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
Parent–child relationships and depressive symptom among Chinese college students: the mediating role of psychological needs satisfaction and the moderating role of mindfulness21
Environmental motivation as a complex dynamic system21
Emotion-regulation strategy use and commitment to a performance goal: the role of reappraisal tactics18
The relationship between autonomous and controlled motivation and eating behaviors: examining the roles of self-regulating eating quality and quantity18
“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
Valuing negative affect weakens affect-health linkages: similarities and differences across affect valuation measures17
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
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
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