GFS Contributing Authors
Associate Professor of Psychology
Michigan State University
William J. Chopik is Associate Professor of Psychology at Michigan State University, where he directs the Close Relationships Lab. His research examines how social relationships, personality, and contextual factors (biological, hormonal, geographic) shape health and wellbeing across the lifespan. He has published over 160 papers and received multiple early-career awards including the APS Rising Star Award and the 2024 Gerald R. Miller Award for Early Career Achievement.
Characterizing the childhood roots of adult sense of mastery across 22 countries in the global flourishing study
Scientific Reports · 2025
Mapping demographic variations in sense of mastery across the world a cross-national analysis of 22 countries in the global flourishing study
Scientific Reports · 2025