| Character strengths and virtues: A handbook and classification C Peterson Oxford University Press, 2004 | 16316 | 2004 |
| Positive psychology progress: empirical validation of interventions. MEP Seligman, TA Steen, N Park, C Peterson American psychologist 60 (5), 410, 2005 | 10807 | 2005 |
| Grit: perseverance and passion for long-term goals. AL Duckworth, C Peterson, MD Matthews, DR Kelly Journal of personality and social psychology 92 (6), 1087, 2007 | 10605 | 2007 |
| Strengths of character and well-being N Park, C Peterson, MEP Seligman Journal of social and Clinical Psychology 23 (5), 603-619, 2004 | 3648 | 2004 |
| The attributional style questionnaire C Peterson, A Semmel, C Von Baeyer, LY Abramson, GI Metalsky, ... Cognitive therapy and research 6 (3), 287-299, 1982 | 3405 | 1982 |
| The future of optimism. C Peterson American psychologist 55 (1), 44, 2000 | 3281 | 2000 |
| Causal explanations as a risk factor for depression: theory and evidence. C Peterson, ME Seligman Psychological review 91 (3), 347, 1984 | 3260 | 1984 |
| A primer in positive psychology C Peterson Oxford University Press, 2006 | 3133 | 2006 |
| Orientations to happiness and life satisfaction: The full life versus the empty life C Peterson, N Park, MEP Seligman Journal of happiness studies 6, 25-41, 2005 | 2751 | 2005 |
| Learned helplessness: A theory for the age of personal control C Peterson Oxford University Press, 1993 | 2625 | 1993 |
| Development, freedom, and rising happiness: A global perspective (1981–2007) R Inglehart, R Foa, C Peterson, C Welzel Perspectives on psychological science 3 (4), 264-285, 2008 | 1661 | 2008 |
| Pessimistic explanatory style is a risk factor for physical illness: a thirty-five-year longitudinal study. C Peterson, ME Seligman, GE Vaillant Journal of personality and social psychology 55 (1), 23, 1988 | 1403 | 1988 |
| Attributional style and depressive symptoms among children. MEP Seligman, NJ Kaslow, LB Alloy, C Peterson, RL Tanenbaum, ... Journal of abnormal psychology 93 (2), 235, 1984 | 1341 | 1984 |
| Strengths of character, orientations to happiness, and life satisfaction C Peterson, W Ruch, U Beermann, N Park, MEP Seligman The journal of positive psychology 2 (3), 149-156, 2007 | 1286 | 2007 |
| Moral competence and character strengths among adolescents: The development and validation of the Values in Action Inventory of Strengths for Youth N Park, C Peterson Journal of adolescence 29 (6), 891-909, 2006 | 1191 | 2006 |
| Shared virtue: The convergence of valued human strengths across culture and history K Dahlsgaard, C Peterson, MEP Seligman Review of general psychology 9 (3), 203-213, 2005 | 1173 | 2005 |
| Vitality [zest, enthusiasm, vigor, energy] C Peterson, MEP Seligman C. Peterson & MEP Seligman, Character strengths and virtues: A handbook and …, 2004 | 894 | 2004 |
| Character strengths in fifty-four nations and the fifty US states N Park, C Peterson, MEP Seligman The journal of positive psychology 1 (3), 118-129, 2006 | 867 | 2006 |
| Collective efficacy SJ Zaccaro Self-efficacy, adaptation, and adjustment/Springer US, 1995 | 844 | 1995 |
| Mental health promotion in public health: Perspectives and strategies from positive psychology R Kobau, MEP Seligman, C Peterson, ED Diener, MM Zack, D Chapman, ... American journal of public health 101 (8), e1-e9, 2011 | 750 | 2011 |
