in press​​

 

Meyers, S., Hu, D., & Tamir, M. (in press). Cognitive reappraisal is more effective for regulating emotions than moods. Affective Science.

 

Hu, D., Gutentag, T., Mauss, I., & Tamir, M. (in press). The critical (and neglected) role of effort in emotion regulation. Current Directions in Psychological Science​​

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Gutentag, T., Kalokerinos, E. K., Millgram, Y., Garrett, P. M., Sobel, R., & Tamir, M. (in press). Motivational intensity in emotion regulation. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin. View

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Miyamoto, Y., Tamir, M., & Choi, J. H. (in press). Culture and emotion regulation. In J. Dr Leersnyder (ed.), The Socio-Cultural Shaping of Emotion, Cambridge University Press.

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2025

Hu, D. & Tamir, M. (2025). Variability in emotion regulation strategy use in major depressive disorder: Flexibility or volatility? Journal of Affective Disorders. 372, 306-313. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jad.2024.12.027 View

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Kaspi, L., Hu, D., Vishkin, A., Chentsova-Dutton, Y., Miyamoto, Y., Cieciuch, J., Cohen, A., Uchida, Y., Kim, M., Wang, X., Qiu, J., Riediger, M., Rauers, A., Hanoch, Y., & Tamir, M. (2025). Motivated to feel better and doing something about it: Cross-cultural differences in motivated emotion regulation during COVID-19. Emotion, 25(1), 1-17. **Editor’s choice** View

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​2024

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Gutentag, T., Hasson, Y., Karnieli-Miller, O., & Tamir, M. (2024). Empathy investors: Individual differences in motivational strength in empathy regulation. Personality and Individual Differences, 229, 112753‏. View

 

Tamir, M., Ito, A., Miyamoto, Y., Chentsova-Dutton, Y., Choi, J. H., Cieciuch, J., Riediger, M., Rauers, A., Padun. M., Kim, M. Y., Solak, N., Qiu, J., Wang, X., Alvarez-Risco, A., Hanoch, Y., Uchida, Y., Torres, C., Nascimento, T. G., Jahanshahi, A. A., Singh, R., Kamble, S. V., An, S., Dzokoto, V., Anum, A., Singh, B., Casternuovo, G., Pietrabissa, G., Huerta-Carvaja, M. I., Galindo-Bello, E., Ibarra, V. G. (2024). Emotion regulation strategies and psychological health across cultures. American Psychologist, 79(5), 748–764. https://doi.org/10.1037/amp0001237​ View

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Meyers, S., & Tamir, M. (2024). Emotion regulation versus mood regulation. Emotion Review, 16(3), 151-161. https://doi.org/10.1177/17540739241259559 View

 

Hu, D., Mizrahi Lakan, S., Kalokerinos, E., & Tamir, M. (2024). Stuck with the foot on the pedal: Depression and motivated emotion regulation in daily life. Emotion, 24(5), 1299–1311. https://doi.org/10.1037/emo0001351 View

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Boker Segal, N., Hu, D., Ginosar Yaari, S., & Tamir, M. (2024). Knowing me, knowing you: Are people good at regulating their emotions good at regulating another’s emotions? Emotion, 24(5), 1137–1148. https://doi.org/10.1037/emo0001305 View

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Millgram, Y., Tamir, M., Bruck, S., & Ben-Arieh, A. (2024). Better relationships do not always feel better: Social relationships interact in predicting negative emotions in early adolescence. Emotion, 24(5), 1259–1272. https://doi.org/10.1037/emo0001334 View​

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Hu, D., Kalokerinos, E. K., & Tamir, M. (2024). Flexibility or instability? Emotion goal dynamics and mental health. Emotion, 24(4), 1078–1091. https://doi.org/10.1037/emo0001318. View

 

Tran, A., Greenaway, K. H., Kostopoulos, J., Tamir, M., Gutentag, T., & Kalokerinos, E. K. (2024). Does interpersonal emotion regulation effort pay off? Emotion, 24(2), 345–356. https://doi.org/10.1037/emo0001289  View

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Tamir, M., & Hu, D. (2024). Emotion goals. In J. J. Gross & B. Q. Ford (Eds.), Handbook of emotion regulation (3rd ed., pp. 258–264). The Guilford Press.

