{"id":169,"date":"2017-03-22T11:39:41","date_gmt":"2017-03-22T15:39:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/happinesslab\/?page_id=169"},"modified":"2026-07-07T15:03:56","modified_gmt":"2026-07-07T19:03:56","slug":"publications","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/happinesslab\/publications\/","title":{"rendered":"Selected Publications"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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\n Selected Publications\n <\/h1>\n \n \n <\/header>\n\n <\/div>\n\n <\/div>\n\n <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n\n

Email john.zelenski@carleton.ca<\/a> for reprints, or see PsyArXiv<\/a> for preprints of recent papers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Lutz, P. K., Wadlow, M. E., Zelenski, J. M., Desrochers, J. E., & Nisbet, E. K. (2026). Does size matter in the human\u2013
nature relationship?<\/a>. Personality and Individual Differences, 257<\/em>, 113707. [Materials, data, & registration on OSF<\/a>]<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Zelenski, J. M., Harasymchuk, C., Desrochers, J. E., Wadlow, M. E., & Shaw, D. W. (2026). What is nature? A
prototype analysis of the natural environment<\/a>. Environment and Behavior,<\/em> 58(7), 1117-1147. [Materials, data, & registration on OSF<\/a>]<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Zelenski, J. M., Lutz, P. K., Passmore, H. A., & Nisbet, E. K. (2026). Nature relatedness usefully links well-being, the environment, and sustainability<\/a>. Current Directions in Psychological Science, 35<\/em>(1), 17-24.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Lutz, P. K., Newman, D. B., & Zelenski, J. M. (2025). Belief in a just world and well-being: A daily diary
perspective<\/a>. Personality and Individual Differences, 233<\/em>, 112886. [Data & materials on OSF<\/a>]<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Newman, D. B., Lutz, P. K., Sachs, M. E., & Zelenski, J. M. (2025). Unlocking the bitter potential of nostalgia:
Covariation between and causal effects of nostalgia on envy<\/a>. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology,
128<\/em>(2), 438-455.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Desrochers, J. E., & Zelenski, J. M. (2023). Why are males not doing these environmental behaviors?: Exploring males\u2019 psychological barriers to environmental action<\/a>.Current Psychology<\/em>, 42(29), 25042-25060. [Materials, data, & registration on OSF<\/a>]<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Lutz, P. K., Passmore, H. A., Howell, A. J., Zelenski, J. M., Yang, Y., & Richardson, M. (2023). The continuum of eco- anxiety responses: A preliminary investigation of its nomological network.<\/a> Collabra: Psychology, 9<\/em>(1). 67838. [Materials and Data on OSF<\/a>]<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Lutz, P. K., Zelenski, J. M., & Newman, D. B. (2023). Eco-anxiety in daily life: Relationships with well-being and pro- environmental behavior<\/a>. Current Research in Ecological and Social Psychology,<\/em> 100110. [Materials, data, & registration of OSF<\/a>]<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Bossom, I. R. L., & Zelenski, J. M. (2022). The impact of trait introversion-extraversion and identity on state authenticity: Debating the benefits of extraversion<\/a>. Journal of Research in Personality, 97<\/em>, 104208. [Materials, data, & registration on OSF<\/a>]<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Desrochers, J. E., Bell, A. L., Nisbet, E. K., & Zelenski, J. M. (2022). Does spending time in nature help students cope with the COVID-19 pandemic?<\/a>. Sustainability, 14<\/em>(4), 2401. [Materials, data, & registration of OSF<\/a>]<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Krys, K., Capaldi, C. A., Uchida, Y., Cantarero, K., Torres, C., I\u015f\u0131k, \u0130., … & Zelenski, J. M. (2022). Preference for modernization is universal, but expected modernization trajectories are culturally diversified: A nine-country study of folk theories of societal development.<\/a> Asian Journal of Social Psychology<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Krys, K., Yeung, J. C., Capaldi, C. A., Lun, V. M. C., Torres, C., van Tilburg, W. A., \u2026 & Vignoles, V. L. (2022). Societal emotional environments and cross-cultural differences in life satisfaction: A forty-nine country study.<\/a> The Journal of Positive Psychology, 17<\/em>(1), 117-130.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hepburn, L., Smith, A. C., Zelenski, J., & Fahrig, L. (2021). Bird diversity unconsciously increases people\u2019s satisfaction with where they live<\/a>. Land, 10<\/em>(2), 153.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Krys, K., Capaldi, C. A., Zelenski, J. M., Park, J., Nader, M., Kocimska-Zych, A., \u2026 & Uchida, Y. (2021). Family well- being is valued more than personal well-being: A four-country study<\/a>. Current Psychology, 40<\/em>, 3332-3343.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mangone, G., Dopko, R. L., & Zelenski, J. M. (2021). Deciphering landscape preferences: Investigating the roles of familiarity and biome types<\/a>. Landscape and Urban Planning<\/a>, 214<\/em>, 104189. [Materials and Data on OSF<\/a>]<\/p>\n\n\n\n

