Desire for control, perception of control: their impact on autonomous motivation and psychological adjustment

Amoura, Camille; Berjot, Sophie; Gillet, Nicolas; Altıntaş, Emin

doi:10.1007/s11031-013-9379-9

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“…The DC scale showed a test-retest coefficient of .75 (Burger & Cooper, 1979). The DC scale was originally developed using data obtained from university undergraduates, and continues to prove useful in psychological examinations of college students (Amoura, Berjot, Gillet, & Altintas, 2014; Burger, 1986; Burger & Cooper, 1979).…”

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An Investigation of Student Psychological Wellbeing: Honors Versus Nonhonors Undergraduate Education

Plominski

Burns

2017

Journal of Advanced Academics

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The purpose of this study was to describe the current state of psychological wellbeing in gifted and nongifted undergraduate student sample populations and identify undergraduate populations experiencing heightened levels of distress within a large Midwestern public university. Study participants included 641 honors and 386 nonhonors undergraduate students. Each participant completed an electronic survey including a series of 10 measures of psychological adjustment to assess student psychological wellbeing. Significant differences between honors and nonhonors student sample populations were identified. Findings also suggest sophomore students share unique characteristics that may be responsible for lower levels of psychological wellbeing. Potential services that may improve the university undergraduate experience are discussed.

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An Investigation of Student Psychological Wellbeing: Honors Versus Nonhonors Undergraduate Education

Plominski

Burns

2017

Journal of Advanced Academics

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“…The effectance motivation has also been termed the "competence motive" and the "control motive" (see Deci and Moller [2005] for a review). In this research, the term "competence motive" is used to refer to the desire for perceived control over the environment (White 1959;Amoura et al 2014). Just as the sociality motive is activated when an individual feels an insufficient sense of connectedness, the competence motive is activated by a loss of perceived control (e.g., when one is feeling helpless and a lack of control).…”

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Does Endowing a Product with Life Make One Feel More Alive? The Effect of Product Anthropomorphism on Consumer Vitality

Chen¹,

Sengupta

Adaval

2018

Journal of the Association for Consumer Research

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While most research in the area of product anthropomorphism examines how making products more humanlike can influence subsequent consumer reactions to those products, the present research examines how the act of anthropomorphizing products can influence consumers themselves. We propose that when consumers have an insufficient sense of either connectedness or competence, anthropomorphizing a product satisfies these deficiencies and increases vitality. Furthermore, this enhanced vitality has positive implications for individuals' capacity to exert selfcontrol in unrelated domains. A set of three studies provides support for these hypotheses. By demonstrating the positive effect of anthropomorphism on consumer vitality and self-control, this research illuminates the nature of anthropomorphism. In doing so, we also connect two streams of literature: one on anthropomorphism and the other on vitality, which share an inherent connection that has not been explicated by past research.Fangyuan Chen (fychen@polyu.edu.hk) is an assistant professor of marketing at

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“…The role of depression in understanding both entrapment and suicidal ideation is to be expected. The independent role of Decision Avoidance in regression models builds on prior DOC literature suggesting the DOC total score may impact mental health under varying conditions (e.g., Amoura et al, 2014;Burger, 1984). Decisional avoidance may manifest as becoming trapped in one's own thoughts (internal entrapment).…”

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“…The IMV model (O'Connor, 2011;O'Connor & Kirtley, 2018) can test a characteristic as stage-specific moderators of suicide. DOC is a trait that has been linked to depression and a variety of other health-related outcomes (e.g., Amoura et al, 2014;Burger, 1984). Some evidence suggests DOC may be associated with IMV constructs (e.g., Pearlman, 2005).…”

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Desire for control and the integrated motivational-volitional model of suicidal behavior: Results from a pilot investigation of adults in the United Kingdom

Saint-Cyr

Gallagher

Cramer

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Int J Soc Psychiatry

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Background: Suicidal behavior remains a pressing problem in the United Kingdom. Continued theory development is a critical step toward designing effective prevention. Aims: The present study tested a novel element to suicide theory, the Desire for Control, for its direct and moderating roles within the Integrated Motivational-Volitional (IMV) Model of Suicidal Behavior. Method: An online-administered cross-sectional suicide risk survey study ( n = 116) was conducted among adults living in the United Kingdom. Results: Mean suicidal ideation scores were in the non-clinical range. DOC Leadership and Destiny Control were associated with good mental health. DOC Decision Avoidance was associated with poor mental health. DOC Decision Avoidance also acted as a motivational moderator in which the entrapment-suicidal thinking link was worse among those high in decisional avoidance. Conclusion: DOC represents a novel, valuable addition to suicide theory and may inform suicide-specific psychotherapeutic intervention. Additional research is needed to full understand the role of DOC and its factor structures in the IMV.

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Desire for control, perception of control: their impact on autonomous motivation and psychological adjustment

Cited by 27 publications

References 47 publications

An Investigation of Student Psychological Wellbeing: Honors Versus Nonhonors Undergraduate Education

An Investigation of Student Psychological Wellbeing: Honors Versus Nonhonors Undergraduate Education

Does Endowing a Product with Life Make One Feel More Alive? The Effect of Product Anthropomorphism on Consumer Vitality

Desire for control and the integrated motivational-volitional model of suicidal behavior: Results from a pilot investigation of adults in the United Kingdom

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