Academic Preparation Faculty Positions  Selected Awards or Honors Books Recent Selected Papers and Articles Recent Selected Lectures and Scientific Conference Presentations Recent Editorial Reviewer for Scientific Journals AD ACL  Editorial Boards Grants and Awards Recent Popular Press Attention Recent Radio and Television Work in Progress

Robert E. Thayer, Ph.D.
Professor of Psychology
California State University, Long Beach
Long Beach, CA 90840
Phone.: (562) 985-5026
FAX: (562) 985-8004;
e-mail: thayer@csulb.edu

ACADEMIC PREPARATION:

• B.A. University of Redlands
• Ph.D. University of Rochester

FACULTY POSITIONS:

• California State University, Long Beach Professor
• University of Rochester, Instructor
  

SELECTED AWARDS OR HONORS

• Smithsonian Lectures, Washington, D.C.
• Citation Classic Author. Classics are the most cited articles in the scientific literature
• Keynote Speaker, National Walk Week, 1987, National Press Club, Washington, D.C.
• Phi Beta Kappa Scholar of the Year, 1991
• CSULB Distinguished Faculty Scholarly and Creative Acheivemnt Award
• Honors Faculty, California State University, Long Beach, from 1986 to present

BOOKS

• Thayer, R. E. (2001; Paperback ed. 2003). Calm Energy: 
      How People Regulate Mood With Food and Exercise. 
  New York: Oxford University Press. Click here to see Table of Contents.
  Click here for more information about this book.
  
  
• Thayer, R. E. (1996; Paperback ed. 1997). The Origin of Everyday Moods.
  New York: Oxford University Press. Click here to see Table of Contents.

• Thayer, R. E. (1989; Paperback ed. 1989). The Biopsychology of Mood and Arousal.
  New York: Oxford University Press. Click here to see Table of Contents.
   
• Thayer, R. E. (1985).  Activation (Arousal): The Shift From a Single to a Multidimensional
  Perspective.  In J. Strelau, F. H. Farley, A. Gale (Eds.).  The Biological Bases of Personality
  and Behavior (Volume1) (pp 115-127).  Washington: Hemisphere.

SELECTED PAPERS AND ARTICLES

• Thayer, R. E. (2000). Mood Regulation and General Arousal Systems.
  Psychological Inquiry, 11, 202-204.
  
  
• Thayer, R. E. (2000). Mood. Encyclopedia of Psychology,
  Washington, D.C.: Oxford University Press and American Psychological Association.
  
  
• Thayer, R. E. (1998). The Origin of Everyday Moods.
  World Review, 3, 6-8.

• Thayer, R. E. (1996). Biorhythms and Blues.
  (London) Times, Sept. 6, 1996
  Click here for full article (PDF version - Acrobat Reader required).

• Thayer, R. E., Newman, J. R., & McClain, T. M. (1994). Self-Regulation of Mood: Strategies for Changing a Bad Mood, Raising Energy, and Reducing Tension.
  Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 67, 910-925.
  Click here for abstract.
  Click here for full article (PDF version - Acrobat Reader required).

• Thayer, R. E., Peters, D. P., Takahashi, P. J., & Birkhead-Flight, A. M. (1993). Mood and Behavior (Smoking and Sugar Snacking) Following Moderate Exercise: A Partial Test of Self-Regulation Theory.
  Personality and Individual Differences, 14, 97-104.
  Click here for abstract.
  Click here for full article (PDF version - Acrobat Reader required).

• Thayer, R. E. (1987a). Energy, Tiredness and Tension Effects of a Sugar Snack vs. Moderate Exercise.
  Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 52, 119-125.
  Click here for abstract.
  Click here for full article (PDF version - Acrobat Reader required)

• Thayer, R. E. (1987b). Problem Perception, Optimism, and Related States as a Function of Time of Day (Diurnal Rhythm), and Moderate Exercise: Two Arousal States in Interaction.
  Motivation and Emotion, 11, 19-36.
  Click here for abstract. 
  Click here for full article (PDF version - Acrobat Reader required)
   
• Thayer, R. E. (1886).  Activation-Deactivation Adjective Check List: Current Overview and Structural Analysis.
  Psychological Reports, 58, 607-614. Click here for abstract.
   
