Publications Prof. Nicola Baumann, Ph.D.
2022
Quirin, M., Kerber, A., Küstermann, E., Radtke, E. L., Kazén, M., Konrad, C., Baumann, N., Ryan, R.M., Ennis, M. & Kuhl, J. (2022). Not the master of your volitional mind? The roles of the right medial prefrontal cortex and personality traits in unconscious introjections versus self-chosen goals. Frontiers in Psychology, 13, 740925. doi:10.3389/fpsyg.2022.740925
Thakur, N. & Baumann, N. (2022). Breaking the anxious cycle of self-criticism: Action orientation buffers the detrimental effects of self-critical personality style. Journal of Affective Disorders, 301, 30-35. doi:10.1016/j.jad.2022.01.014
2021
Baumann, N. (2021). Autotelic personality. In S. Engeser (Ed.) Advances in flow research (2nd ed.) (pp. 231-261). Heidelberg, Germany: Springer. doi:10.1007/978-3-030-53468-4_9
Baumann, N. & Kuhl, J. (2021). PSI theory in action: The assessment of self-competences as an aid in counseling and therapy. In J. F. Rauthmann (Ed.), The handbook of personality dynamics and processes (pp. 1297-1316). San Diego: Elsevier.
Buchmann, J., Baumann, N., Meng, K., Semrau, J., Kuhl, J., Pfeifer, K., Kazén, M., Vogel, H. & Faller, H. (2021). Endurance and avoidance response patterns in pain patients: Application of action control theory in pain research. Plos One, 16(3), e0248875. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0248875
Buchmann, J., Baumann, N., Meng, K., Semrau, J., Kuhl, J., Pfeifer, K., Vogel, H. & Faller, H. (2021). Volitional action control and depression in chronic pain: Does action versus state orientation moderate the relations of rain-related cognitions to depression? Current Psychology. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12144-021-01914-1
Jais, M., Bakaç, C., Kehr, H. M., Baumann, N. & Quirin, M. (2021). Misattribution of duties as free choices: The role of emotional awareness in self-infiltration. Acta Psychologica, 220, 103401. doi:10.1016/j.actpsy.2021.103401
Kuhfuß, M., Maldei, T., Hetmanek, A. & Baumann, N. (2021). Somatic experiencing – effectiveness and key factors of a body-oriented trauma therapy: A scoping review. European Journal of Psychotraumatology, 12:1, 1929023. doi:10.1080/20008198.2021.1929023
Kuhl, J. & Baumann, N. (2021). Personality Systems Interactions (PSI Theory): Towards a dynamic integration of personality theories. In J. F. Rauthmann (Ed.), The handbook of personality dynamics and processes (pp. 709-730). San Diego: Elsevier.
Poeller, S., Seel, S., Baumann, N. & Mandryk, R. L. (2021). Seek what you need: Affiliation and power motives drive need satisfaction, intrinsic motivation, and flow in League of Legends. CHI Play 2021, October 18-21, 2021, Vienna, Austria. https://doi.org/10.1145/3474715
Poeller, S., Waldenmeier, K., Baumann, N. & Mandryk, R. L. (2021). Prepare for trouble and make it double: The power motive predicts Pokémon choices based on apparent strength. Proceedings of the 2021 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, Virtual: ACM. https://doi.org/10.1145/3411764.3445084
Schüler, J., Wegner, M., Assländer, L., Haufler, A., Krauss, T., Lang, M., Somhegyi, J. & Baumann, N. (2021). Moved to action? Gender differences in perceived effort and motor performance after video-based achievement motive arousal. Psychology of Sport & Exercise. doi:10.1016/j.psychsport.2021.102046
2020
Baum, I. & Baumann, N. (2020). Arousing Autonomy: A Valid Assessment of the Implicit Autonomy Motive. Personality and Individual Differences, 168, 110362. doi:10.1016/j.paid.2020.110362
Baumann, N. & Kuhl, J. (2020). Nurturing your self: Measuring and changing how people strive for what they need. The Journal of Positive Psychology. doi:10.1080/17439760.2020.1805503
