From all of us at CSDT…we’re here through this journey with you to provide information and resources to support your learning and well-being at this time.
RESOURCES
Support Resources for Remote Teams and Individuals
In times like these where many are working remotely, it’s important to keep teams and colleagues engaged and afloat. So motivationWorks, led by Scott Rigby and SDT cofounders, have rolled out free on-line tools and resources to both assess and help maintain motivation, coping and well-being.
Communication Principles and Strategies for Providers of Covid-19 Patients
Based on SDT principles, Kenneth Resnicow and colleagues developed resources to support practitioner communication skills during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Facebook Group Page on SDT & COVID Research
Let’s connect and help each other make a difference – Join us on our Facebook Group.
STUDIES IN PROGRESS
Motivating Messages About Social Distancing
Do autonomy-supportive messages help people internalize the value of social distancing, and do controlling messages backfire? These are the questions SDT researchers, Nicole Legate, Thuy-vy Ngyuen, Netta Weinstein, Arlen Moller & Lisa Legault are exploring as part of a larger Covid-19 Psychological Science Accelerator project.
How Motivated Are Citizens to Adhere to Prevention Measures?
To what extent are Belgian citizens motivated to stick to governmental measures to limit the spread of the virus? A study in progress by researchers at Ghent University led by Maarten Vansteenkiste and Bart Soens examines the role of citizens’ motivation in following prevention measures over time.
How have you been dealing with this? Study looking at strategies to deal with Covid19
International and cross-cultural study developed in collaboration with the University of Algeria (Spain) and the Meaning-Centered Counseling Institute (Canada). Survey takes 20 minutes for adults 18+. Your help will help us.
‘Meaning’ in the Coronavirus Crisis
Based on SDT principles, SDT scholar Frank Martela and team in Finland are running a daily diary study on meaning during this crisis. Looking at daily meaningfulness, basic psychological needs, fear, vitality and other constructs.
SDT in Online Learning
Are you an online learner? If you have taken and/or taking online classes for your undergrad or grad education, please consider participating in our research study on online learner motivation.
Stories From the Front Line of the COVID-19 Crisis
A proposed study by Lesley-Ann Guntonexplores the experiences including need satisfaction and frustration of vital key workers during this crisis such as retail workers in grocery stores, carers, and delivery drivers.
ARTICLES & PERSPECTIVES
Health Surveillance During Covid-19 Pandemic
New health surveillance technologies use machine learning and automated decision making to track people’s digital footprints, identify those who are potentially infected, trace their contacts, and enforce social distancing. These technologies can facilitate autonomy, but also can threaten it. In this just-released editorial in BMJ, Rafael Calvo, Sebastian Deterding & Richard Ryan look at this topic and why autonomy matters in digital tracing.
The Impact of Environmental Threat on Controlling Parenting
Timely new SDT article contributes to the fight against the detrimental consequences of the Covid-19 crisis on parenting. Study by Jean-Michel Robichaud, Mélodie Roy, Francis Ranger, & Geneviève A. Mageau reveals significant link from environmental threats to children’s controlled motivation.
Is Sweden’s coronavirus strategy more psychologically sustainable?
Radio Sweden spoke to Karin Weman Josefsso, an SDT scholar at Halmstad University, to find out if one approach could be more psychologically sustainable than the other.
British Columbia approach to COVID-19
Interesting thoughts on motivation for social distancing in this article citing SDT researcher Fred Grouzet who says British Columbia is taking a correct approach to COVID-19.
