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Publikationen

Publikationen

2024

Bartholomeyczik, K., Knierim, M. T., Weinhardt, C., Oettingen, G., & Ebner-Priemer, U. (2024). Capturing flow experiences in everyday life: A comparison of recall and momentary measurement. Journal of Happiness Studies, 25(6). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10902-024-00776-1

Falk, J., Gollwitzer, P. M., Oettingen, G., Gendolla, G., Brinkmann, K. (2024). Depressive symptoms, task choice, and effort: The moderating effect of personal control on cardiac response. Psychophysiology. http://doi.org/10.1111/psyp.14635

Framorando, D., Falk, J. R., Gollwitzer, P. M., Oettingen, G., & Gendolla, G. H. (2024). The power of personal control: Task choice attenuates the effect of implicit sadness on sympathetically mediated cardiac response. Psychophysiology, 196, 112282. https://doi.org/10.1111/psyp.14495

Gollwitzer, A., Bao, E., & Oettingen, G. (2024). Intellectual humility as a tool to combat false beliefs: An individual-based approach to belief revision. British Journal of Social Psychology, 63(3), 1450–1478. https://doi.org/10.1111/bjso.12732

Holding, A., Cunningham, C., Koestner, R., & Oettingen, G. (2024). Owning the plan: The role of autonomous if-then planning for goal progress and action crisis. Personality and Individual Differences, 223, 112617. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.paid.2024.112617

Keller, L., Hazelaar, F., Gollwitzer, P. M., & Oettingen, G. (2024). Political ideology and environmentalism impair logical reasoning. Thinking and Reasoning, 30, 79–108. https://doi.org/10.1080/13546783.2023.2200976

Kim, S., Gollwitzer, P. M., & Oettingen, G. (2024). Expectations versus fantasies and vaccine hesitancy: How suffering from COVID-19 versus suffering from vaccines interact. Annals of Behavioral Medicine, 58(8), 563-577. https://doi.org/10.1093/abm/kaae034

Kim, S., Gollwitzer, P. M., & Oettingen, G. (2024). Mental contrasting of a negative future facilitates COVID-19 preventative behaviors: two randomized controlled trials. Psychology & Health, 39, 1–23. https://doi.org/10.1080/08870446.2022.2060978

Kim, S., Gollwitzer, P. M., & Oettingen, G. (2024). Mental contrasting promotes effective self‐regulation for the benefits of groups. British Journal of Social Psychology. https://doi.org/10.1111/bjso.12791

Mroz, E. L., Schwartz, A. E., Valeika, S., Oettingen, G., Marottoli, R., David, D., Hagaman, A., A., Fedus, D., & Monin J. K. (2024). “WOOP is my safe haven”: A qualitative feasibility and acceptability study of the wish outcome obstacle plan (WOOP) intervention for spouses of people living with early-stage dementia. International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, 39(5). https://doi.org/10.1002/gps.6092

Olcaysoy Okten, I., Kiselev, K., & Oettingen, G. (2024). Misplaced certainty and simple thinking. Personality and Individual Differences, 228, 112734. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.paid.2024.112734

Oettingen, G. (2024). Positive fantasies about the future breed hope. In The Virtue of Hope (pp. 253-276). Oxford University Press. https://doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780190069575.003.0009

Sevincer, A. T., Schroeder, A., Plakides, A., Edler, N., & Oettingen, G. (2024). Low working memory reduces the use of mental contrasting. Consciousness and Cognition, 118, 103644. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.concog.2024.103644

Vandyousefi, S., Oettingen, G., Wittleder, S., Moin, T., Sweat, V., Aguilar, A. D., Ruan, A., Angelotti, G., Wong, L., Orstad, S. L., Illengberger, N., Nicholson, A., Lim, S., Cansler, R., Portelli, D., Sherman, S., & Jay, M. R. (2024). Protocol for a prospective, randomized, controlled trial of mental contrasting with implementation intentions (MCII) to enhance the effectiveness of VA’s move! Weight Management Program: WOOP (wish, outcome, Obstacle, plan) VA. Contemporary Clinical Trials, 141, 107523. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cct.2024.107523

2023

Falk, J. R., Gollwitzer, P. M., Oettingen, G., & Gendolla, G. H. E. (2023). Noise annoys—But personal choice can attenuate noise effects on cardiac response reflecting effort. Psychophysiology, e14502. http://doi.org/10.1111/psyp.14502

Framorando, J. R. Falk, P. M., Gollwitzer, P. M., Oettingen, G., & Gendolla, G. H. E. (2023b). Personal task choice attenuates implicit happiness effects on effort: A study on cardiovascular response. International Journal of Psychophysiology, 196, 112282. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijpsycho.2023.112282

Framorando, D., Falk, J. R., Gollwitzer, P. M., Oettingen, G., & Gendolla, G. H. E. (2023a). Can personal task choice shield against fear and anger prime effects on effort? A study on cardiac response. Biological Psychology, 181, 108616. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biopsycho.2023.108616

Mutter, E. R., Liu, Z., Gollwitzer, P. M., & Oettingen, G. (2023). More direction but less freedom? How task rules affect intrinsic motivation. Journal of Experimental Psychology: General, 152, 1484–1501. https://doi.org/10.1037/xge0001348

Olcaysoy Okten, I., Huang, T., & Oettingen, G. (2023). Updating false beliefs: The role of misplaced vs. well-placed certainty. Psychonomic Bulletin & Review, 30(2), 712-721. https://doi.org/10.3758/s13423-022-02196-9

Ryu, Y., Olcaysoy Okten, I., Gollwitzer, A., & Oettingen, G (2023). Intellectual humility predicts COVID-19 preventive practices through greater adoption of data-driven information and feelings of responsibility. Social and Personality Psychology Compass,17(8), e12766. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/spc3.12766

Sevincer, A. T., Galinsky, C., Martensen, L., & Oettingen, G. (2023). Political ideology outdoes personal experience in predicting support for gender equality. Political Psychology, 44,829–855. https://doi.org/10.1111/pops.12887

Sevincer, A. T., Plakides, A., & Oettingen, G. (2023). Mental contrasting and energization transfer to low-expectancy tasks. Motivation and Emotion, 47, 85–99. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11031-022-09963-0  

Valshtein, T. J., Mutter, E. R., Gollwitzer, P. M., & Oettingen, G. (2023). I’ve been thinkin’ bout you: Socially distant relationship pursuit during COVID-19. Current Psychology, 42, 24999–25016. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12144-022-03555-4

Yang, Z., King, W. C., Oettingen, G., & Sheeran, P. (2023). Evidence that mental contrasting reduces health information avoidance. Annals of Behavioral Medicine, 57, 687–692. https://doi.org/10.1093/abm/kaad031 

2022

Falk, J. R., Gollwitzer, P. M., Oettingen, G., & Gendolla, G. H. E. (2022). Task choice shields against incidental affective influences on effort-related cardiovascular response. Psychophysiology, 00:e14022. https://doi.org/10.1111/psyp.14022

Falk, J. R., Gollwitzer, P. M., Oettingen, G., & Gendolla, G. H. E. (2022). Incidental affective influences on effort-related cardiac response: The critical role of choosing task characteristics. International Journal of Psychophysiology.

Gollwitzer, A., Olcaysoy Okten, I., Osorio Pizarro, A., & Oettingen, G. (2022). Discordant knowing: A social cognitive structure underlying fanaticism. Journal of Experimental Psychology: General. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1037/xge0001219 

Kim, S., Gollwitzer, P. M., & Oettingen, G. (2022). Mental contrasting of a negative future facilitates COVID-19 preventative behaviors: Two randomized controlled trials. Psychology and Health. https://doi.org/10.1080/08870446.2022.2060978

Lalot, F., Gollwitzer, P. M., Quiamzade, A., & Oettingen, G. (in press). Boosted by closure! Regulatory focus predicts persistence and effort mobilisation in the aftermath of task-unrelated goal closure. European Journal of Social Psychology. https://doi.org/10.1002/ejsp.2877

Oettingen, G., Gollwitzer, A., Jung, J., & Olcaysoy Okten, I., (2022). Misplaced certainty in the context of conspiracy theories. Current Opinion in Psychology.