Birk, M., Mandryk, R. & Baumann, N. (2020). Just a click away: Action-state orientation moderates the impact of task interruptions on initiative. Journal of Personality, 88, 373-390. doi:10.1111/jopy.12498
Friederichs, K. M., Kees, M.-C. & Baumann, N. (2020). When tough gets you going: Action orientation unfolds with difficult intentions and can be fostered by mental contrasting. Personality and Individuals Differences, 161. doi:10.1016/j.paid.2020.109970
Kaufmann, M., Rosing, K. & Baumann, N. (2020). Being mindful does not always benefit everyone: Mindfulness-based practices may promote alienation among psychologically vulnerable people. Cognition and Emotion. doi:10.1080/02699931.2020.1825337
Maldei, T., Baumann, N. & Koole, S. L. (2020). The language of intuition: A thematic integration model of intuitive coherence judgments. Cognition and Emotion. doi:10.1080/02699931.2020.1736005
Pang, J. S. & Baumann, N. (2020). At the crossroads of women’s experience: Insights from and intersections between motivation, emotion, gender, and culture. F. M. Cheung & D. F. Halpern (Eds.), The Cambridge Handbook of the International Psychology of Women (pp. 153-166). Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press.
Poeller, S., Baumann, N. & Mandryk, R. L. (2020). Power Play: How the Need to Empower or Overpower Other Players Predicts Preferences in League of Legends. CHI 2020, April 25–30, 2020, Honolulu, HI, USA. https://doi.org/10.1145/3313831
Schlinkert, C, Herbert, B., Baumann, N. & Koole, S. L. (2020). Preoccupied with the body: Mild stress amplifies the relation between rumination and interoception. Cognition and Emotion. doi:10.1080/02699931.2020.1746242
2019
Baum, I. & Baumann, N. (2019). Autonomous creativity: The implicit autonomy motive fosters creative production and innovative behavior at school. Gifted and Talented International. doi:10.1080/15332276.2019.1608136. hier
Birk, M., Mandryk, R. & Baumann, N. (2019). Just a click away: Action-state orientation moderates the impact of task interruptions on initiative. Journal of Personality. doi:10.1111/jopy.12498. hier
Kazén, M., Baumann, N., Twenhöfel, J. F. & Kuhl, J. (2019). When do anorexic patients perceive their body as too fat? Aggravating and ameliorating factors. PLOS ONE 14(2): e0212612. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0212612.
Maldei, T., Koole, S. L., & Baumann, N. (2019). Listening to your intuition in the face of distraction: Effects of working memory load on intuitive judgments of semantic coherence. Cognition, 191. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cognition.2019.05.012
Schüler, J., Baumann, N., Chasiotis, A., Bender, M. & Baum, I. (2019). Implicit motives and basic psychological needs. Journal of Personality. Special Issue: Self-determination theory as a foundation for personality theory, 87, 37-55.doi:10.1111/jopy.12431. hier
2018
Amlinger-Chatterjee, M. B., Baumann, N., Osborne, D., Mahmud, S. H. & Koole, S. L. (2018). Cross-cultural analysis of volition: Action orientation is associated with less anxious motive enactment and greater well-being in Germany, New Zealand, and Bangladesh. Frontiers in Psychology - Section Cultural Psychology. hier
Amlinger-Chatterjee, M.B. & Baumann, N. (2018). The we helps me: Poor emotion-regulators benefit from relatedness. Polish Psychological Bulletin, 49, 50-58. doi:10.24425/119471. hier
Baumann, N., Kazén, M., Quirin, M. & Koole. S. L. (Eds.) (2018). Why people do the things they do: Building on Julius Kuhl’s contributions to the psychology of motivation and volition. Göttingen: Hogrefe. hier
Baumann, N., Kazén, M. & Quirin, M. (2018). How do we know if you know yourself: Non-reactive measures, conditions, and correlates of self-access. In N. Baumann, M. Kazén, M. Quirin, & S. Koole (Eds.), Why people do the things they do: Building on Julius Kuhl’s contributions to the psychology of motivation and volition (chap. 16; p. 259-280). Göttingen: Hogrefe. hier
