Department of Developmental, Personality and Social Psychology

• Duriez, B., Meews, J., & Vansteenkiste, M. (2012). Why are some people more susceptible to ingroup threat than others? The importance of a relative extrinsic to intrinsic value orientation.  Journal of Research in Personality, 46, 164-172.

• Mouratidis, A.,Vansteenkiste, M., Lens, W.& Sideridis, G. (2011). Vitality and interest–enjoyment as a function of class-to-class variationin need-supportive teaching and pupils’ autonomous motivation . Journal of Educational Psychology, 103, 353-366.

• Mouratidis, A., Vansteenkiste, M., Lens, W., Sideridis, G. (2008). The motivating role of positive feedback in sport and physical education: Evidence for a motivational model . Journal of Sport and Exercise Psychology, 30, 240-268.

• Vansteenkiste, M., Timmermans, T., Lens, W., Soenens, B., & Van den Broeck, A. (2008). Does extrinsic goal framing enhance extrinsic goal oriented individuals’ learning and performance? An experimental test of the match-perspective vs. self-determination theory.  Journal of Educational Psychology, 100, 387-397.

• Vansteenkiste, M., Matos, L., Lens, W., & Soenens, B. (2007). Understanding the impact of intrinsic versus extrinsic goal framing on exercise performance: The conflicting role of task and ego involvement.  Psychology of Sport and Exercise, 8, 771-794.

• Vansteenkiste, M., Simons, J., Lens, W., Soenens, B., & Matos, L. (2005). Examining the impact of extrinsic versus intrinsic goal framing and internally controlling versus autonomy-supportive communication style upon early adolescents’ academic achievement.  Child Development, 76, 483-501.

• Vansteenkiste, M., Simons, J., Lens, W., Soenens, B, Matos, L., & Lacante, M. (2004). “Less is sometimes more”: Goal-content matters  . Journal of Educational Psychology, 96, 755-764.

• Vansteenkiste, M., Simons, J., Lens, W., Sheldon, K. M., & Deci, E. L. (2004). Motivating learning, performance, and persistence: The synergistic effects of intrinsic goal contents and autonomy-supportive contexts.  Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 87, 246-260.

• Vansteenkiste, M., Simons, J., Soenens, B., & Lens, W. (2004). How to become a persevering exerciser? Providing a clear, future intrinsic goal in an autonomy-supportive manner . Journal of Sport and Exercise Psychology, 26, 232-249.

• Vansteenkiste, M., & Deci, E. L. (2003). Competitively contingent rewards and intrinsic motivation: Can losers remain motivated?  Motivation and Emotion, 27, 273-299.

Overviews

• Deci, E. L., & Vansteenkiste, M. (2004). Self-determination theory and basic need satisfaction: Understanding human development in positive psychology.  Ricerche di Psichologia, 27, 17-34.

• Campbell, R., Vansteenkiste, M., Delesie, L. M., Mariman, A. N., Soenens, B., Tobback, E., Van der Kaap-Deeder, J., & Vogelaers, D. P. (2015). Examining the role of psychological need satisfaction in sleep: A Self-Determination Theory perspective . Personality and Individual Differences, 77, 199-204.

• Chen, B., Vansteenkiste, M. et al. (in press). Basic Psychological need satisfaction, need frustration, and need strength across four cultures.  Motivation and Emotion.

• Unanue, W., Dittmar, H., Vignoles, V. L., & Vansteenkiste, M. (2014). Materialism and well-being in the UK and Chile: Basic need satisfaction and basic need frustration as underlying psychological processes.  European Journal of Personality, 28,  569-585.

• Chen, B., Van Assche, J., Vansteenkiste, M., Soenens, B., & Beyers, W. (2014). Does psychological need satisfaction matter when environmental or financial safety are at risk?  Journal of Happiness Studies. 

• Boone, L., Vansteenkiste, M., Soenens, B., Van der Kaap-Deeder, J., & Verstuyf, J. (2014). Self-critical perfectionism and binge eating symptoms: A longitudinal test of the intervening role of psychological need frustration.  Journal of Counseling Psychology, 61, 363-373. 

• Verstuyf, J., Vansteenkiste, M., Soenens, B., Boone, L., & Mouratidis, A. (2013). Daily ups and downs in women's binge eating symptoms: The role of basic psychological needs, general self-control and emotional eating.  Journal of Social and Clinical Psychology, 32, 335-361.

• Chen, B., Vansteenkiste, M., Beyers, W., Soenens, B., & Van Petegem, S. (2013). Autonomy in familiy decision making for Chinese adolescents: Disentangling the dual meaning of autonomy.  Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology, 44, 1184-1209.

• Ahmad, I., Vansteenkiste, M., & Soenens, B. (2013). The relations of Arab Jordanian adolescents' perceived maternal parenting to teacher-rated adjustment and problems: The intervening role of perceived need satisfaction.  Developmental Psychology, 49, 177-183.

• Verstuyf, J., Patrick, H., Vansteenkiste, M., & Teixeira, P. (2012). Motivational dynamics of eating regulation: a self-determination theory perspective.  International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition ans Physical Activity, 9:21.

• Verstuyf, J., Vansteenkiste, M., & Soenens, B. (2012). Eating regulation and bulimic symptoms: The differential correlates of health-focused and appearance-focused eating regulation . Body Image: An International Journal of Research, 9, 108-117.

• Sebire, S., Standage, M., & Vansteenkiste, M. (2011). Predicting objectively assessed physical activity from the content and regulation of exercise goals: Evidence for a mediational model . Journal of Sport & Exercise Psychology, 33, 175-197.

• Van den Broeck, A., Vansteenkiste, M., De Witte, H., Soenens, B., & Lens, W. (2010). Capturing autonomy, competence and relatedness at work: Construction and initial validation of the work-related basic needsatisfaction scale .  Journal of Occupational and Organizational Psychology, 83, 981-1002.

• Sebire, S., Standage, M., & Vansteenkiste, M. (2009). Examining intrinsic versus extrinsic exercise goals: cognitive, affective, and behavioral outcomes.  Journal of Sport & Exercise Psychology, 31, 189-210.

• Luyckx, K., Vansteenkiste, M., Goossens, L., & Duriez, B. (2009). Basic need satisfaction and identity formation: Bridging self-determination theory and process-oriented identity research.  Journal of Counseling Psychology, 56, 276-288.

• Van den Broeck, A., Vansteenkiste, M., De Witte, H., & Lens, W. (2008). Explaining the relationships between job characteristics, burnout, and engagement: The role of basic psychological need satisfaction.  Work & Stress, 22, 277-294.

• Vansteenkiste, M., Lens, W., Soenens, B., & Luyckx, K. (2006). Autonomy and relatedness among Chinese sojourners and applicants: Conflictual or independent predictors of well-being and adjustment?  Motivation and Emotion, 30, 273-282.

• Vansteenkiste, M., Soenens, B., & Duriez, B. (2008). Presenting a positive alternative to materialistic strivings and the thin-ideal: Understanding the effects of extrinsic relative to intrinsic goal pursuits.  In S. J. Lopez, (Ed.) Positive psychology: Exploring the best in people (Vol. 4, pp. 57-86). Westport, CT: Greenwood Publishing Company.

• Vansteenkiste, M., Soenens, B., & Lens, W. (2007). Intrinsic versus extrinsic goal promotion in sport and exercise: Understanding their differential impact on performance and persistence. In M. S. Hagger and N. Chatzisarantis (Eds.), Self-Determination Theory in exercise and sport. (pp.167-180) Human Kinetics.

• Vansteenkiste, M., Lens, W., & Deci, E. L. (2006). Intrinsic versus extrinsic goal-contents in self-determination theory: Another look at the quality of academic motivation.  Educational Psychologist, 41, 19-31.

• Kasser, T., Vansteenkiste, M., & Deckop, J.R. (2007). The ethical problems of a materialist value orientation for business. In J.R., Deckop (Ed.) Human Resource Management Ethics, (pp. 283-306). Greenwich, CT: Information Age Publishers.

