Publications of James Y. Shah

Journal Articles

  1. Fitzsimons, G.M. and Shah, J.Y. (2009). Confusing One Instrumental Other for Another: Goal Effects on Social Categorization. Psychological Science, 20(12), 1468.
  2. Leander, N.P., Shah, J.Y. and Chartrand, T.L. (2009). Moments of weakness: The implicit context dependencies of temptations. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 35(7), 853.
  3. Haeffel, G.J. and Abramson, L.Y. and Brazy, P.C. and Shah, J.Y. (2008). Hopelessness theory and the approach system: Cognitive vulnerability predicts decreases in goal-directed behavior. Cognitive Therapy and Research, 32(2), 281--290.
  4. Fitzsimons, G.M. and Shah, J.Y. (2008). How goal instrumentality shapes relationship evaluations. Journal of personality and social psychology, 95(2), 319--337.
  5. Sassenberg, K. and Jonas, K.J. and Shah, J.Y. and Brazy, P.C. (2007). Why some groups just feel better: The regulatory fit of group power. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 92(2), 249--267.
  6. Haeffel, G.J. and Abramson, L.Y. and Brazy, P.C. and Shah, J.Y. and Teachman, B.A. and Nosek, B.A. (2007). Explicit and implicit cognition: A preliminary test of a dual-process theory of cognitive vulnerability to depression. Behaviour research and therapy, 45(6), 1155--1167.
  7. Brazy, P.C. and Shah, J.Y. (2006). Strength and safety in numbers: Considering the social implications of regulatory focus. Journal of personality, 74(6), 1647--1672.
  8. Fishbach, A. and Shah, J.Y. (2006). Self-control in action: Implicit dispositions toward goals and away from temptations. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 90(5), 820.
  9. Shah, J. Y. (2005). automatic pursuit and management of goals. Current Directions in Psychological Science, 14, 10-13.
  10. Amodio, D. M., Shah, J. Y., Brazy, P. B. & Harmon-Jones, E. (2004). Implicit prevention and promotion goal orientation and asymmetrical frontal EEG activity.. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 40, 225-232.
  11. Fishbach, A., Shah, J. Y., & Kruglanski, A.W. (2004). Emotional transfer in goal systems. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 40, 697-824.
  12. Shah, J. Y., Brazy, P. B., & Higgins, E. T. (2004). ). Promoting us or preventing them: Regulatory focus and the nature of ingroup bias, 30, 433-446.
  13. Shah, J. Y (2003). The motivational looking glass: How significant others implicitly affect goal appraisals. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology8, 85, 424-439.
  14. Shah, J. Y., & Kruglanski, A. W. (2003). Automatic for the people: How representations of significant others implicitly affect goal pursuit. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 84, 661-681.
  15. Shah, J. Y., & Kruglanski, A. W. (2003). When opportunity knocks: Bottom-up priming of goals by means and its effects on self-regulation. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 84, 1109-1122.
  16. Shah, J. Y., Friedman, R., & Kruglanski, A. W. (2002). ). Forgetting all else: On the antecedents and consequences of goal shielding. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 83, 1261-1280.
  17. Shah, J. Y., & Kruglanski, A. W. (2002). Priming against your will: How goal pursuit is affected by accessible alternatives. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 38, 368-383.
  18. Kruglanski, A. W., Shah, J. Y., Pierro, A., & Mannetti, L. (2002). When similarity breeds content: Need for closure and the allure of homogeneous and self-resembling groups. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 83, 648-662.
  19. J.Y. Shah (2001). Regulatory concerns and appraisal efficiency: The general impact of promotion and prevention. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 80, 693-705.
  20. Kruglanski, A. W., Thompson, E. P., Higgins, E. T., Atash, M .N., Shah, J. Y., Spiegel, S. (2000). To "do the right thing" or to "just do it": Locomotion and assessment as distinct self-regulatory imperatives. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 79, 793-815.
  21. Shah, J. Y., Kruglanski, A. W., & Thompson, E. P. (1998). Membership has its (epistemic) rewards: Need for closure effects on ingroup favoritism. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 75, 383-393.
  22. Shah, J. Y., Higgins, E. T., & Friedman, R. (1998). Performance incentives and means: How regulatory focus influences goal attainment. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 74, 285-293.
  23. Shah, J. Y., & Higgins, E. T. (1997). Expectancy x value effects: Regulatory focus as a determinant of magnitude and direction. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 73, 447-458.
  24. Higgins, E. T., Shah, J. Y., & Friedman, R. (1997). Emotional responses to goal attainment: Strength of regulatory focus as moderator. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 72, 515-525.
  25. Roney, C. J., Higgins, E. T., & Shah, J. Y. (1995). Goals and framing: How outcome focus influences motivation and emotion. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 21, 1151-1160.

