Publications

Organized by Research Focus


Primary Research Areas


Burnette, J. L., Hoyt, C. L., Becker, W., & O’Keefe, P. A. (2024). Addiction stigma: Potential costs and benefits of lay beliefs about the nature of addiction. Stigma and Health. doi: 10.1037/sah0000593 PDF

O’Keefe, P. A., Horberg, E. J., Dweck, C. S., Walton, G. M. (2023). A growth-theory-of-interest intervention increases interest in math and science coursework among liberal arts undergraduates. Journal of Educational Psychology115(6), 859–876. doi.org/10.1037/edu0000798 PDF

O’Keefe, P. A., Horberg, E. J., Lee, F., & Dweck, C. S. (2023). Implicit theories of opportunity: When opportunity fails to knock, keep waiting or start cultivating? Journal of Personality and Social Psychology124(6), 1146–1173. doi.org/10.1037/pspa0000330 PDF

O’Keefe, P. A., Chaffee, K. E., Horberg, E. J., Plante, I., & Harackiewicz, J. M. (2022). Revisiting multiple pathways to achievement: Re-examining the roles of achievement goals in predicting grades through task values. Learning and Individual Differences98, 102186. doi.org/10.1016/j.lindif.2022.102186 PDF

O’Keefe, P. A., Lee, H. Y., & Chen, P. (2021). Changing students’ beliefs about learning can unveil their potential. Policy Insights from the Behavioral and Brain Sciences, 8(1), 84–91. doi:10.1177/2372732220984173 PDF

O’Keefe, P. A., Horberg, E. J., Chen, P., & Savani, K. (2021). Should you pursue your passion as a career? Cultural differences in the emphasis on passion in career decisions. Journal of Organizational Behavior, 43(9), 1475–1495. https://do10.1002/job.2552 PDF

O’Keefe, P. A., Horberg, E. J., Sabherwal, A., Ibasco, G. S., & Zainal, A. (2021). Thinking beyond boundaries: A growth theory of interest enhances integrative thinking that bridges the arts and sciences. Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes162, 95–108. doi: 10.1016/j.obhdp.2020.10.007 PDF

Chen, P., Lin, Y., Pereira, D. J. H., O’Keefe, P. A., & Yates, J. F. (2021). Fanning the flames of passion: A develop mindset predicts intentions to use strategies for up-regulating passion. Frontiers in Psychology12, 634903. doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2021.634903 PDF

Plante, I., O’Keefe, P. A., Aronson, J., Fréchette-Simard, C., & Goulet, M. (2019). The interest gap: How gender stereotype endorsement predicts academic interests. Social Psychology of Education22(1), 227–245. doi:10.1007/s11218-018-9472-8 PDF

O’Keefe, P. A., Dweck, C. S., & Walton, G. M. (2018, September 10). Having a growth mindset makes it easier to develop new interests. Harvard Business Review. https://hbr.org/2018/09/having-a-growth-mindset-makes-it-easier-to-develop-new-interests

O’Keefe, P. A., Dweck, C. S., & Walton, G. M. (2018). Implicit theories of interest: Finding your passion or developing it? Psychological Science29(10) 1653–1664. doi:10.1177/0956797618780643 PDF

O’Keefe, P. A. & Harackiewicz, J. M. (Eds.) (2017). The science of interest. Springer, Cham. doi:10.1007/978-3-319-55509-6 (Edited Volume)

O’Keefe, P. A. & Harackiewicz, J. M. (2017). Towards a science of interest. In P. A. O’Keefe & J. M. Harackiewicz (Eds.). The science of interest. Springer. doi:10.1007/978-3-319-55509-6 PDF

O’Keefe, P. A., Horberg, E. J., & Plante, I. (2017). The multifaceted role of interest in motivation and engagement. In P. A. O’Keefe & J. M. Harackiewicz (Eds.). The science of interest. Springer. doi:10.1007/978-3-319-55509-6_3 PDF

O’Keefe, P. A., Letourneau, S., Milne, C., Homer, B. D., Schwartz, R., & Plass, J. L. (2014). Learning from multiple representations: An examination of fixation patterns in a science simulation. Computers in Human Behavior35, 234–242. doi: 10.1016/j.chb.2014.02.040 PDF

