Objectives: Based on Self-Determination Theory [SDT; Deci & Ryan, 1985. Intrinsic motivation and self determination in human behavior. New York: Plenum Press], this study examined differences in perceived autonomy support, psychological need satisfaction, self-determined motivation, exercise behaviour, exercise-related cognitions and general well-being, between overweight/obese individuals who ...

PURPOSE This study explored the relationship between children's basic psychological needs satisfaction at recess, level of recess physical activity motivation (RPAM), and recess physical activity (RPA). METHOD Fifth-grade children (N = 203; 50.2% boys; 71.7% healthy-weight) completed measures of age, gender, basic psychological need satisfaction, and level of self-determined motivation for RP...

Affective forecasts are people's predictions of their future feelings in response to events. In this study, based on the self-determination theory (SDT), we examined whether satisfying basic psychological needs influence undergraduates' affective forecasting and moderating role subjective socioeconomic status (SES). With a total 423 undergraduate participants (177 males, 246 females), through o...

Background: Moral commitments of therapists is the important subject that attracted the attention of researches in the field of medical ethics. The aim of this research was to investigate the relationship between basic psychological needs and moral identity among medical students. Method: The plan of this research is descriptive-correlation. Subjects were 140 medical interns of Shiraz Universi...

Integrating and expanding upon the person-environment fit (PE fit) and the selfdetermination theory literatures, we hypothesized and tested two competing models in which the satisfaction of the psychological needs for autonomy, relatedness, and competence mediated or partially mediated the relations between different types of PE fit (i.e., person-organization, person-group, and person-job fit) ...

The significance of meaningful work for quality life has been confirmed by research showing its importance both as regards to employee motivation, well-being, and commitment well organizational outcomes such turnover intentions, citizenship behavior, customer satisfaction. In explaining what makes meaningful, Self-Determination Theory (SDT) provides a potent theoretical framework, linking the s...

Understanding the factors that motivate health-enhancing physical activity has considerable merit given the role of this lifestyle behaviour in combating disease and promoting quality of life. The purpose of this article is to provide a broad overview of research investigating participation issues in exercise from the perspective of self-determination theory (SDT; Deci & Ryan, 2002). Evidence i...