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Peer-Reviewed Journal Articles
Wenzel, M., Bürgler, S., Brandstätter, V., Kreibich, A., & Hennecke, M. (2023). Self-regulatory strategy use, efficacy, and strategy-situation-fit in self-control conflicts of initiation, persistence, and inhibition. European Journal of Personality. https://doi.org/10.1177/08902070221150478
Kreibich, A., Wolf, B. M., Bettschart, M., Ghassemi, M., Herrmann, M., & Brandstätter, V. (2022). How self-awareness is connected to less experience of action crises in personal goal pursuit. Motivation and Emotion, 46, 825-836. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11031-022-09942-5
Brandstätter, V. (2022). Persistence and disengagement in failing goals: Commentary on Boddez, Van Dessel, & De Houwer. Cognition and Emotion. https://doi.org/10.1080/02699931.2022.2109601
Kukowski, C. A., Bernecker, K., von der Heyde, L., Boos, M., & Brandstätter, V. (2022). Climate policy as a tool to align others’ environmental behavior? PLOS ONE. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0269030
Kreibich, A., Wolf, B. M., Bettschart, M., Ghassemi, M., Herrmann, M., & Brandstätter, V. (2022). How self-awareness is connected to less experience of action crises in personal goal pursuit. Motivation and Emotion. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11031-022-09942-5
Brandstätter, V., & Bernecker, K. (2022). Persistence and disengagement in personal goal pursuit. Annual Review of Psychology, 73, 271-299. https://doi.org/10.1146/annurev-psych-020821-110710
Kreibich, A., Hennecke, M., & Brandstätter, V. (2022). The role of self-awareness and problem-solving orientation for the instrumentality of goal-related means. Journal of Individual Differences, 43(2), 57-69. https://doi.org/10.1027/1614-0001/a000355
Bettschart, M., Herrmann, M., Wolf, B. M., & Brandstätter, V. (2021). Investigating the Unified Motive Scales: The predictive validity of the achievement motive subscale. European Journal of Psychological Assessment, 37(2), 118-122. https://doi.org/10.1027/1015-5759/a000571
Bettschart, M., Wolf, B., Herrmann, M., & Brandstätter, V. (2021). Age-related development of self-regulation: Evidence on stability and change in action orientation. Journal of Research in Personality, 91, 10463. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jrp.2020.104063
Freund, A. M., Hennecke, M., Brandstätter, V., Martin, M. et al. (2021). Motivation and healthy aging: A heuristic model. The Journals of Gerontology: Psychological Sciences, 76, 97-104. https://doi.org/10.1093/geronb/gbab128
Ghassemi, M., Wolf, B. M., Bettschart, M., Kreibich, A., Herrmann, M., & Brandstätter, V. (2021). The dynamics of doubt: Short-term fluctuations and predictors of doubts in personal goal pursuit. Motivation Science, 7(2), 153-164. https://doi.org/10.1037/mot0000210
Heckhausen, J., Brandstätter, V., Fishbach, A., Freund, A. M., Lachman, M. E., & Robert, P. (2021). Goal changes and healthy aging. The Journals of Gerontology: Psychological Sciences, 76, 105-114. https://doi.org/10.1093/geronb/gbab038
Hennecke, M., Brandstätter, V., & Oettingen, G. (2021). The self-regulation of healthy aging: Goal-related processes in three domains. The Journals of Gerontology: Psychological Sciences. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1093/geronb/gbab011
Kreibich, A., Hennecke, M., & Brandstätter (2021). The role of self-awareness and problem-solving orientation for the instrumentality of goal-related means. Journal of Individual Differences, 43(1). https://doi.org/10.1027/1614-0001/a000355
Kukowski, C., Bernecker, K., & Brandstätter, V. (2021). Self-control and beliefs surrounding others’ cooperation predict own health-protective behaviors and support for COVID-19 government regulations: Evidence from two European countries. Social Psychological Bulletin, 16(1), 1-28. https://doi.org/10.32872/spb.4391
Schönbrodt, F. D., Hagemeyer, B., Brandstätter, V., Czikmantori, T., Gröpel, P., Hennecke, M., Israel, L. S. F., Janson, K. T., Kemper, N., Köllner, M. G., Kopp, P. M., Mojzisch, A., Müller-Hotop, R., Prüfer, J., Quirin, M., Scheidemann, B., Schiestel, L., Schulz-Hardt, S., Sust, L. N. N., Zygar-Hoffmann C., & Schultheiss, O. C. (2021). Measuring implicit motives with the Picture Story Exercise (PSE): Databases of expert-coded German stories, pictures, and updated picture norms. Journal of Personality Assessment, 103(3), 392-405. https://doi.org/10.1080/00223891.2020.1726936
Brandstätter, V. (2020). Goals and action regulation. The legacy of Heinz Heckhausen. Motivation Science, 6(3), 195-196. https://doi.org/10.1037/mot0000171
Ghassemi, M.*, Bernecker, K.*, & Brandstätter, V. (2020). “Take care, honey!”: People are more anxious about their significant others’ risk behavior than about their own. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 86, 1-13. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jesp.2019.103879 (*shared first authorship)
Kreibich, A., Hennecke, M., & Brandstätter, V. (2020). The effect of self-awareness on the identification of goal-related obstacles. European Journal of Personality, 34(2). 215-233. https://doi.org/10.1002/per.2234
Bernecker, K., Ghassemi, M., & Brandstätter, V. (2019). Approach and avoidance relationship goals and couples’ nonverbal communication during conflict. European Journal of Social Psychology, 49(3), 622-636. https://doi.org/10.1002/ejsp.2379
Bettschart, M., Herrmann, M., Wolf, B. M., & Brandstätter, V. (2019). The seed of goal-related doubts: A longitudinal investigation of the roles of failure and expectation of success among police trainee applicants. Frontiers in Psychology, 10, 2151. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2019.02151
Herrmann, M., Brandstätter, V., & Wrosch, C. (2019). Downgrading goal-relevant resources in action crises: The moderating role of goal reengagement capacities and effects on well-being. Motivation and Emotion, 43(4), 535-553. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11031-019-09755-z
Leuchtmann, L., Milek, A., Bernecker, K., Nussbeck, F. W., Backes, S., Martin, M., Zemp, M., Brandstätter, V., & Bodenmann, G. (2019). Temporal dynamics of couples’ communication behaviors in conflict discussions: A longitudinal analysis. Journal of Social and Personal Relationships, 36, 2937-2960. https://doi.org/10.1177/0265407518806582
