Curriculum Vitae
(last updated January 30th 2015) PERSONALIA Naam Title Work address
Date of birth Nationality Telefoon E-mail
Frenk van Harreveld PhD University of Amsterdam Department of Social Psychology Weesperplein 4, 1018 XA, Amsterdam The Netherlands 18-09-1971 Dutch 06 205 388 94
[email protected]
POSITIONS HELD
2014 - present
Politics, Psychology, Law and Economics (PPLE) bachelor program, University of Amsterdam Head of Studies, psychology major
2009 - present
Department of Psychology, University of Amsterdam Associate professor of social psychology
2013
University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada Visiting scholar
2003 - 2008
Department of Psychology, University of Amsterdam Assistant professor of social psychology
2002 - 2003
Department of Psychology, University of Amsterdam Postdoctoral fellow on NWO (Dutch national science foundation) funded project “Temporal dynamics of regret”.
2001 - 2002
Accenture Strategic management consultant
2000
University of Massachusetts, Amherst, USA Visiting scholar
1997 - 2001
Department of Psychology, University of Amsterdam PhD student. Dissertation: “Unpacking Attitudes: An investigation into attitudinal structure” (Defended: September 27th, 2001). Supervision: Joop van der Pigt and Nanne de Vries.
1997
Department of Psychology, University of Amsterdam Research assistant, work and organizational psychology
EDUCATION 1993 - 1996
Department of Psychology, University of Amsterdam Master of Science, Social Psychology
1996
University of California, Berkeley USA Master Thesis research project
1992
Open University, Heerlen Bachelor of Science, Social Sciences
RESEARCH OUTPUT International refereed journals van Harreveld, F., Nohlen, H. U., & Schneider, I. K. The ABC of Ambivalence: Affective, Behavioral and Cognitive consequences of attitudinal conflict. In M.P. Zanna & J. Olson (Eds.). Advances in Experimental Social Psychology (Vol 52), in press. New York: Academic Press. [impact factor 4.89] Rutjens, B. T., van Harreveld, F., van der Pligt, J., van Elk, M., & Pyszczynski, T. A march to a better world? Religiosity and the existential function of belief in social-moral progress. The International Journal for the Psychology of Religion, in press. [impact factor 1.09] van Elk, M., Rutjens, B., van Harreveld, F., & van der Pligt, J. Priming of supernatural agent concepts and agency detection. Religion, Brain and Behavior, in press. [impact factor: unknown] van Harreveld, F., Rutjens, B. T., Schneider, I. K., Nohlen, H. U., & Keskinis, K. (2014). In doubt and disorderly: Ambivalence promotes compensatory perceptions of order. Journal of Experimental Psychology: General, 143, 1666-1676. [impact factor 4.76] Nohlen, H., van Harreveld, F., Rotteveel, M., & Lelieveld, G., & Crone, E.A. (2014). Evaluating ambivalence: Social-cognitive and affective brain regions associated with ambivalent decisionmaking. Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience, 9, 924-931. [impact factor 5.04] Bullens, L., van Harreveld, F., Forster, J., & Higgins, E.T. (2014). How decision reversibility affects motivation. Journal of Experimental Psychology: General, 143, 835-849. [impact factor 4.76] Rutjens, B. T., van Harreveld, F., & van der Pligt, J. (2013). Step by step: Finding compensatory order in science. Current Directions in Psychological Science, 22, 250-255. [impact factor 3.35] Bullens, L., van Harreveld, F., Förster, J.A., & van der Pligt, J. (2013). Reversible decisions: The grass isn’t merely greener on the other side; it’s also very brown over here. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 49, 1093-1099. [impact factor 2.22] Schneider, I.K., Eerland, A., van Harreveld, F., Rotteveel, M., van der Pligt, J., van der Stoep, N., & Zwaan, R.A. (2013). One way and the other: The bi-directional relationship between ambivalence and body movement. Psychological Science, 24, 319-325. [impact factor 4.43] Rutjens, B. T., van Harreveld, F., van der Pligt, J., Kreemers, L. M., & Noordewier, M. K. (2013). Steps, stages, and structure: Finding compensatory order in scientific theories. Journal of Experimental Psychology: General, 142, 313-318. [impact factor 4.76] Rutjens, B. T., van Harreveld, F., & van der Pligt, J. (2013). Sense-making through science. The Inquisitive Mind. [impact factor: unknown] Wiersema, D.V., van Harreveld, F., & van der Pligt, J. (2012). Shut your eyes and think of something else: Self-esteem and avoidance when dealing with counter-attitudinal information. Social Cognition, 30, 323-334. [impact factor 1.26] Bullens, L., van Harreveld, F., & Forster, J.A. (2011). Keeping ones options open: The detrimental consequences of decision reversibility. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 47, 800-805. [impact factor 2.22] Rutjens, B. T., van der Pligt, J., & van Harreveld, F. (2010). Deus or Darwin: Randomness and belief in theories about the origin of life. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 46, 1078-1080. [impact factor 2.22] Rutjens, B. T., van Harreveld, F., & van der Pligt, J. (2010). Yes we can: Belief in progress as compensatory control. Social Psychological and Personality Science, 1, 246-252. [impact factor 1.26]
Wiersema, D.V., van der Pligt, J., & van Harreveld, F. (2010). Motivated memory: Memory for attituderelevant information as a function of self-esteem. Social Cognition, 28, 219-239. [impact factor 1.26] van Harreveld, F., van der Pligt, J., & De Liver, Y. (2009). The agony of ambivalence and ways to resolve it: Introducing the MAID model. Personality and Social Psychology Review, 13(1), 45-61. [impact factor 8.20] Nordgren, L.F., van Harreveld, F. & van der Pligt, J. (2009). The restraint bias: How the illusion of selfrestraint promotes impusive behavior. Psychological Science, 20, 1523-1528. [impact factor 4.43] Rutjens, B. T., van der Pligt, J., & van Harreveld, F. (2009). Things will get better: The anxiety-buffering qualities of progressive hope. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 35, 535-543. [impact factor 3.38] van Harreveld, F., Rutjens, B.T., Rotteveel, M., Nordgren, L.F., & van der Pligt, J. (2009). Ambivalence and decisional conflict as a cause of psychological discomfort: Feeling tense before jumping off the fence. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 45, 167-173. [impact factor 2.22] Nordgren, L.F., van der Pligt, J., & van Harreveld, F. (2008). The instability of health cognitions: visceral states influence self-efficacy and related health beliefs. Health Psychology, 27, 722-727. [impact factor 3.83] van Harreveld, F., van der Pligt, J., & Nordgren, L.F. (2008). The relativity of bad decisions: Social comparison as a means to alleviate regret, British Journal of Social Psychology, 47, 105-117. [impact factor 1.82] Nordgren, L.F., van der Pligt, J., & van Harreveld, F. (2007). Evaluating Eve: Visceral states influence the evaluation of impulsive behavior. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 93, 75-84. [impact factor 4.88] Nordgren, L.F., van der Pligt, J. & van Harreveld, F., (2007). Unpacking perceived control in risk perception: The mediating role of anticipated regret. Journal of Behavioral Decision Making, 20, 533-544. [impact factor 2.16] van Harreveld, F., Wagenmakers, E.J., & van der Maas, H. (2007). The effects of time pressure on chess skill: An investigation into fast and slow processes underlying expert performance. Psychological Research, 71, 591-597. [impact factor 2.47] van Harreveld, F., van der Pligt, J., Claassen, E., & van Dijk, W.W. (2007). Inmate emotion coping and psychological and physical well-being: The use of crying over spilled milk. Criminal Justice and Behavior, 34, 697-708. [impact factor 1.86] Nordgren, L.F., van der Pligt, J. & van Harreveld, F. (2006). Visceral drives in retrospect: making attributions about the inaccessible past. Psychological Science, 17, 635-640. (Featured as Editor's Choice in Science, 312, p. 1849). [impact factor 4.43] Nordgren, L.F., van Harreveld, F., & van der Pligt, J. (2006). Ambivalence, discomfort and motivated information processing. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 42, 252-258. [impact factor 2.22] van Harreveld, F., & van der Pligt, J. (2004). Attitudes as stable and transparent constructions. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 40, 666-674. [impact factor 2.22] van Harreveld, F., van der Pligt, J., de Vries, N.K, Wenneker, C., & Verhue, D. (2004). Ambivalence and information integration in attitudinal judgment. British Journal of Social Psychology,43, 431-447. [impact factor 1.82]
van Harreveld, F., van der Pligt, J., de Vries, N.K. & Andreas, S. (2000). Belief importance and accessibility in expectancy-value models. British Journal of Social Psychology, 39 (3), 363-380. [impact factor 1.82] van der Pligt, J., de Vries, N. K., Manstead, A.S.R., & van Harreveld, F. (2000). The importance of being selective: Weighing the role of attribute importance in attitudinal judgment. In M.P. Zanna (Ed.). Advances in Experimental Social Psychology (Vol 32) (pp. 135-200). New York: Academic Press. [impact factor 4.89] van Harreveld, F., van der Pligt, J., & de Vries, N.K (1999). Attitudes towards smoking and the subjective importance of attributes: Implications for risk-benefit ratios. Swiss Journal of Psychology, 58, 65-72. [impact factor 0.64] Contributions to books (international) van Harreveld, F., Nohlen, H. U., & Schneider, I. K. You shan’t always get what you want: The consequences of ambivalence towards desires. Chapter forthcoming in: L. F. Nordgren & W. Hoffmann (Eds.): The Psychology of Desire. Guilford Press. Rutjens, B. T., van der Pligt, J., & van Harreveld, F. (2012). Regulating psychological threat: The motivational consequences of threatening contexts. In K. J. Jonas & T. A. Morton (Eds.), Restoring civil societies: the psychology of intervention and engagement following crisis (Social issues and interventions) (pp. 38-56). Malden, MA: Wiley-Blackwell. van Harreveld, F., Schneider, I.K., Nohlen, H., & van der Pligt, J. (2011). Ambivalence and conflict in attitudes and decision-making. B. Gawronski and F. Strack (Eds.): Cognitive consistency: A unifying concept in social psychology, (pp. 285 - 304). New York: Guildford Press. Bullens, L., Förster, J., van Harreveld, F., & Liberman, N. (2011). Self-produced decisional conflict due to incorrect metacognitions. In B. Gawronski & F. Strack (eds.), Cognitive consistency: A fundamental principle in social cognition. New York: Guilford Press. van Dijk, W.W. & van Harreveld, F. (2008). Disappointment and regret. In N. M. Ashkanasy & C. L. Cooper (Eds.), Research companion to emotions in organizations. (pp. 90-102). London: Edward Elgar Publishers. Books (Dutch) van Harreveld, F., van der Pligt, J., & Rutjens, B.T. (2013). Dat kan geen toeval zijn: De psychologie van ons bijgeloof. Amsterdam: Nieuw Amsterdam. Ouwerkerk, J., van Harreveld, F., & van der Pligt, J. (2009). Streng doch rechtvaardig? Interactie tussen handhaver en gehandhaafde als determinant van regelnaleving, strafacceptatie en perceptie van rechtvaardigheid. Den Haag: Boom Juridische Uitgevers. Busato, V.V. & van Harreveld, F. (2007). Het geheim van de uitblinker. Amsterdam: Prometheus. van der Pligt, J., Koomen, W., & van Harreveld, F. (2007). Bestraffen, belonen en beïnvloeden. Den Haag: Boom Juridische Uitgevers. Van Laar, C., Ruiter, R., Karremans, J., Van Rijswijk, W. & van Harreveld, F. (Eds.), Jaarboek Sociale Psychologie 2006. Groningen, Nederland: ASPO Pers. Karremans, J., van Rijswijk, W., van Harreveld, F., Custers, R., & Beersma, B. (Eds.), Jaarboek Sociale Psychologie 2007. Groningen, Nederland: ASPO Pers.
