Longitudinal studies suggest that law school has a corrosive effect on the well-being, values, and motivation of students, ostensibly because of its problematic institutional culture. In a 3-year study of two different law schools, the authors applied self-determination theory's (SDT) dynamic process model of thriving to explain such findings. Students at both schools declined in psychological ...

Self-determination theory has been predominantly used as a psychological framework to describe human motivation. It classifies three types of motivation with various forms regulations, ranging from amotivation, extrinsic (i.e., regulation, introjected identified and integrated regulation), intrinsic In addition, it points out basic needs autonomy, relatedness, competence) which are essential co...

Self-determination theory (SDT) is used as a framework to understand how women’s psychological well-being is influenced by participation in leisure-time physical activity and the social context in which activity occurs. Data were collected during in-depth semistructured interviews with 20 participants and analyzed using constant comparison. Findings indicate women’s well-being can be enhanced t...

Objectives: To test Basic Psychological Needs Theory (BPNT; Deci & Ryan, 2002) to determine if psychological need thwarting experienced when physically active contributes to the understanding of wellbeing and ill-being. Design/method: Participants (N 1⁄4 155, 67.70% female, Mage 1⁄4 37.46 years; SDage 1⁄4 19.89 years) completed assessments of psychological need satisfaction and thwarting, subje...

The practice of sport and physical activity can be hampered by the presence amotivation, frustration basic psychological needs, barriers to carrying out that practice. Based on principles self-determination theory (SDT), objective this study was analyze relationship these variables assess differences based age, sex, residential independence, academic/employment situation, prior activity. sample...

J. N. Andrews Honors Program Andrews University HONS 497 Honors Thesis The Role of Sabbath-Keeping, Christian Internalization, Need Satisfaction, and Parental Environment in Well-Being Paola S. Caceres March 31, 2014 Advisor: Dr. Karl G. D. Bailey Primary Advisor Signature: ____________________ Department: Behavioral Sciences Department & Behavioral Neurosciences Program SABBATH-KEEPING AND WEL...

Grounded in self-determination theory (Deci & Ryan, 2000), the present study explored whether Physical Education (PE) students’ psychological needs and their motivational regulations towards PE, predicted mean differences and changes in effort in PE, exercise intentions and leisure-time physical activity (LTPA) over the course of one UK school trimester. One-hundred and seventyeight students (6...