van Allen, Z. M., Walker, D. L., Streiner, T., & Zelenski, J. M. (2021). Enacted extraversion as a well-being enhancing strategy in everyday life: Testing across three, week-long interventions<\/a>. Collabra: Psychology, 7<\/em>(1), 29931. [Materials and data on OSF<\/a>]<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Zelenski, J. M., & Desrochers, J. E. (2021). Can positive and self-transcendent emotions promote pro-environmental behavior?<\/a> Current Opinion in Psychology<\/a>, 42<\/em>, 31-35.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Zelenski, J. M., Sobocko, K., & Whelan, D. C. (2021). Introversion, solitude, and happiness<\/a>. In R. J. Coplan, J. C. Bowker, & L. J. Nelson (Eds.), The Handbook of Solitude: Psychological Perspectives on Social Isolation, Social Withdrawal, and Being Alone, 2nd Edition.<\/a> (pp. 309-324). Wiley-Blackwell.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Davydenko, M., Zelenski, J. M., Gonzalez, A., & Whelan, D. (2020). Does acting extraverted evoke positive social feedback?<\/a>. Personality and Individual Differences, 159<\/em>, 109883.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Wohl, M. J., Tabri, N., & Zelenski, J. M. (2019). The need for open science practices and well-conducted replications in the field of gambling studies.<\/a> International Gambling Studies, 19<\/em>(3), 369-376.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Dopko, R. L., Capaldi, C. A., Zelenski, J. M. (2019). The psychological and social benefits of a nature experience for children: A preliminary investigation<\/a>. Journal of Environmental Psychology, 63<\/em>, 134-138.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Krys, K., Zelenski, J. M., Capaldi, C. A., Park, J., van Tilburg, W., van Osch, Y., … & Igbokwe, D. O. (2019). Putting the \u201cwe\u201d into well\u2010being: Using collectivism\u2010themed measures of well\u2010being attenuates well\u2010being’s association with individualism<\/a>. Asian Journal of Social Psychology, 22<\/em>(3), 256-267.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Nisbet, E. K., Zelenski, J. M., Gradpierre, Z. (2019). Mindfulness in nature enhances connectedness and mood<\/a>. Ecopsychology, 11<\/em>(2), 81-91. [Materials and data on OSF<\/a>]<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Davis, W. E., Giner-Sorolla, R., Lindsay, D. S., Lougheed, J. P., Makel, M. C., Meier, M. E., … & Zelenski, J. M. (2018). Peer-review guidelines promoting replicability and transparency in psychological science<\/a>. Advances in Methods and Practices in Psychological Science, 1<\/em>(4), 556-573.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Klein, R. A., Vianello, M., Hasselman, F., Adams, B. G., Adams Jr, R. B., Alper, S., … & Nosek, B. A. (2018). Many Labs 2: Investigating variation in replicability across samples and settings<\/a>. Advances in Methods and Practices in Psychological Science, 1<\/em>(4), 443-490. [Materials, data, etc. on OSF<\/a>]<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Van Allen, Z. M., & Zelenski, J. M. (2018). Testing trait-state isomorphism in a new domain: An exploratory manipulation of openness to experience<\/a>. Frontiers in Psychology, 9<\/em>, 1964.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ruci, L., van Allen, Z. M., & Zelenski, J. M. (2018). Pro-social personality traits, helping behavior, and ego-depletion: Is helping really easier for the dispositionally pro-social?<\/a>. Personality and Individual Differences<\/em>, 120<\/em>, 32-39.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Howell, G. T., & Zelenski, J. M. (2017). Personality self-concept affects processing of trait adjectives in the self-reference memory paradigm<\/a>. Journal of Research in Personality, 66, <\/em>1-13.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Krys, K., Xing, C., Zelenski, J. M., Capaldi, C. A., Lin, Z., & Wojciszke, B. (2017). Punches or punchlines? Honor, face, and dignity cultures shape different reactions to provocation.<\/a> International Journal of Humor Research, 30, <\/em>303-322.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Smallenbroek, O., Zelenski, J. M., & Whelan, D. C. (2017). Authenticity as a eudaimonic construct: The relationships among authenticity, values, and valence<\/a>. Journal of Positive Psychology, 12<\/em>, 197-209. [Materials, data, etc. on OSF]<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Zelenski, J. M., & Blouin-Hudon, E. M. C. (2017). Broad traits need simple process explanations<\/a>. European Journal of Personality, 31, <\/em>576-577.