James J. Gross
· Professor of PsychologyStanford University · Human Biology
Active 1955–2026
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About
James J. Gross is a professor in the Department of Psychology at Stanford University. His research focuses on understanding the processes of emotion regulation and how individuals manage their emotional responses. Gross's work has contributed significantly to the field of psychology by elucidating mechanisms underlying emotional control and developing models that describe how people regulate their feelings in various contexts. His expertise and research have advanced knowledge in emotional processes and regulation strategies, making him a key figure in the study of human emotional functioning.
Research topics
- Computer Science
- Psychology
- Social psychology
- Medicine
- Cognitive psychology
- Political Science
- Clinical psychology
- Developmental psychology
- Sociology
- Psychiatry
Selected publications
Emotion · 2020 · 849 citations
Senior authorCorrespondingEmotion regulation (ER) refers to attempts to influence emotions in ourselves or others. Over the past several decades, ER has become a popular topic across many subdisciplines within psychology. One framework that has helped to organize work on ER is the process model of ER, which distinguishes 5 families of strategies defined by when they impact the emotion generation process. The process model embeds these ER strategies in stages in which a need for regulation is identified, a strategy is sel…
Using large language models in psychology
Nature Reviews Psychology · 2023 · 300 citations
Parental Burnout Around the Globe: a 42-Country Study
Affective Science · 2021 · 292 citations
Trends in Cognitive Sciences · 2020 · 289 citations
Senior authorCorrespondingMegastudies improve the impact of applied behavioural science
Nature · 2021 · 254 citations
Recent grants
NIH · $421k · 2015
NIH · $2.4M · 2009
Reducing Intergroup Conflict Using a Belief Manipulation
NSF · $426k · 2013–2017
Frequent coauthors
- 124 shared
Philippe R. Goldin
Rutgers Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights
- 110 shared
Amit Goldenberg
Harvard University Press
- 101 shared
Amit Etkin
- 83 shared
Booil Jo
Stanford University
- 82 shared
Gregory A. Fonzo
Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies
- 81 shared
Yevgeniya V. Zaiko
VA Palo Alto Health Care System
- 81 shared
Steven E. Lindley
Stanford University
- 81 shared
Allison L. Thompson
Stanford University
Education
- 1990
Ph.D., Human Biology
Stanford University
- 1985
M.S., Human Biology
University of California, Berkeley
- 1983
B.A., Human Biology
University of California, Berkeley
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