., Corcoran M., Sheldon M. Duchenne Smiles as Honest Signals of Chronic Positive Mood // Perspectives on Psychological Science. 2021. Vol. 16. No. 3. P. 654-666. doi
- Article Sheldon K. M., Lyubomirsky S. Revisiting the Sustainable Happiness Model and Pie Chart: Can Happiness Be Successfully Pursued? // The Journal of Positive Psychology. 2021. Vol. 16. No. 2. P. 145-154. doi
- Article Sheldon K. M., Corcoran M., Titova L. Supporting One’s Own Autonomy May Be More Important Than Feeling Supported by Others // Motivation Science. 2021. Vol. 7. No. 2. P. 176-186. doi
- Article Sheldon K. M., Corcoran M., Trent J. The face of crime: Apparent happiness differentiates criminal and non-criminal photos // The Journal of Positive Psychology. 2021. Vol. 16. No. 4. P. 551-560. doi
- Article Moller A. C., Sheldon K. M. Athletic Scholarships Are Negatively Associated With Intrinsic Motivation for Sports, Even Decades Later: Evidence for Long-Term Undermining // Motivation Science, USA. 2020. Vol. 6. No. 1. P. 43-48. doi
- Article Sheldon K. M., Holliday G., Titova L., Benson C. Comparing Holland and Self-Determination Theory Measures of Career Preference as Predictors of Career Choice // Journal of Career Assessment. 2020. Vol. 28. No. 1. P. 28-42. doi
- Article Lynch M. F., Sheldon K. M. Conditional Regard, Self-concept, and Relational Authenticity: Revisiting some key Rogerian Concepts Crossculturally, through Multilevel Modeling // Journal of Humanistic Psychology. 2020. Vol. 60. No. 2. P. 168-186. doi
- Article Sheldon K. M. Going the Distance on the Pacific Crest Trail: The Vital Role of Identified Motivation // Motivation Science (USA). 2020. Vol. 6. No. 2. P. 177-181. doi
- Article Sheldon K. M., Sedikides C., Ntoumanis N., Corcoran M., Titova L. Narcissism and social motives: Successful pursuit of egosystem goals boosts narcissism // Self and Identity. 2020. Vol. 19. No. 7. P. 841-862. doi
- Article Sheldon K. M., Corcoran M., Trent J. The face of crime: Apparent happiness differentiates criminal and non-criminal photos // The Journal of Positive Psychology. 2020 doi
- Article Yu S., Sheldon K. M., Lan W., Chen J. Using Social Network Sites to Boost Savoring: Positive Effects on Positive Emotions // International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 2020. Vol. 17. P. 6407. doi
- Article Yang Y., Li W., Sheldon K. M., Kou Y. Chinese adolescents with higher social dominance orientation are less prosocial and less happy: A value-environment fit analysis // International Journal of Psychology. 2019. Vol. 54. No. 3. P. 325-332. doi
- Article Martela F., Sheldon K. M. Clarifying the Concept of Well-Being: Psychological Need Satisfaction as the Common Core Connecting Eudaimonic and Subjective Well-Being // Review of General Psychology. 2019. Vol. 23. No. 4. P. 458-474. doi
- Article Sheldon K. M., Corcoran M. Comparing the current and long-term career motivations of artists and business-people: Is everyone intrinsic in the end? // Motivation and Emotion. 2019. Vol. 43. No. 2. P. 218-231. doi
- Article Chen C., Elliot A. J., Sheldon K. M. Psychological need support as a predictor of intrinsic and external motivation: the mediational role of achievement goals // Educational Psychology. 2019. Vol. 39. No. 8. P. 1090-1113. doi
- Article Sheldon K. M., Corcoran M., Prentice M. Pursuing Eudaimonic Functioning Versus Pursuing Hedonic Well‑Being: The First Goal Succeeds in Its Aim, Whereas the Second Does Not // Journal of Happiness Studies. 2019. Vol. 20. No. 3. P. 919-933. doi
- Article Sheldon K. M., Prentice M., Osin E. N. Rightly crossing the Rubicon: Evaluating goal self-concordance prior to selection helps people choose more intrinsic goals // Journal of Research in Personality. 2019. Vol. 79. P. 119-129. doi
- Article Sheldon K. M., Prentice M. Self-determination theory as a foundation for personality researchers // Journal of Personality. 2019. Vol. 87. No. 1. P. 5-14. doi
- Article Hope N. H., Holding A. C., Verner-Filion J., Sheldon K. M., Koestner R. The path from intrinsic aspirations to subjective well-being is mediated by changes in basic psychological need satisfaction and autonomous motivation: A large prospective test // Motivation and Emotion. 2019. Vol. 43. No. 2. P. 232-241. doi
- Article Sheldon K. M., Titova L. Why do I feel this way? Attributional assessment of happiness and unhappiness // The Journal of Positive Psychology. 2019. Vol. 14. No. 5. P. 549-562. doi
- Article Titova L., Sheldon K. M. Why do I feel this way? Attributional assessment of happiness and unhappiness // The Journal of Positive Psychology. 2019. Vol. 14. No. 5. P. 549-562. doi
- Article Sheldon K. M., Sommet N., Corcoran M., Elliot A. J. Feeling interpersonally controlled while pursuing materialistic goals: A problematic combination for moral behavior // Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin. 2018. No. 44(9). P. 1330-1349. doi
- Article Sheldon K. M., Gordeeva T. O., Leontiev D., Osin E. N., Rasskazova E., Dementiy L., Lynch M. F. Freedom and Responsibility Go Together: Personality, Experimental, and Cultural Demonstrations // Journal of Research in Personality. 2018. Vol. 73. No. 1. P. 63-74. doi
- Article Yang Y., Zhang Y., Sheldon K. M. Self-determined motivation for studying abroad predicts lower culture shock and greater well-being among international students: The mediating role of basic psychological needs satisfaction. // International Journal of Intercultural Relations. 2018. No. 63. P. 95-104. doi
- Chapter Павленко О. Б., Осин Е. Н., Шелдон К. М. Личные достоинства в их связи с психологическим благополучием // В кн.: Психология XXI века: психология как наука, искусство и призвание. Сборник научных трудов участников международной научной конференции молодых ученых: в 2-х т. Т. 1. СПб. : ВВМ, 2018. С. 511-517.
