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According to Wikipedia, Edward L. Deci is a professor of Psychology and Gowen Professor in the Social Sciences at the University of Rochester, and director of its Human Motivation Program. He is well known in psychology for his theories of intrinsic and extrinsic motivation and basic psychological needs which he has been researching for 40 years. With Richard Ryan, he is the co-founder of self-determination theory , an influential contemporary motivational theory.

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Self-determination theory and the facilitation of intrinsic motivation, social development, and well-being. (2000) (30007)
Intrinsic Motivation and Self-Determination in Human Behavior (1975) (23430)
The "What" and "Why" of Goal Pursuits: Human Needs and the Self-Determination of Behavior (2000) (21898)
On happiness and human potentials: a review of research on hedonic and eudaimonic well-being. (2001) (8563)
A meta-analytic review of experiments examining the effects of extrinsic rewards on intrinsic motivation. (1999) (6435)
Self‐determination theory and work motivation (2005) (5970)
Handbook of Self-Determination Research (2002) (4804)
Self-Determination Theory: Basic Psychological Needs in Motivation, Development, and Wellness (2017) (4625)
Self-determination theory: A macrotheory of human motivation, development, and health. (2008) (4155)
Effects of Externally Mediated Rewards on Intrinsic Motivation. (1971) (4031)
The general causality orientations scale: Self-determination in personality (1985) (3417)
Motivation and Education: The Self-Determination Perspective (1991) (3188)
Overview of self-determination theory: An organismic-dialectical perspective. (2002) (3185)
A motivational approach to self: integration in personality. (1990) (3057)
The support of autonomy and the control of behavior. (1987) (2949)
Facilitating Optimal Motivation and Psychological Well- Being Across Life's Domains (2008) (2454)
Facilitating internalization: the self-determination theory perspective. (1994) (2285)
Self-determination theory and the facilitation of intrinsic motivation (2000) (2055)
Self-determination in a work organization. (1989) (1970)
Intrinsic Need Satisfaction: A Motivational Basis of Performance and Weil‐Being in Two Work Settings1 (2004) (1809)
The effects of instructors' autonomy support and students' autonomous motivation on learning organic chemistry: A self-determination theory perspective (2000) (1789)
Need Satisfaction, Motivation, and Well-Being in the Work Organizations of a Former Eastern Bloc Country: A Cross-Cultural Study of Self-Determination (2001) (1682)
Hedonia, eudaimonia, and well-being: an introduction (2008) (1627)
Intrinsic Versus Extrinsic Goal Contents in Self-Determination Theory: Another Look at the Quality of Academic Motivation (2006) (1611)
Motivational predictors of weight loss and weight-loss maintenance. (1996) (1523)
Extrinsic Rewards and Intrinsic Motivation in Education: Reconsidered Once Again (2001) (1488)
Motivating learning, performance, and persistence: the synergistic effects of intrinsic goal contents and autonomy-supportive contexts. (2004) (1483)
Living well: a self-determination theory perspective on eudaimonia (2008) (1475)
Internalization of biopsychosocial values by medical students: a test of self-determination theory. (1996) (1427)
Within-person variation in security of attachment: a self-determination theory perspective on attachment, need fulfillment, and well-being. (2000) (1318)
Self-regulation and the problem of human autonomy: does psychology need choice, self-determination, and will? (2006) (1303)
Basic psychological need satisfaction, need frustration, and need strength across four cultures (2015) (1258)
Engaging students in learning activities: It is not autonomy support or structure but autonomy support and structure. (2010) (1250)
The Empirical Exploration of Intrinsic Motivational Processes1 (1980) (1239)
Intrinsic Motivation and Self-Determination (2004) (1201)
Inner resources for school achievement : motivational mediators of children's perceptions of their parents (1991) (1188)
