Dr Wijnand Van Tilburg

Goetz, T., Fries, J., Stempfer, L., Kraiger, L., Stoll, S., Baumgartner, L., Diamant, Y., Porics, C., Sonntag, B., Würglauer, S., Van Tilburg, W. and Pekrun, R., (2025). Spiritual boredom is associated with over- and underchallenge, lack of value, and reduced motivation.. Communications Psychology. 3 (1), 35-

O'Dea, M., Militaru, I., Igou, E., Rentfrow, J., Barrett, I. and Van Tilburg, W., (2025). Nature adds color to life: Less boredom in natural versus artificial environments.. Journal of Experimental Psychology. General

Wasiel, A., Górski,, MR., Van Tilburg, W. and et al, (2025). Examining the connection between position-based power and social status across seventy cultures. British Journal of Social Psychology, The. 64 (2), e12871-

Militaru, IE., Van Tilburg, W., Sedikides, C., Wildschut, T. and Rentfrow, PJ., (2025). Searching for Ithaca: The geography and psychological benefits of nostalgic places. Current Research in Ecological and Social Psychology. 8, 100223-100223

Lou, X., Haas, BW., Van Tilburg, WAP. and et al, (2025). A cross-cultural study on the association between societal conditions and the idealization of happiness.. Applied Research in Quality of Life

Krys, K., Kostoula, O., Van Tilburg, W., Mosca, O., Lee, H., Maricchiolo, F., Kosiarczyk, A., Kocimska-Zych, A., Torres, C., Hitokoto, H., Liew, K., Bond, M., Miu-Chi Lun, V., Vignoles, V., Zelenski, J., Haas, B., Park, J., Vauclair, C-M., Kwiatkowska, A., Roczniewska, M., Witoszek, N., Işık, İ., Kosakowska-Berezecka, N., Domínguez-Espinosa, A., Yeung, JC., Górski, M., Adamovic, M., Albert, I., Pavlopoulos, V., Fülöp, M., Sirlopu, D., Okvitawanli, A., Boer, D., Teyssier, J., Malyonova, A., Gavreliuc, A., Serdarevich, U., Akotia, C., Appoh, L., Mira, A., Baltin, A., Denoux, P., Esteves, CS., Gamsakhurdia, V., Garðarsdóttir, R., Igbokwe, D., Igou, ER., Kascakova, N., Klůzová Kračmárová, L., Kronberger, N., Barrientos, PE., Mohorić, T., Murdock, E., Mustaffa, NF., Nader, M., Nadi, A., Van Osch, Y., Pavlović, Z., Poláčková Šolcová, I., Rizwan, M., Romashov, V., Røysamb, E., Sargautyte, R., Schwarz, B., Selecká, L., Selim, H., Stogianni, M., Sun, C-R., Agnieszka, W., Xing, C. and Uchida, Y., (2024). Happiness Maximization Is a WEIRD Way of Living. Perspectives on Psychological Science, 17456916231208367-

O’Dea, M., Igou, E. and Van Tilburg, W., (2024). Preventing Boredom with Gratitude: The Key Role of Meaning in Life. Motivation and Emotion. 48 (1), 111-125

Roth, J., Steinmann, M., Loughnane, J., Devine, P., Muldoon, O., Shelly, C., Van Tilburg, W., Steffans, M. and Campbell, C., (2024). Election Results Can Decrease Intergroup Threat and through that Positively Affect Intergroup Relations. Political Psychology. 46 (1), 7-23

Muireann K., O., Eric R., I. and Van Tilburg, W., (2024). Spontaneous self-affirmation predicts more meaning and less boredom. Motivation and Emotion. 48 (2), 237-247

Chen, S., Van Tilburg, W., Mahadevan, N. and Leman, PJ., (2024). Narcissists don’t care about approval: The role of narcissism and status motives in explaining the relationship between self-objectification and approval motivation. Current Psychology. 43 (31), 25809-25819

