Determinants and consequences of decisional conflict
The impact of health threat on knowledge acquisition on the Internet
Becker, D., Vliek, M. L., & Sassenberg, K. (2023). Flexible control: Conflict mindsets reduce the association between trait measures of self-control decision-making and delay discounting. Motivation Science, 9(1), 21-30. https://dx.doi.org/10.1037/mot0000283
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Becker, D. (2021). Feeling right about doing right, even if it was difficult? Emotional and behavioral consequences of conflict during ethical consumer decision‐making. Journal of Consumer Behaviour, 20, 817-826. https://dx.doi.org/10.1002/cb.1911
Bernecker, K., & Becker, D. (2021). Beyond self-control: Mechanisms of hedonic goal pursuit and its relevance for well-being. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 47, 627-642. https://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0146167220941998
Becker, D., Jostmann, N. B., Hofmann, W., & Holland, R. W. (2019). Spoiling the pleasure of success: Emotional reactions to the experience of self-control conflict in the eating domain. Emotion, 19(8), 1377-1395. https://dx.doi.org/10.1037/emo0000526
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Becker, D., Jostmann, N. B., & Holland, R. W. (2019). Adaptation in conflict: are conflict-triggered control adjustments protected in the presence of motivational distractors? Cognition and Emotion, 33(4), 660-672. https://dx.doi.org/10.1080/02699931.2018.1482825
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Becker, D., Grapendorf, J., Greving, H., & Sassenberg, K. (2018). Perceived threat and Internet use predict intentions to get bowel cancer screening (colonoscopy): A longitudinal questionnaire study. Journal of Medical Internet Research, 20 (2):e46. https://dx.doi.org/10.2196/jmir.9144
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Becker, D., Jostmann, N. B., & Holland, R. W. (2018). Does approach bias modification really work in the eating domain? A commentary on Kakoschke et al. Addictive Behaviors, 77, 293-294. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.addbeh.2017.02.025
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Becker, D., & van der Pligt, J. (2016). Forcing your luck: Goal-striving behavior in chance situations. Motivation and Emotion, 40, 203-211. https://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11031-015-9527-5
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Becker, D., Jostmann, N. B., Wiers, R. W., & Holland, R. W. (2015). Approach avoidance training in the eating domain: testing the effectiveness across three single session studies. Appetite, 85, 58-65. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.appet.2014.11.017
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Kong, G., Larsen, H., Cavallo, D. A., Becker, D., Cousijn, J., Salemink, E., Collot D’Escury-Koenigs, A. L., Morean, M. E., Wiers, R. W., & Krishnan-Sarin, S. (2015). Re-training automatic action tendencies to approach cigarettes among adolescent smokers. The American Journal of Drug and Alcohol Abuse, 41, 425-432. https://dx.doi.org/10.3109/00952990.2015.1049492
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Larsen, H., Kong, G., Becker, D., Cavallo, D. A., Cousijn, J., Salemink, E., Collot D'Escury-Koenigs, A., Krishnan-Sarin, S., & Wiers, R. W. (2015). Cognitive bias modification combined with cognitive behavioral therapy: A smoking cessation intervention for adolescents. Drug and Alcohol Dependence, 146, e168.
Larsen, H., Kong, G., Becker, D., Cousijn, J., Boendermaker, W., Cavallo, D., Krishnan-Sarin, S., & Wiers, R. (2014). Implicit motivational processes underlying smoking in American and Dutch adolescents. Frontiers in Psychiatry, 5. https://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyt.2014.00051
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Fischer, A. H., Becker, D., & Veenstra, L. (2012). Emotional mimicry in social context: the case of disgust and pride. Frontiers in Psychology, 3, Article 475. https://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2012.00475
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Förster, J. A., & Becker, D. (2012). When curiosity kills no cat - but mediates the relation between distant future thoughts and global processing across sensory modalities. European Journal of Social Psychology, 43, 334-341. https://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ejsp.v42.3
Fischer, A. H., Gillebaart, M., Rotteveel, M., Becker, D., & Vliek, M. L. W. (2011). Veiled emotions: The effects of covered faces on emotion perception and attitudes. Social Psychological and Personality Science, 3, 266-273. https://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1948550611418534
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Wiers, R. W., Becker, D., Holland, R., Moggi, F., & Lejuez, C. W. (2015). Cognitive motivational processes underlying addiction treatment. In C.A. Köpetz & C.W. Lejuez (Eds.), Addiction. A Social Psychological Perspective (pp. 201-236). Abingdon: Routledge.
Becker, D., & van der Pligt, J. (2013). Inspanning gooit hoge ogen: Doelgericht gedrag in kansspelen? . Jaarboek Sociale Psychologie 2013. ASPO Press.
