Research output

Research output per year 1985 2010 2012 2013 2014 2015 2024 2025

• 163 Article
• 47 Chapter (peer-reviewed)
• 26 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

• 2016

  From thought to automatic action: Strategic and incidental action control by if-then planning

  Martiny-Huenger, T., Bieleke, M., Oettingen, G. & Gollwitzer, P., 2016, (Accepted/In press) Reflective and impulsive determinants of behavior. Deutsch, R., Gawronski, B. & Hofmann, W. (eds.). New York: Psychology Press, In press

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter (peer-reviewed) › peer-review
• 2015

  Planning promotes goal striving

  Gollwitzer, P. & Oettingen, G., 2015, (Accepted/In press) Handbook of self-regulation: Research, theory, and applications. Vohs, K. & Baumeister, R. (eds.). 3rd ed. New York: Guilford Press, In press

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter (peer-reviewed) › peer-review

• The problems with positive thinking and how to regulate them

  Oettingen, G. & Cachia, J., 2015, (Accepted/In press) Handbook of self-regulation: Research, theory, and applications. Vohs, K. & Baumeister, R. (eds.). 3rd ed. New York: Guilford Press, In press

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter (peer-reviewed) › peer-review
• 2013

  Action control by implementation intentions: The role of discrete emotions

  Maglio, S. J., Gollwitzer, P. & Oettingen, G., 2013, Decomposing the will. Clark, A., Kiverstein, J. & Vierkant, T. (eds.). New York: Oxford University Press, p. 221-243

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter (peer-reviewed) › peer-review

• Construal level theory

  Gawrilow, C., Sevincer, A. & Oettingen, G., 2013, Dorsch Lexikon der Psychologie. Wirtz, M. (ed.). Bern: Huber, p. 339

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter (peer-reviewed) › peer-review

• Die Theorie der Fantasierealisierung [Fantasy Realization Theory]

  Oettingen, G. & Sevincer, A., 2013, Dorsch Lexikon der Psychologie. Wirtz, M. (ed.). Bern: Huber, p. 535

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter (peer-reviewed) › peer-review

• Leistungszielorientierung [Performance goal]

  Job, V., Oettingen, G. & Sevincer, A., 2013, Dorsch Lexikon der Psychologie. Wirtz, M. (ed.). Bern: Huber, p. 936-937

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter (peer-reviewed) › peer-review

• Lernzielorientierung [Learning goal]

  Job, V., Sevincer, A. & Oettingen, G., 2013, Dorsch Lexikon der Psychologie. Wirtz, M. (ed.). Bern: Huber, p. 958

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter (peer-reviewed) › peer-review

• Mögliches Selbst (Possible self)

  Gawrilow, C., Oettingen, G. & Sevincer, A., 2013, Dorsch Lexikon der Psychologie. Wirtz, M. (ed.). Bern: Huber, p. 1390

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter (peer-reviewed) › peer-review

• Prozesssimulation [process simulation]

  Sevincer, A. & Oettingen, G., 2013, Dorsch Lexikon der Psychologie. Wirtz, M. (ed.). Bern: Huber, p. 1236

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter (peer-reviewed) › peer-review

• Zielablösezyklus [Disengagement cycle]

  Klinger, E., Sevincer, A. & Oettingen, G., 2013, Dorsch Lexikon der Psychologie. Wirtz, M. (ed.). Bern: Huber, p. 1698

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter (peer-reviewed) › peer-review

• Zielhierarchie [Goal hierarchy]

  Sevincer, A. & Oettingen, G., 2013, Dorsch Lexikon der Psychologie. Wirtz, M. (ed.). Bern: Huber, p. 1701

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter (peer-reviewed) › peer-review
• 2011

  Planning promotes goal striving

  Gollwitzer, P. & Oettingen, G., 2011, Handbook of self-regulation: Research, theory, and applications. Vohs, K. & Baumeister, R. (eds.). 2nd ed. New York: Guilford Press, p. 162-185

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter (peer-reviewed) › peer-review
• 2010

