Peter Gollwitzer’s Publications

In Press

Gollwitzer, P. M., & Sheeran, P. (in press). Psychology of planning. Annual Review of Psychology.

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

Mazur-Socha, Z., Łaguna, M., & Gollwitzer, P. M. (in press). The instrumental practice goal realization inventory: from intention to evaluation. Music Education Research. https://doi.org/10.1080/14613808.2024.2365719

Sheeran, P., Listrom, O., & Gollwitzer, P. M. (in press). The when and how of planning: Meta-analysis of the scope and components of implementation intentions in 642 tests. European Review of Social Psychology, https://doi.org/10.1080/10463283.2024.2334563

Büchele, N., Keller, L., Zeller, A. C., Schrietter, F., Treiber, J., Gollwitzer, P. M., & Odenwald, M. (2020). The effects of pre-intervention mindset induction on a brief intervention to increase risk perception and reduce alcohol use among university students: A pilot randomized controlled trial. PLOS ONE.

Doerflinger, J. T., & Gollwitzer, P. M. (2020).  Emotion emphasis effects in moral judgment are moderated by mindsets. Motivation & Emotion.

Gantman, A. P., Sternisko, A., Gollwitzer, P. M., Oettingen, G., & Van Bavel, J. J. (2020). Allocating moral responsibility to multiple agents. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology.

Keller, L., Gollwitzer, P. M., & Sheeran, P. (2020).  Changing behavior using the model of action phases (pp. . In M. S. Hagger, L. D. Cameron, K. Hamilton, N. Hankonen, & T. Lintunen (Eds.), Handbook of behavior change (pp. 77-88).  Cambridge, UK:  Cambridge University Press. 

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. 

Szymczak, H., Keller, L., Debbeler, L. J., Kollmann, J., Lages, N. C., Gollwitzer, P. M., Schupp, H. T., & Renner, B. (2020). An increase in vigorous but not moderate physical activity makes people feel they have changed their behavior. Frontiers in Psychology, 11: 1530.

Thürmer, J. L., Bieleke, M., Wieber, F., & Gollwitzer, P. M. (2020). If-then plans help regulate automatic peer influence on impulse buying. European Journal of Marketing. 

Thürmer, J. L., Wieber, F., & Gollwitzer, P. M. (2020). Management in times of crisis: Can collective plans prepare teams to make and implement good decisions? Management Decision, 58 (10), 2155-2176. 

Thürmer, J. L., Wieber, F., & Gollwitzer, P. M. (2020). Strategic self-regulation in groups:
Collective implementation intentions help cooperate when cooperation is called for. Frontiers in Psychology. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2020.561388

Underberg, J., 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. 

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. 

Valshtein, T. J., Oettingen, G., & Gollwitzer, P. M. (2020). Using Mental Contrasting with Implementation Intentions (MCII) to reduce bedtime procrastination: Two randomised trials. Psychology & Health, 35, 275-301.

2019

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

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.

Keller, L., Bieleke, M., & Gollwitzer, P. M. (2019). Mindset theory of action phases and if-then planning. In K. Sassenberg & M. L. W. Vleik (Eds.), Social psychology in action (pp. 23-37). Springer, Cham. 

Lalot, F., Quiamzade, A., Falomir-Pichastor, J. M., & Gollwitzer, P. M. (2019).When does self-identity predict intention to act green? A self-completion account relying on past behaviour and majority-minority support for pro-environmental values. Journal of Environmental Psychology, 61, 79-92.

Oettingen, G., & Gollwitzer, P. M. (2019). From feeling good to doing good. In J. Gruber (Ed.), The Oxford handbook of positive emotion and psychopathology (pp. 596-611). New York, NY: Oxford University Press.

Wittleder, S., Kappes, A., Oettingen, G., Gollwitzer, P. M., Melanie, J., & 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.

2018

Achtziger, A. & Gollwitzer, P. M. (2018). Motivation und Volition im Handlungsverlauf. In J. Heckhausen & H. Heckhausen (Hrsg.), Motivation und Handeln (S. 355-388). Berlin: Springer.