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Chentsova Dutton, Y., Tuna, E., & Tamir, M. (2024). Emotion regulation and psychopathology across cultures. In J. J. Gross & B. Q. Ford (Eds.), Handbook of emotion regulation (3rd ed., pp. 322–328). The Guilford Press.​

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2023

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Gutentag, T., Kalokerinos, E. K., & Tamir, M. (2023). Beliefs about the ability to control specific emotions. Motivation and Emotion, 47, 448-460. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11031-022-09991-w View

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Boker Segal, N., Ran, S., Hu, D., Halperin, E., Tamir, M., Reifen-Tagar, M. (2023). Mothers' Motivation to Encourge Group-Based Empathy in thier Children as a Function of Type and Extent of Group Identification. Journal of Social Psychology, 54, 218-224. https://doi.org/10.1027/1864-9335/a000523 View

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Vishkin, A., & Tamir, M. (2023). Emotions Norms are Unique. Affective Science, 4, 453-457. https://doi.org/10.1007/s42761-023-00188-z View

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Willroth, E.C., Young, G., Tamir, M., & Mauss, I.B. (2023). Judging emotions as good or bad: Individual differences and associations with psychological health. Emotion, 23(7), 1876-1890. https://doi.org/10.1037/emo0001220  View​

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Mizrahi Lakan, S., Millgram, Y., & Tamir, M. (2023). Desired Sadness, Happiness, Fear and Calmness in Depression: The Potential Roles of Valence and Arousal. Emotion, 23(4), 1130–1140. https://doi.org/10.1037/emo0001120 View

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Millgram, Y., Mizrahi Lakan, S., Joormann, J., Nahum, M., Shimony, O., & Tamir, M. (2023). Choosing to avoid the positive? Emotion regulation strategy choice in depression. Journal of Psychopathology and Clinical Science, 132(6), 669–680. https://doi.org/10.1037/abn0000835 View

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Vishkin, A., Kitayama, S., Berg, M. K., Diener, E., Gross-Manos, D., Ben-Arieh, A., & Tamir, M. (2023). Adherence to emotion norms is greater in individualist cultures than in collectivist cultures. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 124(6), 1256–1276. https://doi.org/10.1037/pspi0000409 View

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López-Pérez, B., Gummerum, M., Jimenez, M., & Tamir, M. (2023). What do I want to feel? Emotion goals in childhood, adolescence, and adulthood. Child Development, 94, 315-328. https://doi.org/10.1111/cdev.13845 View

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Yik, M., Mues, C., Sze, I. N. L., Kuppens, P., Tuerlinckx, F., De Roover, K., Kwok, F. H. C., Schwartz, S. H., Abu-Hilal, M., Adebayo, D. F., Aguilar, P., Al-Bahrani, M., Anderson, M. H., Andrade, L., Bratko, D., Bushina, E., Choi, J. W., Cieciuch, J., Dru, V., . . . Russell, J. A. (2023). On the relationship between valence and arousal in samples across the globe. Emotion, 23(2), 332–344. https://doi.org/10.1037/emo0001095 View​

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2022

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Gutentag, T., & Tamir, M. (2022). Putting effort into emotion regulation: Manipulating desirability and motivational strength. Affective Science, 3, 878-893. https://doi.org/10.1007/s42761-022-00155-0  View​

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Ran, S., Reifen Tagar, M., Tamir, M., & Halperin, E. (2022). The Apple Doesn’t “Feel” Far from the Tree: Mother-Child Socialization of Intergroup Empathy. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 49(1), 3-19. 

https://doi.org/10.1177/01461672211047373 View​

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Gutentag, T., John, O. P., Gross, J. J., & Tamir, M. (2022). Incremental Theories of Emotion Across Time: Temporal Dynamics and Correlates of Change. Emotion. 22(6), 1137–1147. https://doi.org/10.1037/emo0000945 View​

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Kirby, K. D., Qian, W., Adiguzel, Z., Jahanshahi, A. A., Bakracheva, M., Ballestas, M. C. O., Cruz, J. F. A., Dash, A., Dias, C., Ferreira, M. J., Goosen, J. G., Kamble, S. V., Mihaylov, N. L., Pan, F., Sofia, R., Stallen, M., Tamir, M., van Dijk, W. W., Vitterso, J., & Smith, C. A., (2022). Appraisal and coping predict health and well-being during the covid-19 pandemic: An international approach. International Journal of Psychology, 57(1), 49-62. https://doi.org/10.1002/ijop.12770 View​

