See a few of our publications below:
2025
Anthony, L. E., Cochrane, A., Klaas, V., Hecht, C. A., & Green, C. S. (2025). Applications of Expectancy-Value Theory in Promoting Motivated Behavior in Cognitive Training. Journal of Cognitive Enhancement. DOI: 10.1007/s41465-025-00332-6
Hecht, C. A., Ong, D. C., Clapper, M., Jones, M., Demszky, D., Yang, D., Eichstaedt, J. C., Bryan, C. J., & Yeager, D. S. (2025). Using large language models in behavioral science interventions: Promise and risk. Behavioral Science & Policy. DOI: 10.1177/23794607251344698
Asher, M. W., Hecht, C. A., Harackiewicz, J. M., Curtin, J. J., Parrisius, C., & Nagengast, B. (2025). Why elusive expectancy × value interactions may be critical for theory and intervention: A simulated power analysis. Motivation Science. DOI: 10.1037/mot0000394
2024
Voelkel, J. G., Stagnaro, M. N., Chu, J., Pink, S. L., Mernyk, J. S., Redekopp, C., Ghezae, I., Cashman, M., Adjodah, D., Allen, L., Allis, V., Baleria, G., Ballantyne, N., Van Bavel, J. J., Blunden, H., Braley, A., Bryan, B., Celniker, J., … Hecht, C. A., …, Willer, R. (2024). Megastudy identifying effective interventions to strengthen Americans’ democratic attitudes. Science, 386(6719). DOI: 10.1126/science.adh4764
Muenks, K., Lin, S., Rutten, L. D., Hecht, C. A., & Yan, V. X. (2024). Exploring undergraduate students’ challenge frameworks: A person-centered approach. Learning and Individual Differences, 116, 102562. DOI: 10.1016/j.lindif.2024.102562
Hecht, C. A., Buontempo, J., Boylan, R., Crosnoe, R., & Yeager, D. S. (2024). Mindsets, contexts, and college enrollment: Taking the long view on growth mindset beliefs at the transition to high school. Journal of Research on Adolescence, jora.13002. DOI: 10.1111/jora.13002
2023
Asher, M. W., Harackiewicz, J. M., Beymer, P. N., Hecht, C. A., Lamont, L. B., Else-Quest, N. M., Priniski, S. J., Thoman, D. B., Hyde, J. S., & Smith, J. L. (2023). Utility-value intervention promotes persistence and diversity in STEM. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 120(19), e2300463120. DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2300463120
Demszky, D., Yang, D., Yeager, D. S., Bryan, C. J., Clapper, M., Chandhok, S., Eichstaedt, J. C., Hecht, C. A., Jamieson, J., Johnson, M., Jones, M., Krettek-Cobb, D., Lai, L., JonesMitchell, N., Ong, D. C., Dweck, C. S., Gross, J. J., & Pennebaker, J. W. (2023). Using large language models in psychology. Nature Reviews Psychology. DOI: 10.1038/s44159-023-00241-5
Harackiewicz, J. M., Hecht, C. A., Asher, M. W., Priniski, S. J., Beymer, P. N., Rosenzweig, E. Q., Wheeler, N., Bruun, M., Lamont, L., Thoman, D. B., Else-Quest, N. M., Smith, J. L., Hyde, J. S. (2023). A prosocial value intervention in gateway STEM classes. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology. DOI: 10.1037/pspa0000356
Hecht, C. A., Bryan, C. J., & Yeager, D. S. (2023). A values-aligned intervention fosters growth mindset–supportive teaching and reduces inequality in educational outcomes. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 120(25), e2210704120. DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2210704120
Hecht, C. A., Dweck, C. S., Murphy, M. C., Kroeper, K. M., & Yeager, D. S. (2023). Efficiently exploring the causal role of contextual moderators in behavioral science. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2216315120
Hecht, C. A., Gosling, S. D., Bryan, C. J., Jamieson, J. P., Murray, J. S., & Yeager, D. S. (2023). When do the effects of single‐session interventions persist? Testing the mindset + supportive context hypothesis in a longitudinal randomized trial. JCPP Advances, e12191. DOI: 10.1002/jcv2.12191
Hecht, C. A., Murphy, M. C., Dweck, C. S., Bryan, C. J., Trzesniewski, K. H., Medrano, F. N., Giani, M., Mhatre, P., & Yeager, D. S. (2023). Shifting the mindset culture to address global educational disparities. npj Science of Learning, 8(1), 29. DOI: 10.1038/s41539-023-00181-y
2022
Hecht, C. A., Latham, A. G., Buskirk, R. E., Hansen, D. R., & Yeager, D. S. (2022). Peer-modeled mindsets: An
approach to customizing life sciences studying interventions. CBE—Life Sciences Education, 21(4), ar82.
