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Marina Milyavskaya

Marina Milyavskaya

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Psychology

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35
Citations
5344
World Ranking
9850
National Ranking
676

Overview

Marina Milyavskaya is affiliated with Carleton University in Canada. Their research primarily focuses on psychology, with notable contributions across several subfields including applied psychology, social psychology, experimental and cognitive psychology, clinical psychology, and sociology and political science.

The main topics investigated in their work include behavioral health and interventions, motivation and self-concept in sports, mental health research topics, psychological well-being and life satisfaction, psychological and temporal perspectives research, social and intergroup psychology, and death anxiety and social exclusion.

Among recent publications, several papers illustrate the range of their research interests:

  • A Multisite Preregistered Paradigmatic Test of the Ego-Depletion Effect, 2021, Psychological Science
  • Self-control in daily life: Prevalence and effectiveness of diverse self-control strategies, 2020, Journal of Personality
  • More Effort, Less Fatigue: The Role of Interest in Increasing Effort and Reducing Mental Fatigue, 2021, Frontiers in Psychology
  • Do mindful people set better goals? Investigating the relation between trait mindfulness, self-concordance, and goal progress, 2020, Journal of Research in Personality
  • The relation of parental support of emerging adults' goals to well-being over time: The mediating roles of goal progress and autonomy need satisfaction, 2020, Motivation Science

Frequent co-authors in their work include:

  • Kaitlyn M. Werner
  • Tyler Thorne
  • Isabelle Leduc-Cummings
  • Michael Inzlicht
  • Blair Saunders

Their work appears regularly in certain publication venues with multiple contributions to the following journals:

  • Carleton undergraduate journal of science
  • Motivation Science
  • Journal of Personality
  • Frontiers in Psychology
  • Journal of Research in Personality

Best Publications

  • Psychological needs, motivation, and well-being: A test of self-determination theory across multiple domains

    Marina Milyavskaya;Richard Koestner

  • Fear of missing out: prevalence, dynamics, and consequences of experiencing FOMO

    Marina Milyavskaya;Mark Saffran;Nora Hope;Richard Koestner

  • Saying "no" to temptation: Want-to motivation improves self-regulation by reducing temptation rather than by increasing self-control.

    Marina Milyavskaya;Michael Inzlicht;Nora Hope;Richard Koestner

  • Balance Across Contexts: Importance of Balanced Need Satisfaction Across Various Life Domains

    Marina Milyavskaya;Isabelle Gingras;Geneviève A. Mageau;Richard Koestner

  • What’s So Great About Self-Control? Examining the Importance of Effortful Self-Control and Temptation in Predicting Real-Life Depletion and Goal Attainment:

    Marina Milyavskaya;Michael Inzlicht

  • A Multisite Preregistered Paradigmatic Test of the Ego-Depletion Effect:

    Kathleen D. Vohs;Brandon J. Schmeichel;Sophie Lohmann;Sophie Lohmann;Quentin F. Gronau

  • Some goals just feel easier: Self-concordance leads to goal progress through subjective ease, not effort ☆

    Kaitlyn M. Werner;Marina Milyavskaya;Emily Foxen-Craft;Richard Koestner

  • The Role of Self-Compassion in Goal Pursuit and Well-Being Among University Freshmen

    Nora Hope;Richard Koestner;Marina Milyavskaya

  • Reward sensitivity following boredom and cognitive effort: A high-powered neurophysiological investigation

    Marina Milyavskaya;Michael Inzlicht;Travis Johnson;Michael J. Larson

  • Reported self-control is not meaningfully associated with inhibition-related executive function: A Bayesian analysis

    Blair Saunders;Marina Milyavskaya;Alexander Etz;Daniel Randles

  • Psychological need satisfaction across levels of experience: Their organization and contribution to general well-being

    Marina Milyavskaya;Frederick L. Philippe;Richard Koestner

  • The Effects of Self-Criticism and Self-Oriented Perfectionism on Goal Pursuit

    Theodore A. Powers;Richard Koestner;David C. Zuroff;Marina Milyavskaya

  • Distinguishing Autonomous and Directive Forms of Goal Support Their Effects on Goal Progress, Relationship Quality, and Subjective Well-Being

    Richard Koestner;Theodore A. Powers;Noémie Carbonneau;Marina Milyavskaya

  • Restoration process of the need for autonomy: the early alarm stage.

    Rémi Radel;Luc G. Pelletier;Philippe Sarrazin;Marina Milyavskaya

  • Where Do Self-Concordant Goals Come From? The Role of Domain-Specific Psychological Need Satisfaction

    Marina Milyavskaya;Daniel Nadolny;Richard Koestner

  • Inspired to get there: The effects of trait and goal inspiration on goal progress

    Marina Milyavskaya;Iana Ianakieva;Emily Foxen-Craft;Agnes Colantuoni

  • Motivation and self-regulation: The role of want-to motivation in the processes underlying self-regulation and self-control

    Kaitlyn M. Werner;Marina Milyavskaya

  • The many faces of self-control: Tacit assumptions and recommendations to deal with them.

    Marina Milyavskaya;Elliot T. Berkman;Denise T. D. De Ridder

  • Self-control in daily life: Prevalence and effectiveness of diverse self-control strategies.

    Marina Milyavskaya;Blair Saunders;Michael Inzlicht

  • Goal Pursuit: Current state of affairs and directions for future research

    Marina Milyavskaya;Kaitlyn M. Werner

  • Attentional and motivational mechanisms of self-control

    Marina Milyavskaya;Michael Inzlicht

Frequent Co-Authors

Richard Koestner
Richard Koestner McGill University
Michael Inzlicht
Michael Inzlicht University of Toronto
Michael J. Larson
Michael J. Larson Brigham Young University
Wilhelm Hofmann
Wilhelm Hofmann Ruhr University Bochum
Nancy L. Heath
Nancy L. Heath McGill University
Jeffrey L. Derevensky
Jeffrey L. Derevensky McGill University
Elliot T. Berkman
Elliot T. Berkman University of Oregon
Michael J. A. Wohl
Michael J. A. Wohl Carleton University
Geneviève A. Mageau
Geneviève A. Mageau University of Montreal
Keith S. Dobson
Keith S. Dobson University of Calgary

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