Olcaysoy Okten, I., Gollwitzer, A., & Oettingen, G. (2022). When knowledge is blinding: The dangers of being certain about the future during uncertain social events. Personality and Individual Differences. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.paid.2022.111606 

Sevincer, A. T., Plakides, A., & Oettingen, G. (in press). Mental contrasting and energization transfer to low-expectancy tasks. Motivation and Emotion.

Valshtein, T. J., Gollwitzer, P. M., & Oettingen, G. (2022). The grey areas of romance: A measure of presumptuous romantic intentions. Psychological Assessment. https://doi:10.31234/osf.io/8p3sz.

Voigt, C. E., Mutter, E. R., & Oettingen, G. (2022). Effectiveness of a motivational smoking reduction strategy across socioeconomic status and stress levels. Frontiers in Psychology. 13:801028 https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2022.801028

Wittleder, S., Reinelt, T., Milanowski, L., Viglione, C., Jay, M., & Oettingen, G. (in press). Testing Go/No-Go training effects on implicit evaluations of unhealthy and healthy snack foods. Psychology & Health.

2021

Gendolla, G. H. E., Bouzidi, Y. S., Arvaniti, S., Gollwitzer, P. M., & Oettingen, G. (2021). Task choice immunizes against incidental affective influences in volition. Motivation Science, 7, 229–241. https://doi.org/10.1037/mot0000225

Hennecke, M., Brandstätter, V., & Oettingen, G. (2021). The self-regulation of healthy aging: goal-related processes in three domains. Journals of Gerontology, Series B: Psychological Sciences, 76, 125–134. https://doi.org/10.1093/geronb/gbab011

Klusmann, V., Gow, A. J., Robert, P., & Oettingen, G. (2021). Using theories of behavior change to develop interventions for healthy aging. Journal of Gerontology: Psychological Sciences. 119–205. https://doi.org/10.1093/geronb/gbab111

Monin, J. K., Oettingen, G., Laws, H., David, D., DeMatteo, L., & Marottoli, R. (2021). A controlled pilot study of the wish outcome obstacle plan strategy for spouses of persons with early-stage dementia. Journal of Gerontology: Series B, gbab115. https://doi.org/10.1093/geronb/gbab115

Sevincer, A. T., & Oettingen, G. (2021). Regulatory focus and thinking about the future and reality. Motivation Science, 7, 334–344. https://doi.org/10.1037/mot0000240

von Weichs, V., Krott, N. R., & Oettingen, G. (2021). The self-regulation of conformity: mental contrasting with implementation intentions (MCII). Frontiers in Psychology, 12, 1–16. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2021.546178 

Zacher, H., Zadeh, R. S., Heckhausen, J., & Oettingen, G. (2021). Motivation and healthy aging at work. Journal of Gerontology: Series B, gbab042. https://doi.org/10.1093/geronb/gbab042 

2020

Mutter, E. R., Oettingen, G., & Gollwitzer, P. M. (2020).  An online randomised controlled trial of mental contrasting with implementation intentions as a smoking behaviour change intervention. Psychology & Health, 35, 318–345. doi: 10.1080/08870446.2019.1634200

Schrage, J., Schwörer, B., Krott, N. R., & Oettingen, G. (2020). Mental contrasting and conciliatory behavior in romantic relationships.  Motivation and Emotion, 44, 356–372. doi:10.1007/s11031-019-09791-9

Schwörer, B., Krott, N. R., & Oettingen, G. (2020). Saying goodbye and saying it well: Consequences of a (not) well-rounded ending. Motivation Science, 6, 21–33. doi: 10.1037/mot0000126
 
Sevincer, A. T., Musik, T., Degener, A., Greinert, A., & Oettingen, G. (2020). Taking responsibility for others and use of mental contrasting. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 46, 1219–1233. doi:10.1177/0146167219898569

Sevincer, A. T., Wagner, G., & Oettingen, G. (2020). Positive fantasies and negative emotions in soccer fans. Cognition and Emotion, 34, 935–946. doi:10.1080/02699931.2019.1703649

Underberg, J. E., Gollwitzer, A., Oettingen, G., & Gollwitzer, P. M. (2020). The best words: Linguistic indicators of grandiose narcissism in politics. Journal of Language and Social Psychology, 39, 271–281. doi:10.1177/0261927X19883898
 
Valshtein, T. J., Mutter, E. R., Oettingen, G., & Gollwitzer, P. M. (2020). Relatedness needs and negative fantasies as the origins of obsessive thinking in romantic relationships. Motivation and Emotion, 44, 226–243. doi: 10.1007/s11031-019-09802-9
 
Valshtein, T. J., Oettingen, G., & Gollwitzer, P. M. (2020). Using mental contrasting with implementation intentions to reduce bedtime procrastination: two randomised trials. Psychology & Health, 35, 275–301. doi:10.1080/08870446.2019.1652753

Wittleder, S., Kappes, A., Krott, N. R., Jay, M., & Oettingen, G. (2020). Mental contrasting spurs energy by changing implicit evaluations of obstacles. Motivation Science, 6, 133–155. doi: 10.1037/mot0000140

2019

Gollwitzer, A., & Oettingen, G. (2019). Paradoxical knowing: A shortcut to knowledge and its antisocial correlates. Social Psychology, 50, 145. doi:10.1027/1864-9335/a000368 

Gollwitzer, P. M., & Oettingen, G. (2019).  Goal attainment. In R. M. Ryan (Ed.),  The Oxford handbook of human motivation  (2nd ed., pp. 247–268). New York, NY: Oxford University Press.

Gollwitzer, P. M., & Oettingen, G. (2019). Implementation intentions. In M. D. Gellman & I. R. Turner (Eds.), Encyclopedia of behavioral medicine. Chapter No.: 1710-4. 

Krott N.R., Marheinecke R., & Oettingen G. (2019). Mentale Kontrastierung und WOOP fördern Einsicht und Veränderung. In S. Rietmann, & P. Deing (Eds.), Psychologie der Selbststeuerung (pp. 187–212). Wiesbaden: Springer VS. 

Oettingen, G. (2019). Locke and Latham’s legacy provides a model of courage. Motivation Science, 5, 108–109. doi:10.1037/mot0000131 

Oettingen, G., & Gollwitzer, P. M. (2019). From feeling good to doing good. In J. Gruber (Eds.), The Oxford Handbook of Positive Emotion and Psychopathology (pp. 596–612). New York, NY: Oxford University Press. 

Wittleder, S., Kappes, A., Oettingen, G., Gollwitzer, P. M., Jay, M., & Morgenstern, J. (2019). Mental contrasting with implementation intentions (MCII) reduces drinking when drinking is hazardous: An online self-regulation intervention. Health Education & Behavior, 46, 666–676. doi:10.1177/1090198119826284 

2018

Adriaanse, M. A., Kroese, F. M., Weijers, J., Gollwitzer, P. M., & Oettingen, G. (2018). Explaining unexplainable food choices. European Journal of Social Psychology, 48, 15–24. doi:10.1002/ejsp.2273 

Cimpian, A., Gollwitzer, P. M., & Oettingen, G. (2018). Intuition. In M. H. Bornstein (Ed.), The SAGE Encyclopedia of lifespan human development (pp. 1219–1220). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage. 

