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Self Determination and Well Being
Self Determination and Well Being
Research Review 1 – June 2009
Self‐determination Theory and Wellbeing
By Prof. Richard Ryan*
Further Readings
Brown, K. W. & Ryan, R. M. (2003). The benefits of being present: Mindfulness and its role in psychological well‐being. Journal of Personality and
Social Psychology, 84, 822‐848.
Chirkov, V. I., Ryan, R. M., Kim, Y., & Kaplan, U. (2003). Differentiating autonomy from individualism and independence: A self‐determination theory
perspective on internalization of cultural orientations and well‐being. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 84, 97‐110.
Deci, E. L., Koestner, R., & Ryan, R. M. (1999). A meta‐analytic review of experiments examining the effects of extrinsic rewards on intrinsic
motivation. Psychological Bulletin, 125, 627‐668.
Deci, E. L., & Ryan, R. M. (2000). The ‘what’ and ‘why’ of goal pursuits: Human needs and the self‐determination of behaviour. Psychological Inquiry,
11, 227‐268.
Deci, E. L., & Ryan, R. M. (1985). Intrinsic motivation and self‐determination in human behaviour. New York: Plenum.
Kasser, T., & Ryan, R. M. (1996). Further examining the American dream: Differential correlates of intrinsic and extrinsic goals. Personality and Social
Psychology Bulletin, 22, 280‐287.
Niemiec, C. P., Ryan, R. M., & Deci, E. L. (2009). The path taken: Consequences of attaining intrinsic and extrinsic aspirations in post‐college life.
Journal of Research in Personality, 43, 291‐306.
Ryan, R. M. (1995). Psychological needs and the facilitation of integrative processes. Journal of Personality, 63, 397‐427.
Ryan, R. M., & Deci, E. L. (2000). Self‐determination theory and the facilitation of intrinsic motivation, social development, and well‐being. American
Psychologist, 55, 68‐78.
Ryan, R. M., & Deci, E. L. (2001). To be happy or to be self‐fulfilled: A review of research on hedonic and eudaimonic well‐being. In S. Fiske (Ed.),
Annual Review of Psychology (Vol. 52; 141‐166). Palo Alto, CA: Annual Reviews/ Inc.
Ryan, R. M., Deci, E. L., Grolnick, W. S., & LaGuardia, J. G. (2006). The significance of autonomy and autonomy support in psychological development
and psychopathology. In D. Cicchetti & D. Cohen (Eds.) Developmental Psychopathology: Volume 1, Theory and Methods (2nd Edition, pp. 295‐
849). New York: John Wiley & Sons.
Vansteenkiste, M., Lens, W., & Deci, E. L. (2006). Intrinsic versus extrinsic goal‐contents in self‐determination theory: Another look at the quality of
academic motivation. Educational Psychologist, 41, 19‐31.