Research output

Research output per year 1985 2010 2012 2013 2014 2015 2023

• 150 Article
• 47 Chapter (peer-reviewed)
• 25 Chapter
• 6 Entry for encyclopedia/dictionary
• 14 More
  • 6 Review article
  • 3 Book
  • 2 Comment/debate
  • 2 Short survey
  • 1 Editorial

Research output per year

Research output per year

Search results

• 2023

  Can personal task choice shield against fear and anger prime effects on effort? A study on cardiac response

  Framorando, D., Falk, J. R., Gollwitzer, P. M., Oettingen, G. & Gendolla, G. H. E., Jul 2023, In: Biological Psychology. 181, 108616.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

  • Anger 100%
  • Fear 79%
  • Memory 66%
  • Task Performance and Analysis 48%
  • Students 31%

• Evidence that Mental Contrasting Reduces Health Information Avoidance

  Yang, M. Z., King, W. C., Oettingen, G. & Sheeran, P., Aug 1 2023, In: Annals of Behavioral Medicine. 57, 8, p. 687-692 6 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Melanoma 100%
  • Health 58%
  • Learning 35%
  • Self-Control 27%
  • Skin Neoplasms 24%

• Intellectual humility predicts COVID-19 preventive practices through greater adoption of data-driven information and feelings of responsibility

  Ryu, Y. J., Olcaysoy Okten, I., Gollwitzer, A. & Oettingen, G., Aug 2023, In: Social and Personality Psychology Compass. 17, 8, e12766.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Emotions 100%
  • Hand Disinfection 81%
  • responsibility 68%
  • Masks 66%
  • Health 61%

• I’ve been thinkin’ bout you: socially distant relationship pursuit during COVID-19

  Valshtein, T. J., Mutter, E. R., Gollwitzer, P. M. & Oettingen, G., Oct 2023, In: Current Psychology. 42, 29, p. 24999-25016 18 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

  • Intention 100%
  • Fantasy 83%
  • frustration 60%
  • human being 24%
  • Motivation 12%

• Mental contrasting and energization transfer to low-expectancy tasks

  Sevincer, A. T., Plakides, A. & Oettingen, G., Feb 2023, In: Motivation and Emotion. 47, 1, p. 85-99 15 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

  • Creativity 100%
  • experiment 45%
  • Self-Control 44%
  • creativity 40%
  • performance 35%

• More Direction but Less Freedom? How Task Rules Affect Intrinsic Motivation

  Mutter, E. R., Liu, Z., Gollwitzer, P. M. & Oettingen, G., Feb 6 2023, In: Journal of Experimental Psychology: General. 152, 5, p. 1484-1501 18 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • intrinsic motivation 100%
  • Motivation 75%
  • Direction compound 67%
  • experiment 55%
  • Students 32%

• Political ideology and environmentalism impair logical reasoning

  Keller, L., Hazelaar, F., Gollwitzer, P. M. & Oettingen, G., 2023, (Accepted/In press) In: Thinking and Reasoning.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Syllogistic Reasoning 100%
  • Environmentalism 79%
  • Political Ideology 76%
  • political ideology 76%
  • Ideology 71%

• Political Ideology Outdoes Personal Experience in Predicting Support for Gender Equality

  Sevincer, A. T., Galinsky, C., Martensen, L. & Oettingen, G., Sep 2023, In: Political Psychology. 44, 4, p. 829-855 27 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

  • Gender Equality 100%
  • Political Ideology 90%
  • political ideology 89%
  • Gender equality 79%
  • Personal Experience 77%

• Updating false beliefs: The role of misplaced vs. well-placed certainty

  Olcaysoy Okten, I., Huang, T. & Oettingen, G., Apr 2023, In: Psychonomic Bulletin and Review. 30, 2, p. 712-721 10 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • False Belief 100%
  • Certainty 79%
  • Corrective Feedback 52%
  • Belief Updating 46%
  • Misconceptions 28%
• 2022

  A Controlled Pilot Study of the Wish Outcome Obstacle Plan Strategy for Spouses of Persons with Early-Stage Dementia

