Bart Soenens

Vermote, B., Vansteenkiste, M., Soenens, B., & Beyers, W. (2024). Which teachers feel good and adopt a motivating teaching style? The role of teaching identity and motivation to teach. Studies in Higher Education, Advance online publication doi: 10.1080/03075079.2023.2296565

Beyers, W., Soenens, B., & Vansteenkiste, M. (2024). Autonomy in adolescence: a conceptual, developmental and cross-cultural perspective. European Journal of Developmental Psychology, Advance online publication doi: 10.1080/17405629.2024.2330734

Van de Casteele, M., Flamant, N., Ponnet, K., Soenens, B., Van Hees, V., & Vansteenkiste, M. (2024). Adolescents' mental health in the social-media era: The role of offline and online need-based experiences. Journal of Adolescence, Advance online publication doi: 10.1002/jad.12286

Desimpelaere, E. N., De Clercq, L. E., Soenens, B., Prinzie, P., & De Pauw, S. S. W. (2023). Parenting a child with Down syndrome: A qualitative study on parents' experiences and behaviors from a self-determination theory perspective. Journal of Pediatric Nursing, Advance Online doi: 10.1016/j.pedn.2023.10.021

Desimpelaere, E. N., Soenens, B., Prinzie, P., Waterschoot, J., Vansteenkiste, M., Morbée, S., Schrooyen, C., & De Pauw, S. S. W. (2023). Parents’ stress, parental burnout, and parenting behavior during the COVID-19 Pandemic: Comparing parents of children with and without complex care needs. Journal of Child and Family Studies, 32, 3681-3696. doi: 10.1007/s10826-023-02702-0

Vansteenkiste, M., Soenens, B., & Ryan, R. M. (2023). Basic psychological needs theory: A conceptual and empirical review of key criteria. In R. M. Ryan (Ed.), Oxford handbook of self-determination theory (pp. 84-123). : Oxford University Press. doi: 10.1093/oxfordhb/9780197600047.013.5

Flamant, N., Haerens, L., Vansteenkiste, M., Laporte, N., Mabbe, E., & Soenens, B. (2023). A daily examination of the moderating role of adolescents’ coping in associations between psychologically controlling parenting and adolescents’ maladjustment. Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 52, 287-305. doi: 10.1007/s10964-022-01685-3

Waterschoot, J., Morbée, S., Vermote, B., Brenning, K., Flamant, N., Vansteenkiste, M., & Soenens, B. (2023). Emotion regulation in times of COVID-19: A person-centered approach based on self-determination theory. Current Psychology, 42, 20211-20225. doi: 10.1007/s12144-021-02623-5

Boncquet, M., Flamant, N., Lavrijsen, J., Vansteenkiste, M., Verschueren, K., & Soenens, B. (2023). The unique importance of motivation and mindsets for students’ learning behavior and achievement: An examination at the level of between-student differences and within-student fluctuations. Journal of Educational Psychology, Advance Online doi: 10.1037/edu0000827

Soenens, B., & Vansteenkiste, M. (2023). doi: 10.1093/oso/9780197662359.003.0016

Morbée, S., Waterschoot, J., De Muynck, G-J., Haerens, L., Soenens, B., & Vansteenkiste, M. (2023). Identifying profiles of parental (de)motivating behaviors in youth sports: A multi-informant approach. Motivation and Emotion, 47, 990-1006. doi: 10.1007/s11031-023-10040-3

Lavrijsen, J., Soenens, B., Vansteenkiste, M., & Verschueren, K. (2023). When insecure self-worth drains students’ energy: Academic contingent self-esteem and parents’ and teachers’ perceived conditional regard as predictors of school burnout. Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 58, 810-825. doi: 10.1007/s10964-023-01749-y

Brenning, K., Soenens, B., Vansteenkiste, M., De Clercq, B., & Antrop, I. (2022). Emotion regulation as a transdiagnostic risk factor for (non)clinical adolescents’ internalizing and externalizing psychopathology: Investigating the intervening role of psychological need experiences. Child Psychiatry & Human Development, 53, 124-136. doi: 10.1007/s10578-020-01107-0

Bülow, A., Neubauer, A. B., Soenens, B., Boele, S., Denissen, J. J. A., & Keijsers, L. (2022). Universal ingredients to parenting teens: Parental warmth and autonomy support promote adolescent well-being in most families. PsyArXiv Preprints

Flamant, N., Boncquet, M., Van Petegem, S., Haerens, L., Beyers, W., & Soenens, B. (2022). To endure or to resist? Adolescents’ coping with overprotective parenting. Journal of Applied Developmental Psychology, 82, 101444. doi: 10.1016/j.appdev.2022.101444

Laporte, N., Soenens, B., Flamant, N., Vansteenkiste, M., Mabbe, E., & Brenning, K. (2021). The role of daily need crafting in daily fluctuations in adolescents' need-based and affective experiences. Motivation and Emotion doi: 10.1007/s11031-021-09921-2

