Motivation & Self-Regulation Lab

Chen, P. (Accepted). Asking Better Questions: Strategic Self-Questioning as a Psychologically Wise Intervention. Perspectives on Psychological Science.

Chen, P., Teo, Q. K., Foo, D. X. Y., Jiang, Y., Sun, L., Ong, X. L., Neo, D., Pereira, D. J. H., Tan, B., Chua, K. Q., Gan. J. X. F., & Ong, D. C. (Accepted). A Strategic Mindset Predicts and Promotes Effective Learning and Academic Performance. Nature Publishing Group (npj) Science of Learning.

Chen, P.*, Chua, K. Q.*, Lim, H. Y., Hoe, Y. S., Teo, Q. K., Walton, G. M., & Dweck, C. S. (2025). A strategic mindset enhances children’s generation of effective strategies and delay of gratification across tasks. Developmental Psychology. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1037/dev0001916

Teo, Q.K., Fujita, K., Scholer, A., & Chen, P. (Accepted). Metamotivational Knowledge of Construal Level Predicts Academic Performance. Social Psychology of Education.

Maciejovsky, B., Teekathananont, G., Chen, P., & Garcia, S. M. (2025). Standard‐Based Entitlement: How Relative Performance Disclosure Affects Pay Requests. Journal of Business Ethics. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10551-025-05995-x

Teo, D.W.H. & Chen, P. (2024). Effort and Strategy Attributions Motivate Distinct Responses to Failure. Learning and Motivation, 86, 101963. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.lmot.2024.101963

Chen, P., & Teo, Q. K. (2024). A Strategic Mindset for Learning and Life. In D. H. W. Loong, A. Jamaludin, & A. A. Rahman (Eds.), Applying the Science of Learning to Education - An insight into the mechanisms that shape learning (pp. 99-112). Springer Nature Pte Ltd.

Ruggeri, K., Stock, F., Haslam, S.A., … Chen, P. … Van Bavel, J. J. ,& Willer, R. (2024). A synthesis of evidence for policy from behavioural science during COVID-19. Nature, 625, 134–147. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-023-06840-9

Ng, J. C., Teo, Q. K., & Chen, P. (2023). A Teacher Strategic Mindset Predicts Efficacious and Effective Teaching. Educational Psychology, 43(9), 1008-1026. https://doi.org/10.1080/01443410.2023.2278399

Neo, D.* & Chen, P.* (2023). Leave to Fight Another Day: Having the option to switch promotes a persistence tradeoff. Motivation Science, 9(2), 131-143. https://doi.org/10.1037/mot0000291

Loke, Y. M., Lim, S., Rukmini, A. V., Chen, P., Wang, J. C. K., & Gooley, J. J. (2023). Development and testing of the Sleep Health And Wellness Questionnaire (SHAWQ) in adolescents and university students: Composite SHAWQ scores are associated with sleep problems, depression symptoms, and academic performance. Frontiers in Sleep, 2. https://doi.org/10.3389/frsle.2023.1188424

Chen, P., Teo, D. W. H., Foo, D. X. Y., Derry, H. A., Hayward, B. T., Schulz, K. W., Hayward, C. McKay, T. A., & Ong, D. C. (2022). Real-World Effectiveness of a Social-Psychological Intervention Translated from Controlled Trials to Classrooms. Nature Publishing Group (npj) Science of Learning, 7, 20. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41539-022-00135-w

Ruggeri, K., Panin, A., Vdovic, M., ... Chen, P., ... Garcia-Garzon, E. (2022). The globalizability of temporal discounting. Nature Human Behaviour, 6, 1386-1397. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41562-022-01392-w

Weisz, E., Chen, P., Ong, D. C., Carlson, R. W., Clark, M. D., & Zaki, J. (2022). A brief intervention to motivate empathy among middle school students. Journal of Experimental Psychology: General, 151(12), 3144–3153. http://doi.org/10.1037/xge0001249

Chen, P.*, Ong, D. C.*, Ng, J. C., & Coppola, B. C. (2021). Explore, Exploit, and Prune in the Classroom: Strategic Resource Management Behaviors Predict Performance. AERA Open, 7. https://doi.org/10.1177/2332858420986180