Gantman, A. P., Gollwitzer, P. M., & Oettingen, G. (2018). When consciousness needs to explain unconsciously activated behavior. In N. Baumann, M. Kazén, M. Quirin, & S. L. Koole (Eds.), Why people do the things they do (pp. 105–113). Boston, MA: Hogrefe Publishing. doi:10.1027/00540-000

Gollwitzer, P. M., Mayer, D., Frick, C., & Oettingen, G. (2018). Promoting the self-regulation of stress in health care providers: An internet-based intervention. Frontiers in Psychology, 9(838). doi:10.3389/fpsyg.2018.00838 

Krott, N. R., & Oettingen, G. (2018). Mental contrasting of counterfactual fantasies attenuates disappointment, regret, and resentment. Motivation and Emotion, 42, 17–36. doi:10.1007/s11031-017-9644-4 

Krott, N. R., & Oettingen, G. (2018). Mental contrasting of counterfactual fantasies engages people in their present life. Motivation Science, 4(2), 137–157. doi:10.1037/mot0000080 

Oettingen, G., & Chromik, M. P. (2018). How hope influences goal-directed behavior. In S. J. Lopez & M. W. Gallagher (Eds.), The Oxford handbook of hope (pp. 69–79). New York City, NY: Oxford University Press.

Oettingen, G, & Gollwitzer, P. M. (2018). Health behavior change by self-regulation of goal pursuit. In D. de Ridder, M. Adriaanse, & K. Fujita (Eds.), The Routledge international handbook of self-control in health and well-being (pp. 418–430). New York, NY: Routledge.

Oettingen, G. & Sevincer, A. T. (2018). Fantasy about the future as friend and foe. In G. Oettingen, A. T. Sevincer, & P. M. Gollwitzer (Eds.), The psychology of thinking about the future (pp. 127–149). New York, NY: Guilford.

Oettingen, G., Sevincer, A. T., & Gollwitzer P. M. (Eds.) (2018). The psychology of thinking about the future. New York, NY: Guilford.

Schweiger-Gallo, I., Bieleke, M., Alonso, M. A., Gollwitzer, P. M., & Oettingen, G. (2018). Downregulation of anger by mental contrasting with implementation intentions (MCII). Frontiers in Psychology, 9(1838). doi:10.3389/fpsyg.2018.01838 

Sevincer, A. T., Tessmann, P., & Oettingen, G. (2018). Demand to act and use of mental contrasting. Social Psychology, 49, 344-359. doi.org/10.1027/1864-9335/a000353.

Sheeran, P., Webb, T. L., Gollwitzer, P. M., & Oettingen, G. (2018). Self-regulation of affect-health behavior relations. In D. M. Williams, R. E. Rhodes, & M. T. Conner (Eds.), Affective determinants of health behavior (pp. 90–114). New York, NY: Oxford University Press.

Wagner, G., Sevincer, A. T., Keim, R., Fähnrich, M., & Oettingen, G. (2018). Alcohol intake can reduce gambling behavior. Psychology of Addictive Behaviors, 32, 832 – 845. doi:10.1037/adb0000396 

2017

Ahn, J. N., Oettingen, G., & Gollwitzer, P. M. (2017). Projection of visceral needs: Satisfaction of the need and similarity of the target person as moderators. Social Psychology, 48, 54–59.  doi:10.1027/1864-9335/a000286 

Bieleke, M., Gollwitzer, P. M., Oettingen, G., & Fischbacher, U. (2017). Social value orientation moderates the effects of intuition versus reflection on responses to unfair ultimatum offers. Journal of Behavioral Decision Making, 30, 569–581. doi:10.1002/bdm.1975 

Brodersen, G., & Oettingen, G. (2017). Mental contrasting of a negative future with a positive reality regulates state anxiety. Frontiers in Psychology, 8(1596). doi:10.3389/fpsyg.2017.01596 

Gantman, A. P., Adriaanse, M. A., Oettingen, G., & Gollwitzer, P. M. (2017). Why did I do that? Explaining actions activated outside awareness. Psychonomic Bulletin & Review, 24, 1563–1572. doi:10.3758/s13423-017-1260-5 

Marquardt, M. K., Oettingen, G., Gollwitzer, P. M., Sheeran, P., & Liepert, J. (2017). Mental contrasting with implementation intentions (MCII) improves physical activity and weight loss among stroke survivors over one year. Rehabilitation Psychology, 62(4), 580–590. doi:10.1037/rep0000104 

Martiny-Huenger, T., Bieleke, M., Oettingen, G., & Gollwitzer, P. M. (2017). From thought to automatic action: Strategic and incidental action control by if-then planning. In R. Deutsch, B. Gawronski, & W. Hofmann (Eds.), Reflective and impulsive determinants of behavior (pp. 69–84). New York: Psychology Press.

Saddawi-Konefka, D., Baker, K., Guarino, A., Burns, S. A., Oettingen, G., Gollwitzer, P. M., & Charnin, J. E. (2017). Changing resident physician studying behaviors: A randomized, comparative effectiveness trial of goal-setting versus use of WOOP. The Journal of Graduate Medical Education, 9(4), 451–457. doi:10.4300/JGME-D-16-00703.1 

Schwörer, B. & Oettingen, G. (2017). Vom Träumen zum Tun – Befunde aus der modernen Motivationspsychologie. In C. Gorr & M. C. Bauer (Eds.), Was treibt uns an? Motivation und Frustration aus Sicht der Hirnforschung (pp. 105–113). Berlin, Germany: Springer.

Sevincer, A. T., Mehl, P. J., & Oettingen, G. (2017). Well self-regulated people use mental contrasting. Social Psychology, 48(6), 348–364. Göttingen: Hogrefe. doi:10.1027/1864-9335/a000322 

2016

Baumeister, R. F., Vohs, K. D., & Oettingen, G. (2016). Pragmatic prospection: How and why people think about the future. Review of General Psychology, 20, 3–16. doi:10.1037/gpr0000060 

Freydefont, L., Gollwitzer, P. M., & Oettingen, G. (2016). Goal striving strategies and effort mobilization: When implementation intentions reduce effort-related cardiac activity during task performance. International Journal of Psychophysiology, 107, 44–53. doi:10.1016/j.ijpsycho.2016.06.013 

Fritzsche, A., Schlier, B., Oettingen, G., & Lincoln, T. M. (2016). Mental contrasting with implementation intentions increases goal-attainment in individuals with mild to moderate depression. Cognitive Therapy and Research, 40, 557–564. doi:10.1007/s10608-015-9749-6 

Gollwitzer, P. M., & Oettingen, G. (2016). Planning promotes goal striving. In K. D. Vohs & R. F. Baumeister (Eds.), Handbook of self-regulation: Research, theory, and applications (3rd ed., pp. 223–244). New York: Guilford.

Gollwitzer, P. M., & Oettingen, G. (2016). Implementation intentions. In M. C. Gellman (Ed.), Encyclopedia of behavioral medicine (2nd ed.). New York: Springer.

Hagger, M. S., Luszczynska, A., de Wit, J., Benyamini, Y.,… & Oettingen, G., Sheeran, P. & Gollwitzer, P. M. (2016). Implementation intention and planning interventions in health psychology: Recommendations from the Synergy expert group for research and practice. Psychology & Health, 31, 814–839. doi:10.1080/08870446.2016.1146719 

Loy, L. S., Wieber, F., Gollwitzer, P. M., & Oettingen, G. (2016). Supporting sustainable food consumption: Mental contrasting with implementation intentions (MCII) aligns intentions and behavior. Frontiers in Psychology, 7(607). doi:10.3389/fpsyg.2016.00607 

Marquardt, M. K., Gantman, A. P., Gollwitzer, P. M., & Oettingen, G. (2016). Incomplete professional identity goals override moral concerns. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 65, 31–41. doi:10.1016/j.jesp.2016.03.001 

Oettingen, G., & Cachia, J. Y. (2016). The problems with positive thinking and how to overcome them. In K. D. Vohs & R. F. Baumeister (Eds.), Handbook of self-regulation: Research, theory, and applications (3rd ed., pp. 547–570). New York: Guilford.