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Hasson, Y., Amir, E., Sobol-Sarag, D., Tamir, M., Halperin, E. (2022). Using performance art to promote intergroup prosociality by cultivating the belief that empathy is unlimited. Nature Communications, 13, 7786-7801. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-35235-z View

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2021

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Solak N., Tamir M., Sümer, N., Jost, J. T., & Halperin, E. (2021). Expressive suppression as an obstacle to social change: Linking system justification, emotion regulation, and collective action. Motivation and Emotion, 45(5), 661–682. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11031-021-09883-5 View​

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Tamir, M. (2021). Effortful emotion regulation as a unique form of cybernetic control. Perspectives on Psychological Science, 16(1), 94-117. https://doi.org/10.1177/1745691620922199 View 

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Millgram, Y., Gruber, J., Villanueva, C. M., Rapoport, A., & Tamir, M, (2021). Motivations for Emotions in Bipolar Disorder. Clinical Psychological Science, 9(4), 666-685. https://doi.org/10.1177/2167702620979583  View

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2020

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Millgram, Y., Huppert, J. D., & Tamir, M. (2020). Emotion Goals in Psychopathology: A New Perspective on Dysfunctional Emotion Regulation. Current Directions in Psychological Science, 29(3), 242-247. 

https://doi.org/10.1177/0963721420917713 View

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Vishkin, A., Schwartz, S. H., Ben-Nun Bloom, P., Solak, N., & Tamir, M. (2020). Religiosity and desired emotions: Belief maintenance or prosocial facilitation? Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 46(7), 1090-1106. 

https://doi.org/10.1177/0146167219895140 View

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Vishkin, A., & Tamir, M. (2020). Fear not: Religion and emotion regulation in coping with existential concerns. In K. E. Vail III & C. Routledge (Eds.), The Science of Religion, Spirituality, and Existentialism (pp. 325-338). Oxford, UK: Elsevier. https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-12-817204-9.00023-8 View

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Tamir, M., Vishkin, A., & Gutentag, T. (2020). Emotion regulation is motivated. Emotion, 20(1), 115-119. 

https://doi.org/10.1037/emo0000635 View

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Vishkin, A., Hasson, Y., Millgram, Y., & Tamir, M. (2020). One Size Does Not Fit All: Tailoring Cognitive Reappraisal to Different Emotions. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 46(3), 469–484. 

https://doi.org/10.1177/0146167219861432. View 

 

Porat, R., Tamir, M., & Halperin, E. (2020). Group-Based Emotion Regulation: A Motivated Approach. Emotion, 20(1), 16–20. https://doi.org/10.1037/emo0000639 View

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Garofalo, C., López-Pérez, B., Gummerum, M., Hanoch, Y., & Tamir, M. (2020). Emotion Goals: What do Sexual Offenders Want to Feel? International Journal of Offender Therapy and Comparative Criminology, 63(15-16), 2611–2629. https://doi.org/10.1177/0306624X19866114 View

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Netzer, L., Halperin, E., & Tamir, M. (2020). Be Afraid, Be Very Afraid! Motivated Intergroup Emotion Regulation. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 46(11), 1596-1613. https://doi.org/10.1177/0146167220910833 View​

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2019

 

Vishkin, A., Ben-Nun Bloom, P., Schwartz, S., Solak, N., & Tamir, M. (2019). Religiosity and emotion regulation. Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology, 50(9), 1050–1074. https://doi.org/10.1177/0022022119880341 View

 

Benita, M., Kehat, R., Zaba, R., Blumenkrantz, Y., Kessler, G., Bar-Sella, A., & Tamir, M. (2019). Choosing to regulate emotions: Pursuing emotion goals in autonomy supportive and controlling contexts. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 45(12), 1666–1680. https://doi.org/10.1177/0146167219838557 View

 

Tamir, M., Halperin, E., Porat, R., Bigman, Y., & Hasson, Y. (2019). When there's a will, there's a way: Disentangling the effects of goals and means in emotion regulation. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 116(5), 795–816. https://doi.org/10.1037/pspp0000232 View

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Vishkin, A., Bloom, P. B. N., & Tamir, M. (2019). Always Look on the Bright Side of Life: Religiosity, Emotion Regulation and Well-Being in a Jewish and Christian Sample. Journal of Happiness Studies, 20, 427-447. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10902-017-9956-9 View 

