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Bart Soenens

Bart Soenens

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Psychology
Belgium
2026

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Psychology

D-Index
107
Citations
48459
World Ranking
441
National Ranking
5

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Psychology in Belgium Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Psychology in Belgium Leader Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Psychology in Belgium Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Psychology in Belgium Leader Award

Overview

Bart Soenens is affiliated with Ghent University in Belgium and has a research profile largely centered within the fields of psychology and social sciences. Their scholarly contributions span clinical psychology, social psychology, experimental and cognitive psychology, safety research, and sociology and political science. This range illustrates a multidisciplinary approach to understanding human behavior and mental health.

Soenens has a significant volume of publications, with key focus areas including motivation and self-concept in sports, child and adolescent psychosocial and emotional development, perfectionism, procrastination and anxiety studies, youth development and social support, education and achievement, psychological well-being and life satisfaction, as well as attachment and relationship dynamics.

Recent papers authored or co-authored by Soenens include:

  • Basic psychological need theory: Advancements, critical themes, and future directions (2020, Motivation and Emotion)
  • Building a science of motivated persons: Self-determination theory's empirical approach to human experience and the regulation of behavior (2021, Motivation Science)
  • Parental Burnout Around the Globe: a 42-Country Study (2021, Affective Science)
  • Social media use and well-being: A prospective experience-sampling study (2020, Computers in Human Behavior)
  • Adolescents as active managers of their own psychological needs: The role of psychological need crafting in adolescents' mental health (2021, Journal of Adolescence)

Soenens collaborates frequently with several researchers, including:

  • Maarten Vansteenkiste
  • Sofie Morbée
  • Joachim Waterschoot
  • Nele Flamant
  • Katrijn Brenning

The most frequent publication venues for Soenens are:

  • Motivation and Emotion
  • Journal of Adolescence
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • Journal of Child and Family Studies
  • Journal of Youth and Adolescence

Best Publications

  • Basic psychological need satisfaction, need frustration, and need strength across four cultures

    Beiwen Chen;Maarten Vansteenkiste;Wim Beyers;Liesbet Boone

  • Capturing autonomy, competence, and relatedness at work: Construction and initial validation of the Work-related Basic Need Satisfaction scale

    Anja Van den Broeck;Maarten Vansteenkiste;Hans De Witte;Bart Soenens

  • Motivational Profiles from a Self-Determination Perspective: The Quality of Motivation Matters.

    Maarten Vansteenkiste;Eline Sierens;Bart Soenens;Koen Luyckx

  • Basic psychological need theory: Advancements, critical themes, and future directions

    Maarten Vansteenkiste;Richard M. Ryan;Bart Soenens

  • A theoretical upgrade of the concept of parental psychological control: Proposing new insights on the basis of self-determination theory

    Bart Soenens;Maarten Vansteenkiste

  • The development of the five mini-theories of self-determination theory: an historical overview, emerging trends, and future directions

    Maarten Vansteenkiste;Christopher P. Niemiec;Bart Soenens

  • Capturing ruminative exploration: Extending the four-dimensional model of identity formation in late adolescence

    Koen Luyckx;Seth J. Schwartz;Michael D. Berzonsky;Bart Soenens

  • Experiences of Autonomy and Control Among Chinese Learners: Vitalizing or Immobilizing?.

    Maarten Vansteenkiste;Mingming Zhou;Willy Lens;Bart Soenens

  • On the relations among work value orientations, psychological need satisfaction and job outcomes: A self-determination theory approach.

    Maarten Vansteenkiste;Bart Neyrinck;Christopher P. Niemiec;Bart Soenens

  • Antecedents and Outcomes of Self-Determination in 3 Life Domains: The Role of Parents' and Teachers' Autonomy Support

    Bart Soenens;Maarten Vansteenkiste

  • Conceptualizing parental autonomy support: adolescent perceptions of promotion of independence versus promotion of volitional functioning.

    Bart Soenens;Maarten Vansteenkiste;Willy Lens;Koen Luyckx

  • The synergistic relationship of perceived autonomy support and structure in the prediction of self-regulated learning.

    Eline Sierens;Maarten Vansteenkiste;Luc Goossens;Bart Soenens

  • Unpacking commitment and exploration: Preliminary validation of an integrative model of late adolescent identity formation

    Koen Luyckx;Luc Goossens;Bart Soenens;Wim Beyers

  • Do perceived autonomy-supportive and controlling teaching relate to physical education students' motivational experiences through unique pathways? Distinguishing between the bright and dark side of motivation

    Leen Haerens;Nathalie Aelterman;Maarten Vansteenkiste;Bart Soenens

  • Identifying Configurations of Perceived Teacher Autonomy Support and Structure: Associations with Self-Regulated Learning, Motivation and Problem Behavior.

    Maarten Vansteenkiste;Eline Sierens;Luc Goossens;Bart Soenens

  • A developmental contextual perspective on identity construction in emerging adulthood: change dynamics in commitment formation and commitment evaluation.

    Koen Luyckx;Luc Goossens;Bart Soenens

  • Parenting and adolescent problem behavior: an integrated model with adolescent self-disclosure and perceived parental knowledge as intervening variables.

    Bart Soenens;Maarten Vansteenkiste;Koen Luyckx;Luc Goossens

  • Toward an integrative and fine-grained insight in motivating and demotivating teaching styles: The merits of a circumplex approach

    Nathalie Aelterman;Maarten Vansteenkiste;Leen Haerens;Bart Soenens

  • Examining the Light and Dark Sides of Emerging Adults’ Identity: A Study of Identity Status Differences in Positive and Negative Psychosocial Functioning

    Seth J. Schwartz;Wim Beyers;Koen Luyckx;Bart Soenens

  • Identity Statuses Based on 4 Rather Than 2 Identity Dimensions: Extending and Refining Marcia's Paradigm

    Koen Luyckx;Luc Goossens;Bart Soenens;Wim Beyers

  • Examining the motivational impact of intrinsic versus extrinsic goal framing and autonomy-supportive versus internally controlling communication style on early adolescents' academic achievement.

    Maarten Vansteenkiste;Joke Simons;Willy Lens;Bart Soenens

Frequent Co-Authors

Maarten Vansteenkiste
Maarten Vansteenkiste Ghent University
Koen Luyckx
Koen Luyckx KU Leuven
Luc Goossens
Luc Goossens KU Leuven
Wim Beyers
Wim Beyers Ghent University
Bart Duriez
Bart Duriez KU Leuven
Stijn Van Petegem
Stijn Van Petegem Université Libre de Bruxelles
Willy Lens
Willy Lens KU Leuven
Patrick Luyten
Patrick Luyten University College London
Peter Prinzie
Peter Prinzie Erasmus University Rotterdam
Michael D. Berzonsky
Michael D. Berzonsky State University of New York College at Cortland

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