Publications

Cai, Y., King, R. B., & Elliot, A. J. (in press). Income inequality is associated with heightened test
anxiety and lower academic achievement: A cross-national study in 51 countries. Learning and Instruction.

Elliot, A. J., & Sommet, N. (in press). Integration in the achievement motivation literature
and the hierarchical model of achievement motivation. Educational Psychology Review.

Garcia, A. M., Tor, A., & Elliot, A. J. (in press). What is the psychology of competition? In S.
Garcia, A. Tor, & A. Elliot (Eds.), Oxford handbook on the psychology of competition. Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press.

Gilbert, K. M., Weissman, D., Gordils, J., Elliot, A. J., & Sommet, N. (in press). Feeling poor or
feeling poorer: Comparing subjective measures of economic status in predicting health and well-being, International Journal of Social Psychology.

Sommet, N., & Elliot, A. J. (in press). Opposing effects of income inequality on health: The role of
perceived competitiveness and approach/avoidance motivation. European Journal of Social Psychology.

2023 Publications (Selected):

Energization and Direction Are Both Essential Parts of Motivation

Elliot, A. J. (2023). Energization and direction are both essential parts of motivation. In M. Bong, J.M. Reeve, S. I. Kim (Eds.), Motivation science: Controversies and insights (pp. 10-14). Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press.

The Effect of Black–White Income Inequality on Perceived Interracial Psychological Outcomes via Perceived Interracial Competition

Gordils, J., Elliot, A. J., & Jamieson, J. P. (2023). The effect of Black-White income inequality on perceived interracial psychological outcomes via perceived interracial competition. Journal of Educational Psychology: General, 132, 2479-2503.

Mastery-Approach Goals: A Large-Scale Cross-Cultural Analysis of Antecedents and Consequences

Guo, J., Hu, X., Elliot, A. J., Murayama, K, Marsh, H. W., Basarkod, G., Parker, P., & Dicke, T. (2023). Mastery-approach goals: A large-scale cross-cultural analysis of antecedents and consequences. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 125, 397-420.

A Three-Dimensional Taxonomy of Achievement Emotions

Pekrun, R., Marsh, H. W., Elliot, A. J., Loderer, K., Perry, R. P., Vogt, E., & Goetz, T. (2023). A three-dimensional taxonomy of achievement emotions. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 124, 145-178.

A Competitiveness-Based Theoretical Framework on the Psychology of Income Inequality

Sommet, N., & Elliot, A. J. (2023). A competitiveness-based theoretical framework on the psychology of income inequality. Current Directions in Psychological Science, 32, 318-327.

Income Inequality Predicts Competitiveness and Cooperativeness at School

Sommet, N., Weissman, D. L., & Elliot, A. J. (2023). Income inequality predicts competitiveness and cooperativeness at school. Journal of Educational Psychology, 115, 173-191.

Achievement Goal Perception: An Interpersonal Approach to Achievement Goals

Weissman, D. L., & Elliot, A. J. (2023). Achievement goal perception: An interpersonal approach to achievement goals. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 125, 607-628.

2022 Publications (Selected):

Economic status and avoidance motivation: a meta‑analysis

Gilbert, K. M., Elliot, A. J., & Le, B. M. (2022). Economic status and avoidance motivation: A meta-analysis. Motivation and Emotion, 46, 293-306.

Knowledge of Wealth Shapes Social Impressions

Sarkar, A., Nithyanand, D., Sarkar, R., Mäkelä, I., Sella, F., Cohen Kadosh, R., Elliot, A. J., & Thompson, J. (2022). Knowledge of wealth shapes social impressions. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Applied, 28, 205-236.

The efects of U.S. county and state income inequality on self‑reported happiness and health are equivalent to zero

Sommet, N., & Elliot, A. J. (2022). The effect of local income inequality on health is equivalent to zero. Quality of Life Research, 31, 1999-2009.

Spontaneous Use of Retrieval and Rereading: Relation to Achievement Goals and Exam Performance

Wallace, A., Elliot, A. J., & Rogge, R. (2022). Spontaneous use of retrieval and rereading: Relation to achievement goals and exam performance. Journal of Educational Psychology, 114, 1412-1426.

Dispositional predictors of perceived academic competitiveness: Evidence from multiple countries

Weissman, D., Elliot, A. J., & Sommet, N. (2022). Dispositional predictors of perceived academic competitiveness: Evidence from multiple countries, Personality and Individual Differences, 198, 11801.

2021 Publications (Selected):

Social Comparison Information, Performance Expectancy, and Performance Goal Adoption

Elliot, A. J., Weissman, D., Hangen, E., & Thorstenson, C. A. (2021). Social comparison information, performance expectancy, and performance goal adoption. Motivation Science, 7, 56-67.

The effect of perceived interracial competition on psychological outcomes

Gordils, J., Jamieson, J., Elliot, A. J., & Sommet, N. (2021). The effect of perceived interracial competition on psychological outcomes. PLoS One, e0245671

Improving Reading Instruction and Students’ Reading Skills in the Early Grades: Evidence From a Randomized Evaluation in Haiti

Guzmán J. C., Schuenke-Lucien, K., D’Agostino, A. J., Berends, M., & Elliot, A. J. (2021). Improving reading skills in early grades: Evidence from a randomized evaluation in Haiti. Reading Research Quarterly, 56, 173-193.

Social comparison orientation and trait competitiveness: Their interrelation and utility in predicting overall and domain-specific risk-taking

Liu, Z., Elliot, A. J., & Li, Y. (2021). Social comparison orientation and trait competitiveness: Their interrelation and utility in predicting overall and domain-specific risk-taking. Personality and Individual Differences, 171, 110451.

Moderation of the Big-Fish-Little-Pond Effect: Juxtaposition of Evolutionary (Darwinian-Economic) and Achievement Motivation Theory Predictions Based on a Delphi Approach

Marsh, H., Xu, K., Parker, P., Pekrun, R., Elliot, A. J., Guo, J., Dicke, T., & Basarkod, G. (2021). Moderation of the big-fish-little-pond-effect: Juxtaposition of evolutionary (Darwinian-economic) and achievement motivation theory predictions. Educational Psychology Review, 33, 1353-1378.

2020 Publications (Selected):

Competition and Achievement Outcomes: A Hierarchical Motivational Analysis

Elliot, A. J. (2020). Competition and achievement outcomes: A hierarchal motivational analysis. Motivation Science, 6, 3-11.

Racial Income Inequality, Perceptions of Competition, and Negative Interracial Outcomes

Gordils, J., Jamieson, J., Elliot, A. J., & Sommet, N. (2020). Racial income inequality promotes perceptions of competition and predicts negative interracial outcomes. Social Psychological and Personality Science, 11, 74-87.

Development of Achievement Goals and Their Relation to Academic Interest and Achievement in Adolescence: A Review of the Literature and Two Longitudinal Studies

Scherrer, V., Preckel, F., Schmidt, I, & Elliot, A. J. (2020). Development of achievement goals and their relation to academic interest and achievement: A review of the literature and two longitudinal studies. Developmental Psychology, 56, 795-814.

The relation between symmetry in food packaging and approach and avoidance words

Velesco, C., Pathak, A., Woods, A. T., Corredor, A., & Elliot, A. J. (2020). The relation between symmetry
in food packaging and approach and avoidance words. Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology, 73, 654-663.

The infuence of competition and performance goals on decoding complex emotions

Young, S., & Elliot, A. J. (2020). The influence of competition and performance goals on decoding complex emotions.
Motivation and Emotion, 44, 911-920.