Recent Publications and Conference Presentations

• Heckhausen, J. & Heckhausen, H. (2008). Motivation and action. New York, NJ: Cambridge University Press.
• Heckhausen, J. & Heckhausen, H. (2005). Motivation und Handeln. Berlin: Springer-Verlag.
  The international edition of this book will be published by Cambridge University Press under the title "Motivation and Action".
• Heckhausen, J. (Ed.). (2000). Motivational psychology of human development. Developing motivation and motivating development. Oxford, UK: Elsevier.
• Heckhausen, J. (1999). Developmental regulation in adulthood: Age-normative and sociostructural constraints as adaptive challenges. New York, NJ: Cambridge University Press.
• Heckhausen, J., & Dweck, C. S. (Eds.). (1998). Motivation and self-regulation across the life span. New York, NY: Cambridge University Press.

Journal Articles and Book Chapters (Selection)

• Heckhausen, J., & Heckhausen, H. (2008). Motivation and development. To appear in: J. Heckhausen & H. Heckhausen (Eds.), Motivation and action. New York, NY: Cambridge University Press.
• Heckhausen, J. (2008). Motivation and Action: Introduction and Overview. To appear in: J. Heckhausen & H. Heckhausen (Eds.) (in press), Motivation and action. New York, NY: Cambridge University Press.
• Chung, W. Y., Chen, C., Greenberger, E., & Heckhausen, J. (in press). A cross-ethnic study of adolescents’ depressed mood and support erosion during the transition to young adulthood. Journal of Research on Adolescence.
• Heckhausen, J. (2007). Soci(et)al scaffolding of individual growth across the life span. In: R. K. Silbereisen & R. M. Lerner (Eds.). Approaches to positive youth development (pp. 93-108). London, U.K.: Sage Publications.
• Poulin, M. J. & Heckhausen, J. (in press). Stressful events compromise control strivings during a major life transition. Motivation and Emotion.
• Heckhausen, J. (in press). The motivation-volition divide and its resolution in action-phase models of behavioral and developmental regulation. Research in Human Development.
• Haase, C. M., Heckhausen, J., & Köller, O. (in press). Goal engagement in the school-to-work transition: Beneficial for all, particularly for girls. Journal of Research on Adolescence.
• Tomasik, M. J., & Heckhausen, J. (2006). Sozialprestige von Ausbildungsberufen aus der Sicht von Realschülern [Social prestige of occupations from the perspective of high school students]. Zeitschrift für Sozialpsychologie, 37, 259-273.
• Wrosch, C., Heckhausen, J., & Lachman, M. (2006). Goal management across adulthood and old age: The adaptive value of primary and secondary control. In: D. Mroczek & T. Little (Eds.), Handbook of personality development (pp. 399-421). Hillsdale, N J: Erlbaum.
• Chang, E. S., Chen, C., Greenberger, E., Dooley, D., & Heckhausen, J. (2006). What do they want in life? The life goals of a multi-ethnic, multi-generational sample of high-school seniors. Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 35, 321-332.
• Farruggia, S. P., Greenberger, E., Chen, C., & Heckhausen, J, (2006). Perceived Social Environment and Adolescents’ Well-being and Adjustment: Comparing a Foster Care Sample with a Matched Sample. Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 35, 349-358.
• Nagy, G., Hollube, B., Wolf, R., Köller, O., & Heckhausen, J. (2005). Die entwicklungsregulative Funktion von Besorgtheitskognitionen beim Übergang von der Schule in die berufliche Erstausbildung [Worry Related Cognitions and their Role in Developmental Regulation During the Transition from School to Vocational Education]. Zeitschrift für Entwicklungspsychologie und Pädagogische Psychologie, 37, 156-167.
• Heckhausen, J. (2005). Competence and motivation in adulthood and old age: Making the most of changing capacities and resources. In: A. Elliot & C. S. Dweck (Eds.) Handbook of competence and motivation (pp. 240-256). New York, NY: Guilford Press.
