Identity

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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Chu, T. L.Koppenhaver, P. (2025) One size doesn’t fit all: Gender differences in strategies for satisfying psychological needs through youth sport. Journal of Physical Education, Recreation & Dance, 96(2) ,48-53

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Clements, Z. A.Rostosky, S. S. (2025) Basic psychological needs, authenticity, and well-being in transgender and nonbinary adults. Journal of Counseling Psychology, Advance online publication

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Goffredi, R., Sheldon, K. M. (2024) The autobiographical critic within: Perceiving oneself as a major character in one’s life story predicts well-being. Journal of Research in Personality, 111 ,104510

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Chu, T. L.Treacy, A.Moore, W. G.Petrie, T. A. (2024) Intersectionality matters: Gender, race/ethnicity, and sport level differentiate perceived coach-created motivational climates and psychological needs. Sport, Exercise, and Performance Psychology, 13(1) ,59-75

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Vermote, B., Vansteenkiste, M., Soenens, B.Beyers, W. (2024) Which teachers feel good and adopt a motivating teaching style? The role of teaching identity and motivation to teach. Studies in Higher Education, Advance online publication

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Chiu, T. (2024) Using self-determination theory (SDT) to explain student STEM interest and identity development. Instructional Science, 52 ,89-107

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Kachanoff, F. J. (2023) In R. M. Ryan (Ed.), A group-conscious approach to basic psychological needs theory. Oxford University Press The Oxford handbook of self-determination theory, ,(pp. 1088-1105)

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Chiu, T.Ismailov, M.Zhou, X-Y.Xia, Q. (2023) Using self-determination theory to explain how community-based learning fosters student interest and identity in integrated STEM education. International Journal of Science and Mathematics Education, 21 ,109 -130

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Arden, A., Katz, I.Slobodin, O. (2023) Psychological need-based experiences as energizing processes for mothers’ identity formation. Journal of Child and Family Studies, 32 ,2573–2587

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Luxon, A., Legate, N., Weinstein, N. (2022) Fluctuations in goal pursuits and health in a lesbian, gay, and bisexual sample across a 2-week diary study. Psychology of Sexual Orientation and Gender Diversity, 9(3) ,370–382

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Audet, E. C.Levine, S. L.Holding, A. C.Powers, T. A. (2022) Navigating the ups and downs: Peer and family autonomy support during personal goals and crises on identity development. Self and Identity, 21(4) ,456-473

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Legault, L.Sago, A. (2022) When body positivity falls flat: Divergent effects of body acceptance messages that support vs. undermine basic psychological needs. Body Image, 41 ,225–238

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Lynch, M. F. (2020) The Cultural Internalization Scale: Assessing internal and external reasons for endorsing one’s cultural identity. Education and Self-Development, 15(156) ,38-55

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Parker, P. D., Ryan, R. M.Duineveld, J. J., Bradshaw, E. L. (2019) Validation of the social identity group need satisfaction and frustration scale. PsychArxiv,

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Ntoumanis, N.Stenling, A., Thogersen-Ntoumani, C.Vlachopoulos, S. (2018) Longitudinal associations between exercise identity and exercise motivation: A multilevel growth curve model approach. Scandinavian Journal of Medicine and Science In Sports, 28(2) ,746-753

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Visser, C.L.F.Wilschut, J.A.Isik, U.van den Burgt, S.M.E. (2018) The association of readiness for interprofessional learning with empathy, motivation and professional identity development in medical students. BMC Medical Education, 18(125) ,1-10

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Bouizegarene, N., Philippe, F. L. (2018) Longitudinal directive effect of need satisfaction in self-defining memories on friend related identity processing styles and friend satisfaction. Self and Identity, 17 ,127-138

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Patall, E. A.Steingut, R. R.Freeman, J. L.Pituch, K. A. (2018) Gender disparities in students’ motivational experiences in high school science classrooms. Science Education, 102(5) ,951-977

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Visser, C. L. F.Wilschut, J. A.Isik, U.van den Burgt, S. M. E. (2018) The association of readiness for interprofessional learning with empathy, motivation and professional identity development in medical students. BMC Medical Education, 18(125) ,1-10

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Mueller, M. B. (2018) Gender difference in the psychology executives: Is it different at the top?. Management and Economics Research Journal, 4

