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Donald, J. N., Bradshaw, E. L., Conigrave, J. H., Parker, P. D., Byatt, L. L., Noetel, M., & Ryan, R. M. (2022). Paths to the light and dark sides of human nature: A meta-analysis of the prosocial benefits of autonomy and the antisocial costs of control. Psychological Bulletin, Advance online publication

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Ryan, R. M., Donald, J. N., & Bradshaw, E. L. (2021). Mindfulness and motivation: A process view using Self-Determination Theory. Current Directions in Psychological Science, 30(4), 300-306. doi: 10.1177/09637214211009511

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Bradshaw, E. L., Ryan, R. M., Noetel, M., Saeri, A. K., Slattery, P., Grundy, E., & Calvo, R. A. (2021). Information safety assurances increase intentions to use COVID-19 contact tracing applications, regardless of autonomy-supportive or controlling message framing. Frontiers in Psychology, 11, 591638. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2020.591638

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Conigrave, J. H., Bradshaw, E. L., Conigrave, K. M., Ryan, R. M., Wilson, S., Perry, J., Doyle, M .F., & Lee, K. S. K. (2021). Alcohol consumption and dependence is linked to the extent that people experience need satisfaction while drinking alcohol in two Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities. Addiction Science & Clinical Practice, 16(23) doi: 10.1186/s13722-021-00231-z

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Nishimura, T., Bradshaw, E. L., Deci, E. L., & Ryan, R. M. (2021). Satisfaction of basic psychological needs in an interdependence model of fathers’ own aspirations and those of their adolescent children. Social Development, 30(1), 293-310. doi: 10.1111/sode.12473

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Bradshaw, E. L., DeHaan, C. R., Parker, P. D., Curren, R., Duineveld, J. J., Di Domenico, S. I., & Ryan, R. M. (2021). The perceived conditions for living well: Positive perceptions of primary goods linked with basic psychological needs and wellness. Journal of Positive Psychology, Advance Online doi: 10.31234/osf.io/c8sj4

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Bradshaw, E. L., Sahdra, B. K., Ciarrochi, J., Parker, P. D., Martos, T., & Ryan, R. M. (2021). A configural approach to aspirations: The social breadth of aspiration profiles predicts well-being over and above the intrinsic and extrinsic aspirations that comprise the profiles. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 120(1), 226-256. doi: 10.1037/pspp0000374

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Bradshaw, E. L., Ryan, R. M., Noetel, M., Saeri, A., Slattery, P., Grundy, E., & Calvo, R. A. (2020). Information safety assurances affect intentions to use COVID-19 contact tracing applications, regardless of autonomy-supportive or controlling message framing. Preprint doi:

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Donald, J. N., Bradshaw, E. L., Ryan, R. M., Basarkod, G., Ciarrochi, J., Duineveld, J. J., Guo, J., & Sahdra, B. K. (2020). Mindfulness and its association with varied types of motivation: A systematic review and meta-analysis using self-determination theory. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 46(7), 1121-1138. doi: 10.1177/0146167219896136

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Parker, P. D., Ryan, R. M., Duineveld, J. J., & Bradshaw, E. L. (2019). Validation of the social identity group need satisfaction and frustration scale. PsychArxiv doi: 10.31234/osf.io/ycbwe

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Ryan, R. M., & Bradshaw, E. L. (2019). Envisioning progress and perils: Musings on the future of motivation research in a rapidly evolving world. In R. M. Ryan, (pp. 527-532). New York, NY: Oxford University Press.

Ryan, R. M., Bradshaw, E. L., & Deci, E. L. (2019). A history of human motivation theories in psychology. In R. J. Sternberg & W. E. Pickren, (pp. 391-411). Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press.

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Martela, F., Bradshaw, E. L., & Ryan, R. M. (2019). Expanding the map of intrinsic and extrinsic aspirations using network analysis and multidimensional scaling: Examining four new aspirations. Frontiers in Psychology doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2019.02174

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Bradshaw, E. L., Sahdra, B.K., Calvo, R. A., Mrvaljevich, A., & Ryan, R. M. (2018). Users’ intrinsic goals linked to alcohol dependence risk level and engagement with the health promotion website, Hello Sunday Morning: Observational study. Journal of Medical Internet Research: Mental Health, 5(4), 1-8. doi: 10.2196/10022

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Sahdra, B.K., Ciarrochi, J., Parker, P.D., Basarkod, G., Bradshaw, E. L., & Baer, R. (2017). Are people mindful in different ways? Disentangling the quantity and quality of mindfulness in latent profiles and exploring their links to mental health and life effectiveness. European Journal of Personality, 31(4), 347-365. doi: 10.1002/per.2108

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