I study motivation, emotion, and self-regulation across adulthood. Specifically, I am interested in how the way people think and feel about their activities, about other people, and about their own emotions is impacted by how these are represented within goal systems. Moreover, I am interested in how negative affect and failure experiences impact subsequent motivation. Finally, I take a developmental perspective on these research questions, assuming that, as a consequence of experiences and resource restrictions, motivation and self-regulation change across adulthood.

Primary Interests:

Emotion, Mood, Affect
Health Psychology
Motivation, Goal Setting
Social Cognition

Emotion, Mood, Affect
Health Psychology

Motivation, Goal Setting
Social Cognition

Journal Articles:

Freund, A. M., & Hennecke, M. (2011). Changing eating behavior vs. losing weight: The role of goal focus for weight loss in overweight women. Psychology and Health, 27, 25-42.
Freund, A. M., Hennecke, M., & Riediger, M. (2010). Age-related differences in outcome and process goal focus. European Journal of Developmental Psychology, 7, 198-222.
Hennecke, M., & Freund, A. M. (2010). Staying on and getting back on the wagon: Age-related improvement in self-regulation during a low-calorie diet. Psychology and Aging, 25, 876-885.
Thoma, P., Hennecke, M., Mandok, T., Bruene, M., Juckel, G, & Daum, I. (2009). Proverb comprehension impairments in schizophrenia are related to executive dysfunction. Psychiatry Research, 170, 132-139.

Other Publications:

Freund, A. M., & Hennecke, M. (2012). Lebensgestaltung im höheren Alter [Shaping one’s life in old age]. In H.-W. Wahl, C. Tesch-Römer, & J. P. Ziegelmann (Eds.), Angewandte Gerontologie: Interventionen für ein gutes Altern in 100 Schlüsselbegriffen [Applied Gerontology: Interventions for a good aging in 100 keywords]. Stuttgart, Germany: Kohlhammer.
Freund, A. M., Hennecke, M., & Mustafic, M. (2012). On gains and losses, means and ends: Goal orientation and goal focus across adulthood. In R. Ryan (Ed.), Oxford Handbook of Motivation. Oxford: Oxford University Press.

Courses Taught:

Communication and Negotiation
Methods of Experimental Psychology
Social Cognition Research

Communication and Negotiation
Methods of Experimental Psychology

Social Cognition Research

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Marie Hennecke
Department of Psychology
University of Zurich
Binzmuehlestrasse 14/6
8050 Zurich
Switzerland

Phone: +41 (44) 635-7508
Skype Name: marie.hennecke