Journal Articles (selection)

See my faculty webpage for more articles and for pdfs http://socialecology.uci.edu/faculty/heckhaus/

Heckhausen, J., Wrosch, C., & Schulz, R. (in press). Agency and motivation in adulthood and old age. Annual Review of Psychology.

Infurna, F. J., Wiest, M., Gerstorf, D., Ram, N., Schupp, J., Wagner, G. G., & Heckhausen, J. (2017). Changes in life satisfaction when losing one’s spouse: Individual differences in anticipation, reaction, adaptation, and longevity in the German Socio-Economic Panel Study (SOEP). Aging and Society, 37, 899-934.

Hülür, G., Heckhausen, J., Hoppmann, C. A., Infurna, F. J., Wagner, G. G., Ram, N., & Gerstorf, D. (2017). Levels of and changes in life satisfaction predict mortality hazards: Disentangling the role of physical health, perceived control, and social orientation. Psychology and Aging, 32, 507-520.

Drewelies, J., Wagner, J., Tesch-Römer, C., Heckhausen, J., & Gerstorf, D. (2017). Perceived control across the second half of life: The role of physical health and social integration. Psychology and Aging, 32, 76-92.

Kay, J. S., Shane, J., & Heckhausen, J. (2017). Youth’s causal beliefs about success: Socioeconomic differences and prediction of early career development. Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 46, 2169-2180.

Shane, J., & Heckhausen, J. (2017). It’s only a dream if you wake up: Young adults’ achievement expectations, opportunities, and meritocratic beliefs. International Journal of Psychology, 52, 40-48.

Kay, J. S., Shane, J., Heckhausen, J. (2016). High-school predictors of university achievement: Youths’ self-reported relationships with parents, beliefs about success, and university aspirations. Journal of Adolescence, 53, 95-106.

Kriegbaum, K., Villarreal, B., Shane, J., Heckhausen, J. (2016). Parents still matter: Patterns of shared agency with parents predict college students’ academic motivation and achievement. Motivation Science, 2, 97-115.

Hamm, J., Perry, R. P., Chipperfield, J. G., Heckhausen, J., Parker, P. C. (2016). A motivation-enhancing treatment for young adults navigating life-course transitions: Sustaining goal engagement and improving performance. Motivation and Emotion, 40, 814-829.

Shane, J., Heckhausen, J. (2016). Optimized Engagement Across Life Domains in Adult Development: Balancing Diversity and Interdomain Consequences. Research in Human Development, 13, 280-296.

Infurna, F. J., Gerstorf, D., Ram, N., Schupp, J., Wagner, G. G., Heckhausen, J. (2016). Maintaining perceived control with unemployment facilitates future adjustment. Journal of Vocational Behavior, 93, 103-119.

Schilling, O., Wahl, H.-W., Boerner, K., Horowitz, A., Reinhardt, J., Cimarolli, V., Brennan-Ing, M., Heckhausen, J. (2016). Developmental regulation with progressive vision loss: Use of control strategies and affective well-being. Developmental Psychology, 52, 679-694.

Infurna, F. J., Wiest, M., Gerstorf, D., Ram, N., Schupp, J., Wagner, G. G., Heckhausen, J. (2016). Changes in life satisfaction when losing one’s spouse: Individual differences in anticipation, reaction, adaptation, and longevity in the German Socio-Economic Panel Study (SOEP). Aging and Society, 1-36. Accepted.

Villarreal, B. J., Heckhausen, J., Lessard, J., Greenberger, E., Chen, C. (2015). High-school seniors’ short-term educational expectations: Do the costs of failing one’s expectations outweigh the benefits of ambitious expectations? Journal of Adolescence, 45, 327-340.

Wrosch, C., Heckhausen, J. (2016). Introduction to the Special Section on Motivational Self-Regulation Across the Lifespan. International Journal of Behavioral Development, 40, 97-99. (online published ahead of print).

Shane, J., Heckhausen, J. (2016). For better or worse: Young adults’ opportunity beliefs and motivational self-regulation during career entry. International Journal of Behavioral Development.

Heckhausen, J., Wrosch, C. (2016). Challenges to developmental regulation across the life course: What are they and which individual differences matter? International Journal of Behavioral Development, 40, 145-150. (online published ahead of print).

