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Weinstein, N., Legate, N., Graham, L., Zheng, Y., Plater, M., Al-Khouja, M., & Moller, A. C. (2023). The role of perceived autonomy-supportive communication for motivating prejudice reduction and avoiding defiant backlash within the police force workplace. Journal of Applied Social Psychology, Advance online publication doi: 10.1111/jasp.12953

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Paulmann, S., & Weinstein, N. (2023). Teachers' motivational prosody: A pre-registered experimental test of children's reactions to tone of voice used by teachers. British Journal of Educational Psychology, Advance online publication doi: 10.1111/bjep.12567

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Weinstein, N., Legate, N., Graham, L., Plater, M., Al-Khouja, M., & Moller, A. C. (2022). The Role of Perceived Autonomy-Supportive Communications for Motivating Prejudice Reduction and Avoiding Defiant Backlash Within the Police Force Workplace. Journal of Applied Social Psychology, Advance Online doi: 10.1111/jasp.12953

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Weinstein, N., Huo, A., & Itzchakov, G. (2021). Parental listening when adolescents self-disclose: A pre-registered experimental study. Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, Advance online publication

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Psychological Science Accelerator Self-Determination Theory Collaboration:, Legate, N., Nguyen, T., Weinstein, N., Moller, A. C., Legault, L., ..., & Ryan, R. M. (2021). A global experiment on motivating social distancing during the COVID-19 pandemic. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences doi: 10.31234/osf.io/n3dyf

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Legate, N., Weinstein, N., & Ryan, R. M. (2021). Ostracism in real life: Evidence that ostracizing others has costs, even when it feels justified. Basic and Applied Social Psychology, 43(4), 226-238. doi: 10.1080/01973533.2021.1927038

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Nguyen, T. T., Weinstein, N., & Ryan, R. M. (2021). The possibilities of aloneness and solitude: Developing an understanding framed through the lens of human motivation and needs. In In. R. J. Coplan, J. C. Bowker, & L. Nelson (Eds.), The handbook of solitude: Psychological perspectives on social isolation, social withdrawal, and being alone (pp. 224-239). New York, NY: Wiley-Blackwell Press.

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Legate, N., & Weinstein, N. (2021). Can we communicate autonomy support and a mandate? How motivating messages relate to motivation for staying at home across time during the COVID-19 pandemic. Health Communication, Advance Online doi: 10.1080/10410236.2021.1921907

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Luxon, A., Legate, N., & Weinstein, N. (2021). Fluctuations in goal pursuits and health in a lesbian, gay, and bisexual sample across a 2-week diary study. Psychology of Sexual Orientation and Gender Diversity, Advance Online doi: 10.1037/sgd0000462

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Legate, N., Weinstein, N., Sendi, K., & Al-Khouja, M. (2020). Motives behind the veil: Women’s affective experiences wearing a veil depend on their reasons for wearing one. Journal of Research in Personality, 87, 103969. doi: 10.1016/j.jrp.2020.103969

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Itzchakov, G., Weinstein, N., Legate, N., & Amar, M. (2020). Can high quality listening predict lower speakers' prejudiced attitudes?. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 91, 104022. doi: 10.1016/j.jesp.2020.104022

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Weinstein, N., Bharucha, Z., Watson, D., & Boehm, S. (2020). Participation in local food projects is associated with better psychological well-being: Evidence from the East of England. Journal of Public Health, 42, 187-197. doi: doi:10.1093/pubmed/fdz057

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Teixeira, P. J., Marques, M. M., Silva, M. N., Brunet, J., Duda, J. L., Haerens, L., La Guardia, J., Lindwall, M., Lonsdale, C., Markland, D., Michie, S., Moller, A. C., Ntoumanis, N., Patrick, H., Reeve, J., Ryan, R. M., Sebire, S. J., Standage, M., Vansteenkiste, M., Weinstein, N., Weman-Josefsson, K., Williams, G. C., & Hagger, M. S. (2020). A classification of motivation and behavior change techniques used in self-determination theory-based interventions in health contexts. Motivation Science, 6(4), 438-455. doi: 10.1037/mot0000172

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Weinstein, N., Chubb, J., Haddock, G., & Wilsdon, J. (2020). A conducive environment? The role of need support in the higher education workplace and its effect on academics' experiences of research assessment in the UK. Higher Education Quarterly doi: 10.1111/hequ.12259