Self-Determination Theory Applied to Health Contexts (2012) (1095)
Supporting Autonomy to Motivate Patients With Diabetes for Glucose Control (1998) (1076)
The Darker and Brighter Sides of Human Existence: Basic Psychological Needs as a Unifying Concept (2000) (1070)
Self-Determination Theory in Work Organizations: The State of a Science (2017) (1031)
Intrinsic and extrinsic motivation from a self-determination theory perspective: Definitions, theory, practices, and future directions (2020) (1000)
INTRINSIC MOTIVATION, EXTRINSIC REINFORCEMENT, AND INEQUITY (1972) (927)
Human autonomy: The basis for true self-esteem. (1995) (927)
Motivation, personality, and development within embedded social contexts: An overview of self-determination theory. (2012) (916)
Facilitating health behaviour change and its maintenance: Interventions based on Self-Determination Theory (2008) (914)
An Instrument to Assess Adults' Orientations toward Control versus Autonomy with Children: Reflections on Intrinsic Motivation and Perceived Competence. (1981) (884)
The Independent Effects of Goal Contents and Motives on Well-Being: It’s Both What You Pursue and Why You Pursue It (2004) (844)
Quality of Learning With an Active Versus Passive Motivational Set (1984) (839)
The Psychology of Self-Determination (1980) (774)
The effects of contingent and noncontingent rewards and controls on intrinsic motivation (1972) (755)
Revitalization through Self-Regulation: The Effects of Autonomous and Controlled Motivation on Happiness and Vitality (1999) (660)
Internalization within the family: The self-determination theory perspective. (1997) (632)
Autonomous regulation and long-term medication adherence in adult outpatients. (1998) (632)
On the Importance of Self-Determination for Intrinsically-Motivated Behavior (1978) (624)
Nature and autonomy: An organizational view of social and neurobiological aspects of self-regulation in behavior and development (1997) (595)
Testing a self-determination theory intervention for motivating tobacco cessation: supporting autonomy and competence in a clinical trial. (2006) (588)
Self-determination theory and basic need satisfaction: Understanding human development in positive psychology. (2004) (572)
Need satisfaction and the self-regulation of learning (1996) (570)
Testing a self-determination theory process model for promoting glycemic control through diabetes self-management. (2004) (563)
A self-determination theory approach to psychotherapy: The motivational basis for effective change. (2008) (557)
The relation of interest to the motivation of behavior: A self-determination theory perspective. (1992) (545)
All goals are not created equal: An organismic perspective on the nature of goals and their regulation. (1996) (538)
From Ego Depletion to Vitality: Theory and Findings Concerning the Facilitation of Energy Available to the Self (2008) (533)
Choice and Ego-Depletion: The Moderating Role of Autonomy (2006) (499)
Cognitive Evaluation Theory: Effects of Extrinsic Rewards on Intrinsic Motivation (1975) (483)
Autonomy, relatedness, and the self: Their relation to development and psychopathology. (1995) (482)
Facilitating autonomous motivation for smoking cessation. (2002) (476)
The emotional costs of parents' conditional regard: a self-determination theory analysis. (2004) (467)
Why We Do What We Do: Understanding Self-Motivation (1996) (459)
On the Benefits of Giving as Well as Receiving Autonomy Support: Mutuality in Close Friendships (2006) (459)
Promoting self-determined school engagement: Motivation, learning, and well-being. (2009) (447)
The Path Taken: Consequences of Attaining Intrinsic and Extrinsic Aspirations in Post-College Life. (2009) (446)
Ego-involved persistence: When free-choice behavior is not intrinsically motivated (1991) (446)
The American Dream in Russia: Extrinsic Aspirations and Well-Being in Two Cultures (1999) (446)
Elements of the Competitive Situation that Affect Intrinsic Motivation (1996) (445)
Self-determination theory and physical activity: The dynamics of motivation in development and wellness (2009) (444)
On assimilating identities to the self: A self-determination theory perspective on internalization and integrity within cultures. (2003) (443)