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Ben-Nun Bloom P., Vishkin, A., Ben-Nun, P., Korenman, M. & Tamir, M. (2019). Religion and Anti-Immigration Sentiments in Context: Field Studies in Jerusalem. The International Journal for the Psychology of Religion, 29(2), 77-93. 

https://doi.org/10.1080/10508619.2019.1568143 View

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Porat, R., Tamir, M., Wohl, M., Gur, T & Halperin, E. (2019). Motivated emotion and the rally around the flag effect: Liberals are motivated to feel collective angst (like Conservatives) when faced with existential threat. Cognition and Emotion, 33(3), 480–491. https://doi.org/10.1080/02699931.2018.1460321 View 

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Millgram, Y., & Tamir, M. (2019). Positive and Negative Emotion Regulation Goals in Psychopathology. In Gruber, J. (Ed.), Oxford Handbook of Positive Emotion and Psychopathology. Oxford University Press. 

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Hasan-Aslih, S., Netzer, L., Tamir, M., Saguy, T., Van Zomeren, M., Halperin, E. (2019). When we want them to fear us: the motivation to influence outgroup emotions in collective action. Group Processes & Intergroup relations, 22(5), 724-245.

https://doi.org/10.1177/1368430218769744 View

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Millgram, Y., Joormann, J., Huppert, J. D., Lampert, A., & Tamir, M. (2019). Motivations to experience happiness and sadness in depression: Temporal stability and implications for coping with stress. Clinical Psychological Science, 7(1), 143-161. https://doi.org/10.1177/2167702618797937 View 

Millgram, Y., Sheppes, G., Kalokerinos, E., Kuppens P., & Tamir, M. (2019). Do the ends dictate the means in emotion regulation? Journal of Experimental Psychology: General, 148(1), 80-96. https://doi.org/10.1037/xge0000477 View 

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2018

Schwartz, A., Eyal, T., & Tamir, M. (2018). Emotions and the big picture: The effects of construal level on emotional preferences. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 78, 55-65. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jesp.2018.05.005 View

Salomon, T., Botvinik-Nezer, R., Gutentag, T., Gera, R., Iwanir, R., Tamir, M., & Schonberg, T. (2018). The cue-approach task as a general mechanism for long-term non-reinforced behavioral change. Scientific Reports, 8, 3614. 

https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-018-21774-3 View 

Netzer, L., Gutentag, T., Kim, M. Y., Solak, N., & Tamir, M. (2018). Evaluations of emotions: Distinguishing between affective, behavioral and cognitive components. Personality and Individual Differences, 135, 13-24. 

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.paid.2018.06.038 View 

Hasson, Y., Tamir, M., Brahms, K.S., Cohrs, J.C., & Halperin, E. (2018). Are liberals and conservatives equally motivated to feel empathy toward others? Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 44(10), 1449-1459. 

https://doi.org/10.1177/0146167218769867 View 

De Castella, Platow, Tamir, & Gross (2018). Beliefs about emotion: Implications for avoidance-based emotion regulation and psychological health. Cognition and Emotion, 32(4), 773–795. https://doi.org/10.1080/02699931.2017.1353485​ View 

Tamir, M. (2018). Commentary on Jamieson, Hangen, Lee and Yaeager: What Should We Regulate to Promote Adaptive Functioning and How? Emotion Review, 10(1), 65–67. https://doi.org/10.1177/1754073917719328 View

Tamir, M., & Bigman, Y. E. (2018). Expectations Influence How Emotions Shape Behavior. Emotion, 18(1), 15-25. https://doi.org/10.1037/emo0000351 View 

Ma, X., Tamir, M. & Miyamoto, Y. (2018). A socio-cultural instrumental approach to emotion regulation: Culture and the regulation of positive emotions. Emotion, 18(1), 138-152. https://doi.org/10.1037/emo0000315 View 

Shoval, N., Schvimer, Y., & Tamir, M. (2018). Real-time measurement of tourists' objective and subjective emotions in time and space. Journal of Travel Research, 57(1), 3-16. https://doi.org/10.1177/0047287517691155 View 

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2017

Tamir, M., Schwartz, S. H., Oishi, S., & Kim, M. (2017). The secret to happiness: Feeling good or feeling right? Journal of Experimental Psychology: General, 146(10), 1448-1459. https://doi.org/10.1037/xge0000303 View

Bigman, Y. E., Sheppes, G., & Tamir, M. (2017). Less is more in emotion regulation: The availability of regulation options impairs efficacy. Emotion, 17(6), 993-1006. https://doi.org/10.1037/emo0000303 View 