Oettingen, G., Mayer, D., & Portnow, S. (2016). Pleasure now, pain later: Positive fantasies about the future predict symptoms of depression. Psychological Science, 27, 345–353. doi:10.1177/0956797615620783 

Oettingen, G., & Reininger, K. M. (2016). The power of prospection: Mental contrasting and behavior change. Social and Personality Psychology Compass, 10, 591–604. doi:10.1111/spc3.12271 

2015

Ahn, J., Oettingen, G., & Gollwitzer, P. M. (2015). Goal projection in public places. European Journal of Social Psychology, 45(5), 575–586. doi:10.1002/ejsp.2112 

Gollwitzer, P. M., & Oettingen, G. (2015). From studying the determinants of action to analysing its regulation: a commentary on Sniehotta, Presseau, and Araújo-Soares. Health Psychology Review, 9, 146–150. doi:10.1080/17437199.2014.919511 

Gollwitzer, P. M., & Oettingen, G. (2015). Motivation and actions. In J. Wright (Ed.), International encyclopedia of social and behavioral sciences (pp. 887–893). Oxford, UK: Elsevier. 

Gollwitzer, P. M., & Oettingen, G. (2015). Motivation, history of the concept. In J. Wright (Ed.), International encyclopedia of social and behavioral sciences (pp. 936–939). Oxford, UK: Elsevier. 

Oettingen, G., & Gollwitzer, P. M. (Eds.) (2015). Self-regulation in adolescence. New York, NY: Cambridge Press.

Oettingen, G., & Gollwitzer, P. M. (2015). Self-regulation: Principles and tools. In G. Oettingen & P. M. Gollwitzer (Eds.), Self-regulation in adolescence (pp. 3–29). New York, NY: Cambridge Press.

Oettingen, G., Kappes, H. B., Guttenberg, K. B., & Gollwitzer, P. M. (2015). Self-regulation of time management: Mental contrasting with implementation intentions. European Journal of Social Psychology, 45, 218–229. doi:10.1002/ejsp.2090 

Oettingen, G., Schrage, J., & Gollwitzer, P. M. (2015). Volition. In L. Corno, & E. Anderman (Eds.), Handbook of Educational Psychology (3rd ed., pp. 104–117). New York, NY: Routledge, Taylor, & Francis.

Sevincer, A. T., & Oettingen, G. (2015). Future thought and the self-regulation of energization. In G. H. E. Gendolla, M. Tops, & S. Koole (Eds.), Biobehavioral approaches to self-regulation (pp. 315–329). New York: Springer. doi:10.1007/978-1-4939-1236-0_21 

Sevincer, A. T., Schlier, B., & Oettingen, G. (2015). Ego depletion and the use of mental contrasting. Motivation and Emotion, 39, 876–891. doi:10.1007/s11031-015-9508-8 

Wesnousky, A. E., Oettingen, G., Gollwitzer, P. M. (2015). Holding a silver lining theory: When negative attributes heighten performance. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 57, 15–22. doi:10.1016/j.jesp.2014.11.001 

2014

Gantman, A., Gollwitzer, P. M., & Oettingen, G. (2014). Mindful mindlessness in goal pursuit. In A. Ie, C. D. Ngnoumen, & E. J. Langer (Eds.), The Wiley-Blackwell handbook of mindfulness (pp. 236–257). Oxford, UK: Wiley-Blackwell.

Gollwitzer, P. M., Martiny-Huenger, T., & Oettingen, G. (2014). Affective consequences of intentional action control. In A. J. Elliot (Ed.), Advances in Motivation Science (pp. 49–83). Oxford, UK: Elsevier. doi:10.1016/bs.adms.2014.08.002 

Kappes, A., & Oettingen, G. (2014). The emergence of goal pursuit: Mental contrasting connects future and reality. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 54, 25–39. doi:10.1016/j.jesp.2014.03.014 

Longoni, C., Gollwitzer, P. M., & Oettingen, G. (2014). A green paradox: Validating green choices has ironic effects on behavior, cognition, and perception. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 50, 158–165. doi:10.1016/j.jesp.2013.09.010 

Maglio, S. J., Gollwitzer, P. M., & Oettingen, G. (2014). Emotion and control in the planning of goals. Motivation and Emotion, 38, 620–634. doi:10.1007/s11031-014-9407-4 

Martiny-Huenger, T., Gollwitzer, P. M., & Oettingen, G. (2014). Distractor devaluation in a flanker task: Object-specific effects without distractor recognition memory. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance, 40, 613–625. doi:10.1037/a0034130 

Martiny-Huenger, T., Gollwitzer, P. M., & Oettingen, G. (2014). Selective attention to in- and outgroup members systematically influences intergroup bias. Social Psychological and Personality Science, 5, 936–943. doi:10.1177/1948550614541296 

Oettingen, G. (2014). Rethinking positive thinking: inside the new science of motivation. New York, NY: Penguin Random House.

Oettingen, G., Ahn, J. N., Gollwitzer, P. M., Kappes, A., & Kawada, C. L. K. (2014). Goal projection and giving help. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 54, 204–214. doi:10.1016/j.jesp.2014.05.005 

Sevincer, A. T., Busatta, P. D., & Oettingen, G. (2014). Mental contrasting and transfer of energization. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 40, 139–152. doi:10.1177/0146167213507088 

Sevincer, A. T., Kluge, L., & Oettingen, G. (2014). Implicit theories and motivational focus: Desired future versus present reality. Motivation and Emotion, 38, 36–46. doi:10.1007/s11031-013-9359-0 

Sevincer, A. T., & Oettingen, G. (2014). Alcohol myopia and goal commitment. Frontiers in Psychology, 5(169). doi:10.3389/fpsyg.2014.00169 

Sevincer, A. T., Wagner, G., Kalvelage, J., & Oettingen, G. (2014). Positive thinking about the future in newspaper reports and presidential addresses predicts economic downturn. Psychological Science, 25, 1010–1017. doi:10.1177/0956797613518350 

2013

Duckworth, A. L., Kirby, T. A., Gollwitzer, A., & Oettingen, G. (2013). From fantasy to action: Mental Contrasting with Implementation Intentions (MCII) improves academic performance in children. Social Psychological and Personality Science, 4, 745–753. doi:10.1177/1948550613476307 

Gawrilow, C., Morgenroth, K., Schultz, R., Oettingen, G., & Gollwitzer, P. M. (2013). Mental contrasting with implementation intentions enhances self-regulation of goal pursuit in schoolchildren at risk for ADHD. Motivation and Emotion, 37, 134–145. doi:10.1007/s11031-012-9288-3 

Gawrilow, C., Oettingen, G., & Sevincer, A. T. (2013). Mögliches Selbst (Possible self). In M. Wirtz (Ed.), Dorsch Lexikon der Psychologie (p. 1390). Bern: Huber.

Gawrilow, C., Sevincer, A. T., & Oettingen, G. (2013). Construal level theory. In M. Wirtz (Ed.), Dorsch Lexikon der Psychologie (p. 339). Bern: Huber.

Gollwitzer, P. M., Gantman, A., & Oettingen, G. (2013). Intention. In B. Kaldis (Ed.), Encyclopedia of philosophy and the social sciences. London, UK: Sage Publications.

Gollwitzer, P. M., & Oettingen, G. (2013). Implementation intentions. In  M. Gellman & J. R. Turner (Eds.), Encyclopedia of behavioral medicine (Pt. 9, pp. 1043–1048). New York: Springer-Verlag.

Houssais, S., Oettingen, G., & Mayer, D. (2013). Using mental contrasting with implementation intentions to self-regulate insecurity-based behaviors in relationships. Motivation and Emotion, 37, 224–233. doi:10.1007/s11031-012-9307-4 

Job, V., Oettingen, G., & Sevincer, A. T. (2013). Leistungszielorientierung [Performance goal]. In M. Wirtz (Ed.), Dorsch Lexikon der Psychologie (pp. 936–937). Bern: Huber.