- Article Sheldon K. M., Osin E. N., Gordeeva T. O., Suchkov D., Sychev O. Evaluating the dimensionality of Self-Determination Theory’s relative autonomy continuum // Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin. 2017. Vol. 43. No. 9. P. 1215-1238. doi
- Article Sheldon K. M., Titova L., Gordeeva T. O., Osin E. N., Lyubomirsky S., Bogomaz S. A. Russians Inhibit the Expression of Happiness to Strangers: Testing a Display Rule Model // Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology. 2017. Vol. 48. No. 5. P. 718-733. doi
- Article Rasskazova E., Ivanova T., Sheldon K. M. Comparing the Effects of Low-level and High-level Worker Need-Satisfaction: A Synthesis of the Self-Determination and Maslow Need Theories // Motivation and Emotion. 2016. Vol. 40. No. 4. P. 541-555. doi
- Article Sheldon K. M., Wineland A., Venhoeven L., Osin E. N. Understanding the motivation of environmental activists: A comparison of Self-determination theory and Functional motives theory // Ecopsychology. 2016. Vol. 8. No. 4. P. 228-238. doi
- Chapter Гордеева Т. О., Осин Е. Н., Шелдон К. М. Парадоксы экспрессии счастья, психологическое благополучие и культура // В кн.: V Международная научная конференция «Психология индивидуальности»: сборник материалов / Сост.: А. С. Елисеенко; под общ. ред.: В. Д. Шадриков, В. А. Ключарёв, Д. А. Леонтьев, Е. Б. Старовойтенко, А. К. Болотова, И. Н. Семенов, В. П. Серкин, А. В. Россохин, А. Н. Татарко, Б. В. Чернышев, В. А. Штроо, Н. Ю. Новицкий, О. Н. Молчанова, А. С. Елисеенко, С. С. Кургинян. М. : Литературное агентство "Университетская книга", 2015. С. 506-508.
- Chapter Шелдон К. М., Сучков Д. Д., Осин Е. Н., Гордеева Т. О., Рассказова Е. И., Бобров В. В. Разработка универсальной шкалы типов мотивационной регуляции (UPLOC) // В кн.: Современная психодиагностика России: Преодоление кризиса: сборник материалов III Всероссийской конференции по психологической диагностике: в 2 т. / Отв. ред.: Н. Батурин. Т. 1. Челябинск : Издательский центр ЮУрГУ, 2015. С. 336-343.
- Article Prentice M., Halusic M., Sheldon K. M. Integrating theories of psychological needs-as-requirements and psychological needs-as-motives: A two process model // Social and Personality Compass. 2014 (in press)
- Article Schuler J., Brandstatter V., Sheldon K. M. Do implicit motives and basic psychological needs interact to predict well-being and flow? Testing a universal hypothesis and a matching hypothesis // Motivation and Emotion. 2013. Vol. 37. No. 3. P. 480-495.
- Article Zhaoyang R., Williams M., Sheldon K. M. Psychological need-satisfaction and basketball performance // Psychology of Sport and Exercise. 2013
- Article Ferguson Y., Sheldon K. M. Trying to be happier really can work: Two experimental studies. // The Journal of Positive Psychology. 2013. No. 8. P. 23-33.
- Article Sheldon K. M., Hilpert J. C. The balanced measure of psychological needs (BMPN) scale: An alternative domain general measure of need satisfaction // Motivation and Emotion. 2012. No. 36. P. 439-451.
- Article Sheldon K. M., Lyubomirsky S. The challenge of staying happier: Testing the hedonic adaptation prevention (HAP) model // Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin. 2012. No. 38. P. 670-680.
- Article Sheldon K. M. The self-determination theory perspective on positive mental health across cultures // World Psychiatry. 2012. No. 11. P. 101-102.
