Peer-reviewed journal articles
† denotes graduate student author, * denotes undergraduate student author
† Koh, S., Scollon, C. N. , Li., N. P., & Suh. E. M. (under review). The (un)desirability of happiness: Pathogen threats predict cultural differences in the value of happiness.
Scollon, C. N., *Sim, J. H., † Koh, S, & Stevens, S. (under review). Smiling in photographs predicts work performance in an Asian business school.
Wirtz, D., Stalls, J., & Scollon, C. N., & Wuensch, K.L. (in press). Is the Good Life Characterized By Self-Control? Exploring Judgments of Global Life Quality. Journal of Positive Psychology.
Tamir, M., Schwartz, S. H., Cieciuch, J., Riediger, M., Torres, C., Scollon, C., Dzokoto, V., & Zhou, X. (in press). Desired emotions across cultures: A value-based account. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology.
Diener, E., & Scollon, C. N. (2014). The what, why, when, and how of teaching the science of subjective well-being. Teaching of Psychology, 41, 175-183.
†Koh, S., Scollon, C. N., & Wirtz, D. (2014). Social relationships and the cognitive organization of emotion knowledge across cultures. Cognition and Emotion, 28, 507-519.
Wirtz, D., & Scollon, C. N. (2012). Culture, Visual Perspective, and the Effect of Material Success on Perceived Life Quality. Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology, 43, 367-372.
Scollon, C. N., †Koh, S., & Au, E. (2011). Cultural differences in the subjective experience of emotion: When and why they occur. Personality and Social Psychology Compass, 5, 853-864.
Li, N. P., Patel, L., Balliet, D., Tov, W., & Scollon, C. (2010). The incompatibility of materialism and wanting children: Psychological insights into the fertility discrepancy among modern countries. Social Indicators Research.
Scollon, C. N., †Howard, A. H., †Caldwell, A. E., & †Ito, S. (2009). The role of ideal affect in the experience and memory of emotions. Journal of Happiness Studies, 10, 257-269.
Oishi, S., Schimmack, U., Diener, E., Kim-Prieto, C., Scollon, C. N., & Choi, D. (2007). The value-congruence model of memory for emotional experiences: An explanation for cultural differences in emotional self-reports. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 93, 897-905.
Scollon, C. N., & Diener, E. (2006). Love, work, and changes in extraversion and neuroticism over time. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 91, 1152-1165.
Diener, E., Lucas, R. E., & Scollon, C. N. (2006). Beyond the hedonic treadmill: Revisions to the adaptation theory of well-being. American Psychologist, 61, 305-314.
Kim-Prieto, C., Diener, E., Tamir, M., Scollon, C. N., & Diener, M. (2005). Integrating the diverse definitions of happiness: A time-sequential framework of subjective well-being. Journal of Happiness Studies, 6, 261-300.
Scollon, C. N., Diener, E., Oishi, S., & Biswas-Diener, R. (2005). An experience sampling and cross-cultural investigation of the relation between pleasant and unpleasant emotion. Cognition and Emotion, 19, 27-52.
Scollon, C. N., Diener, E., Oishi, S, & Biswas-Diener, R. (2004). Emotions across cultures and methods. Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology, 35, 304-326.
Scollon, C. N., & King, L. A. (2004). Is the good life the easy life? Social Indicators Research, 68, 127-162.
Oishi, S., Diener, E., Scollon, C. N., & Biswas-Diener, R. (2004). Cross-situational consistency of affective experiences across cultures. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 86, 460-472.
Diener, E., Scollon, C. N., & Lucas, R. E. (2004). The evolving concept of subjective well-being: The multifaceted nature of happiness. Advances in Cell Aging and Gerontology, 15, 187-219.
Scollon, C. N., Kim-Prieto, C., & Diener, E. (2003). Experience sampling: Promises and pitfalls, strengths and weaknesses. Journal of Happiness Studies, 4, 5-34.
Wirtz, D., Kruger, J., Scollon, C. N., & Diener, E. (2003). What to do on spring break? Predicting future choice based on online versus recalled affect. Psychological Science, 14, 520-524.
Diener, E., & Scollon, C. N. (2002). Our desired future for personality psychology. Journal of Research in Personality, 36, 629-637.
Diener, E., Scollon, C. K., Oishi, S., Dzokoto, V., & Suh, E. M. (2000). Positivity and the construction of life satisfaction judgments: Global happiness is not the sum of its parts. Journal of Happiness Studies, 1, 159-176.
King, L.A, Scollon, C. K., Ramsey, C., Williams, T. (2000). Stories of life transition: Subjective well-being and ego development in parents of children with Down Syndrome. Journal of Research in Personality, 34, 509-536.
King, L. A., & Napa, C. K. (1998). What makes a life good? Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 75, 156-165.
