Search filters

Authors whose works are in public domain in at least one jurisdiction

List of works by Edward L. Deci

"The facts concerning the recent carnival of smoking in Connecticut" and elsewhere

scientific article

A meta-analysis of self-determination theory-informed intervention studies in the health domain: effects on motivation, health behavior, physical, and psychological health

scientific article published on 03 February 2020

A meta-analytic review of experiments examining the effects of extrinsic rewards on intrinsic motivation

scientific article

A self-determination multiple risk intervention trial to improve smokers' health

scientific article published in December 2006

A self-determination theory approach to psychotherapy: The motivational basis for effective change

article by Richard M. Ryan et al published 2008 in Canadian Psychology

Activating patients for smoking cessation through physician autonomy support

scientific article published in August 2001

Adult attachment and psychological well-being in cancer caregivers: the mediational role of spouses' motives for caregiving.

scientific article published in March 2008

An instrument to assess adults' orientations toward control versus autonomy with children: Reflections on intrinsic motivation and perceived competence

article

Article Commentary: On the Nature and Functions of Motivation Theories

Aspiring to physical health: the role of aspirations for physical health in facilitating long-term tobacco abstinence

scientific article published on 05 October 2008

Associations between students' perceptions of physical education teachers' interpersonal styles and students' wellness, knowledge, performance, and intentions to persist at physical activity: A self-determination theory approach

Attending and avoiding dental appointments: Do "bright" and "dark" motivational paths have a role?

scientific article published on 26 March 2017

Attitude change as a function of the inducement for espousing a proattitudinal communication

article by Carl Benware & Edward L. Deci published January 1975 in Journal of Experimental Social Psychology

Autonomous and controlled regulation of performance-approach goals: Their relations to perfectionism and educational outcomes

Autonomous regulation and long-term medication adherence in adult outpatients

scientific article published in May 1998

Autonomy and Need Satisfaction in Close Relationships: Relationships Motivation Theory

article published in 2014

Autonomy as Process and Outcome: Revisiting Cultural and Practical Issues in Motivation for Counseling

Autonomy-supportive dental treatment, oral health-related eudaimonic well-being and oral health: a randomized clinical trial

scientific article published on 31 May 2019

Avoiding death or engaging life as accounts of meaning and culture: comment on Pyszczynski et al. (2004).

scientific article published on May 2004

Basic psychological need satisfaction, need frustration, and need strength across four cultures

scientific article published on 12 November 2014

Basic psychological needs and work motivation: A longitudinal test of directionality

Beyond the intrinsic-extrinsic dichotomy: Self-determination in motivation and learning

Can it be good to set the bar high? The role of motivational regulation in moderating the link from high standards to academic well-being

Changes in materialism, changes in psychological well-being: Evidence from three longitudinal studies and an intervention experiment

article

Changes in return to work among patients in vocational rehabilitation: a self-determination theory perspective

scientific article published on 7 November 2016

Characteristics of the rewarder and intrinsic motivation of the rewardee

article

Choice and ego-depletion: the moderating role of autonomy

scientific article published in August 2006

Cognitive evaluation theory and some comments on the Calder and Staw critique

Competence-impeding electronic games and players' aggressive feelings, thoughts, and behaviors

scientific article

Competitively Contingent Rewards and Intrinsic Motivation: Can Losers Remain Motivated?

scholarly article published in 2003

Diminished neural responses predict enhanced intrinsic motivation and sensitivity to external incentive

scientific article published on June 2015

Effects of externally mediated rewards on intrinsic motivation

scholarly article published in 1971

Ego-involved persistence: When free-choice behavior is not intrinsically motivated

Engaging students in learning activities: It is not autonomy support or structure but autonomy support and structure

Erratum to “The antecedents and consequences of autonomous self-regulation for college: A self-determination theory perspective on socialization”

scholarly article published in Journal of Adolescence

Extrinsic Life Goals and Health-Risk Behaviors in Adolescents1

article

Extrinsic Rewards and Intrinsic Motivation in Education: Reconsidered Once Again

scholarly article published in 2001

Facilitating autonomous motivation for smoking cessation

scientific article published in January 2002

Facilitating internalization: the self-determination theory perspective

scientific article published in March 1994

Facilitating optimal motivation and psychological well-being across life's domains

Favoriser la motivation optimale et la santé mentale dans les divers milieux de vie

article published in 2008

From Ego Depletion to Vitality: Theory and Findings Concerning the Facilitation of Energy Available to the Self

