Lara Aknin

Lara Aknin

Simon Fraser University

H-index: 37

North America-Canada

About Lara Aknin

Lara Aknin, With an exceptional h-index of 37 and a recent h-index of 35 (since 2020), a distinguished researcher at Simon Fraser University, specializes in the field of Happiness, prosocial behavior, money, well-being.

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

People are surprisingly hesitant to reach out to old friends

Starting and sustaining fruitful collaborations in psychology

Happiness and age: summary

Are real-world prosociality programs associated with greater psychological well-being in primary school-aged children?

Prosocial behavior promotes positive emotion during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Can repeated and reflective prosocial experiences in sport increase generosity in adolescent athletes?

Let’s give together: Can collaborative giving boost generosity?

Revising Policy to Reflect Our Better Nature

Lara Aknin Information

University

Position

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Citations(all)

10131

Citations(since 2020)

6474

Cited By

5530

hIndex(all)

37

hIndex(since 2020)

35

i10Index(all)

55

i10Index(since 2020)

53

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Simon Fraser University

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Lara Aknin Skills & Research Interests

Happiness

prosocial behavior

money

well-being

Top articles of Lara Aknin

Title

Journal

Author(s)

Publication Date

People are surprisingly hesitant to reach out to old friends

Communications Psychology

Lara B Aknin

Gillian M Sandstrom

2024/4/23

Starting and sustaining fruitful collaborations in psychology

Lora E Park

Lara B Aknin

Sarah E Gaither

Emily A Impett

Ashley V Whillans

2024/4

Happiness and age: summary

JF Helliwell

R Layard

JD Sachs

JE De Neve

LB Aknin

...

2024/3/20

Are real-world prosociality programs associated with greater psychological well-being in primary school-aged children?

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health

Jason DE Proulx

Julia W Van de Vondervoort

J Kiley Hamlin

John F Helliwell

Lara B Aknin

2023/3/1

Prosocial behavior promotes positive emotion during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Emotion

Mohith M Varma

Danni Chen

Xuanyi Lin

Lara B Aknin

Xiaoqing Hu

2023/3

Can repeated and reflective prosocial experiences in sport increase generosity in adolescent athletes?

The Journal of Positive Psychology

Jason DE Proulx

Lucía Macchia

Lara B Aknin

2023/2/23

Let’s give together: Can collaborative giving boost generosity?

Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly

Jason DE Proulx

Lara B Aknin

Alixandra Barasch

2023/2

Revising Policy to Reflect Our Better Nature

Human Flourishing

Lara B Aknin

2023

Reaching out, practice intervention

Gillian Sandstrom

Lara Aknin

2023/11/14

Policy stringency and mental health during the COVID-19 pandemic: a longitudinal analysis of data from 15 countries

The Lancet Public Health

Lara B Aknin

Bernardo Andretti

Rafael Goldszmidt

John F Helliwell

Anna Petherick

...

2022/5/1

The Lancet Commission on lessons for the future from the COVID-19 pandemic

Jeffrey D Sachs

Salim S Abdool Karim

Lara Aknin

Joseph Allen

Kirsten Brosbøl

...

2022/10/8

Which features of prosocial spending recollections predict post-recall happiness? A pre-registered investigation

Collabra: Psychology

Tiara A Cash

Lara B Aknin

Jason DE Proulx

2022/4/13

" Does helping promote well-being in at-risk youth and ex-offender samples": Corrigendum.

Katherine B Hanniball

Lara B Aknin

Kevin S Douglas

Jodi L Viljoen

2022/7

Corrigendum to “Does helping promote well-being in at-risk youth and ex-offender samples?”[Volume 82, Pages 307–317]

Journal of Experimental Social Psychology

Katherine B Hanniball

Lara B Aknin

Kevin S Douglas

Jodi L Viljoen

2022/7/1

Mental health during the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic: A review and recommendations for moving forward

Lara B Aknin

Jan-Emmanuel De Neve

Elizabeth W Dunn

Daisy E Fancourt

Elkhonon Goldberg

...

2022/7

Communicating Psychological Science: Why You Should Write an Op-Ed—and How to Start

APS Observer

Lara B Aknin

Elizabeth W Dunn

2022/6/30

The emotional rewards of prosocial spending are robust and replicable in large samples

Lara B Aknin

Elizabeth W Dunn

Ashley V Whillans

2022/12

Well-being analysis favours a virus-elimination strategy for COVID-19

John F Helliwell

Max B Norton

Shun Wang

Lara B Aknin

Haifang Huang

2021/8/2

Recognizing the impact of COVID-19 on the poor alters attitudes towards poverty and inequality

Journal of experimental social psychology

Dylan Wiwad

Brett Mercier

Paul K Piff

Azim Shariff

Lara B Aknin

2021/3/1

The neurological consequences of contracting COVID-19

Acta Neuropsychologica

Lara B Aknin

Jan Emmanuel De Neve

Elizabeth W Dunn

Daisy E Fancourt

Elkhonon Goldberg

...

2021

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