Timur Sevincer
Dr.

- Psychology
Research areas
- 2025
- Published
Alcohol use and drinking motives across five countries: a post-COVID-19 pandemic update
Rupprecht, J., Spitzweck, B., Oettingen, G. & Sevincer, A. T., 03.2025, In: American Journal of Drug and Alcohol Abuse. 51, 1, p. 85-95 11 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
- Published
Mental contrasting and conflict management in satisfied and unsatisfied romantic relationships
Jöhnk, H., Sevincer, A. T. & Oettingen, G., 02.2025, In: Journal of Social and Personal Relationships. 42, 2, p. 367-391 25 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
- Accepted/In press
Negotiating With Yourself and Winning: The Dual Commitment Model for Intrapersonal Sustainability Goal Conflicts
Sevincer, A. T., Majer, J. M. & Trötschel, R., 2025, (Accepted/In press) In: Motivation Science.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
- 2024
- E-pub ahead of print
Students’ Beliefs About Trigger Warnings
Sevincer, A. T., Tenbrueggen, L. & Sokolis, M., 13.12.2024, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Psychological Reports. 13 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
- Published
Self-regulatory thought across time and domains
Sevincer, A. T., Feller, E. & Wallot, S., 01.12.2024, In: Motivation Science. 10, 4, p. 277-289 13 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
- Published
Sustainable human resource management and job satisfaction—Unlocking the power of organizational identification: A cross-cultural perspective from 54 countries
CSREM 2024 - Sustainable human resource management and job satisfaction & Wojtczuk-Turek, A., 09.2024, In: Corporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management. 31, 5, p. 4910-4932 23 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
- Published
Low working memory reduces the use of mental contrasting
Timur Sevincer, A., Schröder, A., Plakides, A., Edler, N. & Oettingen, G., 01.02.2024, In: Consciousness and Cognition. 118, 13 p., 103644.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research
- 2023
Gendered Self-Views Across 62 Countries: A Test of Competing Models
Kosakowska-Berezecka, N., Bosson, J. K., Jurek, P., Besta, T., Olech, M., Vandello, J. A., Bender, M., Dandy, J., Hoorens, V., Jasinskaja-Lahti, I., Mankowski, E., Venäläinen, S., Abuhamdeh, S., Agyemang, C. B., Akbaş, G., Albayrak-Aydemir, N., Ammirati, S., Anderson, J., Anjum, G., Ariyanto, A., Aruta, J. J. B. R., Ashraf, M., Bakaitytė, A., Becker, M., Bertolli, C., Bërxulli, D., Best, D. L., Bi, C., Block, K., Boehnke, M., Bongiorno, R., Bosak, J., Casini, A., Chen, Q., Chi, P., Cubela Adoric, V., Daalmans, S., de Lemus, S., Dhakal, S., Dvorianchikov, N., Egami, S., Etchezahar, E., Esteves, C. S., Froehlich, L., Garcia-Sanchez, E., Gavreliuc, A., Gavreliuc, D., Gomez, Á., Guizzo, F., Graf, S., Greijdanus, H., Grigoryan, A., Grzymała-Moszczyńska, J., Guerch, K., Gustafsson Sendén, M., Hale, M. L., Hämer, H., Hirai, M., Hoang Duc, L., Hřebíčková, M., Hutchings, P. B., Jensen, D. H., Karabati, S., Kelmendi, K., Kengyel, G., Khachatryan, N., Ghazzawi, R., Kinahan, M., Kirby, T. A., Kovacs, M., Kozlowski, D., Krivoshchekov, V., Kryś, K., Kulich, C., Kurosawa, T., Lac An, N. T., Labarthe-Carrara, J., Lauri, M. A., Latu, I., Lawal, A. M., Li, J., Lindner, J., Lindqvist, A., Maitner, A. T., Makarova, E., Makashvili, A., Malayeri, S., Malik, S., Mancini, T., Manzi, C., Mari, S., Martiny, S. E., Mayer, C. H., Mihić, V., MiloševićĐorđević, J., Moreno-Bella, E., Moscatelli, S., Moynihan, A. B., Muller, D., Narhetali, E., Neto, F., Noels, K. A., Nyúl, B., O’Connor, E. C., Ochoa, D. P., Ohno, S., Olanrewaju Adebayo, S., Osborne, R., Pacilli, M. G., Palacio, J., Patnaik, S., Pavlopoulos, V., de León, P. P., Piterová, I., Porto, J. B., Puzio, A., Pyrkosz-Pacyna, J., Rentería