Building a science of motivated persons: Self-determination theory’s empirical approach to human experience and the regulation of behavior.

Abstract

Self-determination theory (SDT) is a still rapidly expanding framework of basic and applied research, underpinned by a global network of scholars and practitioners. Herein, we focus on one feature of SDT that helps explain its continued growth-the fact that it is a truly human science that takes into consideration our attributes as persons, including our capacities for awareness and self-regulation, as well as vulnerabilities to defensiveness and control. Within SDT, these human capacities are studied using diverse methods and across all subdisciplines of psychology. In this review, we focus particularly on people's capacity for autonomy as it applies to their individual functioning, interpersonal relationships, and societal interactions. If there is a core legacy to SDT, it is one of representing a generative and philosophically coherent framework based on a convergent network of empirical evidence with relevance across domains and cultures and to our basic experiences and concerns as humans.

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“…Self-Determination Theory (SDT; Ryan and Deci, 2017 ; Ryan et al, 2021 ) is a general motivation theory, which has been studied in the context of school, education and sports as well as at work. Unlike most other motivational theories, the emphasis is not so much on the strength of motivation, but on its quality .…”

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“…Estos hallazgos en conjunto sugieren que la sinergia de una red de motivos intrínsecos y extrínsecos favorece el mantenimiento en la AF en un largo plazo. Además, apoyan la reciente perspectiva de que la autonomía también puede verse beneficiada por los motivos extrínsecos (Ryan et al, 2021), lo cuales pueden originarse al interior de las personas y contribuir al bienestar al sintonizarse con sus propios valores (Sansone & Tang, 2021).…”

“…Ahora bien, la autonomía puede explorarse desde tres sentidos (Ryan et al, 2021), los cuales son el compromiso conductual, su impacto en la sostenibilidad de relaciones interpersonales y su relación con los contextos socioculturales y económicos. Es de interés para el estudio de la permanencia en la AF el compromiso conductual, ya que representa a la autonomía como un estado en el cual la conducta propia es auto-organizada y voluntaria.…”

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“…SDT proposes a multidimensional conceptualization for motivation holding the idea that distinct types or qualities of motivation will yield differentiated affective, cognitive and behavioral consequences for individuals ( Ryan & Deci, 2020 ). SDT distinguishes between three types of motivation that fall along a self-determination continuum , reflecting to what extent the behavior is intentionally and autonomously undertaken and consistent with the individual’s own values and interests ( Ryan & Deci, 2020 ; Ryan et al, 2021 ).…”