De Clercq, L. E., Soenens, B., Dieleman, L. M., Prinzie, P., Van der Kaap-Deeder, J., Beyers, W., & De Pauw, S. S. W. (2021). Parenting and child personality as modifiers of the psychosocial development of youth with cerebral palsy. Child Psychiatry and Human Development doi: 10.1007/s10578-020-01106-1

Campbell, R., Vansteenkiste, M., Soenens, B., Vandenkerckhove, B., & Mouratidis, A. (2021). Toward a better understanding of the reciprocal relations between adolescent psychological need experiences and sleep. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 47(3), 377-394. doi: 10.1177/0146167220923456

Ryan, R. M., Deci, E. L., Vansteenkiste, M., & Soenens, B. (2021). Building a science of motivated persons: Self-determination theory’s empirical approach to human experience and the regulation of behavior. Motivation Science, 7(2), 97-110. doi: 10.1037/mot0000194

Ryan, R. M., Deci, E. L., Vansteenkiste, M., & Soenens, B. (2021). A legacy unfinished: An appreciative reply to comments on self-determination theory’s frontiers and challenges. Motivation Science, 7(2), 120-121. doi: 10.1037/mot0000237

Morbée, S., Vansteenkiste, M., Vermote, B., Waterschoot, J., Dieleman, L., Soenens, B., Van den Bergh, O., Ryan, R. M., Vanhalst, J., & De Muynck, G. (2021). Adherence to COVID-19 measures: The critical role of autonomous motivation on a short- and long-term basis. Motivation Science, 7(4), 487-496. doi: 10.1037/mot0000250

Vermote, B., Waterschoot, J., Morbée, S., Van der Kaap-Deeder, J., Schrooyen, C., Soenens, B., Ryan, R. M., & Vansteenkiste, M. (2021). Do psychological needs play a role in times of uncertainty? Associations with well-being during the COVID-19 crisis. Journal of Happiness Studies, 23, 257-288. doi: 10.1007/s10902-021-00398-x

Waterschoot, J., Van der Kaap-Deeder, J., Morbee, S., Soenens, B., & Vansteenkiste, M. (2021). “How to unlock myself from boredom?” The role of mindfulness and a dual awareness- and action-oriented pathway during the COVID-19 lockdown. Personality and Individual Differences, 175, 110729. doi: 10.1016/j.paid.2021.110729

De Clercq, L. E., Dieleman, L. M., Van der Kaap-Deeder, J., Soenens, B., Prinzie, P., & De Pauw, S. S. W. (2020). Negative controlling parenting and child personality as modifiers of psychosocial development in youth with autism spectrum disorder: A 9-year longitudinal study at the level of within-person change. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders doi: 10.1007/s10803-020-04761-4

De Clercq, L. E., Dieleman, L. M., Van der Kaap-Deeder, J., Soenens, B., Prinzie, P., & De Pauw, S. S. W. (2020). Negative controlling parenting and child personality as modifiers of psychosocial development in youth with autism spectrum disorder: A 9-year longitudinal study at the level of within-person change. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders doi: 10.1007/s10803-020-04761-4

Assor, A., Soenens, B., Yitshaki, N., Ezra, O., Geifman, Y., & Olshtein, G. (2020). Towards a wider conception of autonomy support in adolescence: The contribution of reflective inner-compass facilitation to the formation of an authentic inner compass and well-being. Motivation and Emotion, 44(2), 159-174. doi: 10.1007/s11031-019-09809-2

Brenning, K., Robichaud, J-M., Flamant, N., Vansteenkiste, M., Coorevits, N., De Clercq, B., & Soenens, B. (2020). The role of maternal emotion regulation in controlling parenting during toddlerhood: An observational study. Motivation and Emotion, 44, 897–910. doi: 10.1007/s11031-020-09857-z

Robichaud, J-M., Mageau, G. A., & Soenens, B. (2020). The role of logical consequences in adolescents’ cognitive precursors of compliance and internalization. Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 192, 104777. doi: 10.1016/j.jecp.2019.104777

Vansteenkiste, M., Soenens, B., Van den Bergh, O., Chauvrier, P., Desmet, A., Dewaele, A., Phalet, K., Lowet, K., Luminet, O., & Morbee, S. (2020). The population is no longer motivated. How can we create a motivating climate?. Research Report, 12

Vansteenkiste, M., Ryan, R. M., & Soenens, B. (2020). Basic psychological need theory: Advancements, critical themes, and future directions. Motivation and Emotion, 44, 1-31. doi: 10.1007/s11031-019-09818-1

Brenning, K., Soenens, B., Van der Kaap-Deeder, J., Dieleman, L., & Vansteenkiste, M. (2020). Psychologically controlling parenting during toddlerhood: The role of mothers’ perceived parenting history and emotion regulation style. Journal of Child and Family Studies, 29, 2257-2267. doi: 10.1007/s10826-020-01719-z