Contributions to books (Dutch) Alink, D., van Harreveld, F., & van der Pligt, J. (2012). De rol van welwillendheid en competentie bij vertrouwen in personen versus organisaties. In: M. Strick, M. Baas, L. Van Dillen, R. Dotsch, D. Lakens, M. De Vries (Eds). Jaarboek Sociale Psychologie. Groningen: ASPO Pers. Bullens, L., van Harreveld, F., & Förster, J. (2011). Van ruilen komt huilen: De belastende effecten van omkeerbare beslissingen. Jaarboek Sociale Psychologie, ASPO Pers Nohlen, H.U., van Harreveld, F., Petrova, D., Rotteveel, M., & van der Pligt, J. (2011). De rol van consequenties en ongemak bij ambivalente keuzes. In N. van de Veen et al. (Eds.) Jaarboek Sociale Psychologie 2011. Groningen: ASPO Pers. Schneider, I.K., van Harreveld, F.,Rotteveel, M. & van der Pligt, J. (2010). Weten is voelen: Negatieve gevoelens als gevolg van conflictbewustzijn en ambivalentie. In B. Derks, R.J. Renes, K. Ruys, N. van de Ven, N., & M. Vliek (eds.), Jaarboek Sociale Psychologie, ASPO Pers, 391-402. van der Pligt, J., Koomen, W., & van Harreveld, F. (2007). Handhaving: de vergeten rol van belonen en sociale normen. In: Kerseboom, J., Leeuw, F., & Elte, R., Videboek. Den Haag: Boom Juridische Uitgevers. Wiersema, D.V., van der Pligt, J., & van Harreveld, F. (2007). Is aanval de beste verdediging? Verwerking van counterattitudinale informatie en persistentie van attitudes als functie van zelfwaardering en cognitieve capaciteit. In Van Laar, C., Ruiter, R., Karremans, J., Van Rijswijk, W. & van Harreveld, F. (Eds.), Jaarboek Sociale Psychologie 2006 (551-557). Groningen, Nederland: ASPO Pers. Wiersema, D.V., van der Pligt, J., van Harreveld, F., & Rotteveel, M. (2005). Vergeten wat je niet wilt weten: de invloed van zelfwaardering op het geheugen voor attitude-gerelateerde informatie. In Holland, R. W., Ouwerkerk, J., van Laar, C., Ruiter, R., & Ham, J. (Eds.), Jaarboek Sociale Psychologie 2005, 555-568, ASPO pers, Groningen. van der Pligt, J., Wigboldus, D., & van Harreveld, F. (2005). Beslissen en Beoordelen. In: R. Vonk (Ed.). Sociale Cognitie. (pp. 333-374) Groningen: Wolters-Noordhoff. van Harreveld, F., van der Pligt, J., de Vries, N.K, & Wenneker, C. (2000). Ambivalentie en informatieintegratie in attitudebeoordeling. In: C. Martijn, C. Rutte, D. Stapel & E. van Dijk (Eds.) Fundamentele Sociale Psychologie, Vol. 14, (pp. 143-149). Tilburg: Tilburg University Press. van Harreveld, F., Spears, R., & Jetten, J. (1998). Gedeelde smart en dubbele vreugd: de invloed van persoonlijke en collectieve zelfwaardering op ingroup bias en identificatie. In: D. van Knippenberg, C.K.W. de Dreu & C. Rutte (Eds.) Fundamentele Sociale Psychologie, Vol. 12 (pp. 66-77) Tilburg: Tilburg University Press. van der Pligt, J., van Harreveld, F., & de Vries, N. K. (1998). De toegankelijkheid van belangrijke overwegingen. In: D. van Knippenberg, C.K.W. de Dreu & C. Rutte (Eds.) Fundamentele Sociale Psychologie, Vol. 12 (116-124). Tilburg: Tilburg University Press. Dissertations supervised 2007
L. F. Nordgren (cum laude) - Thinking about feeling: The nature and significance of the hot/cold emphathy gap (October 2007) (with J. van der Pligt).
2009
D. Wiersema - Taking it personally. Self-esteem and the protection of self-related attitudes (April 2009) (with J. van der Pligt).
2012
B. T. Rutjens (cum laude) - Start making Sense: Compensatory responses to control and meaning threats. (June 2012) (with J. van der Pligt).