• Poulin, M., Haase, C., & Heckhausen, J. (2005). Engagement with and disengagement from goals across the life span: A comparison of two-process models of developmental regulation. In: W. Greve, K. Rothermund, & D. Wentura (Eds.), The adaptive self: Personal continuity and intentional self-development (pp. 1-19). Göttingen/New York: Hogrefe/Huber Publisher.
• Wrosch, C., Schulz, R. & Heckhausen, J. (2004). Health stresses and depressive symptomatology in the elderly: A control-process approach. Current Directions, 13, 17-20.
• Schulz, R., Wrosch, C., & Heckhausen, J. (2003). The life-span theory of control: Issues and evidence. In: S. Zarit, L. Pearlin & K. W. Schaie (Eds.), Personal control in social and life course contexts: Societal impact on aging (pp. 233-262). New York, NY: Springer.
• Heckhausen, J. (2003). The future of life-span developmental psychology: Perspectives from control theory. In: U. M. Staudinger, & U. Lindenberger (Eds.), Understanding human development: Lifespan psychology in exchange with other disciplines (pp. 383-400). Dordrecht, NL: Kluwer.
• Boerner, K. & Heckhausen, J. (2003). To Have and Have Not: Adaptive Bereavement by Transforming Mental Ties to the Deceased. Death Studies, 27, 199-226.
• Heckhausen, J., & Farruggia, S. P. (2003). Developmental Regulation Across the Life Span: A Control-Theory Approach and Implications for Secondary Education. British Journal of Educational Psychology, Monograph Series II, Number 2 - Development and Motivation, 1, 85-102.
• Heckhausen, J. (2002). Developmental regulation of life-course transitions: A control theory approach. In L. Pulkkinen & A. Caspi (Eds.), Paths to successful development: Personality in the life course (pp. 257-280). Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press.
• Wrosch, C., Schulz, R., & Heckhausen, J. (2002). Health stresses and depressive symptomatology in the elderly: The importance of health engagement control strategies. Health Psychology, 21, 340-348.
• Wrosch, C., & Heckhausen, J. (2002). Perceived control of life regrets: Good for young and bad for old adults. Psychology and Aging, 17, 340-350.
• Heckhausen, J., & Tomasik, M. J. (2002). Get an apprenticeship before school is out: How German adolescents adjust vocational aspirations when getting close to a developmental deadline. Journal of Vocational Behavior, 60, 199-219.
• Heckhausen, J. (2002). Transition from school to work: Societal opportunities and the potential for individual agency. Journal of Vocational Behavior, 60, 173-177.
• Heckhausen, J. (2001). Adaptation and resilience in midlife. In M. E. Lachman (Ed.), Handbook of midlife development (pp. 345-394). New York, N Y: John Wiley.
• Lang, F. R., & Heckhausen, J. (2001). Perceived control over development and subjective well-being: Differential benefits across adulthood. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 81, 509 - 523.
• Heckhausen, J., Wrosch, C., & Fleeson, W. (2001). Developmental regulation before and after a developmental deadline: The sample case of "biological clock" for child-bearing. Psychology and Aging, 16, 400-413.

• Heckhausen, J. (2008, July). Globalization, social inequality and individual agency in human development. Invited presentation at the International Workshop “Social Change and Human Development: Concepts and Results”, Würzburg, Germany.
• Martin J. Tomasik, M. J., Silbereisen, R. K., & Heckhausen, J. (2008, July). Developmental barriers and the benefits of disengagement. Invited presentation at the International Workshop “Social Change and Human Development: Concepts and Results”, Würzburg, Germany.
• Heckhausen, J., Carmody, C., Haase, C. M., & Poulin, M. (2008, July). Positive and negative affect as resource and information for goal-engagement and disengagement. Paper presented at the XXIX. International Congress of Psychology, Berlin, Germany.
• Grümer, S., Silbereisen, R. K. & Heckhausen, J. (2008, July). Coping with social change: The role of self-efficacy and control-beliefs. Paper presented at the XXIX. International Congress of Psychology, Berlin, Germany.
