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Jewish Self-Hatred: The Internalization of Prejudice

Throughout history, the Jewish people have been despised and abused. As with other large groups subjected to trauma, they have developed deep psychological scars as well as defense mechanisms for co** with i...

Richard M. Alperin in Clinical Social Work Journal (2016)

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Prosocial behavior increases well-being and vitality even without contact with the beneficiary: Causal and behavioral evidence

A number of studies have shown that prosocial behavior is associated with enhanced well-being, but most prior experimental studies have involved actual or potential face-to-face contact with the beneficiary. T...

Frank Martela, Richard M. Ryan in Motivation and Emotion (2016)

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Basic psychological need satisfaction, need frustration, and need strength across four cultures

The present study investigated whether satisfaction and frustration of the psychological needs for autonomy, relatedness, and competence, as identified within Basic Psychological Need Theory (BPNT; Deci and Ry...

Beiwen Chen, Maarten Vansteenkiste, Wim Beyers, Liesbet Boone… in Motivation and Emotion (2015)

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Using Interactive Theater to Create Socioculturally Relevant Community-Based Intimate Partner Violence Prevention

This article describes the use of interactive theater, audience response assessment, and peer educators to create community-generated approaches for bystander interventions (i.e., actions taken by people who b...

Mieko Yoshihama, Richard M. Tolman in American Journal of Community Psychology (2015)

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Changes in materialism, changes in psychological well-being: Evidence from three longitudinal studies and an intervention experiment

Few studies have examined how changes in materialism relate to changes in well-being; fewer have experimentally manipulated materialism to change well-being. Studies 1, 2, and 3 examined how changes in materia...

Tim Kasser, Katherine L. Rosenblum, Arnold J. Sameroff… in Motivation and Emotion (2014)

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Autonomy and Need Satisfaction in Close Relationships: Relationships Motivation Theory

Establishing and maintaining close relationships are among the most important and autonomously pursued aspects of people’s lives. This chapter reviews the motivational dynamics of close relationships using Relati...

Edward L. Deci, Richard M. Ryan in Human Motivation and Interpersonal Relationships (2014)

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Looking for B = f (P, E): The exception still forms the rule

In this manuscript, the origin of studying human motivation from a personality by situation perspective is discussed. It follows a thread from Galileo to Newton to Lewin to Atkinson to our own research and the...

Richard M. Sorrentino in Motivation and Emotion (2013)

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Motivation and performance: Uncertainty regulation in Canada and Japan

In a field study involving university students from Canada and Japan, we tested hypotheses from the theory of uncertainty orientation (Sorrentino and Roney in The uncertain mind: Individual differences in facing ...

Andrew C. H. Szeto, Richard M. Sorrentino, Satoru Yasunaga… in Motivation and Emotion (2011)

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Positive Psychology and Self-Determination Theory: A Natural Interface

This chapter discusses both the positive psychology movement (PPM) and self-determination theory (SDT), arguing that SDT is a prototypical example of a positive psychology theory. SDT provides a nuanced, integ...

Kennon M. Sheldon, Richard M. Ryan in Human Autonomy in Cross-Cultural Context (2011)

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Introduction: The Struggle for Happiness and Autonomy in Cultural and Personal Contexts: An Overview

In this chapter , the editors Chirkov, Sheldon, and Ryan outline in broad strokes both the history and current controversies concerning the main thesis of the book that in order for people to be fully function...

Valery I. Chirkov, Kennon M. Sheldon… in Human Autonomy in Cross-Cultural Context (2011)

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A Self-Determination Theory Perspective on Social, Institutional, Cultural, and Economic Supports for Autonomy and Their Importance for Well-Being

In this chapter the authors discuss modern conceptions of happiness, including hedonic and eudaimonic perspectives. They distinguish happiness as a symptom rather than sine qua non of well-being, and they rela...

Richard M. Ryan, Edward L. Deci in Human Autonomy in Cross-Cultural Context (2011)

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Attributing autonomous versus introjected motivation to helpers and the recipient experience: Effects on gratitude, attitudes, and well-being

Three studies examined the effects of motivation attributed to helpers on recipient reactions. Participants read and responded to scenarios depicting various hel** events, in which indicators of helpers havi...

Netta Weinstein, Cody R. DeHaan, Richard M. Ryan in Motivation and Emotion (2010)

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Patrick Casement, Learning from Life: Becoming a Psychoanalyst

Richard M. Alperin in Clinical Social Work Journal (2009)