Selected Publications         

 

Schlegel, R. J., Hicks, J. A., King, L. A., & Arndt, J. (in press). Thine own self: True self-concept accessibility and meaning in life. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology. PDF

King, L. A.  & Hicks, J. A. (in press). The detection and construction of meaning in life events. Journal of Positive Psychology.  Abstract

King, L. A., & Hicks, J. A. (2007). Whatever happened to “what might have been?” Regrets, happiness, and maturity. American Psychologist. 62, 625 -636. PDF

Hicks, J. A., & King, L.A. (2008). Religious commitment and positive mood as information about meaning in life. Journal of Research in Personality. PDF

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.  PDF

King, L. A., Burton, C. M., Hicks, J. A., & Dragotis, S. (2007). Ghosts, UFOs, and magic: Positive affect and the experiential system. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 92, 905-919. PDF

Friedman, R. S., McCarthy, D. M., Bartholow, B. D., & Hicks J. A. (2007). Interactive effects of alcohol outcome expectancies and suboptimal alcohol cues on non-consumptive behavior. Experimental and Clinical Psychopharmacology. 15, 102-114. PDF

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. PDF

King, L. A., Hicks, J. A., Krull, J., &  Baker, A. G. (2006). Positive affect and the experience of meaning in life. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 90, 179-196. PDF