Achtziger, A., & Gollwitzer, P. M. (2018). Motivation and volition in the course of action. In J. Heckhausen & H. Heckhausen (Eds.), Motivation and action (pp. 485-527). Springer, Cham.

Adriaanse, M., Kroese, F., Weijers, J., Gollwitzer, P. M., & Oettingen, G. (2018). Explaining unexplainable food choices. European Journal of Social Psychology, 48, 15-24.

Bieleke, M., Legrand, E., Mignon, A., & Gollwitzer, P. M. (2018). More than planned: Implementation intention effects in non-planned situations. Acta Psychologica, 30, 569-581.

Cimpian, A., Gollwitzer, P. M., & Oettingen, G. (2018). Intuition. In M. H. Bornstein (Ed.), The SAGE encyclopedia of lifespan human development. 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.

Gollwitzer, P. M. (2018). The goal concept: A helpful tool for theory development and testing in motivation science. Motivation Science, 18, 185-205.

Gollwitzer, P. M., & Crosby, C. (2018). Planning out future action, affect, and cognition. In G. Oettingen, A. T. Sevincer, & P. M. Gollwitzer (Eds.), The psychology of thinking about the future(pp. 335-361). New York: Guilford.

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.

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: Routledge.

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

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

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.

Wolff, W., Bieleke, M., Hirsch, A., Wienbruch, C., Gollwitzer, P. M., & Schüler, J. (2018). Increase in prefrontal cortex oxygenation during static muscular endurance performance is modulated by self-regulation strategies. Scientific Reports, 8:15756.

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.

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.

Doerflinger, J., Martiny-Huenger, T., & Gollwitzer, P. M. (2017). Planning to deliberate thoroughly: If-then planned deliberation increases the adjustment of decisions to newly available information. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 69, 1-12.

Gantman, A. P., Adriaanse, M. A., Oettingen, G., & Gollwitzer, P. M. (2017). Why did I do that? Explaining actions activated outside of awareness. Psychonomic Bulletin & Review, 24, 1563-1572.

Gollwitzer, P. M., Bieleke, M., & Sheeran, P. (2017). Enhancing consumer behavior with implementation intentions. In C. Jansson-Boyd & M. Zawisza (Eds.), International handbook of consumer psychology (pp. 370-389). New York: Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group.

Gollwitzer, A., Schwoerer, B., Stern, C., Gollwitzer, P. M., & Bargh, J. A. (2017). Up and down regulation of a highly automatic process: Implementation intentions can both decrease and increase social projection. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 70, 19-26.

Legrand, E., Bieleke, M., Gollwitzer, P. M., & Mignon, A. (2017). Nothing will stop me? Flexibly tenacious goal striving with implementation intentions. Motivation Science, 3, 101-108.

Keller, L. & Gollwitzer, P. M. (2017). Mindsets affect risk perception and risk-taking behavior: Illusionary optimism and the BART. Social Psychology, 48, 135–147.

Marquardt, M. K., Cohen, A.-L., Gollwitzer, P. M., Gilbert, S. J., & Dettmers, C. (2017). Making if-then plans counteracts learned non-use in stroke patients: A proof-of-principle study. Restorative Neurology and Neuroscience, 35, 537-545.

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, 580-590.

Martiny-Huenger, T., Martiny, S. E., Parks-Stamm, E. J., Pfeiffer, E., & Gollwitzer, P. M. (2017). From conscious thought to automatic action: A simulation account of action planning. Journal of Experimental Psychology: General, 146, 1513-1525.

Oettingen, G. & Gollwitzer, P. M. (2017). Health behavior change by self-regulation of goal pursuit: Mental contrasting and implementation intentions. In de Ridder, D., Adriaanse, M., & Fujita, K. (Eds.), Routledge international handbook of self-control in health and well-being. New York Routledge.

Thürmer, J. L., Wieber, F., & Gollwitzer, P. M. (2017). Planning and performance in small groups: Collective implementation intentions enhance group goal striving. Frontiers in Psychology, Vol. 8, Article 603.

Saddawi-Konefka, D., Baker, K., Guarino, A., Burns, S. M., 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. Journal of Graduate Medical Education, 9, 451-457.

Schweiger, I., Fernandez-Dols, J., Gollwitzer, P. M., & Keil, A. (2017). Grima: A distinct emotion concept? Frontiers in Psychology, Volume 8, Article 131.