Extrinsic Life Goals and Health‐Risk Behaviors in Adolescents1 (2000) (435)
SELF-DETERMINATION THEORY APPLIED TO HEALTH CONTEXTS: A META-ANALYSIS (2012) (413)
The hidden costs of rewards (1976) (411)
Effects of Performance Standards on Teaching Styles: Behavior of Controlling Teachers (1982) (384)
The antecedents and consequences of autonomous self-regulation for college: a self-determination theory perspective on socialization. (2006) (379)
Self-determination theory: When mind mediates behavior. (1980) (361)
Motivation and Autonomy in Counseling, Psychotherapy, and Behavior Change: A Look at Theory and Practice 1ψ7 (2011) (360)
When rewards compete with nature: The undermining of intrinsic motivation and Self-Regulation (2000) (358)
The emotional and academic consequences of parental conditional regard: comparing conditional positive regard, conditional negative regard, and autonomy support as parenting practices. (2009) (351)
Validation of the revised sport motivation scale (SMS-II) (2013) (346)
Beyond Talk: Creating Autonomous Motivation through Self-Determination Theory (2009) (331)
The Significance of Autonomy and Autonomy Support in Psychological Development and Psychopathology (2015) (330)
Self-determination theory and the role of basic psychological needs in personality and the organization of behavior. (2008) (310)
Beyond the intrinsic-extrinsic dichotomy: Self-determination in motivation and learning (1992) (308)
Characteristics of the rewarder and intrinsic motivation of the rewardee. (1981) (292)
Why we do what we do : the dynamics of personal autonomy (1995) (278)
When Trying to Win (1981) (275)
A meta-analysis of self-determination theory-informed intervention studies in the health domain: effects on motivation, health behavior, physical, and psychological health (2020) (271)
Changes in materialism, changes in psychological well-being: Evidence from three longitudinal studies and an intervention experiment (2014) (264)
Autonomy and Need Satisfaction in Close Relationships: Relationships Motivation Theory (2014) (246)
Self-determination theory in health care and its relations to motivational interviewing: a few comments (2012) (239)
Autonomy Is No Illusion: Self-Determination Theory and the Empirical Study of Authenticity, Awareness, and Will. (2004) (230)
Competitively Contingent Rewards and Intrinsic Motivation: Can Losers Remain Motivated? (2003) (230)
The undermining effect is a reality after all--Extrinsic rewards (1999) (228)
Changes in Intrinsic Motivation as a Function of Negative Feedback and Threats. (1972) (222)
Intrinsic motivation in sport. (1987) (217)
The Importance of Supporting Autonomy in Medical Education (1998) (217)
Presenting the facts about smoking to adolescents: effects of an autonomy-supportive style. (1999) (212)
The 'why' and 'why not' of job search behaviour: Their relation to searching, unemployment experience, and well-being (2004) (212)
Self-Determination Theory and Public Policy: Improving the Quality of Consumer Decisions without using Coercion (2006) (207)
The Concept of Competence: A Starting Place for Understanding Intrinsic Motivation and Self-Determined Extrinsic Motivation. (2005) (206)
Promoting Self‐determined Education (1994) (204)
Cognitive evaluation theory and some comments on the Calder and Staw critique. (1975) (203)
The Importance of Supporting Autonomy and Perceived Competence in Facilitating Long-Term Tobacco Abstinence (2009) (200)
The initiation and regulation of intrinsically motivated learning and achievement. (1992) (192)
Competence-impeding electronic games and players' aggressive feelings, thoughts, and behaviors. (2014) (189)
Autonomy and autonomy disturbances in self-development and psychopathology: Research on motivation, attachment, and clinical process (2016) (189)
Autonomy and Competence as Motivational Factors in Students with Learning Disabilities and Emotional Handicaps (1992) (187)
A Self-Determination Theory Perspective on Social, Institutional, Cultural, and Economic Supports for Autonomy and Their Importance for Well-Being (2011) (181)