Li, LMW., Lun, VM-C., Bond, MH., Yeung, JC., Igou, ER., Haas, BW., Stoyanova, S., Maricchiolo, F., Zelenski, JM., Vauclair, C-M., Uchida, Y., Poláčková Šolcová, I., Sirlopú, D., Park, J., Kosiarczyk, A., Kocimska-Zych, A., Capaldi, CA., Adamovic, M., Akotia, CS., Albert, I., Appoh, L., Arevalo, D., Baltin, A., Denoux, P., Domínguez-Espinosa, A., Esteves, CS., Gamsakhurdia, V., Fülöp, M., Garðarsdóttir, RB., Gavreliuc, A., Boer, D., Igbokwe, DO., Işık, İ., Kascakova, N., Klůzová Kračmárová, L., Kostoula, O., Kronberger, N., Kwiatkowska, A., Lee, JH., Liu, X., Łużniak-Piecha, M., Malyonova, A., Barrientos Marroquin, PE., Mohorić, T., Mosca, O., Murdock, E., Mustaffa, NF., Nader, M., Nadi, A., Okvitawanli, A., van Osch, Y., Pavlopoulos, V., Pavlović, Z., Rizwan, M., Romashov, V., Røysamb, E., Sargautyte, R., Schwarz, B., Selim, HA., Serdarevich, U., Stogianni, M., Sun, C-R., Teyssier, J., van Tilburg, WAP., Torres, C., Vignoles, VL., Xing, C. and Krys, K., (2024). The Role of Cultural Heterogeneity in Strengthening the Link Between Family Relationships and Life Satisfaction in 50 Societies. Journal of Happiness Studies. 25 (6)

Loughnane, J., Roth, J. and Van Tilburg, W., (2024). Collective UK Nostalgia Predicts a Desire to Leave the European Union. British Journal of Social Psychology. 63 (3), 1254-1271

Yeung, RC., Danckert, J., van Tilburg, WAP. and Fernandes, MA., (2024). Disentangling boredom from depression using the phenomenology and content of involuntary autobiographical memories.. Scientific Reports. 14 (1), 2106-

Shankar, S., Byrom, N., Van Tilburg, W. and Rakow, T., (2024). On the interchangeability of presentation order for cause and effect: Experimental tests of cue and outcome density effects.. Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology, 17470218241299407-

Cantarero, K., Van Tilburg, W., Gąsiorowska, A. and Wojciszke, B., (2023). The need for sense-making as a personal resource: Conceptualization and scale development. Current Psychology. 42 (5), 3477-3488

Tam, KYY., Chan, CS., Van Tilburg, WAP., Lavi, I. and Lau, JYF., (2023). Boredom belief moderates the mental health impact of boredom among young people: Correlational and multi-wave longitudinal evidence gathered during the COVID-19 pandemic. Journal of Personality. 91 (3), 638-652

Krys, K., Yeung, JC., Haas, BW., Van Osch, Y., Kosiarczyk, A., Kocimska-Zych, A., Torres, C., Selim, H., Zelenski, JM., Bond, MH., Park, J., Lun, VM-C., Maricchiolo, F., Vauclair, C-M., Šolcová, IP., Diaz, DRS., Xing, C., Vignoles, V., Van Tilburg, W., Teyssier, J., Sun, C-R., Serdarevich, U., Schwarz, B., Sargautyte, R., Røysamb, E., Romashov, V., Rizwan, M., Pavlović, Z., Pavlopoulos, V., Okvitawanli, A., Nadi, A., Nader, M., Mustaffa, NF., Murdock, E., Mosca, O., Mohorić, T., Marroquin, PEB., Malyonova, A., Liu, X., Lee, JH., Anna, K., Kronberger, N., Kračmárová, LK., Kascakova, N., Işık, İ., Igou, ER., Igbokwe, DO., Hanke-Boer, D., Gavreliuc, A., Garðarsdóttir, RB., Fülöp, M., Gamsakhurdia, V., Esteves, CS., Domínguez-Espinosa, A., Denoux, P., Charkviani, S., Baltin, A., Arevalo, D., Appoh, L., Akotia, C., Adamovic, M. and Uchida, Y., (2023). Family first: Evidence of consistency and variation in the value of family versus personal happiness across 49 different cultures. Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology. 54 (3), 323-339

Tam, K., Van Tilburg, W. and Chan, C., (2023). Whatever will bore, will bore: The mere anticipation of boredom exacerbates its occurrence in lectures. British Journal of Educational Psychology. 93 (1), 198-210

Pekrun, R., Marsh, HW., Elliot, AJ., Loderer, K., Perry, RP., Elisabeth, V., Goetz, T., Van Tilburg, WAP., Lüdtke, O. and Vispoel, W., (2023). A Three-Dimensional Taxonomy of Achievement Emotions. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology. 124 (1), 145-178

Van Tilburg, W., (2023). Locating nostalgia among the emotions: A bridge from loss to love. Current Opinion in Psychology. 49, 101543-101543