Chatterjee, M. B., Baumann, N., Osborne, D., Mahmud, S. H. & Koole, S. L. (2018). Cross-cultural analysis of volition: Action orientation is associated with less anxious motive enactment and greater well-being in Germany, New Zealand, and Bangladesh. Frontiers in Psychology - Section Cultural Psychology, 9, 1043. doi:10.3389/fpsyg.2018.01043
Kaufmann, M. & Baumann, N. (2018). Every look matters: Appraisals of faces follow distinct rules of information integration under arousing versus non-arousing conditions. Cognition and Emotion. Published online: 19 Mar 2018. doi:10.1080/02699931.2018.1449734. hier
Koole, S. L. & Baumann, N. (2018). The romantic science of Julius Kuhl. In N. Baumann, M. Kazén, M. Quirin, & S. Koole (Eds.), Why people do the things they do: Building on Julius Kuhl’s contributions to the psychology of motivation and volition (chap. 1; p. 3-14). Göttingen: Hogrefe. hier
Koole, S. L., Schlinkert, C., Maldei, T. & Baumann, N. (2018). Becoming who you are: An integrative review of self-determination theory and personality systems interactions theory. Journal of Personality.Special Issue: Self-determination theory as a foundation for personality theory. doi:10.1111/jopy.12380. hier
Pöller, S., Birk, M.V., Baumann, N. & Mandryk, R.L. (2018). Let me be implicit: Using motive disposition theory to predict and explain behaviour in digital games. CHI 2018, April 21–26, 2018, Montreal, QC, Canada. ACM. doi.org/10.1145/3173574.3173764.
hier2017
Chatterjee, M. B., Baumann, N. & Koole, S. L. (2017). Feeling better when someone is alike: Poor emotion-regulators profit from prosocial values and priming for similarities with close others. Journal of Personality, 85(6), 841-851. doi:10.1111/jopy.12292. hier
Wojdylo, K., Baumann, N. & Kuhl, J. (2017). The firepower of work craving: When self-control is burning under the rubble of self-regulation. PLOS ONE, 12(1). doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0169729. hier
2016
Baumann, N., Chatterjee, M. B. & Hank, P. (2016). Guiding others for their own good: Action orientation is associated with prosocial enactment of the implicit power motive. Motivation and Emotion, 40, 56-68. doi:10.1007/s11031-015-9511-0. hier
Baumann, N., Lürig, C. & Engeser, S. (2016). Flow and Enjoyment beyond Skill-Demand Balance: The Role of Game Pacing Curves and Personality. Motivation and Emotion, 40, 507-519. doi:10.1007/s11031-016-9549-7. hier
Birk, M. V., Buttlar, B., Bowey, J. T., Poeller, S., Thomson, S. C., Baumann, N. & Mandryk, R. L. (2016). The Effects of Social Exclusion on Play Experience and Hostile Cognitions in Digital Games. In Proceedings of the SIGCHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems. ACM. doi:http://dx.doi.org/10.1145/2858036.2858061. hier
Engeser, S., Baumann, N. & Baum, I. (2016). Schoolbook texts: Behavioral achievement priming in math and language. PLOS ONE. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0150497. hier
Wagner, L., Baumann, N. & Hank, P. (2016). Enjoying influence on others: Congruently high implicit and explicit power motives are related to teachers’ well-being. Motivation and Emotion, 40, 69-81.doi:10.1007/s11031-015-9516-8. hier
Wojdylo, K., Karlsson, W. & Baumann, N. (2016). Do I feel ill because I crave for work or do I crave for work because I feel ill? A longitudinal analysis of work craving and health. Journal of Behavioral Addictions, 5, 90-99. doi:10.1556/2006.5.2016.005. hier
2015
Kaufmann, M. & Baumann, N. (2015). Indirect measurement of implicit affect. In F. J. R. van de Vijver & T. Ortner (Hrsg.), Behavior based assessment in psychology: Going beyond self-report in the personality, affective, motivation and social domains. EAPA Series (p. 97-112). Göttingen: Hogrefe.