Pérez, E., Renström, E., Rousseaux, T., Ryan, M. K., Safdar, S., Sainz, M., Salvati, M., Samekin, A., Schindler, S., Sevincer, A. T., Seydi, M., Shepherd, D., Sherbaji, S., Schmader, T., Simão, C., Sobhie, R., Sobiecki, J., De Souza, L., Sarter, E., Sulejmanović, D., Sullivan, K. E., Tatsumi, M., Tavitian-Elmadjian, L., Thakur, S. J., Thi Mong Chi, Q., Torre, B., Torres, A., Torres, C. V., Türkoğlu, B., Ungaretti, J., Valshtein, T., Van Laar, C., van der Noll, J., Vasiutynskyi, V., Vauclair, C. M., Vohra, N., Walentynowicz, M., Ward, C., Włodarczyk, A., Yang, Y., Yzerbyt, V., Zanello, V., Zapata-Calvente, A. L., Zawisza, M., Žukauskienė, R. & Żadkowska, M., 09.2023, In: Social Psychological and Personality Science. 14, 7, p. 808-824 17 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
Political Ideology Outdoes Personal Experience in Predicting Support for Gender Equality
Sevincer, A. T., Galinsky, C., Martensen, L. & Oettingen, G., 09.2023, In: Political Psychology. 44, 4, p. 829-855 27 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
Insights into the accuracy of social scientists’ forecasts of societal change
Grossmann, I., Rotella, A., Hutcherson, C. A., Sharpinskyi, K., Varnum, M. E. W., Achter, S., Dhami, M. K., Guo, X. E., Kara-Yakoubian, M., Mandel, D. R., Raes, L., Tay, L., Vie, A., Wagner, L., Adamkovic, M., Arami, A., Arriaga, P., Bandara, K., Baník, G., Bartoš, F., Baskin, E., Bergmeir, C., Białek, M., Børsting, C. K., Browne, D. T., Caruso, E. M., Chen, R., Chie, B. T., Chopik, W. J., Collins, R. N., Cong, C. W., Conway, L. G., Davis, M., Day, M. V., Dhaliwal, N. A., Durham, J. D., Dziekan, M., Elbaek, C. T., Shuman, E., Fabrykant, M., Firat, M., Fong, G. T., Frimer, J. A., Gallegos, J. M., Goldberg, S. B., Gollwitzer, A., Goyal, J., Graf-Vlachy, L., Krenzler, R. & Sevincer, T., 04.2023, In: Nature Human Behaviour. 7, 4, p. 484-501 18 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
Mental contrasting and energization transfer to low-expectancy tasks
Sevincer, A. T., Plakides, A. & Oettingen, G., 02.2023, In: Motivation and Emotion. 47, 1, p. 85-99 15 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
- 2022
Fundamental social motives measured across forty-two cultures in two waves
Pick, C. M., Ko, A., Kenrick, D. T., Wiezel, A., Wormley, A. S., Awad, E., Al-Shawaf, L., Barry, O., Bereby-Meyer, Y., Boonyasiriwat, W., Brandstätter, E., Ceylan-Batur, S., Choy, B. K. C., Crispim, A. C., Cruz, J. E., David, D., David, O. A., Defelipe, R. P., Elmas, P., Espinosa, A., Fernandez, A. M., Fetvadjiev, V. H., Fetvadjieva, S., Fischer, R., Galdi, S., Galindo-Caballero, O. J., Golovina, E. V., Golovina, G. M., Gomez-Jacinto, L., Graf, S., Grossmann, I., Gul, P., Halama, P., Hamamura, T., Han, S., Hansson, L. S., Hitokoto, H., Hřebíčková, M., Ilic, D., Johnson, J. L., Kara-Yakoubian, M., Karl, J. A., Kim, J. P., Kohút, M., Lasselin, J., Lee, H., Li, N. P., Mafra, A. L., Malanchuk, O., Moran, S., Murata, A., Na, J., Ndiaye, S. A. L., O, J., Onyishi, I. E., Pasay-an, E., Rizwan, M., Roth, E., Salgado, S., Samoylenko, E. S., Savchenko, T. N., Sette, C., Sevincer, A. T., Skoog, E., Stanciu, A., Suh, E. M., Sznycer, D., Talhelm, T., Ugwu, F. O., Uskul, A. K., Uz, I., Valentova, J. V., Varella, M. A. C., Wei, L., Zambrano, D. & Varnum, M. E. W., 01.12.2022, In: Scientific data. 9, 1, 12 p., 499.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
Family still matters: Human social motivation across 42 countries during a global pandemic
