Toward a general theory of motivation: Problems, challenges, opportunities, and the big picture

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Negative emotionality and aggression in violent offenders: The moderating role of emotion dysregulation (2017, background): “Emotions are an important driver of human behavior, and the way we regulate them contributes to subjective and interpersonal well-being (Balzarotti, Biassoni, Villani, Prunas, & Velotti, 2016; Barrett, Lewis, & Haviland-Jones, 2016; Baumeister, 2016).”
A grand theory of motivation: Why not? (2016, background): “To reconcile the state-trait debate, Baumeister suggests the possibility that ‘‘Maybe the baseline moves!’’ Robert Bolles (1980) studied biological set points related to hunger and eating, and he concluded that set-points (e.”
Student Engagement: Current State of the Construct, Conceptual Refinement, and Future Research Directions (2021, background): “We define motivation as the psychological state of wanting (Baumeister, 2016), or “any force that energizes and directs behavior” (Reeve, 2012, p. 150).”
Integrating Personality Structure, Personality Process, and Personality Development (2017, background): “, hunger and safety) but also between basic biological drives and socialized motivations (e.g., between hunger and desire to be well-mannered while eating; Baumeister, 2016) and between two or more socialized”