Van der Kaap-Deeder, J., Soenens, B., Mouratidis, A., De Pauw, S., Krojgaard, P., & Vansteenkiste, M. (2020). Towards a detailed understanding of preschool children’s memory-related functioning and emotion regulation: The role of parents’ observed reminiscence style, memory valence, and parental gender. Developmental Psychology, 56, 1696-1708. doi: 10.1037/dev0001048

Van der Kaap-Deeder, J., Soenens, B., Van Petegem, S., Neyrinck, B., De Pauw, S., Raemdonck, E., & Vansteenkiste, M. (2020). Live well and die with inner peace: The importance of retrospective need-based experiences, ego integrity and despair for late adults’ death attitudes. Archives of Gerontology and Geriatrics, 91, 104184. doi: 10.1016/j.archger.2020.104184

Van der Kaap-Deeder, J., Soenens, B., Ryan, R. M., & Vansteenkiste, M. (2020). . In , Manual of the Basic Psychological Need Satisfaction and Frustration Scale (BPNSFS)Belgium: Ghent University.

Soenens, B., Vansteenkiste, M., & Beyers, W. (2019). . In M. H. Bornstein (Ed.), Parenting adolescents (Vol Volume 1, pp. 101–167). New York: Routledge.

De Clercq, L., Van der Kaap-Deeder, J., Dieleman, L. M., Soenens, B., Prinzie, P., & De Pauw, S. S. W. (2019). Parenting and psychosocial development in youth with and without autism spectrum disorder, cerebral palsy, and down syndrome: a cross-disability comparison. Advances in Neurodevelopmental Disorders, 3, 220-234. doi: 10.1007/s41252-019-00112-2

Dieleman, L.M., Soenens, B., Vansteenkiste, M., Prinzie, P., Laporte, N., & De Pauw, S.S.W. (2019). Daily sources of autonomy-supportive and controlling parenting in mothers of children with ASD: The role of child behavior and mothers’ psychological needs. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 49(2), 509-526. doi: 10.1007/s10803-018-3726-3

Aelterman, N., Vansteenkiste, M., Haerens, L., Soenens, B., Fontaine, J.R.J., & Reeve, J. (2019). Toward an Integrative and Fine-Grained Insight in Motivating and Demotivating Teaching Styles: The Merits of a Circumplex Approach. Journal of Educational Psychology, 111(3), 497-521. doi: 10.1037/edu0000293

Vansteenkiste, M., Aelterman, N., Haerens, L., & Soenens, B. (2019). Seeking Stability In Stormy Educational Times: A Need-Based Perspective On (De)Motivating Teaching Grounded In Self-Determination Theory. Motivation in Education at a Time of Global Change, 20, 53-80. doi: 10.1108/S0749-742320190000020004

Van der Kaap-Deeder, J., Mabbe, E., Dieleman, L., Brenning, K., Vansteenkiste, M., & Soenens, B. (2019). De ene dag is de andere niet: Een dynamische kijk op autonomieondersteunend opvoeden. [One day is not the other: A dynamic view on autonomy-supportive parenting]. Kind & Adolescent, 40, 89-93. doi: 10.1007/s12453-019-00201-y

Nguyen, T., Werner, K.M., & Soenens, B. (2019). Embracing me-time: Motivation for solitude during transition to college. Motivation and Emotion, 43, 571-591. doi: 10.1007/s11031-019-09759-9

Van Petegem, S., de Ferrerre, E., Soenens, B., van Rooij, A.J., & Van Looy, J. (2019). Parents’ Degree and Style of Restrictive Mediation of Young Children’s Digital Gaming: Associations with Parental Attitudes and Perceived Child Adjustment. Journal of Child and Family Studies, 28(5), 1379-1391. doi: 10.1007/s10826-019-01368-x

Van Der Kaap-Deeder, J., Soenens, B., Mabbe, E., Dieleman, L., Mouratidis, A., Campbell, R., & Vansteenkiste, M. (2019). From Daily Need Experiences to Autonomy- Supportive and Psychologically Controlling Parenting via Psychological Availability and Stress. Parenting: Science and Practice, 19(3), 1-26. doi: 10.1080/15295192.2019.1615791

Van der Kaap-Deeder, J., Soenens, B., Mabbe, E., Dieleman, L., Mouratidis, A., Campbell, R., & Vansteenkiste, M. (2019). From daily need experiences to autonomy-supportive and psychologically controlling parenting via psychological availability and stress. Parenting: Science and Practice, 19, 177-202. doi: 10.1080/15295192.2019.1615791