Pick, C. M., Ko, A., Wormley, A. S., Wiezel, A., Kenrick, D. T., Al-Shawaf, L., Barry, O., Bereby-Meyer, Y., Boonyasiriwat, W., Brandstätter, E., Crispim, A. C., Cruz, J. E., David, D., David, O. A., Defelipe, R. P., Elmas, P., Espinosa, A., Fernandez, A. M., Fetvadjiev, V. H., Fetvadjieva, S., Fischer, R., Galdi, S., Galindo-Caballero, O. J., Golovina, G. M., Gomez-Jacinto, L., Graf, S., Grossmann, I., Gul, P., Halama, P., Hamamura, T., Hansson, L. S., Hitokoto, H., Hřebíčková, M., Ilic, D., Johnson, J. L., Kara-Yakoubian, M., Karl, J. A., Kohút, M., Lasselin, J., Li, N. P., Mafra, A. L., Malanchuk, O., Moran, S., Murata, A., Ndiaye, S. A. L., O, J., Onyishi, I. E., Pasay-an, E., Rizwan, M., Roth, E., Salgado, S., Samoylenko, E. S., Savchenko, T. N., Sevincer, A. T., Skoog, E., Stanciu, A., Suh, E. M., Sznycer, D., Talhelm, T., Ugwu, F. O., Uskul, A. K., Uz, I., Valentova, J. V., Varella, M. A. C., Zambrano, D. & Varnum, M. E. W., 01.11.2022, In: Evolution and Human Behavior. 43, 6, p. 527-535 9 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
- 2021
Lernzielorientierung: Learning goal orientation
Job, V., Sevincer, A. T. & Oettingen, G., 24.11.2021, Dorsch Psychologisches Wörterbuch. Huber VerlagResearch output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Articles for encyclopedia › Research
Regulatory focus and thinking about the future versus reality.
Sevincer, A. T. & Oettingen, G., 01.09.2021, In: Motivation Science. 7, 3, p. 334-344 11 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
Risky Business: Cosmopolitan Culture and Risk-Taking
Sevincer, A. T., Kwon, J. Y., Varnum, M. E. W. & Kitayama, S., 01.04.2021, In: Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology. 52, 3, p. 295-315 21 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
A Multilab Replication of the Ego Depletion Effect
Dang, J., Barker, P., Baumert, A., Bentvelzen, M., Berkman, E., Buchholz, N., Buczny, J., Chen, Z., De Cristofaro, V., de Vries, L., Dewitte, S., Giacomantonio, M., Gong, R., Homan, M., Imhoff, R., Ismail, I., Jia, L., Kubiak, T., Lange, F., Li, D. Y., Livingston, J., Ludwig, R., Panno, A., Pearman, J., Rassi, N., Schiöth, H. B., Schmitt, M., Sevincer, A. T., Shi, J., Stamos, A., Tan, Y. C., Wenzel, M., Zerhouni, O., Zhang, L. W., Zhang, Y. J. & Zinkernagel, A., 01.2021, In: Social Psychological and Personality Science. 12, 1, p. 14-24 11 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
- 2020
Taking Responsibility for Others and Use of Mental Contrasting
Sevincer, A. T., Musik, T., Degener, A., Greinert, A. & Oettingen, G., 01.08.2020, In: Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin. 46, 8, p. 1219-1233 15 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
Positive fantasies and negative emotions in soccer fans
Sevincer, A. T., Wagner, G. & Oettingen, G., 03.07.2020, In: Cognition and Emotion. 34, 5, p. 935-946 12 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
Family Matters: Rethinking the Psychology of Human Social Motivation
Ko, A., Pick, C. M., Kwon, J. Y., Barlev, M., Krems, J. A., Varnum, M. E. W., Neel, R., Peysha, M., Boonyasiriwat, W., Brandstätter, E., Crispim, A. C., Cruz, J. E., David, D., David, O. A., de Felipe, R. P., Fetvadjiev, V. H., Fischer, R., Galdi, S., Galindo, O., Golovina, G., Gomez-Jacinto, L., Graf, S., Grossmann, I., Gul, P., Hamamura, T., Han, S., Hitokoto, H., Hřebíčková, M., Johnson, J. L., Karl, J. A., Malanchuk, O., Murata, A., Na, J., O, J., Rizwan, M., Roth, E., Salgado, S. A. S., Samoylenko, E., Savchenko, T., Sevincer, A. T., Stanciu, A., Suh, E. M., Talhelm, T., Uskul, A. K., Uz, I., Zambrano, D. & Kenrick, D. T., 01.01.2020, In: Perspectives on Psychological Science. 15, 1, p. 173-201 29 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
Teaching mental contrasting to facilitate educational attainment across sociocultural contexts
Sevincer, A. T. & Oettingen, G., 2020, Promoting Motivation and Learning in Contexts: Sociocultural Perspectives on Educational Interventions. Liem, G. A. D. & McInerney, D. M. (eds.). Information Age Publishing, p. 201-227 26 p. (Research on Sociocultural Influences on Motivation and Learning.; vol. 13).Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Chapter › peer-review
