Publikationen

In press

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

Gollwitzer, P. M., & Oettingen, G. (in press). Implementation intentions. In M. Gellmann & J. R. Turner (Eds.), Encyclopedia of behavioral medicine. New York: Springer-Verlag.

Kappes, H. B., & Oettingen, G. (in press). Wishful information preference: Positive fantasies mimic the effects of intentions. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin.

Kirk, D., Oettingen, G., & Gollwitzer, P. M. (in press). Promoting integrative bargaining: Mental contrasting with implementation intentions. International Journal of Conflict Management.

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


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

2012

Achtziger, A., Martiny, S. E., Oettingen, G., & Gollwitzer, P. M. (2012). Meta-cognitive processes in the self-regulation of goal pursuit. In P. B. & 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.). Oxford handbook of motivation (pp. 208-231). New York: Oxford University Press.

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

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 [pdf]

Oettingen, G. (2012). Future thought and behavior change. In W. Stroebe & M. Hewstone (Eds.), European Review of Social Psychology, 23, 1-63. doi: 10.1080/10463283.2011.643698 [pdf]

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  [pdf]

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.   [pdf]

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 [pdf]

Gollwitzer, P. M., Kappes H. B., & Oettingen, G. (2011). Needs and incentives as sources of goals. In H. Aaarts & 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. [pdf]

Gollwitzer, A., Oettingen, G., Kirby, T., Duckworth, A., & Mayer, D. (2011). Mental contrasting facilitates academic performance in school children. Motivation and Emotion, 35(4), 403-412. doi:10.1007/s11031-011-9222-0 [pdf]

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 [pdf]

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  [pdf]

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 [pdf]

Kirk, D., Oettingen, G., & Gollwitzer, P. M. (2011). Mental contrasting promotes integrative bargaining. International Journal of Conflict Management, 22, 324-341. [PDF]

2010

Adriaanse, M. A., Oettingen, G., Gollwitzer, P. M., Hennes, E. P., de Ridder, D. T. D., & de Witt, 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 [pdf]     

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. [pdf]

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. [pdf]

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 [pdf]

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 [pdf]

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 [pdf]

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. 114-135). New York: Guilford. [pdf]

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 [pdf]

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 [pdf]

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  [pdf]

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  [pdf]

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 [pdf]

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 [pdf]   

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  [pdf]

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. [pdf]

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.  [pdf]

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. [pdf]

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

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. [pdf]

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. [pdf]

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. [pdf]

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  [pdf]

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. [pdf]

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

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. [pdf]

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 [pdf]

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  [pdf]

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. [pdf]

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 [pdf]

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 [pdf]

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 [pdf]

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 [pdf]

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  [pdf]

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 [pdf]

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. [pdf]

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 (p. 245-265). Greenwich, CT: Information Age Publishing. [pdf]

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. [pdf]

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. [pdf]

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. [pdf]

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 [pdf]

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. [pdf]

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. [pdf]

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. [pdf]

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 [pdf]

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. [pdf]

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 [pdf]

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. [pdf]

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. [pdf]

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. [pdf]

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. [pdf]

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

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 [pdf] 

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 [pdf]

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. [pdf]

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 [pdf]

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. [pdf]

Oettingen, G. (2000). Expectancy effects on behavior depend on self-regulatory thought. Social Cognition, 18, 101-129. [pdf]

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. [pdf]

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 [pdf]

Oettingen, G., Hönig, G., & Gollwitzer, P. M. (2000). Effective self-regulation of goal attainment. International Journal of Educational Research, 33, 705-732. [pdf]

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 [pdf]

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. [pdf]

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. [pdf]

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. [pdf]

1998

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

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 [pdf]

1997

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

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. [pdf]

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

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. [pdf]

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 [pdf]

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. [pdf]

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. [pdf]

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 [pdf]

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. [pdf]

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. [pdf]

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 [pdf]

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 - 031). Göttingen: Hogrefe. [pdf]

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. [pdf]

1992

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

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 [pdf]

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. [pdf]

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

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 [pdf]

1985

Oettingen, G. (1985). The influence of the kindergarten teacher on sex differences in behavior. International Journal of Behavioral Development, 8, 3-13. [pdf]