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  1. Choices that feel right: Should we trust them?

    Article • January 2026, Elsevier

    Emily Nakkawita

  2. The (absence of the) presence–absence distinction in motivation science.

    Article • Psychological Review, September 2024, American Psychological Association (APA)

    Emily Nakkawita

  3. Harnessing regulatory focus and regulatory fit to improve educational outcomes.

    Article • Motivation Science, September 2024, American Psychological Association (APA)

    Emily Nakkawita

  4. When Thinking About Themselves and God, People Believe Truth Matters More than Control

    Article • July 2024, Center for Open Science

    Emily Nakkawita

  5. Marketplace Solutions to Motivational Threats: Helping Consumers With Four Distinct Types of Vulnerability*

    Article • June 2024, Emerald

    Emily Nakkawita

  6. Motivational Priorities Reflect Beliefs About God's Attributes

    Article • Social Cognition, June 2023, Guilford Publications

    Emily Nakkawita

  7. Wanting to Feel Effective in Our Goal Pursuits for Both Outcomes and Process

    Article • March 2023, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Emily Nakkawita

  8. Motivation and well-being across the lifespan: A cross-sectional examination

    Article • The Journal of Positive Psychology, June 2022, Taylor & Francis

    Dr. James F. M. Cornwell, Emily Nakkawita

  9. Motivating the Journey: An Integrative Framework of Prevention Versus Promotion Goal Pursuit Activities

    Article • October 2021, Center for Open Science

    Emily Nakkawita

  10. Self-Discrepancy and Regulatory Focus

    Article • June 2021, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Emily Nakkawita

  11. The Cognitive Science of Religion: A Case for the Importance of Adolescence

    Article • Adolescent Research Review, January 2021, Springer Science + Business Media

    Emily Nakkawita

  12. Making the Right Decision: Intensifying the Worth of a Chosen Option

    Article • Journal of Consumer Psychology, October 2020, Wiley

    Emily Nakkawita

  13. Does your gain define my loss?: Socially-defined counterfactual loss and prevention-focused decision-making

    Article • Personality and Individual Differences, July 2020, Elsevier

    Emily Nakkawita

  14. Citizen protection

    Article • October 2019, Taylor & Francis

    Emily Nakkawita

  15. Beyond outcomes: How regulatory focus motivates consumer goal pursuit processes

    Article • Consumer Psychology Review, August 2019, Wiley

    Emily Nakkawita, Dr. James F. M. Cornwell