Tamir, M., & Gutentag, T. (2017). Desired Emotional States: Their Nature, Causes, and Implications for Emotion Regulation. Current Opinion in Psychology, 17, 84-88. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.copsyc.2017.06.014. View 

Markovitch, N., Netzer, L., & Tamir, M. (2017). What You Like is What You Try to Get: Attitudes toward Emotions and Situation Selection. Emotion, 17(4), 728–739. https://doi.org/10.1037/emo0000272 View

Kalokerinos, E. K., Tamir, M., & Kuppens, p. (2017). Instrumental motives in negative emotion regulation in daily life: Frequency, consistency, and predictors. Emotion, 17(4), 648-657. https://doi.org/10.1037/emo0000269 View 

Gutentag, T., Halperin, E., Porat, R., Bigman, Y & Tamir, M (2017). Successful emotion regulation requires both conviction and skill: Beliefs about the controllability of emotions, reappraisal, and regulation success. Cognition and Emotion, 31(6), 1225-1233. https://doi.org/10.1080/02699931.2016.1213704 View 

Tamir, M., & Millgram, Y. (2017). Motivated Emotion Regulation: Principles, Lessons, and Implications of a Motivational Analysis of Emotion Regulation. In A. J. Elliot (Ed.), Advances in Motivation Science (pp. 207-247). 

https://doi.org/10.1016/bs.adms.2016.12.001 View

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2016

Bigman, Y. E., & Tamir, M. (2016). The Road to Heaven is Paved with Effort: Perceived Effort Amplifies Moral Judgment. Journal of Experimental Psychology: General, 145(12), 1654–1669. https://doi.org/10.1037/xge0000230​ View

Bigman, Y., Mauss, I. B., Gross, J. J., & Tamir, M. (2016). Yes I can: Self-efficacy beliefs promote successful emotion regulation. Cognition and Emotion, 30(7), 1380-1387. 

https://doi.org/10.1080/02699931.2015.1067188 View 

Wayne, C., Porat, R., Tamir, M., & Halperin, E. (2016). Rationalizing conflict: The polarizing role of accountability in ideological decision-making. Journal of Conflict Resolution, 60(8), 1473-1502. 

https://doi.org/10.1177/0022002714564431 View 

Tamir, M., Schwartz, S. H., Cieciuch, J., Riediger, M., Torres, C., Scollon, C., Dzokoto, V., Zhou, X., Vishkin, A. (2016). Desired emotions across cultures: A value-based account. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 111(1), 67-82. 

https://doi.org/10.1037/pspp0000072 View 

Tamir, M. (2016). Why do people regulate their emotions? A taxonomy of motives in emotion regulation. Personality and Social Psychology Review, 20(3), 199-222. https://doi.org/10.1177/1088868315586325 View 

Kivity, Y., Tamir, M., & Huppert, J. D. (2016). Self-acceptance of negative emotions: The positive relationship with effective cognitive reappraisal. International Journal of Cognitive Therapy, 9(4), 279-294. 

https://doi.org/10.1521/ijct_2016_09_10 

Porat, R., Halperin, E., Mannheim, I., & Tamir, M. (2016). Together we cry: Social motives and preferences for group-based sadness. Cognition and Emotion, 30(1), 66-79. https://doi.org/10.1080/02699931.2015.1039495 View 

Markovitch, N., Netzer, L., & Tamir, M. (2016). Will you touch a dirty diaper? Attitudes toward emotions and behavior. Cognition and Emotion, 30(3), 592-602. https://doi.org/10.1080/02699931.2015.1020049 View 

Porat, R., Halperin, E., & Tamir, M. (2016). What we want is what we get: Group-based emotional preferences and conflict resolution. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 110(2), 167-190. 

https://doi.org/10.1037/pspa0000043 View 

Vishkin, A., Bigman, Y. E., Porat, R., Solak, N., Halperin, E., & Tamir, M. (2016). God rest our hearts: Religiosity and cognitive reappraisal. Emotion, 16(2), 252–262. https://doi.org/10.1037/emo0000108 View

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2015

Millgram, Y., Joormann, J., Huppert, J. D., & Tamir, M. (2015). Sad as a Matter of Choice? Emotion Regulation Goals in Depression. Psychological Science, 26(8), 1216-1228. https://doi.org/10.1177/0956797615583295 View 