Chen, S., Van Tilburg, W. and Leman, PJ., (2023). Women’s self-objectification and strategic self-presentation on social media. Psychology of Women Quarterly. 47 (2), 266-282

Muis, KR., Sinatra, GM., Pekrun, R., Kendeou, P., Mason, L., Jacobson, NG., Van Tilburg, WAP., Orcutt, E., Zaccoletti, S. and Losenno, KM., (2023). Corrigendum: Flattening the COVID-19 curve: Emotions mediate the effects of a persuasive message on preventive action. Frontiers in Psychology. 14, 1148252-

Sánchez-Rodríguez, Á., Vignoles, VL., Bond, MH., Adamovic, M., Akotia, CS., Albert, I., Appoh, L., Baltin, A., Barrientos, PE., Denoux, P., Domínguez-Espinosa, A., Esteves, CS., Fülöp, M., Gamsakhurdia, V., Garðarsdóttir, RB., Gavreliuc, A., Hanke-Boer, D., Haas, BW., Igbokwe, DO., Işık, İ., Kascakova, N., Klůzová Kračmárová, L., Kocimska-Zych, A., Kosiarczyk, A., Kostoula, O., Kronberger, N., Krys, K., Kwiatkowska, A., Lee, JH., Liu, X., Łużniak-Piecha, M., Malyonova, A., Maricchiolo, F., Mira, A., Mohorić, T., Mosca, O., Murdock, E., Mustaffa, NF., Lun, VM-C., Nader, M., Nadi, A., Okvitawanli, A., van Osch, Y., Park, J., Pavlopoulos, V., Pavlović, Z., Poláčková Šolcová, I., Igou, ER., Rizwan, M., Romashov, V., Røysamb, E., Sargautyte, R., Schwarz, B., Selim, HA., Serdarevich, U., Sirlopú, D., Stogianni, M., Stoyanova, S., Sun, C-R., Teyssier, J., van Tilburg, WAP., Torres, C., Uchida, Y., Vauclair, C-M., Xing, C. and Zelenski, JM., (2023). Self-construals predict personal life satisfaction with different strengths across societal contexts differing in national wealth and religious heritage. Self and Identity. 22 (5), 689-712

Sánchez-Rodríguez, Á., Uskul, AK., Rodríguez-Bailón, R., Willis, GB., Vignoles, VL., Krys, K., Adamovic, M., Akotia, CS., Albert, I., Appoh, L., Baltin, A., Barrientos, PE., Bond, MH., Denoux, P., Domínguez-Espinosa, A., Esteves, CS., Fülöp, M., Gamsakhurdia, V., Garðarsdóttir, RB., Gavreliuc, A., Hanke-Boer, D., Haas, BW., Igbokwe, DO., Işık, İ., Kascakova, N., Klůzová Kračmárová, L., Kocimska-Zych, A., Kosiarczyk, A., Kostoula, O., Kronberger, N., Kwiatkowska, A., Lee, JH., Liu, X., Łużniak-Piecha, M., Malyonova, A., Maricchiolo, F., Mira, A., Mohorić, T., Mosca, O., Murdock, E., Mustaffa, NF., Lun, VM-C., Nader, M., Nadi, A., Okvitawanli, A., van Osch, Y., Park, J., Pavlopoulos, V., Pavlović, Z., Poláčková Šolcová, I., Igou, ER., Rizwan, M., Romashov, V., Røysamb, E., Sargautyte, R., Schwarz, B., Selim, HA., Serdarevich, U., Sirlopú, D., Stogianni, M., Stoyanova, S., Sun, C-R., Teyssier, J., van Tilburg, WAP., Torres, C., Uchida, Y., Vauclair, C-M., Xing, C. and Zelenski, JM., (2023). Unpackaging the link between economic inequality and self-construal. Self and Identity. 22 (5), 713-739

Loughnane, J., Roth, J. and Van Tilburg, W., (2023). A cognitive balance approach to understanding intergroup attitudes in post-Brexit Northern Ireland.. British Journal of Social Psychology. 62 (4), 1798-1816

Tam, K., Van Tilburg, W. and Chan, C., (2023). Lay Beliefs about Boredom: A Mixed-Methods Investigation. Motivation and Emotion. 47 (6), 1075-1094

Van Tilburg, W. and Van Tilburg, L., (2023). Impossible Hypotheses and Effect Size Limits. Advances in Methods and Practices in Psychological Science. 6 (4), 1-16

Chen, S., Van Tilburg, W. and Leman, P., (2022). Self-objectification in women predicts approval motivation in online self-presentation. British Journal of Social Psychology. 61 (1), 366-388

