Wächtergasse 1
1010 Wien
Room: 506
T: +43-1-4277-47322
veronika.job@univie.ac.at
Research Areas
- Determinants, processes, and outcomes of goal-striving, self-regulation, and self-control
- Management of effort and self-control: Effects of preceding tasks and learning history
- Lay theories/mindsets: How they affect self-regulation, interpersonal relationships, well-being
- Implicit and explicit motives and attitudes (assessment, incongruence)
Publications
Mlynski C, Mueller S, Napolitano C, Job Sutnar V. A backup plan for life? Alternative Life paths facilitate disengagement in an action crisis. Motivation and Emotion. 2024 Feb;48(1):66-74. doi: 10.1007/s11031-023-10052-z
Job Sutnar V, Sik K, Cummins J. An implicit measure of growth mindset uniquely predicts post-failure learning behavior. Surface Science Reports. 2024;14(1):3761. doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-024-52916-5
Job Sutnar V, Bauer C. Double disadvantage: Female first-generation-students think of themselves as least talented, contributing to disproportionate disadvantage. Learning and Instruction. 2024.
Goschke T, Job Sutnar V. The Willpower Paradox: Possible and Impossible Conceptions of Self-Control. APS - Association for Psychological Science. 2023 Nov;18(6):1339-1367. doi: https://doi.org/10.1177/17456916221146158
Job Sutnar V, Bauer C, Hannover B. Who gets to see themselves as talented? Biased self-concepts contribute to first-generation students’ disadvantage in talent-focused environments. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology. 2023 Sep;108:104501. doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jesp.2023.104501
Jankowski JM, Job Sutnar V. The role of lay beliefs about willpower and daily demands in day-to-day pro-environmental behavior. Journal of Environmental Psychology. 2023 Jun;88:102024. doi: 10.1016/j.jenvp.2023.102024
Job Sutnar V, Bernecker K. Mindset-Theorie. In Sassenberg K, Vliek M, editors, Sozialpsychologie: Von der Theorie zur Anwendung: Mindset-Theorie. Cham. 2023. p. 195-207
Job Sutnar V, Francis Z, Weidmann R, Bühler J, Burriss R, Wünsche J et al. My willpower belief and yours: Investigating dyadic associations between willpower beliefs, social support, and relationship satisfaction in couples. European Journal of Personality. 2023.
Clay G, Mlynski C, Korb FM, Goschke T, Job V. Rewarding cognitive effort increases the intrinsic value of mental labor. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 2022 Feb 1;119(5):e2111785119. doi: 10.1073/pnas.2111785119
Primoceri P, Ramer N, Ulrich J, Job Sutnar V. The role of task similarity for ego depletion: A registered report. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology. 2021 Jul;95:104133. doi: 10.1016/j.jesp.2021.104133
Francis Z, Mata J, Flückiger L, Job V. Morning resolutions, evening disillusions: Theories of willpower affect how health behaviours change across the day. European Journal of Personality. 2021 May 1;35(3):398-415. doi: 10.1177/0890207020962304
Francis Z, Job V. Intended responses to romantic partners’ annoying behaviours vary with willpower beliefs. British Journal of Psychology. 2021 May;112(2):549-564. doi: 10.1111/bjop.12475
Gieseler K, Loschelder DD, Job V, Friese M. A preregistered test of competing theories to explain ego depletion effects using psychophysiological indicators of mental effort. Motivation Science. 2021 Mar;7(1):32-45. doi: 10.1037/mot0000183
Compagnoni M, Sieber V, Job Sutnar V. My Brain Needs a Break: Kindergarteners’ Willpower Theories Are Related to Behavioral Self-Regulation. Frontiers in Psychology. 2020 Dec 16;11:601724. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2020.601724
Maio SD, Keller J, Job V, Felsenberg D, Ertel W, Schwarzer R et al. Health demands moderate the link between willpower beliefs and physical activity in patients with knee osteoarthritis. International journal of behavioral medicine. 2020 Aug;27(4):406–414. doi: 10.1007/s12529-020-09865-w
K. G, Loschelder DD, Job Sutnar V, Friese M. A pre-registered test of competing theories to explain ego depletion effects using psychophysiological indicators of mental effort. 2020. doi: 10.31234/osf.io/ufk52
Francis Z, Sieber V, Job Sutnar V. You seem tired, but so am I: Willpower theories and intention to provide support in romantic relationships. Journal of Social and Personal Relationships. 2020 Mar;37(3):738-757.
Bernecker K, Job Sutnar V. Too exhausted to go to bed: Implicit theories about willpower and stress predict bedtime procrastination. British Journal of Psychology. 2020 Feb;111(1):126-147. doi: 10.1111/bjop.12382
Schreiber M, Job Sutnar V, Dohle S. Is your health malleable or fixed? The influence of implicit theories on health-related attitudes and behaviour. Psychology & Health. 2020;35(12):1421-1439. Epub 2020 May 13. doi: 10.1080/08870446.2020.1761975
Allemand M, Job Sutnar V, Mroczek DK. Self-control development in adolescence predicts love and work in adulthood. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology. 2019 Sep;117(3):621–634. doi: 10.1037/pspp0000229