  Monin, J. K., Oettingen, G., Laws, H., David, D., Dematteo, L. & Marottoli, R., Mar 1 2022, In: Journals of Gerontology - Series B Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences. 77, 3, p. 513-524 12 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Spouses 100%
  • dementia 98%
  • spouse 90%
  • Dementia 82%
  • human being 51%

• Boosted by closure! Regulatory focus predicts motivation and task persistence in the aftermath of task-unrelated goal closure

  Lalot, F., Gollwitzer, P. M., Quiamzade, A. & Oettingen, G., Aug 1 2022, In: European Journal of Social Psychology. 52, 5-6, p. 944-962 19 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

  • persistence 100%
  • Motivation 91%
  • Memory 82%
  • promotion 55%
  • performance 52%

• Commentary: processes of disengagement – letting go from the wanted future, the missed-out past, and coping with inevitable endings

  Oettingen, G. & Gollwitzer, P. M., Dec 2022, In: Motivation and Emotion. 46, 6, p. 894-898 5 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • disengagement 100%
  • coping 70%
  • Courage 34%
  • Drowning 31%
  • Self-Control 26%

• Discordant Knowing: A Social Cognitive Structure Underlying Fanaticism

  Gollwitzer, A., Okten, I. O., Pizarro, A. O. & Oettingen, G., May 19 2022, In: Journal of Experimental Psychology: General. 151, 11, p. 2846-2878 33 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • fanaticism 100%
  • Morals 88%
  • cognitive structure 78%
  • Aggression 64%
  • social structure 57%

• Effectiveness of a Motivational Smoking Reduction Strategy Across Socioeconomic Status and Stress Levels

  Voigt, E. C., Mutter, E. R. & Oettingen, G., Mar 18 2022, In: Frontiers in Psychology. 13, 801028.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

  • Smoking Reduction 100%
  • Social Class 64%
  • Intention 63%
  • social status 53%
  • Smoking 28%

• Incidental affective influences on effort-related cardiac response: The critical role of choosing task characteristics

  Falk, J. R., Gollwitzer, P. M., Oettingen, G. & Gendolla, G. H. E., Jul 2022, In: International Journal of Psychophysiology. 177, p. 76-82 7 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

  • Music 100%
  • Color 98%
  • Volition 39%
  • Task Performance and Analysis 32%
  • Memory 21%

• Mental contrasting of a negative future facilitates COVID-19 preventative behaviors: two randomized controlled trials

  Kim, S. Y., Gollwitzer, P. M. & Oettingen, G., 2022, (Accepted/In press) In: Psychology and Health.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Randomized Controlled Trials 100%
  • Thinking 72%
  • Coronavirus Infections 53%
  • Fantasy 50%
  • Intention 34%

• Misplaced certainty in the context of conspiracy theories

  Oettingen, G., Gollwitzer, A., Jung, J. & Irmak Olcaysoy Okten, O. O., Aug 2022, In: Current Opinion in Psychology. 46, 101393.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article › peer-review

  • theory of conspiracy 100%
  • Aggression 65%
  • Emotions 50%
  • aggression 13%
  • lack 8%

• Task choice shields against incidental affective influences on effort-related cardiovascular response

  Falk, J. R., Gollwitzer, P. M., Oettingen, G. & Gendolla, G. H. E., Jul 2022, In: Psychophysiology. 59, 7, e14022.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

  • Music 100%
  • music 57%
  • Blood Pressure 38%
  • Task Performance and Analysis 32%
  • blood pressure 28%

• Testing Go/No-Go training effects on implicit evaluations of unhealthy and healthy snack foods

  Wittleder, S., Reinelt, T., Milanowski, L., Viglione, C., Jay, M. & Oettingen, G., 2022, (Accepted/In press) In: Psychology and Health.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Vitis 100%
  • Snacks 95%
  • food 53%
  • Food 44%
  • evaluation 34%

• The Gray Areas of Romance: A Measure of Presumptuous Romantic Intentions

  Valshtein, T. J., Gollwitzer, P. M. & Oettingen, G., 2022, In: Psychological assessment. 34, 8, p. 763-776 14 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Intention 100%
  • Courtship 82%
  • partner relationship 69%
  • Intimate Partner Violence 68%
  • Executive Function 55%

