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 2022-07-01 to 2026-07-01.)
ArticleCitations
Supplemental Material for Role of Contingency in Reward–Emotion Interactions During the Categorization of Emotional Facial Expressions124
Supplemental Material for Missing Out by Pursuing Rewarding Outcomes: Why Initial Biases Can Lead to Persistent Suboptimal Choices79
Supplemental Material for Measuring Subjective Mental Effort as an Aversive and Enjoyable Phenomenon27
Which insights can research on achievement motivation gain from network analysis? Comparing different network methods empirically.25
Supplemental Material for Pushing Reactance Theory: An Examination of the Reactance Process in the Context of Advice25
What is next for situated expectancy-value theory? A reply to our commentators.23
Dyadic motive fit: How individual differences in dyads’ motives predict performance and communication in joint action.22
Goal motives, mental contrasting with implementation intentions, and the self-regulation of saving goals: A longitudinal investigation.21
Ramadan fasting as a goal-pursuit: Why people fast, and how motives affect their experience.20
Supplemental Material for Episodic Binding of Approach–Avoidance Goals to Stimuli: On the Microgenesis of Stimulus-Motivated Action Tendencies to Approach and Avoid19
Supplemental Material for Leave to Fight Another Day: Having the Option to Switch Promotes a Persistence Trade-Off17
The uncertainty-dissuasion model of reactance inhibition.16
Does exposure to sedentary temptations activate physical activity goals? A high-powered replication study.15
The force of craving: Approach movements relate to lateralized P3 amplitudes and sensation seeking.14
A mastery-oriented (and masterful) career: Some reflections on Carol Dweck’s legacy article.13
Self-regulatory processes in striving for identity goals: Self-incompleteness shields eco-friendly vegans from temptations.13
Supplemental Material for Dyadic Motive Fit: How Individual Differences in Dyads’ Motives Predict Performance and Communication in Joint Action13
Using dynamic item response theory and machine learning based on natural language processing to improve the reliability of the Operant Motive Test.12
A fictional discussion between the late B. F. Skinner and Edwin A. Locke.11
The homunculus in the room: A reply to Kunde and Janczyk (2024) and Hommel and Eder (2024).10
Episodic binding of approach–avoidance goals to stimuli: On the microgenesis of stimulus-motivated action tendencies to approach and avoid.10
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
Effort and motivation to characterize mental fatigue: Behavior and functional connectivity.9
It is time to stop using the terminology “passive” fatigue.9
Empowering change: A self-control perspective on how choice architecture interventions can promote sustainable behavior change.9
Supplemental Material for Peer’s Angry Expression Promotes Social Punishment in Group Unfairness9
Emotions, action tendencies, and the reinforcement sensitivity theory.8
Supplemental Material for Metacognitive Awareness of Subjective Difficulty, Effort, and Frustration in Cognitive Conflict Contexts7
Supplemental Material for Walking 100 Kilometers in 24 Hours: The Role of Motivational Profiles in Walkers’ Mental Experiences and Performance7
Effort-related cardiac activity under cognitive fatigue: The role of success importance.7
The legacy of Julius Kuhl: Building bridges and crossing boundaries between topics, theories, and times.7
Why motivation for adhering to COVID-19 measures matters: Investigating time-lagged associations with epidemiological indicators.7
Congratulations, so happy for you! Promotion motivation predicts social support for positive events.7
From feeling to doing in social dilemmas: Emotional and behavioral responses to climate change.7
Effects of habit and intention on behavior: Meta-analysis and test of key moderators.7
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
Latent profiles of high school academic intrinsic motivation: Relations to educational attainment, curiosity, and work and leadership motivation in adulthood.6
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.5
Supplemental Material for Mentalizing in Reactance: A Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging Study of Freedom Threats5
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
Rebels for a reason: How psychological reactance is goal-directed.5
School context and academic engagement: A longitudinal study on the mediating effect of the motivational self system.5
Supplemental Material for The Differential Effects of Reward Prospect and Reward Reception: Dynamic Performance Adjustment Versus Stable Performance5
Supplemental Material for Effort-Related Cardiac Activity Under Cognitive Fatigue: The Role of Success Importance4
Need for cognition modulates the influence of feedback on control engagement: Behavioral and ERP evidence from a Stroop task.4
Cognitive mastery motivation antecedents of academic intrinsic motivation latent profiles: A longitudinal study from preschool to adolescence.4
Defeminizing sustainability: How to boost men’s motivation for proenvironmental behavior.4
Supplemental Material for Motives and Mental Contrasting With Implementation Intentions Predict Progress and Management of Goals in Parents4
On the nature, predictors, and outcomes of longitudinal work passion profiles.4
Expectancy, value, . . . And more.4
Creativity and self-regulation: From justificatory cognition to motivational dynamics.4
Transtheoretical model technology-based interventions to improve health behaviors in veterans.4
State and trait empathy are positively correlated, albeit weakly, with prosocial learning.3
Metacognitive awareness of subjective difficulty, effort, and frustration in cognitive conflict contexts.3
Supplemental Material for You Can(’t) Always Get What You Want: When Goal Persistence Requires Flexibility3
Walking 100 kilometers in 24 hours: The role of motivational profiles in walkers’ mental experiences and performance.3
The reflection of motive dispositions in everyday agentic motivational states.3
Who suffers most from rejection? Negative affective contingencies in the affiliation domain.3
Candidate antecedents of need supportive and need thwarting interpersonal styles: A systematic review and meta-analysis.3
Supplemental Material for Learning Contexts Matter: Having Value-Supportive Instructors Moderates the Efficacy of a Utility-Value Intervention in Community College Math3
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
Role of contingency in reward–emotion interactions during the categorization of emotional facial expressions.3
Supplemental Material for Motive-Modulated Attentional Orienting Is Shaped by Stimulus-Driven Learning: The Case of Dominance Cues and the Need for Power3
The utility value of a broad, comprehensive theory of motivation.3
Measuring subjective mental effort as an aversive and enjoyable phenomenon.3
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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