Wolf, B. M., Herrmann, M., Zubler, I., & Brandstätter, V. (2019). Action crises in personal goals compromise recovery during physical therapy. Motivation Science, 5(2), 179-184. https://dx.doi.org/10.1037/mot0000106
Brandstätter, V., Koletzko, S. H., & Bettschart, M. (2018). When goals loom darker: Goal ambivalence moderates the effect of goal proximity on goal-related motivation. European Journal of Social Psychology. 49(4), 778-793. https://doi.org/10.1002/ejsp.2541
Brandstätter, H., Brandstätter, V., & Pelka, R. B. (2018). Similarity and positivity of personality profiles consistently predict relationship satisfaction in dyads. Frontiers in Psychology, 9, 1009. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2018.01009
Denzinger, F., Backes, S., & Brandstätter, V. (2018). Same same but different: Similarity of goals and implicit motives in intimate relationships. Motivation Science, 4(1), 60-77. https://doi.org/10.1037/mot0000064
Hennecke, M., Czikmantori, T., & Brandstätter, V. (2018). Doing despite disliking: Self-Regulatory strategies in everyday aversive activities. European Journal of Personality, 33,104-128. https://doi.org/10.1002/per.2182
Leuchtmann, L., Zemp, M., Milek, A., Nussbeck, F. W., Brandstätter, V., & Bodenmann, G. (2018). Role of clarity of other's feelings for dyadic coping. Personal Relationships, 25(1), 38-49. https://doi.org/10.1111/pere.12226
Wolf. B. M., Herrmann, M., & Brandstätter, V. (2018). Self-efficacy vs. action orientation: Comparing and contrasting two determinants of goal setting and goal striving. Journal of Research in Personality, 73, 35-45. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jrp.2017.11.001
Bernecker, K., Herrmann, M., Brandstätter, V., & Job, V. (2017). Implicit theories about willpower predict subjective well‐being. Journal of Personality, 85(2), 136-150. https://doi.org/10.1111/jopy.12225
Ghassemi, M., Bernecker, K., Herrmann, M., & Brandstätter, V. (2017). The process of disengagement from personal goals: Reciprocal influences between the experience of action crisis and appraisals of goal desirability and attainability. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 43(4), 524-537. https://doi.org/10.1177/0146167216689052
Kuster, M., Backes, S., Brandstätter, V., Nussbeck, F. W., Bradbury, T. N., Sutter-Stickel, D., & Bodenmann, G. (2017). Approach-avoidance goals and relationship problems, communication of stress, and dyadic coping in couples. Motivation and Emotion, 41(5), 576-590. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11031-017-9629-3
Zemp, M., Backes, S., & Brandstätter, V. (2017). The power motive and parenting style - Is incongruence related to inconsistency? Motivation Science, 3(4), 383. https://doi.org/10.1037/mot0000057
Backes, S., Brandstätter, V., Kuster, M., Nussbeck, F. W., Bradbury, T. N., Bodenmann, G., & Sutter-Stickel, D. (2016). Who suffers from stress?: Action-state orientation moderates the effect of external stress on relationship satisfaction. Journal of Social and Personal Relationships, 34(6), 894-914. https://doi.org/10.1177/0265407516661045
Brandstätter, V., Job, V., & Schulze, B. (2016). Motivational incongruence and well-being at the workplace: Person-job fit, job burnout, and physical symptoms. Frontiers in Psychology, 7, 1153. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2016.01153
Brandstätter, V., Jonas, K. J., Koletzko, S. H., & Fischer, P. (2016). Self-regulatory processes in the appraisal of moral courage situations. Social Psychology, 47, 201-213. https://doi.org/10.1027/1864-9335/a000274
Denzinger, F., Backes, S., Job, V., & Brandstätter, V. (2016). Age and gender differences in implicit motives. Journal of Research in Personality, 65, 52-61. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jrp.2016.09.003
Brandstätter, V., & Herrmann, M. (2015). Goal disengagement in emerging adulthood: The adaptive potential of action crises. International Journal of Behavioral Development, 40, 117-125. https://doi.org/10.1177/0165025415597550
Brandstätter, V., Giesinger, L., Job, V., & Frank, E. (2015). The role of deliberative versus implemental mindsets in time prediction and task accomplishment. Social Psychology, 46(2), 104. https//doi.org/10.1027/1864-9335/a000231
Herrmann, M., & Brandstätter, V. (2015). Action crises and goal disengagement: Longitudinal evidence on the predictive validity of a motivational phase in goal striving. Motivation Science, 1(2), 121-136. https://doi.org/10.1037/mot0000016
Koletzko, S. H., Herrmann, M., & Brandstätter, V. (2015). Unconflicted goal striving: Goal ambivalence as a mediator between goal self-concordance and well-being. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 41(1), 140-156. https://doi.org/10.1177/0146167214559711
Koletzko, S. H., La Marca‐Ghaemmaghami, P., & Brandstätter, V. (2015). Mixed expectations: Effects of goal ambivalence during pregnancy on maternal well‐being, stress, and coping. Applied Psychology: Health and Well‐Being, 7(3), 249-274. https://doi.org/10.1111/aphw.12047
Kuster, M., Bernecker, K., Backes, S., Brandstätter, V., Nussbeck, F. W., Bradbury, T. N., Martin, M., Sutter-Stickel, D., & Bodenmann, G. (2015). Avoidance orientation and the escalation of negative communication in intimate relationships. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 109(2), 262-275. https://doi.org/10.1037/pspi0000025
Schattke, K., Brandstätter, V., Taylor, G., & Kehr, H. M. (2015). Wahrgenommene Leistungsanreize moderieren den positiven Einfluss von Leistungsmotiv-Kongruenz auf das Flow-Erleben beim Hallenklettern. Zeitschrift für Sportpsychologie, 22(1), 20-33. https://doi.org/10.1026/1612-5010/a000134
Schüler, J., Brandstätter, V., & Baumann, N. (2015). Effects of implicit failure priming on cognitive and motoric performance in elementary school children. Swiss Journal of Psychology, 74(2), 83-90. https://doi.org/10.1024/1421-0185/a000154
Schüler, J., Brandstätter, V., Wegner, M., & Baumann, N. (2015). Testing the convergent and discriminant validity of three implicit motive measures: PSE, OMT, and MMG. Motivation and Emotion. 39(6), 839-857. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11031-015-9502-1
Backes, S., Brandstätter, V., & Brandstätter, H. (2014). Moral courage: Its personal and situational determinants. Politische Psychologie, 3, 5-23.