Health care practitioners' motivation for tobacco-dependence counseling

scientific article

Hedonia, eudaimonia, and well-being: an introduction

article published in 2006

How Parents Contribute to Children’s Psychological Health: The Critical Role of Psychological Need Support

article

How self-determined choice facilitates performance: a key role of the ventromedial prefrontal cortex.

scientific article

Internalization of biopsychosocial values by medical students: a test of self-determination theory

scientific article published in April 1996

Interpersonal control, dehumanization, and violence: A self-determination theory perspective

Intrinsic Motivation

1975 book by Edward L. Deci

Intrinsic Versus Extrinsic Goal Contents in Self-Determination Theory: Another Look at the Quality of Academic Motivation

Intrinsic motivation and self-determination in human behavior

Intrinsic motivation to teach: Possibilities and obstacles in our colleges and universities

Intrinsic motivation, extrinsic reinforcement, and inequity

Large-scale school reform as viewed from the self-determination theory perspective

scholarly article published 25 June 2009

Levels of Analysis, Regnant Causes of Behavior and Well-Being: The Role of Psychological Needs

article

Living well: a self-determination theory perspective on eudaimonia

Medical students' motivation for internal medicine

scientific article published in June 1994

Motivating learning, performance, and persistence: the synergistic effects of intrinsic goal contents and autonomy-supportive contexts

scientific article published in August 2004

Motivation and Autonomy in Counseling, Psychotherapy, and Behavior Change: A Look at Theory and Practice 1ψ7

article

Motivation and Education: The Self-Determination Perspective

Motivation and anxiety for dental treatment: Testing a self-determination theory model of oral self-care behaviour and dental clinic attendance

article

Motivation for behavior change in patients with chest pain

article by Geoffrey C. Williams et al published August 2005 in Health Education

Motivation underlying career choice for internal medicine and surgery

scientific article

Motivation, Personality, and Development Within Embedded Social Contexts: An Overview of Self-Determination Theory

article

Motivational determinants of integrating positive and negative past identities.

scientific article

Motivational predictors of weight loss and weight-loss maintenance

scientific article published in January 1996

Motivational synchronicity: Priming motivational orientations with observations of others’ behaviors

article published in 2009

Need Satisfaction, Motivation, and Well-Being in the Work Organizations of a Former Eastern Bloc Country: A Cross-Cultural Study of Self-Determination

Need satisfaction and the self-regulation of learning

Notes on the theory and metatheory of intrinsic motivation

On happiness and human potentials: a review of research on hedonic and eudaimonic well-being.

scientific article

On the Importance of Self-Determination for Intrinsically-Motivated Behavior

scientific article (publication date: July 1978)

On the benefits of giving as well as receiving autonomy support: mutuality in close friendships

scientific article published in March 2006

On the dark side of work: a longitudinal analysis using self-determination theory

Oral health and dental well-being: testing a self-determination theory model

article

Outcomes of the Smoker's Health Project: a pragmatic comparative effectiveness trial of tobacco-dependence interventions based on self-determination theory

scientific article published on 22 October 2016

Paying people doesn't always work the way you expect it to

Person-level relatedness and the incremental value of relating

scientific article published on 11 May 2010

Physical activity and motivational predictors of changes in health behavior and health among DM2 and CAD patients

scientific article

Predicting dental attendance from dental hygienists' autonomy support and patients' autonomous motivation: A randomised clinical trial

scientific article

Promoting Self‐determined Education

Promoting glycemic control through diabetes self-management: evaluating a patient activation intervention

scientific article published in January 2005

Revitalization through Self-Regulation: The Effects of Autonomous and Controlled Motivation on Happiness and Vitality

article

Rewards, Motivation, and Self-Esteem

scholarly article published in 1980

Self-Determination Theory

scholarly article published in 2012

Self-Determination Theory Applied to Health Contexts: A Meta-Analysis

scientific article published in July 2012

Self-Determination Theory and Public Policy: Improving the Quality of Consumer Decisions Without Using Coercion

Self-Determination Theory and the Relation of Autonomy to Self-Regulatory Processes and Personality Development

article

Self-Determination Theory in Work Organizations: The State of a Science

Self-Determination Theory: Basic Psychological Needs in Motivation, Development, and Wellness

