Geneva Motivation Lab Member - Yann Bouzidi

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Yann Bouzidi

Yann Bouzidi Office 5154, Uni-Mail
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Phone: +41 (0)22 379 96 20
Fax: +41 (0)22 379 92 19
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40, Bd. du Pont d'Arve
CH-1211 Geneva 4
Switzerland

Research Interests


Reaction to failure: impact of dispositional and contextual variables on effort invested after failure experiences
Achievement motivation: consequences on effort-related processes
Cognitive conflict: measurement, affective nature, and consequences on effort-related indices
Goal/Action shielding: volitional perspective including momentary state (personal choice) and dispositional differences (action-state orientation), and moderation on effortful processes
Interaction between affective-regulation processes and effort
Cardiovascular psychophysiology

Vita

Link to the complete CV

Education

September 2023 Ph.D. in Psychology, AVƵ, Switzerland
“On the effortfulness of cognitive conflict and the shielding effects of volitional processes”
(Advisor: Prof. Guido H. E. Gendolla)
June 2018 Master in Psychology, AVƵ, Switzerland
Thesis: The moderating role of volition on the impact of mood on effort mobilization
Advisors: Prof. Guido H. E. Gendolla, Dr. Nicolas Silvestrini
June 2016 Bachelor in Psychology, AVƵ, Switzerland
April 2016 Certification in FACS coding (Facial Action Coding System)

Professional Experience

October 2023 – present Postdoctoral Researcher, Geneva Motivation Lab, AVƵ (Prof. Guido H. E. Gendolla)
August 2019 – August 2023 Teaching Assistant, Introduction to the Psychology of Religion, AVƵ (Prof. Pierre-Yves Brandt)
September 2018 – present Research and Teaching Assistant, AVƵ, Switzerland
September 2015 – June 2018 Student Assistant, Human Behavior Analysis Laboratory, AVƵ (Dr. Stéphane With)

Publications

Journal articles

Bouzidi, Y.S., & Gendolla, G.H.E. (2024). Cognitive conflict does not always mean high effort: Task difficulty's moderating effect on cardiac response. Psychophysiology, e14580. https://doi.org/10.1111/psyp.14580

Bouzidi, Y.S., & Gendolla, G.H.E. (2023). Action-orientation shields against primed cognitive conflict effects on effort-related cardiac response. Psychophysiology, 60, e14407. https://doi.org/10.1111/psyp.14407

Bouzidi, Y.S., & Gendolla, G.H.E. (2023). Is cognitive conflict really effortful? Conflict priming and shielding effects on cardiac response. Psychophysiology, 60, e14169. https://doi.org/10.1111/psyp.14169

Bouzidi, Y.S., & Gendolla, G.H.E. (2022). Individual differences in action-state orientation moderate task difficulty effects on effort-related cardiac response. Psychophysiology, 60, e14238. https://doi.org/10.1111/psyp.14238

Bouzidi, Y.S.*, Falk, J.R.*, Chanal, J., & Gendolla, G.H.E. (2022). Choosing task characteristics oneself justifies effort: A study on cardiac response and the critical role of task difficulty. Motivation Science, 8, 230–238. https://doi.org/10.1037/mot0000269 (*shared first authorship)

Bouzidi, Y.S., & Gendolla, G.H.E. (2022). A French version of the Action Control Scale (ACS-Fr): Psychometric properties and predictive power. Swiss Psychology Open. https://doi.org/10.5334/spo.37

Gendolla, G.H.E., Bouzidi, Y.S., Arvaniti, S., Gollwitzer, P.M., & Oettingen, G. (2021). Task choice immunizes against incidental affective influences in volition. Motivation Science, 7, 229–241. https://doi.org/10.1037/mot0000225

Published Conference Contributions

Bouzidi, Y.S., & Gendolla, G.H.E. (2025). The heart responds to failure: First insight for the combined effect of task identity-relevance and individuals’ mindset. International Journal of Psychophysiology, 213, 27. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijpsycho.2025.112687

Bouzidi, Y.S., & Gendolla, G.H.E. (2024). Cognitive conflict is not always effortful: Insights from the cardiovascular system. Psychophysiology [Supplement], 61, S113. https://doi.org/10.1111/psyp.14692

Bouzidi, Y.S., & Gendolla, G.H.E. (2023). Is implicit cognitive conflict really effortful? Insights from studies on effort-related cardiac response. International Journal of Psychophysiology, 188, 22. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijpsycho.2023.05.053

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