Motivation Science

Papers
(The TQCC of Motivation Science is 2. 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 2022-01-01 to 2026-01-01.)
ArticleCitations
Supplemental Material for Role of Contingency in Reward–Emotion Interactions During the Categorization of Emotional Facial Expressions83
Supplemental Material for Missing Out by Pursuing Rewarding Outcomes: Why Initial Biases Can Lead to Persistent Suboptimal Choices59
Batson on prosocial motivation. Commentary on Batson (2022).29
Ramadan fasting as a goal-pursuit: Why people fast, and how motives affect their experience.24
Supplemental Material for Measuring Subjective Mental Effort as an Aversive and Enjoyable Phenomenon22
Aggressive motivation: An introduction and overview.22
Dyadic motive fit: How individual differences in dyads’ motives predict performance and communication in joint action.21
What is next for situated expectancy-value theory? A reply to our commentators.20
Goal motives, mental contrasting with implementation intentions, and the self-regulation of saving goals: A longitudinal investigation.18
Supplemental Material for Pushing Reactance Theory: An Examination of the Reactance Process in the Context of Advice17
Understanding aggression in adolescence by studying the neurobiological stress system: A systematic review.17
Which insights can research on achievement motivation gain from network analysis? Comparing different network methods empirically.15
The force of craving: Approach movements relate to lateralized P3 amplitudes and sensation seeking.13
Emotional learning and psychopathic personality traits: The role of attentional focus and intention to learn.13
Supplemental Material for Episodic Binding of Approach–Avoidance Goals to Stimuli: On the Microgenesis of Stimulus-Motivated Action Tendencies to Approach and Avoid12
A mastery-oriented (and masterful) career: Some reflections on Carol Dweck’s legacy article.11
Supplemental Material for Leave to Fight Another Day: Having the Option to Switch Promotes a Persistence Trade-Off11
Does exposure to sedentary temptations activate physical activity goals? A high-powered replication study.11
The uncertainty-dissuasion model of reactance inhibition.11
Using dynamic item response theory and machine learning based on natural language processing to improve the reliability of the Operant Motive Test.10
Supplemental Material for Dyadic Motive Fit: How Individual Differences in Dyads’ Motives Predict Performance and Communication in Joint Action10
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
Self-regulatory processes in striving for identity goals: Self-incompleteness shields eco-friendly vegans from temptations.9
The homunculus in the room: A reply to Kunde and Janczyk (2024) and Hommel and Eder (2024).9
A fictional discussion between the late B. F. Skinner and Edwin A. Locke.9
Empowering change: A self-control perspective on how choice architecture interventions can promote sustainable behavior change.9
It is time to stop using the terminology “passive” fatigue.8
Emotions, action tendencies, and the reinforcement sensitivity theory.8
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.7
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
Motive-modulated attentional orienting: Implicit power motive predicts attentional avoidance of signals of interpersonal dominance.6
Supplemental Material for Poor Sleep Quality Is Significantly Associated With Effort but Not Temporal Discounting of Monetary Rewards6
Understanding the desire to play violent video games: An integrative motivational theory.6
Why motivation for adhering to COVID-19 measures matters: Investigating time-lagged associations with epidemiological indicators.6
Where are anxiety and personality in the brain?5
Effects of habit and intention on behavior: Meta-analysis and test of key moderators.5
Supplemental Material for Mentalizing in Reactance: A Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging Study of Freedom Threats5
Supplemental Material for Does Exposure to Sedentary Temptations Activate Physical Activity Goals? A High-Powered Replication Study5
Latent profiles of high school academic intrinsic motivation: Relations to educational attainment, curiosity, and work and leadership motivation in adulthood.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 Goal Motives, Mental Contrasting With Implementation Intentions, and the Self-Regulation of Saving Goals: A Longitudinal Investigation5
Implications of psychological reactance for clinical practice in psychiatry including a systematic review.4
Supplemental Material for Candidate Antecedents of Need Supportive and Need Thwarting Interpersonal Styles: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis4
Supplemental Material for The Differential Effects of Reward Prospect and Reward Reception: Dynamic Performance Adjustment Versus Stable Performance4
Rebels for a reason: How psychological reactance is goal-directed.4
Transtheoretical model technology-based interventions to improve health behaviors in veterans.4
School context and academic engagement: A longitudinal study on the mediating effect of the motivational self system.4
Defeminizing sustainability: How to boost men’s motivation for proenvironmental behavior.4
Expectancy, value, . . . And more.3
Candidate antecedents of need supportive and need thwarting interpersonal styles: A systematic review and meta-analysis.3
Metacognitive awareness of subjective difficulty, effort, and frustration in cognitive conflict contexts.3
Supplemental Material for Motives and Mental Contrasting With Implementation Intentions Predict Progress and Management of Goals in Parents3
Role of contingency in reward–emotion interactions during the categorization of emotional facial expressions.3
Supplemental Material for You Can(’t) Always Get What You Want: When Goal Persistence Requires Flexibility3
On the nature, predictors, and outcomes of longitudinal work passion profiles.3
Cognitive mastery motivation antecedents of academic intrinsic motivation latent profiles: A longitudinal study from preschool to adolescence.3
The utility value of a broad, comprehensive theory of motivation.3
The cerebellum in aggression: Extending the cortico-limbic dual-route model of motivation and emotion.3
The reactive spiral: An initial empirical assessment.2
Supplemental Material for Learning Contexts Matter: Having Value-Supportive Instructors Moderates the Efficacy of a Utility-Value Intervention in Community College Math2
Placing motivation again at the heart of psychology: Commentary on Dweck’s contributions.2
The context-sensitive use of task enrichment to promote self-control: The role of metacognition and trait self-control.2
A tale of two influences: Commonalities and distinctions of the influences of habit and hedonic motivation on health behaviors.2
Supplemental Material for Self-Regulatory Thought Across Time and Domains2
The value of progress feedback in physical effort-based decision making.2
Measuring subjective mental effort as an aversive and enjoyable phenomenon.2
Measuring avoidance-related trait anger: American and Polish versions of the Avoidance Motivated Response to Anger Scale (AMRAS).2
Goal shelving can both undermine and support prioritized goals: The role of opportunity costs.2
Motives and gonadal steroid hormones across the menstrual cycle: A longitudinal replication study.2
Goal-colored glasses: Goal instrumentality shapes when and with whom shared reality emerges.2
Student attributions about interest-value shape academic decisions and recommendations.2
Beyond achievement: Transformation mindset enhances authenticity after goal success.2
The reflection of motive dispositions in everyday agentic motivational states.2
Supplemental Material for Effects of Habit and Intention on Behavior: Meta-Analysis and Test of Key Moderators2
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