Vandenkerckhove, B., Soenens, B., Van der Kaap-Deeder, J., Brenning, K., Luyten, P., & Vansteenkiste, M. (2019). The role of weekly need-based experiences and self-criticism in predicting weekly academic (mal)adjustment. Learning and Individual Differences, 69, 69-83. doi: 10.1016/j.lindif.2018.11.009

Brenning, K., Soenens, B., Mabbe, E., & Vansteenkiste, M. (2019). Ups and downs in the joy of motherhood: Maternal well-being as a function of psychological needs, personality, and infant temperament. 20(1), 229-250. doi: 10.1007/s10902-017-9936-0

Brenning, K.M., Antrop, I., Van Petegem, S., Soenens, B., De Meulenaere, J., Rodríguez-Meirinhos, A., & Vansteenkiste, M. (2019). I won't obey!: Psychologically Controlling Parenting and (Non)‐Clinical Adolescents' Responses to Rule-setting. Journal of Clinical Psychology, 75(6), 1034-1046. doi: 10.1002/jclp.22750

Ryan, R. M., Soenens, B., & Vansteenkiste, M. (2019). Reflections on self‐determination theory as an organizing framework for personality psychology: Interfaces, integrations, issues, and unfinished business. Journal of Personality, 87(1), 115-145. doi: 10.1111/jopy.12440

Soenens, B., Park, S-Y., Mabbe, E., Vansteenkiste, M., Chen, B., Van Petegem, S., & Brenning, K. (2018). The Moderating Role of Vertical Collectivism in South-Korean Adolescents’ Perceptions of and Responses to Autonomy-Supportive and Controlling Parenting. Frontiers in Psychology, 9 doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2018.01080

Mabbe, E., Soenens, B., Vansteenkiste, M., Van der Kaap-Deeder, J., & Mouratidis, A. (2018). Day-to-day Variation in Autonomy-Supportive and Psychologically Controlling Parenting: The Role of Parents’ Daily Experiences of Need Satisfaction and Need Frustration. Science and Practice, 18(2), 86-109. doi: 10.1080/15295192.2018.1444131

Dieleman, L., De Pauw, S.S.W., Soenens, B., Mabbe, E., Campbell, R., & Prinzie, P. (2018). Relations between problem behaviors, perceived symptom severity and parenting in adolescents and emerging adults with ASD: The mediating role of parental psychological need frustration. Research in Developmental Disabilities, 73, 21-30. doi: 10.1016/j.ridd.2017.12.012

Mabbe, E., Vansteenkiste, M., Van der Kaap-Deeder, J., Dieleman, L., Mouratidis, A., & Soenens, B. (2018). The role of child personality in effects of psychologically controlling parenting: An examination at the level of daily fluctuations. European Journal of Personality, 32, 459-479. doi: 10.1002/per.2156

Dieleman, L.M., Moyson, T., De Pauw, S.S.W., Prinzie, P., & Soenens, B. (2018). Parents' need-related experiences and behaviors when raising a child with autism spectrum disorder. Journal of Pediatric Nursing, 42, e26-e37. doi: 10.1016/j.pedn.2018.06.005

Vanhalst, J., Luyckx, K., Van Petegem, S., & Soenens, B. (2018). The detrimental effects of adolescents’ chronic loneliness on motivation and emotion regulation in social situations. Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 47(1), 162-176. doi: 10.1007/s10964-017-0686-4

Campbell, R., Boone, L., Vansteenkiste, M., & Soenens, B. (2018). Psychological need frustration as a transdiagnostic process in associations of self-critical perfectionism with depressive symptoms and eating pathology. Journal of Clinical Psychology, 74(10) doi: 10.1002/jclp.22628

Wuyts, D., Soenens, B., Vansteenkiste, M., & Van Petegem, S. (2018). The role of observed autonomy support, reciprocity, and need satisfaction in adolescent disclosure about friends. Journal of Adolescence, 65, 141-154. doi: 10.1016/j.adolescence.2018.03.012

Campbell, R., Soenens, B., Beyers, W., & Vansteenkiste, M. (2018). University students’ sleep during an exam period: The role of basic psychological needs and stress. Motivation and Emotion, 42(5), 671-681. doi: 10.1007/s11031-018-9699-x

Mabbe, E., Soenens, B., De Muynck, G-J., & Vansteenkiste, M. (2018). The impact of feedback valence and communication style on intrinsic motivation in middle childhood: Experimental evidence and generalization across individual differences. Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 170, 134-160. doi: 10.1016/j.jecp.2018.01.008

Van Petegem, S., Vansteenkiste, M., Soenens, B., Zimmermann, G., Antonietti, J-P., Baudat, S., & Audenaert, E. (2017). When do adolescents accept or defy to maternal prohibitions? The role of social domain and communication style. Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 46(5), 1022-1037. doi: 10.1007/s10964-016-0562-7

Wuyts, D., Soenens, B., Vansteenkiste, M., Van Petegem, S., & Brenning, K. (2017). The Role of Separation Anxiety in Mothers’ Use of Autonomy Support: An Observational Study. Journal of Children and Family Studies, 26(7), 1949-1957. doi: 10.1007/s10826-017-0707-7