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Al-Khouja, M., Graham, L., Weinstein, N., & Zheng, Y. (2020). How autonomy support and ethical value alignment influences attitudes towards diversity in English police. Journal of Moral Education, 49(3), 365-380. doi: 10.1080/03057240.2019.1697867

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Weinstein, N., Vansteenkiste, M., & Paulmann, S. (2019). Listen to your mother: Motivating tones of voice predict adolescents’ reactions to mothers. Developmental Psychology, 55(12), 2534–2546. doi: 10.1037/dev0000827

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Weinstein, N., & Przybylski, A. K. (2019). The impacts of motivational framing of technology restrictions on adolescent concealment: Evidence from a preregistered experimental study. Computers in Human Behavior, 90, 170-180. doi: 10.1016/j.chb.2018.08.053

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Legate, N., Weinstein, N., & Przybylski, A. K. (2019). Parenting Strategies and Adolescents’ Cyberbullying Behaviors: Evidence from a Preregistered Study of Parent–Child Dyads. Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 48, 399-409. doi: 10.1007/s10964-018-0962-y

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Legate, N., Weinstein, N., Ryan, W. S., DeHaan, C. R., & Ryan, R. M. (2019). Parental autonomy support predicts lower internalized homophobia and better psychological health indirectly through lower shame in lesbian, gay and bisexual adults. Stigma and Health, 4(4), 367-76. doi: doi: 10.1037/sah0000150

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Przybylski, A. K., & Weinstein, N. (2019). Investigating the Motivational and Psychosocial Dynamics of Dysregulated Gaming: Evidence From a Preregistered Cohort Study. Association for Psychological Science, 7(6), 1257-1265. doi: 10.1177/2167702619859341

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Weinstein, N., Zougkou, K., & Paulmann, S. (2018). You 'have' to hear this: Using tone of voice to motivate others. Journal of Experimental Psychology, 44, 898-913. doi: 10.1037/xhp0000502

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Weinstein, N., & Stone, D. (2018). Need depriving effects of financial insecurity: Implications for well-being and financial behaviors. Journal of Experimental Psychology: General, 147(10), 1503-1520. doi: 10.1037/xge0000436

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Weinstein, N., Przybylski, A. K., & (2017). A prospective study of the motivational and health dynamics of Internet Gaming Disorder. PeerJ, 5:e3838 doi: 10.7717/peerj.3838

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Weinstein, N., Legate, N., Ryan, W. S., Sedikides, C., & Cozzolino, P. J. (2017). Autonomy support for conflictual and stigmatized identities: Effects on ownership and psychological health. Journal of Counseling Psychology, 64(5), 584-599. doi: 10.1037/cou0000224

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Zougkou, K., Weinstein, N., & Paulmann, S. (2017). ERP correlates of motivating voices: Quality of motivation and time-course matters. Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience, 12(10), 1687-1700. doi: 10.1093/scan/nsx064

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Legault, L., Weinstein, N., Mitchell, J., Inzlicht, M., Pyke, K., & Upal, A. (2017). Owning up to negative ingroup traits: How personal autonomy promotes the integration of group identity. Journal of Personality, 5, 687-701. doi: 10.1111/jopy.12277

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Campbell, R., Soenens, B., Weinstein, N., & Vansteenkiste, M. (2017). Impact of Partial Sleep Deprivation on Psychological Functioning: Effects on Mindfulness and Basic Psychological Need Satisfaction. Mindfulness, 9(4), 1123-1133. doi: 10.1007/s12671-017-0848-1

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Weinstein, N., Khabbaz, F., & Legate, N. (2016). Enhancing need satisfaction to reduce psychological distress in Syrian refugees. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 84(7), 645-650. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/ccp0000095

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Weinstein, N., Legate, N., Kumashiro, M., & Ryan, R. M. (2016). Autonomy support and diastolic blood pressure: Long term effects and conflict navigation in romantic relationships. Motivation and Emotion, 40(2), 212-225. doi: 10.1007/s11031-015-9526-6

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Weinstein, N. (2014). Human motivation and interpersonal relationships: Theory, research and applications. New York, NY: Springer.

