Willy Lens
Impact in
- Applied Psychology top 0.1%
- Behavioral Health and Interventions
- Social Psychology top 0.05%
- Motivation and Self-Concept in Sports
- Psychological Well-being and Life Satisfaction
Papers in
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- Behavioral Health and Interventions 29
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- Education, Achievement, and Giftedness 38
- Psychological and Temporal Perspectives Research 33
- Co-authors
- Maarten VansteenkisteBart SoenensEdward L. DeciJoke SimonsHans De WitteAnja Van den BroeckAthanasios MouratidisKennon M. Sheldon
- Journals
- Journal of Sport and Exercise Psychology (6 papers)Journal of Educational Psychology (6 papers)Motivation and Emotion (5 papers)Learning and Individual Differences (5 papers)Journal of Personality and Social Psychology (5 papers)
- Partner nations
- BelgiumSouth AfricaTürkiye
In The Last Decade
Willy Lens
154 papers receiving 12.7k citations
Hit Papers
Peers
Comparison fields: 5 of 158
- Applied Psychology 2.4k
- Social Psychology 8.1k
- Experimental and Cognitive Psychology 4.3k
- Safety Research 1.8k
- Developmental and Educational Psychology 2.4k
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Co-authors
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All Works
| # | Work | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2015 | 13 | |
| 2 | Perspectiva de tiempo futuro y satisfacción con la vida en adolescentes: un estudio transcultural, (dedicado al Prof. Dr. Willy Lens) | 2015 | 1 |
| 3 | 2014 | 10 | |
| 4 | WORK MOTIVATION AND PSYCHOLOGICAL WELL-BEING OF VOLUNTEERS AND NON-VOLUNTEERS | 2014 | 7 |
| 5 | Intervención Educativa para Reducir la Deserción e Incrementar la Motivación en Colegios Públicos de San José de Costa Rica | 2012 | 1 |
| 6 | Professores como fontes de motivação dos alunos: o quê e o porquê da aprendizagem do aluno = Teachers as sources of students’ motivation: about the what and the why of student learning | 2008 | 3 |
| 7 | Exploring psychological well-being among South African Mothers and children | 2008 | 1 |
| 8 | Explaining the relationships between job characteristics, burnout, and engagement: The role of basic psychological need satisfaction Hit paper breakdown → | 2008 | 858 |
| 9 | Willen, moeten en structuur: over het bevorderen van een optimaal leerproces | 2007 | 3 |
| 10 | Achievement motivation and scholastic performance : Special Issue | 2007 | 1 |
| 11 | Etudiez bien à l'école, c'est important pour votre avenir: conséquences motivationnelles de la perception de l'utilité | 2006 | 3 |
| 12 | Hoe kunnen we leren en presteren bevorderen? Een autonomie-ondersteunend versus controlerend schoolklimaat | 2005 | 5 |
| 13 | Does an extrinsic values induction result in higher performance and persistence among extrinsically oriented individuals? A test of the self-determination theory versus the matching hypothesis | 2004 | 3 |
| 14 | Student motivation as a function of future time perspective and perceived instrumentality | 2004 | 1 |
| 15 | Motivating Learning, Performance, and Persistence: The Synergistic Effects of Intrinsic Goal Contents and Autonomy-Supportive Contexts. Hit paper breakdown → | 2004 | 1118 |
| 16 | 2002 | 41 | |
| 17 | 2001 | 1 | |
| 18 | 2000 | 99 | |
| 19 | 1995 | 1 | |
| 20 | Comparative study of motivational contents in projective and in direct, first person thought samples | 1974 | 1 |
About Willy Lens
Willy Lens is a scholar working on Applied Psychology, Experimental and Cognitive Psychology, Social Psychology, Safety Research and Developmental and Educational Psychology, having authored 160 papers that have together received 13.8k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Motivation and Self-Concept in Sports (65 papers), Education, Achievement, and Giftedness (38 papers), Psychological and Temporal Perspectives Research (33 papers), Behavioral Health and Interventions (29 papers), Psychological Well-being and Life Satisfaction (22 papers), Youth Development and Social Support (12 papers), Perfectionism, Procrastination, Anxiety Studies (10 papers) and Job Satisfaction and Organizational Behavior (7 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Applied Psychology (2.4k citations), Social Psychology (8.1k citations), Experimental and Cognitive Psychology (4.3k citations), Safety Research (1.8k citations) and Developmental and Educational Psychology (2.4k citations). Willy Lens has collaborated with scholars based in Belgium, South Africa and Türkiye. Frequent co-authors include Maarten Vansteenkiste, Bart Soenens, Edward L. Deci, Joke Simons, Hans De Witte, Anja Van den Broeck, Athanasios Mouratidis, Kennon M. Sheldon, Koen Luyckx and Lennia Matos. Their work appears in journals such as Journal of Sport and Exercise Psychology, Journal of Educational Psychology, Motivation and Emotion, Learning and Individual Differences and Journal of Personality and Social Psychology.
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