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Building a science of motivated persons : Self-determination theory’s empirical approach to human experience and the regulation of behavior
Ryan, Richard Michael Deci, Edward Vansteenkiste, Maarten Soenens, Bart
Ryan, Richard Michael
Deci, Edward
Vansteenkiste, Maarten
Soenens, Bart
Abstract
Self-determination theory (SDT) is a still rapidly expanding framework of basic and applied research, underpinned by a global network of scholars and practitioners. Herein, we focus on one feature of SDT that helps explain its continued growth—the fact that it is a truly human science that takes into consideration our attributes as persons, including our capacities for awareness and self-regulation, as well as vulnerabilities to defensiveness and control. Within SDT, these human capacities are studied using diverse methods and across all subdisciplines of psychology. In this review, we focus particularly on people’s capacity for autonomy as it applies to their individual functioning, interpersonal relationships, and societal interactions. If there is a core legacy to SDT, it is one of representing a generative and philosophically coherent framework based on a convergent network of empirical evidence with relevance across domains and cultures and to our basic experiences and concerns as humans. (PsycInfo Database Record © 2021 APA, all rights reserved)
Keywords
self-determination theory, human motivation, intrinsic motivation, basic psychological needs, autonomy
Date
2021
Type
Journal article
Journal
Motivation Science
Book
Volume
7
Issue
2
Page Range
97-110
Article Number
ACU Department
Institute for Positive Psychology and Education
Faculty of Education and Arts
Faculty of Education and Arts
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License
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