Hamm, J. M., Perry, R. P., Chipperfield, J. G., Stewart, T. L., Heckhausen, J. (2015). Motivation-focused thinking: Buffering against stress-related physical symptoms and depressive symptomatology. Psychology and Health, 30, 1326-1345.

Knoll, N., Wiedemann, A. U., Schrader, M., Felber, J., Burkert, S., Daig, I., Heckhausen, J. (2015). Calibrating independence goals and partner support: Couples adjust to functional limitations after tumor surgery. Applied Psychology: Health and Well-Being, 7, 167-187. (online published ahead of print).

Hamm, J. M., Chipperfield, J. G., Perry, R. P., Heckhausen, J., Mackenzie, C. S. (2015). Conflicted goal engagement: Undermining physical activity and health in late life. The Journals of Gerontology: Psychological Sciences. (online published ahead of print).

Knoll, N., Wiedemann, A. U., Schultze, M., Schrader, M., Heckhausen, J. (2014). Prostate cancer patients gradually advance goals for rehabilitation after radical prostatectomy: Applying a Lines-of-Defense Model to rehabilitation. Psychology and Aging, 29, 787-792.

Gerstorf, D., Heckhausen, J., Ram, N., Infurna, F., Schupp, J., Wagner, G. G. (2014). Perceived personal control buffers terminal decline in well-being. Psychology and Aging, 29, 612-625.

Heckhausen, J., Wrosch, C., Schulz, R. (2013). A lines-of-defense model for managing health threats: A review. Gerontology, 59, 438-447.

Grümer, S., Silbereisen, R. K., Heckhausen, J. (2013). Subjective well-being in times of social change: Congruence of control strategies and perceived control. International Journal of Psychology, 48, 1267-1283.

Book Chapters

Heckhausen, J. Motivation and lifespan development. In N. Baumann, T. Goschke, M. Kazén, S. Koole, M. Quirin (Eds.), Motivation, Volition, and Personality. Heidelberg, Germany. Springer. Accepted: 2015

Heckhausen, J. Social inequality across the life course: Societal unfolding and individual agency. In Buchmann, M., Scott, R., Kosslyn, S. (Eds.) Emerging trends in the social and behavioral sciences. Hoboken, NJ, USA: Wiley. Accepted.

Heckhausen, J., Shane, J., Kanfer, R. Competence and motivation at work throughout adulthood: Making the most of changing capacities and opportunities. In Elliott, A., Dweck, C. S., Yeager, D. (Eds.) Handbook of Competence and Motivation (2nd Edition): Theory and Application. New York, NY, USA: Guilford Press. Accepted.

Barlow, M., Wrosch, C., Heckhausen, J., Schulz, R. (2016). Control strategies for managing physical health problems in old age: Evidence for the motivational theory of life-span development. In Infurna, F. J., Reich, J. W. (Eds.) Perceived control: Theory, research, and practice in the first 50 years (pp. 281-307). Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press.

Villarreal, B., Heckhausen, J. (2016). Control striving and control perception in a lifespan developmental framework. In Infurna, F. J., Reich, J. W. (Eds.) Perceived control: Theory, research, and practice in the first 50 years (pp. 252-279). New York, NY, USA: Oxford University Press. Accepted.

Infurna, F. J., Gerstorf, D., Ram, N., Heckhausen, J. Analytic strategies for the study of adaptation to major life events: Making the most of large-scale longitudinal surveys. In H.-P. Blossfeld, J. von Maucrice, M. Bayer, J. Skopek (Eds.), Frankfurt, Germany: Springer-Verlag. Accepted: 2015

Heckhausen, J., Shane, J. (2015). Social mobility in the transition to adulthood: Societal opportunities and constraints for individual agency. In L. A. Jensen (Ed.), The Oxford handbook of human development and culture. New York, NY, USA. Oxford University Press.

Heckhausen, J., Shane, J. (2015). How individuals navigate social mobility: Changing capacities and opportunities in careers across adulthood. In L. Finkelstein, D. Truxillo, F. Fraccaroli, R. Kanfer (Eds.), Managing an aging workforce: A use inspired approach. (pp. 313-320). Florence, KY, USA. Psychology Press.

