Politics and Government

The Theory

Basic SDT research topics

AuBuchon, K. E.Stock, M. L.Raibley, E.Carter-Sowell, A. R. (2025) The effects of political exclusion: Threatened needs and decreased affiliation with increased anger and antisocial inclinations. Journal of Applied Social Psychology, 55(5) ,305-321

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Albath, E. A.Greifeneder, R.Douglas, K. M.Cichocka, A. (2024) Does lower psychological need satisfaction foster conspiracy belief? Longitudinal effects over 3 years in New Zealand. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, Advance online publication

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Waterschoot, J.Morbée, S.Yzerbyt, V.Van den Bergh, O. (2024) Why motivation for adhering to COVID-19 measures matters: Investigating time-lagged associations with epidemiological indicators. Motivation Science, Advance online publication

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Vansteenkiste, M.Waterschoot, J.Morbée, SVan Oost, P. (2024) Psychological science and its societal mission during the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic: The Motivation Barometer as an evidence-informed policy instrument in Belgium. Social Issues and Policy Review, 18(1) ,59-88

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Pietilä, M.Saurio, K., Martela, F.Silfver, M. (2023) Basic psychological needs, quality of motivation, and protective behavior intentions: A nationally representative survey study. Health Psychology and Behavioral Medicine, 11(1)

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Waterschoot, J.Morbée, S.Van den Bergh, O.Yzerbyt, V. (2023) How the stringency of the COVID-19 restrictions influences motivation for adherence and well-being: The critical role of proportionality. International Journal of Health Policy and Management, 12(1) ,1-13

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Ryan, R. M., DeHaan, C. R. (2023) In R. M. Ryan (Ed.), The social conditions for human flourishing: Economic and political influences on basic psychological needs. Oxford University Press The Oxford handbook of self-determination theory, ,1149-1170

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Fabian, M.Brewing, R.De Neve, J-E. (2023) Worldview defence and self-determination theory explain the return of racial voting: Evidence from the 2016 US election. European Journal of Social Psychology, 53(1) ,147-166

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Legate, N., Weinstein, N. (2022) 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, 37(14) ,1842-1849

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Martela, F.Hankonen, N., Ryan, R. M., Vansteenkiste, M. (2021) Motivating voluntary compliance to behavioural restrictions: Self-determination theory-based checklist of principles for COVID-19 and other emergency communications. , European Review of Social Psychology , 32(2) (pp. 305-347) doi: 10.1080/10463283.2020.1857082

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Porat, T.Nyrup, R., Calvo, R. A.Paudyal, P. (2020) Public health and risk communication during COVID-19 – enhancing psychological needs to promote sustainable behaviour change. , Frontiers in Public Health , 8 doi: https://doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2020.573397

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Fabian, M.Bring, R.De Neve, J-E. (2020) Eudaimonic well-being and the Trump vote: Unearthing the psychological roots of racialized economics. Brookings Insitution, May

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Ryan, R. M., Di Domenico, S. I.Ryan, W. S., Deci, E. L. (2017) In F. Guay, H. W. Marsh, D. McInerney, & R. Craven (Eds.), Pervasive influences on wellness and thriving: Cultural, political, and economic contexts and the support of basic psychological needs. Information Age Press 6 ,199-232

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Sherman, A.K.Bird, S.Powers, S.Rowe, A. (2016) Motivational orientation explains the link between political ideology and proenvironmental behavior. Ecopsychology, 8(4) ,239-249

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Rosen, C.Ferris, L.Brown, D.Chen, Y. (2014) Perceptions of organizational politics: A need satisfaction paradigm. Organization Science, ,1026-1055

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Losier, G. F.Perreault, S., Koestner, R., Vallerand, R. J. (2001) Examining individual differences in the internalization of political values: Validation of the Self-determination Scale of Political Motivation. Journal of Research in Personality, 35(1) ,41-61

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Ryan, R. M., La Guardia, J. G. (1999) Achievement motivation within a pressured society: Intrinsic and extrinsic motivations to learn and the politics of school reform. In T. Urdan (Ed.), Advances in motivation and achievement. , 11 (pp. 45-85) Greenwich, CT: JAI Press.

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Losier, G. F., Koestner, R. (1999) Intrinsic versus identified regulation in distinct political campaigns: The consequences of following politics for pleasure versus personal meaningfulness. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 25 ,287-298

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Koestner, R., Losier, G. F., Vallerand, R. J.Carducci, D. (1996) Identified and introjected forms of political internalization: Extending self-determination theory. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 70 ,1025-1036

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