Self-Determination as a Psychological and Positive Youth Development Construct
The Scientific World Journal, 2012 This paper presents a review of self-determination as a positive youth development construct. The definition and conceptualization of the concept are examined from the perspective of self-determination theory and the functional theory of self ...
Eadaoin K. P. Hui, Sandra K. M. Tsang
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Motivation in Physical Education Classes: A Self-Determination Theory Perspective [PDF]
, 2009 This paper presents a brief overview of empirical studies in school physical education (PE) that have employed SDT and, where relevant, proposes ideas for future research in this area.
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention +5 more
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Effects of weak self-interactions in a relativistic plasma on cosmological perturbations [PDF]
, 1994 The exact solutions for linear cosmological perturbations which have been obtained for collisionless relativistic matter within thermal field theory are extended to a self-interacting case.
Nachbagauer, H. +2 more
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Motivation to Quit Smoking after Acute Coronary Syndrome
Acta Médica Portuguesa, 2017 Introduction: Self-Determination Theory explores the process through which a person acquires motivation to initiate new behaviours related to health and to maintain them over time.
Vânia Rocha +4 more
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Identifying the Right to Self-Determination in the Constitution of the Islamic Republic of Iran in Light of Constituent Power Theory [PDF]
Faṣlnāmah-i Pizhūhish-i Huqūq-i ̒Umūmī, 2021 The right to self-determination is amongst the most fundamental rights enumerated in human rights law. In the human rights approach, the wise man has free will and autonomy and the right to self-determination.
Saeb Dast Peyman, Alireza Dabirnia
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European Journal of Adapted Physical Activity, 2021 Physical inactivity has been identified among leading risk factors for global mortality as well as an independent risk factor for several somatic diseases.
Marit Sørensen +2 more
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The Rational Agent or the Relational Agent: Moving from Freedom to Justice in Migration Systems Ethics [PDF]
, 2014 Most accounts of immigration ethics implicitly rely upon neoclassical migration theory, which understands migration as the result of poverty and unemployment in sending countries. This paper argues that neoclassical migration theory assumes an account of
Rajendra, Tisha
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Unhealthy weight control behaviours in adolescent girls: a process model based on self-determination theory [PDF]
, 2009 This study used self-determination theory (Deci, E.L., & Ryan, R.M. (2000). The 'what' and 'why' of goal pursuits: Human needs and the self-determination of behavior.
Bandalos DL +13 more
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The hybrid and dualistic identity of full-time non-tenure-track faculty [PDF]
, 2011 Colleges and universities rely on full-time non-tenure-track (FTNT) faculty to achieve their teaching, research, and service missions. These faculty are deemed both symptomatic of and partly responsible for academe's shortcomings.
Levin, JS, Shaker, GG
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Antecedents of burnout among elite dancers: a longitudinal test of basic needs theory [PDF]
, 2011 Objectives: Little is known regarding the social-psychological predictors of burnout in the dance domain. Drawing from basic needs theory, a sub-theory in the self-determination theory framework (Deci & Ryan, 2000), this study examined whether changes in
Duda, Joan L, Quested, Eleanor
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