• Unanue, W., Dittmar, H., Vignoles, V. L., & Vansteenkiste, M. (2014). Materialism and well-being in the UK and Chile: Basic need satisfaction and basic need frustration as underlying psychological processes.  European Journal of Personality, 28,  569-585.

• Michou, A., Mouratidis, A., Vansteenkiste, M., & Lens, W. (2014). Enriching the hierarchical model af achievement motivation: Examining autonomous and controlling reasons underlying achievement goals.  British Journal of Educational Psychology, 84, 650-666. 

• Verstuyf, J., Van Petegem, S., Vansteenkiste, M., Soenens, B., & Boone, L. (2014). The body perfect ideal and eating regulation goals: Investigating the role of adolescents' identity styles.  Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 43, 284-297. 

• Duriez, B., Giletta, M., Kuppens, P., & Vansteenkiste, M. (2013). Extrinsic relative to intrinsic goal pursuits and peer dynamics: Selection and influence processes among adolescents.  Journal of Adolescence, 36, 925-933.

• Sebire, S. J., Standage, M., Gillison, F., & Vansteenkiste, M. (2013). "Coveting thy neighbour's legs": A qualitative study of exercisers' experiences of intrinsic and extrinsic goal pursuit.  Journal of Sport & Exercise Psychology, 35, 308-321. 

• Mouratidis, A., Vansteenkiste, M., Lens, W., Michou, A., & Soenens, B. (2013). Within-person configurations and temporal relations of personal and perceived parent-promoted aspirations to school correlates among adolescents . Journal of Educational Psychology, 105, 895-910.

• Verstuyf, J., Patrick, H., Vansteenkiste, M., & Teixeira, P. (2012). Motivational dynamics of eating regulation: a self-determination theory perspective.  International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition ans Physical Activity, 9:21.

• Duriez, B., Meeus, J., & Vansteenkiste, M. (2012). Why are some people more susceptible to ingroup threat than others? The importance of a relative extrinsic to intrinsic value orientation.  Journal of Research in Personality, 46, 164-172.

• Verstuyf, J., Vansteenkiste, M., & Soenens, B. (2012). Eating regulation and bulimic symptoms: The differential correlates of health-focused and appearance-focused eating regulation . Body Image: An International Journal of Research, 9, 108-117.

• Smith, A. L., Ntoumanis, N., Duda., J. L & Vansteenkiste, M. (2011). Goal Striving, coping, and well-being: A prospective investigation of the self-concordance model in sport.  Journal of Sport & Exercise Psychology, 33, 124-145.

• Van den Broeck, A., Vansteenkiste, M., Lens, W., & De Witte, H. (2009). Unemployed individuals' work values and job flexibility: An explanation from expectancy-value theory and self-determination theory.  Applied Psychology: An International Review, 59, 296-317.

• Sebire, S., Standage, M., & Vansteenkiste, M. (2009). Examining intrinsic versus extrinsic exercise goals: cognitive, affective, and behavioral outcomes.  Journal of Sport & Exercise Psychology, 31, 189-210.

• Van Hiel, A., & Vansteenkiste, M. (2009). Ambitions fullfilled? The effects of intrinsic and extrinsic goal attainment on older adults' ego-integrity and death attitudes . International Journal of Aging and Human Development, 68, 27-51.

• Duriez, B., Soenens, B., & Vansteenkiste, M. (2008). The intergenerational transmission of authoritarianism: The mediating role of parental goal promotion.  Journal of Research in Personality, 42, 622-642.

• Sebire, S., Standage, M., & Vansteenkiste, M. (2008). Development and validation of the goal content for exercise questionnaire.  Journal of Sport and Exercise Psychology, 30, 353-377.

• Vansteenkiste, M., Timmermans, T., Lens, W., Soenens, B., & Van den Broeck, A. (2008). Does extrinsic goal framing enhance extrinsic goal oriented individuals’ learning and performance? An experimental test of the match-perspective vs. self-determination theory.  Journal of Educational Psychology, 100, 387-397.

• Duriez, B., Soenens, B., & Vansteenkiste, M. (2007). In search of the antecedents of adolescent authoritarianism: The relative contribution of parental goal promotion and parenting style dimensions.  European Journal of Personality, 21, 507-527.

• Duriez, B., Vansteenkiste, M., Soenens, B., & De Witte, H. (2007). The social costs of extrinsic relative to intrinsic goal pursuits: Their relation with social dominance and racial and ethnic prejudice.  Journal of Personality, 75, 757-782.

• Vansteenkiste, M., Matos, L., Lens, W., & Soenens, B. (2007). Understanding the impact of intrinsic versus extrinsic goal framing on exercise performance: The conflicting role of task and ego involvement.  Psychology of Sport and Exercise, 8, 771-794.

• Vansteenkiste, M., Duriez, B., Simons, J., & Soenens, B. (2006). Materialistic values and well-being among business students: Further evidence for their detrimental effect . Journal of Applied Social Psychology, 36, 2892-2908.

• Vansteenkiste, M., Simons, J., Lens, W., Sheldon, K. M., & Deci, E. L. (2004). Motivating learning, performance, and persistence: The synergistic effects of intrinsic goal contents and autonomy-supportive contexts.  Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 87, 246-260.

• Vansteenkiste, M., Simons, J., Lens, W., Soenens, B, Matos, L., & Lacante, M. (2004). “Less is sometimes more”: Goal-content matters . Journal of Educational Psychology, 96, 755-764.

• Vansteenkiste, M., Simons, J., Soenens, B., & Lens, W. (2004). How to become a persevering exerciser? Providing a clear, future intrinsic goal in an autonomy-supportive manner . Journal of Sport and Exercise Psychology, 26, 232-249.

• Luyckx, K., Soenens B., Berzonsky, M. D., Smits, I., Goossens, L., & Vansteenkiste, M. (2007). Information-oriented identity processing, identity consolidation, and well-being: The moderating role of autonomy, self-reflection, and self-rumination.  Personality and Individual Differences, 43, 1099-1111.

• Soenens, B., Berzonsky, M. D., Vansteenkiste, M., Beyers, W., & Goossens, L. (2005). Identity styles and causality orientations: In search of the motivational underpinnings of the identity exploration process.  European Journal of Personality, 19, 427-442.

• Vansteenkiste, M., Lens, W., Elliot, A. J., Soenens, B., & Mouratidis, A. (2014). Moving the achievement goal approach one step forward: Toward a systematic examination of the autonomous and controlled reasons underlying achievement goals.  Educational Psychologist, 59, 153-174.

• Van den Berghe, L., Vansteenkiste, M., Cardon, G., Kirk, D., & Haerens, L. (2014). Research on self-determination in physical education: Key findings and proposals for future research.  Physical Education and Sport Pedagogy, 19, 97-121.

• Vansteenkiste, M., Soenens, B., Verstuyf, J., & Lens, W. (2009). 'What is the usefulness of your schoolwork?' The differential effects of intrinsic and extrinsic goal framing on optimal learning.  Theory and Research in Education, 7, 155-163.

• Vansteenkiste, M., Lens, W., & Deci, E. L. (2006). Intrinsic versus extrinsic goal-contents in self-determination theory: Another look at the quality of academic motivation.  Educational Psychologist, 41, 19-31

• De Naeghel, J., Van Keer, H., Vansteenkiste, M., Haerens, L., & Aelterman, N. (in press). Promoting elementary school students' autonomous motivation: Effects of a teacher professional developmental workshop. The Journal of Educational Research.

• Aelterman, N., Vansteenkiste, M., Van de Berghe, L., De Meyer, J., & Haerens, L. (2014). Fostering a need-supportive teaching style: Intervention effects on physical education teachers' beliefs and teaching behaviors.  Journal of Sport & Exercise Psychology, 36, 595-609.

• Reeve, J., Vansteenkiste, M., Assor, A., Ahmad, I., Cheon, S. H., Jang, H., Kaplan, H., Moss, J. D., Olaussen, B. S., & Wang, C. K. J. (2014). The beliefs that underlie autonomy-supportive and controlling teaching: A multinational investigation.  Motivation and Emotion, 38, 93-110.

