Recent Publications

Hamm, J. M., Perry, R. P., Chipperfield, J. G., Hladkyj, S., & Parker, P. C.  & Weiner, B. (2020). Reframing achievement setbacks: A motivation intervention to improve eight-year graduation rates for students in STEM fields. Psychological Science

Chipperfield, J. G., Hamm, J. M., Perry, R. P., Parker, P. C., Ruthig, J. C., & Lang, F. R. (2019). A healthy dose of realism: The moderating role of expectations when facing a downward spiral in health. Social Science & Medicine. 232, 444–452. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.socscimed.2018.08.030 

Hamm, J. M., Kamin, S., Chipperfield, J. G., Perry, R. P., & Lang, F. L. (2019). The detrimental consequences of overestimating future health in late life. Journals of Gerontology, Series B: Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences.74(3), 373–381. https://doi.org/10.1093/geronb/gbx074. Article appears on Journals of Gerontology website as Editor’s choice 

Haverstock, N., Ruthig, J. C, & Chipperfield, J. G. (2019).  Primary and secondary control strategies and psychological well-being among familial caregivers of older adults with dementia. The Journal of Social Psychology, 4, 1–4. doi:10.1080/00224545.2019.1592095

Parker, P. C., Chipperfield, J. G., Perry, R. P., Hamm, J. M., & Hoppmann, C. A. (2019). Attributions for physical activity in older adults: Predicting everyday physical activity and mortality. Psychology and Health, 34(2), 216-231.  https://doi.org/10.1080/08870446.2018.1523407

Hamm, J. M., Perry, R. P., Chipperfield, J. G., Parker, P. C., & Heckhausen, J. (2018). A motivation treatment to enhance goal engagement in online learning environments: Assisting failure-prone college students with low optimism. Motivation Science. Advance online publication.  http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/mot0000107

Parker, P. C., Perry, R. P., Hamm, J. M., Chipperfield, J. G. Hladkyj, S., & Leboe-McGowan, L. (2018). Attribution-based motivation treatment efficacy in high-stress student athletes: A moderated-mediation analysis of cognitive, affective, and achievement processes. Psychology of Sport and Exercise, 35, 189–197. doi:10.1016/j.psychsport.2017.12.002

Hamm, J. M., Chipperfield, J. G., Perry, R. P., Parker, P. C., & Heckhausen, J. (2017). Tenacious self-reliance in health maintenance may jeopardize late life survival. Psychology and Aging, 32(7), 628–635.

Chipperfield, J. G., Perry, R. P., & Pekrun, R. H., Hamm, J. M., & Lang, F. R. (2017). Paradoxical effects of perceived control on survival.  Journals of Gerontology Series B: Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences. doi:10.1093/geronb/gbx002

Chipperfield, J. G., Hamm, J. M., Perry, R. P., & Ruthig, J. C. (2017). Perspectives on studying perceived control in the twenty-first century. In M. D. Robinson & M. Eid (Eds.), The Happy Mind: Cognitive Contributions to Well-Being (pp. 215-234). New York: Springer.

Hamm, J. M., Perry, R. P, Chipperfield, J. G., Murayama, K., & Weiner, B. (2017). Attribution-based motivation treatment efficacy in an online learning environment for students who differ in cognitive elaboration. Motivation and Emotion, 41(5), 600–616. 

Parker, P. C., Perry, R. P., Chipperfield, J. G., Hamm, J. M., & Pekrun, R. (2017). An attribution-based motivation treatment for low control students who are bored in online learning environments. Motivation Science. doi:10.1037/mot0000081

Chipperfield, J. G., Perry, R. P., Pekrun, R. H., Barchfeld, P., Lang, F. R., & Hamm, J. M. (2016). Paradoxical role of perceived control in late life health behavior. PloS One, 11(3), 1–16. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0148921

Hamm, J. M., Perry, R. P., Chipperfield, J. G., Heckhausen, J., & Parker, P. C. (2016). A motivation-enhancing treatment to sustain goal engagement during life course transitions. Motivation and Emotion, 40(6), 814-829.

Parker, P. C., Perry, R. P., Hamm, J. M., Chipperfield, J. G., Hladkyj, S. (2016). Enhancing the academic success of competitive student athletes using a motivation treatment intervention (attributional retraining). Psychology of Sport and Exercise, 26, 113–122.