- 2019
The modern land of opportunity: Cosmopolitan cities attract independent immigrants
Sevincer, A. T., Varnum, M. E. W. & Kitayama, S., 29.05.2019, Entrepreneurship and Global Cities: Diversity, Opportunity and Cosmopolitanism. Mouraviev, N. & Kababadse, N. K. (eds.). Taylor and Francis Inc., p. 27-47 21 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Chapter › peer-review
Wenn-Dann Pläne und mentale Kontrastierung als Strategien zur Förderung der Selbstregulation
Schwarz, U., Sevincer, A. T. & Gawrilow, C., 01.01.2019, Diagnostik und Förderung von Motivation und Volition. Gaspard, H., Trautwein, U. & Hasselhorn, M. (eds.). Hogrefe Verlag GmbH & Co. KG, p. 193-205 13 p. (Tests und Trends der pädagogisch-psychologischen Diagnostik; vol. 17).Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Chapter › peer-review
Alkohol Myopie: Alcohol myopia
Sevincer, A. T. & Oettingen, G., 2019, Dorsch Psychologisches Wörterbuch. Huber VerlagResearch output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Articles for encyclopedia › Research
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Kosmopolitismus
Sevincer, A. T., 2019, Dorsch Psychologisches Wörterbuch. Huber VerlagResearch output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Articles for encyclopedia › Research
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WOOP: Wisch-outcome-obstacle-plan
Oettingen, G. & Sevincer, A. T., 2019, Dorsch Psychologisches Wörterbuch. Huber VerlagResearch output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Articles for encyclopedia › Research
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Zukunftsdenken: future thinking
Sevincer, A. T. & Oettingen, G., 2019, Dorsch Psychologisches Wörterbuch. Huber VerlagResearch output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Articles for encyclopedia › Research
- 2018
Alcohol intake can reduce gambling behavior
Wagner, G., Sevincer, A. T., Keim, R., Fähnrich, M. & Oettingen, G., 01.11.2018, In: Psychology of Addictive Behaviors. 32, 7, p. 832-885 54 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
Demand to Act and Use of Mental Contrasting
Sevincer, A. T., Tessmann, P. & Oettingen, G., 01.11.2018, In: Social Psychology. 49, 6, p. 344-359 16 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
Women outperform men in distinguishing between authentic and nonauthentic smiles
Spies, M. & Sevincer, A. T., 03.09.2018, In: Journal of Social Psychology. 158, 5, p. 574-579 6 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Comments / Debate / Reports › Research
Fantasy about the future as friend and foe
Oettingen, G. & Sevincer, A. T., 2018, The psychology of thinking about the future. Oettingen, G., Sevincer, A. T. & Gollwitzer, P. M. (eds.). Guilford Press, p. 127-149 23 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Chapter › peer-review
The Psychology of Thinking about the Future
Oettingen, G. (Editor), Sevincer, A. T. (Editor) & Gollwitzer, P. M. (Editor), 2018, New York: Guilford Publications. 554 p.Research output: Books and anthologies › Book
- 2017
Well self-regulated people use mental contrasting
Sevincer, A. T., Oettingen, G. & Mehl, P. J., 01.11.2017, In: Social Psychology. 48, 6, p. 348-364 17 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
The Culture of Cities: Measuring Perceived Cosmopolitanism
Sevincer, A. T., Varnum, M. E. W. & Kitayama, S., 01.08.2017, In: Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology. 48, 7, p. 1052-1072 21 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
- 2015
Ego depletion and the use of mental contrasting
Sevincer, A. T., Schlier, B. & Oettingen, G., 01.12.2015, In: Motivation and Emotion. 39, 6, p. 876-891 16 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
Cosmopolitan cities: The frontier in the twenty-first century?