• De Meyer, J., Tallir, I. B., Soenens, B., Vansteenkiste, M., Aelterman, N., Van den Berghe, L., Speleers, L., & Haerens, L. (2014). Does observed controlling teaching behavior relate to students' motivation in physical education?  Journal of Educational Psychology, 106, 541-554.

• Mouratidis, A., Vansteenkiste, M., Lens, W., Michou, A., & Soenens, B. (2013). Within-person configurations and temporal relations of personal and perceived parent-promoted aspirations to school correlates among adolescents.  Journal of Educational Psychology, 105, 895-910.

• Haerens, L., Aelterman, N., Van den Berghe, L., De Meyer, J., Soenens, B., & Vansteenkiste, M. (2013). Observing physical education teachers' need-supportive interactions in classroom settings.  Journal of Sport and Exercise Psychology, 35, 3-17.

•  Aelterman, N., Vansteenkiste, M., Van Keer, H., De Meyer, J., Van den Berghe, L., & Haerens, L. (2013). Development and evaluation of a training on need-supportive teaching in physical education: Qualitative and quantitative findings.  Teaching and Teacher Education, 29, 64-75.

• Mouratidis, A., Vansteenkiste, M., Michou, A., & Lens, W. (2013). Perceived structure and achievement goals as predictors of students' self-regulated learning and affect and the mediating role of competence need satisfaction.  Learning and Individual Differences, 23, 179-186.

• Vansteenkiste, M., Sierens, E., Soenens, B., Goossens, L., Dochy, F., Aelterman, N., Haerens, L., Mouratidis, A., & Beyers, W. (2012). Identifying configurations of perceived autonomy aupport and structure: Associations with self- regulated learning, motivation and problem behavior.  Learning and Instruction, 22, 431-439.

• Soenens, B., Sierens, E., Vansteenkiste, M., Goossens, L., & Dochy, F. (2012). Psychologically controlling teaching: Examining self-regulated learning and achievement outcomes and antecedents.  Journal of Educational Psychology, 104, 108-120.

• De Bilde, J, Vansteenkiste, M & Lens, W. (2011). Understanding the association between future time perspective and self-regulated learning through the lens of self-determination theory.  Learning and Instruction, 21, 332-344.

• Vansteenkiste, M., Smeets, S., Soenens, B., Lens, W., Matos, L., & Deci, E. L. (2010). Autonomous and controlled regulation of performance-approach goals: Their relations to perfectionism and educational outcomes.  Motivation and Emotion, 34, 333-353.

• Assor, A., Vansteenkiste, M., & Kaplan, A. (2009). Identified versus Introjected approach and introjected avoidance motivations in school and in sports: The limited benefits of self-worth strivings.  Journal of Educational Psychology, 101, 482-497.

• Sierens, E., Vansteenkiste, M., Goossens, L., Soenens, B., & Dochy, F. (2009). The synergistic relationship of perceived teacher autonomy support and structure in the prediction of self-regulated learning.  British Journal of Educational Psychology, 79, 57-68.

• Vansteenkiste, M., Sierens, E., Soenens, B., Luyckx, K., & Lens, W. (2009). Motivational profiles from a self-determination theory perspective: The quality of motivation matters.  Journal of Educational Psychology, 101, 671-688.

• Vansteenkiste, M., Timmermans, T., Lens, W., Soenens, B., & Van den Broeck, A. (2008). Does extrinsic goal framing enhance extrinsic goal oriented individuals’ learning and performance? An experimental test of the match-perspective vs. self-determination theory.  Journal of Educational Psychology, 100, 387-397.

• Niemiec, C., Lynch, M., Vansteenkiste, M., Bernstein, J., Deci, E. L., & Ryan, R. M. (2006). The antecedents and consequences of autonomous self-regulation for college: A self-determination theory perspective on socialization.  Journal of Adolescence, 29, 761-775.

• Vansteenkiste, M., Simons, J., Lens, W., Soenens, B., & Matos, L. (2005). Examining the motivational impact of intrinsic versus extrinsic goal framing and autonomy-supportive versus internally controlling communication style on early adolescents’ academic achievement.  Child Development, 76, 483-501.

• Vansteenkiste, M., Zhou, M., Lens, W., & Soenens, B. (2005). Experiences of autonomy and control among Chinese learners: Vitalizing or immobilizing?  Journal of Educational Psychology, 97, 468-483.

• Vansteenkiste, M., Simons, J., Lens, W., Sheldon, K. M., & Deci, E. L. (2004). Motivating learning, performance, and persistence: The synergistic effects of intrinsic goal contents and autonomy-supportive contexts.  Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 87, 246-260.

• Vansteenkiste, M., Simons, J., Lens, W., Soenens, B, Matos, L., & Lacante, M. (2004). “Less is sometimes more”: Goal-content matters  . Journal of Educational Psychology, 96, 755-764.

Education: Physical

Education

Overviews

• Van den Berghe, L., Vansteenkiste, M., Cardon, G., Kirk, D., & Harens, L. (2012). Self-determination in physical education: Idetifying research gaps and providing suggestions for future research from a pedagogical and psychological view.  Physical Education and Sport Pedagogy.

• Mouratidis, T., Vansteenkiste, M., & Lens, W. (2008). Beyond positive feedback: The effects of competence support on autonomous motivation and adjustment in physical education.  In J. Seghers and H. Vangrunderbeek (Eds.), Physical education research: What’s the evidence? (pp. 79-95). Leuven: Acco.

• Haerens, L., Aelterman, N., Vansteenkiste, M., Soenens, B., & Van Petegem, S. (2015). Do perceived autonomy-supportive and controlling teaching relate to physical education students' motivational experiences through unique pathways? Distinguishing between the bright and the dark side of motivation.  Psychology of Sport & Exercise, 16, 26-36.

• De Meyer, J., Tallir, I. B., Soenens, B., Vansteenkiste, M., Aelterman, N., Van den Berghe, L., Speleers, L., & Haerens, L. (2014). Does observed controlling teaching behavior relate to students' motivation in physical education?  Journal of Educational Psychology, 106, 541-554.

• Van den Berghe, L., Cardon, G., Aelterman, N., Tallir, I. B., Vansteenkiste, M., & Haerens, L. (2013). Emotional exhaustion and motivation in physical education teachers: A variable-centered and person-centered approach.  Journal of Teaching in Physical Education, 32, 305-320.

• Van den Berghe, L., Soenens, B., Vansteenkiste, M., Aelterman, N., Cardon, G., Haerens, L. (2013). Observed need-supportive and need-thwarting teaching behavior in physical education: Do teachers' motivational orientations matter?  Psychology of Sport and Exercise, 14, 650-661.

• Vancampfort, D., De Hert, M., Vansteenkiste, M., De Herdt, A., Scheewe, T. W., Soundy, A., Stubbs, B., & Probst, M. (2013). The importance of self-determined motivation towards physical activity in patients with schizophrenia . Psychiatry Research, 210, 812-818.

• Sebire, S. J., Standage, M., Gillison, F., & Vansteenkiste, M. (2013). "Coveting thy neighbour's legs": A qualitative study of exercisers' experiences of intrinsic and extrinsic goal pursuit.  Journal of Sport & Exercise Psychology, 35, 308-321. 

• Haerens, L., Aelterman, N., Van den Berghe, L., De Meyer, J., Soenens, B., & Vansteenkiste, M. (2013). Observing physical education teachers' need-supportive interactions in classroom settings.  Journal of Sport and Exercise Psychology, 35, 3-17

• Aelterman, N., Vansteenkiste, M., Van Keer, H., De Meyer, J., Van den Berghe, L., & Haerens, L. (2013). Development and evaluation of a training on need-supportive teaching in physical education: Qualitative and quantitative findings.  Teaching and Teacher Education, 29, 64-75.

• Aelterman, N., Vansteenkiste, M., Van Keer, H., Van den Berghe, L., De Meyer, J., & Harens, L. (2012). Students' objectively measured physical activity levels and engagement as a function of between-class and between-student differences in motivation toward physical education.  Journal of Sport and Exercise Psychology, 34, 457-480.

