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Motivation by Ideal [PDF]

open access: yes, 2002
I offer an account of how ideals motivate us. My account suggests that although emulating an ideal is often rational, it can lead us to do irrational ...
Velleman, J. David
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Job autonomy in relation to work engagement and workaholism: Mediation of autonomous and controlled work motivation

open access: yesInternational Journal of Occupational Medicine and Environmental Health, 2018
Objectives This study integrates the Self Determination Theory and the Job Demands–Resource model in explaining motivational antecedents of 2 forms of excessive work: work engagement and workaholism.
Diana Malinowska   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Can motto-goals outperform learning and performance goals? Influence of goal setting on performance and affect in a complex problem solving task

open access: yesJournal of Dynamic Decision Making, 2016
In this paper, we bring together research on complex problem solving with that on motivational psychology about goal setting. Complex problems require motivational effort because of their inherent difficulties.
Miriam Sophia Rohe   +3 more
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Socio-economic status and trajectories of a novel multidimensional metric of Active and Healthy Ageing: the English Longitudinal Study of Ageing

open access: yesScientific Reports, 2023
Healthy ageing research largely has a unidimensional focus on physical health, negating the importance of psychosocial factors in the maintenance of a good quality-of-life. In this cohort study, we aimed to identify trajectories of a new multidimensional
Olivia S. Malkowski   +2 more
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A Theory of Human Motivation

open access: yes, 1943
1. The integrated wholeness of the organism must be one of the foundation stones of motivation theory. 2. The hunger drive (or any other physiological drive) was rejected as a centering point or model for a definitive theory of motivation. Any drive that
A. Maslow
semanticscholar   +1 more source

The relation between elementary students' recreational and academic reading motivation, reading frequency, engagement, and comprehension : a self-determination theory perspective [PDF]

open access: yes, 2012
Research indicates the need to further examine the dimensions of reading motivation. A clear theoretical basis is necessary for conceptualizing reading motivation and considering contextual differences therein.
De Naeghel, Jessie   +3 more
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Motivation and emotion in the EFL learning experience of Romanian adolescent students: Two contrasting cases [PDF]

open access: yes, 2019
The aim of this study was to investigate the language learning motivation of two EFL teenage students in Romania and the link between motivation and the emotional dimensions of these adolescents’ learning experiences.
Pavelescu, Liana Maria
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The Seed of Goal-Related Doubts: A Longitudinal Investigation of the Roles of Failure and Expectation of Success Among Police Trainee Applicants

open access: yesFrontiers in Psychology, 2019
Various theories on personal goal striving rely on the assumption that failure raises doubts about the goal. Yet, empirical evidence for an association between objective failure experiences and doubts about personal long-term goals is still missing. In a
Martin Bettschart   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Computational fingerprinting: a new approach to motivation deficit in neuropsychiatric diseases

open access: yesComptes Rendus Biologies, 2021
Motivation can be defined as a function that activates and directs the behavior toward goals. In neuropsychiatric conditions, motivation deficits such as apathy are frequent and interfere with treatment observance and clinical outcome.
Pessiglione, Mathias
doaj   +1 more source

Expectancy-Value Theory of Achievement Motivation.

open access: yesContemporary Educational Psychology, 2000
We discuss the expectancy-value theory of motivation, focusing on an expectancy-value model developed and researched by Eccles, Wigfield, and their colleagues.
Allan Wigfield, J. Eccles
semanticscholar   +1 more source

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