Intrinsic Motivation and Self-Determination

By Edward L. Deci. 2004

1,057 citations recorded by the source corpus.

Subfields: Applied Psychology, Safety Research, Social Psychology

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In Applied Psychology

1. Richard M. Ryan
2. V. Huta
3. Edward L. Deci
4. Maarten Vansteenkiste
5. Robert J. Vallerand
6. Bart Soenens
7. Marylène Gagné
8. Kennon M. Sheldon

In Safety Research

1. Edward L. Deci
2. Richard M. Ryan
3. Pierre-Yves Oudeyer
4. J. Reeve
5. Ellen A. Skinner
6. Jennifer Fredricks
7. Maarten Vansteenkiste
8. V. Huta

In Social Psychology

1. Richard M. Ryan
2. V. Huta
3. Edward L. Deci
4. Maarten Vansteenkiste
5. Pierre-Yves Oudeyer
6. Robert J. Vallerand
7. Marylène Gagné
8. Bart Soenens

Citations in the corpus

• Novelty or Surprise? (2013, background): “Theories of motivation, particularly of intrinsic motivation (Deci and Ryan, 1985; Baldassarre and Mirolli, 2013), place novelty and surprise among the primary factors that arouse interest and motivate exploratory or avoidance behavior.”
• Foreign Language Learning Motivation in Higher Education: A Longitudinal Study of Motivational Changes and Their Causes. (2013, background): “28), this finding is in line with the predictions of self-determination theory that an autonomy-supporting environment leads to higher levels of intrinsic motivation, while a controlling environment lowers the level of intrinsic motivation (Deci and Ryan, 1985).”