• Mouratidis, A., Vansteenkiste, M., Sideridis, G., & Lens, W. (2011). Vitality and interest-enjoyment as a function of class-to-class variation in need-supportive teaching and pupils' autonomous motivation.  Journal of Educational Psychology, 103, 353-366.

• Haerens, L., Kirk, D., Cardon, G. De Bourdeauduij, I., & Vansteenkiste, M. (2010). Motivational profiles for secondary school physical education and its relationship to the adoption of a physically active lifestyle among university students.  European Physical Education Review, 16, 117-139.

• Mouratidis, A., Vansteenkiste, M., Lens, W., Sideridis, G. (2008). The motivating role of positive feedback in sport and physical education: Evidence for a motivational model . Journal of Sport and Exercise Psychology, 30, 240-268.

• Vansteenkiste, M., Matos, L., Lens, W., & Soenens, B. (2007). Understanding the impact of intrinsic versus extrinsic goal framing on exercise performance: The conflicting role of task and ego involvement.  Psychology of Sport and Exercise, 8, 771-794.

• Vansteenkiste, M., Simons, J., Soenens, B., & Lens, W. (2004). How to become a persevering exerciser? Providing a clear, future intrinsic goal in an autonomy-supportive manner . Journal of Sport and Exercise Psychology, 26, 232-249.

• Vansteenkiste, M., Simons, J., Lens, W., Sheldon, K. M., & Deci, E. L. (2004). Motivating learning, performance, and persistence: The synergistic effects of intrinsic goal contents and autonomy-supportive contexts.  Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 87, 246-260.

Education: Reading

motivation

Empirical contributions

• De Naeghel, J., Van Keer, H., Vansteenkiste, M., & Rosseel, Y. (2012). The relation between elementary students' recreational and academic reading motivation, reading frequency, engagement and comprehension: A Self- Determination Theory perspective . Journal of Educational Psychology, 104, 1006-1021.

Parenting

& development

Overviews

• Soenens, B., Vansteenkiste, M., & Van Petegem, S. (in press). Let's not throw out the baby with the bathwater: Applying the principle of 'universalism without uniformity' to autonomy-supportive and controlling parenting. Child Development Perspectives.

• Soenens, B., & Vansteenkiste, M. (2010). A theoretical upgrade of the concept of parental psychological control: Proposing new insights on the basis of self-determination theory.  Developmental Review, 30, 74-99.

• Mabbe, E., Soenens, B., Vansteenkiste, M., & Van Leeuwen, K. (in press). Do personality traits moderate relations between psychologically controlling parenting and problem behavior in adolescents ? Journal of Personality.

• Wuyts, D., Vansteenkiste, M., Soenens, B., & Assor, A. (in press). An examination of the dynamics involved in child-invested parental contingent self-esteem. Parenting: Science and Practice.

• Van Petegem, S., Vansteenkiste, M., Soenens, B., Beyers, W., & Chen, B. (in press). Examining the longitudinal association between oppositional defiance and autonomy in adolescence.  Developmental Psychology.

• Van Petegem, S., Soenens, B., Vansteenkiste, M., & Beyers, W. (in press). Rebels with a cause? Adolescent defiance from the perspective of Reactance Theory and Self-Determination Theory . Child Development.

• Brenning, K., Soenens, B., Van Petegem, S., & Vansteenkiste, M. (in press). Perceived maternal autonomy support and early adolescent emotion regulation: A longitudinal study.  Social Development.

• Fousiani, K., Van Petegem, S., Soenens, B., Vansteenkiste, M., & Beiwen, C. (2014). Does parental autonomy support relate to adolescent autonomy? An in depth examination of a seemingly simple question.  Journal of Research on Adolescence, 29, 299-330.

• Vansteenkiste M., Soenens, B., Van Petegem, S., & Duriez, B. (2014). Longitudinal associations between adolescent perceived degree and style of parental prohibition and internalization and defiance.  Developmental Psychology, 50, 229-236.

• Van Petegem, S., Beyers, W., Brenning, K., & Vansteenkiste, M. (2013). Exploring the association between insecure attachment styles and adolescent autonomy in family decision making: A differential approach . Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 42, 1837-1846.

• Van Petegem, S., Vansteenkiste, M., & Beyers, W. (2013). The jingle-jangle fallacy in adolescent autonomy in the family: In search of an underlying structure.  Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 42, 994-1014.

• Mouratidis, A., Vansteenkiste, M., Lens, W., Michou, A., & Soenens, B. (2013). Within-person configurations and temporal relations of personal and perceived parent-promoted aspirations to school correlates among adolescents.  Journal of Educational Psychology, 105, 895-910.

• Ahmad, I., Vansteenkiste, M., & Soenens, B. (2013). The relations of Arab Jordanian adolescents' perceived maternal parenting to teacher - rated adjustment and peoblems: Perceived need satisfaction as an underlying mechanism. Developmental Psychology, 49, 177-183.

• Soenens, B., Park, S.Y., & Vansteenkiste, M & Mouratidis, T. (2012) Perceived parental psychological control and adolescent depressive experiences: A cross-cultural study with Belgian and South-Korean adolescents . Journal of Adolescence, 1-12.

• Van Petegem, S., Beyers, W., Vansteenkiste, M., & Soenens, B. (2012). On the associations between adolscent autonomy and psychosocial functioning: Examining decisional independence from a Self-Determination Theory perspective . Developmental Psychology, 48, 76-88.

• Soenens, B., Vansteenkiste, M., & Luyten, P. (2010). Towards a domain-specific approach to the study of parental psychological control: Distinguishing between dependency-oriented and achievement-oriented psychological control.  Journal of Personality, 78, 217-256.

• Soenens, B., Vansteenkiste, M., & Niemiec, C. (2009). Should parental prohibition of adolescents' peer relationships be prohibited?  Personal Relationships, 16, 507-530.

• Duriez, B., Soenens, B., Neyrinck, B., & Vansteenkiste, M. (2009). Is religiosity related to better parenting? Disentangling religiosity from religious cognitive style.  Journal of Family Issues, 30, 1287-1307.

• Kins, E., Beyers, W., Soenens, B., & Vansteenkiste, M. (2009). Patterns of home leaving and subjective well-being in emerging adulthood; The role of motivational processes and parental autonomy support.  Developmental Psychology, 45, 1416-1429.

• Soenens, B., Vansteenkiste, M., & Sierens, E. (2009). How are parental psychological control and autonomy support related? A cluster-analytic approach.  Journal of Marriage and the Family, 71, 187-202.

• Duriez, B., Soenens, B., & Vansteenkiste, M. (2008). The intergenerational transmission of authoritarianism: The mediating role of parental goal promotion.  Journal of Research in Personality, 42, 622-642.

• Soenens, B., Luyckx, K., Vansteenkiste, M., Duriez, B., & Goossens, L. (2008). Clarifying the link between parental psychological control and adolescents’ depressive symptoms: Reciprocal versus unidirectional models.  Merrill-Palmer Quarterly, 54, 411-444.

• Soenens, B., Luyckx, K., Vansteenkiste, M., Luyten, P., Duriez, B., & Goossens, L. (2008). Maladaptive perfectionism as an intervening variable between psychological control and adolescent depressive feelings: A three-wave longitudinal study.  Journal of Family Psychology, 22, 465-474.

• Soenens, B., Vansteenkiste, M., Goossens, L., Duriez, B., & Niemiec, C. (2008). The intervening role of relational aggression between psychological control and friendship quality . Social Development, 17, 661-681.

• Soenens, B., Vansteenkiste, M., Vandereycken, W., Luyten, P., Sierens, E., & Goossens, L. (2008). Perceived parental psychological control and eating disordered symptoms: Maladaptive perfectionism as a possible intervening variable . Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease, 196, 144-152.

• Duriez, B., Soenens, B., & Vansteenkiste, M. (2007). In search of the antecedents of adolescent authoritarianism: The relative contribution of parental goal promotion and parenting style dimensions.  European Journal of Personality, 21, 507-527.