Depestele, L., Soenens, B., MD Lemmens, G., Dierckx, E., Schoevaerts, K., & Claes, L. (2017). Parental Autonomy-Support And Psychological Control In Eating Disorder Patients With And Without Binge-Eating/Purging Behavior And Non-Suicidal Self-Injury. Journal of Social and Clinical Psychology, 36(2), 126-141. doi: 10.1521/jscp.2017.36.2.126

Van der Kaap-Deeder, J., Vansteenkiste, M., Soenens, B., & Mabbe, E. (2017). Children’s daily well-being: The role of mothers’, teachers’, and siblings’ autonomy support and psychological control. Developmental Psychology, 53(2), 237-251. doi: 10.1037/dev0000218

Brenning, K., & Soenens, B. (2017). A Self-Determination Theory Perspective on Postpartum Depressive Symptoms and Early Parenting Behaviors. Journal of Clinical Psychology, 73(12), 1729-1743. doi: 10.1002/jclp.22480

De Muynck, G-J., Vansteenkiste, M., Delrue, J., Aelterman, N., Haerens, L., & Soenens, B. (2017). The Effects of Feedback Valence and Style on Need Satisfaction, Self-Talk, and Perseverance Among Tennis Players: An Experimental Study. Journal of Sport & Exercise Psychology, 39, 67-80. doi: 10.1123/jsep.2015-0326

Wuyts, D., Vansteenkiste, M., Mabbe, E., & Soenens, B. (2017). Effects of social pressure and child failure on parents’ use of control: An experimental investigation. Contemporary Educational Psychology, 51, 378-390. doi: 10.1016/j.cedpsych.2017.09.010

Soenens, B., Deci, E. L., & Vansteenkiste, M. (2017). How parents contribute to children’s psychological health: The critical role of psychological need support. In L. Wehmeyer, T. D. Little, S. J. Lopez, K. A. Shogren, & R. Ryan, Development of self-determination through the life-course (pp. 171-187). : New York: Springer. doi: 10.1007/978-94-024-1042-6_13

Van der Kaap-Deeder, J., Audenaert, E., Vandevelde, S., Soenens, B., Van Mastrigt, S., Mabbe, E., & Vansteenkiste, M. (2017). Choosing When Choices Are Limited: The Role of Perceived Afforded Choice and Autonomy in Prisoners’ Well-Being. Law and Human Behavior, 41(6), 567-578. doi: 10.1037/lhb0000259

Campbell, R., Soenens, B., Weinstein, N., & Vansteenkiste, M. (2017). Impact of Partial Sleep Deprivation on Psychological Functioning: Effects on Mindfulness and Basic Psychological Need Satisfaction. Mindfulness, 9(4), 1123-1133. doi: 10.1007/s12671-017-0848-1

Van Petegem, S., Zimmer-Gembeck, M.J., Soenens, B., Vansteenkiste, M., Brenning, K., Mabbe, E., Vanhalst, J., & Zimmermann, G. (2017). Does General Parenting Context Modify Adolescents' Appraisals and Coping with a Situation of Parental Regulation? The Case of Autonomy-Supportive Parenting. Journal of Child and Family Studies, 26(9), 2623-2639. doi: 10.1007/s10826-017-0758-9

Chen, B., Soenens, B., Vansteenkiste, M., Van Petegem, S., & Beyers, W. (2016). Where Do the Cultural Differences in Dynamics of Controlling Parenting Lie? Adolescents as Active Agents in the Perception of and Coping with Parental Behavior. Psychologica Belgica, 56(3), 169-192. doi: 10.5334/pb.306

De Meyer, J., Soenens, B., Aelterman, N., De Bourdeaudhuij, I., & Haerens, L. (2016). The different faces of controlling teaching: implications of a distinction between externally and internally controlling teaching for students’ motivation in physical education. Physical Education and Sport Pedagogy, 21(6), 632-652. doi: 10.1080/17408989.2015.1112777

Aelterman, N., Vansteenkiste, M., Soenens, B., & Haerens, L. (2016). A dimensional and person-centered perspective on controlled reasons for non-participation in physical education. Psychology of Sport and Exercise, 23, 142-154. doi: 10.1016/j.psychsport.2015.12.001

De Meyer, J., Soenens, B., Vansteenkiste, M., Aelterman, N., Van Petegem, S., & Haerens, L. (2016). Do students with different motives for physical education respond differently to autonomy-supportive and controlling teaching?. Psychology of Sport and Exercise, 22, 72-82. doi: 10.1016/j.psychsport.2015.06.001