Heckhausen, J. (2014). Motivational affordances in school versus work contexts advantage different individuals: A possible explanation for domain-differential gender gaps. In J. S. Eccles, I. Schoon (Eds.), Gender differences in aspirations and attainment. (pp. 346-362). London, UK. Cambridge University Press.

Infurna, F. J., Gerstorf, D., Ram, N., & Heckhausen, J. (2016). Analytic strategies for the study of adaptation to major life events: Making the most of large-scale longitudinal surveys: In: H.-P. Blossfeld, J. von Maurice, M. Bayer & J. Skopek  (Eds.), Methodological issues of longitudinal surveys: The example of the National Educational Panel Study (pp. 19-35). Springer-Verlag: Frankfurt/New York.

Heckhausen, J. (2016). Social inequality across the life course: Societal unfolding and individual agency. In: M. Buchmann, R. Scott, & S. Kosslyn (Eds.) Emerging trends in the social and behavioral sciences (pp. 1-18). Hoboken, NJ: Wiley.

Heckhausen, J., Shane, J., & Kanfer, R. (2017). Competence and motivation at work throughout adulthood: Making the most of changing capacities and opportunities. In: A. Elliot, C. S. Dweck, & D. Yeager (Eds.). Handbook of competence and motivation: Theory and application (2nd Edition, pp. 240-256). New York, NY: Guilford Press.

Villarreal & Heckhausen (2017). Control striving and control perception in a lifespan developmental framework. In: F. J. Infurna & J. W. Reich (Eds.), Perceived control: Theory, research, and practice in the first 50 years (pp. 253-279). Oxford University Press: Oxford, UK.

Barlow, M., Wrosch, C., Heckhausen, J., & Schulz, R. (2017). Control strategies for managing physical health problems in old age: Evidence for the motivational theory of life-span development. In: F. J. Infurna & J. W. Reich (Eds.), Perceived control: Theory, research, and practice in the first 50 years (pp. 281-307). Oxford University Press: Oxford, UK.

Kay, J., & Heckhausen, J. (2018). Motives, goals, and their pursuit throughout the lifespan. In: J. E. Maddux (Ed.), Subjective well-being and life satisfaction. Routledge.

Heckhausen, J. (2018). Motivation and lifespan development (in press). In: N. Baumann, T. Goschke, M. Kazén, M. Quirin, & S. Koole (Eds.), Why people do the things they do: Building on Julius Kuhl’s contribution to motivation and volition psychology (pp. 55-71). Göttingen, Germany: Hogrefe.

Encyclopedia Articles

Kay, J., Heckhausen, J.. Motivational theory. Bornstein, M. H., Arterberry, M. E., Fingerman, K. L., Lansford, J. E. (Eds.). Sage Encyclopedia of Lifespan Human Development. Thousand Oaks, CA, USA: Sage Publishers. Accepted.

Kay, J., Heckhausen, J. (2015). Motivational theory of lifespan development. In Encyclopedia of Geropsychology. Singapour: Springer, Science and Business Media.

Villarreal, B., Heckhausen, J. (2015). Theory of lifespan development. In J. D. Wright (Ed.), International Encyclopedia of the Social and Behavioral Sciences (pp. 100-107). Oxford, UK. Elsevier Science.

Heckhausen, J. (2015). Control behavior: Psychological Perspectives. In J. D. Wright (Ed.), International Encyclopedia of the Social and Behavioral Sciences (pp. 812-818). Oxford, UK. Elsevier Science.

Kay, J. S. & Heckhausen, J. (2018). Motivational theory. In: M. Bornstein, M. Arterberry, K. Fingerman, & J. E, Lansford (Eds.), The SAGE Encyclopedia of Human Development. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.

 

Presentations at Conferences and Invited Talks

Heckhausen, J., Developmental Colloquium Series, “Motivational self-regulation in life-span development,” Dept. of Psychology, University of California, Riverside, Riverside, CA. Invited talk. (February 23, 2015).

Schöllgen, I., Gerstorf, D., Heckhausen, J., 9th Tagung der Fachgruppe Arbeits-, Organisations- und Wirtschaftspsychologie der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Psychologie, “Zielengagement und Zielablösung im Arbeitskontext [Goal engagement and goal disengagagement in the work context],” Mainz, Germany. Paper. (September 2015).

Heckhausen, J., 123th Annual Convention of the American Psychological Association, “A motivational theory of lifespan development,” Toronto, Canada. Invited address. (August 2015).