• Luyckx, K., Soenens, B., Goossens, L., & Vansteenkiste, M. (2007). Parenting, identity formation, and college adjustment: A mediation model with longitudinal data.  Identity: An International Journal of Theory and Research, 7, 309-331.

• Luyckx, K., Soenens, B., Vansteenkiste, M., Goossens, L., & Berzonsky, M. (2007). Parental psychological control and dimensions of identity formation in emerging adulthood.  Journal of Family Psychology, 21, 546-550.

• Soenens, B., Duriez, B., Vansteenkiste, M., & Goossens, L. (2007). The intergenerational transmission of empathy-related responding in adolescence: The role of maternal support.  Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 33, 299-311.

• Soenens, B., Vansteenkiste, M., Lens, W., Luyckx, K., Beyers, W., Goossens, L., & Ryan, R. M. (2007). Conceptualizing parental autonomy support: Adolescent perceptions of promoting independence versus promoting volitional functioning.  Developmental Psychology, 43, 633-646.

• Soenens, B., Vansteenkiste, M., Smits, I., & Goossens, L. (2007). The role of intrusive parenting in the relationship between peer management strategies and peer affiliation.  Journal of Applied Developmental Psychology, 28, 239-249.

• Niemiec, C., Lynch, M., Vansteenkiste, M., Bernstein, J., Deci, E. L., & Ryan, R. M. (2006). The antecedents and consequences of autonomous self-regulation for college: A self-determination theory perspective on socialization.  Journal of Adolescence, 29, 761-775.

• Soenens, B., Vansteenkiste, M., Duriez, B., & Goossens, L. (2006). In search of the sources of psychologically controlling parenting: The role of parental separation anxiety and parental maladaptive perfectionism.  Journal of Research on Adolescence, 16, 539-559.

• Soenens, B., & Vansteenkiste, M. (2005). Antecedents and outcomes of self-determination in three life domains: The role of parents’ and teachers’ autonomy support.  Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 34, 589-604.

• Soenens, B., Vansteenkiste, M., Luytten, P., Duriez, B, & Goossens, L. (2005). Maladaptive perfectionistic self-representations: the mediational link between psychological control and adjustment.  Personality and Individual Differences, 38, 487-498.

Overviews

• Vancampfort, D., Vansteenkiste, M., De Hert, M., De Herdt, A., Soundy, A, Stubbs, B., Buys, R., & Probst, M. (2014). Self-determination and stage of readiness to change physical activity behaviour in schizophrenia.  Mental Health and Physical Activity, 7, 171-176. 

• Vancampfort, D., De Hert, M., Vansteenkiste, M., De Herdt, A., Scheewe, T. W., Soundy, A., Stubbs, B., & Probst, M. (2013). The importance of self-determined motivation towards physical activity in patients with schizophrenia . Psychiatry Research, 210, 812-818.

• Mouratidis, A., Vansteenkiste, M., & Lens, W. (2008). Beyond positive feedback: The effects of competence support on autonomous motivation and adjustment in physical education.  In J. Seghers and H. Vangrunderbeek (Eds.), Physical education research: What’s the evidence? (pp. 79-95). Leuven: Acco.

• Markland, D., & Vansteenkiste, M. (2007). A self-determination theory approach to understanding motivational interviewing and promoting regular physical activity. In M. S. Hagger and N. Chatzisarantis (Eds.) Self-Determination Theory in exercise and sport. Human Kinetics.

• Vansteenkiste, M., Soenens, B., & Lens, W. (2007). Intrinsic versus extrinsic goal promotion in sport and exercise: Understanding their differential impact on performance and persistence. In M. S. Hagger and N. Chatzisarantis (Eds.), Self-Determination Theory in exercise and sport. (pp. 167-180). Human Kinetics.

• Vansteenkiste, M., Mouratidis, A., Van Riet, T., & Lens, W. (2014). Examining correlates of game-to-game variation in volleyball players' achievement goal pursuit and underlying autonomous and controlling reasons . Journal of Sport & Exercise Psychology, 36, 131-145.

• Sebire, S. J., Standage, M., Gillison, F., & Vansteenkiste, M. (2013). "Coveting thy neighbour's legs": A qualitative study of exercisers' experiences of intrinsic and extrinsic goal pursuit.  Journal of Sport & Exercise Psychology, 35, 308-321.

• Aelterman, N., Vansteenkiste, M, Van Keer, H., Van den Berghe, L., De Meyer, J., & Haerens, L. (2012). Students' objectively measured physical activity levels and engagement as a fucntion of between-class and between-student differences in motivation toward physical education.  Journal of Sport and Exercise Psychology, 34, 457-480.

• Verloigne, M., De Bourdeaudhuij, I., Tanghe, A., D'Hondt, E., Theuwis, L., Vansteenkiste, M., & Deforche, B. (2011). Self-determined motivation towards physical activity in adolescents treated for obesity: An observational study.  International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity.

• Smith, A. L., Ntoumanis, N., Duda., J. L & Vansteenkiste, M. (2011). Goal striving, coping, and well-being: A prospective investigation of the self-concordance model in sport.  Journal of Sport & Exercise Psychology, 33, 124-145.

• Sebire, S., Standage, M., & Vansteenkiste, M. (2011). Predicting objectively assessed physical activity from the content and regulation of exercise goals: Evidence for a mediational model . Journal of Sport & Exercise Psychology, 33, 175-197.

• Haerens, L., Kirk, D., Cardon, G. De Bourdeauduij, I., & Vansteenkiste, M. (2010). Motivational profiles for secondary school physical education and its relationship to the adoption of a physically active lifestyle among university students.  European Physical Education Review, 16, 117-139.

• Mouratidis, A., Lens, W., & Vansteenkiste, M. (2010). How you provide corrective feedback makes a difference: The motivating role of communicating in an autonomy-supportive way.  Journal of Sport & Exercise Psychology, 32, 619-637.

• Vansteenkiste, M., Mouratidis, A., & Lens, W. (2010). Detaching reasons from aims: Fair play and well-being in soccer as a function of pursuing performance-approach goals for autonomous or controlling reasons.  Journal of Sport & Exercise Psychology, 32, 217-242.

• Sebire, S., Standage, M., & Vansteenkiste, M. (2009). Examining intrinsic versus extrinsic exercise goals: Cognitive, affective, and behavioral outcomes.  Journal of Sport & Exercise Psychology, 31, 189-210.

• Mouratadis, M., Vansteenkiste, M., Lens, W., Sideridis, G. (2008). The motivating role of positive feedback in sport and physical education: Evidence for a motivational model . Journal of Sport and Exercise Psychology, 30, 240-268.

• Sebire, S., Standage, M., & Vansteenkiste, M. (2008). Development and validation of the goal content for exercise questionnaire.  Journal of Sport and Exercise Psychology, 30, 353-377.

• Vansteenkiste, M., & Deci, E. L. (2003). Competitively contingent rewards and intrinsic motivation: Can losers remain motivated?  Motivation and Emotion, 27, 273-299.

• Vancampfort, D., Vansteenkiste, M., De Hert, M., De Herdt, A., Soundy, A, Stubbs, B., Buys, R., & Probst, M. (2014). Self-determination and stage of readiness to change physical activity behaviour in schizophrenia.  Mental Health and Physical Activity, 7, 171-176. 

• Vancampfort, D., De Hert, M., Vansteenkiste, M., De Herdt, A., Scheewe, T. W., Soundy, A., Stubbs, B., & Probst, M. (2013). The importance of self-determined motivation towards physical activity in patients with schizophrenia . Psychiatry Research, 210, 812-818.

• Mouratidis, A., Vansteenkiste, M., & Lens, W. (2008). Beyond positive feedback: The effects of competence support on autonomous motivation and adjustment in physical education.  In J. Seghers and H. Vangrunderbeek (Eds.), Physical education research: What’s the evidence? (pp. 79-95). Leuven: Acco.