O'Dea, M., Igou, E., Van Tilburg, W. and Kinsella, E., (2022). Self-compassion predicts less boredom: The role of meaning in life.. Personality and Individual Differences. 186 (B), 111360-111360

Krys, K., Yeung,, JC., Capaldi, C., Miu-Chi Lun, V., Torres, C., Van Tilburg, W., Bond, MH., Zelenski, J., Haas, B., Park, J., Maricchiolo, F., Vauclair, C-M., Kosiarczyk, A., Kocimska-Zych, A., Kwiatkowska,, A., Adamovic,, M., Pavlopoulos, V., Fülöp, M., Sirlopu, D., Okvitawanli, A., Hanke-Boer, D., Teyssier, J., Malyonova, A., Gavreliuc, A., Uchida, Y., Serdarevich, U., Akotia, C., Appoh, L., Mira, A., Baltin, A., Denoux, P., Domínguez-Espinosa, A., Esteves, CS., Gamsakhurdia, V., Garðarsdóttir, R., Igbokwe, D., Igou, ER., Işık, I., Kascakova, N., KlůzováKračmárová, L., Kronberger, N., Lee, JH., Liu, X., Barrientos, PE., Mohorić, T., Nur Fariza, M., Mosca, O., Nader, M., Nadi, A., Van Osch, Y., Pavlović, Z., Poláčková Šolcová, I., Rizwan, M., Romashov, V., Røysamb, E., Sargautyte, R., Schwarz, B., Selecká, L., Selim, H., Stogianni, M., Sun, C-R., Xing, C. and Vignoles, V., (2022). Societal emotional environments and cross-cultural differences in life satisfaction: A forty-nine country study.. The Journal of Positive Psychology. 17 (1), 117-130

Cantarero, K., Van Tilburg, W. and Smoktunowicz, E., (2022). Other- (vs. self-) oriented meaning interventions enhance momentary work engagement through changes in work meaningfulness.. Journal of Counseling Psychology. 69 (4), 443-451

Erturk, S., Van Tilburg, W. and Igou, E., (2022). Off the mark: Repetitive marking undermines essay evaluations due to boredom. Motivation and Emotion. 46 (2), 264-275

Van Tilburg, W., Igou, E. and Panjwani, M., (2022). Boring people: Stereotype characteristics, interpersonal attributions, and social reactions. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin. 49 (9), 1329-1343

Dommett, E., Dinu, L., Van Tilburg, W., Keightley, S. and Gardner, B., (2022). Effects of captions, transcripts and reminders on learning and perceptions of lecture capture: A mixed-methods case study. International Journal of Educational Technology in Higher Education. 19 (1), 20-

Krpan, D. and Van Tilburg, W., (2022). The aesthetic quality model: Complexity and randomness as foundations of visual beauty by signaling quality. Psychology of Aesthetics, Creativity, and the Arts. 18 (6), 1059-1083

Moynihan, A., Igou, E. and Van Tilburg, W., (2022). Pornography consumption as existential escape from boredom. Personality and Individual Differences. 198, 111802-111802

Cantarero, K., Van Tilburg, W., Gąsiorowska, A. and Igou, E., (2022). The Efficient Measurement of Individual Differences in Meaning Motivation: The Need for Sense-Making Short Form (NSM-SF). Frontiers in Psychology. 13, 945692-

Van Tilburg, WAP., Pekrun, R. and Igou, ER., (2022). Consumed by Boredom: Food Choice Motivation and Weight Changes during the COVID-19 Pandemic. Behavioral Sciences. 12 (10), 366-366

Muis, KR., Sinatra,, GM., Pekrun, R., Kendeou, P., Mason, L., Jacobs, N., Van Tilburg, W., Orcutt, E., Zaccoletti, S. and Losenno, KM., (2022). Flattening the COVID-19 curve: Emotions mediate the effects of a persuasive message on preventive action. Frontiers in Psychology. 13, 1047241-

