Motivation Science

Papers
(The TQCC of Motivation Science is 4. 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 2021-05-01 to 2025-05-01.)
ArticleCitations
Supplemental Material for Role of Contingency in Reward–Emotion Interactions During the Categorization of Emotional Facial Expressions179
What is next for situated expectancy-value theory? A reply to our commentators.51
Self-determination theory shows that free will matters.40
What makes people want more self-control: A duo of deficiency and necessity.22
Aggressive motivation: An introduction and overview.21
Understanding aggression in adolescence by studying the neurobiological stress system: A systematic review.21
Ramadan fasting as a goal-pursuit: Why people fast, and how motives affect their experience.20
Supplemental Material for Missing Out by Pursuing Rewarding Outcomes: Why Initial Biases Can Lead to Persistent Suboptimal Choices19
Batson on prosocial motivation. Commentary on Batson (2022).18
Supplemental Material for Pushing Reactance Theory: An Examination of the Reactance Process in the Context of Advice18
Supplemental Material for Measuring Subjective Mental Effort as an Aversive and Enjoyable Phenomenon18
Does exposure to sedentary temptations activate physical activity goals? A high-powered replication study.15
Goal motives, mental contrasting with implementation intentions, and the self-regulation of saving goals: A longitudinal investigation.15
Supplemental Material for Leave to Fight Another Day: Having the Option to Switch Promotes a Persistence Trade-Off14
Supplemental Material for Episodic Binding of Approach–Avoidance Goals to Stimuli: On the Microgenesis of Stimulus-Motivated Action Tendencies to Approach and Avoid14
Supplemental Material for Motive-Modulated Attentional Orienting: Implicit Power Motive Predicts Attentional Avoidance of Signals of Interpersonal Dominance14
What to say to round up more donors, or bigger donations.12
A mastery-oriented (and masterful) career: Some reflections on Carol Dweck’s legacy article.12
The force of craving: Approach movements relate to lateralized P3 amplitudes and sensation seeking.12
Using dynamic item response theory and machine learning based on natural language processing to improve the reliability of the Operant Motive Test.12
The uncertainty-dissuasion model of reactance inhibition.11
Emotional learning and psychopathic personality traits: The role of attentional focus and intention to learn.11
Self-regulatory processes in striving for identity goals: Self-incompleteness shields eco-friendly vegans from temptations.11
The homunculus in the room: A reply to Kunde and Janczyk (2024) and Hommel and Eder (2024).10
A fictional discussion between the late B. F. Skinner and Edwin A. Locke.9
The legacies of the neuropsychology of anxiety for Reinforcement Sensitivity Theory.9
Individual concerns modulate reward-related learning and behaviors involving sexual outcomes.8
From feeling to doing in social dilemmas: Emotional and behavioral responses to climate change.8
Motive-modulated attentional orienting: Implicit power motive predicts attentional avoidance of signals of interpersonal dominance.8
Congratulations, so happy for you! Promotion motivation predicts social support for positive events.8
Episodic binding of approach–avoidance goals to stimuli: On the microgenesis of stimulus-motivated action tendencies to approach and avoid.8
It is time to stop using the terminology “passive” fatigue.8
Supplemental Material for Metacognitive Awareness of Subjective Difficulty, Effort, and Frustration in Cognitive Conflict Contexts7
Why motivation for adhering to COVID-19 measures matters: Investigating time-lagged associations with epidemiological indicators.7
Effects of habit and intention on behavior: Meta-analysis and test of key moderators.7
Supplemental Material for The Two Faces of Persistence: How Harmonious and Obsessive Passion Shape Goal Pursuit7
Latent profiles of high school academic intrinsic motivation: Relations to educational attainment, curiosity, and work and leadership motivation in adulthood.7
Supplemental Material for Poor Sleep Quality Is Significantly Associated With Effort but Not Temporal Discounting of Monetary Rewards7
Understanding the desire to play violent video games: An integrative motivational theory.7
Emotions, action tendencies, and the reinforcement sensitivity theory.7
The roles of need satisfaction and passion in symptoms of behavioral addiction: The case of video gaming and gambling.7
COVID-19 illegal social gatherings: Predicting rule compliance from autonomous and controlled forms of motivation.6
Supplemental Material for Does Exposure to Sedentary Temptations Activate Physical Activity Goals? A High-Powered Replication Study6
Supplemental Material for Mentalizing in Reactance: A Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging Study of Freedom Threats6
Where are anxiety and personality in the brain?6
Beyond counterarguing? Comparing multiple measures of cognitive resistance for psychological reactance using the avoidance, contesting, and empowering (ACE) resistance typology.5
Rebels for a reason: How psychological reactance is goal-directed.5
Cognitive mastery motivation antecedents of academic intrinsic motivation latent profiles: A longitudinal study from preschool to adolescence.5
Supplemental Material for Goal Motives, Mental Contrasting With Implementation Intentions, and the Self-Regulation of Saving Goals: A Longitudinal Investigation5
Environmental control of human goal pursuit: Investigating cue-based forced responses in a Pavlovian-to-instrumental transfer paradigm.5
Supplemental Material for The Differential Effects of Reward Prospect and Reward Reception: Dynamic Performance Adjustment Versus Stable Performance5
Supplemental Material for Motives and Mental Contrasting With Implementation Intentions Predict Progress and Management of Goals in Parents5
Implications of psychological reactance for clinical practice in psychiatry including a systematic review.5
School context and academic engagement: A longitudinal study on the mediating effect of the motivational self system.5
On the nature, predictors, and outcomes of longitudinal work passion profiles.5
Defeminizing sustainability: How to boost men’s motivation for proenvironmental behavior.5
The cerebellum in aggression: Extending the cortico-limbic dual-route model of motivation and emotion.4
Supplemental Material for Learning Contexts Matter: Having Value-Supportive Instructors Moderates the Efficacy of a Utility-Value Intervention in Community College Math4
Role of contingency in reward–emotion interactions during the categorization of emotional facial expressions.4
Student attributions about interest-value shape academic decisions and recommendations.4
The utility value of a broad, comprehensive theory of motivation.4
Supplemental Material for You Can(’t) Always Get What You Want: When Goal Persistence Requires Flexibility4
Expectancy, value, . . . And more.4
Reflections on the legacy of self-determination theory.4
Measuring subjective mental effort as an aversive and enjoyable phenomenon.4
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