O’Keefe, P. A., & Linnenbrink-Garcia, L. (2014). The role of interest in optimizing performance and self-regulation. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology53, 70–78. doi:10.1016/j.jesp.2014.02.004 PDF

*Plass, J., *O’Keefe, P. A., Homer, B. D., Case, J., Hayward, E., Stein, M., & Perlin, K. (2013). The impact of individual, competitive, and collaborative mathematics game play on learning, performance, and motivation. Journal of Educational Psychology105(4), 1050–1066. doi:10.1037/a0032688 (*co-first authorship) PDF

O’Keefe, P. A., Ben-Eliyahu, A., & Linnenbrink-Garcia, L. (2013). Shaping achievement goal orientations in a mastery-structured environment and concomitant changes in related contingencies of self-worth. Motivation and Emotion37(1), 50–64. doi:10.1007/s11031-012-9293-6 PDF

O’Keefe, P. A. (2013). Mindsets and self-evaluation: How beliefs about intelligence can create a preference for growth over defensiveness. In S. B. Kaufman (Ed.), The complexity of greatness: Beyond talent or practice(pp. 119–134). Oxford: Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199794003.003.0008 PDF

Plante, I., O’Keefe, P. A., & Théorêt, M. (2013). The relation between achievement goal and expectancy-value theories in predicting achievement-related outcomes: A test of four theoretical conceptions. Motivation and Emotion37(1), 65–78. doi:10.1007/s11031-012-9282-9 PDF

Linnenbrink-Garcia, L., Middleton, M., Ciani, K. D., Easter, M. A., O’Keefe, P. A., & Zusho, A. (2012). The strength of the relation between performance-approach and performance-avoidance goal orientations: Theoretical, methodological, and instructional implications. Educational Psychologist, 47(4), 281–301. doi:10.1080/00461520.2012.722515 PDF

O’Keefe, P. A. (2007). Social judgment theory. In W. Darity (Editor-in-Chief), International encyclopedia of the social sciences (2nd ed.), New York: Macmillan Reference USA.

Grigorenko, E. L., & O’Keefe, P. A. (2004). Dealing with change: Manifestations, measurements, and methods. In A. Demetriou & A. Raftopoulos (Eds.). Cognitive developmental change: Theories, models and measurement (pp. 318–353)New York, NY: Cambridge University Press. doi:10.1017/CBO9780511489938.012 PDF

Grigorenko, E. L., & O’Keefe, P. A. (2004). What do children do when they cannot go to school? In R. J. Sternberg & E. L. Grigorenko (Eds.), Culture and competence: Contexts of life success (pp. 23–53). Washington, DC: American Psychological Association. doi:10.1037/10681-002 PDF

O’Keefe, P. A. (2002). Teenager: A damaging and outdated label. [Review of T. Hine (Ed.), The rise and fall of the American teenager]. Contemporary Psychology, 47, 480–481. PDF

Other Publications

O’Keefe, P. A. (2024, February 28). When students feel unlucky, teachers can help change that attitude: A growth mindset about opportunity can make a difference. Education Week. www.edweek.org/leadership/opinion-when-students-feel-unlucky-teachers-can-help-change-that-attitude/2024/02

O’Keefe, P. A. (2024, February 19). Opportunities are more than luck. Psychology Today. www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/actionable-advice-to-help-kids-thrive/202402/opportunities-are-more-than-luck

O’Keefe, P. A. & Horberg, E. J. (2023, September 29). Stop trying to ‘find’ your passion—there’s a better way to love what you do. Scientific American. www.scientificamerican.com/article/stop-trying-to-find-your-passion-theres-a-better-way-to-love-what-you-do

O’Keefe, P. A. & Horberg, E. J. (2023, February 27). How you think about opportunities can influence your success. Character & Context (Society for Personality and Social Psychology). https://spsp.org/news/character-and-context-blog/okeefe-horberg-opportunity-success-mindset

O’Keefe, P. A. (2021, May 3). Universities must cultivate a growth mindset in their students. Times Higher Education. www.timeshighereducation.com/blog/universities-must-cultivate-growth-mindset-their-students

O’Keefe, P. A. (2019, August 3). Your passion isn’t waiting to be ‘found.’ You need to develop it. The Business Times. www.businesstimes.com.sg/opinion/your-passion-isnt-waiting-to-be-found-you-need-to-develop-it

O’Keefe, P. A. (2014, September 7). Liking work really matters. The New York Times, p. 12. www.nytimes.com/2014/09/07/opinion/sunday/go-with-the-flow.html?