Ford, B. Q., Dmitrieva, J. O., Heller, D., Chentsova-Dutton, Y., Grossmann, I., Tamir, M., Uchida, Y., Koopmann-Holm, B., Uhrig, M., Floerke, V., Bokhan, T., & Mauss, I. B. (2015). Culture shapes whether the pursuit of happiness predicts higher or lower well-being. Journal of Experimental Psychology: General, 144(6), 1053-1062. 

https://doi.org/10.1037/xge0000108 View 

Netzer, L., Van Kleef, G. A., Tamir, M. (2015). Interpersonal Instrumental Emotion Regulation. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 58, 124-135. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jesp.2015.01.006 View 

Netzer, L., Igra, L., Bar Anan, Y., & Tamir, M. (2015). When Bad Emotions seem Better: Experience Changes the Automatic Evaluation of Anger. Social Psychological and Personality Science, 6(7), 797-804. 

https://doi.org/10.1177/1948550615584198 View 

Kim, M. Y., Ford, B. Q., Mauss, I. B., Tamir, M. (2015). Knowing when to seek anger: Psychological health and context-sensitive emotional preferences. Cognition and Emotion, 29(6),1126-1136. https://doi.org/10.1080/02699931.2014.970519

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Kim, M. Y., Bigman, Y., & Tamir, M. (2015). Emotion regulation. In J. D. Wright (Ed.), International Encyclopedia of the Social & Behavioral Sciences, 2nd Ed (pp. 452– 456). Oxford, England: Elsevier. https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-08-097086-8.25055-1 

Tamir, M., Bigman, Y., Rhodes, E., Salerno, J., & Schreier, J. (2015). An expectancy-value model of emotion regulation: Implications for motivation, emotional experience, and decision-making. Emotion, 15(1), 90–103. 

https://doi.org/10.1037/emo0000021 View 

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2014

Vishkin, A., Bigman, Y., & Tamir, M. (2014). Religion, emotion regulation, and well-being. In C. Kim-Prieto (Ed.), Positive Psychology of Religion and Spirituality across Cultures (pp. 247-269). New York, NY: Springer. 

https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-017-8950-9_13 View 

Tamir, M., & Bigman, Y. (2014). Why might people want to feel bad? Motives in contrahedonic emotion regulation. In W. G. Parrott (Ed.), The Positive Side of Negative Emotions (pp. 201-223). New York, NY: Guilford Press. View 

Mauss, I. B., & Tamir, M. (2014). Emotion goals: How their content, structure, and operation shape emotion regulation. In J. J. Gross (Ed.), The Handbook of Emotion Regulation, 2nd Ed (pp. 361-375). New York, NY: Guilford Press. View 

Ford, B. Q., & Tamir, M. (2014). Preferring Familiar Emotions: As You Want (and Like) It? Cognition and Emotion, 28(2), 311-324. https://doi.org/10.1080/02699931.2013.823381 View

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2013

Tamir, M., Ford, B. Q., & Gilliam, M. (2013). Evidence for utilitarian motives in emotion regulation. Cognition and Emotion, 27(3), 483-491. https://doi.org/10.1080/02699931.2012.715079 View

Goldstein, T. R., Tamir, M., & Winner, E. (2013). Expressive suppression and acting classes. Psychology of Aesthetics, Creativity, and the Arts, 7(2), 191-196. https://doi.org/10.1037/a0030209 View 

Tamir, M., Ford, B. Q., & Ryan, E. (2013). Nonconscious Goals Can Shape What People Want to Feel. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 49(2), 292-297. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jesp.2012.11.009 View 

Halperin, E., Porat, R., Tamir, M., & Gross, J. J. (2013). Can emotion regulation change political attitudes in intractable conflict? From the laboratory to the field. Psychological Science, 24(1), 106-111. 

https://doi.org/10.1177/0956797612452572 View

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2012

Tamir, M., & Ford, B. Q. (2012). Should people pursue feelings that feel good or feelings that do good? Emotional preferences and well-being. Emotion, 12(5), 1061-1070. https://doi.org/10.1037/a0027223 View 

Mauss, I. B., Savino, N. S., Anderson, C. L., Weisbuch, M., Tamir, M., & Laudenslager, M.L. (2012). The pursuit of happiness can be lonely. Emotion, 12(5), 908-912. https://doi.org/10.1037/a0025299 View 

