Research

Peer-Reviewed Publications

Wetzel, G., Svensson, H., Cole, S., & Sanchez, D. (In Revision, Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin). Devaluing women’s orgasm: An experimental investigation of whether, when, and to what effect women and men reduce the importance of women’s orgasm.

Svensson, H., Shoots‐Reinhard, B., & Cole, S. (2023). Goal disruption during COVID‐19: Reimagining goals during a global pandemic. Social and Personality Psychology Compass, 17(11), e12863. https://doi.org/10.1111/spc3.12863 Read Paper Here

Shoots-Reinhard, B., Svensson, H., Shihab, M., Peters, E., & Zhu, M. (2023). Barriers to enforcing laws and support for restricting cell phone use while driving among law enforcement officers. Transportation Research Record, 2677(5), 629-635.  https://doi.org/10.1177/03611981221134625 Read Paper Here

Svensson, H., Shoots-Reinhard, B., Cravens-Brown, L., & Peters, E. (2022). Greater objective numeracy protects COVID-19 pandemic grades but endangers academic interest. Scholarship of Teaching and Learning in Psychology, 8(4), 315–329. https://doi.org/10.1037/stl0000319 Read Paper Here

Shoots-Reinhard, B., Svensson, H., Peters, E. (2021). Support for legislative, technological, and organizational strategies to reduce cellphone use while driving: Psychological predictors and influences of language. Traffic Injury Prevention, 22(7), 507-513. https://doi.org/10.1080/15389588.2021.1964076 Read Paper Here

Manuscripts in Preparation (Advanced Stages)

*Denotes undergraduate mentee

Cole, S., Svensson, H., & Cortes, M.* (2025). Lay beliefs and attitudes toward goal disengagement [Manuscript in preparation]. Department of Psychology, Rutgers University.

Cole, S., Dominick, J., & Svensson, H. (2025). Regulatory focus of attention: Motivational orientations are reflected in differential patterns of visual attention during self-control conflicts [Manuscript in preparation]. Department of Psychology, Rutgers University.

Svensson, H. & Cole, S. (2025). Examining the leaky pipeline: Do women and men differ in their attributions for success and failure in STEM contexts? [Manuscript in preparation]. Department of Psychology, Rutgers University.

Svensson, H., Dominick, J., & Cole, S. (2025). The effects of self-control failure rationalization on subjective perceptions of goal-inconsistent behavior [Manuscript in preparation]. Department of Psychology, Rutgers University.

Svensson, H., vanDellen, M., Carratura, S.*, Pant, N.*, & Cole, S. (2025). Supporting the shift: The role of social support in goal disengagement [Manuscript in preparation]. Department of Psychology, Rutgers University.