Brenda Major

Brenda Major

University of California, Santa Barbara

H-index: 101

North America-United States

About Brenda Major

Brenda Major, With an exceptional h-index of 101 and a recent h-index of 60 (since 2020), a distinguished researcher at University of California, Santa Barbara, specializes in the field of fairness, diversity, stigma, resilience, coping with stress.

His recent articles reflect a diverse array of research interests and contributions to the field:

Was that discrimination? Perceptions of bisexual people’s relative status inform attributions of discrimination

Correcting the scientific record on abortion and mental health outcomes

Examining the effects of genetic ancestry information on appraisals of contested racial identities.

Discrimination and perceived cultural mismatch increase status-based identity uncertainty

Sleep, emotions, and sense of belonging: A daily experience study

Diversity initiatives and White Americans’ perceptions of racial victimhood

Making Diversity Work for Everybody? The Double-Edged Sword of All-Inclusive Diversity (vol 22, 01461672211047016, 2021)(Retraction of October, art no 01461672211047016, 2021)

38 The Accidental Social Psychologist

Brenda Major Information

University

Position

Professor Department of Psychology

Citations(all)

56117

Citations(since 2020)

15842

Cited By

45175

hIndex(all)

101

hIndex(since 2020)

60

i10Index(all)

178

i10Index(since 2020)

146

Email

University Profile Page

University of California, Santa Barbara

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Brenda Major Skills & Research Interests

fairness

diversity

stigma

resilience

coping with stress

Top articles of Brenda Major

Title

Journal

Author(s)

Publication Date

Was that discrimination? Perceptions of bisexual people’s relative status inform attributions of discrimination

Group Processes & Intergroup Relations

Elizabeth A Quinn-Jensen

Sara E Burke

Brenda Major

Zoe Liberman

2024/2/1

Correcting the scientific record on abortion and mental health outcomes

bmj

Julia H Littell

Kathryn M Abel

M Antonia Biggs

Robert W Blum

Diana Greene Foster

...

2024/2/27

Examining the effects of genetic ancestry information on appraisals of contested racial identities.

Cultural diversity and ethnic minority psychology

Zoey Eddy

Payton A Small

Diego Padilla-Garcia

Brenda Major

2023/11/2

Discrimination and perceived cultural mismatch increase status-based identity uncertainty

Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin

Sierra H Feasel

Tessa L Dover

Payton A Small

Brenda Major

2023/4/7

Sleep, emotions, and sense of belonging: A daily experience study

Affective Science

Paige E Harris

Amie M Gordon

Tessa L Dover

Payton A Small

Nancy L Collins

...

2022/6

Diversity initiatives and White Americans’ perceptions of racial victimhood

Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin

Cheryl R Kaiser

Tessa L Dover

Payton Small

Gary Xia

Laura M Brady

...

2022/6

Making Diversity Work for Everybody? The Double-Edged Sword of All-Inclusive Diversity (vol 22, 01461672211047016, 2021)(Retraction of October, art no 01461672211047016, 2021)

Payton A Small

Brenda Major

Cheryl Kaiser

2022/3/22

38 The Accidental Social Psychologist

Pillars of Social Psychology: Stories and Retrospectives

Brenda Major

2022/9/15

Motives matter: White instructors’ external race-based motives undermine trust and belonging for Black college students.

Cultural diversity and ethnic minority psychology

Jonathan W Kunstman

Christina B Fitzpatrick

Ryan Moreno

Michael J Bernstein

Kurt Hugenberg

...

2022/1

Effects of discrimination versus self-blame attributions on health: A longitudinal study.

Stigma and Health

Sierra H Feasel

Tessa L Dover

Payton A Small

Brenda Major

2022/8

Motivational processes of the relationship between weight stigma and physical activity: a comparison between France and Mexico

International Journal of Sport and Exercise Psychology

Ahuitz Rojas-Sánchez

Philippe Sarrazin

Gwénaëlle Joët

Brenda Major

Aïna Chalabaev

2022/7/4

Retraction Notice

Open Journal of Social Sciences (JSS)

Michael Galea

Josianne Scerri

Paulann Grech

Alexei Sammut

Daniela Calleja Bitar

...

2021

Latinx identity and intersectional responses to stigma.

Cultural Diversity and Ethnic Minority Psychology

Alyssa M Glace

Tessa L Dover

Brenda Major

2021/10

Crossing the racial line: The fluidity vs. fixedness of racial identity

Self and Identity

Payton A Small

Brenda Major

2021/7/4

Cardiovascular, behavioral, and psychological responses to organizational prodiversity messages among racial/ethnic minorities

Group Processes & Intergroup Relations

Tessa L Dover

Brenda Major

Cheryl R Kaiser

2021/12

The countervailing effects of weight stigma on weight-loss motivation and perceived capacity for weight control

Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin

Brenda Major

Joanne A Rathbone

Alison Blodorn

Jeffrey M Hunger

2020/9

Discrimination, health, and the costs and benefits of believing in system fairness.

Health Psychology

Tessa L Dover

Brenda Major

Alyssa M Glace

2020/3

Mixed signals: The unintended effects of diversity initiatives

Social Issues and Policy Review

Tessa L Dover

Cheryl R Kaiser

Brenda Major

2020/1

Anticipated and experienced ethnic/racial discrimination and sleep: a longitudinal study

Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin

Amie M Gordon

Aric A Prather

Tessa Dover

Kathy Espino-Pérez

Payton Small

...

2020/12

Health consequences of prejudice and discrimination

Tessa L Dover

Jeffrey M Hunger

Brenda Major

2020

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Co-Authors

H-index: 107
Brian Nosek

Brian Nosek

University of Virginia

H-index: 42
Cheryl Kaiser

Cheryl Kaiser

University of Washington

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