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 2022-06-01 to 2026-06-01.)
ArticleCitations
Supplemental Material for Role of Contingency in Reward–Emotion Interactions During the Categorization of Emotional Facial Expressions118
Supplemental Material for Missing Out by Pursuing Rewarding Outcomes: Why Initial Biases Can Lead to Persistent Suboptimal Choices75
Supplemental Material for Measuring Subjective Mental Effort as an Aversive and Enjoyable Phenomenon26
Supplemental Material for Pushing Reactance Theory: An Examination of the Reactance Process in the Context of Advice25
Goal motives, mental contrasting with implementation intentions, and the self-regulation of saving goals: A longitudinal investigation.25
Aggressive motivation: An introduction and overview.23
Ramadan fasting as a goal-pursuit: Why people fast, and how motives affect their experience.22
Which insights can research on achievement motivation gain from network analysis? Comparing different network methods empirically.21
What is next for situated expectancy-value theory? A reply to our commentators.19
Dyadic motive fit: How individual differences in dyads’ motives predict performance and communication in joint action.19
Understanding aggression in adolescence by studying the neurobiological stress system: A systematic review.19
Emotional learning and psychopathic personality traits: The role of attentional focus and intention to learn.17
Supplemental Material for Leave to Fight Another Day: Having the Option to Switch Promotes a Persistence Trade-Off15
Supplemental Material for Episodic Binding of Approach–Avoidance Goals to Stimuli: On the Microgenesis of Stimulus-Motivated Action Tendencies to Approach and Avoid15
The uncertainty-dissuasion model of reactance inhibition.14
A mastery-oriented (and masterful) career: Some reflections on Carol Dweck’s legacy article.13
The force of craving: Approach movements relate to lateralized P3 amplitudes and sensation seeking.13
Does exposure to sedentary temptations activate physical activity goals? A high-powered replication study.13
Self-regulatory processes in striving for identity goals: Self-incompleteness shields eco-friendly vegans from temptations.12
Supplemental Material for Dyadic Motive Fit: How Individual Differences in Dyads’ Motives Predict Performance and Communication in Joint Action12
A fictional discussion between the late B. F. Skinner and Edwin A. Locke.11
Using dynamic item response theory and machine learning based on natural language processing to improve the reliability of the Operant Motive Test.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
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
The legacies of the neuropsychology of anxiety for Reinforcement Sensitivity Theory.9
Effort and motivation to characterize mental fatigue: Behavior and functional connectivity.9
Supplemental Material for Peer’s Angry Expression Promotes Social Punishment in Group Unfairness9
Congratulations, so happy for you! Promotion motivation predicts social support for positive events.8
Supplemental Material for The Two Faces of Persistence: How Harmonious and Obsessive Passion Shape Goal Pursuit8
Emotions, action tendencies, and the reinforcement sensitivity theory.8
Latent profiles of high school academic intrinsic motivation: Relations to educational attainment, curiosity, and work and leadership motivation in adulthood.7
The legacy of Julius Kuhl: Building bridges and crossing boundaries between topics, theories, and times.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
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
Understanding the desire to play violent video games: An integrative motivational theory.7
Effects of habit and intention on behavior: Meta-analysis and test of key moderators.6
Implications of psychological reactance for clinical practice in psychiatry including a systematic review.6
Why motivation for adhering to COVID-19 measures matters: Investigating time-lagged associations with epidemiological indicators.6
Supplemental Material for Does Exposure to Sedentary Temptations Activate Physical Activity Goals? A High-Powered Replication Study6
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 Mentalizing in Reactance: A Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging Study of Freedom Threats6
School context and academic engagement: A longitudinal study on the mediating effect of the motivational self system.5
Rebels for a reason: How psychological reactance is goal-directed.5
Creativity and self-regulation: From justificatory cognition to motivational dynamics.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 The Differential Effects of Reward Prospect and Reward Reception: Dynamic Performance Adjustment Versus Stable Performance5
Supplemental Material for Candidate Antecedents of Need Supportive and Need Thwarting Interpersonal Styles: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis5
Need for cognition modulates the influence of feedback on control engagement: Behavioral and ERP evidence from a Stroop task.4
Supplemental Material for Effort-Related Cardiac Activity Under Cognitive Fatigue: The Role of Success Importance4
Cognitive mastery motivation antecedents of academic intrinsic motivation latent profiles: A longitudinal study from preschool to adolescence.4
Who suffers most from rejection? Negative affective contingencies in the affiliation domain.4
Defeminizing sustainability: How to boost men’s motivation for proenvironmental behavior.4
Expectancy, value, . . . And more.4
The cerebellum in aggression: Extending the cortico-limbic dual-route model of motivation and emotion.4
On the nature, predictors, and outcomes of longitudinal work passion profiles.4
Transtheoretical model technology-based interventions to improve health behaviors in veterans.4
Supplemental Material for Motives and Mental Contrasting With Implementation Intentions Predict Progress and Management of Goals in Parents4
Supplemental Material for Learning Contexts Matter: Having Value-Supportive Instructors Moderates the Efficacy of a Utility-Value Intervention in Community College Math3
Measuring subjective mental effort as an aversive and enjoyable phenomenon.3
Role of contingency in reward–emotion interactions during the categorization of emotional facial expressions.3
Metacognitive awareness of subjective difficulty, effort, and frustration in cognitive conflict contexts.3
Placing motivation again at the heart of psychology: Commentary on Dweck’s contributions.3
Walking 100 kilometers in 24 hours: The role of motivational profiles in walkers’ mental experiences and performance.3
Beyond achievement: Transformation mindset enhances authenticity after goal success.3
Supplemental Material for Motive-Modulated Attentional Orienting Is Shaped by Stimulus-Driven Learning: The Case of Dominance Cues and the Need for Power3
Supplemental Material for You Can(’t) Always Get What You Want: When Goal Persistence Requires Flexibility3
Candidate antecedents of need supportive and need thwarting interpersonal styles: A systematic review and meta-analysis.3
Student attributions about interest-value shape academic decisions and recommendations.3
Measuring avoidance-related trait anger: American and Polish versions of the Avoidance Motivated Response to Anger Scale (AMRAS).3
The utility value of a broad, comprehensive theory of motivation.3
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