• Markland, D., & Vansteenkiste, M. (2007). A self-determination theory approach to understanding motivational interviewing and promoting regular physical activity. In M. S. Hagger and N. Chatzisarantis (Eds.) Self-Determination Theory in exercise and sport. Human Kinetics.

• Vansteenkiste, M., Soenens, B., & Lens, W. (2007). Intrinsic versus extrinsic goal promotion in sport and exercise: Understanding their differential impact on performance and persistence. In M. S. Hagger and N. Chatzisarantis (Eds.), Self-Determination Theory in exercise and sport. (pp. 167-180). Human Kinetics.

• Vansteenkiste, M., Mouratidis, A., Van Riet, T., & Lens, W. (2014). Examining correlates of game-to-game variation in volleyball players' achievement goal pursuit and underlying autonomous and controlling reasons . Journal of Sport & Exercise Psychology, 36, 131-145. 

• Sebire, S. J., Standage, M., Gillison, F., & Vansteenkiste, M. (2013). "Coveting thy neighbour's legs": A qualitative study of exercisers' experiences of intrinsic and extrinsic goal pursuit.  Journal of Sport & Exercise Psychology, 35, 308-321. 

• Aelterman, N., Vansteenkiste, M, Van Keer, H., Van den Berghe, L., De Meyer, J., & Haerens, L. (2012). Students' objectively measured physical activity levels and engagement as a fucntion of between-class and between-student differences in motivation toward physical education.  Journal of Sport and Exercise Psychology, 34, 457-480.

• Verloigne, M., De Bourdeaudhuij, I., Tanghe, A., D'Hondt, E., Theuwis, L., Vansteenkiste, M., & Deforche, B. (2011). Self-determined motivation towards physical activity in adolescents treated for obesity: An observational study.  International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity.

• Smith, A. L., Ntoumanis, N., Duda., J. L & Vansteenkiste, M. (2011). Goal striving, coping, and well-being: A prospective investigation of the self-concordance model in sport.  Journal of Sport & Exercise Psychology, 33, 124-145.

• Sebire, S., Standage, M., & Vansteenkiste, M. (2011). Predicting objectively assessed physical activity from the content and regulation of exercise goals: Evidence for a mediational model . Journal of Sport & Exercise Psychology, 33, 175-197.

• Haerens, L., Kirk, D., Cardon, G. De Bourdeauduij, I., & Vansteenkiste, M. (2010). Motivational profiles for secondary school physical education and its relationship to the adoption of a physically active lifestyle among university students.  European Physical Education Review, 16, 117-139.

• Mouratidis, A., Lens, W., & Vansteenkiste, M. (2010). How you provide corrective feedback makes a difference: The motivating role of communicating in an autonomy-supportive way.  Journal of Sport & Exercise Psychology, 32, 619-637.

• Sebire, S., Standage, M., & Vansteenkiste, M. (2009). Examining intrinsic versus extrinsic exercise goals: Cognitive, affective, and behavioral outcomes.  Journal of Sport & Exercise Psychology, 31, 189-210.

• Assor, A., Vansteenkiste, M., & Kaplan, A. (2009). Identified versus Introjected approach and introjected avoidance motivations in school and in sports: The limited benefits of self-worth strivings.  Journal of Educational Psychology, 101, 482-497.

• Mouratidis, A., Vansteenkiste, M., Lens, W., Sideridis, G. (2008). The motivating role of positive feedback in sport and physical education: Evidence for a motivational model . Journal of Sport and Exercise Psychology, 30, 240-268.

• Sebire, S., Standage, M., & Vansteenkiste, M. (2008). Development and validation of the Goal Content for Exercise Questionnaire.  Journal of Sport and Exercise Psychology, 30, 353-377.

• Vansteenkiste, M., & Deci, E. L. (2003). Competitively contingent rewards and intrinsic motivation: Can losers remain motivated?  Motivation and Emotion, 27, 273-299.

Psychotherapy

Overviews

• Teixeira, P., Palmeira, A., & Vansteenkiste, M. (2012). The role of self-determination theory and motivational interviewing in behavioral nutrition, physical activity, and health: An introduction to the IJBNPA Special Series.  International Journal of Behavior, Nutrition, and Physical Activity, 9:17.

• Vansteenkiste, M., Williams, G.C., & Resnicow, K. (2012). Toward systematic integration between Self-determination theory and motivational interviewing as examples of top-down and bottom-up intervention development: Autonomy or volition as a fundamental theoretical principle.  International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity, 9:23.

• Lynch, M., Vansteenkiste, M., Deci, E. L., & Ryan, R. M. (2011). Autonomy as process and outcome: Revisiting cultural and practical issues in motivation for counseling.  The Counseling Psychologist, 39, 286-302.

• Ryan, R. M., Lynch, M. F., Vansteenkiste, M., & Deci, E. L. (2011). Motivation and autonomy in counseling, psychotherapy, and behavior change: A look at theory and practice . Counseling Psychologist, 39, 286-302.

• Vansteenkiste, M., & Sheldon, K. M. (2006). 'There is nothing more practical than a good theory': Integrating motivational interviewing and self-determination theory . British Journal of Clinical Psychology, 45, 63-82.

• Vansteenkiste, M., Soenens, B., & Vandereycken, W. (2005). Motivation to change in eating disorder patients: A conceptual clarification on the basis of self-determination theory.  International Journal of Eating Disorders, 37, 207-219.

• Van der Kaap-Deeder, J., Vansteenkiste, M., Soenens, B., Verstuyf, J., Boone, L., & Smets, J. (2014). Fostering self-endorsed motivation to change in patients with an eating disorder: The role of perceived autonomy support and psychological need satisfaction.  International Journal of Eating Disorders, 47, 585-600. 

• Vansteenkiste, M., Williams, G.C., & Resnicow, K. (2012). T oward systematic integration between Self-determination theory and motivational interviewing as examples of top-down and bottom-up intervention development: Autonomy or volition as a fundamental theoretical principle.  International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity, 9:23.

• Verstuyf, J., Patrick, H., Vansteenkiste, M., & Teixeira, P. (2012). Motivational dynamics of eating regulation: A self-determination theory perspective.  International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity, 9:21.

• Verloigne, M., De Bourdeaudhuij, I., Tanghe, A., D'Hondt, E., Theuwis, L., Vansteenkiste, M., & Deforche, B. (2011). Self-determined motivation towards physical activity in adolescents treated for obesity: An observational study.  International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity.

• Vanderecyken, W. & Vansteenkiste, M. (2009). Let eating disorder patients decide: Providing choice may reduce early drop-out from inpatient treatment.  European Eating Disorder Review, 17, 177-183.

• Verstuyf, J., Vansteenkiste, M., Soenens, B., Boone, L., & Mouratidis, A. (2013). Daily ups and downs in women's binge eating symptoms: The role of basic psychological needs, general self-control and emotional eating.  Journal of Social and Clinical Psychology, 32, 335-361.

• Verstuyf, J., Patrick, H., Vansteenkiste, M., & Teixeira, P. (2012). Motivational dynamics of eating regulation: A self-determination theory perspective.  International Journal of Behavioural Nutrition and Physical Activity, 9:21

• Verstuyf, J., Vansteenkiste, M., & Soenens, B. (in press). Daily ups-and-downs binge eating symptoms: The role of need satisfaction, self-control and emotional eating style. Journal of Social and Clinical Psychology.
  

• Verstuyf, J., Vansteenkiste, M., & Soenens, B. (2012). Eating regulation and bulimic symptoms? The differential correlates of health-focused and appearance-focused eating regulation.  Body Image: An International Journal of Research, 9, 108-117.

• Verloigne, M., De Bourdeaudhuij, I., Tanghe, A., D'Hondt, E., Theuwis, L., Vansteenkiste, M., & Deforche, B. (in press). Self-determined motivation towards physical activity in adolescents treated for obesity: An observational study. International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity.

Work &

Unemployment

Overviews

• Van den Broeck, A., Vansteenkiste, M., & De Witte, H. (2008). Self-determination theory: A theoretical and empirical overview in occupational health psychology.  In J. Houdmont & S. Leka (Eds.). Occupational health psychology: European perspectives on research, education, and practic. Vol. 3. (pp. 63-88). Nottingham: Nottingham University Press.

