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
Bernecker, K., & Ninaus, M. (2021). No Pain, no Gain? Investigating motivational mechanisms of game elements in cognitive tasks. Computers in Human Behavior, 114, Article 106542. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.chb.2020.106542
Bernecker, K., & Job, V. (2020). Too exhausted to go to bed: Implicit theories about willpower and stress predict bedtime procrastination. British Journal of Psychology, 111(1), 126-147. https://dx.doi.org/10.1111/bjop.12382
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Bernecker, K., & Kramer, J. (2020). Implicit theories about willpower are associated with exercise levels during the academic examination period. Sport, Exercise, and Performance Psychology, 9(2), 216-231. https://dx.doi.org/10.1037/spy0000182
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Bernecker, K., Ghassemi, M., & Brandstätter, V. (2019). Approach and avoidance relationship goals and couples’ nonverbal communication during conflict. European Journal of Social Psychology, 49(3), 622-636. https://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ejsp.2379
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Leuchtmann, L., Milek, A., Bernecker, K., Nussbeck, F. W., Backes, S., Martin, M., Zemp, M., Brandstätter, V., & Bodenmann, G. (2019). Temporal dynamics of couples’ communication behaviors in conflict discussions: A longitudinal analysis. Journal of Social and Personal Relationships, 36(9), 2937-2960. https://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0265407518806582
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Sieber, V., Flückiger, L., Mata, J., Bernecker, K., & Job, V. (2019). Autonomous Goal Striving Promotes a Nonlimited Theory About Willpower. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 45(8), 1295-1307. https://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0146167218820921
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Bernecker, K., Job, V., & Hofmann, W. (2018). Experience, resistance, and enactment of desires: Differential relationships with trait measures predicting self-control. Journal of Research in Personality, 76, 92-101. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jrp.2018.07.007 [Data]
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Bernecker, K., Herrmann, M., Brandstätter, V., & Job, V. (2017). Implicit Theories About Willpower Predict Subjective Well-Being Willpower Theories and Well-Being. Journal of Personality, 85, 136-150. https://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jopy.12225
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Bernecker, K., & Job, V. (2017). Implicit theories about willpower in resisting temptations and emotion control. Journal of Psychology, 225, 157-166. https://dx.doi.org/10.1027/2151-2604/a000292
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Ghassemi, M., Bernecker, K., Herrmann, M., & Brandstätter, V. (2017). The process of disengagement from personal goals: Reciprocal influences between the experience of action crisis and appraisals of goal desirability and attainability. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 43, 524-537. https://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0146167216689052
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Neysari, M., Bodenmann, G., Mehl, M. R., Bernecker, K., Nussbeck, F. W., Backes, S., Zemp, M., Martin, M., & Horn, A. (2016). Monitoring pronouns in conflicts: Temporal dynamics of verbal communication in couples across the lifespan. The Journal of Gerontopsychology and Geriatric Psychiatry, 29, 201-213. https://dx.doi.org/10.1024/1662-9647/a000158
Bernecker, K., & Job, V. (2015). Beliefs About Willpower Are Related to Therapy Adherence and Psychological Adjustment in Patients With Type 2 Diabetes. Basic and Applied Social Psychology, 37, 188-195. https://dx.doi.org/10.1080/01973533.2015.1049348
Bernecker, K., & Job, V. (2015). Beliefs about willpower moderate the effect of previous day demands on next day’s expectations and effective goal striving. Frontiers in Psychology, 6, Article 1496. https://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2015.01496
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Job, V., Bernecker, K., Miketta, S., & Friese, M. (2015). Implicit theories about willpower predict the activation of a rest goal following self-control exertion. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 109(4), 694-706. https://dx.doi.org/10.1037/pspp0000042
Job, V., Friese, M., & Bernecker, K. (2015). Effects of practicing self-control on academic performance. Motivation Science, 1, 219-232. https://dx.doi.org/10.1037/mot0000024
Job, V., Walton, G., Bernecker, K., & Dweck, C. (2015). Implicit theories about willpower predict self-regulation and grades in everyday life. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 108(4), 637-647. https://dx.doi.org/10.1037/pspp0000014
Kuster, M., Bernecker, K., Backes, S., Brandstätter, V., Bradbury, T. N., Martin, M., Sutter-Stickel, D., & Bodenmann, G. (2015). Avoidance orientation and the escalation of negative communication in intimate relationships. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 109, 262-275.
Job, V., Walton, G., Bernecker, K., & Dweck, C. (2013). Beliefs about willpower determine the impact of glucose on self-control. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 110(37), 14837-14842. https://dx.doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1313475110
Job, V., Bernecker, K., & Dweck, C. (2012). Are Implicit Motives the Need to Feel Certain Affect? Motive–Affect Congruence Predicts Relationship Satisfaction. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 38(12), 1552-1565. https://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0146167212454920
Bernecker, K., & Job, V. (2010). Assessing implicit motives with an online version of the picture story exercise. Motivation and Emotion, 35(3), 251-266. https://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11031-010-9175-8
Bernecker, K., & Job, V. (2019). Mindset theory. In K. Sassenberg & M. L. W. Vliek (Eds.), Social psychology in action: Evidence-based interventions from theory to practice (pp. 179-191). Cham: Springer. https://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-13788-5_12
Bernecker, K. (2017). Interview zu Artikel "'Anyone can change any habit': the science of keeping your 2018 resolutions. The Guardian. https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2017/dec/29/anyone-can-change-any-habit-science-keeping-2018-resolutions
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]
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]
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., & Ninaus, M. (2018, April). Effects of Willpower Theories and Game Elements on Math Performance. Workshop on Selective Information Processing during Digital Media Use. Tübingen. [Poster]
Bernecker, K., Wenzler, M. P., & Sassenberg, K. (2018, June). Tweeting anger predicts county-level results of the 2016 United States Presidential Election. 30th Annual Meeting of the Association for Psychological Science (APS). San Francisco, USA. [Poster]
Bernecker, K., & Job, V. (2017, July). Beliefs about willpower and sleep procrastination. Preconference “The Self-Regulation of Health”, 18th General Meeting of The European Association of Social Psychology (EASP). Granada, Spain. [Talk]
Sieber, V., Flueckiger, L., Bernecker, K., Mata, J., & Job, V. (2017, July). Autonomous goal striving promotes a nonlimited belief about willpower. 18th General Meeting of The European Association of Social Psychology. Granada, Spain. [Talk]
Kammerer, Y., Schüler, A., Domahidi, E., & Bernecker, K. (2018). Selective Information Processing during Digital Media Use. Postdoc Network Workshop. Leibniz-Institut für Wissensmedien,Tübingen, 10.-11.4.2018.
Bernecker, K., Wenzler, M. P., & Sassenberg, K. (2019). Tweeted anger predicts county-level results of the 2016 United States presidential election. https://dx.doi.org/10.5334/irsp.256 [Publication]
Bernecker, K., Job, V., & Hofmann, W. (2018). Experience, resistance, and enactment of desires: Differential relationships with trait measures predicting self-control. https://dx.doi.org/10.17605/OSF.IO/6WDAU [Publication]
