Intervention studies based on Self-Determination Theory (SDT) in educational contexts prove the importance of teacher’s motivating interpersonal style, promoting positive results students’ motivation. However, college practices and processes have new challenges. This study examines repercussions an intervention program with autonomy support involvement. The sample was randomly divided into two ...

Drawing from self-determination theory (SDT), this study examined the effect of an autonomy supportive, well structured and interpersonally involving teaching style on exercise class participants’ psychological need satisfaction, motivational regulations, exercise behaviour, behavioural intention and affect. Female exercise class participants enrolled in a 10-week exercise program were exposed ...

This study used self-determination theory (Deci, E.L., & Ryan, R.M. (2000). The 'what' and 'why' of goal pursuits: Human needs and the self-determination of behavior. Psychological Inquiry, 11, 227-268.) to examine predictors of body image concerns and unhealthy weight control behaviours in a sample of 350 Greek adolescent girls. A process model was tested which proposed that perceptions of par...

This chapter pursues three goals. First, it overviews selfdetermination theory (SDT). SDT is a macrotheory of motivation comprised of fi ve interrelated minitheories—basic needs theory, organismic integration theory, goal contents theory, cognitive evaluation theory, and causality orientations theory. Each minitheory was created to explain specifi c motivational phenomena and to address specifi...

Past research has shown that rumination is a multifaced construct and two types of were distinguished, reflection (adaptive contemplation) brooding (pessimistic thinking style). Although they are related, considered different constructs. Self-determination theory proposes there three basic psychological needs, namely autonomy, competence, relatedness, which essential for human functioning well-...

Basic psychological needs theory (BPNT) is one of six mini-theories of self-determination theory proposing that satisfaction of the needs for autonomy, competence, and relatedness is essential for humans to thrive. The aim of this study was to investigate whether a relationship exists between the satisfaction of basic psychological needs and goal orientation, as well as to examine the contribut...

We have integrated the basic psychological needs approach from self-determination theory with motive disposition theory in order to enhance the prediction of flow experience in sports. We hypothesize that an environment that enables people to fulfill their basic psychological needs for competence and social relatedness results in flow.Additionally,we assume that the effect of competence need sa...

Grounded in Self-Determination Theory (SDT), we integrate personality traits and basic psychological need frustration to explore relationships between students' ‘dark’ the core student outcomes of satisfaction, engagement, performance. Using time-separated, multi-source data (N = 330), examined whether perceived mediated effects dark triad (i.e., Psychopathy, Machiavellianism, Narcissism) commo...

The present research examined the effects of intrinsic and extrinsic goal attainment on older adults’ ego-integrity, psychological well-being, and death attitudes. Hypotheses were derived from SelfDetermination Theory (SDT; Deci & Ryan, 2000; Vansteenkiste, Ryan, & Deci, in press). Study 1 (N = 202, Mean age = 68.2 years) indicated that, after controlling for extrinsic goal attainment, intrinsi...