Lüdecke, C. & Baumann, N. (2015). When death is not a problem: Regulating implicit negative affect under mortality salience. Scandinavian Journal of Psychology. Published online: 3 September 2015. doi: 10.1111/sjop.12243. hier
Schüler, J., Brandstätter, V. & Baumann, N. (2015). Effects of implicit failure priming on cognitive and motoric performance in elementary school children. Swiss Journal of Psychology, 74(2), 83-90. doi: 10.1024/1421-0185/a000154. hier
Schüler, J., Brandstätter, V., Wegner, M. & Baumann, N. (2015). Testing the convergent and discriminant validity of three implicit motive measure: PSE, OMT, and MMG. Motivation and Emotion, 39, 839-857. doi: 10.1007/s11031-015-9502-1. hier
2014
Engeser, S. & Baumann, N. (2014). Does achievement motivation mediate the semantic achievement priming effect? Journal of Experimental Psychology: General, 143, 1861-1874. doi:10.1037/a0036864. hier
Engeser, S. & Baumann, N. (2014). Fluctuation of flow and affect in everyday life: A second look at the paradox of work. Journal of Happiness Studies. doi:10.1007/s10902-014-9586-4. hier
Peifer, C., Schulz, A., Schächinger, H., Baumann, N. & Antoni, C. (2014). The relation of flow-experience and physiological arousal under stress - can u shape it? Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 52, 62-69.http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jesp.2014.01.009.hier
Wojdylo, K., Baumann, N., Fischbach, L. & Engeser, S. (2014). Live to work or love to work: Work craving and work engagement. PLOS ONE, 9(10), e106379. hier
Wojdylo, K., Baumann, N., Kuhl, J. & Horstmann, J. (2014). Selbstregulation von Emotionen als Schutzfaktor gegen gesundheitliche Auswirkungen von Mobbing. Zeitschrift für Klinische Psychologie und Psychotherapie, 43, 27-34. hier
2013
Baumann, N. & Kuhl, J. (2013). Selbstregulation und Selbstkontrolle. In W. Sarges (Hrsg.) Management-Diagnostik (4. völlig überarbeitete Auflage, S. 263-271). Göttingen: Hogrefe. hier
Chatterjee, M. B., Baumann, N. & Osborne, D. (2013). You are not alone: Relatedness reduces adverse effects of state orientation on well-being under stress. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 39, 432-441. doi: 10.1177/0146167213476895. hier
Engeser, S., Hollricher, I. & Baumann, N. (2013). The stories children's books tell us: Motive-related imagery in children’s books and their relation to academic performance and crime rates. Journal of Research in Personality, 47(4), 421-426. hier hier
Schüler, J., Brandstätter, V. & Baumann, N. (2013). Failure cue priming and impaired cognitive performance: Aanalyses of avoidance motivation as a mediator and fear of failure as a moderator. European Journal of Social Psychology, 43(5), 335-343. hier
Wojdylo, K., Baumann, N., Buczny, J., Owens, G. & Kuhl, J. (2013). Work craving: A conceptualization and measurement. Basic and Applied Social Psychology, 35(6), 547-568. doi: 10.1080/01973533.2013.840631. hier
2012
Baumann, N. (2012). Autotelic personality. In S. Engeser (Hrsg.) Advances in flow research (9. Kapitel, S. 165-186)). Heidelberg, Germany: Springer. hier
Koole, S. L., Jostmann, N. B. & Baumann, N. (2012). Do demanding conditions help or hurt self-regulation? Social and Personality Psychology Compass, 6(4), 328-346. doi:10.1111/j.1751-9004.2012.00425.x hier
2011
Baumann, N. (2011). Volitional and emotional correlates of the motivational structure questionnaire: Further evidence for construct validity. In W.M. Cox & E. Klinger (Hrsg.), Handbook of motivational counseling: Goal-Based Approaches to Assessment and Intervention with Addiction and Other Problems (2. überarbeitete Version, S. 233-252). Sussex: Wiley.
