Sveriges Radio: Is Sweden’s coronavirus strategy more psychologically sustainable?
June 2, 2021 by Lemos Kelly
April 17, 2020 // Lee Roden Radio Sweden spoke to Karin Weman Josefsso, an SDT scholar at Halmstad University
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“A key lesson of SDT is that human beings could be happier while inflicting less environmental damage if our choices were focused more on our finite psychological needs and less on our boundless material wants”
April 30, 2021 by Lemos Kelly
-Randall Curren SDT Environment Editor, Professor & Chair, Philosophy Dept, University of Rochester
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Achieve Magazine: The New ABCs of Teaching: How to Increase High-Quality Student Motivation
April 30, 2021 by Lemos Kelly
2021 // by Stephen Tonks, PH.D. In this Achieve Magazine article, Stephen Tonks present how teachers can use SDT for organizing and remembering how to encourage high-quality motivation in their students.
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The Brussels Times: Ignoring people’s feelings is making the coronavirus crisis worse, psychologists warn
April 26, 2021 by Lemos Kelly
April 21, 2021 // by Lauren Walker In this The Brussels Times article, SDT Scholar Dr. Maarten Vansteenkiste explains how to apply SDT in public communications to limit people's sense of uncertainty about the ongoing COVID-19 crisis.
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HR C-Suite: Support the Fundamental Human Needs of Your Employees — and Everyone Benefits
March 24, 2021 by Lemos Kelly
September 6, 2020 / By Scott Rigby In this HR C-Suite article, Scott Rigby writes about how COVID-19 has challenged our "old" normal and taught us new ways of creating relationships.
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fenews: A better understanding of motivation is the key to a happier, and more productive, workplace
March 24, 2021 by Lemos Kelly
April 13, 2020 / By Richard Ryan Professor Richard Ryan, one of the world’s leading researchers on human motivation and the co-developer of Self-Determination Theory (SDT), writes in this fenews article that he believes the secret to a happier and more engaged workforce lies in understanding what really motivates us.
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Harvard Business Review: 3 Ways to Motivate Your Team Through an Extended Crisis
March 24, 2021 by Lemos Kelly
September 25, 2020 / By Anne M. Brafford & Richard M. Ryan In this Harvard Business Review article, research shows that we are most energized and committed when we are internally motivated by our own values, sense of enjoyment, and growth...
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NeuroClastic: On ABA Therapy, Self-Determination, & Healthy Psychological Development
March 16, 2021 by Lemos Kelly
July 21 2019 // by Michelle Sara In this NeuroClastic article, Michelle Sara writes about correlations between the findings of motivation research and behavioural therapy.
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Language Magazine: Crafting Motivational Narratives
March 5, 2021 by Lemos Kelly
March 3 2021 // by Katherine Hardin In this Language Magazine article, Katherine Hardin explains how language learning teachers can use Self-Determination Theory in their classrooms. Teachers need to create an environment where students can craft positive motivational narratives that position them as able learners. Fortunately, Edward Deci and Richard Ryan’s (1985) self-determination theory of...
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