Publications
Our research on the role of motivation in adaptive development across the adult life-span has been featured in scientific journals that include: Psychological Science, Motivation Science, Psychoneuroendocrinology, Psychology and Aging, and The Journals of Gerontology among others.
Selected Publications (N Total = 49)
Hamm, J. M., Barlow, M. A., Garcia, O. G., & Duggan, K. A. (in press, 2023). Context-dependent shifts in self-regulatory personality processes during COVID-19: Changes in control predict dynamic shifts in goal reengagement capacity. Social and Personality Psychology Compass.
Hamm, J. M., Shane, J., Pierce, M. J., & Duggan, K. A. (in press, 2023). Individual differences in patterns of developmental opportunity and constraint during COVID-19: Implications for longitudinal well-being. Social and Personality Psychology Compass.
Hamm, J. M., Tan, J. Y. X., Barlow, M. A., Delaney, R. L., & Duggan, K. A. (2022). Goal adjustment capacities in uncontrollable life circumstances: Benefits for psychological well-being during COVID-19. Motivation and Emotion.
Hamm, J. M., Wrosch, C., Barlow, M. A., & Kunzmann, U. (2021). A tale of two emotions: The diverging salience and health consequences of calmness and excitement in old age. Psychology and Aging. doi:10.1037/pag0000512
Hamm, J. M., Heckhausen, J., Shane, J., & Lachman, M. E. (2020). Risk of cognitive declines with retirement: Who declines and why? Psychology and Aging, 35, 449-457. doi:10.1037/pag0000453. *Study highlighted in APA press release
Hamm, J. M., Perry, R. P., Chipperfield, J. G., Hladkyj, S., Parker, P. C., & Weiner, B. (2020). Reframing achievement setbacks: A motivation intervention to improve eight-year graduation rates for students in STEM fields. Psychological Science, 31, 623-633. doi:10.1177/0956797620904451. *Study highlighted in APS Observer.
Herriot, H., Wrosch, C., Hamm, J. M., & Pruessner, J. C. (2020, in press). Stress-related trajectories of diurnal cortisol in older adulthood over 12 years. Psychoneuroendocrinology. doi:10.1016/j.psyneuen.2020.104826
Hamm, J. M., Heckhausen, J., Shane, J., Infurna, F. J., & Lachman, M. E. (2019). Engagement with six major life domains during the transition to retirement: Stability and change for better or worse. Psychology and Aging, 34, 441-456. doi:10.1037/pag0000343
Hamm, J. M., Kamin, S. T., Chipperfield, J. G., Perry, R. P., & Lang, F. R. (2019). The detrimental consequences of overestimating future health in late life. The Journals of Gerontology, Series B: Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences, 74, 373-381. doi:10.1093/geronb/gbx074. *Editor’s Choice Article
Shane, J., Hamm, J. M., & Heckhausen, J. (2019). Subjective age at work: Feeling younger or older than one’s actual age predicts perceived control and motivation at work. Work, Aging, and Retirement, 5, 323-332. doi:10.1093/workar/waz013
Hamm, J. M., Chipperfield, J. G., Perry, R. P., Parker, P. C., & Heckhausen, J. (2017). Tenacious self-reliance in health maintenance may jeopardize late life survival. Psychology and Aging, 32, 628-635. doi:10.1037/pag0000201
Hamm, J. M., Perry, R. P., Chipperfield, J. G., Heckhausen, J., & Parker, P. C. (2016). A motivation-enhancing treatment to sustain goal engagement during life course transitions. Motivation and Emotion, 40, 814-829. doi:10.1007/s11031-016-9576-4
Hamm, J. M., Chipperfield, J. G., Perry, R. P., Heckhausen, J., & Mackenzie, C. S. (2014). Conflicted goal engagement: Undermining physical activity and health in late life. The Journals of Gerontology, Series B: Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences, 69(4), 533-542. doi:10.1093/geronb/gbu048