Job, V., Sevincer, A. T., & Oettingen, G. (2013). Lernzielorientierung [Learning goal]. In M. Wirtz (Ed.), Dorsch Lexikon der Psychologie (p. 958). Bern: Huber.

Kappes, A., Wendt, M., Reinelt, T., & Oettingen, G. (2013). Mental contrasting changes the  meaning of reality. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 49, 797–810. doi:10.1016/j.jesp.2013.03.010 

Kappes, H. B., Sharma, E., & Oettingen, G. (2013). Positive fantasies dampen charitable giving when many resources are demanded. Journal of Consumer Psychology, 23, 128–135. doi:10.1016/j.jcps.2012.02.001 

Kirk, D., Oettingen, G., & Gollwitzer, P. M. (2013). Promoting integrative bargaining: Mental contrasting with implementation intentions. International Journal of Conflict Management, 24, 148–165. doi:10.1108/10444061311316771 

Klinger, E., Sevincer, A. T., & Oettingen, G. (2013). Zielablösezyklus [Disengagement cycle]. In M. Wirtz (Ed.), Dorsch Lexikon der Psychologie (p. 1698). Bern: Huber.

Maglio, S. J., Gollwitzer, P. M., & Oettingen, G. (2013). Action control by implementation intentions: The role of discrete emotions. In A. Clark, J. Kiverstein, & T. Vierkant (Eds.), Decomposing the will (pp. 221–243). New York: Oxford University Press.

Oettingen, G., & Schwörer, B. (2013). Mind wandering via mental contrasting as a tool for behavior change. Frontiers in Psychology, 4(562). doi:10.3389/fpsyg.2013.00562 

Oettingen, G., & Sevincer, A. T. (2013). Fantasierealisierung, Theorie der [Fantasy realization theory]. In M. Wirtz (Ed.), Dorsch Lexikon der Psychologie (p. 535). Bern: Huber.

Oettingen, G., Wittchen, M., & Gollwitzer, P. M. (2013). Regulating goal pursuit through Mental Contrasting with Implementation Intentions. In E. A. Locke & G. P. Latham (Eds.), New developments in goal setting and task performance (pp. 523–548). New York, NY: Routledge.

Sevincer, A. T., & Oettingen, G. (2013). Alcohol intake leads people to focus on desirability rather than feasibility. Motivation and Emotion, 37, 165–176. doi:10.1007/s11031-012-9285-6 

Sevincer, A. T., & Oettingen, G. (2013). Prozesssimulation [Process simulation]. In M. Wirtz (Ed.), Dorsch Lexikon der Psychologie (p. 1236). Bern: Huber.

Sevincer, A. T., & Oettingen, G. (2013). Spontaneous mental contrasting and selective goal pursuit. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 39, 1240–1254. doi:10.1177/0146167213492428 

Sevincer, A. T., & Oettingen, G. (2013). Zielhierarchie [Goal hierarchy]. In M. Wirtz (Ed.), Dorsch Lexikon der Psychologie (p. 1701). Bern: Huber.

Sheeran, P., Harris, P., Vaughan, J., Oettingen, G., & Gollwitzer, P. M. (2013). Gone exercising: Mental contrasting promotes physical activity among overweight, middle-aged, low-SES fishermen. Health Psychology, 32, 802–809. doi:10.1037/a0029293 

Stern, C., Cole, S., Gollwitzer, P. M., Oettingen, G., & Balcetis, E. (2013). Effects of implementation intentions on anxiety, perceived proximity, and motor performance. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 39, 623–635. doi:10.1177/0146167213479612 

2012

Achtziger, A., Martiny, S. E., Oettingen, G., & Gollwitzer, P. M. (2012). Meta-cognitive processes in the self-regulation of goal pursuit. In P. Briñol & K. DeMarree (Eds.), Social meta-cognition. Frontier of Social Psychology Series (pp. 121–139). New York: Psychology Press.

Gollwitzer, P. M., & Oettingen, G. (2012). Goal pursuit. In R. Ryan (Ed.), The Oxford handbook of human motivation (pp. 208–231). New York: Oxford University Press.

Johannessen, K. B., Oettingen, G., & Mayer, D. (2012). Mental contrasting of a dieting wish improves self-reported health behaviour. Psychology and Health, 27, 43–58. doi:10.1080/08870446.2011.626038 

Kappes, A., Oettingen, G., & Pak, H. (2012). Mental contrasting and the self-regulation of responding to negative feedback. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 38, 845–857. doi:10.1177/0146167212446833 

Kappes, A., Singmann, H., & Oettingen, G. (2012). Mental contrasting instigates goal pursuit by linking obstacles of reality with instrumental behavior. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 48, 811–818. doi:10.1016/j.jesp.2012.02.002 

Kappes, H. B., & Oettingen, G. (2012). Wishful information preference: Positive fantasies mimic the effects of intentions. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 38, 870–881. doi:10.1177/0146167212446163 

Kappes, H. B., Oettingen, G., & Mayer, D. (2012). Positive fantasies predict low academic achievement in disadvantaged students. European Journal of Social Psychology, 42, 53–64. doi:10.1002/ejsp.838 

Kappes, H. B., Schwörer, B., & Oettingen, G. (2012). Needs instigate positive fantasies of idealized futures. European Journal of Social Psychology, 42, 299–307. doi:10.1002/ejsp.1854 

Oettingen, G. (2012). Future thought and behaviour change. European Review of Social Psychology, 23, 1–63. doi:10.1080/10463283.2011.643698 

Oettingen, G., Marquardt, M. K., & Gollwitzer, P. M. (2012). Mental contrasting turns positive feedback on creative potential into successful performance. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 48, 990–996. doi:10.1016/j.jesp.2012.03.008 

Sevincer, A. T., Oettingen, G., & Lerner, T. (2012). Alcohol affects goal commitment by explicitly and implicitly induced myopia. Journal of Abnormal Psychology, 121, 524–529. doi:10.1037/a0025931 

2011

Duckworth, A. L., Grant, H., Loew, B., Oettingen, G., & Gollwitzer, P. M. (2011). Self-regulation strategies improve self-discipline in adolescents: Benefits of mental contrasting and implementation intentions. Educational Psychology, 31, 17–26. doi:10.1080/01443410.2010.506003 

Gawrilow, C., Gollwitzer, P. M., & Oettingen, G. (2011). If-then plans benefit delay of gratification performance in children with and without ADHD. Cognitive Therapy and Research, 35, 442–455. doi:10.1007/s10608-010-9309-z 

Gawrilow, C., Gollwitzer, P. M., & Oettingen, G. (2011). If-then plans benefit executive functions in children with ADHD. Journal of Social and Clinical Psychology, 30, 616–646. doi:10.1521/jscp.2011.30.6.616 

Gollwitzer, A., Oettingen, G., Kirby, T., Duckworth, A., & Mayer, D. (2011). Mental contrasting facilitates academic performance in school children. Motivation and Emotion, 35, 403–412. doi:10.1007/s11031-011-9222-0 

Gollwitzer, P. M., Kappes, H. B., & Oettingen, G. (2011). Needs and incentives as sources of goals. In H. Aarts & A. Elliot (Eds.), Goal-directed behavior (pp.  115-149). Philadelphia: Psychology Press/Taylor & Francis. 

Gollwitzer, P. M., & Oettingen, G. (2011). Planning promotes goal striving. In K. D. Vohs & R. F. Baumeister (Eds.), Handbook of self-regulation: Research, theory, and applications (2nd ed., pp. 162–185). New York: Guilford.

