| Why does social exclusion hurt? The relationship between social and physical pain. G MacDonald, MR Leary Psychological bulletin 131 (2), 202, 2005 | 2689 | 2005 |
| Acetaminophen reduces social pain: Behavioral and neural evidence CN DeWall, G MacDonald, GD Webster, CL Masten, RF Baumeister, ... Psychological science 21 (7), 931-937, 2010 | 757 | 2010 |
| Individual Differences in Self-Esteem: A Review and Theoretical Integration MR Leary Handbook of self and identity/Guilford Press, 2003 | 547 | 2003 |
| Through the looking glass darkly? When self-doubts turn into relationship insecurities. SL Murray, JG Holmes, G MacDonald, PC Ellsworth Journal of personality and social psychology 75 (6), 1459, 1998 | 514 | 1998 |
| Proposal of a four-dimensional model of social response. PR Nail, G MacDonald, DA Levy Psychological Bulletin 126 (3), 454, 2000 | 314 | 2000 |
| Alcohol, sexual arousal, and intentions to use condoms in young men: applying alcohol myopia theory to risky sexual behavior. TK MacDonald, G MacDonald, MP Zanna, G Fong Health Psychology 19 (3), 290, 2000 | 309 | 2000 |
| Machine learning uncovers the most robust self-report predictors of relationship quality across 43 longitudinal couples studies S Joel, PW Eastwick, CJ Allison, XB Arriaga, ZG Baker, E Bar-Kalifa, ... Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 117 (32), 19061-19071, 2020 | 286 | 2020 |
| Settling for less out of fear of being single. SS Spielmann, G MacDonald, JA Maxwell, S Joel, D Peragine, A Muise, ... Journal of personality and social psychology 105 (6), 1049, 2013 | 284 | 2013 |
| Empathy gaps for social pain: why people underestimate the pain of social suffering. LF Nordgren, K Banas, G MacDonald Journal of personality and social psychology 100 (1), 120, 2011 | 248 | 2011 |
| An update of the empirical case for the need to belong J Gere, G MacDonald Journal of individual psychology 66 (1), 93-115, 2010 | 242 | 2010 |
| Individual differences in self-esteem G MacDonald, MR Leary Handbook of self and identity 2, 354-377, 2012 | 196 | 2012 |
| Social approval and trait self-esteem G MacDonald, JL Saltzman, MR Leary Journal of research in personality 37 (2), 23-40, 2003 | 191 | 2003 |
| The things you do for me: Perceptions of a romantic partner’s investments promote gratitude and commitment S Joel, AM Gordon, EA Impett, G MacDonald, D Keltner Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin 39 (10), 1333-1345, 2013 | 170 | 2013 |
| Adding insult to injury: Social pain theory and response to social exclusion G MacDonald, R Kingsbury, S Shaw The social outcast, 77-90, 2013 | 152 | 2013 |
| Conflicting pressures on romantic relationship commitment for anxiously attached individuals S Joel, G MacDonald, A Shimotomai Journal of personality 79 (1), 51-74, 2011 | 134 | 2011 |
| Does physical pain augment anxious attachment? G MacDonald, R Kingsbury Journal of Social and Personal Relationships 23 (2), 291-304, 2006 | 123 | 2006 |
| Saying “thank you”: Partners’ expressions of gratitude protect relationship satisfaction and commitment from the harmful effects of attachment insecurity. Y Park, EA Impett, G MacDonald, EP Lemay Jr Journal of personality and social psychology 117 (4), 773, 2019 | 114 | 2019 |
| On the rebound: Focusing on someone new helps anxiously attached individuals let go of ex-partners SS Spielmann, G Macdonald, AE Wilson Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin 35 (10), 1382-1394, 2009 | 112 | 2009 |
| How implicit theories of sexuality shape sexual and relationship well-being. JA Maxwell, A Muise, G MacDonald, LC Day, NO Rosen, EA Impett Journal of Personality and Social Psychology 112 (2), 238, 2017 | 110 | 2017 |
| Social pain: Neuropsychological and health implications of loss and exclusion. GE MacDonald, LA Jensen-Campbell American Psychological Association, 2011 | 105 | 2011 |
