Primary Interests:
- Applied Social Psychology
- Attitudes and Beliefs
- Health Psychology
- Judgment and Decision Making
- Motivation, Goal Setting
- Persuasion, Social Influence
- Social Cognition
|
|
,
Esther K. Papies |
I study nonconscious processes in the regulation of behavior, especially in the domain of health behavior. My research uses mainly social cognition methods and focuses on the question of how behavior is regulated as a function of personal goals and environmental cues that can interfere with these goals. As an example, my work in the domain of dieting behavior has shown that chronic dieters perceive attractive food mainly in terms of its hedonic relevance, which interferes with their dieting goal and triggers overeating. I also conduct research on goal-directed habits and on mechanisms of behavior change. I received the Dissertation Award of the Dutch Association of Social Psychological Researchers (2008) and the Early Career Award (Jaspars Award) of the European Association for Social Psychology (2011). In 2010, I received a 3-year VENI-grant from the Netherlands Organization for Scientific Research to continue my work on nonconscious motivation and the regulation of eating behavior.
Journal Articles:
- Danner, U. N., Aarts, H., Papies, E. K., & de Vries, N. K. (2011). Paving the path for habit change: Cognitive shielding of intentions against habit intrusion. British Journal of Health Psychology, 16, 189-200.
- Meule, A., Papies, E. K., & Kübler, A. (2012). Differentiating between successful and unsuccessful dieters: Validity and reliability of the Perceived Self-Regulatory Success in Dieting Scale. Appetite, 58, 822–826. doi:10.1016/j.appet.2012.01.028
- Ouwehand, C., & Papies, E. K. (2010). Eat it or beat it. The differential effects of food temptations on overweight and normal-weight restrained eater. Appetite, 55, 56-60.
- Papies, E. K. (in press). Goal priming in dieters: Recent insights and applications. Current Obesity Reports.
- Papies, E. K., Aarts, H., & de Vries, N. K. (2009). Planning is for doing: Implementation intentions go beyond the mere creation of goal-directed associations. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 45, 1148-1151.
- Papies, E. K., Barsalou, L. W., & Custers, R. (2012). Mindful attention prevents mindless impulses. Social Psychological and Personality Science, 3, 291-299
- Papies, E. K., & Hamstra, P. (2010). Goal priming and eating behavior: Enhancing self-regulation by environmental cues. Health Psychology, 29, 384-388.
- Papies, E. K., & Nicolaije, K. (2012). Inspiration or deflation? Feeling similar or dissimilar to slim and plus-size models affects self-evaluation of restrained eaters. Body Image, 9, 76-85
- Papies, E. K., Stroebe, W., & Aarts, H. (2009). Who likes it more? Restrained eaters' implicit attitudes towards food. Appetite, 53, 279-287.
- Papies, E. K., Stroebe, W., & Aarts, H. (2008). Healthy cognition: Processes of self-regulatory success in restrained eating. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 34, 1290-1300.
- Papies, E. K., Stroebe, W., & Aarts, H. (2008). The allure of forbidden food: On the role of attention in self-regulation. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 44, 1283-1292.
- Papies, E. K., Stroebe, W., & Aarts, H. (2008). Understanding dieting: A social cognitive analysis of hedonic processes in self-regulation. European Review of Social Psychology, 19, 339-383.
- Papies, E. K., Stroebe, W., & Aarts, H. (2007). Pleasure in the mind: Restrained eating and spontaneous hedonic thoughts about food. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 43, 810-817.
- Ruys, K. I., Aarts, H., Papies, E. K., Oikawa, M., & Oikawa, H. (in press). Perceiving an exclusive cause of affect prevents misattribution. Consciousness and Cognition. doi:10.1016/j.concog.2012.03.002
- Stroebe, W., Papies, E. K., & Aarts, H. (2008). From homeostatic to hedonic theories of eating: Self-regulatory failure in food-rich environments. Applied Psychology: An International Review, 57, 172-193.
- Van Koningsbruggen, G. M., Stroebe, W., Papies, E. K., & Aarts, H. (2011). Implementation intentions as goal primes: Boosting self-control in tempting environments. European Journal of Social Psychology, 41, 551-557.
- Veling, H., Aarts, H., Papies, E. K. (2011). Using stop signals to inhibit chronic dieters’ responses towards palatable foods. Behavior Research and Therapy, 49, 771-780.
Other Publications:
- Papies, E. K., & Aarts, H. (2010). Nonconscious self-regulation or The automatic pilot of human behavior. In K. D. Vohs, R. F. Baumeister (Eds.), Handbook of self-regulation: Research, theory, and applications (2nd ed; pp. 125-142) New York: Guilford Press.
- Stroebe, W., Papies, E. K., & Aarts, H. (2010). The psychology of dieting and overweight. Testing a goal-conflict model of the self-regulation of eating. In R. Schwarzer, & P. A. Frensch (Eds.), Personality, Human Development, and Culture: International Perspectives on Psychological Science (Vol. 2, pp. 17-27). Psychology Press.
Courses Taught:
- Applied Social Psychology: From Theory to Intervention
- Attitudes and Attitude Change
- Health Promotion: A Social Psychological Approach
- Social Cognition
|
|
Esther K. Papies
Department of Social Psychology
Heidelberglaan 2
3508TC Utrecht
The Netherlands