Becker, D., & Jostmann, N. B. (2010). Motivatie vanuit je Lichaam: Het Dragen van Gewicht is geen Last maar een Lust. Jaarboek Sociale Psychologie 2010. ASPO Press.
Becker, D. (2017). Interview zum Thema "Gezond kiezen maakt niet blij". NRC Handelsblad. https://www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2017/02/07/gezond-kiezen-maakt-niet-blij-6587446-a1544914
Becker, D. (2017). Interview zum Thema "Zo weersta je (wetenschappelijk onderbouwd) de chocoladetaart". Folia. http://www.folia.nl/wetenschap/107715/zo-weersta-je-wetenschappelijk-onderbouwd-de-chocoladetaart
Schüler, A., Kammerer, Y., & Becker, D. (2022, September 10-15). The first will be first: Enhanced processing and memory for texts read first. 52. Kongress der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Psychologie (DGPs). Hildesheim. [Talk]
Becker, D. (2020, January). The benefits and limitations of taking a cognitive perspective on self-control conflicts. Invited talk (Skype) at the Tehran Research Institute in fundamental sciences. Islam Republic Iran. [Talk]
Becker, D. (2020, January). The benefits and limitations of taking a cognitive perspective on self-control conflicts. Invited Talk at the University of Saarbrücken. Saarbrücken. [Talk]
Becker, D. (2019, January). The benefits and limitations of taking a cognitive perspective on self-control conflicts. Invited talk at the University of Freiburg. Freiburg, Germany. [Talk]
Becker, D. (2019, December). The effect of decisional conflict on memory. Associatie van Sociaal Psychologische Onderzoekers (ASPO). Wageningen, The Netherlands. [Talk]
Becker, D. (2019, December). The implications of (not) having free choice. Associatie van Sociaal Psychologische Onderzoekers (ASPO). Wageningen, The Netherlands. [Symposium Organisation]
Becker, D. (2019, November). The effect of decisional conflict on memory. Invited talk at the University of Gent. Gent, Belgium. [Talk]
Becker, D., & Bernecker, K. (2018, December). The ability to pursue hedonic goals - A necessary counterbalance to the concept of trait self-control? Associatie van Sociaal-Psychologische Onderzoekers (ASPO). Nijmegen, The Netherlands. [Talk]
Becker, D., & Bernecker, K. (2018, June). The ability to pursue hedonic goals - A necessary counterbalance to the concept of trait self-control? 30th Annual Meeting of the Association for Psychological Science (APS). San Francisco, USA. [Poster]
Becker, D., & Bernecker, K. (2018, September). The ability to pursue hedonic goals - A necessary counterbalance to the concept of trait self-control? European Social Cognition Network (ESCON). Köln. [Talk]
Becker, D., & Sassenberg, K. (2018, September). Conflict mindset and (self-control) decision making. 51. Kongress der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Psychologie (DGPs). Frankfurt am Main. [Talk]
Bernecker, K., & Becker, D. (2018, June). The ability to pursue hedonic goals - A necessary counterbalance to the concept of trait self-control? 30th Annual Meeting of the Association for Psychological Science (APS). San Francisco, USA. [Talk]
Bernecker, K., & Becker, D. (2018, September). The ability to pursue hedonic goals - A necessary counterbalance to the concept of (trait) self-control? 51. Kongress der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Psychologie (DGPs). Frankfurt am Main. [Talk]
Bernecker, K., & Becker, D. (2018, June). The ability to pursue hedonic goals - A necessary counterbalance to the concept of trait self-control? 11th Annual Meeting of the Society for the Science of Motivation (SSM). San Francisco, USA. [Poster]
Becker, D. (2017, September). Conflict mindsets and (self-control) decision making. 16. Tagung der Fachgruppe Sozialpsychologie. Ulm. [Vortrag]
Becker, D., Jostmann, N., Hofmann, W., & Holland, R. (2017, August). Torn: Emotional Reactions to the Experience of Self-control Conflict. 18th General Meeting of the European Association of Social Psychology (EASP). Granada, Spain. [Talk]
Holland, R., Chen, Z., Becker, D., Jostmann, N., Wiers, R., Dijksterhuis, A., & Veling, H. (2017, July). Training your unhealthy preferences away? Changing evaluations towards food by employing training procedures. 18th General Meeting of the European Association of Social Psychology (EASP). Granada, Spain. [Talk]
Becker, D., Jostmann, N., Hofmann, W., & Holland, R. (2016, September). Torn: Emotional and behavioral consequences of self-control conflict. 50. Kongress der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Psychologie (DGPs). Leipzig. [Talk]
