Living well: a self-determination theory perspective on eudaimonia

By Richard M. Ryan, V. Huta, Edward L. Deci. 2008

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Subfields: Applied Psychology, Social Psychology

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In Applied Psychology

1. Richard M. Ryan
2. Maarten Vansteenkiste
3. Bart Soenens
4. Robert J. Vallerand
5. Edward L. Deci
6. A. van den Broeck
7. V. Huta
8. W. Lens

In Social Psychology

1. Richard M. Ryan
2. Maarten Vansteenkiste
3. Bart Soenens
4. Edward L. Deci
5. Robert J. Vallerand
6. V. Huta
7. A. van den Broeck
8. W. Lens

Citations in the corpus

• Happiness is not Well-Being (2012, background): “…(the propensity to self-organize experience and behavior and to have activity be concordant with one’s integrated sense of self), and relatedness (the propensity to feel connected to others in loving and caring relationships) (Deci and Ryan 2000, p. 231; cf. also Ryan et al. 2008, Sheldon 2004).”
• Life Goals and Well-Being: Are Extrinsic Aspirations Always Detrimental to Well-Being? (2009, neutral): “Eudaimonic living can be characterized in terms of pursuing intrinsic goals and values for their own sake, rather than extrinsic goals and values (Ryan et al., 2008).”
• Clarifying the Concept of Well-Being: Psychological Need Satisfaction as the Common Core Connecting Eudaimonic and Subjective Well-Being (2019, background): “We have argued that the three needs suggested by SDT, namely, autonomy, competence, and relatedness, have the best support so far to be included into this category.”
• Was Hercules Happy? Some Answers from a Functional Model of Human Well-being (2009, background): “The literature on eudaimonic well-being is divided among researchers who, at the end of the day, argue that happiness or satisfaction is the ultimate dependent variable even if their theoretical focus is on eudaimonia and personal growth (e.g., Keyes 2007; Ryan et al. 2008; Ryff and Singer 2008; S”
• Reconsidering happiness: a eudaimonist's perspective (2008, background): “The term EWB has only recently been introduced into the literature (Ryan & Deci, 2001 ; Ryan, Huta, & Deci, 2008 ).”
• What makes work meaningful and why economists should care about it (2020, background): “Eudaimonia generally entails flourishing and living a life that realises one’s potential (Deci and Ryan, 2008; Graham and Nikolova, 2015; Ryan et al., 2008), and contrasts with hedonic and evaluative dimensions of subjective well-being.”
• Happiness at work. (2010, neutral): “…power; (2) behaving in autonomous, volitional or consensual ways, rather than het-eronomous or controlled ways; (3) being mindful and acting with a sense of awareness; and (4) behaving in ways that satisfy basic psychological needs for competence, relatedness, and autonomy’ (Ryan et al. 2008, 139).”
• Friendship, Need Satisfaction and Happiness (2010, background): “satisfaction of autonomy, competence and relatedness needs is related to well-being and happiness (Deci et al. 2006, 2001; Reis et al. 2000; Ryan et al. 2008; Sheldon et al. 1996).”
• Late-career entrepreneurship, income and quality of life (2017, background): “In such situations, individuals have to evaluate how the career move affects their ability to satisfy their basic long-term psychological needs, which in turn determine their psychological wellbeing (Ryan et al., 2008).”
• Goal Motives, Well-Being, and Physical Health: An Integrative Model (2008, result): “However, in line with the results obtained by Ryff and al. (2004), the current integrative model suggests that this relationship mainly depends on one specific type of well-being, namely self-realization.”