Stewart, T. L., Chipperfield, J. G., Perry, R. P., & Hamm, J. M. (2016). Attributing heart attack and stroke to “old age”: Implications for subsequent health outcomes among older adults. Journal of Health Psychology, 21(1), 40–49. doi:1177/1359105314521477

Hamm, J. M., Perry, R. P., Chipperfield, J. G., Stewart, T. L., & Heckhausen, J. (2015). Motivation-focused thinking: Buffering against stress-related physical symptoms and depressive symptomology. Psychology & Health, 30(11), 1326-1345.

Ruthig, J. C., Trisko, J., & Chipperfield, J. G. (2014). Shifting positivity ratios: Emotions and psychological health in later life. Aging & mental health, 18(5), 547–553.

Hamm, J. M., Chipperfield, J.G., Perry, R.P., Heckhausen, & J., Mackenzie, C.S. (2014). Conflicted goal engagement: Undermining physical activity and health in late life. Journals of Gerontology, Series B: Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences. doi:10.1093/geronb/gbu048

Hamm, J. M., Perry, R. P., Clifton, R. A., Chipperfield, J. G., & Boese, G. D. (2014). Attributional Retraining: A motivation treatment with differential psychosocial and performance benefits for failure prone individuals in competitive achievement settings. Basic and Applied Social Psychology, 36(3), 221–237. doi:10.1080/01973533.2014.890623

Perry, R. P., Chipperfield, J. G., Hladkyj, S., Pekrun, R., & Hamm, J. M. (2014).  Attribution-based treatment interventions in achievement settings.  In S. Karabenick and T. Urdan (Eds.), Advances in Motivation and Achievement (Vol. 18), (pp. 1-35). Emerald Group Publishing. 

Hamm, J. M., Stewart, T. L., Perry, R. P., Clifton, R. A., Chipperfield, J. G., & Heckhausen, J. (2013). Sustaining primary control striving for achievement goals during challenging developmental transitions: The role of secondary control strategies. Basic and Applied Social Psychology, 35(3), 286–297. doi:10.1080/01973533.2013.785404

Newall, N. E. G., Chipperfield, J. G., & Bailis, D. S. (2013). Predicting stability and change in loneliness in later life. Journal of Social and Personal Relationships, 31(3), 335–351. doi:10.1177/0265407513494951

Newall, N. E. G., Chipperfield, J. G., Bailis, D. S., & Stewart, T. L. (2013). Consequences of loneliness on physical activity and mortality in older adults and the power of positive emotions. Health Psychology, 32(8), 921–924. doi:10.1037/a0029413

Ruthig, J. C., Trisko, J., & Chipperfield. J. G. (2013). Shifting positivity ratios: Emotions and psychological health in later life. Journal of Aging and Mental Health. doi:10.1080/13607863.2013.866633

Stewart, T. L., Chipperfield, J. G., Ruthig, J. C., & Heckhausen, J. (2013). Downward social comparison and subjective well-being in late life: The moderating role of perceived control. Aging and Mental Health, 17(3), 375–385, doi:10.1080/13607863.2012.743963

Swift, A. U., & Chipperfield, J. G. (2013). Secondary control combinations (adjustment and acceptance) and well-being in older adults. Canadian Journal on Aging/La Revue canadienne du vieillissement, 32(4), 349–359. doi:10.1017/S0714980813000391

Bailis, D. S. & Chipperfield, J. G.  (2012).  Hope and Optimism.  In V. S. Ramachandran’s (Ed.) Encyclopedia of Human Behavior (2^nd ed.)., (pp. 342-349). San Diego: Academic Press. doi:10.1016/B978-0-12-375000-6.00193-2

Chipperfield, J. G., Perry, R. P., & Stewart, T. L. (2012). Perceived control. In V. S. Ramachandran’s (Ed.) Encyclopedia of Human Behavior (2nd ed), (pp. 42-48). San Diego: Academic Press. doi:10.1016/B978-0-12-375000-6.00109-9 

Chipperfield, J. G., Newall, N. E., Perry, R. P., Bailis, D. S., Stewart, T. L., & Ruthig, J. C. (2012). Sense of control in late life: Health and survival implications. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 38(8), 1081–1092. doi:10.1177/0146167212444758 

Stewart, T. L., Chipperfield, J. G., Perry, R. P., & Weiner, B. (2012). Attributing illness to “old age:” Consequences of a self-directed stereotype for health and mortality. Psychology and Health. 27(8), 881–897. Winner of the CIHR Age-Plus Award for outstanding scientific paper. doi:10.1080/08870446.2011.630735