Kappes, H. B., & Oettingen, G. (2011). Positive fantasies about idealized futures sap energy. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 47, 719–729. doi:10.1016/j.jesp.2011.02.003 

Kappes, H. B., Oettingen, G., Mayer, D., & Maglio, S. (2011). Sad mood promotes self-initiated mental contrasting of future and reality. Emotion, 11, 1206–1222. doi:10.1037/a0023983 

Kappes, H. B., Stephens, E. J., & Oettingen, G. (2011). Implicit theories moderate the relation of positive future fantasies to academic outcomes. Journal of Research in Personality, 45, 269–278. doi:10.1016/j.jrp.2011.02.006 

Kirk, D., Oettingen, G., & Gollwitzer, P. M. (2011). Mental contrasting promotes integrative bargaining. International Journal of Conflict Management, 22, 324–341. doi:10.1108/10444061111171341 

2010

Adriaanse, M. A., Oettingen, G., Gollwitzer, P. M., Hennes, E. P., de Ridder, D. T. D., & de Wit, J. B. F. (2010). When planning is not enough: Fighting unhealthy snacking habits by mental contrasting with implementation intentions (MCII). European Journal of Social Psychology, 40, 1277–1293. doi:10.1002/ejsp.730 

Bargh, J. A., Gollwitzer, P. M., & Oettingen, G. (2010). Motivation. In S. Fiske, D. T. Gilbert, & G. Lindzay (Eds.), Handbook of social psychology (5th ed., pp. 268–316). New York: Wiley.

Christiansen, S., Oettingen, G., Dahme, B., & Klinger, R. (2010). A short goal-pursuit intervention to improve physical capacity: A randomized clinical trial in chronic back pain patients. Pain, 149, 444–452. doi:10.1016/j.pain.2009.12.015 

Gollwitzer, P. M., Gawrilow, C., & Oettingen, G. (2010). The power of planning: Self-control by effective goal-striving. In R. R. Hassin, K. N. Ochsner, & Y. Trope (Eds.), Self control in society, mind, and brain (pp. 279–296). New York: Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/acprof:oso/9780195391381.003.0015

Klasen, F., Oettingen, G., Daniels, J., Post, M., & Adam, H. (2010). Multiple trauma and mental health in former Ugandan child soldiers. Journal of Traumatic Stress, 23, 573–581. doi:10.1002/jts.20557 

Klasen, F., Oettingen, G., Daniels, J., Post, M., Hoyer, C., & Adam, H. (2010). Posttraumatic resilience in former Ugandan child soldiers. Child Development, 81, 1096–1113. doi:10.1111/j.1467-8624.2010.01456.x 

Oettingen, G., & Gollwitzer, P. M. (2010). Strategies of setting and implementing goals: Mental contrasting and implementation intentions. In J. E. Maddux & J. P. Tangney (Eds.), Social psychological foundations of clinical psychology (pp. 114–35). New York: Guilford.

Oettingen, G., Mayer, D., & Brinkmann, B. (2010). Mental contrasting of future and reality: Managing the demands of everyday life in health care professionals. Journal of Personnel Psychology, 9, 138–144. doi:10.1027/1866-5888/a000018 

Oettingen, G., Mayer, D., & Thorpe, J. (2010). Self-regulation of commitment to reduce cigarette consumption: Mental contrasting of future with reality. Psychology and Health, 25, 961–977. doi:10.1080/08870440903079448 

Oettingen, G., Stephens, E. J., Mayer, D., & Brinkmann, B. (2010). Mental contrasting and the self-regulation of helping relations. Social Cognition, 28, 490–508. doi:10.1521/soco.2010.28.4.490 

Parks-Stamm, E. J., Gollwitzer, P. M., & Oettingen, G. (2010). Implementation intentions and test anxiety: Shielding academic performance from distraction. Learning and Individual Differences, 20, 30–33. doi:10.1016/j.lindif.2009.09.001 

Parks-Stamm, E. J., Oettingen, G., & Gollwitzer, P. M. (2010). Making sense of one's actions in an explanatory vacuum: The interpretation of nonconscious goal striving. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 46, 531–542. doi:10.1016/j.jesp.2010.02.004 

Stadler, G., Oettingen, G., & Gollwitzer, P. M. (2010). Intervention effects of information and self-regulation on eating fruits and vegetables over two years. Health Psychology, 29, 274–283. doi:10.1037/a0018644 

2009

Achtziger, A., Fehr, T., Oettingen, G., Gollwitzer, P. M., & Rockstroh, B. (2009). Strategies of intention formation are reflected in continuous MEG activity. Social Neuroscience, 4, 11–27. doi:10.1080/17470910801925350 

Gawrilow, C., Sevincer, A. T., & Oettingen, G. (2009). Psychologie des Zukunftsdenkens [Psychology of thinking about the future]. In V. Brandstätter & J. H. Otto (Eds.), Handbuch der Allgemeinen Psychologie - Motivation und Emotion [Handbook of general psychology: motivation and emotion] (pp. 182–188). Göttingen: Hogrefe.

Gilbert, S. J., Gollwitzer, P. M., Cohen, A.-L., Oettingen, G., & Burgess, P. W. (2009). Separable brain systems supporting cued versus self-initiated realization of delayed intentions. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition, 35, 905–915. doi:10.1037/a0015535 

Gollwitzer, P. M., Parks-Stamm, E. J., & Oettingen, G. (2009). Living on the edge: Shifting between nonconscious and conscious goal pursuit. In E. Morsella, J. A. Bargh, & P. M. Gollwitzer (Eds.), Oxford handbook of human action (pp. 603–624). New York: Oxford University Press.

Oettingen, G., & Gollwitzer, P. M. (2009). Embodied goal pursuit. European Journal of Social Psychology, 39, 1210–1213. doi:10.1002/ejsp.685 

Oettingen, G., & Gollwitzer, P. M. (2009). Making goal pursuit effective: Expectancy-dependent goal setting and planned goal striving. In J. P. Forgas, R. F. Baumeister, & D. M. Tice (Eds.), Psychology of self-regulation: Cognitive, affective, and motivational processes (pp. 127–146). New York, NY: Psychology Press.

Oettingen, G., & Kappes, A. (2009). Mental contrasting of the future and reality to master negative feedback. In K. D. Markman, W. M. P. Klein, & J. A. Suhr (Eds.), Handbook of imagination and mental simulation (pp. 395–412). New York: Psychology Press.

Oettingen, G., & Kluge, L. (2009). Kluges Zielsetzen durch mentales Kontrastieren von Zukunft und Realität [Prudence in setting goals: Mental contrasting of future and reality]. In T. Iwers-Stelljes (Ed.), Prävention – Intervention – Konfliktlösung [Prevention-intervention-conflict resolution] (pp. 215–227). Wiesbaden: VS Verlag für Sozialwissenschaften.

Oettingen, G., Mayer, D., Sevincer, A. T., Stephens, E. J., Pak, H., & Hagenah, M. (2009). Mental contrasting and goal commitment: The mediating role of energization. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 35, 608–622. doi:10.1177/0146167208330856 

Oettingen, G., & Stephens, E. J. (2009). Fantasies and motivationally intelligent goal setting. In G. B. Moskowitz & H. Grant (Eds.), The psychology of goals (pp. 153–178). New York: Guilford Press.

Sevincer, A. T., & Oettingen, G. (2009). Alcohol breeds empty goal commitments. Journal of Abnormal Psychology, 118, 623–633. doi:10.1037/a0016199 

Sevincer, A. T., & Oettingen, G. (2009). Ziele [Goals]. In V. Brandstätter & J. H. Otto (Eds.), Handbuch der Allgemeinen Psychologie - Motivation und Emotion [Handbook of general psychology: motivation and emotion] (pp. 37–45). Göttingen: Hogrefe.

