Determinants and Consequences of Self-Engagement. What determines whether individuals become personally engaged in activities such as work, voting, and relationships? Our program of research examines the predictors and consequences of engagement in different areas. We have published articles addressing engagement at work, engagement in voting, engagement in academic tests, and engagement among soldiers in military operations. Thomas W. Britt

Psychological Stamina. Although research has been devoted to understanding the construct of physical stamina, virtually no work has been conducted on psychological stamina, which we define as the ability to perform mental, emotional, and social tasks over time without experiencing a drop in performance. We have developed a measure of different forms of psychological stamina and are examining the ability of this scale to predict performance over time. Thomas W. Britt

Judgment and motivation. “There are old pilots and there are bold pilots but there are no old, bold pilots”. In other words, lots of real-time activities like flying, driving, and working depend in large part on good judgment (and fail due to bad judgment). I’m interested in how people make judgments including predictions of their future performance, predictions of their future experiences and assessments of risk. I’m also researching how those judgments affect their motivation, decisions, and actions. Fred Switzer