Secondary Research Area


Wollast, R., Lüders, A., Nugier, A., Guimond, S., … O’Keefe, P. A., … & Leander, N. P. (in press). Gender inequality and cultural values in explaining gender differences in positive and negative emotions: A comparison of 24 countries during the COVID-19 pandemic. Current Psychology.

Fisher, A. N., Ryan, M. K., Liao, Y-H., Mikołajczak, G., … O’Keefe, P. A., … (2024). The Precarity of Progress: Implications of a Shifting Gendered Division of Labor for Relationships and Well-Being as a Function of Country-Level Gender Equality. Sex Roles. PDF

Abakoumkin, G., Tseliou, E., McCabe, K. O., Lemay, E. P., … O’Keefe, P. A., … & Leander, N. P. (2023). Conceptual replication and extension of health behavior theories’ predictions in the context of COVID-19: Evidence across countries and over time. Personality and Social Psychology Compass. doi.org/10.1111/spc3.12909 PDF

Ibanescu, B. C., Gheorghiu, A., Cristea, M., Pascariu, G. C., … O’Keefe, P. A., … & Leander, P. (2023). The evolution of job insecurity in spatial contexts in Europe during COVID-19 pandemic. International Regional Science Review, 01600176231160485. PDF

Douglas, K. M., Sutton, R. M., van Lissa, C. J. … O’Keefe, P. A., … & Leander, N. P. (2023). Identifying important individual- and country-level predictors of conspiracy theorizing: A machine learning analysis. European Journal of Social Psychology. doi.org/10.1002/ejsp.2968 PDF

Westgate, E. C., Buttrick, N., Lin, Y., Helou, G. E., … O’Keefe, P. A., … & Leander, N. P. (2023). Pandemic boredom: Little evidence that lockdown-related boredom affected risky public health behaviors across 116 countries. Emotion. doi.org/10.1037/emo0001118 PDF

Han, Q., Zheng, B., Leander, N. P., Agostini, M., … O’Keefe, P. A., … & Bélanger, J. J. (2022). Impact of national pandemic lockdowns on perceived threat of immigrants: A natural quasi-experiment across 23 countries. Social Psychological and Personality Science, 19485506221127487 PDF

Reitsema, A. M., Jeronimus, B. F., Bos, E. H. J., … O’Keefe, P. A., … & Leander, N. P. (2022). Age differences in hedonic adaptation to societal restrictions: Positive and negative affect trajectories during the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic in 33 nations. Emotion, doi.org/10.1037/emo0001149 PDF

Van Lissa, C., Stroebe, W., vanDellen, M., Leander, N. P., … O’Keefe, P. A., … & Bélanger, J. J. (2022). Using machine learning to identify important predictors of COVID-19 infection prevention behaviors. Patterns3(4). PDF

Keng, S-L., Stanton, M. V., Haskins, L. B., Almenara, C. A., … O’Keefe, P. A., … & Leander, N. P. (2022). COVID-19 stressors and health behaviors: A multilevel longitudinal study across 86 countries. Preventive Medicine Reports27, 101764. PDF

Schumpe, B. M., van Lissa, C. J., Bélanger, J. J., Nisa, C. F., … O’Keefe, P. A., … & Leander, N. P. (2022). Predictors of adherence to public health behaviors for fighting COVID-19 derived from longitudinal data. Scientific Reports12(1), 3824. PDF

Enea, V., Eisenbeck, N., Carreño, D. F., Douglas, K. M., … O’Keefe, P. A., … & Leander, N. P. (2022). Intentions to be vaccinated against COVID-19: The role of prosociality and conspiracy beliefs across 20 countries. Health Communication, 1–10. doi.org/10.1080/10410236.2021.2018179 PDF