Stadler, G., Oettingen, G., & Gollwitzer, P. M. (2009). Physical activity in women: Effects of a self-regulation intervention. American Journal of Preventive Medicine, 36, 29–34. doi:10.1016/j.amepre.2008.09.021 

2008

Gollwitzer, P. M., & Oettingen, G. (2008). The question-behavior effect from an action control perspective. Journal of Consumer Psychology, 18, 107–110. doi:10.1016/j.jcps.2008.01.004 

Oettingen, G., Sevincer,  A. T., & Gollwitzer, P. M. (2008). Goal pursuit in the context of culture. In R. Sorrentino & S. Yamaguchi (Eds.), Handbook of motivation and cognition across cultures (pp. 191–211). San Diego: Elsevier.

2007

Fujita, K., Gollwitzer, P. M., & Oettingen, G. (2007). Mindsets and pre-conscious open-mindedness to incidental information. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 43, 48–61. doi:10.1016/j.jesp.2005.12.004 

Gollwitzer, P. M., & Oettingen, G. (2007). The role of goal setting and goal striving in medical adherence. In D. C. Park & L. L. Liu (Eds.), Medical adherence and aging: Social and cognitive perspectives (pp. 23–47). Washington, D. C.: American Psychological Association. doi:10.1037/11557-002

Henderson, M. D., Gollwitzer, P. M., & Oettingen, G. (2007). Implementation intentions and disengagement from a failing course of action. Journal of Behavioral Decision Making, 20, 81–102. doi:10.1002/bdm.553 

Parks-Stamm, E. J., Gollwitzer, P. M., & Oettingen, G. (2007). Action control by implementation intentions: Effective cue detection and efficient response initiation. Social Cognition, 25, 248–266. doi:10.1521/soco.2007.25.2.248 

Perkins, M. B., Jensen, P. S., Jaccard, J., Gollwitzer, P. M., Oettingen, G., Pappadopulos, E., & Hoagwood, K. E. (2007). Applying theory-driven approaches to understanding and modifying clinicians’ behavior: What do we know? Psychiatric Services, 58, 342–348. doi:10.1176/appi.ps.58.3.342 

2006

Oettingen, G., Grant, H., Smith, P. K., Skinner, M., & Gollwitzer, P. M. (2006). Nonconscious goal pursuit: Acting in an explanatory vacuum. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 42, 668–675. doi:10.1016/j.jesp.2005.10.003 

Oettingen, G., & Thorpe, J. (2006). Fantasy realization and the bridging of time. In L. J. Sanna & E. C. Chang (Eds.), Judgments over time: The interplay of thoughts, feelings, and behaviors (pp. 120–142). Oxford: Oxford University Press.

Oettingen, G., & Zosuls, K. M. (2006). Culture and self-efficacy in adolescents. In F. Pajares & T. Urdan. (Eds.), Self-efficacy beliefs of adolescents. Volume V of Adolescence and education (pp. 245–265). Greenwich, CT: Information Age Publishing.

Stadler, G., Oettingen, G., & Gollwitzer, P. M. (2006). Selbstregulierte Umsetzung von Verhaltensstandards im Längsschnitt: Eine Interventionsstudie [Self-regulated implementation of behavior standards: A longitudinal intervention study]. In F. Eder, A. Gatsgaer, & F. Hofmann (Eds.), Qualität durch Standards? [Quality assurance by keeping standards?] (pp. 113–137). Münster: Waxmann Verlag.

2005

Oettingen, G. (2005). Vom Träumen zum Tun [From dreaming to doing]. In A. A. Bucher, K. Lauermann, & E. Walcher (Eds.), Leistung – Lust und Last: Erziehen in einer Wettbewerbsgesellschaft [Achievement – Passion and Burden: Education in a competitive environment]. Wien: Österreichischer Bundesverlag.

Oettingen, G., & Hagenah, M. (2005). Fantasies and the self-regulation of competence. In A. Elliot & C. S. Dweck (Eds.), Handbook of competence and motivation (pp. 647–665). New York: Guilford.

Oettingen, G., Mayer, D., Thorpe, J. S., Janetzke, H., & Lorenz, S. (2005). Turning fantasies about positive and negative futures into self-improvement goals. Motivation and Emotion, 29, 237–267. doi:10.1007/s11031-006-9016-y 

Oettingen, G., Stadler, G., & Sandmann, M. (2005). Bearbeitung von Entwicklungsaufgaben: Selbstregulation von Zielbindung und Zielablösung. [Solving developmental tasks: Self-regulation of goal engagement and goal disengagement]. In B. Schenk (Ed.), Bausteine einer Bildungsgangtheorie [Building a theory of trajectories in education] (pp. 304–318). Wiesbaden: Verlag für Sozialwissenschaften.

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

2004

Gollwitzer, P. M., Fujita, K., & Oettingen, G. (2004). Planning and the implementation of goals. In R. F. Baumeister & K. D. Vohs (Eds.), Handbook of self-regulation: Research, theory, and applications (pp. 211–228). New York: Guilford Press.

Kawada, C., Oettingen, G., Gollwitzer, P. M., & Bargh, J. A. (2004). The projection of implicit and explicit goals. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 86, 545–559. doi:10.1037/0022-3514.86.4.545 

Oettingen, G., Bulgarella, C., Henderson, M., & Gollwitzer, P. M. (2004). The self-regulation of goal pursuit. In R. A. Wright, J. Greenberg, & S. S. Brehm (Eds.), Motivation and emotion in social contexts: Jack Brehm’s influence on contemporary psychological thought (pp. 225–244). Mahwah, NJ: Erlbaum.

2003

Little, T. D., Miyashita, T., Karasawa, M., Mashima, M., Oettingen, G., Azuma, H., & Baltes, P. B. (2003). The links among action-control beliefs, intellective skill, and school performance in Japanese, US, and German school children. International Journal of Behavioral Development, 27, 41–48. doi:10.1080/01650250244000001 

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

2002

Gollwitzer, P. M., & Oettingen, G. (2002). Motivation: History of the concept. In J. Smelser & P. B. Baltes (Eds.), International Encyclopedia of the Social & Behavioral Sciences (pp. 10109–10112). Oxford, U.K.: Elsevier.

Gollwitzer, P. M., & Oettingen, G. (2002). Psychology of motivation and actions. In N. J. Smelser & P. B. Baltes (Eds.), International Encyclopedia of the Social & Behavioral Sciences (pp. 10105–10109). Oxford, U.K.: Elsevier.

Oettingen, G., & Gollwitzer, P. M. (2002). Theorien der modernen Zielpsychologie [Theories of modern psychology of goals]. In D. Frey & M. Irle (Eds.), Theorien der Sozialpsychologie [Theories of Social Psychology] (pp. 51–73). Bern: Huber.

Oettingen, G., & Gollwitzer, P. M. (2002). Turning hope thoughts into goal-directed behavior. Psychological Inquiry, 13, 304–307. 

Oettingen, G., & Mayer, D. (2002). The motivating function of thinking about the future: Expectations versus fantasies. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 83, 1198–1212. doi:10.1037/0022-3514.83.5.1198 

2001

Little, T. D., Lopez, D. F., Oettingen, G., & Baltes, P. B. (2001). A comparative-longitudinal study of action-control beliefs and school performance: On the role of context. International Journal of Behavioral Development, 25, 237–245. doi:10.1080/01650250042000258 

Oettingen, G., & Gollwitzer, P. M. (2001). Goal setting and goal striving. In A. Tesser & N. Schwarz (Eds.), Blackwell handbook of social psychology: Intraindividual processes (pp. 329–347). Oxford: Blackwell.

Oettingen, G., Pak, H., & Schnetter, K. (2001). Self-regulation of goal setting: Turning free fantasies about the future into binding goals. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 80, 736–753. doi:10.1037/0022-3514.80.5.736 

2000

Gollwitzer, P. M., Delius, J. D., & Oettingen, G. (2000). Motivation. In K. Pawlik & M. R. Rosenzweig (Eds.), International Handbook of Psychology (pp. 191–206). London, UK: Sage.