Ford, B. Q. & Tamir, M. (2012). When getting angry is smart: Emotional preferences and emotional intelligence. Emotion, 12(4), 685-689. https://doi.org/10.1037/a0027149 View

Tamir, M., & Ford, B. Q. (2012). When feeling bad is expected to be good: Emotion regulation and outcome expectancies in social conflicts. Emotion, 12(4), 807-816. https://doi.org/10.1037/a0024443 View 

Ford, B. Q., Tamir, M., Gagnon, S., Taylor, H., & Brunye, T. (2012). The angry spotlight: Trait anger and selective visual attention to rewards. European Journal of Personality, 26(2), 90-98. https://doi.org/10.1002/per.1840 View

 

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2011

Mauss, I., B., Tamir, M., Anderson, C. L., & Savino, N. S. (2011). Can seeking happiness make people unhappy? Paradoxical effects of valuing happiness. Emotion, 11(4), 807-815. https://doi.org/10.1037/a0022010 View 

Rusk, N., Rothbaum, F., & Tamir, M. (2011). Performance and learning goals for emotion. Motivation and Emotion, 35, 444-460. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11031-011-9229-6 View

Tamir, M. (2011). The maturing field of emotion regulation. Emotion Review, 3(1), 3–7. 

https://doi.org/10.1177/1754073910388685 View 

Gruber, J., Mauss, I. B., & Tamir, M. (2011). A dark side of happiness? How, when, and why happiness is not always good. Perspectives in Psychological Science, 6(3), 222-233. https://doi.org/10.1177/1745691611406927 View

Tamir, M., & Mauss, I. B. (2011). Social cognitive factors in emotion regulation: Implications for well-being. In I. Nyklicek, A. Vingerhoets, M. Zeelenberg, & J. Donellet (Eds.), Emotion regulation and well-being (pp. 31-47). Springer.

https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4419-6953-8_3 View 

Tamir, M., & Gross, J. J. (2011). Beyond pleasure and pain? Emotion regulation and positive psychology. In K. Sheldon, T. Kashdan, & M. Steger (Eds.), Designing the future of positive psychology: Taking stock and moving forward (pp.89-100). Oxford University Press. https://doi.org/10.1093/acprof:oso/9780195373585.003.0006 View

Robinson, M. D., & Tamir, M. (2011). A task-focused mind is a happy and productive mind: A processing perspective. In K. Sheldon, T. Kashdan, & M. Steger (Eds.), Designing the future of positive psychology: Taking stock and moving forward (pp.160-174). Oxford University Press. https://doi.org/10.1093/acprof:oso/9780195373585.003.0011 View​

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2010

Ford, B. Q., Tamir, M., Brunye, T. T., Shirer, W. R., Mahoney, C. R., & Taylor, H. A. (2010). Keeping your eyes on the prize: Anger and visual attention to threats and rewards. Psychological Science, 21(8), 1098-1105. 

https://doi.org/10.1177/0956797610375450 View

Holland, A., Kensigner, E. A., & Tamir. M. (2010). The effect of regulation goals on emotional event-specific knowledge. Memory, 18(5), 504-521. https://doi.org/10.1080/09658211.2010.481628 View

Hackenbracht, J. & Tamir. M. (2010).  Preferences for sadness when eliciting help: Instrumental motives in sadness regulation. Motivation and Emotion, 34, 306-315. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11031-010-9180-y View

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2009

Tamir, M., & Ford, B. Q. (2009). Choosing to be afraid: Preferences for fear as a function of goal pursuit. Emotion, 9(4), 488-497. https://doi.org/10.1037/a0015882 View

Tamir, M. (2009). What do people want to feel and why? Pleasure and utility in emotion regulation. Current Directions in Psychological Science, 18(2), 101-105. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-8721.2009.01617.x View

Srivastava, S., Tamir, M., McGonical, K. M., John, O. P., & Gross, J. J. (2009). The social costs of emotional suppression: A prospective study of the transition to college. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 96(4), 883-897. 

https://doi.org/10.1037/a0014755 View

Tamir, M. (2009). Differential preferences for happiness; Extraversion and trait-consistent emotion regulation. Journal of Personality, 77(2), 447-470. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-6494.2008.00554.x View

Robinson, M. D., Meier, B. P., Tamir, M., Wilowski, B.M., & Ode, S. (2009). Behavioral facilitation: A cognitive model of individual differences in approach motivation. Emotion, 9(1), 70-82. https://doi.org/10.1037/a0014519 View