Book chapters
† denotes graduate student author, * denotes undergraduate student author
*Sim, J. H., †Koh, S., & Scollon, C. N. (in press). Culture and subjective well-being. In J. D. Wright (Ed.), International Encyclopedia of the Social and Behavioral Sciences (2nd Ed). Oxford: Elsevier.
Scollon, C. N., & Wirtz, D. (2014). Money, materialism, and the good life: Cultural perspectives. In M. Tatzel (Ed.) Well-being in the Material World (pp. 109-128). New York: Springer.
Scollon, C. N., & Wirtz, D., & *Wei, X. (2013). Culture influences the ingredients of a good life and conceptualizations of happiness. In J. J. Froh & A. Parks-Sheiner (Eds.), Activities for Teaching Positive Psychology: A Guide for Instructors (pp. 85-91). Washington, D.C.: APA Publications.
Scollon, C. N., & Tov, W. (2012). Cultural similarities and differences in the conceptualization of emotion. In P. Wilson (Ed.), Dynamicity in Emotion Concepts (pp. 235-252). Frankfurt: Peter Lang.
Tov, W., & Scollon, C. N. (2011). Cross-cultural research. In M. Mehl & T. Conner (Eds.), Handbook of Research Methods for Studying Daily Life (pp. 539-542). New York: Guilford Press.
Scollon, C. N. , & King, L. A. (2011). What people really want in life and why it matters: Contributions from research on the good life. In R. Biswas-Diener (Ed.), Positive Psychology as a Mechanism for Social Change, (pp. 1-14). Springer Press.
Diener, E., Tamir, M., & Scollon, C. N. (2006). Happiness, life satisfaction, and fulfillment: The social psychology of subjective well-being. In P. Van Lange (Ed.), Bridging Social Psychology, (pp. 319-324). Mahwah: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates.
Biswas-Diener, R., Diener, E., & Scollon, C. N. (2005). Positive psychology. In C. B. Fisher and R. M. Lerner (Eds.), Encyclopedia of Applied Developmental Science (pp. 855-859).
Diener, E., & Scollon, C. N. (2004). Happiness and health. In N. B. Anderson (Ed.), Encyclopedia of Health and Behavior, Vol. 2, (pp. 459-463). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications.
King, L. A., & Napa, C. (1999). Ambivalence. In D. Levinson, J. Ponzetti, & P. F. Jorgensen (Eds.), The Encyclopedia of Human Emotions. New York, NY: MacMillan Reference.
† denotes graduate student author, * denotes undergraduate student author
† Koh, S., Scollon, C. N. , Li., N. P., & Suh. E. M. (under review). The (un)desirability of happiness: Pathogen threats predict cultural differences in the value of happiness.
Scollon, C. N., *Sim, J. H., † Koh, S, & Stevens, S. (under review). Smiling in photographs predicts work performance in an Asian business school.
Wirtz, D., Stalls, J., & Scollon, C. N., & Wuensch, K.L. (in press). Is the Good Life Characterized By Self-Control? Exploring Judgments of Global Life Quality. Journal of Positive Psychology.
Tamir, M., Schwartz, S. H., Cieciuch, J., Riediger, M., Torres, C., Scollon, C., Dzokoto, V., & Zhou, X. (in press). Desired emotions across cultures: A value-based account. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology.
Diener, E., & Scollon, C. N. (2014). The what, why, when, and how of teaching the science of subjective well-being. Teaching of Psychology, 41, 175-183.
†Koh, S., Scollon, C. N., & Wirtz, D. (2014). Social relationships and the cognitive organization of emotion knowledge across cultures. Cognition and Emotion, 28, 507-519.
Wirtz, D., & Scollon, C. N. (2012). Culture, Visual Perspective, and the Effect of Material Success on Perceived Life Quality. Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology, 43, 367-372.
Scollon, C. N., †Koh, S., & Au, E. (2011). Cultural differences in the subjective experience of emotion: When and why they occur. Personality and Social Psychology Compass, 5, 853-864.
Li, N. P., Patel, L., Balliet, D., Tov, W., & Scollon, C. (2010). The incompatibility of materialism and wanting children: Psychological insights into the fertility discrepancy among modern countries. Social Indicators Research.
Scollon, C. N., †Howard, A. H., †Caldwell, A. E., & †Ito, S. (2009). The role of ideal affect in the experience and memory of emotions. Journal of Happiness Studies, 10, 257-269.
Oishi, S., Schimmack, U., Diener, E., Kim-Prieto, C., Scollon, C. N., & Choi, D. (2007). The value-congruence model of memory for emotional experiences: An explanation for cultural differences in emotional self-reports. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 93, 897-905.
Scollon, C. N., & Diener, E. (2006). Love, work, and changes in extraversion and neuroticism over time. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 91, 1152-1165.