Wieber, F., & Gollwitzer, P. M. (2017). Planning and the control of action. In P. Meusburger, B. Werlen, & L. Suarsana (Eds.), Knowledge and action (pp. 169-183). Springer Verlag.

2016

Gollwitzer, P. M., & Keller, L. (2016). Mindset theory. In V. Zeigler-Hill & T.K. Shackelford (Eds.), Encyclopedia of personality and individual differences (pp. 1-8). Springer International Publishing.

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 (3^rd Ed., pp. 223-244). New York: Guilford.

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.

Hagger, M. S., Luszczynska, A., de Wit, J., & Oettingen, G., Sheeran, P. and 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.

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.

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.

Martiny-Huenger, T., Bieleke, M., Oettingen G., & Gollwitzer, P. M. (2016). 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., Schumacher, D. J., Baker, K. H., Charnin, J. E., & Gollwitzer, P. M. (2016). Changing physician behavior with implementation intentions: Closing the gap between intentions and actions. Academic Medicine, 91, 1211-1216.

Wieber, F., & Gollwitzer, P. M. (2016). Decoupling goal striving from resource depletion by forming implementation intentions. In E. R. Hirt, J. J. Clarkson, & L. Jia (Eds.), Self-Regulation and Ego Control (pp. 43–65). New York, NY: Elsevier.)

2015

Ahn, J. N., Oettingen, G., & Gollwitzer, P. M. (2015). Goal projection in public places. European Journal of Social Psychology, 45, 575-586.

Gollwitzer, P. M. (2015). Setting one’s mind on action: Planning out goal striving in advance. In R. Scott & S. Kosslyn (Eds.), Emerging trends in the social and behavioral sciences. New York: Wiley. DOI: 10.1002/9781118900772.etrds0298

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.

Janczyk, M., Dambacher, M., Bieleke, M., & Gollwitzer, P. M. (2015). The benefit of no choice: Goal-directed plans enhance perceptual processing. Psychological Research, 79, 206-220

Martiny-Huenger, T., Martiny, S. E., & Gollwitzer, P. M. (2015). Action control by if-then planning: Explicating the mechanisms of strategic automaticity in regard to objective and subjective agency. In B. Eitam & P. Haggard (Eds.), Human agency: Functions and mechanisms (pp. 63-93). New York: Oxford University Press.

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

Oettingen, G., Schrage, J., & Gollwitzer, P. M. (2015). Volition. In L. Corno & E. Anderman (Eds.), Third handbook of educational psychology (3rd Ed., pp. 104-117). New York, NY: Routledge, Taylor, & Francis.

Prestwich, A., Sheeran, P., Webb, T. L., & Gollwitzer, P. M. (2015). Implementation intentions. In M. Conner & P. Norman (Eds.), Predicting Health Behavior (3rd Ed., pp. 321-357). New York: McGraw Hill.

Rothman, A. J., Gollwitzer P. M., Grant, A. M., Neal, D. T., Sheeran, P., & Wood, W. (2015). Hale and hearty policies: How psychological science can create and maintain healthy habits. Perspectives in Psychological Science.

Thürmer, J. L., Wieber, F., & Gollwitzer, P. M. (2015). A self-regulation perspective on hidden profile problems: If-then planning to review information improves group decisions. Journal of Behavioral Decision Making, 28, 101-113.

Thürmer, J. L., Wieber, F., & Gollwitzer, P. M. (2015). Planning high performance: Can groups and teams benefit from implementation intentions? In M. D. Mumford & M. Frese (Eds.), The psychology of planning in organizations: Research and applications (pp. 123-145). New York, NY: Routledge.

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

Wieber, F., Thürmer, J. L., & Gollwitzer, P. M. (2015). Attenuating the escalation of commitment to a faltering project in decision-making groups: An implementation intention approach. Social Psychology and Personality Science, 6, 587-595.

Wieber, F., Thürmer, J. L., & Gollwitzer, P. M. (2015). Promoting the translation of intentions into action by implementation intentions: Behavioral effects and physiological correlates. Frontiers in Human Neuroscience, Vol. 9, Article 395.

