Christie Napa Scollon, PhD, Associate Professor of Psychology
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​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.
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