• When knowledge is blinding: The dangers of being certain about the future during uncertain societal events

  Olcaysoy Okten, I., Gollwitzer, A. & Oettingen, G., Sep 2022, In: Personality and Individual Differences. 195, 111606.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Uncertainty 57%
  • event 52%
  • Information Seeking Behavior 48%
  • Social Distance 43%
  • Violence 32%
• 2021

  Motivation and healthy aging: A heuristic model

  the Participants of the Workshop Motivation and Healthy Aging in Zurich, Switzerland, December 2019, Oct 1 2021, In: Journals of Gerontology - Series B Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences. 76, Suppl 2, p. S97-S104

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

• Motivation and healthy aging at work

  Zacher, H., Sagha Zadeh, R., Heckhausen, J. & Oettingen, G., Oct 1 2021, In: Journals of Gerontology - Series B Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences. 76, p. S145-S156

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article › peer-review

  Open Access

  • Healthy Aging 100%
  • Motivation 64%
  • WHO 44%
  • Environment Design 21%
  • Direction compound 19%

• Regulatory focus and thinking about the future versus reality.

  Sevincer, A. T. & Oettingen, G., Sep 2021, In: Motivation Science. 7, 3, p. 334-344 11 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Names 100%
  • promotion 64%
  • Databases 63%
  • effect 12%

• Task Choice Immunizes Against Incidental Affective Influences in Volition

  Gendolla, G. H. E., Bouzidi, Y. S., Arvaniti, S., Gollwitzer, P. M. & Oettingen, G., 2021, In: Motivation Science. 7, 3, p. 229-241 13 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Volition 100%
  • music 93%
  • Music 84%
  • Shielding 39%
  • shield 23%

• The Future of Women in Psychological Science

  Gruber, J., Mendle, J., Lindquist, K. A., Schmader, T., Clark, L. A., Bliss-Moreau, E., Akinola, M., Atlas, L., Barch, D. M., Barrett, L. F., Borelli, J. L., Brannon, T. N., Bunge, S. A., Campos, B., Cantlon, J., Carter, R., Carter-Sowell, A. R., Chen, S., Craske, M. G., Cuddy, A. J. C., & 39 othersCrum, A., Davachi, L., Duckworth, A. L., Dutra, S. J., Eisenberger, N. I., Ferguson, M., Ford, B. Q., Fredrickson, B. L., Goodman, S. H., Gopnik, A., Greenaway, V. P., Harkness, K. L., Hebl, M., Heller, W., Hooley, J., Jampol, L., Johnson, S. L., Joormann, J., Kinzler, K. D., Kober, H., Kring, A. M., Paluck, E. L., Lombrozo, T., Lourenco, S. F., McRae, K., Monin, J. K., Moskowitz, J. T., Natsuaki, M. N., Oettingen, G., Pfeifer, J. H., Prause, N., Saxbe, D., Smith, P. K., Spellman, B. A., Sturm, V., Teachman, B. A., Thompson, R. J., Weinstock, L. M. & Williams, L. A., May 2021, In: Perspectives on Psychological Science. 16, 3, p. 483-516 34 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

  • Psychology 100%
  • career advancement 74%
  • gender 57%
  • Psychological Theory 42%
  • Sexism 40%

• The Self-Regulation of Conformity: Mental Contrasting With Implementation Intentions (MCII)

  von Weichs, V., Krott, N. R. & Oettingen, G., Jun 2 2021, In: Frontiers in Psychology. 12, 546178.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

  • Self-Control 100%
  • conformity 86%
  • self-regulation 82%
  • Intention 80%
  • study group 29%

• The self-regulation of healthy aging: Goal-related processes in three domains

  Hennecke, M., Brandstätter, V. & Oettingen, G., Oct 1 2021, In: Journals of Gerontology - Series B Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences. 76, Suppl 2, p. S125-S134

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article › peer-review

  Open Access

  • Healthy Aging 100%
  • Self-Control 91%
  • self-regulation 75%
  • retirement 38%
  • Retirement 31%