2014

Braver, T. S., Krug, M. K., Chiew, K. S., Kool, W., et al., Gollwitzer, P. M., et al. (2014). Mechanisms of motivation-cognition interaction: challenges and opportunities. Cognitive, Affective, & Behavioral Neuroscience, 14, 443-472.

Büttner, O. B., Wieber, F., Schulz, A. M., Bayer, U. C., Florack, A., & Gollwitzer, P. M. (2014). Visual attention and goal pursuit: Deliberative and implemental mindsets affect breadth of attention. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 40, 1248-1259.

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

Gollwitzer, P. M. (2014). Weakness of the will: Is a quick fix possible? Motivation and Emotion, 38, 305-322.

Gollwitzer, P. M., Martiny-Huenger, T., & Oettingen, G. (2014). Affective consequences of intentional action control. Advances in Motivation Science, 1, 49-83.

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.

Maglio, S. J., Gollwitzer, P. M., & Oettingen. G. (2014). Emotion and control in the planning of goals. Motivation and Emotion, 38, 620-634

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

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.

Oettingen, G., Ahn, J. T., Gollwitzer, P. M., Kappes, A., & Kawada, C. L. K. (2014). Goal projection and giving help. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 54, 204-214.

Wieber, F., Gollwitzer, P. M., & Sheeran, P. (2014). Strategic regulation of mimicry effects by implementation intentions. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 53, 31-39.

Wieber, F. , Sezer, L. A. , & Gollwitzer, P. M. (2014). Asking “why” helps action control by goals but not plans. Motivation and Emotion, 38, 65-78.

2013

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.

Gollwitzer, P. M., Marquardt, M. K., Scherer, M., & Fujita, K. (2013). Identity-goal threats: Engaging in distinct compensatory efforts. Social Psychological and Personality Science, 4, 555-562.

Gollwitzer, P. M., Gantman, A., & Oettingen, G. (2013). Intention, social psychology of. In B. Kaldis (Ed.), Encyclopedia of philosophy and the social sciences. (Vol. 9, pp. 492-493). Thousand Oaks, CA: SAGE Publications, Inc.

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

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

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., Wittchen, M., & Gollwitzer, P. M. (2013) Regulating goal pursuit through mental contrasting with implementation intentions. In A. E. Locke & G. Latham (Eds.), New developments in goal setting and task performance (pp. 523-548). New York, NY: Routledge.

Schweiger Gallo, I., Cohen, A.-L., Gollwitzer, P. M., & Oettingen, G. (2013). Neurophysiological correlates of the self-regulation of goal pursuit. In P. A. Hall (Ed.), Social neuroscience and public health (pp. 19-33). New York: Springer Verlag.

Seebaß, G., Schmitz, M., & Gollwitzer, P. M. (Eds.). (2013).  Acting intentionally and its limits: Individuals, groups, institutions. Berlin: De Gruyter.

Seebaß, G., Schmitz, M., & Gollwitzer, P. M. (2013). Introduction (pp. 1-46). In G. Seebaß, M. Schmitz, & P. M. Gollwitzer (Eds.), Acting intentionally and its limits: Individuals, groups, institutions. Berlin: De Gruyter.

Sheeran, P., Gollwitzer, P. M., & Bargh, J. A. (2013). Nonconscious processes and health. Health Psychology, 32, 460-473.

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.

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.

Thürmer, J. L., McCrea, S. M., & Gollwitzer, P. M. (2013). Regulating self-defensiveness: If-Then plans prevent claiming and creating performance handicaps. Motivation and Emotion, 37, 712-725.

Wieber, F., Thürmer, J. L., & Gollwitzer, P. M. (2013). Intentional action control in individuals and groups. In G. Seebaß, M. Schmitz, & P. M. Gollwitzer (Eds.), Acting intentionally and its limits: Individuals, groups, institutions (pp. 133-162). Berlin: DeGruyter.

2012

Achtziger, A., Bayer, U. C., & Gollwitzer, P. M. (2012). Committing to implementation intentions: Attention and memory effects for selected situational cues. Motivation & Emotion, 36, 287-303.