DOI: 10.1187/cbe.22-07-0143
2021
Hecht, C. A., Grande, M. R.*, & Harackiewicz, J. M. (2021). The role of utility value in promoting interest
development. Motivation Science, 7, 1-20. DOI: 10.1037/mot0000182
Hecht, C. A., Priniski, S. J., Tibbetts, Y. & Harackiewicz, J. M. (2021). Affirming both independent and interdependent values improves achievement for all students and mitigates cultural mismatch for first-
generation college students. Journal of Social Issues, 77, 851-887. DOI: 10.1111/josi.12416
Rosenzweig, E. Q., Hecht, C. A., Priniski, S. J., Canning, E. A., Asher, M. W., Tibbetts, Y., Hyde, J. S., &
Harackiewicz, J. M. (2021). Inside the STEM pipeline: Changes in students’ biomedical career plans
across the college years. Science Advances, 7, eabe0985. DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.abe0985
2020
Rosenzweig, E. Q., Harackiewicz, J. M., Hecht, C. A., Priniski, S. J., Canning, E. A., Tibbetts, Y., Asher, M. W.,
& Hyde, J. S. (2020). College students’ reasons for leaving biomedical fields: Disenchantment with
biomedicine or attraction to other fields? Journal of Educational Psychology, 113, 351-369. DOI:
10.1037/edu0000456
2019
Hecht, C. A., Harackiewicz, J. M., Priniski, S. J., Canning, E. A., Tibbetts, Y., & Hyde, J. S. (2019). Promoting
persistence in the biological and medical sciences: An expectancy-value approach to intervention. Journal
of Educational Psychology, 111, 1462-1477. DOI: 10.1037/edu0000356
Priniski, S. J., Rosenzweig, E. Q., Canning, E. A., Hecht, C. A., Tibbetts, Y., Hyde, J. S., & Harackiewicz, J. M.
(2019). The benefits of combining value for the self and others in utility-value interventions. Journal of
Educational Psychology, 111, 1478-1497. DOI: 10.1037/edu0000343
2018
Canning, E. A., Harackiewicz, J. M., Priniski, S. J., Hecht, C. A., Tibbetts, Y., & Hyde, J. S. (2018). Improving
performance and retention in introductory biology with a utility-value intervention. Journal of Educational
Psychology, 110, 834-849. DOI: 10.1037/edu0000244
Priniski, S.J., Hecht, C.A., & Harackiewicz, J.M. (2018). Making learning personally meaningful: A new
framework for relevance research. The Journal of Experimental Education, 86, 11-29. DOI:
10.1080/00220973.2017.1380589
Rosenzweig, E.Q., Harackiewicz, J.M., Priniski, S.J., Hecht, C. A., Canning, E.A., Tibbetts, Y., & Hyde, J.S.
(2018). Choose your own intervention: Using choice to enhance the effectiveness of a utility-value
intervention. Motivation Science, 5, 269-276. DOI: 10.1037/mot0000113
Tibbetts, Y., Priniski, S. J., Hecht, C. A., Borman, G. D., & Harackiewicz, J. M. (2018). Different institutions and
different values: Exploring first-generation student fit at 2-year colleges. Frontiers in Psychology, 9. DOI:
10.3389/fpsyg.2018.00502