O'Keefe, P. A., Lee, H. Y., & Chen, P. (2021). Changing Students' Beliefs About Learning Can Unveil Their Potential. Policy Insights from the Behavioral and Brain Sciences, 8(1), 84-91. https://doi.org/10.1177/2372732220984173

Chen, P., Lin, Y., Pereira, D. J. H., O’Keefe, P. A., & Yates, J. F. (2021). Fanning the flames of passion: A develop mindset predicts strategy-use intentions to cultivate passion. Frontiers in Psychology, 12, 634903. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2021.634903

O’Keefe, P. A., Horberg, E. J., Chen, P., & Savani, K. (2021). A cross-cultural examination of the value placed on pursuing one’s passion. Journal of Organizational Behavior, 43(9), 1475-1495. https://doi.org/10.1002/job.2552

Chen, P., Garcia, S. M., Chai, V. C., & Gonzalez, R. (2021). Comparing and Being Compared: A Dual Process Framework of Competition. In S. R. Thye & E. J. Lawler (Eds.), Advances in Group Processes (pp. 143-164). Emerald Publishing.

Ong, D. C., Asaba, M., Lim, H. Y., Chen, P., & Gweon, H. (2021). “If only Santa had one more present”: Exploring the development of near-miss counterfactual reasoning. In Proceedings of the 43rd Annual Meeting of the Cognitive Science Society.

Chen, P., Powers, J. T., Katragadda, K. R., Cohen, G. L., & Dweck, C. S. (2020). A strategic mindset: An orientation toward strategic behavior during goal pursuit. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 117(25), 14066-14072. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2002529117

Chwyl, C.*, Chen, P.* & Zaki, J. (2020). Beliefs about Self-Compassion: Implications for Coping and Self-Improvement. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 47(9), 1327-1342. https://doi.org/10.1177/0146167220965303

Chen., P. (2020). The Strategic Resource Use Intervention. In G. M. Walton & A. Crum (Eds.), Handbook on Wise Interventions: How Social-Psychological Insights Can Help Solve Problems (pp. 166-188). New York, NY: Guilford Press.

Chen, P., Lee, F., & Lim, S. (2020). Loving Thy Work: Developing a Holistic Measure of Work Passion. European Journal of Work Psychology, 29, 140-158. https://doi.org/10.1080/1359432X.2019.1703680

Garcia, S. M., Weaver, K., & Chen., P. (2019). The Status Signals Paradox. Social Psychological and Personality Science, 10, 690-696. https://doi.org/10.1177/1948550618783712

Chen., P., & Ellsworth, P., C. (2019). Lay Theories of How Passion for Work is Achieved. In R. J. Vallerand & N. Houlfort (Eds.), Passion for Work: Theory, Research, and Applications (pp. 139-168). Oxford University Press.

Chen, P., Chavez, O., Ong, D. C., & Gunderson, B. (2017). Strategic Resource Use for Learning: A Self-administered Intervention that Guides Self-Reflection on Effective Resource Use Enhances Academic Performance. Psychological Science, 28(6), 774-785. 

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Chen., P. (2017, Summer). A Self-Administered Strategic Resource Use Intervention Promotes Academic Achievement among College Students. The Studying & Self-Regulated Learning SIG Newsletter, 22.

Chen, P., Ellsworth, P.C., & Schwarz, N. (2015). Finding a Fit or Developing It: Implicit Theories about Achieving Passion for Work. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 41(10), 1411-1424. https://doi.org/10.1177/0146167215596988

Huberth, M., Chen, P., Tritz, J., & McKay, T.A. (2015). E2Coach: Computer-tailored Student Support in Introductory Physics. PLOS ONE, 10(9): e0137001. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0137001

Garcia, S.M., Chen, P., & Gordon, M. (2014). The Letter Versus The Spirit of The Law: A Lay Perspective on Culpability. Judgment and Decision Making, 9(5), 479-490.

Chen, P., Myers, C.G., Kopelman, S., & Garcia, S.M. (2012). The Hierarchical Face: Higher rankings lead to less cooperative looks. Journal of Applied Psychology, 97(2), 479-486. https://doi.org/10.1037/a0026308