  Motivation

  Bargh, J. A., Gollwitzer, P. & Oettingen, G., 2010, Handbook of social psychology. Fiske, S., Gilbert, D. & Lindzay, G. (eds.). 5th ed. New York: Wiley, p. 268-316

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter (peer-reviewed) › peer-review

• Strategies of setting and implementing goals: Mental contrasting and implementation intentions

  Oettingen, G. & Gollwitzer, P., 2010, Social psychological foundations of clinical psychology. Maddux, J. & Tangney, J. (eds.). New York: Guilford Press, p. 114-135

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter (peer-reviewed) › peer-review
• 2009

  Fantasies and motivationally intelligent goal setting

  Oettingen, G. & Stephens, E. J., 2009, The psychology of goals. Moskowitz, G. & Grant, H. (eds.). New York: Guilford Press, p. 153-178

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter (peer-reviewed) › peer-review

• Kluges Zielsetzen durch mentales Kontrastieren von Zukunft und Realität [Prudence in setting goals: Mental contrasting of future and reality]

  Oettingen, G. & Kluge, L., 2009, Prävention – Intervention – Konfliktlösung [Prevention-intervention-conflict resolution]. Iwers-Stelljes, T. (ed.). Wiesbaden: VS Verlag für Sozialwissenschaften, p. 215-227

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter (peer-reviewed) › peer-review

• Living on the edge: Shifting between nonconscious and conscious goal pursuit

  Gollwitzer, P., Parks-Stamm, E. J. & Oettingen, G., 2009, Oxford handbook of human action. Morsella, E., Bargh, J. & Gollwitzer, P. (eds.). Oxford: Oxford University Press, p. 603-624

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter (peer-reviewed) › peer-review

• Mental contrasting of the future and reality to master negative feedback

  Oettingen, G. & Kappes, A., 2009, Handbook of imagination and mental simulation. Markman, K., Klein, W. & Suhr, J. (eds.). New York: Psychology Press, p. 395-412

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter (peer-reviewed) › peer-review

• Psychologie des Zukunftsdenkens [Psychology of thinking about the future]

  Gawrilow, C., Sevincer, A. & Oettingen, G., 2009, Handbuch der Allgemeinen Psychologie - Motivation und Emotion [Handbook of general psychology: motivation and emotion]. Brandstatter, V. & Otto, J. (eds.). Göttingen: Hogrefe, p. 182-188

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter (peer-reviewed) › peer-review

• Ziele [Goals]

  Sevincer, A. & Oettingen, G., 2009, Handbuch der Allgemeinen Psychologie - Motivation und Emotion [Handbook of general psychology: motivation and emotion]. Brandstatter, V. & Otto, J. (eds.). Göttingen: Hogrefe, p. 37-45

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter (peer-reviewed) › peer-review
• 2007

  The role of goal setting and goal striving in medical adherence

  Gollwitzer, P. & Oettingen, G., 2007, Medical adherence and aging: Social and cognitive perspectives. Park, D. & Liu, L. (eds.). Washington, DC: American Psychological Association, p. 23-47

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter (peer-reviewed) › peer-review
• 2006

  Culture and self-efficacy in adolescents

  Oettingen, G. & Zosuls, K., 2006, Self-efficacy beliefs of adolescents. Pajares, F. & Urdan, T. (eds.). Greenwich, CT: Information Age Publishing, p. 245-265 (Adolescence and Education; vol. V).