• Haase, C. M., Silbereisen, R. K., & Heckhausen, J. (2008, July). Letting go and going on: Profiles of goal adjustment and trajectories of well-being across a life-span transition in young adulthood. Paper presented at the XXIX. International Congress of Psychology, Berlin, Germany.
• Tomasik, M. J., Silbereisen, R. K., & Heckhausen, J. (2008, July). Adaptive disengagement from uncontrollable challenges in adulthood. Paper presented at the XXIX. International Congress of Psychology, Berlin, Germany.
• Hardy, S. A., Tomasik, M. J., Haase, C., & Heckhausen, J. (2008, March). Developmental regulation of vocational aspirations: A latent growth curve analysis of the transition from school to work. Poster presented at the biennial meeting of the Society for Research on Adolescence, Chicago, IL.
• Heckhausen, J., Lessard, J., & Chang, E. (2008, March). When plans for college don’t work out right away: Predictors and consequences. Paper presented at the biennial meeting of the Society for Research on Adolescence, Chicago, IL.
• Heckhausen, J. (2007, November). Life longings viewed by motivational life-span theory: To have and have not. Paper presented at the 60th Annual Meeting of the Gerontological Society of America. San Francisco, CA.
• Sorkin, D., Rook, K., & Heckhausen, J. (2007, November). Examining the conditions that precipitate a decline in older adults’ interpersonal control strivings. Poster presented at the 60th Annual Scientific Meeting of the Gerontological Society of America, San Francisco, CA.
  
• Heckhausen, J., Chang, E. S., & Lessard, J. (2007, August). Developmental regulation in German and American adolescents during the transition from school to work. Paper presented at the 13th European Conference on Developmental Psychology, Jena, Germany.
• Chang, E. S. & Heckhausen, J. (2007, March). Shared agency with parents:
  Asian and European American differences and similarities during the transition to adulthood. Paper presented at the biennial meetings of the Society for Research on Child Development, Boston.
• Haase, C. M, Heckhausen, J., Poulin, M., & Chang, E. S. (2007, March). Individual control striving and adaptive development during the school-to-work transition: Findings from two longitudinal studies in Germany and the US. Invited presentation at Marbach Conference, Germany.
• Heckhausen, J. (2006, December). Lines of Defense bei chronischer Krankheit und progredienten Funktionseinbußen - einige Ideen zur Diskussion [Lines of Defense when coping with chronic illness and progressing functional disability – some ideas for discussion]. Paper presented at the 4thWorkshop “Studies in Developmental Science: Applications of the Control Model.” Center for Applied Developmental Science, Jena, Germany.
• Heckhausen, J. (2006, December). Perceived control and control striving. Paper presented at the 4thWorkshop “Studies in Developmental Science: Applications of the Control Model.” Center for Applied Developmental Science, Jena, Germany.
• Heckhausen, J. & Haase, C. M. (2006, December). Organization of 4thWorkshop “Studies in Developmental Science: Applications of the Control Model.” Center for Applied Developmental Science, Jena, Germany.
• Haase, C. M., & Heckhausen, J. (2006, September). Zielengagement bei einem gelungen Übergang von der Schule in den Beruf [Goal engagement during an adaptive transition from school to work]. Paper presented at the biennial meeting of the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Psychologie, Nuremberg, Germany.
• Haase, C. M., & Heckhausen, J. (2006, March). Achievement – not power, affiliation, money – motivation spurs goal engagement and control before the school-to-work transition. Poster presented at the biennial meeting of the Society for Research on Adolescence, San Francisco, CA.
• Chung, W. Y., Chen, C., Greenberger, E., & Heckhausen, J. (2006, March). Gender and ethnic similarities in the relations between parental and peer warmth and adolescent well-being. Poster presented at the biennial meetings of the Society for Research on Adolescence, San Francisco, CA.