2017 edition of the book by Richard M. Ryan and Edward L. Deci

Self-determination theory and basic need satisfaction: Understanding human development in positive psychology

scholarly article published in 2004

Self-determination theory and the facilitation of intrinsic motivation, social development, and well-being ⬇️

scientific article published in January 2000

Self-determination theory and work motivation

scholarly article published in 2005

Self-determination theory in health care and its relations to motivational interviewing: a few comments ⬇️

scientific article published on March 2, 2012

Self-determination theory: A macrotheory of human motivation, development, and health

scholarly article published in 2008

Self-determination, smoking, diet and health

scientific article published in October 2002

Self-determined motivational predictors of increases in dental behaviors, decreases in dental plaque, and improvement in oral health: a randomized clinical trial

scientific article

Self-regulation and the problem of human autonomy: does psychology need choice, self-determination, and will?

scientific article published on December 2006

Show them the money? The role of pay, managerial need support, and justice in a self-determination theory model of intrinsic work motivation.

scientific article

Solitude as an Approach to Affective Self-Regulation

scientific article published in October 2017

Supporting autonomy to motivate patients with diabetes for glucose control

scientific article published in October 1998

Testing a self-determination theory intervention for motivating tobacco cessation: supporting autonomy and competence in a clinical trial

scientific article published in January 2006

Testing a self-determination theory process model for promoting glycemic control through diabetes self-management

scientific article published in January 2004

The "what" and "why" of goal pursuits: Human needs and the self-determination of behavior

scholarly article published in 2000

The Development of the Self-Regulation of Withholding Negative Emotions Questionnaire

article

The Emotional Costs of Parents' Conditional Regard: A Self-Determination Theory Analysis

article

The Empirical Exploration of Intrinsic Motivational Processes

The Impact of Every Classroom, Every Day on High School Student Achievement: Results From a School-Randomized Trial

The Impact of PROCESS: Self-Administered Exercises for Personal and Interpersonal Development

article

The Importance of Autonomy for Development and Well-Being

article

The Importance of Supporting Autonomy in Medical Education

scientific article published on August 15, 1998

The Ombudsman: Do CEOs’ Aspirations for Wealth Harm Stockholders?

The Path Taken: Consequences of Attaining Intrinsic and Extrinsic Aspirations in Post-College Life

scientific article published on June 2009

The Pervasive Negative Effects of Rewards on Intrinsic Motivation: Response to

article

The Psychology of Getting Paid: An Integrated Perspective

The Significance of Autonomy and Autonomy Support in Psychological Development and Psychopathology

The antecedents and consequences of autonomous self-regulation for college: a self-determination theory perspective on socialization

scientific article published on 18 January 2006

The attribution of motivation as a function of output and rewards

article published in 1974

The effects of contingent and noncontingent rewards and controls on intrinsic motivation

The emotional and academic consequences of parental conditional regard: comparing conditional positive regard, conditional negative regard, and autonomy support as parenting practices.

scientific article published in July 2009

The energization of health-behavior change: Examining the associations among autonomous self-regulation, subjective vitality, depressive symptoms, and tobacco abstinence

article

The general causality orientations scale: Self-determination in personality

The hidden costs of rewards

article published in 1976

The importance of autonomy for rural Chinese children's motivation for learning

article

The importance of supporting autonomy and perceived competence in facilitating long-term tobacco abstinence

scientific article

The independent effects of goal contents and motives on well-being: it's both what you pursue and why you pursue it.

scientific article published in April 2004

The relation of mothers' controlling vocalizations to children's intrinsic motivation

scientific article published in April 1993

The smoker's health project: a self-determination theory intervention to facilitate maintenance of tobacco abstinence.

scientific article

The stability of post-decision dissonance: A follow-up study of the job attitudes of business school graduates

The support of autonomy and the control of behavior

scientific article published in 1987

The “third selective paradigm” and the role of human motivation in cultural and biological selection: A response to Csikszentmihalyi and Massimini

article

The‘why’ and‘why not’ of job search behaviour: their relation to searching, unemployment experience, and well-being

Toward a Social Psychology of Assimilation: Self-Determination Theory in Cognitive Development and Education

article

Validation of the "Important Other" Climate Questionnaire: Assessing Autonomy Support for Health-Related Change

article

Validation of the revised sport motivation scale (SMS-II)

article

When are mastery goals more adaptive? It depends on experiences of autonomy support and autonomy

Within-person variation in security of attachment: a self-determination theory perspective on attachment, need fulfillment, and well-being

scientific article (publication date: September 2000)

Intrinsic Motivation

2011 paperback edition (en)

Paulina is supported by:

About Paulina

Help