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Blouin-Hudon, E. M. C., & Zelenski, J. M. (2016). The daydreamer: Exploring the personality underpinnings of daydreaming styles and their implications for well-being<\/a>. Consciousness and Cognition, 44<\/em>, 114-129. [Data, syntax, etc. on OSF<\/a>]<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Capaldi, C. A., & Zelenski, J. M. (2016). Seeing and being green? The effect of money priming on willingness to perform sustainable actions, social connectedness, and prosociality<\/a>. The Journal of Social Psychology, 156<\/em>(1) 1-7. [Pre-registration, materials, data, etc. on OSF<\/a>]<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Nealis, L. J., van Allen, Z. M., & Zelenski, J. M. (2016). Positive affect and cognitive restoration: Investigating the role of valence and arousal<\/a>. PLoS ONE, 11<\/em>(1): e0147275. [Materials, data, syntax, etc. on OSF]<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Capaldi, C. A., Passmore, H. A., Nisbet, E. K., Zelenski, J. M., & Dopko, R. L. (2015). Flourishing in nature: A review of the benefits of connecting with nature and its application as a wellbeing intervention<\/a>. International Journal of Wellbeing, 5<\/em>(4), 1-16.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sobocko, K., & Zelenski, J. M. (2015). Trait sensory-processing sensitivity and subjective well-being: Distinctive associations for different aspects of sensitivity<\/a>. Personality and Individual Differences<\/em>, 83<\/em>, 44-49.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Zelenski, J. M., Dopko, R. L., & Capaldi, C. A. (2015). Cooperation is in our nature: Nature exposure may promote cooperative and environmentally sustainable behavior<\/a>. Journal of Environmental Psychology<\/em>, 42<\/em>, 24-31.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Dopko, R. L., Zelenski, J. M., & Nisbet, E. K. (2014). Nature salience increases judgments of environmental satisfaction<\/a>. Ecopsychology, 6<\/i>(4), 207-217.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Capaldi, C. A., Dopko, R. L., & Zelenski, J. M. (2014). The relationship between nature connectedness and happiness: A meta-analysis<\/a>. Frontiers in Psychology<\/i>, 5:976.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Nisbet, E. K., & Zelenski, J. M. (2014). Nature relatedness and subjective well-being. In A. C. Michalos (Ed.), Encyclopedia of Quality of Life Research<\/a><\/em>, (pp, 4269-4276). Springer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Zelenski, J. M., & Nisbet, E. K. (2014). Happiness and feeling connected: The distinct role of nature relatedness<\/a>. Environment and Behavior, 46<\/i>(1), 3-23.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Zelenski, J. M., Sobocko, K., & Whelan, D. C. (2014). Introversion, solitude, and subjective well-being<\/a>. In R. J. Coplan and J. C. Bowker (Eds.), The Handbook of Solitude: Psychological Perspectives on Social Isolation, Social Withdrawal, and Being Alone<\/a><\/em>. (pp. 184-201). New York: Wiley-Blackwell.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Nisbet, E. K., & Zelenski, J. M. (2013). The NR-6: A new brief measure of nature relatedness<\/a>. Frontiers in Psychology<\/i>, 4:813.  doi: 10.3389\/fpsyg.2013.00813 [full text & scale via open access title link]<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Thake, J., & Zelenski, J. M. (2013). Neuroticism, BIS, and reactivity to discrete negative mood inductions<\/a>. Personality and Individual Differences, 54<\/i>(2), 208-213.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Zelenski, J. M., Whelan, D. C., Nealis, L. J., Besner, C. M., Santoro, M. S., & Wynn, J. E. (2013). Personality and affective forecasting: Trait introverts underpredict the hedonic benefits of acting extraverted<\/a>. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 104<\/i>(6), 1092-1108.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Cothran, D. L., Larsen, R. J., Zelenski, J. M., & Prizmic, Z. (2012). Do emotion words interfere with processing emotion faces? Stroop-like interference versus automatic vigilance for negative information<\/a>. Imagination, Cognition, and Personality, 32<\/i>(1), 59-73.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Whelan, D. C., & Zelenski, J. M. (2012). Experimental evidence that positive moods cause sociability<\/a>. Social Psychological and Personality Science 3<\/i>(4), 430-437.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Zelenski, J. M., Santoro, M. S., & Whelan, D. C. (2012). Would introverts be better off if they acted more like extraverts? Exploring emotional and cognitive consequences of counterdispositional behavior<\/a>. Emotion, 12<\/i>(2), 290-303.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Elgar, F. J., Davis, C. G., Wohl, M. J., Trites, S. J., Zelenski, J. M., & Martin, M. S. (2011). Social capital, health, and well-being in 50 countries<\/a>. Health and Place, 17<\/i>(5), 1044-1053.