Herrmann, M., Baur, V., Brandstätter, V., Hänggi, J., & Jäncke, L. (2014). Being in two minds: The neural basis of experiencing action crises in personal long-term goals. Social Neuroscience, 9(6). 548-561. https://doi.org/10.1080/17470919.2014.933715
Landis, M., Bodenmann, G., Bradbury, T. N., Brandstätter, V., Peter-Wight, M., Backes, S., Sutter-Stickel, D., & Nussbeck, F. W. (2014). Commitment and dyadic coping in long-term relationships. GeroPsych: Journal of Gerontopsychology and Geriatric Psychiatry, 27(4), 139-149. https://doi.org/10.1024/1662-9647/a000112
Oertig, D., Schüler, J., Brandstätter, V., & Augustine, A. A. (2014). The influence of avoidance temperament and avoidance-based achievement goals on flow. Journal of Personality, 82(3), 171-181. https://doi.org/10.1111/jopy.12043
Schattke, K., Brandstätter, V., Taylor, G., & Kehr, H. M. (2014). Flow on the rocks: Motive-incentive congruence enhances flow in rock climbing. International Journal of Sport Psychology, 45(6), 603-620. https://doi.org/10.7352/IJSP.2014.45.603
Brandstätter, V., Herrmann, M., & Schüler, J. (2013). The struggle of giving up personal goals: Affective, physiological, and cognitive consequences of an action crisis. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 39(12), 1668-1682. https://doi.org/10.1177/0146167213500151
Brandstätter, V., & Schüler, J. (2013). Action crisis and cost-benefit thinking: A cognitive analysis of a goal-disengagement phase. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 49(3), 543-553. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jesp.2012.10.004
Herrmann, M., & Brandstätter, V. (2013). Overcoming action crises in personal goals – Longitudinal evidence on a mediating mechanism between action orientation and well-being. Journal of Research in Personality, 47(6), 881-893. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jrp.2013.09.005
Oertig, D., Schüler, J., Schnelle, J., Brandstätter, V., Roskes, M., & Elliot, A. J. (2013). Avoidance goal pursuit depletes self-regulatory resources. Journal of Personality, 81(4), 365-375. https://doi.org/10.1111/jopy.12019
Schüler, J., Brandstätter, V., & Baumann, N. (2013). Failure cues priming and impaired cognitive performance – Analysis of avoidance motivation as mediator and fear of failure as moderator. European Journal of Social Psychology, 43(5), 335-343. https://doi.org/10.1002/ejsp.1942
Schüler, J., & Brandstätter, V. (2013). How basic need satisfaction and dispositional motives interact in predicting flow experience in sport. Journal of Applied Social Psychology, 43(4), 687-705. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1559-1816.2013.01045.x
Schüler, J., Brandstätter, V., & Sheldon, K. M. (2013). Do implicit motives and basic psychological needs interact to predict well-being and flow? Testing a universal hypothesis and a matching hypothesis. Motivation and Emotion, 37(3), 480-495. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11031-012-9317-2
Simmen-Janevska, K., Brandstätter, V., & Maercker, A. (2012). The overlooked relationship between motivational abilities and posttraumatic stress: A review. European Journal of Psychotraumatology, 3, 1-19. https://doi.org/10.3402/ejpt.v3i0.18560
Job, V., Oertig, D., Brandstätter, V., & Allemand, M. (2010). Discrepancies between implicit and explicit motivation and unhealthy eating behavior. Journal of Personality, 78(4), 1209-1238. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-6494.2010.00648.x
Schnelle, J., Brandstätter, V., & Knöpfel, A. (2010). The adoption of approach versus avoidance goals. The role of goal-relevant resources. Motivation and Emotion, 34(3), 215-229. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11031-010-9173-x
Job, V., & Brandstätter, V. (2009). To get a taste of your goals: Creating motive-goal congruence by affect-focus goal-fantasy. Journal of Personality, 77(5), 1527-1559. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-6494.2009.00591.x
Job, V., Langens, T. A., & Brandstätter, V. (2009). Effects of achievement goal striving on well-being: The moderating role of the explicit achievement motive. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 35(8), 983-996. https://doi.org/10.1177/0146167209336606
Schüler, J., Job, V., Fröhlich, S., & Brandstätter, V. (2009). Dealing with a “hidden stressor”: Emotional disclosure as a coping strategy to overcome the negative effects of motive incongruence on health. Stress and Health, 25(3), 221-233. https://doi.org/10.1002/smi.1241
Schüler, J., Job, V., Fröhlich, S., & Brandstätter, V. (2008). A high implicit affiliation motive does not always make you happy. Motivation and Emotion, 32(3), 231-242. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11031-008-9096-y
Schüler, J., Job, V., Fröhlich, S., & Brandstätter, V. (2008). Emotional disclosure buffers the negative effect of motive-incongruence on health. International Journal of Psychology, 43(3-4), 223-223.
Brandstätter, V., Frey, D., & Schneider, G. (2006). Zivilcourage: Eine wichtige Tugend in einer Demokratie [Moral courage: A basic virtue in a democracy]. Zeitschrift für Politische Psychologie, 14, 375-398.
Jonas, K. J., & Brandstätter, V. (2004). Zivilcourage: Definition, Befunde und Handlungsempfehlungen [Civil courage: Definition, empirical results and recommendations for intervention]. Zeitschrift für Sozialpsychologie, 45, 185-200. https://doi.org/10.1024/0044-3514.35.4.185
Brandstätter, V., Heimbeck, D., Malzacher, J. T., & Frese, M. (2003). Goals need implementation intentions: The model of action phases tested in the applied setting of continuing education. European Journal of Work and Organizational Psychology, 12(1), 37-59. https://doi.org/10.1080/13594320344000011
Brandstätter, V., & Frank, E. (2002). Effects of deliberative and implemental mindsets on persistence in goal-directed behavior. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 28(10), 1366-1378. https://doi.org/10.1177/014616702236868
Frank, E., & Brandstätter, V. (2002) Approach vs. avoidance: Different types of commitment in intimate relationships. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 82(2), 208-221. https://doi.org/10.1037/0022-3514.82.2.208
Brandstätter, V., Lengfelder, A., & Gollwitzer, P. M. (2001). Implementation intentions and efficient action initiation. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 81(5), 946-960. https://doi.org/10.1037/0022-3514.81.5.946
Gollwitzer, P. M., & Brandstätter, V. (1997). Implementation intentions and effective goal pursuit. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 73(1), 186-199. https://doi.org/10.1037/0022-3514.73.1.186
Schuster, B., Brandstätter, V., & Frey, D. (1997). Wie das Schöne im Menschen bewahren - und dennoch durch Anreize motivieren? [How to preserve the good in human beings - and still motivate through incentive systems]. Die Betriebswirtschaft, 57, 307-321.
Brandstätter, V., & Gollwitzer, P. M. (1993). Research on motivation: A review on the eighties and early nineties. German Journal of Psychology, 18, 181-232.
Brandstätter, V., Ellemers, N., Gaviria, E., Giosue, F., Huguet, P., Kroon, M., Morchain, P., Pujal, M., Rubini, M., Mugny, G., & Perez, J. A. (1991). Indirect majority and minority influence: An exploratory study. European Journal of Social Psychology, 21(3), 199-211. https://doi.org/10.1002/ejsp.2420210303
Books
Brandstätter, V., Schüler, J., Puca, R. M., & Lozo, L. (2018). Lehrbuch Motivation und Emotion (2. Auflage) [Motivation and emotion, textbook, 2nd edition]. Berlin: Springer-Verlag.
Brandstätter, V., & Otto, J. H. (Eds.) (2009). Handbuch der Allgemeinen Psychologie: Motivation und Emotion [Handbook of Motivation and Emotion Psychology]. Göttingen: Hogrefe.
Jonas, K. J., Boos, M., & Brandstätter, V. (Eds.) (2007). Zivilcourage trainieren! Theorie und Praxis [Training civil courage! Theoretical and practical approaches]. Göttingen: Hogrefe.
Brandstätter, V., Frey, D., & Schneider, G. (2006). Zivilcourage in Theorie und Training als Beitrag zu Werteverwirklichung und Demokratieverständnis [Civil courage in theory and training as a contribution to the development of democratic understanding]. Berlin: BLK
Brandstätter, V. (2003). Persistenz und Zielablösung [Persistence and disengagement from goals]. Göttingen: Hogrefe.
Chapters in Handbooks, Encyclopaedias, and Books
Brandstätter, V. (2018). Holding on or letting go? Persistence and disengagement. In R. A. Scott, M. Buchmann & S.Kosslyn (Eds.), Emerging Trends in the Social and Behavioral Sciences (pp. 1-14). Hoboken, NJ: Wiley.
Brandstätter, V., & Hennecke, M. (2018). Ziele [Goals]. In H. Heckhausen & J. Heckhausen (Eds.), Motivation und Handeln [Motivation and action] (pp. 331-353). Berlin: Springer.