Krys, K., Haas, BW., Igou, ER., Kosiarczyk, A., Kocimska-Bortnowska, A., Kwiatkowska, A., Kwiatkowska, A., Lun, VM-C., Maricchiolo, F., Park, J., Poláčková Šolcová, I., Sirlopu, D., Uchida, Y., Vauclair, C-M., Vignoles, VL., Zelenski, JM., Adamovic, M., Akotia, CS., Albert, I., Appoh, L., Arévalo Mira, DM., Baltin, A., Denoux, D., Domínguez-Espinosa, A., Esteves, CS., Gamsakhurdia, V., Fülöp, M., Garðarsdóttir, RB., Gavreliuc, A., Boer, D., Igbokwe, DO., Işık, İ., Kascakova, N., Klůzová Kračmárová, L., Kosakowska-Berezecka, N., Kostoula, O., Kronberger, N., Lee, JH., Liu, X., Łużniak-Piecha, M., Malyonova, A., Barrientos, PE., Mohorić, T., Mosca, O., Murdock, E., Mustaffa, NF., Nader, M., Nadi, A., Okvitawanli, A., Van Osch, Y., Pavlopoulos, V., Pavlović, Z., Rizwan, M., Romashov, V., Røysamb, E., Sargautyte, R., Schwarz, B., Selim, HA., Serdarevich, U., Stogianni, M., Sun, C-R., Teyssier, J., Van Tilburg, W., Taonrdre, C., Xing, C. and Bond, MH., (2022). Introduction to a culturally sensitive measure of well-being: Combining life satisfaction and interdependent happiness across 49 different cultures. Journal of Happiness Studies. 24 (2), 607-627

Cantarero, K., van Tilburg, WAP. and Smoktunowicz, E., (2021). Affirming Basic Psychological Needs Promotes Mental Well-Being During the COVID-19 Outbreak. Social Psychological and Personality Science. 12 (5), 821-828

Moynihan, AB., Igou, ER. and van Tilburg, WAP., (2021). Bored stiff: The relationship between meaninglessness, sexual sensation seeking, and promiscuous attitudes via boredom susceptibility. Personality and Individual Differences. 168, 110295-110295

Krys, K., Park, J., Kocimska-Zych, A., Kosiarczyk, A., Selim, HA., Wojtczuk-Turek, A., Haas, BW., Uchida, Y., Torres, C., Capaldi, CA., Bond, MH., Zelenski, JM., Lun, VM-C., Maricchiolo, F., Vauclair, C-M., Poláčková Šolcová, I., Sirlopú, D., Xing, C., Vignoles, VL., van Tilburg, WAP., Teyssier, J., Sun, C-R., Stoyanova, S., Serdarevich, U., Schwarz, B., Sargautyte, R., Røysamb, E., Romashov, V., Rizwan, M., Pavlović, Z., Pavlopoulos, V., van Osch, Y., Okvitawanli, A., Nadi, A., Nader, M., Nur Fariza, M., Mosca, O., Mohorić, T., Barrientos, PE., Malyonova, A., Liu, X., Lee, JH., Kwiatkowska, A., Kronberger, N., Klůzová Kračmárová, L., Kascakova, N., Işık, İ., Igou, ER., Igbokwe, DO., Hanke-Boer, D., Gavreliuc, A., Garðarsdóttir, RB., Fülöp, M., Gamsakhurdia, V., Esteves, CS., Domínguez-Espinosa, A., Denoux, P., Charkviani, S., Baltin, A., Mira, ADM., Appoh, L., Albert, I., Akotia, CS. and Adamovic, M., (2021). Personal Life Satisfaction as a Measure of Societal Happiness is an Individualistic Presumption: Evidence from Fifty Countries. Journal of Happiness Studies. 22 (5), 2197-2214

Maher, PJ., Igou, ER. and van Tilburg, WAP., (2021). Nostalgia relieves the disillusioned mind. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology. 92, 104061-104061

Van Tilburg, W., Saadi, A. and Mahadevan, N., (2021). Citizen Vain? Exposure to the UK Citizenship Test Predicts Milder Demands from Immigrants Across the Political Spectrum. British Journal of Social Psychology. 60 (3), 888-901

Moynihan, A., Igou, E. and Van Tilburg, W., (2021). Existential Escape of the Bored: A Review of Meaning-Regulation Processes Under Boredom. European Review of Social Psychology. 32 (1), 161-200

Tam, KYY., Van Tilburg, W. and Chan, CS., (2021). What is Boredom Proneness? A Comparison of Three Characterizations. Journal of Personality. 89 (4), 831-846

Byrka, K., Cantarero, K., Dolinski, D. and Van Tilburg, W., (2021). Consequences of Sisyphean Efforts: Meaningless Effort decreases motivation to engage in subsequent conservation behaviors through disappointment. Sustainability. 13 (10), 5716-5716

