Publications

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

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(22). 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 Behavior. 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

(*shared first authorship)

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), 1-13. 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. 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. 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. 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. (online: 2019/print: 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: Determinants and Consequences (pp. 139-168). New York: 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, 774-785.

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Chen., P. (2017). A Self-Administered Strategic Resource Use Intervention Promotes Academic Achievement among College Students. The Studying & Self-Regulated Learning SIG Newsletter, American Educational Research Association Special Interest Group, Summer 2017, 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, 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