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Sander L. Koole
SL.Koole@psy.vu.nl
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Associate professor |
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Social Psychology |
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Van der Boechorststraat 1, 1081 BT Amsterdam |
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1B-33 |
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+31 (0)20 598 8853 |
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Professional interests
My research focuses on (a) emotion regulation, (b) implicit self, and (c) experimental existential psychology.
Emotion regulation refers to the processes whereby people control their own emotional states. I am particularly interested in the question how emotion regulation processes support effective action control. Related questions are: How efficient are people at emotin regulation? What is the contribution of automatic versus controlled processes in emotion regulation? What is the role of the self in emotion regulation?
Implicit self refers to aspects of the self that are inaccessible to introspection. My research focuses especially on the relation between implicit and explicit self and the role of implicit self in self-regulation.
Experimental existential psychology is a new subdiscipline in psychology that studies how people come to terms with the givens of human existence. Key themes within experimental existential psychology are death, interpersonal isolation, identity, meaning, and will. Experimental existential psychology studies how people deal with these basic concerns through rigorous experimental methods.
Representative publications
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Koole, S. L., McCullough, M., Kuhl, J., & Roelofsma, P. (2010)
Why religion's burdens are light: From religiosity to implicit self-regulation. Personality and Social Psychology Review, 14, 95-107.
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Koole, S. L. (2009)
The psychology of emotion regulation: An integrative review. Cognition and Emotion, 23, 4-41.
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Koole, S. L., Govorun, O., Cheng, C., & Gallucci, M. (2009)
Pulling your self together: Meditation enhances the congruence between implicit and explicit self-esteem. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 45, 1220-1226.
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Koole, S. L., Greenberg, J., & Pyszczynski, T. (2006)
Introducing science to the psychology of the soul: Experimental existential psychology. Current Directions in Psychological Science, 15, 212-216.
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Koole, S. L. & Jostmann, N. B. (2004)
Getting a grip on your feelings: Effects of action orientation and external demands on intuitive affect regulation. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 87, 974-990.
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Teaching
Motivation Science. I teach this course with Lotte van Dillen, her homepage is at www.psy.vu.nl/fpp.php/departments/socialpsychology/people/details.html?id=430.
Experimental Existential Psychology
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Associate Professor from 2002 - present
Institution: Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam.
Assistant Professor 2000 - 2002
Institution: Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam.
Postdoc 1999 - 2000
Institution: Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam.
Ph.D. (cum laude, top 5%), Social Psychology, 2000, University of Nijmegen.
M. S. (cum laude, top 5%), Social Psychology, 1995, University of Groningen.
Links
koole.socialpsychology.org
www.diffpsycho.uos.de
www.agnesvandenberg.nl
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