| Defensive pessimism: harnessing anxiety as motivation. JK Norem, N Cantor Journal of personality and social psychology 51 (6), 1208, 1986 | 1225 | 1986 |
| Life tasks, self-concept ideals, and cognitive strategies in a life transition. N Cantor, JK Norem, PM Niedenthal, CA Langston, AM Brower Journal of personality and social psychology 53 (6), 1178, 1987 | 778 | 1987 |
| Anticipatory and post hoc cushioning strategies: Optimism and defensive pessimism in “risky” situations JK Norem, N Cantor Cognitive therapy and research 10, 347-362, 1986 | 546 | 1986 |
| The positive psychology of negative thinking JK Norem, EC Chang Journal of clinical psychology 58 (9), 993-1001, 2002 | 465 | 2002 |
| Strategy-dependent effects of reflecting on self and tasks: Some implications of optimism and defensive pessimism. JK Norem, KS Illingworth Journal of personality and Social Psychology 65 (4), 822, 1993 | 397 | 1993 |
| Life tasks and daily life experience N Cantor, J Norem, C Langston, S Zirkel, W Fleeson, C Cook‐Flannagan Journal of personality 59 (3), 425-451, 1991 | 361 | 1991 |
| Defensive pessimism, optimism, and pessimism. JK Norem American Psychological Association, 2001 | 360 | 2001 |
| The positive power of negative thinking J Norem Basic Books, 2008 | 348 | 2008 |
| Defensive pessimism and stress and coping N Cantor, JK Norem Social cognition 7 (2), 92-112, 1989 | 338 | 1989 |
| Naturalizing the self. RW Robins The Guilford Press, 2021 | 232 | 2021 |
| Reflection and distraction defensive pessimism, strategic optimism, and performance SM Spencer, JK Norem Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin 22 (4), 354-365, 1996 | 200 | 1996 |
| Cognitive strategies as personality: Effectiveness, specificity, flexibility, and change JK Norem Personality psychology: Recent trends and emerging directions, 45-60, 1989 | 150 | 1989 |
| Defensive pessimism, anxiety, and the complexity of evaluating self‐regulation JK Norem Social and Personality Psychology Compass 2 (1), 121-134, 2008 | 111 | 2008 |
| A very full glass: Adding complexity to our thinking about the implications and applications of optimism and pessimism research. JK Norem, EC Chang American Psychological Association, 2001 | 97 | 2001 |
| Mood and performance among defensive pessimists and strategic optimists JK Norem, KSS Illingworth Journal of Research in Personality 38 (4), 351-366, 2004 | 92 | 2004 |
| Cognitive strategies, coping, and perceptions of competence. JK Norem, N Cantor Yale University Press, 1990 | 81 | 1990 |
| Why should we lower our defenses about defense mechanisms? JK Norem Journal of Personality 66 (6), 895-917, 1998 | 48 | 1998 |
| Holistic thinkers anchor less: Exploring the roles of self-construal and thinking styles in anchoring susceptibility NN Cheek, JK Norem Personality and Individual Differences 115, 174-176, 2017 | 46 | 2017 |
| Defensive pessimism as a positive self-critical tool. JK Norem American Psychological Association, 2008 | 44 | 2008 |
| The gender and psychology reader B Clinchy, JK Norem NYU Press, 1998 | 38 | 1998 |