- Article Sheldon K. M., Gunz A., Schachtman T. What does it mean to be in touch with oneself? Testing a social character model of self-congruence. // Self and Identity. 2012. No. 11. P. 51-70.
- Article Boehm J. K., Lyubomirsky S., Sheldon K. M. A longitudinal experimental study comparing the effectiveness of happiness-enhancing strategies in Anglo Americans and Asian Americans // Cognition and Emotion. 2011. Vol. 7. No. 25. P. 1263-1272.
- Article Sheldon K. M., Abad N., Hinsch C. A two process view of Facebook use and relatedness need-satisfaction: Disconnectedness drives use and connectedness rewards it. // Journal of Personality and Social Psychology. 2011. No. 100. P. 766-775.
- Article Sheldon K. M., Nichols C. P., Kasser T. Americans recommend smaller ecological footprints when reminded of traditional American values // Ecopsychology. 2011. No. 3. P. 97-104.
- Article Ciani K., Sheldon K. M., Hilpert J., Easter M. Antecedents and trajectories of achievement goals: A self-determination theory perspectives // British Journal of Educational Psychology. 2011. No. 82. P. 223-243.
- Article Lyubomirsky S., Dickerhoof R., Boehm J. K., Sheldon K. M. Becoming happier takes both a will and a proper way: An experimental longitudinal intervention to boost well-being // Emotion. 2011. No. 11. P. 391-402.
- Article Sheldon K. M., Watson A. Coach’s autonomy support is especially important for varsity compared to club and recreational athletes // International Journal of Sports Science and Coaching. 2011. No. 6. P. 109-123.
- Article Sheldon K. M. Consilience in the biopsychosocial system // Psychological Inquiry. 2011. No. 22. P. 52-65.
- Book Kashdan T., Steger M., Sheldon K. M. Designing the future of positive psychology: Taking stock and moving forward. Oxford University Press, 2011.
- Article Sheldon K. M. Integrating behavioral-motive and experiential-requirement perspectives on psychological needs: A two process perspective // Psychological Review. 2011. Vol. 4. No. 118. P. 552-569.
- Article Sheldon K. M., Schuler J. Needing, wanting, and having: Integrating motive disposition theory and self-determination theory. // Journal of Personality and Social Psychology. 2011. No. 101. P. 1106-1123.
- Book Chirkov V., Ryan R. M., Sheldon K. M. Personal autonomy in cultural contexts: Global perspectives on the psychology of agency, freedom, and people's well-being. Springer, 2011.
- Article Cheng C., Jose P., Sheldon K. M., Singelis T., Cheung M., Tiliouine H., Alao A., Chio J., Chung W., deZavala A., Hakuzimana A., Hertel J., Jin-Tan L., Onyewadume M., Sims C. Socio-cultural differences in self-construal and subjective well-being: A test of four cultural models // Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology. 2011. Vol. 5. No. 42. P. 832-855.
- Article Sheldon K. M., Cheng C., Hilpert J. Understanding well-being and optimal functioning: Applying the Multilevel Personality in Context (MPIC) model // Psychological Inquiry. 2011. No. 22. P. 1-16.
- Article Sheldon K. M., Gunz A., Nichols C., Ferguson Y. Extrinsic value orientation and affective forecasting: Over-estimating the rewards, under-estimating the costs. // Journal of Personality. 2010. No. 78. P. 149-178.
- Article Sheldon K. M., Cummins R., Khamble S. Life-balance and well-being: Testing a two-pronged conceptual and measurement approach // Journal of Personality. 2010. No. 78. P. 1093-1134.
- Article Sheldon K. M., Abad N., Ferguson Y., Gunz A., Houser-Marko L., Nichols C., Lyubomirsky S. Persistent pursuit of need-satisfying goals leads to increased happiness: A 6-month experimental longitudinal study. // Motivation and Emotion. 2010. No. 34. P. 39-48.
- Article Sheldon K. M., Ferguson Y. Should goal-strivers think about 'why' or 'how' to strive? It depends on their skill level. // Motivation and Emotion. 2010. No. 34. P. 253-265.
- Book Sheldon K. M. Current Directions in Psychological Science: Reader in Motivation and Emotion. Pearson Education, 2009.
- Book Sheldon K. M. Optimal human being: An integrated multi-level perspective. New Jersey : Erlbaum, 2004.
- Book Sheldon K. M., Williams G., Joiner T. Self-Determination Theory in the Clinic: Motivating physical and mental health. Yale University Press, 2003.
- Book Schmuck P., Sheldon K. M. Life goals and well-being: Towards a positive psychology of human striving. Bern, Seattle, Göttingen, Toronto : Hogrefe & Huber Publishers, 2001.
Employment history
2015 - . Selected Curator’s Distinguished Professor of Psychological Sciences, University of Missouri System.
2014. Professor, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO.
2006. Associate Professor, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO.
2002. Assistant Professor, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO.
1997. Visiting Assistant Professor, University of Rochester, Rochester,
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