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter (peer-reviewed) › peer-review

• Selbstregulierte Umsetzung von Verhaltensstandards im Längsschnitt: Eine Interventionsstudie [Self-regulated implementation of behavior standards: A longitudinal intervention study]

  Stadler, G., Oettingen, G. & Gollwitzer, P., 2006, Qualität durch Standards? [Quality assurance by keeping standards?]. Eder, F., Gatsgaer, A. & Hofmann, F. (eds.). Münster: Waxmann Verlag, p. 113-137

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter (peer-reviewed) › peer-review
• 2005

  Bearbeitung von Entwicklungsaufgaben: Selbstregulation von Zielbindung und Zielablösung. [Solving developmental tasks: Self-regulation of goal engagement and goal disengagement]

  Oettingen, G., Stadler, G. & Sandmann, M., 2005, Bausteine einer Bildungsgangtheorie [Building a theory of trajectories in education]. Schenk, B. (ed.). Wiesbaden: Verlag fur Sozialwissenschaften, p. 304-318

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter (peer-reviewed) › peer-review

• Fantasies and the self-regulation of competence

  Oettingen, G. & Hagenah, M., 2005, Handbook of competence and motivation. Elliot, A. & Dweck, C. (eds.). New York: Guilford Press, p. 647-665

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter (peer-reviewed) › peer-review

• Gesundheit beginnt im Kopf: Von der Phantasie zum Ziel zum gesunden Lebensstil. [Health emerges from the mind: From fantasy to goal setting to healthy living]

  Stadler, G., Oettingen, G. & Gollwitzer, P., 2005, Selbstregulation von Gesundheitsverhalten [Self-regulation of health behavior]. Thomas, H. (ed.). Hamburg, Germany: Deutsche Angestellten Krankenkasse, p. 1-39

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter (peer-reviewed) › peer-review

• Vom Träumen zum Tun [From dreaming to doing]

  Oettingen, G., 2005, Leistung – Lust und Last: Erziehen in einer Wettbewerbsgesellschaft [Achievement – Passion and Burden: Education in a competitive environment]. Bucher, A., Lauermann, K. & Walcher, E. (eds.). Wien: Österreichischer Bundesverlag.

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter (peer-reviewed) › peer-review
• 2004

  Goal setting and goal striving

  Oettingen, G. & Gollwitzer, P., 2004, Emotion and motivation. Brewer, M. & Hewstone, M. (eds.). Oxford, UK: Blackwell

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter (peer-reviewed) › peer-review

• Planning and the implementation of goals

  Gollwitzer, P., Fujita, K. & Oettingen, G., 2004, Handbook of self-regulation: Research, theory, and applications. Baumeister, R. & Vohs, K. (eds.). New York: Guilford Press, p. 211-228

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter (peer-reviewed) › peer-review
• 2003

  Self-regulation and conflict resolution

  Oettingen, G. & Gollwitzer, P., 2003, Social and psychological factors in conflict and its resolution: The Mid-Eastern and European experience. Nadler, A. & Dajani, M. (eds.). Brussels: European Commission

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter (peer-reviewed) › peer-review
• 2002

  Theorien der modernen Zielpsychologie [Theories of modern psychology of goals]

  Oettingen, G. & Gollwitzer, P., 2002, Theorien der Sozialpsychologie [Theories of Social Psychology]. Frey, D. & Irle, M. (eds.). Bern: Huber, p. 51-73

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter (peer-reviewed) › peer-review
• 2001

  Goal setting and goal striving

  Oettingen, G. & Gollwitzer, P., 2001, Blackwell handbook of social psychology: Intraindividual processes. Tesser, A. & Schwarz, N. (eds.). Oxford: Blackwell, p. 329-347

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter (peer-reviewed) › peer-review
• 2000

  Motivation

  Gollwitzer, P., Delius, J. & Oettingen, G., 2000, International handbook of psychology. Pawlik, K. & Rosenzweig, M. (eds.). London, UK: Sage, p. 191-206

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter (peer-reviewed) › peer-review

• Optimismus versus Realismus: Probleme und Lösungen einer andauernden Debatte [Optimism versus realism: Solutions to an ongoing debate]

  Oettingen, G., 2000, Psychologie und Zukunft [Psychology and future]. Moller, J. & Straub, B. (eds.). Gottingen: Hogrefe, p. 51-74

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter (peer-reviewed) › peer-review

• The emergence and implementation of health goals

  Gollwitzer, P. & Oettingen, G., 2000, Understanding and changing health behavior: From health beliefs to self-regulation. Norman, P., Abraham, C. & Connor, M. (eds.). Amsterdam: Harwood Publishers, p. 229-260

