Embedded in the self-determination theory (Deci & Ryan, 2000) framework, we obtained self-report data from 418 paid and voluntary coaches from a variety of sports and competitive levels with the aim of exploring potential antecedents of coaches' perceived autonomy supportive and controlling behaviors. Controlling for socially desirable responses, structural equation modeling revealed that great...

Based on Basic Needs Theory, one of the mini-theories of Self-determination Theory (Ryan & Deci, 2002), the present study had two objectives: (a) to test a model in the Mexican sport context based on the following sequence: perceived coach autonomy support, basic psychological needs satisfaction, and psychological well-being, and b) to analyze the mediational effect of the satisfaction of perce...

The paper analyses how advertising may influence consumer preferences. Using the methodology from evolutionary game theory, we allow consumers not to be fully rational. Consumers use the same strategy repeatedly, but revise their strategy occationally. They revise their strategy buy immitating successful others. Revising their strategy this way is optimal under certain condition. The analysis i...

The Relationship of Occupational Stress, Psychological Strain, Satisfaction with Job. Commitment to the Profession, Age, and Resilience to the.administered questionnaire was used to collect data on psychological strain. Psychological strain factory workers social relationship job satisfaction work.To determine the prevalence of acute strain and of repeated episodes of strain over 6and 12-month....

objective: this study aimed to assess deficits of cognitive and emotional aspects of theory of mind in patients with bipolar disorder type 1 within a remission period. methods: in this case- control study, 30 bipolar patients and 30 normal individuals were selected through purposive sampling method for the purpose of the study. then, they were matched based on their educational background and a...

Recent debates in the psychological literature have raised questions about the assumptions that underpin Bayesian models of cognition and what inferences they license about human cognition. In this paper we revisit this topic, arguing that there are 2 qualitatively different ways in which a Bayesian model could be constructed. The most common approach uses a Bayesian model as a normative standa...