The "What" and "Why" of Goal Pursuits: Human Needs and the Self-Determination of Behavior

Deci, Edward L.; Ryan, Richard M.

doi:10.1207/s15327965pli1104_01

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“…These basic needs have to be satisfied first before they can progress to higher-level needs, such as living a healthy life (Huitt, 2007; Van Lenthe et al, 2015). This finding is also in line with the Self-Determination Theory, where the fulfilment of the three primary psychological needs of relatedness, competence and autonomy forms the basis for people to feel satisfied with their lives and enhance their well-being (Deci & Ryan, 2000; Martin & Hill, 2012). The participants in our study felt unable to make their decisions correspond to their basic needs, values and interests, did not feel competent to take control over their lives and lacked a sense of connection to others in their environment.…”

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Shining light inside the tunnel: using photovoice as a strategy to define the needs for health promotion among families of low socioeconomic status

Prevo

Stessen

Kremers

et al. 2018

International Journal of Qualitative Studies on Health and Well

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Purpose: This study aimed to identify opportunities to improve the current health and social situation of low socioeconomic status (SES) families and to gain a better understanding of the main needs regarding health promotion. Low-SES families were approached to participate in a photovoice study. Method: The study took place in the municipality of Vaals, which is located in the southernmost part of the Netherlands. A diverse group of ten people from eight different families took about 150 photographs within their community on topics they considered important for their health and quality of life. This was followed by individual interviews and a focus group interview. Results: Four main needs were identified: meeting each other, helping each other, feeling safe and being mobile. The photographs showed that health-related themes had low priority for these families. Conclusion: The low-SES families focused on upstream factors relating to independence, self-resilience and a sense of belonging, to help them cope with their current situation. This study represents a first step towards the development of a community approach to health promotion in low-SES families.

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confidence: 83%

Shining light inside the tunnel: using photovoice as a strategy to define the needs for health promotion among families of low socioeconomic status

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Stessen

Kremers

et al. 2018

International Journal of Qualitative Studies on Health and Well

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“…In the reviewed studies, peers were responsible for delivering behavioral skills training sessions [44,46,51,52], providing advice, feedback, and social support [45,50,53], and even leading fitness classes [47][48][49]. Given the impact of behavioral skills, information, and social support on theory-based determinants of motivated behavior [38][39][40][41][42], the peer's role is probably best characterized as motivational. A motivational role is consistent with our theoretical case for peer-delivered interventions, as outlined in the "Introduction" section in this paper.…”

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“…A similar construct, perceived competence, plays a central role in several other theories of motivation. For example, according to self-determination theory [39,40] and competence motivation theory [41,42], stronger perceptions of competence lead to more adaptive motivational and related outcomes. Of relevance to the issue of peerdelivered physical activity interventions, these theoretical perspectives link social processes to the generation of self-efficacy or competence perceptions.…”

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Peer-delivered physical activity interventions: an overlooked opportunity for physical activity promotion

Ginis

Nigg

Smith

2013

Behav. Med. Pract. Policy Res.

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The purpose of this systematic review was to catalogue and synthesize published studies that have examined the effects of peer-delivered physical activity interventions on physical activity behavior. Ten published studies were identified that met the inclusion criteria. The following information was extracted from each study: study design and duration; characteristics of the sample, peers, and interventions; and physical activity outcomes. In all articles reporting within-groups analyses, peer-delivered interventions led to increases in physical activity behavior. When compared to alternatives, peer-delivered interventions were just as effective as professionally delivered interventions and more effective than control conditions for increasing physical activity. Only three studies included measures of social cognitive variables, yielding some evidence that peers may enhance self-efficacy and self-determined forms of motivation. Based on these findings, interventionists are encouraged to include peer mentors in their intervention delivery models. Investigators are encouraged to pursue a more comprehensive understanding of factors that can explain and maximize the impact of peer-delivered activity interventions. KeywordsExercise, Fitness, Peer mentors, Social influence, Social cognitive theory, Self-determination theory BACKGROUND Previous research has shown that regular physical activity (PA) contributes to the prevention of overweight/obesity [1-3], decreases risk for obesity-related illnesses [4,5], and is associated with decreased risk for coronary heart disease [6], hypertension, type 2 diabetes mellitus [1,2], and cancer at several sites [7]. These benefits have also been reported in subpopulations such as older adults [8] and persons with disabilities [9]. Unfortunately, most adults do not perform PA at the recommended level to experience such health benefits [10,11]. Indeed, 39 % of adults are completely sedentary [11], and the rate of inactivity increases with age [8,12] and physical impairment (e.g., [13]).Although health care professionals often hold a role of trusted counselor or health mentor for their

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“…Because Deci and Ryan (2000) suggest that engaging in behaviors can lead to further increases in perceptions of PNS, and based on the results of emerging research in work and organizational (Devloo, Anseel, De Beuckleaer, & Salanova, 2014) and educational (Jang, Kim, & Reeve, 2012) psychology that have demonstrated reciprocal relationships between PNS and behaviors, an alternative model was tested. The alternative model examined PNS as an outcome of MVPA rather than as an antecedent to MVPA.…”

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A tale of two models: Changes in psychological need satisfaction and physical activity over 3 years.

Gunnell¹,

Bélanger²,

Brunet³

2016

Health Psychology

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Objective: (a) Examine longitudinal measurement invariance of scores from psychological need satisfaction (PNS) scales, and (b) examine if changes in PNS were associated with change in moderate-to-vigorous physical activity (MVPA). Method: Adolescents (N ϭ 842, M age ϭ 10.8, SD ϭ .6) enrolled in the Monitoring Activities of Teenagers to Comprehend their Habits (MATCH) study completed measures of PNS and MVPA every 4 months over a 3-year period (2011-14) for a total of 9 times. Results: PNS scores demonstrated strong longitudinal measurement invariance (i.e., invariant factor loadings and intercepts). Latent growth curve modeling indicated that a factor representing perceptions of all 3 PNS variables was positively associated with MVPA at Time 1 (␤ ϭ .562, p Ͻ .05), and that increases in the common PNS factor were associated with increases in MVPA (␤ ϭ .545, p Ͻ .05) with a large effect size (R initial MVPA 2 ϭ .316; R change in MVPA 2 ϭ .301). In an alternative model, MVPA at Time 1 was associated with perceived common PNS at Time 1 (␤ ϭ .602, p Ͻ .001), and increases in MVPA were associated with increases in common PNS (␤ ϭ .667, p Ͻ .001) with a large effect size (R initial PNS 2 ϭ .363 of the R change in PNS 2 ϭ .426). Conclusions:Longitudinal measurement invariance was supported, and therefore PNS scores could be used to study change over time. Further, 2 equally well fitting models were found suggesting that change in PNS can be both an antecedent and an outcome of MVPA. As such, both PNS and MVPA could be targeted in interventions aimed at increasing need satisfaction or MVPA.

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The "What" and "Why" of Goal Pursuits: Human Needs and the Self-Determination of Behavior

Cited by 21,684 publications

References 143 publications

Shining light inside the tunnel: using photovoice as a strategy to define the needs for health promotion among families of low socioeconomic status

Shining light inside the tunnel: using photovoice as a strategy to define the needs for health promotion among families of low socioeconomic status

Peer-delivered physical activity interventions: an overlooked opportunity for physical activity promotion

A tale of two models: Changes in psychological need satisfaction and physical activity over 3 years.

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