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter (peer-reviewed) › peer-review
• 1999

  Free fantasies about the future and the emergence of developmental goals

  Oettingen, G., 1999, Action & self-development: Theory and research through the life span. Brandtstädter, J. & Lerner, R. (eds.). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage, p. 315-342

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter (peer-reviewed) › peer-review

• Where political system meets culture: Effects on efficacy appraisal

  Oettingen, G. & Maier, H., 1999, Personality and person perception across cultures. Lee, Y., McCauley, C. & Draguns, J. (eds.). Mahwah, NJ: Erlbaum Press, p. 163-190

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter (peer-reviewed) › peer-review

• Zukunftsdenken und irrationales Handeln an der Schwelle zum 3. Jahrtausend: Gedanken zur Zeitenwende aus psychologischer Sicht [Thinking about the future and irrational action at the millennium]

  Oettingen, G., 1999, Zeit, Zeitenwende, Ewigkeit: Die Menschen vor der Jahrtausendwende [Time, change, and eternity: Mankind at the turn of the millenium]. Baumgartner, H. (ed.). Regensburg: Pustet, p. 62-84

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter (peer-reviewed) › peer-review
• 1996

  Positive fantasy and motivation

  Oettingen, G., 1996, The psychology of action: Linking cognition and motivation to behavior. Gollwitzer, P. & Bargh, J. (eds.). New York: Guilford Press, p. 236-259

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter (peer-reviewed) › peer-review

• Subjektives Leistungsvermögen und objektive Schulleistung: intranationale und internationale Vergleichsstudien [Subjective efficacy and objective academic performance: intranational and international comparisons]

  Oettingen, G., Little, T. & Baltes, P., 1996, Jahrbuch. Max-Planck-Gesellschaft (ed.). Göttingen: Vandenhoek & Ruprecht

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter (peer-reviewed) › peer-review
• 1995

  Cross-cultural perspectives on self-efficacy

  Oettingen, G., 1995, Self-efficacy in changing societies. Bandura, A. (ed.). Cambridge University Press, p. 149-176

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter (peer-reviewed) › peer-review

• Explanatory style in the context of culture

  Oettingen, G., 1995, Explanatory style. Buchanan, G. & Seligman, M. (eds.). Hillside, NJ: Erlbaum Press, p. 209-224

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter (peer-reviewed) › peer-review
• 1994

  Adäquate Selbsteinschätzung als Erziehungsziel: Die Selbstwirksamkeitsurteile Ostberliner Schulkinder [Adequate self-evaluation as an educational goal: Self-efficacy beliefs in East Berlin children].

  Oettingen, G. & Little, T., 1994, Psychologische Aspekte des sozio-politischen Wandels in Ostdeutschland [Psychological aspects of the socio-political change in East Germany]. Trommsdorff, G. (ed.). Berlin: De Gruyter, p. 113-123

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter (peer-reviewed) › peer-review

• Attributionsstil und expressives Verhalten in Ost- und West-Berlin [Explanatory style and expressive behavior in East and West Berlin]

  Oettingen, G., 1994, Psychologische Aspekte des sozio-politischen Wandels in Ostdeutschland [Psychological aspects of the socio-political change in East Germany]. Trommsdorff, G. (ed.). Berlin: De Gruyter, p. 144-153

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter (peer-reviewed) › peer-review
• 1993

  Schulleistungsbezogene Kontrollüberzeugungen im Kulturvergleich [Performance-related control beliefs across culture]

  Oettingen, G., 1993, Bericht über den 38. Kongreß der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Psychologie in Trier 1992. Montada, L. (ed.). Göttingen: Hogrefe, p. 928-931

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter (peer-reviewed) › peer-review
• 1990

  Phantasie und Realität [Fantasy and reality]

  Oettingen, G., 1990, Bericht über den 37. Kongreß der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Psychologie. Frey, D. (ed.). Göttingen: Hogrefe, p. 370-375

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter (peer-reviewed) › peer-review