Brick by Brick: The Origins, Development, and Future of Self-Determination Theory (2019) (178)
Autonomous and controlled regulation of performance-approach goals: Their relations to perfectionism and educational outcomes (2010) (175)
Self-determination, smoking, diet and health. (2002) (169)
INTRINSIC AND EXTRINSIC MOTIVATION: CLASSIC DEFINITION AND NEW DIRECTION (2000) (169)
Characteristics of the Rewarder and Intrinsic Motivation of the Rewardee (2005) (166)
Optimizing Students' Motivation in the Era of Testing and Pressure: A Self-Determination Theory Perspective (2016) (165)
Self-Determination Theory and the Explanatory Role of Psychological Needs in Human Well-being (2008) (163)
Show them the money? The role of pay, managerial need support, and justice in a self-determination theory model of intrinsic work motivation. (2015) (162)
l9: Self-Determination Research: Reflections and Future Directions (2002) (161)
Validation of the "Important Other" Climate Questionnaire: Assessing Autonomy Support for Health-Related Change. (2006) (159)
Research on relationship-centered care and healthcare outcomes from the Rochester biopsychosocial program: A self-determination theory integration. (2000) (158)
Management and motivation (1992) (157)
Levels of Analysis, Regnant Causes of Behavior and Well-Being: The Role of Psychological Needs (2011) (156)
Notes on the theory and metatheory of intrinsic motivation (1976) (151)
Conceptualizations of Intrinsic Motivation and Self-Determination (1985) (151)
When Paradigms Clash: Comments on Cameron and Pierce’s Claim That Rewards Do Not Undermine Intrinsic Motivation (1996) (150)
Motivation underlying career choice for internal medicine and surgery. (1997) (139)
When Are Mastery Goals More Adaptive? It Depends on Experiences of Autonomy Support and Autonomy. (2014) (138)
Cognitive Evaluation Theory (2020) (127)
The importance of autonomy for rural Chinese children's motivation for learning (2009) (126)
A self-determination multiple risk intervention trial to improve smokers’ health (2006) (122)
The relation of mothers' controlling vocalizations to children's intrinsic motivation. (1993) (119)
The Paradox of Achievement (2002) (119)
Article Commentary: On the Nature and Functions of Motivation Theories (1992) (118)
What humans need: Flourishing in Aristotelian philosophy and self-determination theory. (2013) (116)
The importance of universal psychological needs for understanding motivation in the workplace (2014) (115)
Perceiving Others as Intrinsically or Extrinsically Motivated: Effects on Expectancy Formation and Task Engagement (1997) (114)
Facilitating and hindering motivation, learning, and well-being in schools: Research and observations from Self-Determination Theory (2016) (114)
Solitude as an Approach to Affective Self-Regulation (2018) (112)
Person-Level Relatedness and the Incremental Value of Relating (2010) (110)
Motivational determinants of integrating positive and negative past identities. (2011) (109)
Promoting glycemic control through diabetes self-management: evaluating a patient activation intervention. (2005) (109)
How self-determined choice facilitates performance: a key role of the ventromedial prefrontal cortex. (2015) (107)
Adult attachment and psychological well-being in cancer caregivers: the mediational role of spouses' motives for caregiving. (2008) (105)
Associations between students' perceptions of physical education teachers' interpersonal styles and students' wellness, knowledge, performance, and intentions to persist at physical activity: A self‐determination theory approach (2018) (104)
Self‐Determination Theory and the Relation of Autonomy to Self‐Regulatory Processes and Personality Development (2010) (104)
The stability of post-decision dissonance: A follow-up study of the job attitudes of business school graduates (1971) (104)
Large-scale school reform as viewed from the self-determination theory perspective (2009) (103)
The Pervasive Negative Effects of Rewards on Intrinsic Motivation: Response to Cameron (2001) (2001) (102)
Why We Do What We Do (1995) (101)
The smoker's health project: a self-determination theory intervention to facilitate maintenance of tobacco abstinence. (2011) (95)