Hennecke, M. & Brandstätter, V. (2017). Means, ends, and happiness: The role of goals for subjective well-being. In M. Robinson & M. Eid (Eds.), The happy mind: Cognitive contributions to well-being (pp. 235-251). New York, NY: Springer.
Brandstätter, V., & Herrmann, V. (2017). Goal disengagement and action crises. In N. Baumann, T. Goschke, M. Kazén, S. Koole, & M. Quirin (Eds.), Why people do the things they do: Building on Julius Kuhl’s contribution to motivation and volition psychology (pp. 87-108). Göttingen: Hogrefe.
Hennecke, M., & Brandstätter, V. (2017). Means, ends, and happiness: The role of goals for subjective well-being. In M. Eid & M. Robinson (Eds.), The happy mind: Cognitive contributions to well-being (pp. 235-251). New York: Springer.
Hennecke, M., & Brandstätter, V. (2016). Gefühle und Anreize als Auslöser und Regulativ von Handlungen: Beiträge der Allgemeinen Psychologie – Emotion und Motivation [Feelings and incentives as triggers and regulators of action: Contributions of the psychology of emotion and motivation]. In K. Sonntag (Ed.), Personalentwicklung in Organisation [Human resource development in organizations] (pp. 83-124). Göttingen, Germany: Hogrefe.
Hennecke, M., & Brandstätter, V. (2016). Intrinsische Motivation [Intrinsic motivation]. In D. Frey & H.-W. Bierhoff (Eds.), Enzyklopädie der Psychologie, Themenbereich C, Serie VI, Band 2: Soziale Motive und soziale Einstellungen [Encyclopaedia of psychology, subject area C, series VI, volume 2: Social motives and social attitudes] (pp. 1-29). Göttingen, Germany: Hogrefe.
Niesta Kayser, D., Frey, D., Kirsch, F., & Brandstätter, V. (2016). Zivilcourage [Moral courage]. In D. Frey & H.-W. Bierhoff (Eds.), Enzyklopädie der Psychologie, Themenbereich C, Serie VI, Band 2: Soziale Motive und soziale Einstellungen [Encyclopaedia of psychology, subject area C, series VI, volume 2: Social motives and social attitudes] (pp. 255-275). Göttingen, Germany: Hogrefe.
Brandstätter, V., & Jonas, K. J. (2012). Moral courage training programs as a means of overcoming societal crises. In K. J. Jonas & T. A. Morton (Eds.), Restoring civil societies: The psychology of intervention and engagement following crisis (pp. 265-283). Hoboken, NJ: Wiley.
Oertig, D., Schüler, J., & Brandstätter, V. (2012). Do avoidance goals always impair performance? How neuroticism moderates the short- and long-term effects of avoidance versus approach goals on performance. In A. M. Columbus (Ed.), Advances in psychology research (Vol. 94, pp. 147-168). New York, NY: Nova Publishers.
Brandstätter, V., Gollwitzer, P. M., & Achtziger, A. (2011). Motivation und Volition [Motivation and volition]. In A. Schütz, M. Brand, H. Selg & S. Lautenbacher (Eds.), Psychologie: Eine Einführung in ihre Grundlagen und Anwendungsfächer [Psychology: An introduction to its basic concepts and fields of application] (3rd ed., pp. 173-188). Stuttgart, Germany: Kohlhammer.
Schüler, J., & Brandstätter, V. (2010). Zielbildung und Zielbindung [Goal setting and goal commitment]. In U. Kleinbeck & K.-H. Schmidt (Eds.), Enzyklopädie der Psychologie, Themenbereich D, Serie III, Band 1: Arbeitspsychologie [Encyclopaedia of psychology, subject area D, series III, volume 1: Work psychology] (pp. 39-88). Göttingen, Germany: Hogrefe.
Brandstätter, V. (2007). Kleine Schritte statt Heldentaten: Ein Training zur Förderung von Zivilcourage gegen Fremdenfeindlichkeit [Civil courage: Small steps instead of heroic deeds against violence and intolerance]. In K. J. Jonas, M. Boos & V. Brandstätter (Eds.), Zivilcourage trainieren! Theorie und Praxis [Training civil courage! Theoretical and practical approaches] (pp. 95-105). Göttingen, Germany: Hogrefe.
Brandstätter, V., & Schnelle, J. (2007). Motivationstheorien [Theories of motivation]. In H. Schuler & K.-H. Sonntag (Eds.), Handbuch der Arbeits- und Organisationspsychologie [Handbook of work and organizational psychology] (pp.51-58). Göttingen, Germany: Hogrefe.
Brandstätter, V., & Frank, E. (2006). The role of implemental versus deliberative mindsets in goal-setting and goal-directed persistence. In D. Frey, H. Mandl & L. v. Rosenstiel (Eds.), Knowledge and action (pp. 7-22). Göttingen, Germany: Hogrefe.
Frey, D., Peus, C., Brandstätter, V., & Winkler, M. (2006). Zivilcourage [Civil courage]. In D. Frey & H.-W. Bierhoff (Eds.), Handbuch der Sozialpsychologie und Kommunikationspsychologie [Handbook of social- and communication psychology] (pp. 180-186). Göttingen, Germany: Hogrefe.
Brandstätter, V. (2005). Motivation [Motivation]. In D. Frey, L. v. Rosenstiel & C. Graf Hoyos (Eds.), Wirtschaftspsychologie [Economic psychology] (pp. 273-278). Beltz, Germany: Weinheim.
Brandstätter, V., & Gollwitzer, P. M. (2005). Motivation und Volition [Motivation and volition]. In A. Schütz, H. Selg & S. Lauterbacher (Eds.), Psychologie: Eine Einführung in ihre Grundlagen und Anwendungsfelder [Psychology: An introduction to the basics and areas of application] (2nd ed., pp. 201-216). Stuttgart, Germany: Kohlhammer.
Brandstätter, V. (2004). Annäherungs- und Vermeidungsmotivation: Implikationen für ausgewählte organisationspsychologische Fragestellungen [Approach and avoidance motivation: Implications for some issues in organizational psychology]. In J. Wegge & K.-H. Schmidt (Eds.), Förderung von Arbeitsmotivation und Gesundheit in Organisationen [Promoting work motivation and health in organizations] (pp. 39-51). Göttingen, Germany: Hogrefe.
Brandstätter, V., & Frey, D. (2004). Motivation zu Arbeit und Leistung [Work motivation]. In H. Schuler (Ed.), Enzyklopädie der Psychologie, Themenbereich D, Serie III, Band 3: Organisationspsychologie. Grundlagen und Personalpsychologie [Encyclopaedia of psychology, subject area D, series III, volume 3: Organizational psychology] (pp. 295-341). Göttingen, Germany: Hogrefe.
Frey, D., Brandstätter, V., Peus, C., & Winkler, M. (2004). Zivilcourage: Intoleranz gegenüber Intoleranz [Civil courage: Intolerance towards intolerance]. In H. R. Yousefi & K. Fischer (Eds.), Interkulturelle Orientierung: Grundlegung des Toleranz-Dialogs. Teil II: Angewandte Interkulturalität. Reihe Bausteine zur Mensching-Forschung [Intercultural orientation: Foundation of the tolerance-dialogue. Part II: Applied interculturality]. (6th ed., Vol. 2, pp. 431-452). Nordhausen, Germany: Bautz.
