Motivation and Emotion

Papers
(The H4-Index of Motivation and Emotion is 16. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 250 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2022-05-01 to 2026-05-01.)
ArticleCitations
Pursuit of emotional satisfaction leads to increased risk taking in final decisions41
Painfully bored: the role of negative urgency and history of Non-Suicidal Self-Injury in Self-Administering painful stimuli36
The interpersonal correlates of believing emotions are controllable24
Lay beliefs about boredom: A mixed-methods investigation23
Perceptions of low self-control undermine interpersonal cooperation22
Environmental motivation as a complex dynamic system21
Parent–child relationships and depressive symptom among Chinese college students: the mediating role of psychological needs satisfaction and the moderating role of mindfulness21
The relationship between autonomous and controlled motivation and eating behaviors: examining the roles of self-regulating eating quality and quantity18
Emotion-regulation strategy use and commitment to a performance goal: the role of reappraisal tactics18
Valuing negative affect weakens affect-health linkages: similarities and differences across affect valuation measures17
“Pandemic stress made him do it!”: COVID-19-related threat predicts vicarious justification for assaulting Chinese men—especially those with strong ethnic identity17
Toward the science of message design approach [emotional appeals version]: The combined effects of anticipated pride appeals and descriptive norm information embedded in messages on behavioral intenti17
How first-year students manage their action crises and motivation to build their learner identity: a look into the critical moment of goal disengagement17
Better off without? Benefits and costs of resolving goal conflict through goal shelving and goal disengagement16
Social dynamics in interpersonal emotion regulation: A theoretical framework for understanding direct and indirect other-based processes16
Forecasters overestimate the effect of meaningful and stimulating activities on feelings of felt boredom but underestimate their perceived effectiveness16
How to avoid collapse after one setback: developmental feedback alleviates the spillover negative impact of competence frustration16
Different functions of physical effort in physical activity and sports: a scoping review of the value of physical effort16
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