Sander Koole
Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
van der Boechorststraat 1
1081 BT Amsterdam
The Netherlands
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My research focuses on (1) affect regulation, (2) implicit self, and (3) experimental existential psychology.Affect regulation refers to the processes whereby
people control their own affective states. I am
particularly
interested in the question how affect regulation
processes
support effective action control. Related questions
are:
How efficient are people at affect regulation? What
is the
contribution of automatic versus controlled
processes in
affect regulation? What is the role of the self in
affect regulation? Implicit self refers to aspects of the self that are
inaccessible
to introspection. My research focuses especially on
the
relation between implicit and explicit self and the
role of
implicit self in self-regulation. Experimental existential psychology is a new
subdiscipline in
psychology that studies how people come to terms
with the
givens of human existence. Key themes within
experimental
existential psychology are death, interpersonal
isolation,
identity, meaning, and will. Experimental existential
psychology studies how people deal with these
basic
concerns through rigorous experimental methods.
 Books:
 Greenberg, J., Koole, S. L., & Pyszczynski, T. (Eds.). (2004). Handbook of experimental existential psychology. New York: Guilford.
Journal Articles:
- Koole, S. L. (2009). The psychology of emotion regulation: An integrative review. Cognition and Emotion, 23, 4-41.
- Koole, S. L., & Coenen, L. H. M. (2007). Implicit self and affect regulation: Effects of action orientation and subliminal self priming in an affective priming task. Self and Identity, 6, 118-136.
- Koole, S. L., Govorun, O., Cheng, C., & Gallucci, M. (in press). Pulling your self together: Meditation enhances the congruence between implicit and explicit self-esteem. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, xx, 1-7.
- Koole, S. L., Greenberg, J., & Pyszczynski, T. (2006). Introducing science to the psychology of the soul: Experimental existential psychology. Current Directions in Psychological Science, 15, 212-216.
- Koole, S. L., & Jostmann, N. B. (2004). Getting a grip on your feelings: Effects of action orientation and external demands on intuitive affect regulation. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 87, 974-990.
- Koole, S. L., McCullough, M., Kuhl, J., & Roelofsma, P. (in press). Why religion's burdens are light: From religiosity to implicit self-regulation. Personality and Social Psychology Review, xx, 1-10.
- Koole, S. L., & Van den Berg, A. E. (2005). Lost in the wilderness: Terror management, action orientation, and nature evaluation. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 88, 1014-1028.
- Koole, S. L., & van Knippenberg, A. (2007). Controlling your mind without ironic consequences: Self-affirmation eliminates rebound effects after thought suppression. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 43, 671-677.
Other Publications:
- Koole, S. L., & DeHart, T. (2007). Self-affection without self-reflection: Origins, models, and consequences of implicit self-esteem. In C. Sedikides & S. Spencer (Eds.), The Self in Social Psychology (pp. 36-86). New York: Psychology Press.
- Koole, S. L., & Kuhl, J. (2007). Dealing with unwanted feelings: The role of affect regulation in volitional action control. In J. Shah & W. Gardner (Eds.), Handbook of motivation science (pp. 295-307). New York: Guilford.
- Pyszczynski, T., Greenberg, J., Solomon, S., & Koole, S. L. (in press). Experimental existential psychology. In D. T. Gilbert & S. T. Fiske (Eds.), Handbook of social psychology. New York: Oxford University Press.
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