Frey, D., Schuster, B., & Brandstätter, V. (2004). Sozialpsychologische Grundlagen der Organisationspsychologie: Was kann die Organisationspsychologie von der Sozialpsychologie lernen? [Social psychological basics of I/O psychology: What I/O psychology can learn from social psychology]. In H. Schuler (Ed.), Enzyklopädie der Psychologie, Themenbereich D, Serie III, Band 4: Organisationspsychologie. Gruppe und Organisation [Encyclopaedia of psychology, subject area D, series III, volume 4: Organizational psychology] (pp. 3-54). Göttingen, Germany: Hogrefe
Peus, C., Traut-Mattausch, E., Kerschreiter, R., Frey, D., & Brandstätter, V. (2004). Ökonomische Auswirkungen professioneller Führung [Economic aspects of professional leadership]. In M. Dürndorfer & P. Friederichs (Eds.), Human Capital Leadership (pp. 193-207). Hamburg, Germany: Murmann.
Brandstätter, V. (1999). Arbeitsmotivation und Arbeitszufriedenheit [Work motivation and work satisfaction]. In D. Frey & C. Graf Hoyos (Eds.), Organisationspsychologie [Organizational psychology] (pp.344-357). Weinheim, Germany: Beltz.
Brandstätter, V. & Frank, E. (1998). Erschwerte Zielablösung bei Alltagszielen: Wenn die Furcht vor dem Aufgeben zum Grund für das Weitermachen wird. In Rosenstiel, L. v. (Hrsg.), Person, Arbeit, Gesellschaft (pp. 47-62). Augsburg, Germany: Verlag Dr. Wissner.
Brandstätter, V. (1998). Von der Schwierigkeit, Ziele aufzugeben: Wenn sich das Streben nach Erfreulichem in Vermeiden von Unerfreulichem verkehrt [When giving up a goal turns out to be difficult: The change from approach to avoidance]. In O. L. Braun (Eds.), Ziele und Wille in der Psychologie: Beiträge aus Forschung und Praxis [Goals and volition in psychology: Contributions from research and practice] (pp.51-68). Landau, Germany: VEP.
Brandstätter, V., & Gollwitzer, P. M. (1996). Leistungsmotiv, Motivation, Wille [Achievement motivation, motivation, volition]. In G. Strube (Ed.), Wörterbuch der Kognitionswissenschaft [Encyclopaedia of cognitive science]. Stuttgart, Germany: Klett-Cotta.
Ulich, D., Brandstätter, V., & Gollwitzer, P. M. (1996). Emotion, Motivation und Volition [Emotion, motivation, and volition]. In D. Dörner & H. Selg (Eds.), Psychologie: Eine Einführung in ihre Grundlagen und Anwendungsfelder [An introduction to psychology and its applications] (pp.115-135). Stuttgart, Germany: Kohlhammer.
Brandstätter, H., & Brandstätter, V. (1995). Auswahl von Führungskräften [Selection of managers]. In A. Kieser, G. Reber & R. Wunderer (Eds.), Handwörterbuch der Führung [Encyclopaedia of leadership] (pp. 112-123). Stuttgart, Germany: Poeschel.
Gollwitzer, P. M., & Brandstätter, V. (1995). Motivation. In A. S. R. Manstead & M. Hewstone (Eds.), The Blackwell dictionary of social psychology (pp. 397-403). Oxford, England: Blackwell.
Frey, D., Brandstätter, V., & Schuster, B. (1994). Das ökonomische Modell aus psychologischer Sicht [The economic model from a psychological perspective]. In Ch. Smekal & E. Theurl (Eds.), Stand und Entwicklung der Finanzpsychologie [Currenct status and developments in finance psychology] (pp. 65-106). Baden-Baden, Germany: Nomos.
Publications in Applied Journals and Books
Bettschart, M., Wolf, B. M., Herrmann, M., & Brandstätter, V. (2020). Zweifelsfrei in den Polizeidienst: Eine Studie zu Zweifeln am Berufsziel «Polizist*in» im Bewerbungs- und Ausbildungsprozess [Into the police service: A study on doubts about the goal to become a police officer during the application and training procedures]. format magazine – Zeitschrift für Polizeiausbildung und Polizeiforschung, 9, 11-17. Available online under https://www.institut-police.ch/06-wissen/06-04-format-magazine/2019-09/inhalt-2019-09/2%20Bettschart%20et%20al.pdf (02.03.2020)
Ghassemi, M. & Brandstätter, V. (2019). Selbstregulation zwischen Zielbindung und Zielablösung [Self-regulation between goal engagement and goal disengagement]. In S. Rietmann & P. Deing (Eds.), Psychologie der Selbststeuerung [Psychology of self-regulation] (pp. 91-109). Springer.
Ghassemi, M., & Brandstätter, V. (in press). Selbstregulation zwischen Zielbindung und Zielablösung [Self-regulation between commitment to and disengagement from goals]. In S. Rietmann & P. Deing (Hrsg.), Selbststeuerung. Psychologische Grundlagen gelingender Lebensführung [Self-regulation. Psychological foundation of successful conduct of life]. Wiesbaden: Springer VS
Herrmann, M., Wolf, B. M., Zentner, D., Degen, E., & Brandstätter, V. (2018). Mehr Motivation im CATI-Center [More motivation at the CATI center]. Planung & Analyse, 5, 56-58.
Brandstätter, V., & Herrmann, M. (2014). Die Handlungskrise [The action crisis]. In M. Storch & F. Krause (Eds.), Selbstmanagement - ressourcenorientiert. Grundlagen und Trainingsmanual für die Arbeit mit dem Zürcher Ressourcen Modell (ZRM) [Resource-oriented self-management. Foundations and manual of the Zurich Resource Model] (5th ed., pp. 102-110). Bern, Switzerland: Huber.
Brandstätter, V. (2011). Zivilcourage – Kleine Schritte statt Heldentaten gegen Gewalt und Intoleranz. [Civil courage – Small steps instead of heroic deeds against violence and intolerance] In Schweizerische Kriminalprävention (SKP) (Eds.), Jugend und Gewalt. Ein Handbuch der Schweizerischen Kriminalprävention [Youth and violence. A handbook of the Swiss Criminal Prevention] (pp. 95-105). Bern, Switzerland: Stämpfli Verlag.
Schnelle, J., Brandstätter, V., & Moser, B. (2009). Aspekte der Work-Life-Balance aus motivationspsychologischer Perspektive: Zielkonflikte zwischen Beruf und Familie [Aspects of work-life balance from a motivational perspective: Goal conflicts between job and family]. Personalführung, 42 (2), 46-54.
Brandstätter, V., Frey, D., & Backes, S. (2007). Erfahrungsbericht zum Modul „Training von Zivilcourage“ im Rahmen des BLK-Programms „Demokratie lernen und leben“. [Field report on the module „moral courage training in the course of the BLK-program “learning and living democracy”] In Landesinstitut für Schule und Medien Berlin - Brandenburg (Eds.). Demokratie erfahrbar machen: Demokratiepädagogische Beratung in der Schule. Ein Handbuch für Beraterinnen und Berater für Demokratiepädagogik [Making democracy tangible: democracy pedagogy counselling at school. A handbook for democracy pedagogy counsellors]. Ludwigsfelde: LISUM.