Baumann, N. & Scheffer, D. (2011). Seeking flow in the achievement domain: The flow motive behind flow experience. Motivation and Emotion, 35, 267-284. doi: 10.1007/s11031-010-9195-4. hier
Kiegelmann, M. & Baumann, N. (2011). Ein methodenintegratives Interventionsprojekt zur Selbstregulation von Schülerinnen und Schülern. Zeitschrift für Qualitative Forschung. Schwerpunkt: Methodenintegration, 12(1), 25-45. hier
2010
Baumann, N. (2010). Alternativen zur Befragung: Nicht-reaktive, prozessorientierte Diagnostik. In E. Walther, F. Preckel & S. Mecklenbräuker (Hrsg.), Befragung von Kindern und Jugendlichen (zwischen 5 und 15 Jahren) (S. 343-366). Göttingen: Hogrefe.
Baumann, N. (2010). Kein Wachstum ohne Schmerz. Die Bedeutung emotionaler Dialektik für Intuition und Kreativität. In R. Rosenzweig (Hrsg.), Geistesblitz und Neuronendonner: Intution, Kreativität und Phantasie (S. 139-154). Paderborn: Mentis. hier
Baumann, N., Gebker, S. & Kuhl, J. (2010). Hochbegabung und Selbstregulation: Ein Schlüssel für die Umsetzung von Begabung in Leistung. In F. Preckel, W. Schneider & H. Holling (Hrsg.), Jahrbuch der Pädagogischen Diagnostik - Tests & Trends: Hochbegabung (S. 141-167). Göttingen: Hogrefe.
Baumann, N., Kazén, M. & Kuhl, J. (2010). Implicit motives: A look from Personality Systems Interaction Theory. In O.C. Schultheiss & J.C. Brunstein (Hrsg.), Implicit Motives (S. 375-403). New York, NY: Oxford University Press.
Baumann, N. & Scheffer, D. (2010). Seeing and Mastering Difficulty: The role of affective change in achievement flow. Cognition and Emotion, 24, 1304-1328. doi:10.1080/02699930903319911 hier
2009
Baumann, N. (2009). Selbstbestimmungstheorie und Kognitive Bewertungstheorie. In V. Brandstätter & J.H. Otto (Hrsg.), Handbuch der Allgemeinen Psychologie: Motivation und Emotion (S. 142-149). Göttingen: Hogrefe.
Quirin, M., Koole, S., Baumann, N., Kazén, M. & Kuhl, J. (2009). You can't always remember what you want: The role of cortisol in false self-ascriptions of assigned goals. Journal of Research in Personality, 43, 1026-1032.doi:10.1016/j.jrp.2009.06.001 hier
2008
Baumann, N. & Scheffer, D. (2008). Operanter Motivtest und Leistungs-Flow. In W. Sarges & D. Scheffer (Hrsg.), Innovative Ansätze für die Eignungsdiagnostik. Psychologie für das Personalmanagement (S. 65-76). Göttingen: Hogrefe.