Lucas, T., Manning, M., Strelan, P., Kopetz, C., … O’Keefe, P. A., … & Leander, N. P. (2022). Justice beliefs and cultural values predict support for COVID-19 vaccination and quarantine behavioral mandates: A multilevel cross-national study. Translational Behavioral Medicine12(2), 284–290 PDF

Mula, S., Di Santo, D., Resta, E., Bakhtiari, F., … O’Keefe, P. A., … & Leander, N. P. (2022). Concern with COVID-19 pandemic threat and attitudes towards immigrants: The mediating effect of the desire for tightness. Current Research in Ecological and Social Psychology3, 100028. PDF

Lemay, E. P., Kruglanski, A. W., Molinario, E., Agostini, M., … O’Keefe, P. A., … & Leander, N. P. (2021). The role of values in coping with health and economic threats of COVID-19. Journal of Social Psychology3, 100028. doi: 10.1080/00224545.2021.1979454 PDF

Resta, E., Mula, S., Baldner, C., Di Santo, D., … O’Keefe, P. A., … & Leander, N. P. (2021). We are all in the same boat: How societal discontent affects intention to help during the COVID-19 pandemic. Journal of Community & Applied Social Psychology32(2), 332–347. PDF

Stroebe, W., vanDellen, M., Abakoumkin, G., Lemay, E. … O’Keefe, P. A., … & Leander, N. P. (2021). Politicization of COVID-19 health-protective behaviors in the United States: Longitudinal and cross-national evidence. PLoS ONE17(1): e0263100. doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0263100 PDF

van Breen, J. A., Kutlaca, M., Koç, Y., Jeronimus, B. F., … O’Keefe, P. A., … & Leander, N. P. (2021). Lockdown lives: A longitudinal study of inter-relationships among feelings of loneliness, social contacts, and solidarity during the COVID-19 lockdown in early 2020. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 48(9), 1315–1330. doi: 10.1177/0146167221103660 PDF

Nisa, C. F., Belanger, J. J., Faller, D. G., Buttrick, N. R., … O’Keefe, P. A., … & Leander, N. P. (2021). Lives versus livelihoods? Perceived economic risk has a stronger association with support for COVID-19 preventive measures than perceived health risk. Scientific Reports11(1), 9669. doi:10.1038/s41598-021-88314-4 PDF

Han, Q., Zheng, B., Cristea, M., Agostini, M., … O’Keefe, P. A., … & Leander, N. P. (2021). Trust in government regarding COVID-19 and its associations with preventive health behaviour and prosocial behaviour during the pandemic: a cross-sectional and longitudinal study. Psychological Medicine53(1), 149–159. doi:10.1017/S0033291721001306 PDF

Han, Q., Zheng, B., Agostini, M., Bélanger, J. J., … O’Keefe, P. A., … & Leander, N. P. (2021). Associations of risk perception of COVID-19 with emotion and mental health during the pandemic. Journal of Affective Disorders284, 247–255. doi: 10.1016/j.jad.2021.01.049 PDF

Romano, A., Spadaro, G., Balliet, D., Joireman. J., … O’Keefe, P. A., … & Leander, N. P. (2021). Cooperation and trust across societies during the COVID-19 pandemic. Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology52(7), 622–642. doi:10.1177/0022022120988913 PDF

Jin, S., Balliet, D., Romano, A., Spadaro, G., … O’Keefe, P. A., … & Leander, N. P. (2021). Intergenerational conflicts of interest and prosocial behavior during the COVID-19 pandemic. Personality and Individual Differences171, 110535. doi:10.1016/j.paid.2020.110535 PDF

Leander, N. P., Lemay, E. P., Jeronimus, B. F., …  O’Keefe, P. A., … (2020). Towards a globally collaborative behavioral science: An organizational approach from pandemic psychology. International Journal of Behavioral Development, 2. PDF

Kreienkamp, J., Agostini, M., Krause, J., & Leander N. P. (on behalf of the PsyCorona Research Collaboration) (2020, October). A world of reactions to COVID-19: How an online data visualization tool reports data from an international psychological survey. www.psychologicalscience.org/observer/psycorona-covid-19

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