Brandstätter, V., Frey, D., & Schneider, G. (2006). Zivilcourage in Theorie und Training als Beitrag zu Werteverwirklichung und Demokratieverständnis [Civil courage in theory and training as a contribution to the understanding of democracy]. Berlin: Bund-Länder-Kommissionsprogramm Demokratie lernen und leben.
Brandstätter, V., & Frey (2003). Kleine Schritte statt Heldentaten [Small steps instead of heroic deeds]. Psychologie Heute, 30 (7), 67-69.
Publications
Forstmann, M., & Sagioglou, C. (in press). How psychedelic researcher’s self-admitted substance use and their association with psychedelic culture affect people’s perceptions of their scientific integrity and the quality of their research. Public Understanding of Science.
Gandy, S., Forstmann, M., Carhart-Harris, R. L., Timmermann, C., Luke, D. & Watts, R. (in press). The potential synergistic effects between psychedelic administration and nature contact for the improvement of mental health. Health Psychology Open.
Forstmann, M., Yudkin, D. J, Prosser, A. M. D., Heller, S. M., & Crockett, M. J. (2020). Transformative experience and social connectedness mediate the mood-enhancing effects of psychedelic substance use in naturalistic settings. Proceedings of the National Academy of Science, 117, 2338-2346.
Forstmann, M., & Burgmer, P. (in press). The mind of the market: Lay beliefs about the economy as a willful, goal-oriented agent. Behavioral and Brain Sciences, 41, e169.
Forstmann, M., & Sagioglou, C. (2020). Religious concept activation attenuates cognitive dissonance reduction in free-choice and induced compliance paradigms. The Journal of Social Psychology, 160, 75-91.
Burgmer, P., Forstmann, M., & Stavrova, O. (2019). Ideas are cheap: When and why adults value labor over ideas. Journal of Experimental Psychology: General, 148, 824-844.
Sagioglou, C., & Forstmann, M., & Greitemeyer, T. (2019). Belief in social mobility mitigates hostility resulting from disadvantaged social standing. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 45, 541-556.
Burgmer, P., Forstmann, M. (2018). Mind-body dualism and health revisited: How belief in dualism shapes health behavior. Social Psychology, 49, 219-230 .
Forstmann, M., & Burgmer, P. (2018). A free will needs a free mind: Belief in substance dualism and reductive physicalism differentially predict belief in free will and determinism. Consciousness and cognition, 63, 280-293.
Forstmann, M., & Sagioglou, C. (2017). Lifetime experience with psychedelic substances predicts pro-environmental behavior through an increase in feelings of connectedness with nature. Journal of Psychopharmacology, 31, 975-988.
Forstmann, M., Burgmer, P. (2017). Antecedents, manifestations, and consequences of belief in mind-body dualism. In C. Zedelius, B. Müller, & J. W. Schooler (Eds.). The Science of Lay Theories - How Beliefs Shape our Cognition, Behavior, and Health. New York: Springer.
Todd, A.R., Forstmann, M., Burgmer, P., Brooks, A. W., & Galinsky, A. D. (2015). Anxious and egocentric: How specific emotions influence perspective taking. Journal of Experimental Psychology: General, 144, 374-391.
Forstmann, M., & Burgmer, P. (2015). Adults are intuitive mind-body dualists. Journal of Experimental Psychology: General, 144, 222-235.
Sagioglou, C., & Forstmann, M. (2013). Activating Christian religious concepts increases intolerance of ambiguity and judgment certainty. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 49, 933-939.
Forstmann, M., Burgmer, P., & Mussweiler, T. (2012). "The mind is willing, but the flesh is weak": The effects of mind-body dualism on health behavior. Psychological Science, 23, 1239-1245.
Peer-Reviewed Journal Article
Bürgler, S., Hoyle, R. H., & Hennecke, M. (2021). Flexibility in using self-regulatory strategies to manage self-control conflicts: The role of metacognitive knowledge, strategy repertoire, and feedback monitoring. European Journal of Personality, 35(6), 861–880. https://doi.org/10.1177/0890207021992907
Bürgler, S., Kleinke, K., & Hennecke, M. (2022). The Metacognition in Self-Control Scale (MISCS). Personality and Individual Differences, 199. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.paid.2022.111841
Hennecke, M., & Bürgler, S. (2020). Many roads lead to Rome: Self‐regulatory strategies and their effects on self‐control. Social and Personality Psychology Compass, 14(6), e12530. https://doi.org/10.1111/spc3.12530
Hennecke, M.*, & Bürgler, S.* (2022). Metacognition and self-control: An integrative framework. Psychological Review. (*shared first-authorship)
Wenzel, M., Bürgler, S., Rowland, Z., & Hennecke, M. (2021). Self-control dynamics in daily life: The importance of variability between self-regulatory strategies and strategy differentiation. European Journal of Personality. https://doi.org/10.1177/08902070211043023
Wenzel, M., Rowland, Z., Bürgler, S., Friese, M., Hofmann, W., & Hennecke, M. (2022). Person × domain interactions in resisting desires in daily life. European Journal of Personality. https://doi.org/10.1177/08902070221098912
Conference Poster Presentations
Bürgler S., Hennecke, M. (2021, February). Metacognition in daily self-control conflicts. Society for Personality and Social Psychology (SPSP), Motivational Science Preconference. https://meeting.spsp.org/2021/preconferences/motivation-science
Bürgler S., Hennecke, M. (2021, February). Metacognition in daily self-control conflicts. Society for Personality and Social Psychology (SPSP) Annual Convention. https://meeting.spsp.org/2021/
Bürgler S., Hennecke, M. (2019, October). Success in daily self-control conflicts: The importance of self-observation and self-knowledge. Motivational Psychology Colloquium (MPK), Berlin, Germany. https://docplayer.org/177416145-Motivation-psychology-colloquium-mpk-2019-program.html
Conference Talks
Bürgler S., Hennecke, M. (2021, October). Smart strategy use: Metacognition, strategy repertoire, and polyregulation in daily self-control conflicts. Talk at the Motivational Psychology Colloquium (MPK), Zurich, Switzerland. https://www.psychology.uzh.ch/en/areas/sob/motivation/MPK2021.html
Bürgler S., Hennecke, M. (2021, September). Smart strategy use: Metacognition, strategy repertoire, and polyregulation in daily self-control conflicts. Talk in the symposium “emotion and self-regulation in daily life” at the Conference of the German Psychological Society - Personality Psychology and Psychological Diagnostics (DPPD), Ulm, Germany.
https://dppd-2021.jimdosite.com/
Bürgler S., Hennecke, M. (2021, June). Metacognition in daily self-control conflicts: Results from two experience sampling studies. Society for Ambulatory Assessment (SAA) Conference 2021, Zurich, Switzerland. https://saa.dynage.uzh.ch/
Bürgler S., Hennecke, M. (2021, May). Metacognition in daily self-control conflicts. Symposium: “Beyond willpower: Self-regulatory strategies and metacognition for self-control in daily life”. Society for the Science of Motivation (SSM) Conference. https://www.scienceofmotivation.org/events/
Bürgler S., Hennecke, M. (2020, May). The importance of strategy repertoire for success in daily self-control conflicts. Symposium: “Building a strategy toolbox to enhance self-regulatory success” [conference cancelled], Association for Psychological Science (APS) Annual Convention, Chicago, IL, United States. https://www.psychologicalscience.org/conventions/annual
Bernecker, K., & Becker, D. (in press). Beyond Self-Control: Mechanisms of Hedonic Goal Pursuit and Its Relevance for Well-Being. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin.