Campbell, R., Vansteenkiste, M., Delesie, L., Soenens, B., Tobback, E., Vogelaers, D., & Mariman, A. (2016). The role of basic psychological need satisfaction, sleep, and mindfulness in the health-related quality of life of people living with HIV. Journal of Health Psychology, 24(4), 535-545. doi: 10.1177/1359105316678305

Mageau, G. A., Bureau, J. S., Ranger, F., Allen, M.-P.,, & Soenens, B. (2016). Parental achievement goals as determinants of autonomy-supportive and controlling parenting. Journal of Child and Family Studies, 25, 1702-1711. doi: 10.1007/s10826-015-0341-1

Van der Kaap-Deeder, J., Vansteenkiste, M., Van Petegem, S., Raes, F., & Soenens, B. (2016). On the Integration of Need-related Autobiographical Memories among Late Adolescents and Late Adults: The Role of Depressive Symptoms and Self-congruence. European Journal of Personality doi: 10.1002/per.2079

Verstuyf, J., Vansteenkiste, M., Soetens, B., & Soenens, B. (2016). Motivational dynamics underlying eating regulation in young and adult female dieters: relationships with healthy eating behaviours and disordered eating symptoms. Psychology & Health, 31(6), 711-729. doi: 10.1080/08870446.2016.1143942

Mabbe, E., Soenens, B., Vansteenkiste, M., & Van Leeuwen, K. (2016). Do personality traits moderate relations between psychologically controlling parenting and problem behavior in adolescents?. Journal of Personality, 84(3), 381-392. doi: 10.1111/jopy.12166

Van der Kaap-Deeder, J., Soenens, B., Boone, L., Vandenkerckhove, B., Stemgee, E., & Vansteenkiste, M. (2016). Evaluative concerns perfectionism and coping with failure: Effects on rumination, avoidance, and acceptance. Personality and Individual Differences, 101, 114-119. doi: 10.1016/j.paid.2016.05.063

Van Petegem, S., Vansteenkiste, M., Soenens, B., Beyers, W., & Aelterman, N. (2015). Examining the longitudinal association between oppositional defiance and autonomy in adolescence. Developmental Psychology, 51(1), 67-74. doi: 10.1037/a0038374

Wuyts, D., Vansteenkiste, M., Soenens, B., & Assor, A. (2015). An Examination of the Dynamics Involved in Parental Child-Invested Contingent Self-Esteem. Parenting: Science and Practice, 15(2), 55-74. doi: 10.1080/15295192.2015.1020135

Chen, B., Van Assche, J., Vansteenkiste, M., Soenens, B., & Beyers, W. (2015). Does psychological need satisfaction matter when environmental or financial safety are at risk?. Journal of Happiness Studies, 16(3), 745-766. doi: 10.1007/s10902-014-9532-5

Van Petegem, S., Soenens, B., Vansteenkiste, M., & Beyers, W. (2015). Rebels with a cause? Adolescent defiance from the perspective of reactance theory and self-determination theory. Child Development, 86(3), 903-918. doi: 10.1111/cdev.12355

Soenens, B., Wuyts, D., Vansteenkiste, M., Mageau, G. A., & Brenning, K. (2015). Raising trophy kids: The role of mothers' contingent self-esteem in maternal promotion of extrinsic goals. Journal of Adolescence, 42, 40-49. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.adolescence.2015.04.001

Van der Kaap-Deeder, J., Vansteenkiste, M., Soenens, B., Loeys, T., Mabbe, E., & Gargurevich, R. (2015). Autonomy-supportive parenting and autonomy-supportive sibling interactions: The role of mothers’ and siblings’ psychological need satisfaction. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 41(11), 1590-1604. doi: 10.1177/0146167215602225

Bjelland, M., Soenens, B., Bere, E., Kovács, É., Lien, N., Maes, L., Manios, Y., Moschonis, G., & J te Velde, S. (2015). Associations between parental rules, style of communication and children’s screen time. BMC Public Health, 15(1002) doi: 10.1186/s12889-015-2337-6

Costa, S., Soenens, B., Gugliandolo, M.C., Cuzzocrea, F., & Larcan, R. (2015). The mediating role of experiences of need satisfaction in associations between parental psychological control and internalizing problems: A study among Italian college students. Journal of Child and Family Studies, 24(4), 1106-1116. doi: 10.1007/s10826-014-9919-2

Wuyts, D., Chen, B., Vansteenkiste, M., & Soenens, B. (2015). Social pressure and unfulfilled dreams among Chinese and Belgian parents: Two roads to controlling parenting via child-invested contingent self-esteem. Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology, 46(9), 1150-1168. doi: 10.1177/0022022115603125

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 dark side of motivation. Psychology of Sport and Exercise, 16, 26-36. doi: 10.1016/j.psychsport.2014.08.013

Soenens, B., Vansteenkiste, M., & Van Petegem, S. (2015). Let us not throw out the baby with the bathwater: Applying the principle of universalism without uniformity to autonomy-supportive and controlling parenting. Child Development Perspectives, 9(1), 44-49. doi: 10.1111/cdep.12103