• Using theories of behavior change to develop interventions for healthy aging

  Klusmann, V., Gow, A. J., Robert, P. & Oettingen, G., Oct 1 2021, In: Journals of Gerontology - Series B Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences. 76, Suppl 2, p. S191-S205

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Healthy Aging 100%
  • life-span 32%
  • functionality 31%
  • Motivation 25%
  • determinants 22%
• 2020

  Allocating moral responsibility to multiple agents

  Gantman, A. P., Sternisko, A., Gollwitzer, P. M., Oettingen, G. & Van Bavel, J. J., Nov 2020, In: Journal of Experimental Social Psychology. 91, 104027.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Lenses 100%
  • Petroleum Pollution 89%
  • asymmetry 70%
  • responsibility 57%
  • Oils 52%

• An online randomised controlled trial of mental contrasting with implementation intentions as a smoking behaviour change intervention

  Mutter, E. R., Oettingen, G. & Gollwitzer, P. M., Mar 3 2020, In: Psychology and Health. 35, 3, p. 318-345 28 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Intention 98%
  • Smoking Reduction 89%
  • Smoking 77%
  • Randomized Controlled Trials 71%
  • Tobacco Products 71%

• Gender differences in preventing the spread of coronavirus

  Okten, I. O., Gollwitzer, A. & Oettingen, G., 2020, In: Behavioral Science and Policy. 6, 2, p. 109-122 14 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

  • Coronavirus 100%
  • Gender Differences 94%
  • gender 81%
  • woman 75%
  • Masks 74%

• Mental contrasting and conciliatory behavior in romantic relationships

  Schrage, J., Schwörer, B., Krott, N. R. & Oettingen, G., Jun 1 2020, In: Motivation and Emotion. 44, 3, p. 356-372 17 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Thinking 100%
  • reconciliation 40%
  • Students 35%
  • incident 33%
  • commitment 26%

• Mental contrasting spurs energy by changing implicit evaluations of obstacles

  Wittleder, S., Kappes, A., Krott, N. R., Jay, M. & Oettingen, G., Jun 2020, In: Motivation Science. 6, 2, p. 133-155 23 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Creativity 100%
  • mental effect 75%
  • Feeding Behavior 74%
  • Motivation 62%
  • Food 54%

• Positive fantasies and negative emotions in soccer fans

  Sevincer, A. T., Wagner, G. & Oettingen, G., Jul 3 2020, In: Cognition and Emotion. 34, 5, p. 935-946 12 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Fantasy 100%
  • Soccer 88%
  • soccer 81%
  • fan 78%
  • Emotions 58%

• Relatedness needs and negative fantasies as the origins of obsessive thinking in romantic relationships

  Valshtein, T. J., Mutter, E. R., Oettingen, G. & Gollwitzer, P. M., Apr 1 2020, In: Motivation and Emotion. 44, 2, p. 226-243 18 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Fantasy 100%
  • manipulation 32%
  • experiment 29%
  • scenario 9%
  • Meta-Analysis 7%

• Saying goodbye and saying it well: Consequences of a (not) well-rounded ending

  Schwörer, B., Krott, N. R. & Oettingen, G., Mar 2020, In: Motivation Science. 6, 1, p. 21-33 13 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Cope Reaction 100%
  • Emotions 48%
  • transition 47%
  • Data storage equipment 46%
  • Stroop Test 19%

• Taking Responsibility for Others and Use of Mental Contrasting

  Sevincer, A. T., Musik, T., Degener, A., Greinert, A. & Oettingen, G., Aug 1 2020, In: Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin. 46, 8, p. 1219-1233 15 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Social Responsibility 100%
  • Self-Control 97%
  • Occupational Groups 60%
  • Students 59%
  • responsibility 46%

• The Best Words: Linguistic Indicators of Grandiose Narcissism in Politics

  Underberg, J. E., Gollwitzer, A., Oettingen, G. & Gollwitzer, P. M., Mar 1 2020, In: Journal of Language and Social Psychology. 39, 2, p. 271-281 11 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Narcissism 100%
  • Politics 83%
  • narcissism 80%
  • Linguistics 76%
  • Language 54%

• Using mental contrasting with implementation intentions to reduce bedtime procrastination: two randomised trials