Achtziger, A., Martiny, S. E., Oettingen, G., & Gollwitzer, P. M. (2012). Metacognitive processes in the self-regulation of goal pursuit. In P. Brinol & K. G. DeMarree (Eds.), Social metacognition (pp. 121-139). New York: Psychology Press.

Cohen, A-L., Jaudas, A., Hirschhorn, E., Sobin, Y., & Gollwitzer, P. M. (2012). The specificity of prospective memory costs. Memory, 20, 848-864.

Gollwitzer, P. M. (2012). Mindset theory of action phases. In P. Van Lange, A. W. Kruglanski, & E. T. Higgins (Eds.), Handbook of theories of social psychology (Vol.1, pp. 526-545). London: Sage Publications.

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

Nenkov, G. Y., & Gollwitzer, P. M. (2012). Pre- versus postdecisional deliberation and goal commitment: The positive effects of defensiveness. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 48,106-121.

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.

Schweiger, Gallo, I., McCulloch, K. C., & Gollwitzer, P. M. (2012). Differential effects of various types of implementation intentions on the regulation of disgust. Social Cognition, 30, 1-17.

Schweiger-Gallo, I., Pfau, F., & Gollwitzer, P. M. (2012). Furnishing hypnotic instructions with implementation intentions enhances hypnotic responsiveness. Consciousness and Cognition, 21, 1023-1030.

Webb, T. L., Schweiger Gallo, I., Miles, E., Gollwitzer, P. M., & Sheeran, P. (2012). Effective regulation of affect: An action control perspective on emotion regulation. European Review of Social Psychology, 23, 143-186.

Webb, T. L., Sheeran, P., Gollwitzer, P. M., & Trötschel, R. (2012). Strategic control over the unhelpful effects of primed social categories and goals. Journal of Psychology, 220, 187-193.

Wieber, F., Thürmer, J. L., & Gollwitzer, P. M. (2012). Collective action control by goals and plans: Applying a self-regulation perspective to group performance. American Journal of Psychology, 125, 275-290.

2011

Adriaanse, M. A., Gollwitzer, P. M., de Ridder, D. T. D., de Wit, J. B. F., & Kroese, F. M. (2011). Breaking habits with implementation intentions: A test of underlying processes. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 37, 502-512.

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.

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.

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.

Gollwitzer, P. M., Barry, H., & Oettingen, G. (2011). Needs and incentives as sources of goals. In H. Aarts & A. Elliot (Eds.), Goal-directed behavior (pp.115-149). New York: Psychology Press.

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, London: Guilford.

Gollwitzer, P. M., Sheeran, P., Trötschel, R., & Webb, T. L. (2011). Self-regulation of priming effects on behavior. Psychological Science, 22(7), 901–907.)

Kirk, D., Gollwitzer, P. M., Carnevale, P. J. (2011). Self-regulation in ultimatum bargaining: Goals and plans help accepting unfair but profitable offers. Social Cognition, 29, 528-546.

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

Troetschel, R., Hueffmeier, J., Loschelder, D. D., Schwartz, K., & Gollwitzer, P. M. (2011). Perspective taking as a means to overcome motivational barriers in negotiations: When putting oneself into the opponent’s shoes helps to walk towards agreements. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 101, 771-790.

Wieber, F., von Suchodoletz, A., Heikamp, T., Trommsdorff, G., & Gollwitzer, P. M. (2011). If-then planning helps school-aged children to ignore attractive distractions. Social Psychology, 42, 39-47.

2010

Achtziger, A., & Gollwitzer, P. M. (2010). Motivation und Volition im Handlungsverlauf. In J. Heckhausen & H. Heckhausen (Eds.), Motivation und Handeln (4th ed., pp. 309-335). Berlin: Springer Verlag.

Achtziger, A., & Gollwitzer, P. M. (2010). Motivation and volition in the course of action. In J. Heckhausen & H. Heckhausen (Eds.), Motivation and action (2nd ed., pp. 275-299). New York: Cambridge University Press.

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.

Bargh, J. A., Gollwitzer, P. M., & Oettingen, G. (2010). Motivation. In S. Fiske, D. Gilbert, & G. Lindzey (Eds.), Handbook of Social Psychology (5th ed., pp. 268-316). New York: Wiley.