Basic psychological needs and work motivation: A longitudinal test of directionality (2018) (94)
Medical students’ motivation for internal medicine (1994) (89)
On the dark side of work: a longitudinal analysis using self-determination theory (2017) (87)
How parents contribute to children's psychological health: the critical role of psychological need support (2017) (81)
The effects of m-learning on motivation, achievement and well-being: A Self-Determination Theory approach (2018) (77)
Avoiding death or engaging life as accounts of meaning and culture: comment on Pyszczynski et al. (2004). (2004) (77)
Motivation, Meaning, and Wellness: A Self-Determination Perspective on the Creation and Internalization of Personal Meanings and Life Goals (2013) (77)
Favoriser la motivation optimale et la santé mentale dans les divers milieux de vie. (2008) (75)
Multiple identities within a single self: A self-determination theory perspective on internalization within contexts and cultures. (2012) (71)
Interpersonal control, dehumanization, and violence: A self-determination theory perspective (2010) (69)
The effects of student self-regulation and instructor autonomy support on learning in a college-level natural science course: A self-determination theory perspective (2000) (68)
Building a science of motivated persons: Self-determination theory’s empirical approach to human experience and the regulation of behavior. (2021) (68)
Motivation, Learning Strategies, and Performance in Physical Education at Secondary School (2016) (68)
The Cambridge Handbook of Personality Psychology: Self-determination theory: a consideration of human motivational universals (2009) (67)
Diminished neural responses predict enhanced intrinsic motivation and sensitivity to external incentive (2014) (66)
Outcomes of the Smoker's Health Project: a pragmatic comparative effectiveness trial of tobacco-dependence interventions based on self-determination theory. (2016) (64)
The History of Self-Determination Theory in Psychology and Management (2014) (62)
Motivation and anxiety for dental treatment: Testing a self-determination theory model of oral self-care behaviour and dental clinic attendance (2010) (60)
Bridging the Research Traditions of Task/Ego Involvement and Intrinsic/Extrinsic Motivation: Comment on Butler (1987) (1989) (60)
Self-determined motivational predictors of increases in dental behaviors, decreases in dental plaque, and improvement in oral health: a randomized clinical trial. (2012) (58)
Curiosity and Self-Directed Learning: The Role of Motivation in Education. (1981) (56)
Aspiring to physical health: the role of aspirations for physical health in facilitating long-term tobacco abstinence. (2009) (55)
HEDONIA, EUDAIMONIA, AND WELL-BEING: AN (2008) (55)
Motivation for behavior change in patients with chest pain (2005) (51)
Health care practitioners' motivation for tobacco-dependence counseling. (2003) (51)
Self-Regulation and Autonomy: Toward a Social Psychology of Assimilation: Self-Determination Theory in Cognitive Development and Education (2013) (49)
The energization of health-behavior change: Examining the associations among autonomous self-regulation, subjective vitality, depressive symptoms, and tobacco abstinence (2010) (49)
“Facilitating optimal motivation and psychological well-being across life’s domains”: Correction to Deci and Ryan (2008). (2008) (48)
Being aware and functioning fully: Mindfulness and interest taking within self-determination theory. (2015) (48)
The Development of the Self-Regulation of Withholding Negative Emotions Questionnaire (2002) (47)
Self-Regulation and Autonomy: The Importance of Autonomy for Development and Well-Being (2013) (44)
Intrinsic motivation to teach: Possibilities and obstacles in our colleges and universities (1982) (43)
SOCIOCULTURAL INFLUENCES ON STUDENT MOTIVATION AS VIEWED THROUGH THE LENS OF SELF-DETERMINATION THEORY (2018) (42)
Promoting Intrinsic Motivation and Self-Determination in People with Mental Retardation (2004) (40)
Motivational synchronicity: Priming motivational orientations with observations of others’ behaviors (2010) (39)