Bernecker, K., & Job, V. (2020). Too exhausted to go to bed: Implicit theories about willpower and stress predict bedtime procrastination. British Journal of Psychology, 111, 126-147. https://dx.doi.org/10.1111/bjop.12382
Bernecker, K., & Kramer, J. (2020). Implicit theories about willpower are associated with exercise levels during the academic examination period. Sport, Exercise, and Performance Psychology, 9(2), 216–231. https://dx.doi.org/10.1037/spy0000182
Ghassemi, M. G., Bernecker, K., & Brandstätter, V. (2020). “Take care, honey!”: People are more anxious about their significant others’ risk behavior than about their own. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 86, 103879. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jesp.2019.103879
Bernecker, K., Ghassemi, M., & Brandstätter, V. (2019). Approach and avoidance relationship goals and couples’ nonverbal communication during conflict. European Journal of Social Psychology, 49(3), 622-636. https://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ejsp.2379
Bernecker, K., Wenzler, M., & Sassenberg, K. (2019). Tweeted anger predicts county-level results of the 2016 United States presidential election. International Review of Social Psychology, 32(1), 6, 1–14. DOI: https://doi.org/10.5334/irsp.256
Sieber, V., Flückiger, L., Mata, J., Bernecker, K., & Job, V. (2019). Autonomous goal striving promotes a nonlimited theory about willpower. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin. https://doi.org/10.1177/0146167218820921
Bernecker, K., Job, V., & Hofmann, W. (2018). Experience, resistance, and enactment of desires: Differential relationships with trait measures predicting self-control. Journal of Research in Personality, 76, 92-101. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jrp.2018.07.007
Leuchtmann, L., Milek, A., Bernecker, K., Nussbeck, F. W., Backes, S., Martin, M., ... Bodenmann, G. (2018). Temporal dynamics of couples’ communication behaviors in conflict discussions: A longitudinal analysis. Journal of Social and Personal Relationships. https://doi.org/10.1177/0265407518806582
Bernecker, K., & Job V. (2017). Implicit theories about willpower in resisting temptations and emotion control. Journal of Psychology, 225, 157-166. https://dx.doi.org/10.1027/2151-2604/a000292
Ghassemi, M., Bernecker, K., Herrmann, M., & Brandstätter, V. (2017). The process of disengagement from personal goals: Reciprocal influences between the experience of action crisis and appraisals of goal desirability and attainability. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 43(4), 524 – 537. https://doi.org/10.1177/0146167216689052
Bernecker, K., Herrmann, M., Brandstätter, V., & Job, V. (2017). Implicit theories about willpower predict subjective well-being. Journal of Personality, 85(2), 136–150. https://doi.org/10.1111/jopy.12225
Neysari, M., Bodenmann, G., Mehl, M.R., Bernecker, K., Nussbeck, F.W., Backes, S., Zemp, M., Martin, M., & Horn, A. (2016). Monitoring pronouns in conflicts: Temporal dynamics of verbal communication in couples across the lifespan. The Journal of Gerontopsychology and Geriatric Psychiatry, 29, 201-213. https://doi.org/10.1024/1662-9647/a000158
Job, V., Friese, M., & Bernecker, K. (2015). Effects of practicing self-control on academic performance. Motivation Science, 1(4), 219–232. http://doi.org/10.1037/mot0000024
Bernecker, K., & Job, V. (2015). Beliefs about willpower are related to therapy adherence and psychological adjustment in patients with type 2 diabetes. Basic and Applied Social Psychology, 37(3), 188–195. http://doi.org/10.1080/01973533.2015.1049348
Bernecker, K., & Job, V. (2015). Beliefs about willpower moderate the effect of previous day demands on next day’s expectations and effective goal striving. Frontiers in Psychology, 6(1496), 1–10. http://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2015.01496
Job, V., Walton, G. M., Bernecker, K., & Dweck, C. S. (2015). Implicit theories about willpower predict self-regulation and grades in everyday life. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 108(4), 637– 647. http://doi.org/http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/pspp0000014
Job, V., Bernecker, K., Miketta, S., & Friese, M. (2015). Implicit theories about willpower predict the activation of a rest goal following self-control exertion. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 109, 694–706. http://doi.org/10.1037/pspp0000042
Kuster, M., Bernecker, K., Backes, S., Brandstätter, V., Bradbury, T. N., Martin, M., Sutter-Stickel, D., & Bodenmann, G. (2015). Avoidance orientation and the escalation of negative communication in intimate relationships. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, Social Psychology, 109(2), 262–275. 10.1037/PSPI0000025
Job, V., Walton, G. M., Bernecker, K., & Dweck, C. S. (2013). Beliefs about willpower determine the impact of glucose on self-control. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 110(37), 14837–42. doi:10.1073/pnas.1313475110
Job, V., Bernecker, K. & Dweck, C.S. (2012). Are implicit motives the need to feel certain affect? Motive– affect congruence predicts relationship satisfaction. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 38(12), 1552–1565. doi: 10.1177/0146167212454920
Bernecker, K., & Job, V. (2011). Assessing implicit motives with an online version of the picture story exercise. Motivation and Emotion, 35(3), 251-266. doi: 10.1007/s11031-010-9175-8
Bernecker, K., & Job, V. (2019). Mindset theory. In K. Sassenberg & Vliek, M.L.W. (Eds.). Social Psychology in Action: Evidence-Based Interventions from Theory to Practice. Basel: Springer International Publishing. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-13788-5
Bernecker, K., & Job, V. (2017). Implicit theories about willpower and their implications for health and well-being. In D. T. D. DeRidder, M.A. Adriaanse, & K. Fujita (Eds). Routledge International Handbook of Self-Control in Health and Well-Being. London: Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315648576
Bernecker, K.*, & Becker, D. (2019, October). Beyond self-control: The ability to pursue hedonic goals. Motivationspsychologisches Kolloquium (MPK). Berlin, Germany.
Bernecker, K.*, & Becker, D., (2019, September).The ability to pursue hedonic goals - A necessary counterbalance to the concept of trait self-control? General Meeting of the Swiss Psychological Association (SGP). Bern, Switzerland.
Becker, D.*, & Bernecker, K. (2018, December). The ability to pursue hedonic goals - A necessary counterbalance to the concept of trait self-control? Associatie van Sociaal-Psychologische Onderzoekers (ASPO). Nijmegen, The Netherlands.
Becker, D.*, & Bernecker, K. (2018, September). The ability to pursue hedonic goals - A necessary counterbalance to the concept of trait self-control? European Social Cognition Network (ESCON). Köln.
Bernecker, K.*, & Becker, D. (2018, June). The ability to pursue hedonic goals - A necessary counterbalance to the concept of trait self-control? 30th Annual Meeting of the Association for Psychological Science (APS). San Francisco, USA.
Bernecker, K.*, & Becker, D. (2018, September). The ability to pursue hedonic goals - A necessary counterbalance to the concept of (trait) self-control? 51. Kongress der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Psychologie (DGPs). Frankfurt am Main.
Bernecker, K.*, Job, V. (2017, July). Beliefs about willpower and sleep procrastination. Preconference “The self-regulation of health”, 18th General Meeting of The European Association of Social Psychology, Granada, Spain.
