Self-Determination Theory and Public Policy: Improving the Quality of Consumer Decisions without using Coercion

By Arlen C. Moller, Richard M. Ryan, Edward L. Deci. 2006

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Subfields: Applied Psychology, Social Psychology

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The Locus of Choice: Personal Causality and Satisfaction with Hedonic and Utilitarian Decisions (2011, background): “These statements directly follow from the definition of perceived personal causality as the feeling that an outcome has emanated from the self rather than from a force external to the self (deCharms 1968), leading to the full endorsement of one’s own actions and decisions (Moller et al. 2006): “I fe”
Public Participation and Institutional Fit: A Social–Psychological Perspective (2013, background): “…fit to understand, because of its centrality to the concept of human agency (Brehm and Brehm 1981, Ryan and Deci 2006), documented causal relationship with public participation and human motivation (Frey et al. 2004, Moller et al. 2006), and ease of measurement (Vallerand and Ratelle 2002:45–47).”
The role of self-determination theory in marketing science: An integrative review and agenda for research (2019, unknown): “…behaviour, TPB), several studies have proposed ‘ self-determined motivation ’ as a better predictor of behaviour (Hagger & Chatzisarantis, 2009; Leung & Matanda, 2013; Moller, Ryan, & Deci, 2006; Ryan, Rigby, & Przybylski, 2006; Webb, Soutar, Mazzarol, & Saldaris, 2013; Weinstein & Ryan, 2010).”
Newsfeed native advertising on Facebook: young millennials’ knowledge, pet peeves, reactance and ad avoidance (2019, background): “Nevertheless, with the use of autonomy-centric strategies (Moller et al. 2006), Facebook can receive valuable information from consumers about what ads are (aren’t) blocked and possibly why.”
The political economy of food systems reform (2017, background): “The work of Richard Ryan and Edward Deci provides perhaps the most explicit attempt to demonstrate the importance of intrinsic motivations in explaining individual behaviour (Ryan and Deci, 2000a, 2000b; Moller et al., 2006).”
Explaining the Paradox: How Pro-Environmental Behaviour can both Thwart and Foster Well-Being (2013, unknown): “In line with Moller, Ryan and Deci [93], this review suggests that ―forcing‖ people to act in a pro-environmental way by making it obligatory by law may be counterproductive if the aim of policies in the end is to increase well-being.”
Motivating voluntary compliance to behavioural restrictions: Self-determination theory–based checklist of principles for COVID-19 and other emergency communications (2021, background): “convey a sense of choice, collaboration, and possibility, thereby leaving the initiative with the person to take action (Lavergne et al., 2010; Moller et al., 2006).”
Knowing What It Makes: How Product Transformation Salience Increases Recycling (2019, background): “…to recycle and its positive outcomes, has the potential to be more effective in promoting sustainable behaviors than traditional approaches focusing on the negative outcomes that might be incurred or avoided, which often trigger guilt and defiance (Geller 2002; Moller, Ryan, and Deci 2006).”