Publications

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Selected Journal Articles


Hofmann, W. Adriaanse, M., Vohs, K. D., & Baumeister, R. F. (in press). Dieting and the self-control of eating in everyday environments: An experience sampling study. British Journal of Health Psychology. [PDF]

Hofmann, W., Kotabe, H., & Luhmann, M. (in press). The spoiled pleasure of giving in to temptation. Motivation and Emotion. [PDF]

Hofmann, W., Luhmann, M., Fisher, R., Vohs, K. D., & Baumeister, R. F. (in press). Yes, but are they happy? Effects of trait self-control on affective well-being and life satisfaction. Journal of Personality. [PDF]

Van Dillen, L. F., Papies, E. K., & Hofmann, W. (2013). Turning a blind eye to temptation: How cognitive load can facilitate self-regulation. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 104, 427-443. [PDF]

Hofmann, W. & Fisher, R. (2012). How guilt and pride shape subsequent self-control. Social Psychological and Personality Science, 3,682-690. [PDF]

Hofmann, W. & Kotabe, H. (2012). A general model of preventive and interventive self-control. Social and Personality Psychology Compass, 6, 707-722. [PDF]

Hofmann, W. & Van Dillen, L. F. (2012). Desire: The new hotspot in self-control research. Current Directions in Psychological Science, 21, 317-322. [PDF]

Hofmann, W., Baumeister, R. F., Foerster, G., & Vohs, K. D. (2012). Everyday temptations: An experience sampling study of desire, conflict, and self-control. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 102, 1318-1335. [PDF]

Hofmann, W., Vohs, K. D., & Baumeister, R. F. (2012). What people desire, feel conflicted about, and try to resist in everyday life. Psychological Science, 23, 582-588. [PDF]

Hofmann, W., Schmeichel, B. J., & Baddeley, A. D. (2012). Executive functions and self-regulation. Trends in Cognitive Sciences, 3, 174-180. [PDF] *
* Top 5 most widely read articles published in TiCS in 2012

Luhmann, M., Hofmann, W., Eid, M., & Lucas, R. E. (2012). Subjective Well-Being and Adaptation to Life Events:
A Meta-Analysis. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 3, 592-616. [PDF]

Hofmann, W., Koningsbruggen, G. M., Stroebe, W., Ramanathan, S., & Aarts, H. (2010). As pleasure unfolds: Hedonic responses to tempting food. Psychological Science, 21, 1863-1870. [PDF]

Friese, M., Bargas-Avila, J., Hofmann, W., & Wiers, R. W. (2010). Here’s looking at you, Bud: Alcohol-related memory structures predict eye movements for social drinkers with low executive control. Social Psychological and Personality Science, 1, 143-151. [PDF]

Hofmann, W., De Houwer, J., Perugini, M., Baeyens, F., & Crombez, G. (2010). Evaluative conditioning in humans: A meta-analysis. Psychological Bulletin, 136, 390-421. [PDF]

Nederkoorn, C., Houben, K., Hofmann, W., Roefs, A., & Jansen, A. (2010). Control yourself or just eat what you like? Weight gain over a year is predicted by an interactive effect of response inhibition and preference for high fat foods. Health Psychology, 29, 389-393. [PDF]

Hofmann, W., Friese, M., & Roefs, A. (2009). Three ways to resist temptation: The independent contributions of executive attention, inhibitory control, and affect regulation on the impulse control of eating behavior. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 45, 431-435. [PDF]

Hofmann, W., Friese, M., & Strack, F. (2009). Impulse and self-control from a dual-systems perspective. Perspectives on Psychological Science, 4, 162-176. [PDF]

Hofmann, W., Friese, M., & Wiers, R. W. (2008). Impulsive versus reflective influences on health behavior: A theoretical framework and empirical review. Health Psychology Review, 2, 111-137. [PDF]

Hofmann, W., Gschwendner, T., Wiers, R., Friese, M., & Schmitt, M. (2008). Working memory capacity and self-regulation: Towards an individual differences perspective on behavior determination by automatic versus controlled processes. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 95, 962-977. [PDF]

Hofmann, W., & Friese, M. (2008). Impulses got the better of me: Alcohol moderates the influence of the impulsive vs. reflective system on eating behavior. Journal of Abnormal Psychology, 117, 420-427. [PDF]

Friese, M., Hofmann, W., & Schmitt, M. (2008). When and why do implicit measures predict behavior? Empirical evidence for the moderating role of opportunity, motivation, and process reliance. European Review of Social Psychology, 19, 285-338 . [PDF]

Hofmann, W., Rauch, W., & Gawronski, B. (2007). And deplete us not into temptation: Automatic attitudes, dietary restraint, and self-regulatory resources as determinants of eating behavior. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 43, 497-504. [PDF] *
* Ranked #3 of the Top 10 Most Frequently Cited Articles Published in the Journal of Experimental Social Psychology between 2007 and 2011.

Hofmann, W., Gawronski, B., Gschwendner, T., Le, H., & Schmitt, M. (2005). A meta-analysis on the correlation between the Implicit Association Test and explicit self-report measures. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 31, 1369-1385. [PDF]

Hofmann, W., Gschwendner, T., Nosek, B. A., & Schmitt, M. (2005). What moderates implicit-explicit consistency? European Review of Social Psychology, 16, 335-390. [PDF]

 

Selected Book Chapters

Hofmann, W. & Kotabe, H. (in press). Desire and desire regulation: Basic processes and individual differences. In: J. J. Gross. Handbook of Emotion Regulation. Volume 2. New York: Guilford Press.

Hofmann, W., Friese, M, Schmeichel, B. J., & Baddeley, A. D. (2011). Working memory and self-regulation. In: K. D. Vohs, & R. F. Baumeister. Handbook of Self-Regulation: Research, Theory, and Applications (pp. 204-225). Volume 2. New York: Guilford Press. [PDF]

Hofmann, W. & Wilson, T. D. (2010). Consciousness, introspection, and the adaptive unconscious. In: B. Gawronski, & B. K. Payne (Eds.), Handbook of Implicit Social Cognition: Measurement, Theory, and Applications (pp. 197-215). New York: Guilford Press. [PDF]



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