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2008

Tamir, M., & Diener, E. (2008). Approach-avoidance goals and well-being: One size does not fit all. In A. J. Elliot (Ed.), Handbook of approach and avoidance motivation (pp. 415-430). Mahwah, NJ: Erlbaum View

Tamir, M., Mitchell, C., & Gross, J. J. (2008). Hedonic and instrumental motives in anger regulation. Psychological Science, 19(4), 324-328. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-9280.2008.02088.x View

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2007

Tamir, M., Chiu, C. Y., & Gross, J. J. (2007). Business or pleasure? Utilitarian versus hedonic considerations in emotion regulation. Emotion, 7(3), 546-554. https://doi.org/10.1037/1528-3542.7.3.546 View

Tamir, M., & Robinson, M. D. (2007). The happy spotlight: Positive mood and selective attention to rewarding information. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 33(8), 1124-1136. https://doi.org/10.1177/0146167207301030 View

Tamir, M., John, O. P., Srivastava, S., & Gross, J. J. (2007). Implicit theories of emotion: Affective and social outcomes across a major life transition. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 92(4), 731-744. https://doi.org/10.1037/0022-3514.92.4.731 View

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2006

Tamir, M., Robinson, M. D., & Solberg, E. C. (2006). You may worry, but can you recognize threats when you see them?: Neuroticism, threat identifications, and negative affect. Journal of Personality, 74(5), 1481-1506. 

https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-6494.2006.00417.x View

Diener, E., Tamir, M., & Scollon, C. N. (2006). Happiness, life satisfaction, and fulfillment: The social psychology of subjective well-being. In P. Van Lange (Ed.), Bridging social psychology (pp. 319-324). Mahwah, NJ: Erlbaum.

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2005

Tamir, M. (2005). Don't worry, be happy? Neuroticism, trait-consistent affect regulation, and performance. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 89(3), 449-461. https://doi.org/10.1037/0022-3514.89.3.449 View

Kim-Prieto, C., Diener, E., Tamir, M., Scollon, C. N., & Diener, M. (2005). Integrating the diverse definitions of happiness: A time-sequential framework of subjective well-being. Journal of Happiness Studies, 6, 261-300. 

https://doi.org/10.1007/s10902-005-7226-8 View

Robinson, M. D., & Tamir, M. (2005). Neuroticism as mental noise: A relation between neuroticism and reaction time standard deviations. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 89(1), 107-114. https://doi.org/10.1037/0022-3514.89.1.107 View

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pre-2005

Tamir, M., & Robinson, M. D. (2004). Knowing good from bad: The paradox of neuroticism, negative affect, and evaluative processing. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 87(6), 913-925. https://doi.org/10.1037/0022-3514.87.6.913 View

Tamir, M., Robinson, M. D., Clore, G. L., Martin, L. L., & Whitaker, D. (2004). Are we puppets on a string?: The contextual meaning of unconscious expressive cues. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 30(2), 237-249. 

https://doi.org/10.1177/0146167203259934 View

 

Biswas-Diener, R., Diener, E., & Tamir, M. (2004). The psychology of subjective well-being. Daedalus, 133(2), 18-25. https://doi.org/10.1162/001152604323049352

Robinson, M. D., Vargas, P. T., Tamir, M., & Solberg, E. C. (2004). Using and being used by categories: The case of negative evaluations and daily well-being. Psychological Science, 15(8), 521-526. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.0956-7976.2004.00713.x

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Robinson, M. D., Solberg, E. C., Vargas, P., & Tamir, M. (2003). Trait as default: Extraversion, subjective well-being, and the distinction between neutral and positive events. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 85(3), 517-527. https://doi.org/10.1037/0022-3514.85.3.517 View

Robinson, M. D., Rokke, P. D., & Tamir, M. (2003). Feeling about thinking: The role(s) of affect in social cognition. Contemporary Psychology: APA Review of Books, 48(3), 356-358. https://doi.org/10.1037/000818

Tamir, M., Robinson, M. D., & Clore, G. L. (2002). The epistemic benefits of trait-consistent mood states: An analysis of extraversion and mood. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 83(3), 663-677. https://doi.org/10.1037/0022-3514.83.3.663 View

Clore, G. L., & Tamir, M. (2002). Affect as embodied information. Psychological Inquiry, 13(1), 37-45. View

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