Bayer, U. C., Gollwitzer, P. M., & Achtziger, A. (2010). Staying on track: Planned goal striving is protected from disruptive internal states. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 46, 505-514.

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. 

Gollwitzer, P. M., Wieber, F., Meyers, A. L., & McCrea, S. M. (2010). How to maximize implementation intention effects. In C. R. Agnew, D. E. Carlston, W. G. Graziano, J. R. Kelly (Eds.), Then a miracle occurs: Focusing on behavior in social psychological theory and research (pp.137-161).New York: Oxford Press.

Mendoza, S. A., Gollwitzer, P. M., & Amodio, D. M. (2010). Reducing the expression of implicit stereotypes: Reflexive control through implementation intentions. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 36, 512-523.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Wieber, F., & Gollwitzer, P. M. (2010). Overcoming procrastination through planning. In C. Andreou & M. D. White (Eds.), The thief of time: Philosophical essays on procrastination (pp. 185-205). New York: Oxford University Press.

Wieber, F., Odenthal, G., & Gollwitzer, P. M. (2010). Self-efficacy feelings moderate implementation intention effects. Self and Identity, 9, 177-194.

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.

Bayer, U. C., Achtziger, A., Gollwitzer, P. M. & Moskowitz, G. (2009). Responding to subliminal cues: Do if-then plans facilitate action preparation and initiation without conscious intent? Social Cognition, 27, 183-201.

Faude-Koivisto, T., Würz, D., & Gollwitzer, P. M. (2009). Implementation intentions: The mental representations and cognitive procedures of IF-THEN planning. In W. Klein & K. Markman (Eds.), The handbook of imagination and mental simulation (pp. 69-86). New York: Guilford.

Gilbert, S., 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, 905-15.

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

Gollwitzer, P. M., & Sheeran, P. (2009). Self-regulation of consumer decision making and behavior: The role of implementation intentions. Journal of Consumer Psychology, 19, 593-607.

Gollwitzer, P. M., Sheeran, P., Michalski, V., & Seifert, A. E. (2009). When intentions go public: Does social reality widen the intention-behavior gap? Psychological Science, 20, 612-618.

Morsella, E., Bargh, J. A., & Gollwitzer, P. M. (Eds.). (2009). Oxford handbook of human action. New York: Oxford University Press.

Oettingen, G., & Gollwitzer, P. M. (2009). Embodied goal pursuit. European Journal of Social Psychology, 39, 1210-1213.

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

Parks-Stamm, E. J., & Gollwitzer, P. M. (2009). Goal implementation: The benefits and costs of IF-THEN planning. In H. Grant & G. B. Moskowitz (Eds.), The big book of goals (pp. 362 – 391).New York: Guilford. 

Schweiger-Gallo, I., Keil, A., McCulloch, K. C., Rockstroh, B., & Gollwitzer, P. M. (2009). Strategic automation of emotion regulation. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 96, 11-31.

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.

von Suchodoletz, A., Trommsdorff, G., Heikamp, T., Wieber, F., & Gollwitzer, P. M. (2009). Transition to school: The role of kindergarten children’s behavior regulation. Learning and Individual Differences, 19, 561-566.

Selected publications since 1981

Achtziger, A., Gollwitzer, P. M., & Sheeran, P. (2008). Implementation intentions and shielding goal striving from unwanted thoughts and feelings. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 34, 381-393.

Cohen, A.-L., Bayer, U. C., Jaudas, A., & Gollwitzer, P. M. (2008). Self-regulatory strategy and executive control: Implementation intentions modulate task switching and Simon task performance. Psychological Research, 72, 12-26.

Cohen, A.-L., & Gollwitzer, P. M. (2008). The costs of remembering to remember: Cognitive load and implementation intentions influence ongoing task performance. In M. Kliegel, M. McDaniel, & G. Einstein (Eds.), Prospective memory: Cognitive, neuroscience, developmental, and applied perspectives (pp. 367-390). New York: Taylor & Francis Group/Lawrence Erlbaum Associates.

Cohen, A.-L., Jaudas, A., & Gollwitzer, P. M. (2008). Number of cues influences the cost of remembering to remember. Memory & Cognition, 36, 149-156.

