Roy Baumeister

The Need to Belong: a Deep Dive into the Origins, Implications, and Future of a Foundational Construct

Kelly-Ann Allen, DeLeon L Gray, Roy F Baumeister, Mark R Leary

Journal article  |  2021  |  EDUCATIONAL PSYCHOLOGY REVIEW

The need to belong in human motivation is relevant for all academic disciplines that study human behavior, with immense importance..

Better Later Than Never: Meaning in Late Life

Nancy A Pachana, Roy F Baumeister

Journal article  |  2021  |  FRONTIERS IN PSYCHOLOGY

The quest for meaning in life takes on new challenges and directions during late life. This mini-review draws on prior theory to a..

Do objects fuel thyself? The relationship between objects and self-regulation

Nicole L Mead, Roy F Baumeister

Journal article  |  2021  |  CURRENT OPINION IN PSYCHOLOGY

It has long been argued that people become attached to objects because objects help people to define, reflect, and communicate the..

Outcasts and saboteurs: Intervention strategies to reduce the negative effects of social exclusion on team outcomes

Andrew Reece, Evan W Carr, Roy F Baumeister, Gabriella Rosen Kellerman

Journal article  |  2021  |  PLOS ONE

The experience of social exclusion in the workplace adversely impacts employees' well-being, job satisfaction, and productivity, a..

Mental health outcomes of coronavirus infection survivors: A rapid meta-analysis

Dong Liu, Roy F Baumeister, Yong Zhou

Journal article  |  2021  |  JOURNAL OF PSYCHIATRIC RESEARCH

BACKGROUND: The current COVID pandemic is happening while the long-term effects of coronavirus infection remain poorly understood...

Belongingness and the modern schoolchild: on loneliness, socioemotional health, self-esteem, evolutionary mismatch, online sociality, and the numbness of rejection

Roy F Baumeister, Davina A Robson

Journal article  |  2021  |  AUSTRALIAN JOURNAL OF PSYCHOLOGY

The need to belong resonates widely as a fundamental motivation to maintain close, continual human bonds. This commentary integrat..

Making memorable choices: Cognitive control and the self-choice effect in memory

Cassandra Baldwin, Katie E Garrison, Roy F Baumeister, Brandon J Schmeichel

Journal article  |  2021  |  SELF AND IDENTITY

The current research tested the effects of active choice on memory (i.e., the self-choice effect). Across 14 experiments (N = 1100..

Home Team (Dis)Advantage Patterns in the National Hockey League: Changes Through Increased Emphasis on Individual Performance With the 3-on-3 Overtime Rule

Matt D Hoffmann, Desmond McEwan, Roy F Baumeister, Joel D Barnes, Michelle D Guerrero

Journal article  |  2021  |  PERCEPTUAL AND MOTOR SKILLS

Past research examining National Hockey League (professional ice hockey; NHL) data from the 4-on-4 overtime era (seasons between 2..

The Upsides and Downsides of High Self-Control: Evidence for Effects of Similarity and Situation Dependency

Lukas Roeseler, Jacqueline Ebert, Astrid Schuetz, Roy F Baumeister

Journal article  |  2021  |  EUROPES JOURNAL OF PSYCHOLOGY

High trait self-control is generally depicted as favorable. We investigated whether this holds for social perception. Using vignet..

What makes people want more self-control: A duo of deficiency and necessity.

L Uziel, RF Baumeister, JL Alquist

Journal article  |  2021  |  Motivation Science

Self-control is important, but people may only be motivated to improve their self-control under specific conditions. The present s..