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Bouizegarene, N.Bourdeau, S.Leduc, C.Gousse-Lessard, A-S. (2017) We are our passions: The role of identity processes in harmonious and obsessive passion and links to optimal functioning in society. Self and Identity, 17(1) ,56-74

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Legault, L., Weinstein, N.Mitchell, J.Inzlicht, M. (2017) Owning up to negative ingroup traits: How personal autonomy promotes the integration of group identity. Journal of Personality, 5 ,687-701

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Legate, N., Ryan, R. M.Rogge, R. D. (2017) Daily autonomy support and sexual identity disclosure predicts daily mental and physical health outcomes. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 43(6) ,860-873

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Katz, I. (2017) In the eye of the beholder: Motivational effects of gender differences in perceptions of teachers. The Journal of Experimental Education, 85 ,73-86

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Mylrea, M. F.Sen Gupta, T.Glass, B. D. (2017) Developing professional identity in undergraduate pharmacy students: A role for self-determination theory. Pharmacy (Basel, Switzerland), 5(2) ,16

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Assor, A. (2017) The striving to develop an authentic inner-compass as a key component of adolescents' need for Autonomy: Parental antecedents and effects on identity, well-being, and resilience. In Soenens, B., Vansteenkiste, M., & Van Petegem, S. (Eds.), The striving to develop an authentic inner-compass as a key component of adolescents’ need for qutonomy: Parental antecedents and effects on identity, well-being, and resilience. London: Psychology Press Autonomy in Adolescent Development: Towards Conceptual Clarity, ,119 - 145

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Bonneville-Roussy, A., Evans, P.Verner-Filion, J., Vallerand, R. J. (2017) Motivation and coping with the stress of assessment: Gender differences in outcomes for university students. Contemporary Educational Psychology, 48 ,28–42

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Noels, K.A.Chaffee, K.E.Lou, N.M.Dincer, A. (2016) Self-determination, engagement, and identity in learning German: Some directions in the psychology of language learning motivation. Fremdsprachen Lehren und Lernen, 45(2) ,12-29

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Bouizagarene, N., Philippe, F. L. (2016) Episodic memories as building blocks of identity styles and life domains satisfaction: Examining need satisfaction and need for closure in memories. Memory, 24 ,616-628

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Duchesne, S., Ratelle, C. F. (2016) Patterns of anxiety symptoms during adolescence: Gender differences and sociomotivational factors. Journal of Applied Developmental Psychology, 46 ,41-50

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Smith, J. L.Handley, I. M.Zale, A. V.Rushing, S. (2015) Now hiring! Empirically testing a three-step intervention to increase faculty gender diversity in STEM. , BioScience , 65 (pp. 1084-1087) doi: 10.1093/biosci/biv138

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Verstuyf, J.Van Petegem, S., Vansteenkiste, M., Soenens, B. (2014) The body perfect ideal and eating regulation goals: Investigating the role of adolescents’ identity styles. Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 43(2) ,284-297

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Hope, N., Koestner, R., Milyavskaya, M. (2014) Self-growth in the College Years: Increased importance of intrinsic values predicts resolution of identity and intimacy stages. Social Psychological and Personality Science, 5 ,705-712

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Erdvik, I.Overby, N.Haugen, T. (2014) Students’ self-determined motivation in physical education and intention to be physically active after graduation: The role of perceived competence and identity. Journal of Physical Education and Sport, 14 ,232-241

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Carraça E.V., Silva, M. N., Teixeira, P. J. (2013) Body image investment and self-regulation of weight control behaviors. In Sams, L.B., Keels, J.A. (Eds), Handbook on Body Image: Gender Differences, Sociocultural Influences and Health Implications. , Handbook on Body Image: Gender Differences, Sociocultural Influences and Health Implications (pp. 257-276)

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Strachan, Shaelyn M., Fortier, M. S.Perras, Melanie G. M.Lugg, Carrie (2013) Understanding variations in exercise-dentity strength through identity theory and self-determination theory. International Journal of Sport and Exercise Psychology, 11 ,273-285

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Duriez, B.Luyckx, K., Soenens, B.Berzonsky, M. D. (2012) A process-content approach to adolescent identity formation: Examining longitudinal associations between identity styles and goal pursuits. Journal of Personality, 80 ,135-161