Brenning, K., Soenens, B., & Vansteenkiste, M. (2015). What’s your motivation to be pregnant? Relations between motives for parenthood and women’s prenatal functioning. Journal of Family Psychology, 29(5), 755-765. doi: 10.1037/fam0000110

Brenning, K., Soenens, B., Van Petegem, S., & Vansteenkiste, M. (2015). Perceived maternal autonomy support and early adolescent emotion regulation: A longitudinal study. Social Development, 24(3), 561-578. doi: 10.1111/sode.12107

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, 199–204. doi: 0.1016/j.paid.2015.01.003

Chen, B., et al., Vansteenkiste, M., Beyers, W., Boone, L., Deci, E. L., Van der Kaap-Deeder, J., Matos, L., Ryan, R. M., Sheldon, K. M., & Soenens, B. (2015). Basic psychological need satisfaction, need frustration, and need strength across four cultures. Motivation and Emotion, 39, 216-236. doi: 10.1007/s11031-014-9450-1

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(2), 284-297. doi: 10.1007/s10964-013-9949-x

Fousiani, K., Van Petegem, S., Soenens, B., Vansteenkiste, M., & Chen, B. (2014). Does Parental Autonomy Support Relate to Adolescent Autonomy? An In-Depth Examination of a Seemingly Simple Question. Journal of Adolescent Research, 29(3), 299-330. doi: 10.1177/0743558413502536

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(1), 229-236. doi: 10.1037/a0032972

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(2), 541-554. doi: 10.1037/a0034399

Van den Berghe, L., Soenens, B., Aelterman, N., Cardon, G., Tallir, I.B., & Haerens, L. (2014). Within-person profiles of teachers’ motivation to teach: Associations with need satisfaction at work, need-supportive teaching, and burnout. Psychology of Sport and Exercise, 15, 407-417. doi: 10.1016/j.psychsport.2014.04.001

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, 49(3), 153-174. doi: 10.1080/00461520.2014.928598

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(6), 585-600. doi: https://doi.org/10.1002/eat.22266

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(3), 363-373. doi: 10.1037/a0036418

Verstuyf, J., Vansteenkiste, M., Soenens, B., & Boone, L. (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(3), 335-361. doi: 10.1521/jscp.2013.32.3.335

de Haan, A. D., Soenens, B., Dekovic, M., & Prinzie, P. (2013). Effects of childhood aggression on parenting during adolescence: The role of parental psychological need satisfaction. Journal of Clinical Child & Adolescent Psychology, 42, 393-404. doi: 10.1080/15374416.2013.769171

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(3), 895-910. doi: 10.1037/a0032838

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(1), 177-183. doi: 10.1037/a0027837

Chen, B., Vansteenkiste, M., Beyers, W., Soenens, B., & Van Petegem, S. (2013). Autonomy in Family Decision Making for Chinese Adolescents: Disentangling the Dual Meaning of Autonomy. Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology, 44(7), 1184-1209. doi: 10.1177/0022022113480038

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(1), 3-17. doi: 10.1123/jsep.35.1.3

Vansteenkiste, M., Claes, L., Soenens, B., & Verstuyf, J. (2013). Motivational Dynamics Among Eating-disordered Patients With and Without Nonsuicidal Self-injury: A Self-Determination Theory Approach. European Eating Disorder Review, 21(3), 209-214. doi: 10.1002/erv.2215

Duriez, B., Luyckx, K., Soenens, B., & Berzonsky, M. D. (2012). A process-content approach to adolescent identity formation: Examining longitudinal associations between identity styles and goal pursuits. Journal of Personality, 80, 135-161.

Vansteenkiste, M., Sierens, E., Goossens, L., Soenens, B., Dochy, F., Mouratidis, A., Aelterman, N., Haerens, L., & Beyers, M. (2012). Identifying configurations of perceived teacher autonomy support and structure: Associations with self-regulated learning, motivation and problem behavior. Learning and Instruction, 22, 431-439. doi: 10.1016/j.learninstruc.2012.04.002

Soenens, B., & Beyers, W. (2012). The cross-cultural significance of control and autonomy in parent–adolescent relationships. Journal of Adolescence, 35, 243-248.

Boone, L., Soenens, B., Vansteenkiste, M., & Braet, Caroline (2012). Is there a perfectionist in each of us? An experimental study on perfectionism and eating disorder symptoms. Appetite, 59, 531-540. doi: 10.1016/j.appet.2012.06.015

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

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 for the Psychology of Religion, 22, 1-21.