2013
I. K. Schneider - The dynamics of ambivalence: Cognitive, affective and physical consequences of evaluative conflict (March 2013) (with M. Rotteveel and J. van der Pligt).
2013
L. Bullens (cum laude) - Having second thoughts. Consequences of decision reversibility (December 2013) (With J. Förster).
2014
D. Alink - Public trust: Expectancies, beliefs, and behavior (September 2014) (with J. van der Pligt).
2014
H. U. Nohlen - Affective, behavioural and neural consequences of ambivalent decision-making (Defense expected December 2014) (with Mark Rotteveel).
TEACHING 2014
University of Amsterdam, PPLE College st Decision-Making (1 year bachelor course)
2014
University of Amsterdam, Department of Psychology st Social Psychology (1 year bachelor course)
2012
Nyenrode Business University Consumer decision-making (Module in Executive MBA in Business & IT)
2007 - present
University of Amsterdam, Department of Psychology Current Debates in Attitudes and Decision Making (Research Master course)
2007 - 2009
Free University of Amsterdam rd Attitudes and persuasion (3 year bachelor course)
2002 - present
University of Amsterdam, Department of Psychology rd Attitudes and persuasion (3 year bachelor course)
2002 - present
University of Amsterdam, Department of Psychology Supervised 200+ students in, internships, Masters theses and Bachelor theses.
GRANTS 2013 2009 2008 2008 2008
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Recipient of a 90.000 euro grant from Amsterdam Brain and Cognition (ABC) for research on the positive consequences of uncertainty. Recipient of a 210.000 euro NWO MaGW grant for a PhD project entitled: Ambivalence and choice-conflict: Regulatory processes in attitudes and decision-making Recipient of a 330.000 euro grant from Achmea for a PhD project on coping processes associated with risk perception. Recipient of a 72.000 euro grant from Achmea for research on the relation between personality variables, risk perception and risk taking behavior. Recipient of a grant of 175.000 euro from the Social Psychology Department of the UvA for a PhD project entitled: The dynamics of ambivalence: An investigation into the consequences of evaluative conflict in attitudes and decision-making. Co-recipient of a 175.000 euro UvA open competition grant for a PhD project entitled: The impact of decision difficulty on choice, satisfaction and motivation. Recipient of a 30.000 euro grant from Achmea for research on risk-perception and insurance behavior. Co-recipient of a 60.000 euro grant provided by the department of justice for research on the influence of procedural justice on law compliant behavior. Co-recipient of a 175.000 euro NWO Open Competition grant for a PhD project entitled: Development of Cognitive Expertise in Chess. Co-recipient of a 40.000 euro grant provided by the department of justice for research on a social psychological perspective on law compliant behavior. Recipient of a 7.500 euro NWO grant for internationalization social sciences (ISW), for organizing a conference on attitude incongruence and information processing at the University of Amsterdam. Recipient of a 5.000 euro NWO travel grant for visiting the University of Massachusetts (Amherst).
SERVICE AND COMMITTEES 2014 - present
University of Amsterdam, PPLE Bachelor program. Head of Studies, psychology major.
2014
European Association of Social Psychology. Organizing committee 17 General Meeting.
2014
Associatie van Sociaal Psychologische Onderzoekers (ASPO). Member scientific program committee ASPO conference.
2013
University of Amsterdam, PPLE Bachelor program. Board of examinations.
2012
NWO (Dutch Science Foundation). Member Veni committee.
2012
Kurt Lewin Institute. Member best paper award committee.
2010 - 2014
University of Amsterdam, PPLE Bachelor program. Development team PPLE bachelor program.
2008 - 2012:
University of Amsterdam, Graduate School of Psychology. Member curriculum committee Research Master.
2007 - 2012:
University of Amsterdam, Department of Psychology. Teaching coordinator, social psychology program.
2007 - 2012:
University of Amsterdam, Department of Psychology. Member Teaching Committee (Opleidingscomissie).
2007 - 2012:
University of Amsterdam, Department of Psychology. Student advisor, social psychology program.
2006 - 2007:
University of Amsterdam, Department of Psychology. Member of the scientific board.