Brosowsky, N., Van Tilburg, W., Scholer, A., Boylan, J., Seli, P. and Danckert, J., (2021). Boredom proneness, political orientation and adherence to social- distancing in the pandemic.. Motivation and Emotion. 45 (5), 631-640

Tam, K., Van Tilburg, W., Chan, C., Igou, E. and Lau, H., (2021). Attention Drifting in and out: The Boredom Feedback Model. Personality and Social Psychology Review. 25 (3), 251-272

Kılıç, A., Van Tilburg, WAP. and Igou, ER., (2020). Risk‐taking increases under boredom. Journal of Behavioral Decision Making. 33 (3), 257-269

Maher, PJ., Igou, ER. and van Tilburg, WAP., (2020). Disillusionment: A prototype analysis. Cognition and Emotion. 34 (5), 947-959

Dommett, EJ., Gardner, B. and van Tilburg, W., (2020). Staff and students perception of lecture capture. The Internet and Higher Education. 46, 100732-100732

Van Tilburg, WAP. and Mahadevan, N., (2020). When Imitating Successful Others Fails: Accidentally Successful Exemplars Inspire Risky Decisions and can Hamper Performance. Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology. 73 (6), 941-956

Cantarero, K., Białobrzeska, O. and Van Tilburg, W., (2020). Social Psychological Bulletin Special Topic on Psychosocial Functioning During the COVID-19 Pandemic. Social Psychological Bulletin. 15 (4)

Cantarero, K., van Tilburg, WAP., Kuźma, B., Gąsiorowska, A. and Wojciszke, B., (2019). Some people probably need to make more sense: An exploratory study on individual differences and the need for sense-making. Polish Psychological Bulletin. 50 (2), 114-118

Krys, K., Zelenski, JM., Capaldi, CA., Park, J., Tilburg, W., Osch, Y., Haas, BW., Bond, MH., Dominguez‐Espinoza, A., Xing, C., Igbokwe, DO., Kwiatkowska, A., Luzniak‐Piecha, M., Nader, M., Rizwan, M., Zhu, Z. and Uchida, Y., (2019). Putting the “We” Into Well‐being: Using Collectivism‐Themed Measures of Well‐Being Attenuates Well‐being's Association With Individualism. Asian Journal of Social Psychology. 22 (3), 256-267

Maher, PJ., Van Tilburg, WAP. and Igou, ER., (2019). Lost in Multidimensional Space: Epistemic Motivations Define and Distinguish Negative Affect. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin. 45 (9), 1409-1424

van Tilburg, WAP., Igou, ER., Maher, PJ. and Lennon, J., (2019). Various forms of existential distress are associated with aggressive tendencies. Personality and Individual Differences. 144, 111-119

van Tilburg, WAP., (2019). It's not unusual to be unusual (or: A different take on multivariate distributions of personality). Personality and Individual Differences. 139, 175-180

Cantarero, K., Byrka, K., Van Tilburg, WAP. and Komorowska, A., (2019). Saying Good and Bad Things Behind Someone’s Back or to Their Face: Perceived Source Selflessness and Trust in Information Matter When the Information Is Positive. Social Psychological Bulletin. 14 (1)

Moynihan, AB., Igou, ER. and van Tilburg, WAP., (2019). Lost in the crowd: Conformity as escape following disbelief in free will. European Journal of Social Psychology. 49 (3), 503-520

Dommett, EJ., Gardner, B. and van Tilburg, W., (2019). Staff and student views of lecture capture: a qualitative study. International Journal of Educational Technology in Higher Education. 16 (1)

Zhou, X., van Tilburg, WAP., Mei, D., Wildschut, T. and Sedikides, C., (2019). Hungering for the past: Nostalgic food labels increase purchase intentions and actual consumption. Appetite. 140, 151-158

Tilburg, WAP., Sedikides, C., Wildschut, T. and Vingerhoets, AJJM., (2019). How nostalgia infuses life with meaning: From social connectedness to self‐continuity. European Journal of Social Psychology. 49 (3), 521-532

van Tilburg, WAP. and Igou, ER., (2019). Dreaming of a Brighter Future: Anticipating Happiness Instills Meaning in Life. Journal of Happiness Studies. 20 (2), 541-559

Coughlan, G., Igou, ER., van Tilburg, WAP., Kinsella, EL. and Ritchie, TD., (2019). On Boredom and Perceptions of Heroes: A Meaning-Regulation Approach to Heroism. Journal of Humanistic Psychology. 59 (4), 455-473

van Tilburg, WAP., Igou, ER., Maher, PJ., Moynihan, AB. and Martin, DG., (2019). Bored like Hell: Religiosity reduces boredom and tempers the quest for meaning.. Emotion. 19 (2), 255-269

van Tilburg, WAP., Bruder, M., Wildschut, T., Sedikides, C. and Göritz, AS., (2019). An appraisal profile of nostalgia.. Emotion. 19 (1), 21-36