• Thayer, R. E. (1978).  Toward a psychological theory of multidimensional activation (arousal).
  Motivation and Emotion, 2, 1-34. Click here for abstract.
   
• Hsiao, E. T. & Thayer, R. E. (1998).  Exercising for Mood Regulation: The Importance of Experience.
  Personality and Individual Differences, 24, 829-836. Click here for abstract.
   
• (Many other articles as well.)

RECENT SELECTED LECTURES AND SCIENTIFIC CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS
 

• Thayer, R. E. (2005).  Keynote Address: Moods as Delicate Barometers of Body and Mind:
  Origins and Self-Regulation.
  Nurse Practitioners Association Continuing Education (NPACE), Boston.
   
• Thayer, R. E. (1998). The Origin of Everyday Moods.
  The Interaction of Energy and Tension.
  Mood Management and Self-Regulation.
  Smithsonian Associates.
  The Smithsonian Institution. (Washington, D.C.)
   
• Thayer, R. E., Jennings, A. B. (Project Coordinator), Willis, A. M., Schipper, A.,
  Angquico, V. K., & Verma, A. P. (2006).
  Relationships of Amount of Daily Walking, Mood, Diet, and Sleep
  American Psychological Society, New York, NY.  Click here for paper.
   
• Thayer, R. E., Biakanja, L., O'Hanian, P., Sorrell, K. A. T., Balasanian, A.,
  Clemens, A. S., & Fasi, J. O. (2005).
  Amount of Daily Walking Predicts Energy, Mood, Personality, and Health
  American Psychological Association, Washington, DC.  Click here for paper.
   
• Thayer, R. E., Godes, O., Lobato, N. E., Youpa, M., & Cecil, C. (2004). 
  Walking More Each Day Elevates Mood, Especially Energy, a Central Mood Element.
  16^th Annual American Psychological Society, Chicago.  Click here for paper.
   
• Thayer, R. E., Godes, O., Lobato, N. E., Serrano, M, Hernandez, J., & Culver, S. (2003).
  Walking, Energy, and Mood are Interrelated: An Important Health Indication.
  American Psychological Association, Toronto.  Click here for paper.
   
• Thayer, R. E. (1997). Self-Regulation of Mood, Time of Day, and Personality.
  International Society for the Study of Individual Differences, Aarhus, Denmark.

• Thayer, R. E. (1994). Basic Mood Dimensions at the Conjunction of Psychology and Biology.
  American Psychological Association, Los Angeles.

• Thayer, R. E. (1993). Fatigue as Mood.
  American Psychological Association, Toronto.

• Thayer, R. E. (1993). General Cognitive Perspectives as a Function of Energetic and Tense Arousal.
  International Society for the Study of Individual Differences, MD

• Thayer, R. E. (1992). Moderate Exercise and Mood: An Elemental Biological Linkage.
  American Psychological Association, Washington, D.C. (Additionally, several dozen more presentations)

AD ACL, Click here for more information about AD ACL.