2005 - 2012:
University of Amsterdam, Department of Psychology. Member of the managerial board social psychology program.
2005 - 2010
Department of Justice. Member of three research committees on new penitentiary systems and interrogation rules in the Netherlands.
2004 - 2007
University of Amsterdam, department of psychology. Host colloquium series, social psychology program.
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REVIEWING Ad hoc reviewer for Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, Psychological Science, International Journal of Research in Marketing, Journal of Experimental Psychology: General, Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, Social Psychological and Personality Science, British Journal of Social Psychology, British Journal of Health Psychology, Cognition and Emotion, European Journal of Social Psychology, Social Cognition, Acta Psychologica, Basic and Applied Social Psychology, Group Processes, Social Psychology, Psychological Reports, Journal of Marriage and Family, and research proposals for the Dutch science foundation (NWO). IN THE MEDIA (SELECTION) •
RTL NIeuws (July 2014). Interview about superstition during world cup football.
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Studio Idzerda, Radio 1 (November 2013): Interview about superstition: http://www.vpro.nl/speel.program.30793768.html
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Wereldstad, AT5 televisie (September, 2013): Interview about superstition: http://www.at5.nl/tv/wereldstad/aflevering/12894
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Het Parool (Mei 2013): Bijgeloof geeft houvast: http://www.datkangeentoevalzijn.nl/wpcontent/uploads/2013/05/947281_10200541535397528_1770887754_n.jpg
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Slate magazine (June, 2013): Ambivalence is awesome. Or is it awful? Sometimes it’s best to have conflicted feelings. http://www.slate.com/articles/health_and_science/science/2013/06/ambivalence_conflicted_feelin gs_cause_discomfort_and_creativity.html
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OBA Live, Radio 5 (April, 2013). Interview about book: Dat kan geen toeval zijn. http://cgi.omroep.nl/cgi-bin/streams?/ikon/OBAlive/20130417/hoofdgast.wmv
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Spijkers met koppen, Radio 2 (April, 2013). Interview about book: Dat kan geen toeval zijn. http://spijkersmetkoppen.vara.nl/Fragmenten-singleview.9419.0.html?&tx_ttnews[tt_news]=88726&cHash=608ff0a63abf808d0ae14b0b526a2272
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Vrijdagmiddag Live, Radio 1 (April, 2013): Interview about book: Dat kan geen toeval zijn. http://www.radio1.nl/items/75467-actueel-gesprek-over-bijgeloof
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Corriere Della Sera (Italian newspaper, January 2011). Why indecision has become a virtue. http://archiviostorico.corriere.it/2011/gennaio/30/Ambivalenti_Perche_indecisione_diventata_una_ co_9_110130024.shtml
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Psychologie Magazine (November 2011). Zo hak je knopen door.
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Diario La Tarenca (Chilean magazine, May 2011). En las decisiones es mejor morir con las botas puestas: http://diario.latercera.com/2011/05/14/01/contenido/tendencias/26-68897-9-en-lasdecisiones-es-mejor-morir-con-las-botas-puestas.shtml
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Wall Street Journal (September 2010). Why so many people can’t make decisions: http://online.wsj.com/news/articles/SB10001424052748703694204575518200704692936
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USA Today (September 2010). God or Darwin? Randomness of life reminder may drive the decision: http://content.usatoday.com/communities/sciencefair/post/2010/09/god-or-darwin-hardlife-decision/1
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De Volkskrant (Dutch newspaper, January 2010). Een controlefreak heeft geen vooruitgang nodig.
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The Globe and Mail (Canadian newspaper, January 2010). Study uncovers the key to keeping resolutions: http://www.theglobeandmail.com/life/new-year/study-uncovers-the-key-to-keepingresolutions/article1418912/?cmpid=rss1
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Psychology Today (January 2009). Self control: When optimism is self-defeating: http://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/one-among-many/200911/self-control-when-optimism-isself-defeating
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Intermediair (January, 2008). Uitblinken is een kwestie van hard werken: http://www.intermediair.nl/artikel/competenties-en-vaardigheden/55379/uitblinken-is-een-kwestievan-hard-werken.html
