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Intrinsic Motivation and Self-Determination in Human Behavior

Karen A. Miller, +2 more
- 01 Mar 1988 - 
- Vol. 17, Iss: 2, pp 253
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This article is published in Contemporary Sociology.The article was published on 1988-03-01. It has received 15849 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Goal theory & Overjustification effect.

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On Integrating the Components of Self-Control

TL;DR: An integrative model of self-control is formulated, in which desire and an at least partly incompatible higher order goal generate desire–goal conflict, which activates control motivation and control capacity interactively determine potential control effort.
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Relationships among adolescents' weight perceptions, exercise goals, exercise motivation, quality of life and leisure-time exercise behaviour: a self-determination theory approach

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Do servant-leaders help satisfy follower needs? An organizational justice perspective

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Quality of geometry instruction and its short-term impact on students' understanding of the Pythagorean Theorem

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Technical opinion Motivational affordances: reasons for ICT design and use

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