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New York Times: Lawyers With Lowest Pay Report More Happiness

May 14, 2015 by Shannon

May 13th 2015. The New York Times cites self-determination theory in their article, Lawyers with Lowest Pay Report More Happiness.

New York Times Op-Ed: Love and Merit

April 25, 2015 by Shannon

April 25th 2015. In an op-ed for The New York Times, columnist David Brooks references the work of SDT scholars Avi Assor, Guy Roth and Ed Deci in a post regarding child-rearing. “Studies by Avi Assor, Guy Roth and Edward L. Deci suggest that children who receive conditional love often do better in the short run....

JUST RELEASED: “Handbook of Mindfulness” by Brown, Creswell & Ryan

April 15, 2015 by Shannon

Handbook of Mindfulness Theory, Research, and Practice Edited by Kirk Warren Brown, J. David Creswell, and Richard M. Ryan “Finally, the most comprehensive work on mindfulness! This handbook sums up the current state of the research and clinical applications and offers insightful discussions of multiple aspects of mindfulness. The chapters are written in a clear...

SDT Survey: Your Feedback is Appreciated

March 28, 2015 by Shannon

March 28th 2015. As we launch the foundation for SDT, we could use your input on future initiatives. Please take a minute to fill out our brief 6-question survey. http://sgiz.mobi/s3/70dfd871bd97

Business 2 Community: 20 Ways To Reward Employees Without Spending A Dime (Infographic)

March 1, 2015 by Shannon

March 5th 2015. Website, Business 2 Community offers twenty 20 non-monetary ways to reward and motivate employees in modern workplaces. The blog utilizes a 1999 study by Self-Determination Theory scholars, Ed Deci, Richard Koestner, and Rich Ryan, which looks at extrinsic rewards on intrinsic motivators. “Deci’s experiment showed that money actually decreased intrinsic motivation because...

Psychology of Well-Being: Call for Publications

March 1, 2015 by Shannon

March 15th 2015. Positive Computing: A new partnership between psychology, social sciences and technologists Psychology of Well-Being [www.psywb.com] is inviting submissions for a special issue of the journal that will be dedicated to the topic of Positive Computing. The decades between 1970 and 1990 saw the creation and blossoming of a partnership between many disciplines around...

SDT Faculty Honored at SPSP Conference

February 28, 2015 by Shannon

February 28th 2015. Edward Deci and Kenneth Sheldon, two SDT faculty members, were honored at The Society for Personality and Social Psychology (SPSP) conference on February 27th in Long Beach, CA for their scientific work and achievements in the field of social and personality psychology. At this event, Edward Deci, Professor of Psychology and Helen...

Australian Catholic University: PhD Scholarship University

February 25, 2015 by Shannon

Institute for Positive Psychology and Education PhD Scholarship Opportunity Professor Richard Ryan and Associate Professor Chris Lonsdale are seeking to recruit a promising student to complete a PhD under their supervision at the Institute for Positive Psychology and Education (IPPE), AustralianCatholic University. The candidate will complete a doctoral thesis on a topic...

SDT Faculty Win 2014 ISSI Best Paper Award

February 20, 2015 by Shannon

February 28th 2014. Self-Determination Theory faculty Nikos Ntoumanis and Joan Duda have been awarded the 2014 International Society for Self and Identity (ISSI) Best Paper Award for their work, “Self-Regulatory Responses to Unattainable Goals: The Role of Goal Motives”, published in the 2014 volume of Self and Identity. The award was given out at this years Society for...