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 2022-08-01 to 2026-08-01.)
ArticleCitations
Supplemental Material for Role of Contingency in Reward–Emotion Interactions During the Categorization of Emotional Facial Expressions131
Supplemental Material for Missing Out by Pursuing Rewarding Outcomes: Why Initial Biases Can Lead to Persistent Suboptimal Choices80
Supplemental Material for Measuring Subjective Mental Effort as an Aversive and Enjoyable Phenomenon29
Supplemental Material for Pushing Reactance Theory: An Examination of the Reactance Process in the Context of Advice27
Which insights can research on achievement motivation gain from network analysis? Comparing different network methods empirically.25
Dyadic motive fit: How individual differences in dyads’ motives predict performance and communication in joint action.23
What is next for situated expectancy-value theory? A reply to our commentators.23
Ramadan fasting as a goal-pursuit: Why people fast, and how motives affect their experience.22
Goal motives, mental contrasting with implementation intentions, and the self-regulation of saving goals: A longitudinal investigation.21
Supplemental Material for Episodic Binding of Approach–Avoidance Goals to Stimuli: On the Microgenesis of Stimulus-Motivated Action Tendencies to Approach and Avoid20
Supplemental Material for Leave to Fight Another Day: Having the Option to Switch Promotes a Persistence Trade-Off18
The uncertainty-dissuasion model of reactance inhibition.17
Does exposure to sedentary temptations activate physical activity goals? A high-powered replication study.17
The force of craving: Approach movements relate to lateralized P3 amplitudes and sensation seeking.16
A mastery-oriented (and masterful) career: Some reflections on Carol Dweck’s legacy article.15
Supplemental Material for Dyadic Motive Fit: How Individual Differences in Dyads’ Motives Predict Performance and Communication in Joint Action14
Using dynamic item response theory and machine learning based on natural language processing to improve the reliability of the Operant Motive Test.13
A fictional discussion between the late B. F. Skinner and Edwin A. Locke.12
Self-regulatory processes in striving for identity goals: Self-incompleteness shields eco-friendly vegans from temptations.12
The homunculus in the room: A reply to Kunde and Janczyk (2024) and Hommel and Eder (2024).11
Episodic binding of approach–avoidance goals to stimuli: On the microgenesis of stimulus-motivated action tendencies to approach and avoid.11
Supplemental Material for Peer’s Angry Expression Promotes Social Punishment in Group Unfairness10
It is time to stop using the terminology “passive” fatigue.9
The legacies of the neuropsychology of anxiety for Reinforcement Sensitivity Theory.9
Supplemental Material for The Two Faces of Persistence: How Harmonious and Obsessive Passion Shape Goal Pursuit9
Empowering change: A self-control perspective on how choice architecture interventions can promote sustainable behavior change.9
Emotions, action tendencies, and the reinforcement sensitivity theory.9
Effort and motivation to characterize mental fatigue: Behavior and functional connectivity.9
Supplemental Material for Metacognitive Awareness of Subjective Difficulty, Effort, and Frustration in Cognitive Conflict Contexts8
Congratulations, so happy for you! Promotion motivation predicts social support for positive events.8
Latent profiles of high school academic intrinsic motivation: Relations to educational attainment, curiosity, and work and leadership motivation in adulthood.7
Supplemental Material for Walking 100 Kilometers in 24 Hours: The Role of Motivational Profiles in Walkers’ Mental Experiences and Performance7
From feeling to doing in social dilemmas: Emotional and behavioral responses to climate change.7
Why motivation for adhering to COVID-19 measures matters: Investigating time-lagged associations with epidemiological indicators.7
Effort-related cardiac activity under cognitive fatigue: The role of success importance.7
Supplemental Material for Workers’ Metamotivational Beliefs About Achievement Goals7
The legacy of Julius Kuhl: Building bridges and crossing boundaries between topics, theories, and times.7
Supplemental Material for Implicit Motives, Parenting Behavior, and Preschool Children's Behavior in a Dictator Game6
Supplemental Material for Gender and Power: Female Leaders’ Head Start in Integrative Motive Enactment Boosts Action Orientation6
Effects of habit and intention on behavior: Meta-analysis and test of key moderators.6
Where are anxiety and personality in the brain?6
Supplemental Material for Goal Motives, Mental Contrasting With Implementation Intentions, and the Self-Regulation of Saving Goals: A Longitudinal Investigation6
Supplemental Material for Does Exposure to Sedentary Temptations Activate Physical Activity Goals? A High-Powered Replication Study6
Supplemental Material for Candidate Antecedents of Need Supportive and Need Thwarting Interpersonal Styles: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis5
Beyond counterarguing? Comparing multiple measures of cognitive resistance for psychological reactance using the avoidance, contesting, and empowering (ACE) resistance typology.5
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
Supplemental Material for Mentalizing in Reactance: A Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging Study of Freedom Threats5
Need for cognition modulates the influence of feedback on control engagement: Behavioral and ERP evidence from a Stroop task.4
Expectancy, value, . . . And more.4
Defeminizing sustainability: How to boost men’s motivation for proenvironmental behavior.4
Transtheoretical model technology-based interventions to improve health behaviors in veterans.4
Creativity and self-regulation: From justificatory cognition to motivational dynamics.4
Supplemental Material for Motives and Mental Contrasting With Implementation Intentions Predict Progress and Management of Goals in Parents4
Rebels for a reason: How psychological reactance is goal-directed.4
Supplemental Material for Effort-Related Cardiac Activity Under Cognitive Fatigue: The Role of Success Importance4
On the nature, predictors, and outcomes of longitudinal work passion profiles.4
Cognitive mastery motivation antecedents of academic intrinsic motivation latent profiles: A longitudinal study from preschool to adolescence.4
Supplemental Material for The Differential Effects of Reward Prospect and Reward Reception: Dynamic Performance Adjustment Versus Stable Performance4
Candidate antecedents of need supportive and need thwarting interpersonal styles: A systematic review and meta-analysis.3
Supplemental Material for You Can(’t) Always Get What You Want: When Goal Persistence Requires Flexibility3
Role of contingency in reward–emotion interactions during the categorization of emotional facial expressions.3
Walking 100 kilometers in 24 hours: The role of motivational profiles in walkers’ mental experiences and performance.3
Measuring subjective mental effort as an aversive and enjoyable phenomenon.3
Metacognitive awareness of subjective difficulty, effort, and frustration in cognitive conflict contexts.3
Who suffers most from rejection? Negative affective contingencies in the affiliation domain.3
Supplemental Material for Motive-Modulated Attentional Orienting Is Shaped by Stimulus-Driven Learning: The Case of Dominance Cues and the Need for Power3
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
The utility value of a broad, comprehensive theory of motivation.3
State and trait empathy are positively correlated, albeit weakly, with prosocial learning.3
Supplemental Material for Learning Contexts Matter: Having Value-Supportive Instructors Moderates the Efficacy of a Utility-Value Intervention in Community College Math3
Measuring avoidance-related trait anger: American and Polish versions of the Avoidance Motivated Response to Anger Scale (AMRAS).3
Beyond achievement: Transformation mindset enhances authenticity after goal success.3
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