L'Échelle des Orientations Générales à la Causalité: Validation canadienne française du General Causality Orientations Scale. (1987) (39)
Beyond illusions and defense: Exploring the possibilities and limits of human autonomy and responsibility through self-determination theory. (2012) (36)
Oral health and dental well‐being: testing a self‐determination theory model (2013) (36)
The attribution of motivation as a function of output and rewards (1974) (35)
Sex Differences, Positive Feedback and Intrinsic Motivation. (1973) (31)
"The facts concerning the recent carnival of smoking in Connecticut" and elsewhere. (1991) (31)
Autonomy as Process and Outcome: Revisiting Cultural and Practical Issues in Motivation for Counseling (2011) (31)
Engagement, Alignment, and Rigor as Vital Signs of High-Quality Instruction: A Classroom Visit Protocol for Instructional Improvement and Research (2014) (29)
Management And Motivation: Selected Readings (1989) (29)
Basic psychological need satisfaction, need frustration, and need strength across four cultures (2014) (28)
Autonomy is no illusion (2004) (27)
Can it be good to set the bar high? The role of motivational regulation in moderating the link from high standards to academic well-being (2016) (23)
Motivational predictors of learning strategies, participation, exertion, and performance in physical education: A randomized controlled trial (2018) (23)
Toward an Organismic Integration Theory (1985) (23)
Motivation for Dental Home Care: Testing a Self-Determination Theory Model (2012) (22)
Intrinsic and Extrinsic Motivation (2010) (21)
Paying people doesn't always work the way you expect it to (1973) (21)
The Impact of Every Classroom, Every Day on High School Student Achievement: Results From a School-Randomized Trial (2016) (21)
Nourrir une motivation autonome et des conséquences positives dans différents milieux de vie : les apports de la théorie de l’autodétermination (2011) (20)
The Psychology of Getting Paid: An Integrated Perspective (2014) (20)
Conceptualizations of Intrinsic Motivation (1975) (20)
Changes in return to work among patients in vocational rehabilitation: a self-determination theory perspective (2017) (19)
The “third selective paradigm” and the role of human motivation in cultural and biological selection: A response to Csikszentmihalyi and Massimini (1985) (19)
Making Room for Self-Regulation: Some Thoughts on the Link Between Emotion and Behavior (1996) (19)
Self-determination theory applied to work motivation and organizational behavior (2017) (19)
Effects of an Autonomy-Supportive Style (1999) (18)
The Nature and the Conditions of Human Autonomy and Flourishing (2019) (17)
Predicting dental attendance from dental hygienists’ autonomy support and patients’ autonomous motivation: A randomised clinical trial (2017) (17)
The Dynamics of Self-Determination in Personality and Development (2013) (17)
Attitude change as a function of the inducement for espousing a proattitudinal communication (1975) (17)
Promoting maintained weight loss through healthy lifestyle changes among severly obese children: an experimental test of the self-determination theory (2005) (16)
Satisfaction of basic psychological needs in an interdependence model of fathers’ own aspirations and those of their adolescent children (2020) (16)
Dental anxiety, oral health‐related quality of life, and general well‐being: A self‐determination theory perspective (2019) (16)
The Role of Students’ and Teachers’ Ratings of Autonomous Motivation in a Self-Determination Theory Model Predicting Participation in Physical Education (2018) (16)
Physical activity and motivational predictors of changes in health behavior and health among DM2 and CAD patients (2017) (15)
The determination and scaling of a bivariate utility function (1969) (14)
Self-Determination Theory and Its Relation to Organizations (2020) (14)
Being aware and functioning fully (2015) (13)
Supporting Autonomy, Competence, and Relatedness: The Coaching Process From a Self-Determination Theory Perspective (2018) (13)
Motivation and Competition: Their Role in Sports (2012) (13)
Toward Reconciling Equity Theory and Insufficient Justification (1977) (12)