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Weinstein, N., Przybylski, A. K., & Ryan, R. M. (2013). The integrative process: New research and future directions. Current Directions in Psychological Science, 22, 69-74. doi: 10.1177/0963721412468001

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Legate, N., DeHaan, C. R., Weinstein, N., & Ryan, R. M. (2013). Hurting you hurts me too: The psychological costs of complying with ostracism. Psychological Science, 24, 583-588. doi: 10.1177/0956797612457951

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Weinstein, N., Ryan, R. M., & Deci, E. L. (2012). Motivation, meaning and wellness: A self-determination perspective on the creation and internalization of personal meanings and life goals. In P. T. P. Wang (Ed.), The human quest for meaning: Theories, research, and applications (pp. 81-106). New York: Routledge Publishers. doi: 10.4324/9780203146286

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Weinstein, N., Ryan, W. S., DeHaan, C. R., Przybylski, A. K., Legate, N., & Ryan, R. M. (2012). Parental autonomy support and discrepancies between implicit and explicit sexual identities: Dynamics of self-acceptance and defense. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 102, 815–832. doi: 10.1037/a0026854

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Przybylski, A. K., Weinstein, N., , Lynch, M. F., & Ryan, R. M. (2012). The ideal self at play: The appeal of video games that let you be all you can be. Psychological Science, 23, 69–76. doi: 10.1177/0956797611418676

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Weinstein, N., Przybylski, A. K., & Ryan, R. M. (2012). The index of autonomous functioning: Development of a scale of human autonomy. Journal of Research in Personality, 46, 397-413. doi: 10.1016/j.jrp.2012.03.007

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Legate, N., Ryan, R. M., & Weinstein, N. (2012). Is coming out always a ‘‘good thing’’? Exploring the relations of autonomy support, outness, and wellness for lesbian, gay, and bisexual individuals. Social Psychological and Personality Science, 3, 145-152. doi: 10.1177/1948550611411929

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Weinstein, N., Hodgins, H. S., & Ostvik-White, E. (2011). Humor as aggression: Effects of motivation on hostility expressed in humor appreciation. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 100, 1043-1055.

Weinstein, N., Deci, E. L., & Ryan, R. M. (2011). Motivational determinants of integrating positive and negative past identities. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 100(3), 527-544. doi: 10.1037/a0022150

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Weinstein, N., & Ryan, R. M. (2011). A self-determination theory approach to understanding stress incursion and responses. Stress and Health, 27, 4-17. doi: 10.1002/smi.1368

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Hodgins, H. S., Weisbust, K. S., Weinstein, N., Shiffman, S., Miller, A., Coombs, G., & Adair, K. C. (2010). The cost of self-protection: Threat response and performance as a function of autonomous and controlled motivations. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 36, 1101-1114.

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Ryan, R. M., Weinstein, N., Bernstein, J. H., Brown, K. W., Mistretta, L., & Gagné, M. (2010). Vitalizing effects of being outdoors and in nature. Journal of Environmental Psychology, 30, 159-168.

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Weinstein, N., DeHaan, Cody R., & Ryan, R. M. (2010). Attributing autonomous versus introjected motivation to helpers and the recipient experience: Effects on gratitude, attitudes, and well-being. Motivation and Emotion, 34(4), 418-431. doi: 10.1007/s11031-010-9183-8

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Weinstein, N., Hodgins, H. S., & Ryan, R. M. (2010). Autonomy and control in dyads: Effects on interaction quality and joint creative performance. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 36, 1603-1617.

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Weinstein, N., & Ryan, R. M. (2010). When helping helps: Autonomous motivation for prosocial behavior and its influence on well-being for the helper and recipient. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 98, 222-244. doi: 10.1037/a0016984

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Weinstein, N., & Hodgins, H. S. (2009). The moderating role of autonomy and control on the benefits of written emotion expression. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 35(3), 351-364. doi: 10.1177/0146167208328165

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Przybylski, A. K., Weinstein, N., Ryan, R. M., & Rigby, C. S. (2009). Having to versus wanting to play: Background and consequences of harmonious versus obsessive engagement in video games. CyberPsychology & Behavior, 12, 485-492.

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Weinstein, N., Brown, K. W., & Ryan, R. M. (2009). A multi-method examination of the effects of mindfulness on stress attribution, coping, and emotional well-being. Journal of Research in Personality, 43, 374-385.

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Weinstein, N., Przybylski, A. K., & Ryan, R. M. (2009). Can nature make us more caring? Effects of immersion in nature on intrinsic aspirations and generosity. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 35, 1315-1329.

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Ryan, R. M., & Weinstein, N. (2009). Undermining quality teaching and learning: A self-determination theory perspective on high-stakes testing. Theory and Research in Education, 7(2), 224-233. doi: 10.1177/1477878509104327

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