Hicks, Joshua

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• Positive mood and social relatedness as information about meaning in life.
  Positive Psychology
  Hicks, Joshua

  Meaning in life is widely considered a cornerstone of human functioning but relatively little is known about the factors that influence...

• Detecting and constructing meaning in life events.
  Meaning
  Hicks, Joshua, King, Laura

  Three studies examined the meaning ascribed to events varying in intensity and valence and how meaning detection and construction relat...

• Authenticity and self-esteem across temporal horizons
  Self-Esteem
  Davis, William, Hicks, Joshua, Schlegel, Rebecca, Smith, Christina, Vess, Matthew

  Extending research on optimal self-esteem and authenticity, three studies tested the hypothesis that authenticity would be a stronger predictor of self-es...

• Happiness begets children? Evidence for a bi-directional link between well-being and number of children
  Well-Being
  Kim, Jinhyung, Hicks, Joshua

  The purpose of the current research was to examine the association between different facets of well-being and parenthood status....