Dommett, EJ., van Tilburg, W. and Gardner, B., (2019). A case study: Views on the practice of opting in and out of lecture capture. Education and Information Technologies. 24 (5), 3075-3090

van Tilburg, WAP., Wildschut, T. and Sedikides, C., (2018). Nostalgia’s place among self-relevant emotions. Cognition and Emotion. 32 (4), 742-759

Igou, ER., van Tilburg, WAP., Kinsella, EL. and Buckley, LK., (2018). On the existential road from regret to heroism: Searching for meaning in life. Frontiers in Psychology. 9 (DEC), 2375-

Cantarero, K., Van Tilburg, WAP. and Szarota, P., (2018). Differentiating everyday lies: A typology of lies based on beneficiary and motivation. Personality and Individual Differences. 134, 252-260

Maher, PJ., Igou, ER. and van Tilburg, WAP., (2018). Brexit, Trump, and the Polarizing Effect of Disillusionment. Social Psychological and Personality Science. 9 (2), 205-213

van Tilburg, WAP., Sedikides, C. and Wildschut, T., (2018). Adverse Weather Evokes Nostalgia. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin. 44 (7), 984-995

Krys, K., Capaldi, CA., van Tilburg, W., Lipp, OV., Bond, MH., Vauclair, C., Manickam, LSS., Domínguez‐Espinosa, A., Torres, C., Lun, VM., Teyssier, J., Miles, LK., Hansen, K., Park, J., Wagner, W., Yu, AA., Xing, C., Wise, R., Sun, C., Siddiqui, RS., Salem, R., Rizwan, M., Pavlopoulos, V., Nader, M., Maricchiolo, F., Malbran, M., Javangwe, G., Işık, İ., Igbokwe, DO., Hur, T., Hassan, A., Gonzalez, A., Fülöp, M., Denoux, P., Cenko, E., Chkhaidze, A., Shmeleva, E., Antalíková, R. and Ahmed, RA., (2018). Catching up with wonderful women: The women‐are‐wonderful effect is smaller in more gender egalitarian societies. International Journal of Psychology. 53 (S1), 21-26

Chan, CS., van Tilburg, WAP., Igou, ER., Poon, CYS., Tam, KYY., Wong, VUT. and Cheung, SK., (2018). Situational meaninglessness and state boredom: Cross-sectional and experience-sampling findings. Motivation and Emotion. 42 (4), 555-565

Moynihan, AB., Igou, ER. and van Tilburg, WAP., (2017). Boredom Increases Impulsiveness. Social Psychology. 48 (5), 293-309

van Tilburg, WAP. and Igou, ER., (2017). Boredom begs to differ: Differentiation from other negative emotions.. Emotion. 17 (2), 309-322

Moynihan, AB., Igou, ER. and van Tilburg, WAP., (2017). Free, connected, and meaningful: Free will beliefs promote meaningfulness through belongingness. Personality and Individual Differences. 107, 54-65

van Tilburg, WAP. and Igou, ER., (2017). Can boredom help? Increased prosocial intentions in response to boredom. Self and Identity. 16 (1), 82-96

Van Tilburg, WAP. and Igou, ER., (2016). Going to political extremes in response to boredom. European Journal of Social Psychology. 46 (6), 687-699

Krys, K., -Melanie Vauclair, C., Capaldi, CA., Lun, VM-C., Bond, MH., Domínguez-Espinosa, A., Torres, C., Lipp, OV., Manickam, LSS., Xing, C., Antalíková, R., Pavlopoulos, V., Teyssier, J., Hur, T., Hansen, K., Szarota, P., Ahmed, RA., Burtceva, E., Chkhaidze, A., Cenko, E., Denoux, P., Fülöp, M., Hassan, A., Igbokwe, DO., Işık, İ., Javangwe, G., Malbran, M., Maricchiolo, F., Mikarsa, H., Miles, LK., Nader, M., Park, J., Rizwan, M., Salem, R., Schwarz, B., Shah, I., Sun, C-R., van Tilburg, W., Wagner, W., Wise, R. and Yu, AA., (2016). Be Careful Where You Smile: Culture Shapes Judgments of Intelligence and Honesty of Smiling Individuals. Journal of Nonverbal Behavior. 40 (2), 101-116

van Tilburg, WAP., Sedikides, C. and Wildschut, T., (2015). The mnemonic muse: Nostalgia fosters creativity through openness to experience. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology. 59, 1-7

