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New Book Release: ‘Goal Setting and Motivation in Therapy: Engaging Children and Parents’

October 12, 2015 by Steph Green

The anticipated new book ‘Goal Setting and Motivation in Therapy: Engaging Children and Parents’ by editors Jenny Ziviani, Anne Poulsen & Monica Cuskelly has just been released! Including a foreword by Richard Ryan, the book highlights the importance of goal-setting and goal pursuit in children’s therapy, rendering it a vital motivational component. It involves principal...

VentureBeat: Why do we enjoy playing games that simulate jobs we would never want to do in real life?

October 12, 2015 by Steph Green

Jamie Madigan, author of the new book ‘Getting Gamers: The Psychology of Video Games and Their Impact on the People Who Play Them’, answered this question by pointing to Edward Deci and Richard Ryan’s Self-Determination Theory. Madigan notes that it is “curious and sometimes baffling that people will willingly spend hours and hours playing games that...

Mediate.com: What Makes Lawyers Happy? How Can You Help?

September 28, 2015 by Steph Green

September 28, 2015 By John Lande They say money can’t buy happiness. John Lande, a Professor at the University of Missouri School of Law summarizes the findings of Lawrence Krieger and Kennon Sheldon’s notable study on ‘What Makes Lawyers Happy? A Data-Driven Prescription to Redefine Professional Success’. Basing their research on Self-Determination Theory, this in-depth...

Richard Ryan Faculty Biography

August 9, 2015 by Shannon

Connect Australian Catholic University Faculty Page Research Gate Page Google Scholar Page LinkedIn Twitter Media/Speaking Inquires email CSDT Richard M. Ryan, Ph.D., is a Professor at the Institute for Positive Psychology & Education at the Australian Catholic University, North Sydney, where he has been acknowledged by The Australian as one of Australia’s top researchers listing him on the...

Washington Post: Laughter Yoga Replaces ‘Ommm’ with ‘Hahaha’

July 22, 2015 by Shannon

July 22nd 2015. Gregory Chertok, a sport psychology counselor and fitness trainer at the Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Center in Englewood, New Jersey cites self-determination theory when touting the social benefits of laughter yoga. “Chertok noted that writer and researcher Norman Cousins, whose book “Anatomy of an Illness” influenced Kataria, famously referred to laughter as...

Conference Survey: Your input is needed!

June 8, 2015 by Shannon

June 8th 2015. Please help us out by completing this brief survey about your interest in the conference. Connect with us on our Facebook event page. We’d love to see photos of your favorite moments from the 2013 conference!

ISBNPA 2015 Pre-Conference Event

June 2, 2015 by Shannon

Applying Self-Determination Theory to Health-Behavior Interventions June 2, 2015 9:00am to 5:00pm Edinburgh, Scotland International Conference Centre Self-Determination Theory is one of the leading psychological theories on motivation & a powerful cornerstone to building a successful health initiative, program or intervention. In this...

Huffington Post: Researchers Determine the Three Ways to Well-Being

May 31, 2015 by Shannon

June 8th 2015. David Sze, Research Editor at the Huffington Post has featured self-determination theory in his latest article on the science of well-being. Sze writes, “As far as psychology theories go, University of Rochester’s Richard Ryan and Edward Deci’s Self-Determination Theory is one of the biggest out there. The theory has been used to analysis situations as...

Richard Ryan Quick Interview in Finland

May 31, 2015 by Steph Green

In May 2015, Richard Ryan, SDT Co-Founder, traveled to Helsinki, Finland to give a Keynote Address at the Leading Passion seminar at Aalto University. He was approached for a charming quick interview by a very young researcher! Click here to watch the interview and hear Richard Ryan answer the following questions: How to stop bullying at...