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  • Meaning in music: deviations from expectations in music prompt outgroup derogation 
    Maher, Paul J.; van Tilburg, Wijnand A.P.; Van den Tol, Annemieke Johanna Maria (Wiley and Sons Ltd, 2013)
    Encountering stimuli that violate expectations can elicit compensatory behavior. One notable result of such compensatory responses is the derogation of outgroups. The present research investigated for the first time if ...
  • Moving onwards: an action continuation strategy in finding the way 
    van Tilburg, Wijnand A.P.; Igou, Eric Raymond (Wiley and Sons, 2014)
    In four studies, we examined people's strategies when deciding between multiple routes of equivalent length in way-finding tasks. The results reveal the important role of continuing behavior when faced with a choice ...
  • Nostalgia relieves the disillusioned mind 
    Maher, Paul J.; Igou, Eric Raymond; van Tilburg, Wijnand A.P. (Elsevier, 2021)
    Disillusionment arises when life experiences strongly discredited positive assumptions or deeply help beliefs. Under these conditions, people feel lost, confused, and disconnected from their social environments. Ultimately, ...
  • On boredom and perceptions of heroes: a meaning-regulation approach to heroism 
    Coughlan, Gillian; Igou, Eric Raymond; van Tilburg, Wijnand A.P.; Kinsella, Elaine Louise; Ritchie, Timothy D. (Sage Publications, 2017)
    We propose that boredom, a state associated with a sense of meaninglessness, leads to a psychological search for meaning in life, which in turn elevates affirmation of heroes. This hypothesis builds on the notion that ...
  • On boredom and social identity: a pragmatic meaning-regulation approach. 
    van Tilburg, Wijnand A.P.; Igou, Eric Raymond (2011)
    People who feel bored experience that their current situation is meaningless and are motivated to reestablish a sense of meaningfulness. Building on the literature that conceptualizes social identification as source of ...
  • On boredom: lack of challenge and meaning as distinct boredom experiences 
    van Tilburg, Wijnand A.P.; Igou, Eric Raymond (Springer, 2012)
    Boredom is a common experience that affects people on multiple levels, including their thoughts, feelings, motivations, and actions. Not much research, however, has examined what makes the experience of boredom distinct ...
  • On the existential road from regret to heroism: searching for meaning in life 
    Igou, Eric Raymond; van Tilburg, Wijnand A.P.; Kinsella, Elaine Louise; Buckley, Laura K. (Frontiers Media, 2018)
    We investigated whether regret predicted the motivation to act heroically. In a series of studies, we examined the relationship between regret, search for meaning in life, and heroism motivation. First, Study 1 (a and ...
  • On the meaningfulness of behavior: an expectancy x value approach. 
    van Tilburg, Wijnand A.P.; Igou, Eric Raymond (Springer, 2013)
    Our research examines people s concept of meaningful behavior from an expectancy x value perspective. Specifically, we argue that people consider two elements when inferring the meaningfulness of behavior: the value of ...
  • On the meaningfulness of existence: when life salience boosts adherence to worldviews. 
    van Tilburg, Wijnand A.P.; Igou, Eric Raymond (Wiley and Sons, 2011)
    We investigated when and how life salience boosts adherence to worldviews. It was hypothesized that, similar to thoughts of mortality, thoughts about a meaningful existence increase adherence to worldviews. Study 1a, 1b, ...
  • Self-compassion predicts less boredom: the role of meaning in life 
    O'Dea, Muireann K.; Igou, Eric Raymond; van Tilburg, Wijnand A.P.; Kinsella, Elaine Louise (Elsevier, 2021)
    Boredom is a prevalent experience linked to negative psychological and societal outcomes. Building on the notion that sources of meaning in life can mitigate boredom, we examined whether self-compassion would be negatively ...
  • Situational meaninglessness and state boredom: cross-sectional and experience-sampling findings 
    Chan, Christian S.; van Tilburg, Wijnand A.P.; Igou, Eric Raymond; Poon, Cyanea Y. S.; Tam, Katy Y. Y.; Wong, Venus U. T.; Cheung, S. K. (Springer, 2018)
    Theories of boredom assert that boredom is a product of situational meaninglessness. We conducted two studies to test if the perceived meaningfulness of a situation is associated with state boredom, above and beyond sadness, ...
  • Various forms of existential distress are associated with aggressive tendencies 
    van Tilburg, Wijnand A.P.; Igou, Eric Raymond; Maher, Paul J.; Lennon, Joseph (Elsevier, 2019)
    We propose that aggressive tendencies are more (vs. less) pronounced among people who frequently (vs. less frequently) experience challenges to their perceived meaning in life. We tested this hypothesis for three different ...

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