Publications
2024
Nguyen, T. T., & Rodriguez, M. (Under review). Deconstructing Solitude and its Effects on Well-Being. https://doi.org/10.31234/osf.io/47ach.
Nguyen, T. T., Konu, D., Tetteh, D., Tshimbalanga, P., Weissová, J., & Xiong, M. (Under review). “I got all sorts of solitude, but that solitude wasn’t mine”: A Mixed-Methods Approach to Understanding Aloneness during Becoming A Mother. Doi: https://doi.org/10.31219/osf.io/m67k2.
Nguyen, T. T., Konu, D., Forbes, S. (2024). Investigating solitude as tool for downregulation of daily arousal using Ecological Momentary Assessments. Registered Report at Journal of Personality.
Doi: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/jopy.12939.
2023
Weinstein, N., Adams, M., Voure, M., Nguyen, T. T. (2023). Balance Between Daily Solitude and Socializing May Reflect Time or Motivation for Being Alone. Scientific Reports. Doi: https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.20764942.v1.
Nguyen, T. T., Taylor-Bower, E., & Yau, K. (Unpublished preprint). Solitude in Context: A Systematic Review of How Social Norms and Physical Environment Shape Perceptions of Solitary Experiences. PsyArXiv. Doi: https://doi.org/10.31234/osf.io/xb8gd.
Weinstein, N., Hansen, H., & Nguyen, T. T. (2023). Who feels good in solitude? A qualitative analysis of the personality and mindset factors relating to well‐being when alone. European Journal of Social Psychology, 53(7), 1443-1457. Doi: https://doi.org/10.1002/ejsp.2983.
Zhou, T., Liao, L., Nguyen, T. T., Li, D., & Liu, J. (2023) Solitude Profiles and Psychological Adjustment in Chinese Late Adolescence: A Person-centered Research. Frontiers in Psychiatry. Doi: https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyt.2023.1173441.
Jones, L., Nguyen, T. T., Thomas, V., Weinstein, N., Qualter, P., Hewings, R., Smith, M., & Cseh, G. (2023). Positive Connections and Solitude: Contribution to Loneliness Interventions and Policy Development [White paper]. Centre for Positive Psychology, Buckinghamshire New University. https://bnu.repository.guildhe.ac.uk/id/eprint/18763/1/18763_Sims_Nguyen_Smith_Cesh.pdf.
2022
Weinstein, N. Hansen, H., Nguyen, T. T., (2022). Definitions of Solitude in Everyday Life. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin. Doi: https://doi.org/10.1177/01461672221115941.
Nguyen, T. T., Weinstein, N., & Ryan, R. M. (2022). Who enjoys solitude? autonomous functioning (but not introversion) predicts self-determined motivation (but not preference) for solitude. Plos one, 17(5), Doi: https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0267185.
Nguyen, T. T., Weinstein, N., & Deci, E. L. (2022) The Motivation to Do Nothing When Alone: Autonomy as Driver of Emotions and Diversion Behaviors in Solitude. Collabra: Psychology. Doi: https://doi.org/10.1525/collabra.31629.
Nguyen, T. T., Weinstein, N., Ryan, R. M. (2022). The Possibilities of Aloneness and Solitude: Developing an Understanding Framed through the Lens of Human Motivation and Needs. In R. J. Coplan, J. C. Bowker, L. Nelson (Eds), Handbook of Solitude: Psychological Perspectives on Social Isolation, Social Withdrawal, and Being Alone (2nd edition). Wiley-Blackwell Press. Doi: https://osf.io/preprints/psyarxiv/hg9as
2018 - 2021
Weinstein, N., Nguyen, T. T., & Hansen, H. (2021). What Time Alone Offers: Narratives of Solitude From Adolescence to Older Adulthood. Frontiers in Psychology, 12:714518. Doi: https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2021.714518.
Weinstein, N., Nguyen, T. T. (2020). Motivation and Preference in Isolation: A test of their different influences on responses to self-isolation during the COVID-19 outbreak. Registered Report accepted for publication at Royal Society: Open Science. Doi: https://doi.org/10.1098/rsos.200458.
Nguyen, T. T., Werner, K. M., & Soenens, B. (2019) Embracing me-time: Motivation for solitude during transition to college. Motivation and Emotion. Doi: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11031-019-09759-9.
Nguyen, T. T., Ryan, R. M., & Deci, E. L. (2018). Solitude as an approach to affective self-Regulation. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 44(1), 92-106. Doi: https://doi.org/10.1177/0146167217733073.