Gawrilow, C., & Gollwitzer, P. M. (2008). Implementation intentions facilitate response inhibition in children with ADHD. Cognitive Therapy and Research, 32, 261-280. 

Gollwitzer, P. M., Parks-Stamm, E. J., Jaudas, A., & Sheeran, P. (2008). Flexible tenacity in goal pursuit. In J. Shah & W. Gardner (Eds.), Handbook of motivation science (pp. 325-341). New York: Guilford Press.

Henderson, M. D., de Liver, Y., & Gollwitzer, P. M. (2008). The effects of an implemental mind-set on attitude strength. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 94, 396-411.

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

Bayer, C., & Gollwitzer, P. M. (2007). Boosting scholastic test scores by willpower: The role of implementation intentions. Self and Identity, 6, 1-19.

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.

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.

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.

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

Paul, I., Gawrilow, C., Zech, F., Gollwitzer, P. M., Rockstroh, B., Odenthal, G., Kratzer, W., & Wienbruch, C. (2007). If-then planning modulates the P300 in children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder. NeuroReport, 18, 653-657. 

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.

Cohen, A.-L., & Gollwitzer, P. M. (2006). If-then plans and the intentional control of thoughts, feelings, and action. In N. Sebanz & W. Prinz (Eds.), Disorders of volition (pp. 151-172). Cambridge, MA: MIT Press.

Gollwitzer, P. M. (2006). Open questions in implementation intention research. Social Psychological Review, 8, 14-18. 

Gollwitzer, P. M., & Sheeran, P. (2006). Implementation intentions and goal achievement: A meta-analysis of effects and processes. Advances in Experimental Social Psychology, 38, 69-119. 

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.

Sheeran, P., Webb, T. L., & Gollwitzer, P. M. (2006). Implementation intentions: Strategic automatisation of goal striving. In D. T. M. de Ridder & J. B. F. de Wit (Eds.), Self-regulation in health behavior (pp. 121-145). London: John Wiley & Sons Ltd.

Bayer, U. C., & Gollwitzer, P. M. (2005). Mindset effects on information search in self-evaluation. European Journal of Social Psychology, 35, 313-327. 

Gollwitzer, P. M., & Bargh, J. A. (2005). Automaticity in goal pursuit. In A. Elliot & C. Dweck (Eds.), Handbook of competence and motivation (pp. 624-646). New York: Guilford.

Gollwitzer, P. M., Bayer, U., & McCulloch, K. (2005). The control of the unwanted. In R. Hassin, J. Uleman, & J. A. Bargh (Eds.), The new unconscious (pp. 485-515). Oxford: Oxford University Press.

Sheeran, P., Milne, S., Webb, T. L., & Gollwitzer, P. M. (2005). Implementation intentions and health behaviour. In M. Conner & P. Norman (Eds.), Predicting health behaviour: Research and practice with social cognition models (2nd Ed., pp. 276-323). Berkshire, UK: Open University Press. 

Sheeran, P., Webb, T. L., & Gollwitzer, P. M. (2005). The interplay between goal intentions and implementation intentions. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 31, 87-98. 

Aarts, H., Gollwitzer, P. M., & Hassin, R. (2004). Goal contagion: Perceiving is for pursuing. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 87, 23-37.

Gollwitzer, P. M., Fujita, K., & Oettingen, G. (2004). Planning and the implementation of goals. In R. Baumeister & K. 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.

Gollwitzer, P. M. (2003). Why we thought that action mind-sets affect illusions of control. Psychological Inquiry, 14, 259-267.

Bargh, J. A., Gollwitzer, P. M., Chai, A. L., Barndollar, K., & Troetschel, R. (2001). The automated will: Nonconscious activation and pursuit of behavioral goals. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 81, 1014-1027.

Brandstaetter, V., Lengfelder, A., & Gollwitzer, P. M. (2001). Implementation intentions and efficient action initiation. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 81, 946-960.

Lengfelder, A., & Gollwitzer, P. M. (2001). Reflective and reflexive action control in patients with frontal lobe lesions. Neuropsychology, 15, 80-100.