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Ryan, R. M., Deci, E. L. (2011) In M. R. Leary & J. P. Tangney (Eds.), Multiple identities within a single self: A self-determination theory perspective on internalization within contexts and cultures. New York: The Guilford Press ,253-274

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Soenens, B.Berzonsky, M. D.Dunkel, C.Papini, D. (2011) Are all identity commitments created equally? The importance of motives for late adolescents’ personal adjustment. International Journal of Behavioral Development, 35(4) ,358-369

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Soenens, B., Vansteenkiste, M. (2011) In S. J. Schwartz, K. Luyckx, & V. L. Vignoles (Eds.), When is identity congruent with the self? A self-determination theory perspective. New York, NY: Springer ,381-402

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Vlachopoulos, S. P.Kaperoni, M.Moustaka, F. C. (2011) The relationship of self-determination theory variables to exercise identity. Psychology of Sport and Exercise, 12 ,265-272

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Smits, I., Soenens, B., Vansteenkiste, M.Luyckx, K. (2010) Why do adolescents gather information or stick to parental norms? Examining autonomous and controlled motives behind adolescents’ identity style. Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 39 ,1343–1356

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Good, J. J.Sanchez, D. T. (2010) Doing gender for different reasons: Why gender conformity positively and negatively predicts self-esteem. Psychology of Women Quarterly, 34 ,203–214

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Luyckx, K., Vansteenkiste, M.Goossens, L.Duriez, B. (2009) Basic need satisfaction and identity formation: Bridging self-determination theory and process-oriented identity research. Journal of Counseling Psychology, 56 ,276-288

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Chatzisarantis, N. L., Hagger, M. S., Wang, C. K. J., Thogersen-Ntoumani, C. (2009) The effects of social identity and perceived autonomy support on health behaviour within the Theory of Planned Behavior. Current Psychology, 28 ,55-68

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Chatzisarantis, N. L., Hagger, M. S., Wang, C. K. J.Thogersen-Ntoumanis, C. (2009) The effects of social identity and perceived autonomy support on health behaviour within the theory of planned behaviour. Current Psychology, 28 ,55-68

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Wilson, P. M.Muon, S. (2008) Psychometric properties of the exercise identity scale in a university sample. International Journal of Sport and Exercise Psychology, 6(2) ,115-131

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Luyckx, K., Soenens, B., Vansteenkiste, M.Goossens, L. (2007) Parental psychological control and dimensions of identity formation in emerging adulthood. Journal of Family Psychology, 21 ,546-550

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Luyckx, K., Soenens, B.Berzonsky, M. D.Smits, I. (2007) Information-oriented identity processing, identity consolidation, and well-being: The moderating role of autonomy, self-reflection, and self-rumination. Personality and Individual Differences, 43 ,1099-1111

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Lewis, M. A., Neighbors, C.Malheim, J. E. (2006) Indulgence or restraint? Gender differences in the relationship between controlled orientation and the erotophilia-risky sex link. Personality and Individual Differences, 40(5) ,985-995

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Ryan, R. M., La Guardia, J. G.Solky-Butzel, J., Chirkov, V. I. (2005) On the interpersonal regulation of emotions: Emotional reliance across gender, relationships, and culture. Personal Relationships, 12 ,146-163

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Chirkov, V. I., Ryan, R. M.Willness, C. (2005) Cultural context and psychological needs in Canada and Brazil: Testing a self-determination approach to the internalization of cultural practices, identity, and well-being. Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology, 36 ,423-443

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Soenens, B.Berzonsky, M. D., Vansteenkiste, M.Beyers, W. (2005) Identity styles and causality orientations: In search of the motivational underpinnings of the identity exploration process. European Journal of Personality, 19 ,427-442

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Lynch, M. F., Ryan, R. M. (2004) In H. W. Marsh, J. Baumert, G. E. Richards, & U. Trautwein (Eds)., On being yourself: Consistency versus authenticity of self-concept in cultural and interpersonal contexts. Sydney, Australia: SELF Research Centre, University Of Western Sydney

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Ryan, R. M., Deci, E. L. (2003) In M. R. Leary & J. P. Tangney (Eds.), On assimilating identities to the self: A self-determination theory perspective on internalization and integrity within cultures. New York: The Guilford Press ,253-274

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