Wilco W. van Dijk
Wilco W. van Dijk received his first degree in Psychology from the University of Groningen (1990) and his second degree (1994) and Ph.D. (1999) in Psychology from the University of Amsterdam. He has research interests in interpersonal processes and specific emotions (e.g., schadenfreude, envy).
Primary Interests:
- Emotion, Mood, Affect
- Interpersonal Processes
- Person Perception
- Self and Identity
- Social Cognition
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Journal Articles:
- Finkenauer, C., Gallucci, M., Van Dijk, W. W., & Pollmann. M. (2007). Investigating the role of time in affective forecasting: Temporal influences on forecasting accuracy. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 33, 1152-1166.
- IJzerman, H., Van Dijk, W. W., & Gallucci, M. (2007). A bumpy train ride: A field experiment on insult, culture of honor, and emotional reactions. Emotion, 7, 869-875.
- Pollmann, M., Finkenauer, C., & Van Dijk, W. W. (2008). The order effect in self-other predictions: Considering target as a moderator. European Journal of Social Psychology, 32, 315-332.
- Seip, E. C., Van Dijk, W. W., & Rotteveel, M. (2009). On hotheads and dirty harries: The primacy of anger in altruistic punishment. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, 1167, 190-196.
- Smith, P. K., Jostmann, N. B., Galinsky, A. D., & Van Dijk, W. W. (2008). Lacking power impairs executive functions. Psychological Science, 19, 441-447.
- Van Dijk, W. W. (2009). Affective forecasting and the impact bias in track athletics. Journal of Social Psychology, 149, 243-248.
- Van Dijk, W. W., Finkenauer, C., & Pollmann, M. (2008). The misprediction of emotions in track athletics: Is experience the teacher of all things? Basic and Applied Social Psychology, 30, 369-376.
- Van Dijk, W. W., Goslinga, S., & Ouwerkerk, J. W. (2008). The impact of responsibility for a misfortune on schadenfreude and sympathy: Further evidence. Journal of Social Psychology, 148, 631-636.
- Van Dijk, W. W., Ouwerkerk, J. W., & Goslinga, S. (2009). The impact of deservingness on schadenfreude and sympathy: Further evidence. Journal of Social Psychology, 149, 290-292.
- Van Dijk, W. W., Ouwerkerk, J. W., Goslinga, S., & Nieweg, M. (2005). Deservingness and Schadenfreude. Cognition and Emotion, 19, 933-939.
- Van Dijk, W. W., Ouwerkerk, J. W., Goslinga, S., Nieweg, M., & Gallucci, M. (2006). When people fall from grace: Reconsidering the role of envy in Schadenfreude. Emotion. 6, 156-160.
- Van Dijk, W. W., Ouwerkerk, J. W., Van Koningsbruggen, G. M., & Wesseling, Y. M. (2011). Self-esteem, self-affirmation, and schadenfreude. Emotion, 11, 1445-1449.
- Van Dijk, W. W., Ouwerkerk, J. W., Wesseling, Y. M., & Van Koningsbruggen, G. M. (2011). Towards understanding pleasure at the misfortunes of others: The impact of self-evaluation threat on schadenfreude. Cognition and Emotion, 25, 360-368.
- Van Dijk, W. W., & Van der Pligt, J. (1997). The impact of probability and magnitude of outcome on disappointment and elation. Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes, 69, 277-284.
- Van Dijk, W. W., Van der Pligt, J, & Zeelenberg, M. (1999). Effort invested in vain: The impact of effort on the intensity of disappointment and regret. Motivation and Emotion, 23, 203-220.
- Van Dijk, W. W. & Zeelenberg, M. (2002). Investigating the appraisal patterns of regret and disappointment. Motivation and Emotion, 24, 321-331.
- Van Dijk, W. W., & Zeelenberg, M. (2002). What do we talk about when we talk about disappointment? Distinguishing outcome-related disappointment from person-related disappointment. Cognition and Emotion, 16, 787-807.
- Van Dijk, W. W., Zeelenberg, M., & Van der Pligt, J. (1999). Not having what you want versus having what you don't want: The impact of type of negative outcome on the experience of disappointment and related emotions. Cognition and Emotion, 13, 129-148.
- Van Harreveld, F., Van der Pligt, J., Claassen, L., & 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.
- Van Stekelenburg, J., Klandermans, B., & Van Dijk, W. W. (2011). Combining motivation and emotion: The motivational dynamics of protest participation. Revista de Psicologia Social, 26, 91-104.
- Van Stekelenburg, J., Klandermans, B., & Van Dijk, W. W. (2009). Context matters: Explaining how and why mobilizing context influences motivational dynamics. Journal of Social Issues, 65, 813-838.
- Zeelenberg, M., Van Dijk, W.W., Manstead, A.S.R., & Van der Pligt, J. (2000). On bad decisions and disconfirmed expectancies: Regret, disappointment and decision-making. Cognition and Emotion,14, 521-541.
- Zeelenberg, M., Van Dijk, W. W., Van der Pligt, J., Manstead, A. S. R., Van Empelen, P., & Reinderman, D. (1998). Emotional reactions to outcomes of decisions: The role of counterfactual thought in the experience of regret and disappointment. Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes, 75, 117-141.
- van Dijk, W. W., Zeelenberg, M., & van der Pligt, J. (2003). Blessed are they who expect nothing: Lowering expectations as a way of avoiding disappointment. Journal of Economic Psychology. 24, 505-516.
Other Publications:
- Van Dijk, W. W. (2009). Disappointment. In K. Scherer & D. Sander (Eds.), Oxford companion to the affective sciences (pp. 121-122). Oxford: Oxford University Press.
- Van Dijk, W. W. (2009). Envy. In H. T. Reis & S. Sprecher (Eds.), Encyclopedia of human relationships (pp. 532-534). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.
- 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.
Wilco W. van Dijk
Social and Organizational Psychology
Leiden University
P.O. Box 9555
2300 RB Leiden
The Netherlands
- Phone: +31 (0)71 527 6844