• Gagné, M., Forest, J., Vansteenkiste, M. et al. (2015). The multidimensional work motivation scale: Validation evidence in seven languages and nine countries.  European Journal of Work and Organisational Psychology, 24, 178-196. 

• Van den Berghe, L., Cardon, G., Aelterman, N., Tallir, I. B., Vansteenkiste, M., & Haerens, L. (2013). Emotional exhaustion and motivation in physical education teachers: A variable-centered and person-centered approach.  Journal of Teaching in Physical Education, 32, 305-320.

• Soenens, B., Sierens, E., Vansteenkiste, M., Dochy, F., & Goossens, L. (2012). Psychologically controlling teaching: Examining outcomes, antecedents, and mediators.  Journal of Educational Psychology, 104, 108-120.

• Halvari, H., Vansteenkiste, M., Brorby, S., & Karlsen, H. P. (2013). Examining antecedents and outcomes of part-time working nurses’ motives to search and not to search for a full-time position.  Journal of Applied Social Psychology, 43, 1608-1623.

• Van den Broeck, A., Schreurs, B., De Witte, H., Vansteenkiste, M., Germeys, F. & Schaufeli, W. (2011). Understanding workaholics' motivations: A self-determination perspective.  Applied Psychology: An International Review, 60, 600-621.

• Van den Broeck, A., Vansteenkiste, M., De Witte, H., Soenens, B., & Lens, W. (2010). Capturing autonomy, competence and relatedness at work: Construction and initial validation of the work-related Basic Need Satisfaction scale.  Journal of Occupational and Organizational Psychology, 83, 981-1002.

• Van den Broeck, A., Vansteenkiste, M., Lens, W., & De Witte, H. (2009). Unemployed individuals' work values and job flexibility: An explanation from expectancy-value theory and self-determination theory.  Applied Psychology: An International Review, 59, 296-317.

• Van den Broeck, A., Vansteenkiste, M., De Witte, H., & Lens, W. (2008). Explaining the relationships between job characteristics, burnout, and engagement: The role of basic psychological need satisfaction.  Work & Stress, 22, 277-294.

• Vansteenkiste, M., Neyrinck, B., Niemiec, C. P., Soenens, B., De Witte, H., & Van Den Broeck, A. (2007). On the relations among work value orientations, psychological need satisfaction, and job outcomes: A self-determination theory approach.  Journal of Occupational and Organizational Psychology, 80, 251-277.

• Vansteenkiste, M., Lens, W., De Witte, H., & Feather, N. T (2005). Understanding unemployed people's job search behavior, unemployment experience and well-being: A comparison of expectancy-value theory and self-determination theory.  British Journal of Social Psychology, 44, 269-287.

• Vansteenkiste, M., Lens, W., Dewitte, S., De Witte, H, & Deci, E. L. (2004). The “why” and “why not” of job search behavior: Their relation to searching, unemployment experience and well-being.  European Journal of Social Psychology, 34, 345-363.

• Neyrinck, B., Lens, W., & Vansteenkiste, M. (2005). Goals and regulations of religiosity: A motivational analysis.  In M.L. Maehr & S. Karabenick (Eds.). Advances in motivation and achievement (pp. 77-106). Greenwich, Conn.: Jai Press Inc.

• Soenens, B., Neyrinck, B., Vansteenkiste, M., Dezutter, J., Hutsebaut, D., & Duriez, B. (2012). How do perceptions of God as autonomy-supportive or controlling relate to individuals’ social-cognitive processing of religious contents? The role of motives for religious behavior.  International Journal of Psychology of Religion, 22, 10-30.

• Neyrinck, B., Lens, W., Vansteenkiste, M., & Soenens, B. (2010). Updating Allport's and Batson's framework of relgious orientations: A reevaluation from the perspective of self-determination theory and Wulff's social cognitive model . Journal for Scientific Study of Religion, 49, 425-438.

• Duriez, B., Soenens, B., Neyrinck, B., & Vansteenkiste, M. (2009). Is religiosity related to better parenting? Disentangling religiosity from religious cognitive style.  Journal of Family Issues, 30, 1287-1307.

• Neyrinck, B., Vansteenkiste, M., Lens, W., Duriez, B. & Hutsebaut, D. (2006). Cognitive, affective and behavioral correlates of internalization of regulations for religious activities.  Motivation and Emotion, 30, 323-334.

Empirical Contributions

• Duriez, B., Giletta, M., Kuppens, P., & Vansteenkiste, M. (2013). Extrinsic relative to intrinsic goal pursuits and peer dynamics: Selection and influence processes among adolescents.  Journal of Adolescence, 36, 925-933.

• Duriez, B., Meeus, J., & Vansteenkiste, M. (2012). Why are some people more susceptible to ingroup threat than others? The importance of a relative extrinsic to intrinsic value orientation.  Journal of Research in Personality, 46, 164-172.

• Soenens, B., Vansteenkiste, M., & Niemiec, C. (2009). Should parental prohibition of adolescent's peer relationships be prohibited?  Personal Relationships, 16, 507-530.

• Soenens, B., Vansteenkiste, M., Goossens, L., Duriez, B., & Niemiec, C. (2008). The intervening role of relational aggression between psychological control and friendship quality . Social Development, 17, 661-681.

• Soenens, B., Vansteenkiste, M., Smits, I., & Goossens, L. (2007). The role of intrusive parenting in the relationship between peer management strategies and peer affiliation.  Journal of Applied Developmental Psychology, 28, 239-249.

Overviews

• Soenens, B., & Vansteenkiste, M. (2011). On the congruence between the self and identity: Identity development from the self-determination theory perspective. In S. J. Schwartz, K. Luyckx, & V. L. Vignoles (Eds.), Handbook of identity theory and research (pp. 381-402). New York: Springer.

• Verstuyf, J., Van Petegem, S., Vansteenkiste, M., Soenens, B., & Boone, L. (2014). The body perfect ideal and eating regulation goals: Investigating the role of adolescents' identity styles.  Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 43, 284-297. 

• Soenens, B., Berzonsky, M. D., Dunkel, C. S., Papini, D. R., & Vansteenkiste, M. (2011). Are all identity commitments created equal? The importance of motives for commitment for late adolescents’ personal adjustment. International Journal of Behavioral Development, 35, 358-369.

• Luyckx, K., Schwartz, S. J., Soenens, B., Vansteenkiste, M., & Goossens, L. (2010). The path from identity commitments to adjustment: Motivational underpinnings and mediating mechanisms.  Journal for Counseling and Development, 88, 52-60.

• Smits, I., Soenens, B., Vansteenkiste, M., Luyckx, K., & Goossens, L. (2010). Why do adolescents gather information or stick to parental norms? Examining autonomous and controlled motives behind adolescents' identity style.  Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 39, 1343-1356.

• Lyckx, K., Vansteenkiste, M., Goossens, L., & Duriez, B. (2009). Basic need satisfaction and identity formation: Bridging self-determination theory and process-oriented identity research.  Journal of Counseling Psychology, 56, 276-288.

• Van Hiel, A., & Vansteenkiste, M. (2009). Ambitions fullfilled? The effects of intrinsic and extrinsic goal attainment on older adults' ego-integrity and death attitudes . International Journal of Aging and Human Development, 68, 27-51.

• Luyckx, K., Soenens B., Berzonsky, M. D., Smits, I., Goossens, L., & Vansteenkiste, M. (2007). Information-oriented identity processing, identity consolidation, and well-being: The moderating role of autonomy, self-reflection, and self-rumination.  Personality and Individual Differences, 43, 1099-1111.

• Luyckx, K., Soenens, B., Goossens, L., & Vansteenkiste, M. (2007). Parenting, identity formation, and college adjustment: A mediation model with longitudinal data.  Identity: An International Journal of Theory and Research, 7, 309-331.

• Luyckx, K., Soenens, B., Vansteenkiste, M., Goossens, L., & Berzonsky, M. (2007). Parental psychological control and dimensions of identity formation in emerging adulthood.  Journal of Family Psychology, 21, 546-550.

