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

Boncquet, M., Flamant, N., Lavrijsen, J., Vansteenkiste, M., Verschueren, K., & Soenens, B. (2024). 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, 116(3), 448–465. doi: 10.1037/edu0000827

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

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. doi: 10.1111/j.1467-6494.2011.00729.x

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(4), 358-369. doi: 10.1177/0165025411405954

Soenens, B., & Vansteenkiste, M. (2011).

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. doi: 10.1007/s10964-009-9469-x

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. doi: 10.1037/0893-3200.21.3.546

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. doi: 10.1016/j.paid.2007.03.003

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. doi: 10.1002/per.551

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