RECENT EDITORIAL REVIEWER FOR FOLLOWING SCIENTIFIC JOURNALS
Psychological Review; Psychological Bulletin; Personality and Individual Differences; Journal of Personality and Social Psychology; European Journal of Personality; Psychological Reports; Psychopharmacology; Motivation and Emotion; Cognition and Emotion; Encyclopedia of Human Biology; British Journal of Clinical Psychology; Appetite; Anxiety, Stress, and Coping; Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin

EDITORIAL BOARDS
Review of Personality and Social Psychology: Emotion (American Psychological Association); Review of Personality and Social Psychology: Emotion and Social Behavior (American Psychological Association); Silver Sports (Advisory Board)

GRANTS AND AWARDS
National Institute of Mental Health Grant (not currently active) Studies of controlled self-reports of activation. (Additionally, many other local grants)

RECENT POPULAR PRESS ATTENTION
Consumer Reports on Health (two issues); Weight Watchers (two issues); Health; New Scientist; USA Today (Front page, two issues); Vogue; Psychology Today (three issues); Physician and Sports Medicine; Prevention Magazine (multiple issues); Los Angeles Times (three issues); UPI and Washington Post News Service (three times); Reader's Digest (three issues); Newsday (two issues); Cosmopolitan (three issues); Men's Health (three issues); Self; Health Action; Allure; Barron's; American Health; Shape (multiple issues); Saturday Evening Post; Glamour (multiple issues); Washington Post (two issues); McCalls (three issues); Family Circle; Women's World; Natural Health; Cooking Light; Brain-Mind Bulletin; Woman's Day; Marie Claire; Walking; Jump; Working Mother; Fitness; USA Weekend (two issues, including: "Most Energetic Couple in America").  (Thayer's scientific theories and research findings were discussed in hundreds of separate newspaper and magazine articles between 1987 and the present.)

See extended description of important elements of Thayer's theories and research in: 
Inside CSULB
http://www.csulb.edu/misc/inside/archives/vol_58_no_4/1.htm
Bottom Line Secrets
http://bottomlinesecrets.com 
San Francisco Chronicle
http://www.sfgate.com
Shape Magazine
http://www.csulb.edu/~psych/deptinfo/faculty/thayer/shape3.htm
Shape (Editor-in-Chief)
http://www.csulb.edu/~thayer/ShapeEditor-in-Chief.pdf
Spiritually & Health
http://www.csulb.edu/~psych/deptinfo/faculty/thayer/spirit.htm
Weight Watchers
http://www.csulb.edu/~psych/deptinfo/faculty/thayer/watchers.htm
MS Focus
http://www.csulb.edu/~thayer/MS_Focus.pdf
Personal Trainer System
http://www.cures4mod.com/energytension.htm

Click here (Factiva search) for a sample of brief excerpts from eighty articles about Robert Thayer from some of the newspapers and magazines that have covered his work.  Each excerpt is taken from a larger article in which the theme is more elaborated.

RECENT RADIO AND TELEVISION
Multiple appearances in New York, Chicago, Los Angeles, San Francisco, San Diego and many other cities. For example, four appearances on National Public Radio; The Osgood File; CBS Health Minute; David Broncochio's Market Place; Voice of America.
(For example, in 1998 Thayer participated in 14 one-hour radio interviews concerning mood on radio stations across the country, a number of which are nationally syndicated.)

WORK IN PROGRESS

• Analysis of circadian (diurnal) energy rhythms as a function of various individual differences such as morningness, gender, and age. This is empirical research that focuses on an important biological cycle that influences each person every day. It expands upon my analyses of such cycles in earlier studies, and in my three books: The Biopsychology of Mood and Arousal, The Origin of Everyday Moods, and Calm Energy: How People Regulate Mood with Food and Exercise.
  
• Studies of the relationship between mood and the amount of walking each day.

RECENT MASTERS THESIS:

• Personal Characteristics Affecting Mood-Regulation Strategy Use (Michael T. Rothman) 
  Click here for abstract
• Development of a Tense-Tiredness Index as a Predictive Scale for Depression (Janice E. Johnson) 
  Click here for abstract
• The Effect of Different Levels of Rhythmic Movement Set to Music on Tension Reduction and Energy Increase: Mood Alterations during Jazzercise Classes (Joaquin Castro)
  In Progress
• Music and Emotional Intelligence As Components of Mood Self-Regulation (Donna Throgmorton)
  In Progress