• Heckhausen, J., Lessard, J., Chung, W., & Lang, F. R. (2006, March). Relationships with peers in the transition from school to work and college: Models for success and sources of emotional support. Paper presented at the biennial meetings of the Society for Research on Adolescence, San Francisco, CA.
• Heckhausen, J. & Chang, E. S. (2006, March). Developmental regulation in German and American adolescents during the transition after high school. Paper presented at the biennial meetings of the Society for Research on Adolescence, San Francisco, CA.
• Heckhausen, J. (2006, February). “Go” versus ”Retreat”: Goal engagement and goal disengagement when mastering life-course transitions. Paper presented at the annual meetings of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology, Palm Springs, CA.
• Gil-Trejo, L. & Heckhausen, J. (2005, October). Staying the Course: The Structure and Function of Selective Secondary Control Strategies in Different Ethnic Groups. Paper presented at the biennial meetings of the Society for the Study in Human Development, Asilomar, CA.
• Chang, E., & Heckhausen, J. (2005, October). Letting go: Ethnic variations in the structure and function of compensatory secondary control. Paper presented at the biennial meetings of the Society for the Study in Human Development, Asilomar, CA.
• Heckhausen, J. (2005, October). Primary control striving and secondary control strategies: Universal and culture-differential processes. Paper presented at the biennial meetings of the Society for the Study in Human Development, Asilomar, CA.
• Poulin, M., & Heckhausen, J. (2005, April). Control striving during the school-to-work transition: What throws adolescents off track? Poster presented at the biennial meetings of the Society for Research in Child Development, Atlanta, GA.
• Haase, C., & Heckhausen, J. (2005, April). Primary and secondary control strategies are adaptive during the school-to-work transition. Poster presented at the biennial meetings of the Society for Research in Child Development, Atlanta, GA.
• Gil-Trejo, L., Heckhausen, J., & Chang, E. S. (2005, April). An Inquiry Into the Gap Between High Educational Expectations and Low Post-Secondary Attainment in Adolescents Transitioning out of High School. Poster presented at the biennial meetings of the Society for Research in Child Development, Atlanta, GA.
• Sorkin, D. H., Rook, K.S., Heckhausen, J. (2004, November). Adapting to negative social exchanges in later life: Changes in interpersonal control strivings. Poster presented at the ^57th Annual Meeting of the Gerontological Society of America, Washington, DC.
• Heckhausen, J. & Charles, S. (2004, November). The Challenge of a New Social Environment: Social Goals and Control Striving After Relocation to a Retirement Community. Paper presented at the ^57th Annual Meeting of the Gerontological Society of America, Washington, DC.
• Lang, F. R. & Heckhausen, J. (2004, July). Approaching the transition from school to work: Regulation of peer relationships and of social networks. Paper presented at the 18^th Biennial Meeting of the International Society for the Study of Behavioral Development, Ghent, Belgium.
• Farruggia, S.P., Germo, G, Greenberger, E., Chen, C., Christensen, R., Garza, J., & Holladay, C. (2004, April). Smoking behavior of older youth in foster care compared to a community sample. Poster presented at the annual meetings of the Western Psychological Association, Phoenix, AZ.
• Chang, E., Gil-Trejo, L., & Heckhausen, J. (2004. March). Ethnic variations in adolescent life goals. Poster presented at the biennial meeting of the Society for Research on Adolescence, Baltimore.
• Heckhausen, J. (2003, November). Illness and disability in old age from a control-theory perspective. Paper presented at the 56^th Annual Meetings of the Gerontological Society of America, San Diego, CA.
• Farruggia, S.P., Chang, E.S., Gil-Trejo, L., Heckhausen, J., Greenberger, E., & Chen, C. (2003, April). The role of important non-parental adults in adolescent school connectedness and academic achievement. Poster presented at the biennial meetings of the Society for Research in Child Development, Tampa, FL.
