Research output per year
Research output per year
prof. dr.
Netherlands
As a professor of Sport & Performance Psychology, I am interested in the mental aspects of sport and performance and talent development, and achievement motivation in particular. Individuals’ achievement motivation affects the degree to which they are inclined to perform their tasks, why they are willing to perform and to persist, how they feel and think about the task, how they evaluate the task, and how they tend to respond to task feedback, coaching, and mentoring. In our research, we rely on (multi-level) cross-sectional, longitudinal, and time-series field studies, laboratory experiments, and meta-analyses. We conduct our field research primarily in the sport context (e.g., Den Hartigh et al, 2022; Van Yperen, 2021; Van Yperen et al, 2021, 2022), but also in academic (e.g., Hiemstra et al., 2019; Moghimi et al., 2020; Van Yperen et al, 2021) and work settings (e.g., Hoendervanger et al, 2022; Van Yperen, 2017; Wörtler et al, 2021, 2022).
Achievement goal theorists’ basic assumption is that individuals’ achievement motivation is fueled by the need for competence, which is generally considered to be a fundamental psychological need. People feel (in)competent on the basis of the standard(s) they use when evaluating their performance. Three basic standards can be identified: the task, the self, and others. In the achievement goal literature, standards are crossed with valence (approach versus avoidance). Approach goals are aimed at acquiring positive possibilities (e.g., competence), whereas avoidance goals are aimed at avoiding negative possibilities (e.g., incompetence).
Building upon this 3 × 2 achievement goal framework, our research has brought the achievement goal field forward by proposing a hierarchical achievement goal system (Van Yperen, 2021, 2022), introducing refined conceptualizations and measures of achievement goals (Van Yperen, 2003, 2006, 2017; Van Yperen & Orehek, 2013), meta-analyzing experimental achievement goal research (Van Yperen et al., 2015) and field research across the domains of sport, work, and education (Van Yperen et al., 2014), and reviewing achievement goal research in sports (Van Yperen, 2021) and in workplace contexts (Van Yperen, 2017). Theoretical progress has been made by demonstrating …
Related to, or embedded in, my research on achievement motivation, we examined:
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Research output: Working paper › Preprint › Academic
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Academic › peer-review
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Academic › peer-review
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Popular
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Academic › peer-review
van Yperen, N. (Keynote speaker)
Activity: Talk and presentation › Professional or public presentation › Professional
van Yperen, N. (Keynote speaker)
Activity: Talk and presentation › Professional or public presentation › Professional
van Yperen, N. (Keynote speaker) & den Hartigh, R. (Keynote speaker)
Activity: Talk and presentation › Professional or public presentation › Professional
van Yperen, N. (Speaker)
Activity: Talk and presentation › Professional or public presentation › Professional
van Yperen, N. (Speaker)
Activity: Talk and presentation › Professional or public presentation › Professional
Neumann, N. (Creator), van Yperen, N. (Creator), Brauers, J. (Creator), Frencken, W. (Creator), Brink, M. (Creator), Lemmink, K. (Creator), Meerhoff, R. (Creator) & den Hartigh, R. (Creator), University of Groningen, 16-Feb-2023
DOI: 10.34894/KXP5QZ
Dataset
Neumann, N. D. (Creator), Van Yperen, N. W. (Creator), Arens, C. R. (Creator), Brauers, J. J. (Creator), Lemmink, K. A. M. P. (Creator), Emerencia, A. (Creator), Meerhoff, R. (Creator), Frencken, W. (Creator), Brink, M. S. (Creator) & Hartigh, R. J. R. D. (Creator), DataverseNL, 18-Apr-2024
DOI: 10.34894/hna8qq
Dataset
Neumann, N. (Creator), Brauers, J. J. (Creator), Van Yperen, N. W. (Creator), Van Der Linde, M. (Creator), Lemmink, K. A. P. M. (Creator), Brink, M. S. (Creator), Hasselman, F. (Creator) & Hartigh, R. J. R. D. (Creator), DataverseNL, 25-Oct-2024
DOI: 10.34894/krrcno
Dataset
23/11/2024
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Expert Comment › Popular
07/10/2024
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Expert Comment › Popular
05/09/2024
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Public Engagement Activities › Professional
Neumann, N. (Recipient), van Yperen, N. (Recipient), Brauers, J. (Recipient), Meerhoff, R. (Recipient), Frencken, W. (Recipient), Brink, M. (Recipient), Lemmink, K. (Recipient) & den Hartigh, R. (Recipient), 17-Jun-2022
Prize › Academic
Hill, Y. (Recipient), den Hartigh, J. R. (Recipient), Meijer, R. R. (Recipient), de Jonge, P. (Recipient) & Van Yperen, N. W. (Recipient), 12-Apr-2018
Prize › Academic
Jonker, L. (Recipient) & Yperen, van, N. (Recipient), 4-Dec-2018
Prize › Academic
Hoendervanger, J. G. (Recipient), de Been, I. (Recipient), Yperen, van, N. (Recipient), Mobach, M. P. (Recipient) & Albers, C. (Recipient), 17-May-2017
Prize › Academic