Peer-reviewed journal articles
† denotes graduate student author, * denotes undergraduate student author
*Jackson, A. J., Bennett, A., †Tran, K., Scollon, C. N. (Revise & Resubmit). Exploring hidden disparities: Perceptions of racial environmental inequalities. PLoS One.
*Peruel, W., *Casidsid, A., *Alonso, J., & Scollon, C. N. (under review). The ideal affect of FilipinX-Americans. Psi Chi Journal.
*Ochadleus, C., *Kirby, C., & Scollon, C. N. (2023). It’s awe-fully familiar: The effect of familiarity on awe within a virtual reality setting. Frontiers in Psychology: Positive Psychology.
†Tran, K., Bennett, A., *Jackson, A., *Proctor, H., & Scollon, C. N. (2023). A meta-analytic review of Asian American Life Satisfaction. Asian American Journal of Psychology.
Kim, J., Chen, K., Rivera, G. N., Hong, E. K., Kamble, S., Scollon, C.N., Sheldon, K. M., Zhang, H., & Schlegel, R. J. (2022). True-self-as-guide lay theory endorsement across five countries. Self and Identity, 21, 939-962.
Oishi, S., Choi, H., Koo, M., Galinha, I., Ishii, K., Komiya, A., Luhmann, M., Scollon, C., Shin, J., Lee, H., Suh, E.M., Vittersø, J., Heintzelman, S.J., Kushlev, K., Westgate, E. C., Buttrick, N., Tucker, J., Ebersole, C. R., Axt, J., Gilbert, E., Ng, B. W., Kurtz, J., & Besser, L. L. (2020). Happiness, Meaning, and Psychological Richness. Affective Science, 1, 107-115.
Lawley, K. A., Willett, Z. Z., Scollon, C. N., & Lehman, B. J. (2019). Did you really need to ask? Cultural variation in emotional responses to providing solicited social support. PLoS ONE, 14(7). https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0219478
Dzokoto, V. A., Osei-Tutu, A., Scollon, C. N., Wallace, D., Peters-Chitwood, L. (2019). Meaning and Perceptions of the Good Life in Ghana. Psychological Studies. DOI: 10.1007/s12646-018-0475-5
Wirtz, D., Stalls, J., & Scollon, C. N., & Wuensch, K.L. (2016). 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. (2015). Desired emotions across cultures: A value-based account. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology. http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/pspp0000072
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.
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. 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
† Willett, Z., † Lawley, K., Lehman, B., & Scollon, C. N. (2022). Using the Day Reconstruction Method for the cross-cultural study of social support and emotions. In K. McLean (Ed.). Cultural Methodologies in Psychology: Capturing and Transforming Cultures. Oxford University Press.
Scollon, C. N. (2018). Non-self report measures of SWB and their validity: A review. In E. Diener, S. Oishi, & L. Tay (Eds). The Handbook of Well-Being, NobaScholar.com.
*Sim, J. H., †Koh, S., & Scollon, C. N. (2014). Subjective well-being and culture. 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.
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.
Diener, E., & Scollon, C. N. (2002). Our desired future for personality psychology. Journal of Research in Personality, 36, 629-637.
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
*Jackson, A. J., Bennett, A., †Tran, K., Scollon, C. N. (Revise & Resubmit). Exploring hidden disparities: Perceptions of racial environmental inequalities. PLoS One.
*Peruel, W., *Casidsid, A., *Alonso, J., & Scollon, C. N. (under review). The ideal affect of FilipinX-Americans. Psi Chi Journal.
*Ochadleus, C., *Kirby, C., & Scollon, C. N. (2023). It’s awe-fully familiar: The effect of familiarity on awe within a virtual reality setting. Frontiers in Psychology: Positive Psychology.
†Tran, K., Bennett, A., *Jackson, A., *Proctor, H., & Scollon, C. N. (2023). A meta-analytic review of Asian American Life Satisfaction. Asian American Journal of Psychology.
Kim, J., Chen, K., Rivera, G. N., Hong, E. K., Kamble, S., Scollon, C.N., Sheldon, K. M., Zhang, H., & Schlegel, R. J. (2022). True-self-as-guide lay theory endorsement across five countries. Self and Identity, 21, 939-962.
Oishi, S., Choi, H., Koo, M., Galinha, I., Ishii, K., Komiya, A., Luhmann, M., Scollon, C., Shin, J., Lee, H., Suh, E.M., Vittersø, J., Heintzelman, S.J., Kushlev, K., Westgate, E. C., Buttrick, N., Tucker, J., Ebersole, C. R., Axt, J., Gilbert, E., Ng, B. W., Kurtz, J., & Besser, L. L. (2020). Happiness, Meaning, and Psychological Richness. Affective Science, 1, 107-115.
Lawley, K. A., Willett, Z. Z., Scollon, C. N., & Lehman, B. J. (2019). Did you really need to ask? Cultural variation in emotional responses to providing solicited social support. PLoS ONE, 14(7). https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0219478
Dzokoto, V. A., Osei-Tutu, A., Scollon, C. N., Wallace, D., Peters-Chitwood, L. (2019). Meaning and Perceptions of the Good Life in Ghana. Psychological Studies. DOI: 10.1007/s12646-018-0475-5
Wirtz, D., Stalls, J., & Scollon, C. N., & Wuensch, K.L. (2016). 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. (2015). Desired emotions across cultures: A value-based account. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology. http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/pspp0000072
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.
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. 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
† Willett, Z., † Lawley, K., Lehman, B., & Scollon, C. N. (2022). Using the Day Reconstruction Method for the cross-cultural study of social support and emotions. In K. McLean (Ed.). Cultural Methodologies in Psychology: Capturing and Transforming Cultures. Oxford University Press.
Scollon, C. N. (2018). Non-self report measures of SWB and their validity: A review. In E. Diener, S. Oishi, & L. Tay (Eds). The Handbook of Well-Being, NobaScholar.com.
*Sim, J. H., †Koh, S., & Scollon, C. N. (2014). Subjective well-being and culture. 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.
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.
Diener, E., & Scollon, C. N. (2002). Our desired future for personality psychology. Journal of Research in Personality, 36, 629-637.
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.