Hernandez, G., Limas, I., Merino, M., Wang, Y., Villarreal, B., Heckhausen, J., 22nd Annual University of California, Irvine Undergraduate Research Symposium, “Motivation, self-regulation, and individual agency in higher-education goal pursuit,” Irvine, CA. Poster. (May 2015).

Lee, Y. M., Mansoorian, E., Villarreal, B., Heckhausen, J., 22nd Annual University of California, Irvine Undergraduate Research Symposium, “The role of congruent motives in community college student success,” Irvine, CA. Poster. (May 2015).

Shane, J., Kriegbaum, K., Heckhausen, J., 27th annual convention of the Association for Psychological Science, “Selective engagement with work across adulthood,” New York, NY. Paper. (May 2015).

Svoboda, R., Silbereisen, R. K., Reitmeier, M. E., Thomas, S., Heckhausen, J., Haase, C. M., 27th Convention of the Association for Psychological Science, “Achievement and power motivation as sources of work engagement in younger and older adults,” New York, NY. Poster. (May 2015).

Kay, J. S., Shane, J., Heckhausen, J., 27th Convention of the Association for Psychological Science, “How to get ahead?: Associations between youths’ relationships, beliefs about success, and educational attainment,” New York, NY. Poster. (May 2015).

Haase, C. M., Heckhausen, J., Silbereisen, R. K., Aviram, T., Wrosch, C., Poulin, M., 27th Convention of the Association for Psychological Science, “Motivation and well-being during the transition into work: Findings from four longitudinal studies,” New York, NY. Paper. (May 2015).

Kriegbaum, K., Shane, J., Heckhausen, J., International Convention of Psychological Science (ICPS), “Individual agency and work-related outcomes: Domain-specific engagement strongly mediates the influence of individuals’ general goal-engagement tendency,” Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Poster. (March 2015).

Villarreal, B., Kriegbaum, K., Wu, V. C., Heckhausen, J., International Convention of Psychological Science (ICPS), “Parents still matter: Patterns of parent-child shared agency predict college students’ academic motivation and achievement,” Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Poster. (March 2015).

Kay, J. S., Shane, J., Heckhausen, J., 16th Annual Meeting of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology, “Making it in society: Motivation, social resources, and university attendance,” Long Beach, CA. Poster. (February 2015).

Wu, V., Villarreal, B., Heckhausen, J., Kriegbaum, K., 16th Annual Meeting of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology, “Shared and non-shared agency in academic motivation and achievement,” Long Beach, CA. Poster. (February 2015).

Heckhausen, J., Lifespan Social-Personality Preconference to the 16th Annual Convention of the Society of Personality and Social Psychology, “The human life course as a changing field of action,” Long Beach, CA. Keynote address. (February 2015).

Heckhausen, J. (Keynote Speaker), 49th Annual Congress of the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Psychologie, “A motivational theory of life-span developmen,” Bochum, Germany. Keynote address. (September 2014).

Knoll, N., Wiedemann, A. U., Schrader, M., Heckhausen, J., 49th Annual Congress of the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Psychologie, “Anpassung gesundheitsbezogener Autonomieziele während der Rehabilitation: Eine Studie mit Patienten nach radikaler Prostatektomie [Adaptation of health-related autonomy goals during rehabilitation: A study with patients having undergone radical prostatectomy],” Bochum, Germany. Paper. (September 2014).

Sommer, A., Heckhausen, J., Roßbach, H.-G., 49th Annual Congress of the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Psychologie, “Determinanten sensitiven Interaktionsverhaltens: Welche Rolle spielen Kind, Mutter und Sozialkontext? [Determinants of sensitive interactions: What is the role of the child, the mother, and the social context?],” Bochum, Germany. (September 2014).

Heckhausen, J., 49th Annual Congress of the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Psychologie, “Heinz Heckhausens Motivation und Handeln [Heinz Heckhausen’s motivation and action],” Bochum, Germany. Paper. (September 2014).

Heckhausen, J., Munich Symposium on Motivation, “Goal engagement and disengagement in an age-structured field of action,” Eibsee, Germany. Paper. (July 2014).