Oettingen, G. (2000). Expectancy effects on behavior depend on self-regulatory thought. Social Cognition, 18, 101–129. doi:10.1521/soco.2000.18.2.101 

Oettingen, G. (2000). Optimismus versus Realismus: Probleme und Lösungen einer andauernden Debatte [Optimism versus realism: Solutions to an ongoing debate]. In J. Möller & B. Strauß (Eds.), Psychologie und Zukunft [Psychology and future] (pp. 51–74). Göttingen: Hogrefe.

Oettingen, G., & Gollwitzer, P. M. (2000). Das Setzen und Verwirklichen von Zielen [Goal setting and goal implementation]. Zeitschrift für Psychologie, 208, 406–430. doi:10.1026/0044-3409.208.34.406 

Oettingen, G., Hönig, G., & Gollwitzer, P. M. (2000). Effective self-regulation of goal attainment. International Journal of Educational Research, 33, 705–732. doi:10.1016/S0883-0355(00)00046-X 

Stetsenko, A., Little, T. D., Gordeeva, T., Grasshof, M., & Oettingen, G. (2000). Gender effects in children’s beliefs about school performance: A cross-cultural study. Child Development, 71, 517–527. doi:10.1111/1467-8624.00161 

1999

Oettingen, G. (1999). Free fantasies about the future and the emergence of developmental goals. In J. Brandtstädter & R. M. Lerner (Eds.), Action & self-development: Theory and research through the life span (pp. 315–342). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.

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

Oettingen, G., & Maier, H. (1999). Where political system meets culture: Effects on efficacy appraisal. In Y.-T. Lee, C. R. McCauley, & J. Draguns (Eds.), Personality and person perception across cultures (pp. 163–190). Mahwah, NJ: Erlbaum.

1998

Gollwitzer, P. M., & Oettingen, G. (1998). The emergence and implementation of health goals. Psychology and Health, 13, 687–715. doi:10.1080/08870449808407424 

Lopez, D. F., Little, T. D., Oettingen, G., & Baltes, P. B. (1998). Self-regulation and school performance: Is there an optimal level of action-control? Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 70, 54–74. doi:10.1006/jecp.1998.2446 

1997

Oettingen, G. (1997). Culture and future thought. Culture & Psychology, 3, 353–381. doi:10.1177/1354067X9733008 

Oettingen, G. (1997). Das phantasierte Selbst und seine Bedeutung für die Entwicklung über die Lebensspanne [The fantasized self and life-span development]. Zeitschrift für Sozialpsychologie [Journal of Social Psychology], 28, 76–91. 

Oettingen, G. (1997). Psychologie des Zukunftsdenkens [The psychology of thinking about the future]. Göttingen: Hogrefe.

Stetsenko, A., Little, T. D., Oettingen, G., & Baltes, P. B. (1997). Razvitije predstavlenij o shkolnoj dejatelnosti u detej: Kross-kulturnoe issledovanije [Development of children's conceptions about school performance: A cross-cultural study]. Voprosi Psihologii [Russian Journal of Psychological Issues], 6, 3–23.

1996

Oettingen, G. (1996). Positive fantasy and motivation. In P. M. Gollwitzer & J. A. Bargh (Eds.), The psychology of action: Linking cognition and motivation to behavior (pp. 236–259). New York: Guilford Press.

Oettingen, G., Little, T. D., & Baltes, P. B. (1996). Subjektives Leistungsvermögen und objektive Schulleistung: intranationale und internationale Vergleichsstudien [Subjective efficacy and objective academic performance: intranational and international comparisons]. In Max-Planck-Gesellschaft (Ed.), Jahrbuch 1996. Göttingen: Vandenhoek & Ruprecht.

1995

Little, T. D., Oettingen, G., Stetsenko, A., & Baltes, P. B. (1995). Children’s action-control beliefs about school performance: How do American children compare with German and Russian children? Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 69, 686–700. doi:10.1037/0022-3514.69.4.686 

Oettingen, G. (1995). Cross-cultural perspectives on self-efficacy. In A. Bandura (Ed.), Self-efficacy in changing societies (pp. 149–176). New York, NY: Cambridge University Press.

Oettingen, G. (1995). Explanatory style in the context of culture. In G. M. Buchanan & M. E. P. Seligman (Eds.), Explanatory style (pp. 209–224). Hillsdale, NJ: Erlbaum.

Stetsenko, A., Little, T. D., Oettingen, G., & Baltes, P. B. (1995). Agency, control and means-ends beliefs about school performance in Moscow children: How similar are they to beliefs of Western children? Developmental Psychology, 31, 285–299. doi:10.1037/0012-1649.31.2.285 

1994

Oettingen, G. (1994). Attributionsstil und expressives Verhalten in Ost- und West-Berlin [Explanatory style and expressive behavior in East and West Berlin]. In G. Trommsdorff (Ed.), Psychologische Aspekte des sozio-politischen Wandels in Ostdeutschland [Psychological aspects of the socio-political change in East Germany] (pp. 144–153). Berlin: De Gruyter.

Oettingen, G., & Little, T. D. (1994). Adäquate Selbsteinschätzung als Erziehungsziel: Die Selbstwirksamkeitsurteile Ostberliner Schulkinder [Adequate self-evaluation as an educational goal: Self-efficacy beliefs in East Berlin children]. In G. Trommsdorff (Ed.), Psychologische Aspekte des sozio-politischen Wandels in Ostdeutschland [Psychological aspects of the socio-political change in East Germany] (pp. 113–123). Berlin: De Gruyter.

Oettingen, G., Little, T. D., Lindenberger, U., & Baltes, P. B. (1994). Causality, agency, and control beliefs in East versus West Berlin children: A natural experiment on the role of context. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 66, 579–595. doi:10.1037/0022-3514.66.3.579 

1993

Oettingen, G. (1993). Schulleistungsbezogene Kontrollüberzeugungen im Kulturvergleich [Performance-related control beliefs across culture]. In L. Montada (Ed.), Bericht über den 38. Kongreß der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Psychologie in Trier 1992 (pp. 928–931). Göttingen: Hogrefe.

Oettingen, G., & Little, T. D. (1993). Intelligenz und Selbstwirksamkeitsurteile bei Ost- und Westberliner Schulkindern [Intelligence and perfomance-related self-efficacy beliefs in East and West Berlin school children]. Themenheft der Zeitschrift für Sozialpsychologie [Journal of Social Psychology], 24, 186–197.

1992

Oettingen, G., Lindenberger, U., & Baltes, P. B. (1992). Sind die schulleistungsbezogenen Überzeugungen Ostberliner Kindern entwicklungshemmend? [Development of school performance-related beliefs in East Berlin children]. Zeitschrift für Pädagogik [Journal of Education], 38, 299–324. 

1991

Oettingen, G., & Wadden, T. A. (1991). Expectation, fantasy, and weight loss: Is the impact of positive thinking always positive? Cognitive Therapy and Research, 15, 167–175. doi:10.1007/BF01173206 

1990

Oettingen, G. (1990). Phantasie und Realität [Fantasy and Reality]. In D. Frey (Ed.), Bericht über den 37. Kongreß der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Psychologie (pp. 370–375). Göttingen: Hogrefe.

Oettingen, G., & Seligman, M. E. P. (1990). Pessimism and behavioral signs of depression in East versus West Berlin. European Journal of Social Psychology, 20, 207–220. 

1988

Zullow, H. M., Oettingen, G., Peterson, C., & Seligman, M. E. P. (1988). Pessimistic explanatory style in the historical record: CAVing LBJ, presidential candidates, and East versus West Berlin. American Psychologist, 43, 673–682. doi:10.1037/0003-066X.43.9.673 

1985

Oettingen, G. (1985). The influence of the kindergarten teacher on sex differences in behavior. International Journal of Behavioral Development, 8, 3–13. doi:10.1177/016502548500800102