Gollwitzer, P. M. (1999). Implementation intentions: Strong effects of simple plans. American Psychologist, 54, 493-503.

Gollwitzer, P. M., & Bayer, U. (1999). Deliberative versus implemental mindsets in the control of action. In S. Chaiken & Y. Trope (Eds.), Dual-process theories in social psychology (pp. 403-422). New York: Guilford.

Gollwitzer, P. M., & Rohloff, U. B. (1999). The speed of goal pursuit. In R. S. Wyer (Ed.), Advances in social cognition (Vol. 12, pp. 147-159). Hillsdale, NJ: Erlbaum.

Moskowitz, G. B., Gollwitzer, P. M., Wasel, W., & Schaal, B. (1999). Preconscious control of stereotype activation through chronic egalitarian goals. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 77, 167-184.

Gollwitzer, P. M., & Kirchhof, O. (1998). The willful pursuit of identity. In J. Heckhausen & C. S. Dweck (Eds.), Motivation and self-regulation across the life span (pp. 389–423). New York: Cambridge University Press.)

Gollwitzer, P. M., & Oettingen, G. (1998). The emergence and implementation of health goals. Psychology and Health, 13, 687-715.

Gollwitzer, P. M., & Schaal, B. (1998). Metacognition in action: The importance of implementation intentions. Personality and Social Psychology Review, 2, 124-136.

Gollwitzer, P. M., & Brandstaetter, V. (1997). Implementation intentions and effective goal pursuit. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 73, 186-199.

Brunstein, J. C., & Gollwitzer, P. M. (1996). Effects of failure on subsequent performance: The importance of self-defining goals. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 70, 395-407.

Gollwitzer, P. M., & Bargh, J. A. (Eds.) (1996). The psychology of action: Linking cognition and motivation to behavior. New York: Guilford Press.

Gollwitzer, P. M., & Moskowitz, G. B. (1996). Goal effects on action and cognition. In E. Higgins & A. W. Kruglanski (Eds.), Social psychology: Handbook of basic principles (pp. 361-399). New York: Guilford Press.

Taylor, S. E., & Gollwitzer, P. M. (1995). Effects of mindset on positive illusions. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 69, 213-226.

Gollwitzer, P. M. (1993). Goal achievement: The role of intentions. European Review of Social Psychology, 4, 141-185.

Gollwitzer, P. M. (1990). Action phases and mind-sets. In E. T. Higgins & R. M. Sorrentino (Eds.), The handbook of motivation and cognition: Foundations of social behavior (Vol. 2, pp. 53-92). New York: Guilford Press.

Gollwitzer, P. M., Heckhausen, H., & Steller, B. (1990). Deliberative and implemental mind-sets: Cognitive tuning toward congruous thoughts and information. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 59, 1119-1127.

Gollwitzer, P. M., & Kinney, R. F. (1989). Effects of deliberative and implemental mind-sets on the illusion of control. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 56, 531-542.

Gollwitzer, P. M. (1986). Striving for specific identities: The social reality of self-symbolizing. In R. Baumeister (Ed.), Public self and private self (pp. 143-159). New York: Springer-Verlag.

Gollwitzer, P. M., & Wicklund, R. A. (1985). Self-symbolizing and the neglect of others’ perspectives. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 48, 702-715.

Gollwitzer, P. M., & Wicklund, R. A. (1985). The pursuit of self-defining goals. In J. Kuhl & J. Beckmann (Eds.), Action control: From cognition to behavior (pp. 61-85). Heidelberg: Springer-Verlag.

Gollwitzer, P. M., Earle, W. B., & Stephan, W. G. (1982). Affect as a determinant of egotism: Residual excitation and performance attributions. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 43,702-709.

Gollwitzer, P. M., Wicklund, R. A., & Hilton, J. L. (1982). Admission of failure and symbolic self-completion: Extending Lewinian theory. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 43,358-371.

Wicklund, R. A., & Gollwitzer, P. M. (1982). Symbolic self-completion. Hillsdale, N.J.: Lawrence Erlbaum.

Schönbach, P., Gollwitzer, P. M., Stiepel, G., & Wagner, U. (1981). Education and intergroup attitudes. European monographs in social psychology (Vol. 29). London: Academic Press.