Predicting Relations Among Life Goals, Physical Activity, Health, and Well-Being in Elderly Adults: A Self-Determination Theory Perspective on Healthy Aging (2020) (12)
Mediators of the associations between parents’ conditional regard and the quality of their adult-children’s peer-relationships (2018) (11)
A History of Human Motivation Theories (2019) (11)
Basic Psychological Need Satisfaction and Frustration Scale (2019) (10)
Causality Orientations Theory (1985) (10)
Attending and avoiding dental appointments: Do “bright” and “dark” motivational paths have a role? (2018) (10)
The Impact of PROCESS: Self-Administered Exercises for Personal and Interpersonal Development (1973) (9)
12: Relationship-Centered Administration: A Case Study in a Community Hospital Department of Medicine (2003) (9)
The Intrinsic Motivation of Behavior (1975) (9)
An Effective Path for Promoting Work Motivation:The Self-determination Theory Perspective (2010) (8)
Pervasive influences on wellness and thriving: Cultural, political, and economic contexts and the support of basic psychological needs. (2017) (8)
Mindfulness buffers the adverse impact of need frustration on employee outcomes: A self‐determination theory perspective (2021) (7)
Intrinsic Motivation, Psychology of (2001) (7)
Readings in Industrial and Organizational Psychology (1972) (6)
Rewards, Motivation, and Self-Esteem (1980) (6)
First Things First: Theory, Research and Practice (2009) (6)
The science of the art of medicine: Research on the biopsychosocial approach to health care (2003) (6)
Research on intrinsic and extrinsic motivation is alive, well, and reshaping 21st-century management approaches: Brief reply to Locke and Schattke (2019). (2019) (6)
12 Intrinsic Motivation in Sport (1987) (5)
Attribution and Motivation (1975) (5)
A Prospective Study of Knowledge Sharing at Work Based on Self-Determination Theory (2021) (4)
An interview with Dr. Edward L. Deci, codeveloper of self-determination theory. Interview by Paul Terry. (2013) (4)
A legacy unfinished: An appreciative reply to comments on self-determination theory’s frontiers and challenges. (2021) (4)
The Ombudsman: Do CEOs' Aspirations for Wealth Harm Stockholders? (2013) (4)
The Roles of Patients’ Authenticity and Accepting External Influence, and Clinicians’ Treatment Styles in Predicting Patients’ Dental Anxiety and Avoidance of Dental Appointments (2020) (3)
Autonomy-supportive dental treatment, oral health-related eudaimonic well-being and oral health: a randomized clinical trial (2019) (3)
Inequity and Intrinsic Motivation (1975) (3)
A self-determination theory perspective on the process and content of life meaning. (2012) (3)
How environmental and psychological factors interact with travel participation after spinal cord injury. (2022) (3)
Intrinsic Motivation and Development (1975) (3)
Information-Processing Theories (1985) (3)
Motivation and anxiety for dental treatment and dental attendance: The roles of the locus of causality personality and treatment styles (2020) (3)
New insights into the performance-approach controversy: The differential relations of autonomous versus controlled regulation to educational outcomes (2007) (2)
Health Care Climate Questionnaire (2018) (2)
Treatment Self-Regulation Questionnaire (2012) (2)
Alone With Our Thoughts: Investigation of Autonomy Supportive Framing as a Driver of Enjoyment During Quiet Time in Solitude (2022) (2)
The antecedents and consequences of autonomous self-regulation for college: A self-determination theory perspective (vol 29, pg 761, 2006) (2007) (2)
Relationship-Centered Administration: Basic Principles and Examples from a Community Hospital (2003) (2)
Basic Psychological Need Satisfaction at Work Scale (2019) (2)
Operant and Attributional Theories (1985) (2)
To Keep on Flowing. (1976) (2)
Development of an Adolescent Health Counseling Quality Questionnaire † 16 (1997) (2)
The Oxford Handbook Of Organizational Psychology Pdf (2021) (1)
Pourquoi faisons-nous ce que nous faisons ? : motivation, auto-détermination et autonomie (2018) (1)
ADOLESCENT RISK BEHAVIORS AND THEIR RELATIONSHIP TO PERSONAL ASPIRATIONS AND PARENTAL AUTONOMY SUPPORT • 4 (1997) (1)