Soenens, B., Park, S. Y., Vansteenkiste, M., & Mouratidis, A. (2012). Perceived parental psychological control and adolescent depressive experiences: A cross-cultural study with Belgian and South-Korean adolescents. Journal of Adolescence, 35, 261–272. doi: 10.1016/j.adolescence.2011.05.001

Van Petegem, S., Beyers, W., Vansteenkiste, M., & Soenens, B. (2012). On the association between adolescent autonomy and psychosocial functioning: Examining decisional (in)dependence from a self-determination theory perspective. Developmental Psychology, 48, 76-88.

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, 9, 108-117.

Vansteenkiste, M., Claes, L., Soenens, B., & Verstuyf, J. (2012). Motivational dynamics among eating-disordered patients with and without nonsuicidal self-injury: A self-determination theory approach. European Eating Disorders Review, 21, 209-214. doi: 10.1002/erv.2215

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

Soenens, B., & Vansteenkiste, M. (2011). When is identity congruent with the self? A 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, NY: Springer.

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. doi: 10.1007/s11031-010-9188-3

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.

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.

Soenens, B., Vansteenkiste, M., & Luyten, P. (2010). Toward 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.

Vansteenkiste, M., Niemiec, C. P., & Soenens, B. (2010). The development of the five mini-theories of self-determination theory: An historical overview, emerging trends, and future directions. In T. C. Urdan & S. A. Karabenick (Eds.), Advances in motivation and achievement, v. 16A—The decade ahead: Theoretical perspectives on motivation and achievement (pp. 105-165). London, England: Emerald Group Publishing Limited.

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

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. doi: 10.1186/1479-5868-9-21

Sierens, E., Vansteenkiste, M., Goossens, L., Soenens, B., & Dochy, R. (2009). The synergistic relationship of perceived autonomy support and structure in the prediction of self-regulated learning. British Journal of Educational Psychology, 79, 57-68. doi: 10.1348/000709908X304398

Vansteenkiste, M., Soenens, B., & 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.

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

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

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

Soenens, B., Luyckx, K., Vansteenkiste, M., Duriez, B., & Goossens, L. (2008). Clarifying the link between perceived parental psychological control and adolescents’ depressive feelings: A test of reciprocal versus unidirectional models of influence. Merrill-Palmer Quarterly, 54, 411-444. doi:

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

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(2), 387-397. doi: 10.1037/0022-0663.100.2.387

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.

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.

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.

Soenens, B., Vansteenkiste, M., Smits, I., Lowet, K., & 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.

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, 1-13.

Vansteenkiste, M., Sierens, E., Soenens, B., & Lens, W. (2007). Willen, Moeten En Structuur: Over Het Bevorderen Van Een Optimaal Leerproces. [To Want, To Have And Structure: On Faciliating An Optimal Learning Process]. Begeleid Zelfstandig Leren, 37, 1-27.

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). Champaign, IL: Human Kinetics.

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(3), 633-646. doi: 10.1037/0012-1649.43.3.633

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., 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. doi: 10.1348/096317906X111024

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.

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.

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.

Sierens, E., Soenens, B., Vansteenkiste, M., Luyckx, K., & Goossens, L. (2006). Een Conceptuele En Empirische Analyse Van Leerkrachtstijlen Vanuit Theorieën Over Ouderlijke Opvoedingsstijlen En De Zelf-determinatietheorie. [The Authoritative Teaching Style: A Model For The Study Of Teaching Styles].. Pedagogische Studieën, 83, 419-431.

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., 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. doi: 10.1111/j.0021-9029.2006.00134.x

Soenens, B., Elliot, A. J., Goossens, L., Vansteenkiste, M., Luyten, P., & Duriez, B. (2005). The intergenerational transmission of perfectionism: Parents’ psychological control as intervening variable. Journal of Family Psychology, 19, 358-366.

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., Luyten, 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., Soenens, B., Sierens, E., & Lens, W. (2005). Hoe Kunnen We Leren En Presteren Bevorderen? Een Autonomie-ondersteunend Versus Controlerend Schoolklimaat. [How Can We Facilitate Learning And Performance? An Autonomy-supportive Versus Controlling School Climate]. Caleidoscoop, 17, 18-25.

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, 2, 483-501. doi: 10.1111/j.1467-8624.2005.00858.x

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., 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. doi: 10.1002/eat.20099

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.

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 way. Journal of Sport and Exercise Psychology, 26, 232-249.

Vansteenkiste, M., Simons, J., Lens, W., & Soenens, B. (2004). Die kwaliteit van motivatie telt: over het promoten van intriensieke doelen op een autonomieondersteunede wijze. [The quality of motivation matters: On promoting intrinsic goals in an autonomy-supportive way.]. Nederlands Tijdschrift voor de Psychologie, 59, 119-131.

Van der Kaap-Deeder, J., Vermote, B., Waterschoot, J., Soenens, B., Morbee, S., & Vansteenkiste, M. (). The role of ego integrity and despair in older adults’ well-being during the covid-19 crisis: The mediating role of need-based experiences. Research Square, Preprint doi: 10.21203/rs.3.rs-83538/v1