Puthran, D., Villarreal, B., Heckhausen, J., 21st Annual University of California, Irvine Undergraduate Research Symposium, “Matching student obstacles with discrepancies in time to transfer,” Irvine, CA. Poster. (May 2014).

Filippopoulos, P., Shane, J., Couch, L., Heckhausen, J., 26th annual convention of the Association for Psychological Science, “Looking up and looking down: Young adults’ motivational response to social status comparisons,” San Francisco, CA. Poster. (May 2014).

Knoll, N., Wiedemann, A. U., Schultze, M., Schrader, M., Heckhausen, J., 26th Convention of the Association for Psychological Science, “Adjusting lines of defense during rehabilitation: Sequelae of radical prostatectomy in patients and their spouses,” San Francisco, CA. Paper. (May 2014).

Shane, J., Heckhausen, J., 26th Convention of the Association for Psychological Science, “After university: Opportunity, motivation, and career goal pursuit in young adulthood,” San Francisco, CA. Paper. (May 2014).

Villarreal, B., Heckhausen, J., Lessard, J., 26th Convention of the Association for Psychological Science, “High-school seniors’ short-term educational goals: Do the costs of failing one’s goals outweigh the benefits of ambitious goal setting?,” San Francisco, CA. Paper. (May 2014).

Heckhausen, J., 26th Convention of the Association for Psychological Science, “Holding and folding lines of defense in dealing with major health problems,” San Francisco, CA. Paper. (May 2014).

Villarreal, B., Heckhausen, J., 7th Annual Meeting of the Society for the Study of Motivation, “College enrollment goals for the year after high school: Costs of failure and benefits of ambition,” San Francisco, CA. Paper. (May 2014).

Hervias, P., Hernandez, L., Jaramillo, B., Shane, J., Heckhausen, J., 7th annual meeting of the Society for the Study of Motivation, “Why did you make that choice? Demographic differences in Americans’ goal selection and motivation,” San Fransisco, CA. Poster. (May 2014).

Mendoza, Y., Villarreal, B., Heckhausen, J., 21st Annual University of California, Irvine Undergraduate Research Symposium, “A cross-ethnic comparison of motivation and goal engagement in community college students,” Irvine, CA. Poster. (May 1, 2014 – May 3, 2014).

Villarreal, B., Kriegbaum, K., Heckhausen, J., Wu, V. C., 95th Annual Meeting of the Western Psychological Association, “The role of shared/non-shared agency in college motivation and achievement,” Las Vegas, NV. Paper. (April 2014).

Villarreal, B., Heckhausen, J., 16th Annual Meeting of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology, “Ambitiousness in college enrollment goals: Is it worth it?,” Long Beach, CA. Poster. (February 2014).

Heckhausen, J., Personality Preconference to the 15th Annual Convention of the Society of Personality and Social Psychology, “Key issues in lifespan personality development,” Austin, TX. Paper. (February 1, 2014 – February 3, 2014).

Gerstorf, D. (Author), Ram, N. (Author), Infurna, F. J. (Author), Schupp, J. (Author), Wagner, G. G. (Author), Heckhausen, J. (Author), 66th Annual Meeting of the Gerontological Society of America, “Decline and adaptation of life satisfaction after losing a spouse: Moderated by social and health resources and predicting longevity,” New Orleans, LA. Paper. (November 2013).

Heckhausen, J. (Author), Wrosch, C. (Author), Schulz, R. (Author), 66th Annual Meeting of the Gerontological Society of America, “A lines-of-defense model for managing health threats,” New Orleans, LA. Paper. (November 1, 2013 – November 3, 2013).

Infurna, F. J. (Author), Wiest, M. (Author), Gerstorf, D. (Author), Ram, N. (Author), Schupp, J. (Author), Wagner, G. G. (Author), Heckhausen, J., 66th Annual Meeting of the Gerontological Society of America, “Decline and adaptation of life satisfaction after losing a spouse: Moderated by social and health resources and predicting longevity,” New Orleans, LA. Paper. (November 1, 2013 – November 3, 2013).

Gerstorf, D., Ram, N., Infurna, F. J., Schupp, J., Wagner, G. G., Heckhausen, J., 66th Annual Meeting of the Gerontological Society of America, “Individual differences in terminal well-being decline: The role of family goals, social participation, and the living environment,” New Orleans, LA. Paper. (November 1, 2013 – November 3, 2013).