• Jutta Heckhausen (2003, April). Transition to adulthood as a function of institutional scaffolding: Why German adolescents grow up faster? Paper presented at the biennial meetings of the Society for Research in Child Development, Tampa, FL.
• Heckhausen, J. (November, 2002). The life-span theory of control as a paradigm to study illness and disability in old age. Discussion paper presented at the 55^th Annual Meetings of the Gerontological Society of America, Boston, MA.
• Schulz, R., Musa, D., Silverman, M., & Heckhausen, J. (November, 2002). Black-white differences in OPS health. Paper presented at the 55^th Annual Meetings of the Gerontological Society of America, Boston, MA.
• Wrosch, C., Schulz, R., & Heckhausen, J. (November, 2002). Health stresses and depressive symptoms: The importance of health engagement control strategies. Paper presented at the 55^th Annual Meetings of the Gerontological Society of America, Boston, MA.
• Charles, S., Heckhausen, J., & Kemp. B. (November, 2002). Control strategies and affect among people with a spinal cord injury. Paper presented at the 55^th Annual Meetings of the Gerontological Society of America, Boston, MA.
• Sorkin, D. H., Heckhausen, J., & Schulz, R. (November, 2002). Differences between primary control, secondary control, perceived control, and coping: What's what and what for? Paper presented at the 55^th Annual Meetings of the Gerontological Society of America, Boston, MA.
• Wolf, R., Nagy, G., Köller, O., & Heckhausen, J. (September, 2002). Der Einfluss der Berufswahlsicherheit auf den Einsatz für die berufliche Erstausbildung. [The influence of uncertainty about vocational choice on the striving to obtain a vocational training position]. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Psychologie [German Society for Psychology], Berlin, Germany.
• Radzei, N., Nagy, G., Köller, O., & Heckhausen, J. (September, 2002). Der Einfluss von Schulleistungen und Kontrollüberzeugungen auf das Bewerbungsverhalten von Realschülern. [The influence of school achievement and control beliefs on job applications of middle-tier students]. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Psychologie [German Society for Psychology], Berlin, Germany.
• Mannion, S., Köller, O., & Heckhausen, J. (September, 2002). Validating a new measure of implicit motivation. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Psychologie [German Society for Psychology], Berlin, Germany.
• Wrosch, C. & Heckhausen, J. (July, 2002). Self-regulation of life regrets in old age. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the European Conference on Personality, Jena, Germany.
• Heckhausen, J. (July, 2002). Developmental regulation, control striving, and perceived control: Transactions in cycles of action. Discussion presented at European Conference on Personality, Jena, Germany.
• Heckhausen, Nagy, G., Tomasik, M., Haase, C., & Köller, O. (June, 2002). Motivation and control in the transition from school to work. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Psychological Society, New Orleans, LA.
• Heckhausen, J., Nagy, G., Wrosch, C., & Schulz, R. (June, 2002). Cycles of goal engagement and disengagement when approaching and passing developmental deadlines. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Psychological Society, New Orleans, LA.
• Heckhausen, J. (November, 2001). Developmental regulation in older adults: Optimizing control and maintaining identity. Paper presented at the 54^th Annual meetings of the Gerontological Society of America, Chicago, IL.
• Heckhausen, J., Farruggia, S.P., Nagy, G., Wrosch, C., & Schulz, R. (November, 2001). Cycles of goal engagement and disengagement when approaching and passing developmental deadlines. Paper presented at the 54^th Annual meetings of the Gerontological Society of America, Chicago, IL.
• Wolf, R., Heckhausen, J., & Köller, O. (2001, September). Soziale Vergleiche beim Übergang von der Schule in die berufliche Erstausbildung [Social comparisons during the transition from school to vocational training]. Poster presented at the Meeting for Developmental Psychology in the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Psychologie, Potsdam, Germany.
• Heckhausen, J. & Tomasik, M. (2001). German Adolescents’ Vocational Aspirations in the Transition from School to Work. Paper presented at the 64th Biennial Meeting of the Society for Research in Child Development, Minneapolis, MN.