Books

  1. Shah, J. Y. & Gardner, W. (Eds.) (2008). Handbook of Motivation Science.. New York: Guilford Press.

Chapters in Books

  1. Shah, J. Y. Hall, D. Leander, P. "Moments of Motivation: Margins of Opportunity in Managing the Efficacy, Need, and Transitions of Striving." Psychology of Goals. Ed. G. Moskowitz & H. Grant Guilford Press, 2009: 234-255.
  2. Shah, J.Y. and Kruglanski, A.W. "Structural Dynamics: The Challenge of Change in Goal Systems." Handbook of Motivation Science. Ed. J. Shah & W. Gardner The Guilford Press, 2008: 217.
  3. Shah, J. Y. & Brazy, P. H. "When your wish is my desire: A triangular model of self-regulatory relationships." Self and relationships: Connecting intrapersonal and interpersonal processes. Ed. K. Vohs & E. Finkel 2006: 387-406.
  4. Fitzsimons, GM and Shah, JY and Chartrand, TL and Bargh, JA "Friends and neighbors, goals and labors: Interpersonal and self regulation."  2005: 130--125.
  5. Shah, J. Y., Brazy, P. B. & Higgins, E. T. "Promotion and prevention: forms of ingroup bias." From prejudice to intergroup emotions: Differentiated reactions to social groups. Ed. D. Mackie & E. Smith New York: Psychology Press, 2002: 31-48.
  6. Shah, J. H., Kruglanski, A. W. & Friedman, R. "A goal systems approach to self-regulation." The Ontario Symposium on Personality and Social Psychology. Ed. M. P. Zanna, J. M. Olson, & C. Seligman New Jersey: Erlbaum, 2002: 247-276.
  7. A. W. Kruglanski, J. Y. Shah, A. Fishbach, R. Friedman, W. Y. Chun, & D. Sleeth-Keppler "A theory of goal systems." Advances in experimental social psychology. Ed. M. P. Zanna San Diego, CA: Academic Press, Inc., 2002: 331-378.
  8. Shah, J. Y. & Kruglanski, A. W. "Aspects of goal networks: Implications for self-regulation." Handbook of self-regulation. Ed. M. Boekaerts, P. R. Pintrich, & M. Zeidner San Diego: Academic Press, 2000a: 85-110.
  9. Shah, J. Y. & Kruglanski, A. W. "The structure and substance of intrinsic motivation." Intrinsic motivation: Controversies and new directions. Ed. C. Sansone & J. M. Harackiewicz San Diego: Academic Press, 2000b: 105-127.
  10. Higgins, E. T., Grant, H. & Shah, J. "Self-regulation and quality of life: Emotional and non-emotional life experiences." Well-being: The foundations of hedonic psychology. Ed. D. Kahneman, E. Diener, et al. New York, NY: Russell Sage Foundation, 1999: 244-266.

Articles Submitted

  1. Leander, N. P., Shah, J. Y., & Chartrand, T. L. (2010). Up close and threatening: Regulatory resistance to the motivational influence of others. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology.
  2. Leander, N.P., Shah, J. Y. (2010). A shared sense of urgency: Social sensitivity to motivational immediacy.
  3. Leander, N. P., Shah, J. Y., & Chartrand, T. L., Fitzsimons, G. J. (2010). Contempt under pressures: How reactance motivation shapes indulging in temptations. Journal of Consumer Research.