Sieber, V.*, Flueckiger, L., Bernecker, K., Mata, J., & Job, V. (2017, July). Autonomous goal striving promotes a nonlimited belief about willpower. 18th General Meeting of The European Association of Social Psychology, Granada, Spain.
Brandstätter, V.*, Bernecker, K., & Ghassemi, M., (2016, September). Avoidance motivation, negative (non)verbal communication, and emotional experience in intimate relationships in younger and older age. 50th Congress of the German Psychological Association (DGPs), Leipzig, Germany.
Bernecker, K.*, Ghassemi, M., & Brandstätter, V. (2016, September). "Fahr vorsichtig, Schatz!" – Emotionale Auswirkungen von riskantem Verhalten in (Paar-)Beziehungen. 50th Congress of the German Psychological Association (DGPs), Leipzig, Germany.
Ghassemi, M.*, Bernecker, K., & Brandstätter, V. (2016, August). “Take care, honey”: People are more anxious about their partner's risk behavior than about their own. ESCON Transfer of Knowledge Conference, Lisbon, Portugal.
Bernecker, K., Job V., & Hofmann, W. (2016, August). Trait Measures of Self-Control and their Relationship to Experience, Resistance, and Enactment of Desires in Everyday Life. ESCON Transfer of Knowledge Conference, Lisbon, Portugal.
Ghassemi, M., Bernecker, K., Herrmann, M., & Brandstätter, V. (2016, May). The process of disengagement from personal goals. Paper presented at the 9th Annual Meeting of the Society for the Study of Motivation (SSM), Chicago, IL
Bernecker, K. *, Job, V, & Friese, M. (2016, February). Effects of Practicing Self-Control on Academic Performance. Self-Regulation Pre-Conference 17th SPSP Annual Convention, San Diego, CA, US.
Job, V., Bernecker, K.*, Herrmann, M., & Brandstätter, V. (2015, September). Implicit theories about willpower predict subjective well-being. SSP/SGP Conference, Geneva, Switzerland.
Ghassemi, M.*, Herrmann, M., Bernecker, K., & Brandstätter, V. (2015, September). Should I stop or should I go? Recent findings on the action crisis as a motivational conflict between goal pursuit and goal disengagement. Paper presented at the 14th Biannual Congress of the Swiss Psychological Society (SSP/SGP), Geneva, Switzerland.
Bernecker, K.*, Job, V., Dweck, C.S. & Walton, G.M. (2013, September). Veränderung von Impliziten Theorien über Willenskraft verbessert Selbstkontrolle unter Stress [Changing lay theories about willpower improves self-regulation under stress]. Fachgruppentagung Sozialpsychologie, Hagen, Germany.
Job, V.*, Bernecker, K., & Friese, M. (2013, September). “That was exhausting, I need a break!”: A limited theory of willpower predicts rest-goal-activation following self-control exertion. 13th Congress of the Swiss Psychological Society, Basel, Switzerland.
Bernecker, K.* & Job, V. (2013, August). Implicit theories about willpower predict preference for sugar after self-control exertion. Meeting of the European Social Cognition Network (ESCON), Vilnius, Lithuania.
Job, V.*, Walton, G. M., Bernecker, K., & Dweck, C. S. (2013, August). Beliefs about willpower determine the impact of glucose on self-control. European Social Cognition Network Meeting (ESCON), Vilnius, Lithuania.
Job, V.*, Bernecker, K., & Dweck, C. S. (2013, May). Are implicit motives the need to feel certain affect? Motive-affect congruence predicts relationship satisfaction. 6th Annual Meeting of the Society for the Study of Motivation (SSM), Washington, DC.
Job, V.*, Bernecker, K. & Friese, M. (2013, May). “That was exhausting, I need a break!”: A limited theory of willpower predicts rest-goal-activation following self-control exertion. 25th Annual convention of the Association for Psychological Science (APS), Washington, US.
Job, V.*, Walton, G. M., Bernecker K., & Dweck, C. S. (2012, October). Does glucose really boost willpower? Implicit theories vs. glucose as determinants of self-control. Annual Meeting of the Society of Experimental Social Psychology (SESP), Austin, US.
Bernecker, K.* & Job, V. (2012, September). Exploring the mechanism of implicit theories of willpower. Meeting of the European Social Cognition Network (ESCON), Estoril, Portugal.
Bernecker, K.*, Job, V., Dweck, C.S., & Walton, G.M. (2012, September). Veränderung von Impliziten Theorien der Willenskraft verbessert Selbstregulation unter Stress. [Change in willpower theories predicts better self-regulation under stress.] 48th Annual meeting of the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Psychologie, e.V. (DGPs), Bielefeld, Germany.
Job, V.*, Walton, G. M., Bernecker K., & Dweck, C. S. (2012, September). Implizite Theorien vs. Glucose als Determinanten von Selbstkontrolle [Implicit theories vs. glucose as determinants of self-control]. 48th Annual meeting of the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Psychologie, e.V. (DGPs), Bielefeld, Germany.
Bernecker, K.*, Job, V., Walton, G.M., & Dweck, C.S. (2012, January). Changing lay theories about willpower improves self-regulation under stress. 13thAnnual Meeting of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology (SPSP), San Diego, US.
Becker, D., & Bernecker, K.* (2018, June). The ability to pursue hedonic goals - A necessary counterbalance to the concept of trait self-control? 30th Annual Meeting of the Association for Psychological Science (APS). San Francisco, USA.
Bernecker, K.*, & Becker, D. (2018, June). The ability to pursue hedonic goals - A necessary counterbalance to the concept of trait self-control? 11th Annual Meeting of the Society for the Science of Motivation (SSM). San Francisco, USA.
Bernecker, K.*, & Ninaus, M. (2018, April). Effects of Willpower Theories and Game Elements on Math Performance. Workshop on Selective Information Processing during Digital Media Use. Tübingen.
Bernecker, K.*, Wenzler, M. P., & Sassenberg, K. (2018, June). Tweeting anger predicts county-level results of the 2016 United States Presidential Election. 30th Annual Meeting of the Association for Psychological Science (APS). San Francisco, USA.
Bernecker, K.* & Job, V. (2013, September). When Do People Want Sugar? 13th Congress of the Swiss Psychological Society, Basel, Switzerland.
Bernecker, K.* & Job, V. (2012, May). Implizite Theorien der Willenskraft verändern [Change implicit theories about willpower]. LiMaDoKo, Zurich, Switzerland.
Bernecker, K.*, Job, V., & Dweck, C.S. (2011, January). Explicit motives buffer ego-depletion. 12th Annual Meeting of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology (SPSP), San Antonio, US.
Bernecker, K.*, Schmidt, A.*, Wagner, S.*, & Rummer, R. (2011, March). Gibt es einen Testing-Effekt für handlungsbezogenes Wissen? [Is there a testing-effect in action-related knowledge?]. 53. Tagung experimentell arbeitender Psychologen (TeaP), Halle, Germany.
Bernecker, K.*, Job, V., & Dweck, C.S. (2010, January). Which emotions create relationship satisfaction? 11th Annual Meeting of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology (SPSP), Las Vegas, US.
Bernecker, K.*, Dressler, A.*, Feistel, P.*, & Kaufmann, M. (2008). Unterscheiden sich implizite und explizite Stereotype? [Do implicit and explicit stereotypes differ?]. 53. Tagung experimentell arbeitender Psychologen (TeaP), Marburg, Germany