Diener, E., Lucas, R. E., & Scollon, C. N. (2006). Beyond the hedonic treadmill: Revisions to the adaptation theory of well-being. American Psychologist, 61, 305-314.
Kim-Prieto, C., Diener, E., Tamir, M., Scollon, C. N., & Diener, M. (2005). Integrating the diverse definitions of happiness: A time-sequential framework of subjective well-being. Journal of Happiness Studies, 6, 261-300.
Scollon, C. N., Diener, E., Oishi, S., & Biswas-Diener, R. (2005). An experience sampling and cross-cultural investigation of the relation between pleasant and unpleasant emotion. Cognition and Emotion, 19, 27-52.
Scollon, C. N., Diener, E., Oishi, S, & Biswas-Diener, R. (2004). Emotions across cultures and methods. Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology, 35, 304-326.
Scollon, C. N., & King, L. A. (2004). Is the good life the easy life? Social Indicators Research, 68, 127-162.
Oishi, S., Diener, E., Scollon, C. N., & Biswas-Diener, R. (2004). Cross-situational consistency of affective experiences across cultures. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 86, 460-472.
Diener, E., Scollon, C. N., & Lucas, R. E. (2004). The evolving concept of subjective well-being: The multifaceted nature of happiness. Advances in Cell Aging and Gerontology, 15, 187-219.
Scollon, C. N., Kim-Prieto, C., & Diener, E. (2003). Experience sampling: Promises and pitfalls, strengths and weaknesses. Journal of Happiness Studies, 4, 5-34.
Wirtz, D., Kruger, J., Scollon, C. N., & Diener, E. (2003). What to do on spring break? Predicting future choice based on online versus recalled affect. Psychological Science, 14, 520-524.
Diener, E., & Scollon, C. N. (2002). Our desired future for personality psychology. Journal of Research in Personality, 36, 629-637.
Diener, E., Scollon, C. K., Oishi, S., Dzokoto, V., & Suh, E. M. (2000). Positivity and the construction of life satisfaction judgments: Global happiness is not the sum of its parts. Journal of Happiness Studies, 1, 159-176.
King, L.A, Scollon, C. K., Ramsey, C., Williams, T. (2000). Stories of life transition: Subjective well-being and ego development in parents of children with Down Syndrome. Journal of Research in Personality, 34, 509-536.
King, L. A., & Napa, C. K. (1998). What makes a life good? Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 75, 156-165.
Book chapters
† denotes graduate student author, * denotes undergraduate student author
*Sim, J. H., †Koh, S., & Scollon, C. N. (in press). Culture and subjective well-being. In J. D. Wright (Ed.), International Encyclopedia of the Social and Behavioral Sciences (2nd Ed). Oxford: Elsevier.
Scollon, C. N., & Wirtz, D. (2014). Money, materialism, and the good life: Cultural perspectives. In M. Tatzel (Ed.) Well-being in the Material World (pp. 109-128). New York: Springer.
Scollon, C. N., & Wirtz, D., & *Wei, X. (2013). Culture influences the ingredients of a good life and conceptualizations of happiness. In J. J. Froh & A. Parks-Sheiner (Eds.), Activities for Teaching Positive Psychology: A Guide for Instructors (pp. 85-91). Washington, D.C.: APA Publications.
Scollon, C. N., & Tov, W. (2012). Cultural similarities and differences in the conceptualization of emotion. In P. Wilson (Ed.), Dynamicity in Emotion Concepts (pp. 235-252). Frankfurt: Peter Lang.
Tov, W., & Scollon, C. N. (2011). Cross-cultural research. In M. Mehl & T. Conner (Eds.), Handbook of Research Methods for Studying Daily Life (pp. 539-542). New York: Guilford Press.
Scollon, C. N. , & King, L. A. (2011). What people really want in life and why it matters: Contributions from research on the good life. In R. Biswas-Diener (Ed.), Positive Psychology as a Mechanism for Social Change, (pp. 1-14). Springer Press.
Diener, E., Tamir, M., & Scollon, C. N. (2006). Happiness, life satisfaction, and fulfillment: The social psychology of subjective well-being. In P. Van Lange (Ed.), Bridging Social Psychology, (pp. 319-324). Mahwah: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates.
Biswas-Diener, R., Diener, E., & Scollon, C. N. (2005). Positive psychology. In C. B. Fisher and R. M. Lerner (Eds.), Encyclopedia of Applied Developmental Science (pp. 855-859).
Diener, E., & Scollon, C. N. (2004). Happiness and health. In N. B. Anderson (Ed.), Encyclopedia of Health and Behavior, Vol. 2, (pp. 459-463). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications.
King, L. A., & Napa, C. (1999). Ambivalence. In D. Levinson, J. Ponzetti, & P. F. Jorgensen (Eds.), The Encyclopedia of Human Emotions. New York, NY: MacMillan Reference.