• Soenens, B., Berzonsky, M. D., Vansteenkiste, M., Beyers, W., & Goossens, L. (2005). Identity styles and causality orientations: In search of the motivational underpinnings of the identity exploration process.  European Journal of Personality, 19, 427-442.

• Soenens, B., Vansteenkiste, M., & Van Petegem, S. (in press). Let's not throw out the baby with the bathwater: Applying the principle of 'universalism without uniformity' to autonomy-supportive and controlling parenting. Child Development Perspectives.

Emperical contributions

• Chen, B., Vansteenkiste, M. et al. (in press). Basic Psychological need satisfaction, need frustration, and need strength across four cultures. Motivation and Emotion.

• Unanue, W., Dittmar, H., Vignoles, V. L., & Vansteenkiste, M. (2014). Materialism and well-being in the UK and Chile: Basic need satisfaction and basic need frustration as underlying psychological processes.  European Journal of Personality, 28,  569-585.

• Chen, B., Van Assche, J., Vansteenkiste, M., Soenens, B., & Beyers, W. (2014). Does psychological need satisfaction matter when environmental or financial safety are at risk?  Journal of Happiness Studies.

• Reeve, J., Vansteenkiste, M., Assor, A., Ahmad, I., Cheon, S. H., Jang, H., Kaplan, H., Moss, J. D., Olaussen, B. S., & Wang, C. K. J. (2014). The beliefs that underlie autonomy-supportive and controlling teaching: A multinational investigation.  Motivation and Emotion, 38, 93-110.

• Chen, B., Vansteenkiste, M., Beyers, W., Soenens, B., & Van Petegem, S. (2013). Autonomy in familiy decision making for Chinese adolescents: Disentangling the dual meaning of autonomy.  Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology, 44, 1184-1209.

• Ahmad, I., Vansteenkiste, M., & Soenens, B. (2013). The relations of Arab Jordanian adolescents' perceived maternal parenting to teacher-rated adjustment and problems: The intervening role of perceived need satisfaction.  Developmental Psychology, 49, 177-183.

• Soenens, B., Park, S.Y., & Vansteenkiste, M & Mouratidis, T. (2012) Perceived parental psychological control and adolescent depressive experiences: A cross-cultural study with Belgian and South-Korean adolescents . Journal of Adolescence, 1-12.

• Chirkov, V., Vansteenkiste, M., Tao, R., Lynch, M. (2007). The role of self-determined motivation and goals for study abroad in the adaptation of international students.  International Journal of Intercultural Relations, 31, 199-222.

• Vansteenkiste, M., Lens, W., Soenens, B., & Luyckx, K. (2006). Autonomy and relatedness among Chinese sojourners and applicants: Conflictual or independent predictors of well-being and adjustment?  Motivation and Emotion, 30, 273-282.

• Vansteenkiste, M., Zhou, M., Lens, W., & Soenens, B. (2005). Experiences of autonomy and control among Chinese learners: Vitalizing or immobilizing?  Journal of Educational Psychology, 97, 468-483.

• Vansteenkiste, M., & Ryan, R. M. (2013). On psychological growth and vulnerability: Basic psychological need satisfaction and need frustration as an unifying principle.  Journal of Psychotherapy Integraton, 3, 263-280.

• Vansteenkiste, M., Soenens, B., & Vandereycken, W. (2005). Motivation to change in eating disorder patients: A conceptual clarification on the basis of self-determination theory.  International Journal of Eating Disorders, 37, 207-219.

• Vancampfort, D., Vansteenkiste, M., De Hert, M., De Herdt, A., Soundy, A, Stubbs, B., Buys, R., & Probst, M. (2014). Self-determination and stage of readiness to change physical activity behaviour in schizophrenia.  Mental Health and Physical Activity, 7, 171-176. 

• Boone, L., Vansteenkiste, M., Soenens, B., Van der Kaap-Deeder, J., & Verstuyf, J. (2014). Self-critical perfectionism and binge eating symptoms: A longitudinal test of the intervening role of psychological need frustration.  Journal of Counseling Psychology, 61, 363-373. 

• Verstuyf, J., Vansteenkiste, M., Soenens, B., Boone, L., & Mouratidis, A. (2013). Daily ups and downs in women's binge eating symptoms: The role of basic psychological needs, general self-control and emotional eating.  Journal of Social and Clinical Psychology, 32, 335-361.

• Vancampfort, D., De Hert, M., Vansteenkiste, M., De Herdt, A., Scheewe, T. W., Soundy, A., Stubbs, B., & Probst, M. (2013). The importance of self-determined motivation towards physical activity in patients with schizophrenia . Psychiatry Research, 210, 812-818.

• Vansteenkiste, M., Claes, L., Soenens, B., & Verstuyf, J. (2013). Motivational dynamics among eating-disordered patients with and without non-suicidal self-injury: A Self-Determination Theory approach.  European Eating Disorder Review, 21, 209-214.

• Soenens, B., Vansteenkiste, M., & Luyten, P. (2010). Towards a domain-specific approach to the study of parental psychological control: Distinguishing between dependency-oriented and achievement-oriented psychological control.  Journal of Personality, 78, 217-256.

• Soenens, B., Luyckx, K., Vansteenkiste, M., Luyten, P., Duriez, B., & Goossens, L. (2008). Maladaptive perfectionism as an intervening variable between psychological control and adolescent depressive feelings: A three-wave longitudinal study.  Journal of Family Psychology, 22, 465-474.

• Soenens, B., Vansteenkiste, M., Vandereycken, W., Luyten, P., Sierens, E., & Goossens, L. (2008). Perceived parental psychological control and eating disordered symptoms: Maladaptive perfectionism as a possible intervening variable . Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease, 196, 144-152.

• Soenens, B., Vansteenkiste, M., Luytten, P., Duriez, B, & Goossens, L. (2005). Maladaptive perfectionistic self-representations: the mediational link between psychological control and adjustment.  Personality and Individual Differences, 38, 487-498.

• Vansteenkiste, M., Smeets, S., Soenens, B., Lens, W., Matos, L., & Deci, E. L. (2010). Autonomous and controlled regulation of performance-approach goals: Their relations to perfectionism and educational outcomes.  Motivation and Emotion, 34, 333-353.

• Vansteenkiste, M., Mouratidis, A., & Lens, W. (2010). Detaching reasons from aims: Fair play and well-being in soccer as a function of pursuing performance-approach goals for autonomous or controlling reasons.  Journal of Sport & Exercise Psychology, 32, 217-242.

• Soenens, B., Vansteenkiste, M., Goossens, L., Duriez, B., & Niemiec, C. P. (2008). The intervening role of relational aggression between psychological control and friendship quality . Social Development, 17, 561-581.

• Duriez, B., Vansteenkiste, M., Soenens, B., & De Witte, H. (2007). The social costs of extrinsic relative to intrinsic goal pursuits: Their relation with social dominance and racial and ethnic prejudice . Journal of Personality, 75, 757-782.

• Wuyts, D., Vansteenkiste, M., Soenens, B., & Assor, A. (in press). An examination of the dynamics involved in child-invested parental contingent self-esteem. Parenting: Science and Practice.

• Van den Berghe, L., Soenens, B., Vansteenkiste, M., Aelterman, N., Cardon, G., Haerens, L. (2013). Observed need-supportive and need-thwarting teaching behavior in physical education: Do teachers' motivational orientations matter?  Psychology of Sport and Exercise, 14, 650-661.

• Aelterman, N., Vansteenkiste, M., Van de Berghe, L., De Meyer, J., & Haerens, L. (2014). Fostering a need-supportive teaching style: Intervention effects on physical education teachers' beliefs and teaching behaviors.  Journal of Sport & Exercise Psychology, 36, 595-609.

• De Naeghel, J., Van Keer, H., Vansteenkiste, M., Haerens, L., & Aelterman, N. (in press). Promoting elementary school students' autonomous motivation: Effects of a teacher professional developmental workshop. The Journal of Educational Research.