Published in Motivation and Emotion
According to self-determination theory, when the social context is autonomy supportive, people are motivated to internalize the regulation of important activities, and whereas when the context is controlling, self-determined motivation is undermined. A model that incorporates perceptions of coaches' interpersonal behaviors (autonomy support vs. con...
Published in Motivation and Emotion
Two studies examined individual and environmental forces that affect engagement in prosocial behavior. Self-determination theory was used to derive a model in which autonomy orientation and autonomy support predicted satisfaction of three core psychological needs, which in turn led to engagement in prosocial activities. In Study 1, college students...
Published in Journal of Happiness Studies
Flow Theory predicts that state intrinsic motivation peaks in activities characterized by the simultaneous perception of high challenges and high skills. Self-Determination Theory predicts that the flow model is more descriptive of persons who have more trait intrinsic motivation. Both theories postulate that the flow model is substantially invaria...
Published in Motivation and Emotion
Grounded in self-determination theory (E. L. Deci & R. M. Ryan, 2000), the purpose of this study was to examine the relationship of dimensions of coaching behavior to intrinsic need satisfaction and indices of psychological and physical well-being among male adolescent athletes. Participants were 265 British soccer and cricket players (Mage = 16.44...
Published in Cognitive Therapy and Research
The utility of self-determination theory in predicting adherence to antiviral therapy (ART) was investigated in 205 HIV+ (85% male) patients. Participants completed brief structured adherence interviews and measures of perceived autonomy support, autonomous motivation, and perceived competence, specific to ART. Adherence measures included percentag...
Previous studies in both educational and sport settings have examined the relationship between teachers' and coaches' expectations and behaviors towards students and athletes. The purpose of the present study was to extend this line of research by examining the effects of teachers' expectations about students' motivation on the frequency of control...
The purpose of this study was to explore whether, in naturalistic physical education classes, the relation between teachers' early expectations and students' later perceived competence was moderated by the extent to which the motivational climate created by the teachers was autonomy supportive. Using a one year longitudinal design, data were obtain...
Published in Journal of Happiness Studies
This article distinguishes between hedonic and eudaimonic approaches to wellness, with the former focusing on the outcome of happiness or pleasure and the latter focusing not so much on outcomes as on the process of living well. We present a model of eudaimonia that is based in self-determination theory, arguing that eudaimonic living can be charac...
Published in Journal of General Internal Medicine
BACKGROUND: Little is known about how interventions motivate individuals to change multiple health risk behaviors. Self-determination theory (SDT) proposes that patient autonomy is an essential factor for motivating change. OBJECTIVE: An SDT-based intervention to enhance autonomous motivation for tobacco abstinence and improving cholesterol was tes...
Objectives: Previous studies have shown the heuristic qualities of self-determination theory constructs to predict sport persistence. The purpose of this study was to extend these researches by focusing on the conflicting or instrumental relationship between sport and other life contexts (i.e., school and friendship) to enhance the understanding of...
