Primary Interests:
- Emotion, Mood, Affect
- Motivation, Goal Setting
- Personality, Individual Differences
- Self and Identity
- Social Cognition
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Sander Koole
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I investigate how people to regulate their actions and emotions. Over the years, my associates and I have come to regard these two regulatory processes as deeply connected. For instance, we have observed that, the more people are oriented towards action, the faster they can disengage from negative emotion (Koole & van den Berg, 2005; Van Dillen & Koole, 2007). Conversely, emotion regulation skills turn out to be a major asset in the regulation of action (Jostmann & Koole, 2007). Though anchored in experimental social psychology, my work has integrated insights and techniques from various disciplines, including cognitive, personality, and clinical psychology, along with cognitive and affective neurosciences.
Books:
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. (2009). Pulling your self together: Meditation promotes the congruence between implicit and explicit self-esteem. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 45, 1220-1226.
- 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. (2010). Why religion's burdens are light: From religiosity to implicit self-regulation. Personality and Social Psychology Review, 14, 95-107.
- 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., Van Dillen, L. F., & Sheppes, G. (2010). The self-regulation of emotion. In K. D. Vohs & R. F. Baumeister (Eds.), Handbook of self-regulation. (pp. 101-112). New York: Guilford.
- Pyszczynski, T., Greenberg, J., Solomon, S., & Koole, S. L. (2010). Experimental existential psychology: Coping with the facts of life. In D. T. Gilbert & S. T. Fiske (Eds.), Handbook of social psychology (pp. 724-757). New York: Oxford University Press.
Courses Taught:
Sander Koole
Faculty of Psychology and Education
VU University Amsterdam
Van der Boechorststraat 1
1081 BT Amsterdam
The Netherlands
Phone: +31 (0)20 598 8853