Motivation Science

Papers
(The TQCC of Motivation Science is 3. 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
Supplemental Material for Role of Contingency in Reward–Emotion Interactions During the Categorization of Emotional Facial Expressions108
Supplemental Material for Missing Out by Pursuing Rewarding Outcomes: Why Initial Biases Can Lead to Persistent Suboptimal Choices73
What is next for situated expectancy-value theory? A reply to our commentators.25
Supplemental Material for Pushing Reactance Theory: An Examination of the Reactance Process in the Context of Advice23
Supplemental Material for Measuring Subjective Mental Effort as an Aversive and Enjoyable Phenomenon23
Understanding aggression in adolescence by studying the neurobiological stress system: A systematic review.22
Aggressive motivation: An introduction and overview.21
Goal motives, mental contrasting with implementation intentions, and the self-regulation of saving goals: A longitudinal investigation.21
Dyadic motive fit: How individual differences in dyads’ motives predict performance and communication in joint action.19
Ramadan fasting as a goal-pursuit: Why people fast, and how motives affect their experience.19
Which insights can research on achievement motivation gain from network analysis? Comparing different network methods empirically.18
Supplemental Material for Leave to Fight Another Day: Having the Option to Switch Promotes a Persistence Trade-Off15
Supplemental Material for Episodic Binding of Approach–Avoidance Goals to Stimuli: On the Microgenesis of Stimulus-Motivated Action Tendencies to Approach and Avoid15
Emotional learning and psychopathic personality traits: The role of attentional focus and intention to learn.15
The force of craving: Approach movements relate to lateralized P3 amplitudes and sensation seeking.13
Does exposure to sedentary temptations activate physical activity goals? A high-powered replication study.13
The uncertainty-dissuasion model of reactance inhibition.13
Supplemental Material for Dyadic Motive Fit: How Individual Differences in Dyads’ Motives Predict Performance and Communication in Joint Action12
A mastery-oriented (and masterful) career: Some reflections on Carol Dweck’s legacy article.12
Using dynamic item response theory and machine learning based on natural language processing to improve the reliability of the Operant Motive Test.12
Self-regulatory processes in striving for identity goals: Self-incompleteness shields eco-friendly vegans from temptations.11
A fictional discussion between the late B. F. Skinner and Edwin A. Locke.10
Effort and motivation to characterize mental fatigue: Behavior and functional connectivity.9
Episodic binding of approach–avoidance goals to stimuli: On the microgenesis of stimulus-motivated action tendencies to approach and avoid.9
The legacies of the neuropsychology of anxiety for Reinforcement Sensitivity Theory.9
Supplemental Material for Peer’s Angry Expression Promotes Social Punishment in Group Unfairness9
Empowering change: A self-control perspective on how choice architecture interventions can promote sustainable behavior change.9
The homunculus in the room: A reply to Kunde and Janczyk (2024) and Hommel and Eder (2024).9
Supplemental Material for The Two Faces of Persistence: How Harmonious and Obsessive Passion Shape Goal Pursuit8
Congratulations, so happy for you! Promotion motivation predicts social support for positive events.8
Emotions, action tendencies, and the reinforcement sensitivity theory.8
It is time to stop using the terminology “passive” fatigue.8
Supplemental Material for Walking 100 Kilometers in 24 Hours: The Role of Motivational Profiles in Walkers’ Mental Experiences and Performance7
Supplemental Material for Metacognitive Awareness of Subjective Difficulty, Effort, and Frustration in Cognitive Conflict Contexts7
From feeling to doing in social dilemmas: Emotional and behavioral responses to climate change.7
Understanding the desire to play violent video games: An integrative motivational theory.7
Supplemental Material for Does Exposure to Sedentary Temptations Activate Physical Activity Goals? A High-Powered Replication Study6
Implications of psychological reactance for clinical practice in psychiatry including a systematic review.6
Latent profiles of high school academic intrinsic motivation: Relations to educational attainment, curiosity, and work and leadership motivation in adulthood.6
Supplemental Material for Goal Motives, Mental Contrasting With Implementation Intentions, and the Self-Regulation of Saving Goals: A Longitudinal Investigation6
Where are anxiety and personality in the brain?6
Effects of habit and intention on behavior: Meta-analysis and test of key moderators.6
Supplemental Material for Mentalizing in Reactance: A Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging Study of Freedom Threats6
Why motivation for adhering to COVID-19 measures matters: Investigating time-lagged associations with epidemiological indicators.6
Supplemental Material for The Differential Effects of Reward Prospect and Reward Reception: Dynamic Performance Adjustment Versus Stable Performance5
School context and academic engagement: A longitudinal study on the mediating effect of the motivational self system.5
Defeminizing sustainability: How to boost men’s motivation for proenvironmental behavior.5
Beyond counterarguing? Comparing multiple measures of cognitive resistance for psychological reactance using the avoidance, contesting, and empowering (ACE) resistance typology.5
Supplemental Material for Candidate Antecedents of Need Supportive and Need Thwarting Interpersonal Styles: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis5
Transtheoretical model technology-based interventions to improve health behaviors in veterans.5
Rebels for a reason: How psychological reactance is goal-directed.5
Supplemental Material for Motives and Mental Contrasting With Implementation Intentions Predict Progress and Management of Goals in Parents4
Cognitive mastery motivation antecedents of academic intrinsic motivation latent profiles: A longitudinal study from preschool to adolescence.4
On the nature, predictors, and outcomes of longitudinal work passion profiles.4
Expectancy, value, . . . And more.4
The cerebellum in aggression: Extending the cortico-limbic dual-route model of motivation and emotion.4
Supplemental Material for Motive-Modulated Attentional Orienting Is Shaped by Stimulus-Driven Learning: The Case of Dominance Cues and the Need for Power3
Supplemental Material for You Can(’t) Always Get What You Want: When Goal Persistence Requires Flexibility3
Placing motivation again at the heart of psychology: Commentary on Dweck’s contributions.3
Student attributions about interest-value shape academic decisions and recommendations.3
Candidate antecedents of need supportive and need thwarting interpersonal styles: A systematic review and meta-analysis.3
Role of contingency in reward–emotion interactions during the categorization of emotional facial expressions.3
The utility value of a broad, comprehensive theory of motivation.3
Measuring avoidance-related trait anger: American and Polish versions of the Avoidance Motivated Response to Anger Scale (AMRAS).3
Supplemental Material for Learning Contexts Matter: Having Value-Supportive Instructors Moderates the Efficacy of a Utility-Value Intervention in Community College Math3
Who suffers most from rejection? Negative affective contingencies in the affiliation domain.3
Metacognitive awareness of subjective difficulty, effort, and frustration in cognitive conflict contexts.3
Measuring subjective mental effort as an aversive and enjoyable phenomenon.3
Walking 100 kilometers in 24 hours: The role of motivational profiles in walkers’ mental experiences and performance.3
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