Laura A. King

     
Institution
University of Missouri, Columbia

Current Position
Professor

Highest Degree
Ph.D. in Personality from University of California, Davis, 1991

Research Interests
Emotion
Health
Motivation/Goal Setting
Personality
Self/Identity

Courses Taught
Goals, Mood, and Health
Graduate Seminar in Personality
Introduction to Personality
Introductory Psychology
Personality Psychology
Personality and Social Development
The Psychology of Character

 
Laura A. King
Department of Psychological Sciences
210 McAlester Hall
University of Missouri
Columbia, Missouri 65211
U.S.A.

Home Page
Phone: (573) 882-6389



Laura A. King
My research is broadly concerned with the human experience of meaning in life and well-being. My primary interests include happiness, meaning in life, the narrative construction of identity, and personality development in adulthood. I am also interested in ways that writing about life experiences influences psychological and physical health.

I am currently serving as the editor-in-chief of the Journal of Research in Personality.


Books:

  • King, L. A. (2007). The Science of Psychology: An Appreciative View. Boston, MA: McGraw-Hill.

Journal Articles:

  • Burton, C. M., & King, L. A. (2007, in press). The effects of (very) brief writing on health: The 2-minute miracle. British Journal of Health Psychology.
  • Burton, C.M., & King, L. A. (2004). The health benefits of writing about peak experiences. Journal of Research in Personality, 38, 150-163.
  • Hicks, J. A., & King, L. A. (2007). Meaning in life and seeing the big picture: Positive Affect and global focus. Cognition and Emotion, 21, 1577-1584.
  • Hicks, J. A., & King, L. A. (2007). Mood and religion as information about meaning in life. Journal of Research in Personality, in press.
  • King, L. A., Burton, C. M, Hicks, J. A, & Drigotas, S. M. (2007). Ghosts, UFOs, and Magic: Positive Affect and the Experiential System. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 92, 905-919.
  • King, L. A., & Hicks, J. A. (2007). Whatever happened to “what might have been”? Regret, happiness, and maturity. American Psychologist,62, 625-636.
  • King, L. A., & Hicks, J. A. (2006). Narrating the self in the past and the future: Implications for maturity. Research in Human Development,3, 121-138.
  • King, L. A., Hicks, J. A., & Krull, J., & Del Gaiso, A. K.. (2006). Positive affect and the experience of meaning in life. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 90, in press.
  • King, L.A., & Raspin, C. (2004). Lost and found possible selves, well-being and ego development in divorced women. Journal of Personality, 72, 603-631.
  • King, L. A., Scollon, C. K., Ramsey, C. M., & Williams, T. (2000). Stories of life transition: Happy endings, subjective well-being, and ego development in parents of children with Down Syndrome. Journal of Research in Personality, 34, 509-536.
  • King, L. A., & Smith, N. G. (2004). Gay and straight possible selves: Goals, identity, subjective well -being, and personality development. Journal of Personality, 72,967-994.
  • King, L. A., & Smith, S. N. (2005). Happy, mature, and gay: Intimacy, power, and difficult times in coming out stories. Journal of Research in Personality, 39, 278-298.
  • Lyubomirsky, S., King, L. A., & Diener, E. (2005). The Benefits of Frequent Positive Affect: Does Happiness Lead to Success? Psychological Bulletin, 131, 803-855.
  • Twenge, J. M., & King, L. A. (2005). A good life is a personal life: Relationship fulfillment and work fulfillment in judgments of life quality. Journal of Research in Personality,39 ,336-352.

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