  Valshtein, T. J., Oettingen, G. & Gollwitzer, P. M., Mar 3 2020, In: Psychology and Health. 35, 3, p. 275-301 27 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Procrastination 100%
  • sleep 66%
  • Intention 56%
  • self-regulation 38%
  • commitment 26%
• 2019

  Mental contrasting in DanceSport: The champion's mindset

  Tay, I. Q., Valshtein, T. J., Krott, N. R. & Oettingen, G., Nov 2019, In: Psychology of Sport and Exercise. 45, 101511.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • self-regulation 51%
  • performance 50%
  • athlete 49%
  • Sports 48%
  • ranking 24%

• Mental Contrasting With Implementation Intentions Reduces Drinking When Drinking Is Hazardous: An Online Self-Regulation Intervention

  Wittleder, S., Kappes, A., Oettingen, G., Gollwitzer, P. M., Jay, M. & Morgenstern, J., Aug 1 2019, In: Health Education and Behavior. 46, 4, p. 666-676 11 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Self-regulation 100%
  • Self-Control 93%
  • Drinking 83%
  • self-regulation 76%
  • Intention 75%

• Paradoxical Knowing: A Shortcut to Knowledge and Its Antisocial Correlates

  Gollwitzer, A. & Oettingen, G., 2019, In: Social Psychology. 50, 3, p. 145-161 17 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • goal attainment 100%
  • Ignorance 88%
  • Valence 86%
  • Willingness 77%
  • Aggression 75%
• 2018

  Alcohol intake can reduce gambling behavior

  Wagner, G., Sevincer, A. T., Keim, R., Fähnrich, M. & Oettingen, G., Nov 2018, In: Psychology of Addictive Behaviors. 32, 7, p. 832-885 54 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Gambling 100%
  • gambling 86%
  • alcohol 61%
  • Alcohols 60%
  • Myopia 11%

• Demand to Act and Use of Mental Contrasting

  Sevincer, A. T., Tessmann, P. & Oettingen, G., 2018, In: Social Psychology. 49, 6, p. 344-359 16 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Teaching 100%
  • demand 77%
  • act 75%
  • Imagining 52%
  • Problem Solving 49%

• Downregulation of anger by mental contrasting with implementation intentions (MCII)

  Gallo, I. S., Bieleke, M., Alonso, M. A., Gollwitzer, P. M. & Oettingen, G., Oct 4 2018, In: Frontiers in Psychology. 9, OCT, 1838.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

  • Anger 100%
  • anger 84%
  • Intention 84%
  • Down-Regulation 63%
  • Emotional Regulation 52%

• Explaining unexplainable food choices

  Adriaanse, M. A., Kroese, F. M., Weijers, J., Gollwitzer, P. M. & Oettingen, G., Feb 1 2018, In: European Journal of Social Psychology. 48, 1, p. O15-O24

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Food 100%
  • food 98%
  • Feeding Behavior 69%
  • eating behavior 68%
  • Vacuum 40%

• Mental contrasting of counterfactual fantasies attenuates disappointment, regret, and resentment

  Krott, N. R. & Oettingen, G., Feb 1 2018, In: Motivation and Emotion. 42, 1, p. 17-36 20 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Fantasy 100%
  • Emotions 58%
  • emotion 40%
  • social psychology 18%
  • Social Psychology 17%

• Promoting the self-regulation of stress in health care providers: An internet-based intervention

  Gollwitzer, P. M., Mayer, D., Frick, C. & Oettingen, G., Jun 15 2018, In: Frontiers in Psychology. 9, JUN, 838.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

  • Internet-Based Intervention 100%
  • Self-Control 85%
  • self-regulation 70%
  • Intention 69%
  • Health Personnel 64%

• Self-regulation of affect-health behavior relations

  Sheeran, P., Webb, T. L., Gollwitzer, P. M. & Oettingen, G., Jan 1 2018, Affective Determinants of Health Behavior. Oxford University Press, p. 90-114 25 p.

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter

  • Self-Control 100%
  • health behavior 90%
  • Health Behavior 89%
  • self-regulation 82%
  • health decisions 60%