Beyond God and government: The role of personal control in supporting citizens’ well-being in the face of changing economy and rising inequality (2020) (1)
Dental hygienists’ biopsychosocial beliefs and giving autonomy support in treatment of patients: A self‐determination theory perspective (2022) (1)
Supplementary materials to: Beyond God and government: The role of personal control in supporting citizens’ well-being in the face of changing economy and rising inequality (2020) (1)
A Guide to Constructs of (1996) (1)
Basic Psychological Needs Satisfaction Scale--Chinese Version (2016) (0)
Intrinsic motivation: The inherent tendency to be active (2016) (0)
Deci, Edward and Ryan, Richard (2019) (0)
Alone with our Thoughts: Supporting Autonomy as a Driver of Enjoyment during Time Spent Alone Doing Nothing (2019) (0)
Need Valuation Measure (2016) (0)
"Choice and Ego-Depletion: The Moderating Role of Autonomy": Corrigendum. (2014) (0)
Basic psychological needs and work motivation: A longitudinal test of directionality (2017) (0)
A legacy unfinished: Further comments on self-determination theory and its new frontiers (2021) (0)
Summary : The public work and workers of developmental democracy (0)
SELF-DETERMINATION THEORY INTERVENTIONS IN THE HEALTH DOMAIN: A META-ANALYSIS (2020) (0)
Sport Motivation Scale-II--French Version (2020) (0)
Basic Psychological Needs Satisfaction at Dental Clinic Measure (2014) (0)
Rewards Do Not Undermine Intrinsic Motivation When Paradigms Clash: Comments on Cameron and Pierce's Claim That (2011) (0)
Perceiving Intrinsic Motivation in Oneself and Others (1975) (0)
Guilt and Shame after Failure to Enact Behavior Measure (2017) (0)
Explaining the bright and the dark sides of employees' job functioning: Both value-contents and communication styles matter in organizations (2004) (0)
Obituary: Helen Howard Nowlis (1913–1986). (1988) (0)
Cognitive Dissonance Theory: Effects of Insufficient Justification on Intrinsic Motivation (1975) (0)
Practical Issues in Motivation for Counseling Autonomy as Process and Outcome : Revisiting Cultural and (2010) (0)
Diminished neural responses predict enhanced intrinsic motivation and sensitivity to external incentive (2014) (0)
Perceived Coach Autonomy Support 1 Running head : PSYCHOLOGICAL NEED SATISFACTION AND WELL-BEING (2011) (0)
Measure of Work Engagement (2017) (0)
Learning Self-Regulation Questionnaire and Interviewing Competence Scale (2016) (0)
Report: Validation of the Engagement, Alignment, and Rigor (EAR) classroom visit protocol & Every Classroom, Every Day efficacy trial (2013) (0)
Work Climate Survey--Bulgarian Version (2017) (0)
Some Comments on the “Why” of Behavior (1975) (0)
Changes in materialism, changes in psychological well-being: Evidence from three longitudinal studies and an intervention experiment (2013) (0)
Intrinsic Motivation (2020) (0)
Motivational predictors of learning strategies, participation, exertion, and performance in physical education: A randomized controlled trial (2018) (0)
Mediators of the associations between parents’ conditional regard and the quality of their adult-children’s peer-relationships (2018) (0)
The self-determination theory perspective on motivation in organizations (2010) (0)
Implications and Applications (1975) (0)
Autonomy as a moderator of psychological phenomenon (2018) (0)
Behavioral Engagement Scale (2015) (0)
Pro-Attitudinal Advocacy: Effects of Extrinsic Rewards on Attitudes (1975) (0)
The impact of illegitimate tasks on somatic symptoms and job satisfaction: A self-determination theory perspective on mediating processes (2012) (0)
TITLE The Role of Motivation in the Elementary School (2007) (0)
Sport Motivation Scale-II (2014) (0)
Guest reviewers (2005) (0)
The impact of learning using adaptive intellectual learning systems on the psychological well-being of the learner (0)
Work Engagement Measure (2019) (0)
Learning Self-Regulation Questionnaire (2016) (0)
General Health Questionnaire--Adapted; Bulgarian Version (2017) (0)
Domain-Specific Perceptions of Parental Conditional Regard Scale (2017) (0)
Experimental Climate Scale (2015) (0)

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