Sevincer, A. T., Kitayama, S. & Varnum, M. E. W., 14.10.2015, In: Frontiers in Psychology. 6, OCT, 13 p., 1459.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
Future thought and the self-regulation of energization
Sevincer, A. T. & Oettingen, G., 01.01.2015, Handbook of Biobehavioral Approaches to Self-Regulation. Gendolla, G. H. E., Tops, M. & Koole, S. L. (eds.). Springer New York LLC, p. 315-329 15 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Chapter › peer-review
- 2014
Positive Thinking About the Future in Newspaper Reports and Presidential Addresses Predicts Economic Downturn
Sevincer, A. T., Wagner, G., Kalvelage, J. & Oettingen, G., 04.2014, In: Psychological Science. 25, 4, p. 1010-1017 8 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
Alcohol myopia and goal commitment
Sevincer, A. T. & Oettingen, G., 04.03.2014, In: Frontiers in Psychology. 5, MAR, 5 p., 169.Research output: Journal contributions › Comments / Debate / Reports › Research
Implicit theories and motivational focus: Desired future versus present reality
Sevincer, A. T., Kluge, L. & Oettingen, G., 01.02.2014, In: Motivation and Emotion. 38, 1, p. 36-46 11 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
Mental Contrasting and Transfer of Energization
Sevincer, A. T., Busatta, P. D. & Oettingen, G., 01.02.2014, In: Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin. 40, 2, p. 139-152 14 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
Frontier settlement and cultural change
Kitayama, S., Varnum, M. E. W. & Sevincer, A. T., 2014, Cultural reexamined: Broadening our understanding of social and evolutionary influences. Cohen, A. B. (ed.). American Psychiatric Association, p. 93-127 34 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Chapter › peer-review
- 2013
Spontaneous Mental Contrasting and Selective Goal Pursuit
Sevincer, A. T. & Oettingen, G., 09.2013, In: Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin. 39, 9, p. 1240-1254 15 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
Alcohol intake leads people to focus on desirability rather than feasibility
Sevincer, A. T. & Oettingen, G., 01.03.2013, In: Motivation and Emotion. 37, 1, p. 165-176 12 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
Construal level theory
Gawrilow, C., Sevincer, A. T. & Oettingen, G., 2013, Dorsch Psychologisches Wörterbuch. Bern, Switzerland: Huber VerlagResearch output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Articles for encyclopedia › Research
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Fantasierealisierung, Theorie: Fantasy realization theory
Oettingen, G. & Sevincer, A. T., 2013, Dorsch Psychologisches Wörterbuch. Huber VerlagResearch output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Articles for encyclopedia › Research
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Leistungszielorientierung: Performance goal orientation
Job, V., Oettingen, G. & Sevincer, A. T., 2013, Dorsch Psychologisches Wörterbuch. Huber VerlagResearch output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Articles for encyclopedia › Research
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Mögliches Selbst: Possible Self
Gawrilow, C., Oettingen, G. & Sevincer, A. T., 2013, Dorsch Psychologisches Wörterbuch. Huber VerlagResearch output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Articles for encyclopedia › Research
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Prozess Simulation: Process simulation
Sevincer, A. T. & Oettingen, G., 2013, Dorsch Psychologisches Wörterbuch. Huber VerlagResearch output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Articles for encyclopedia › Research
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Zielablösezyklus: Disengagement cycle
Klinger, E., Sevincer, A. T. & Oettingen, G., 2013, Dorsch Psychologisches Wörterbuch. Wirtz, M. A. (ed.). 16., vollst. überarb. Aufl. ed. Bern: Huber VerlagResearch output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Articles for encyclopedia › Research