2007
Baumann, N., Kaschel, R. & Kuhl, J. (2007). Affect sensitivity and affect regulation in dealing with positive and negative affekt. Journal of Research in Personality, 41, 239-248. doi:10.1016/j.jrp.2006.05.002 hier
Kuhl, J., Baumann, N. & Kazén, M. (2007). What goals make good grades - and why? Academic Exchange Quarterly: Self-Regulation of Learning, 11, 4, 192-196. hier
2006
Baumann, N. & Quirin, M. (2006). Motivation und Gesundheit. Bedürfnisfrustration als Vermittler zwischen Selbststeuerungsdefiziten und psychosomatischen Symptomen. Zeitschrift für Gesundheitspsychologie, 14, 46-53. doi: 10.1026/0943-8149.14.2.46 hier
2005
Baumann, N., Kaschel, R. & Kuhl, J. (2005). Striving for unwanted goals: Stress-dependent discrepancies between explicit and implicit achievement motives reduce subjective well-being and increase psychosomatic symptoms. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 89, 781-799. doi:10.1037/0022-3514.89.5.781 hier
Baumann, N. & Kuhl, J. (2005). How to resist temptation: The effects of external control versus autonomy support on self-regulatory dynamics. Journal of Personality, 73, 443-470. doi: 10.1111/j.1467-6494.2005.00315.x hier
Baumann, N. & Kuhl, J. (2005). Positive affect and flexibility: Overcoming the precedence of global over local processing of visual information. Motivation and Emotion, 29, 123-134. doi: 10.1007/s11031-005-7957-1 hier
Baumann, N. & Kuhl, J. (2005). Selbstregulation und Selbstkontrolle. In H. Weber & T. Rammsayer (Hrsg.), Handbuch der Persönlichkeitspsychologie und Differentiellen Psychologie (S. 362-373). Göttingen: Hogrefe.
Baumann, N., Kuhl, J. & Kazén, M. (2005). Left-hemispheric activation and self-infiltration: Testing a neuropsychological model of internalization. Motivation and Emotion, 29, 135-163. doi: 10.1007/s11031-005-9439-x hier
Kazén, M. & Baumann, N. (2005). Distinguishing associative from integrative implicit measures of self-access. Proceedings of the "Third International Biennial SELF Research Conference", Max-Planck-Institut of Human Development, Berlin, July (CD; ISBN 1 74108 073 8).
Kazén, M., Baumann, N. & Kuhl, J. (2005). Self-regulation after mortality salience: National pride feelings of action-oriented German participants. European Psychologist, 10, 218-228. doi: 10.1027/1016-9040.10.3.218 hier
2004
Baumann, N. (2004). Volitional and emotional correlates of the motivational structure questionnaire: Further evidence for construct validity. In W.M. Cox & E. Klinger (Hrsg.) Handbook of motivational counseling: Concepts, approaches, and assessment (S. 199-213). Sussex: Wiley. hier
2003
Baumann, N. & Kuhl, J. (2003). Der Selbstregulations- und Konzentrationstest für Kinder (SRKT-K) und Erwachsene und der Selbstregulations-Strategietest für Kinder (SRST-K). In J. Stiensmeier-Pelster & F. Rheinberg (Hrsg.), Diagnostik von Motivation und Selbstkonzept (S. 183-200). Göttingen. Hogrefe.
Baumann, N. & Kuhl, J. (2003). Self-infiltration: Confusing assigned tasks as self-selected in memory. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 29, 487-497. doi:10.1177/0146167202250916 hier
Kazén, M., Baumann, N. & Kuhl, J. (2003). Self-infiltration vs. self-compatibility checking in dealing with unattractive tasks: The moderating influence of state vs. action orientation.Motivation and Emotion,27, 157-197. doi:10.1023/A:1025043530799 hier
Schumacher, H.L. & Baumann, N. (2003). Arbeitsunfähigkeit bei jüngeren Dorsopathie-Patienten und ihre Wechselwirkung mit Schmerzen, Funktionskapazität, sozialen Faktoren und Persönlichkeitsstilen. Die Rehabilitation, 42, 245-252. hier
2002
Baumann, N. & Kuhl, J. (2002). Intuition, affect, and personality: Unconscious coherence judgments and self-regulation of negative affect. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 83, 1213-1223. doi:10.1037/0022-3514.83.5.1213 hier
Baumann, N. & Kuhl, J. (2002). Der Versuchung widerstehen: Die Auswirkungen von externaler Kontrolle und Autonomieförderung auf die Selbstregulationsdynamik. Sprachrohr Lerntherapie, 1, 32-38.
2000
Kuhl, J. & Baumann, N. (2000). Self-regulation and rumination: Negative affect and impaired self-accessibility. In W.J. Perrig & A. Grob (Hrsg.), Control of human behavior, mental processes, and consciousness (S. 283-305). Mahwah, NJ: Erlbaum.