Igou, ER. and van Tilburg, WAP., (2015). Ahead of others in the authorship order: names with middle initials appear earlier in author lists of academic articles in psychology. Frontiers in Psychology. 6 (MAR), 469-

Moynihan, AB., Van Tilburg, WAP., Igou, ER., Wisman, A., Donnelly, AE. and Mulcaire, JB., (2015). Eaten up by boredom: consuming food to escape awareness of the bored self. Frontiers in Psychology. 6 (APR), 369-

Cantarero, K. and van Tilburg, WAP., (2014). Too tired to taint the truth: Ego‐depletion reduces other‐benefiting dishonesty. European Journal of Social Psychology. 44 (7), 743-747

van Tilburg, WAP. and Igou, ER., (2014). Moving Onwards: An Action Continuation Strategy in Finding the Way. Journal of Behavioral Decision Making. 27 (5), 408-418

van Tilburg, WAP. and Igou, ER., (2014). The impact of middle names: Middle name initials enhance evaluations of intellectual performance. European Journal of Social Psychology. 44 (4), 400-411

Van Tilburg, WAP. and Igou, ER., (2014). From Van Gogh to Lady Gaga: Artist eccentricity increases perceived artistic skill and art appreciation. European Journal of Social Psychology. 44 (2), 93-103

Wildschut, T., Bruder, M., Robertson, S., van Tilburg, WAP. and Sedikides, C., (2014). Collective nostalgia: A group-level emotion that confers unique benefits on the group.. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology. 107 (5), 844-863

van Tilburg, WAP. and Igou, ER., (2013). On the meaningfulness of behavior: An expectancy x value approach. Motivation and Emotion. 37 (3), 373-388

Van Tilburg, W. and Igou, ER., (2013). De zin van een verveeld bestaan. In-Mind

Maher, PJ., Van Tilburg, WAP. and Van Den Tol, AJM., (2013). Meaning in music: Deviations from expectations in music prompt outgroup derogation. European Journal of Social Psychology. 43 (6), 449-454

van Tilburg, WAP., Igou, ER. and Sedikides, C., (2013). In search of meaningfulness: Nostalgia as an antidote to boredom.. Emotion. 13 (3), 450-461

van Tilburg, WAP. and Igou, ER., (2012). On boredom: Lack of challenge and meaning as distinct boredom experiences. Motivation and Emotion. 36 (2), 181-194

van Tilburg, WAP. and Igou, ER., (2011). On Boredom and Social Identity. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin. 37 (12), 1679-1691

van Tilburg, WAP. and Igou, ER., (2011). On the meaningfulness of existence: When life salience boosts adherence to worldviews. European Journal of Social Psychology. 41 (6), 740-750

O’Dea, MK. and van Tilburg, WAP., (2024). Self-Compassion and Heroism. In: Encyclopedia of Heroism Studies. Springer International Publishing. 1845- 1850. 9783031481284

O'Dea, M. and Van Tilburg, W., (2023). Self-Compassion and Heroism. In: Encyclopedia of Heroism Studies. Editors: Allison, S., Beggan, J. and Goethals, G., . Springer. 1- 6. 978-3-031-17125-3

Igou, E. and Van Tilburg, W., (2022). The Existential Sting of Boredom: Implications for Moral Judgments and Behavior. In: The Moral Psychology of Boredom. Editors: Elpidorou, A., . Rowman & Littlefield. 978-1786615381

Igou, ER. and Van Tilburg, W., (2019). A remedy for boredom: Natural environments as a psychological resource.. In: Physical Activity in Natural Settings Green and Blue Exercise. Editors: Donnelly, AA. and MacIntyre, TE., . Routledge. 1138894311. 9781138894310

Van Tilburg, W. and Igou, ER., (2019). The unbearable lightness of boredom: A pragmatic meaning-regulation hypothesis. In: Boredom Is in Your Mind A Shared Psychological-Philosophical Approach. Editors: Ros Velasco, J., . Springer. 11- 35. 3030263940. 9783030263942

Igou, ER., van Dongen, F. and van Tilburg, WAP., (2012). Preference Judgments (Individuals). In: Encyclopedia of Human Behavior. Elsevier. 153- 159. 9780080961804