Lauren Kuykendall

Biographic Data

ID1661612
NAMELauren Kuykendall
GIVEN NAMESLauren
FAMILY NAMEKuykendall
SIGNATUREKUYKENDALL L
AFFILIATIONSGeorge Mason University
ORCID0000-0003-1520-1596
VERIFIEDYes
TOTAL WORKS8
TOTAL CITATIONS57
AUTHOR COUNT8
EDITOR COUNT0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR2015
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2026
H-INDEX3

  • Commute experiences & well-being: Exploring positive and negative effects through work-personal conflict

    Open AccessKevin Loo, Lauren Kuykendall et al.ARTICLEJournal of Vocational Behavior2026

  • The Development and Validation of a Multidimensional Forced-Choice Format Character Measure: Testing the Thurstonian IRT Approach

    Vincent Ng, Philseok Lee et al.ARTICLEJournal of Personality Assessment2021

    There has been reemerging interest within psychology in the construct of character, yet assessing it can be difficult due to social desirability of character traits. Forced-choice formats offer one way to address response bias, but traditional scoring methods (i.e., ipsative) associated with this format makes comparing scores between people problematic. Nevertheless, recent advances in modeling item responding (Thurstonian IRT) enable scoring tha…

  • How work constrains leisure: New ideas and directions for interdisciplinary research

    Lauren Kuykendall, Ze Zhu et al.ARTICLEJournal of Leisure Research2020Cited by: 5References: 7

    In this commentary, we note the lack of emphasis on work-related factors in the leisure constraints literature. We highlight three work-related factors that we think warrant investigation as leisure constraints: (1) labor practices related to work scheduling, (2) organizational norms, and (3) work supervisors. We discuss relevant organizational psychology literatures and note that future research focusing on work-related factors could broaden kno…

  • Work‐contingent self‐esteem: A boon or bane for worker well‐being

    Open AccessLauren Kuykendall, Lydia Craig et al.ARTICLEJournal of Organizational Behavior2019Cited by: 3References: 11

    Work‐contingent self‐esteem (WCSE; the degree to which workers' self‐esteem is based on workplace performance) has positive consequences for performance, yet less is known about its consequences for well‐being. In this paper, we contribute to the literature on WCSE by examining the mechanisms through which it impacts well‐being at work and outside of work. We challenge contingent self‐esteem (CSE) theory (Crocker & Park, 2004), which argues that …

  • Get active? A meta-analysis of leisure-time physical activity and subjective well-being

    Christopher W Wiese, Lauren Kuykendall et al.ARTICLEThe Journal of Positive Psychology2018

  • A Meta-Analysis of Gender Differences in Subjective Well-Being: Estimating Effect Sizes and Associations With Gender Inequality

    Open AccessCassondra Batz-Barbarich, Louis Tay et al.ARTICLEPsychological Science2018

    Despite global gender inequalities, findings on gender differences in subjective well-being have been inconsistent. We conducted a meta-analysis on gender differences in subjective well-being to account for the type of subjective-well-being measure, sampling variability, and levels of national gender inequality from which samples are gathered. Based on 281 effect sizes for life satisfaction ( N = 1,001,802) and 264 for job satisfaction ( N = 341,…

  • Too much of a good thing? Exploring the inverted‐U relationship between self‐control and happiness

    Open AccessChristopher W Wiese, Louis Tay et al.ARTICLEJournal of Personality2018

    Objective Can having too much self‐control make people unhappy? Researchers have increasingly questioned the unilateral goodness of self‐control and proposed that it is beneficial only up to a certain point, after which it becomes detrimental. The little empirical research on the issue shows mixed results. Hence, we tested whether a curvilinear relationship between self‐control and subjective well‐being exists. Method We used multiple metrics (qu…

  • Leisure engagement and subjective well-being: A meta-analysis

    Lauren Kuykendall, Louis Tay et al.ARTICLEPsychological Bulletin2015Cited by: 49

    Numerous studies show a link between leisure engagement and subjective well-being (SWB). Drawing on common experiential features of leisure, psychological need theories, and bottom-up models of SWB, we suggest that leisure engagement influences SWB via leisure satisfaction. We examine the proposed cross-sectional relations and mediation model using random-effects meta-analyses that include all available populations. To provide a stronger test of …