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Nisbet, E. K., & Zelenski, J. M. (2011). Underestimating nearby nature: Affective forecasting errors obscure the happy path to sustainability<\/a>. Psychological Science, 22<\/i>(9), 1101-1106.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Nisbet, E. K., Zelenski, J. M., & Murphy, S. A. (2011). Happiness is in our nature: Exploring nature relatedness as a contributor to subjective well-being<\/a>. Journal of Happiness Studies, 12<\/i>, 303-322.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Murphy, S. A., Lupton, N. C., Hine, M. J., & Zelenski, J. M. (2009). Emotion and judgements in virtual environments: A research framework<\/a>. Journal of Electronic Commerce in Organizations, 7<\/i>, 21-43.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Nisbet, E. K., Zelenski, J. M., & Murphy, S. A. (2009). The nature relatedness scale: Linking individuals\u2019 connection with nature, environmental concern, and behavior<\/a>. Environment and Behavior, 41<\/i>, 715-740. [<\/b>download the scale here<\/a><\/strong>]<\/b><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ruci, L., Tomes, J. L. & Zelenski, J. M. (2009). Mood-congruent false memories in the DRM paradigm<\/a>. Cognition and Emotion, 23<\/i>, 1153-1165.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Desjardins, J., Zelenski, J. M., & Coplan, R. J. (2008). An investigation of maternal personality, parenting styles, and subjective well-being<\/a>. Personality and Individual Differences, 44<\/i>, 587-597.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Zelenski, J. M. (2008). The role of personality in emotion, judgment, and decision making. In K. Vohs, R. Baumeister, and G. Loewenstein (Eds.), Do Emotions Help or Hurt Decision Making? A Hedgefoxian Perspective<\/a>. Russell Sage Foundation Press.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Zelenski, J. M., Murphy, S. A., & Jenkins, D. A. (2008). The happy-productive worker thesis revisited<\/a>. Journal of Happiness Studies, 9,<\/i> 521-537.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Nisbet, E. K. L., Zelenski, J. M., & Murphy, S. A. (2007). The human-nature connection: Sustainable development policy implications. In B. Doern (Ed.), Innovation, Science, and Environment: Canada Policies and Performance 2007-2008 (pp. 200-218). McGill-Queen\u2019s University Press<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Zelenski, J. M. (2007). Experimental approaches to individual differences and change: Exploring the causes and consequences of extraversion. In A. D. Ong and M. Van Dulman (Eds.), Oxford Handbook of Methods in Positive Psychology<\/a> (pp. 205-219). Oxford University Press.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Jenkins, D. A., Zelenski, J. M., & Murphy, S. A. (2006). Basic psychological needs: Examining employee well-being and commitment in Canada\u2019s naval reserve. Canadian Journal of Police and Security Services<\/a>, 4, 125-135.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Coplan, R.J., Wilson, J., Frohlick, S.L., & Zelenski, J. M. (2006). A person-oriented analysis of behavioral inhibition and behavioral activiation in childhood<\/a>. Personality and Individual Differences, 41<\/i>, 917-927.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Kiene, S. M., Barta, W. D., Zelenski, J. M. & Cothran, D. L. (2005). Why are you bringing up condoms now? The effect of message content on framing effects of condom use messages<\/a>. Health Psychology, 24<\/i>(3), 321-326.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Zelenski, J. M., Rusting, C. L., & Larsen, R. J. (2003). Consistency in the time of experiment participation and personality correlates: A methodological note<\/a>. Personality and Individual Differences, 34<\/i>(4), 547-558.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Zelenski, J. M., & Larsen, R. J. (2002). Predicting the future: How affect-related personality traits influence likelihood judgments of future events<\/a>. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 28<\/i>(7), 1000-1010.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Aviv, A. L., Zelenski, J. M., Rallo, L. & Larsen, R. J. (2002). Who comes when: Personality differences in early and later participation in a university subject pool<\/a>. Personality and Individual Differences, 33<\/i>(3), 487-496.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Zelenski, J. M. & Larsen, R. J. (2000). The distribution of basic emotions in everyday life: A state and trait perspective from experience sampling data<\/a>. Journal of Research in Personality, 34<\/i>(2), 178-197.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Zelenski, J. M. & Larsen, R. J. (1999). Susceptibility to affect: A comparison of three personality taxonomies<\/a>. Journal of Personality, 67<\/i>, 761-791.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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