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15Humans are unconditionally confronted with social expectations and norms, up to a degree that they, or some of them, have a hard time recognizing what they actually want. This renders them susceptible for introjection, that is, to unwittingly or “unconsciously” mistake social expectations for self-chosen goals. Such introjections compromise an individual’s autonomy and mental health and have been shown to be more prevalent in individuals with rumination tendencies and low emotional self-awarenes…Read more
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20Designing for Motivation, Engagement and Wellbeing in Digital ExperienceFrontiers in Psychology 9 797. 2018.
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15Life goals or aspirations can be distinguished as intrinsic or extrinsic, with different implications for well-being. In this study we used network analysis to reexamine this intrinsic-extrinsic distinction, illustrating how novel candidate aspirations can be mapped along this dimension using innovative methods. We identify four previously unexamined life aspirations, predicting that aspiring for power and social adherence would group with extrinsic goals, whereas aspiring for self-expression an…Read more
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24Commentary: Primary Emotional Systems and Personality: An Evolutionary PerspectiveFrontiers in Psychology 8. 2017.
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6Corrigendum: Effortless Willpower? The Integrative Self and Self-Determined Goal PursuitFrontiers in Psychology 12. 2021.
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17Effortless Willpower? The Integrative Self and Self-Determined Goal PursuitFrontiers in Psychology 12. 2021.
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14Promoting the use of contact tracing technology will be an important step in global recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic. Across two studies, we assessed two messaging strategies as motivators of intended contact tracing uptake. In one sample of 1117 Australian adults and one sample of 888 American adults, we examined autonomy-supportive and controlling message framing and the presence or absence of information safety as predictors of intended contact tracing application uptake, using an online r…Read more
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1458Supporting human autonomy in AI systemsIn Christopher Burr & Luciano Floridi (eds.), Ethics of digital well-being: a multidisciplinary approach, Springer. 2020.Autonomy has been central to moral and political philosophy for millenia, and has been positioned as a critical aspect of both justice and wellbeing. Research in psychology supports this position, providing empirical evidence that autonomy is critical to motivation, personal growth and psychological wellness. Responsible AI will require an understanding of, and ability to effectively design for, human autonomy (rather than just machine autonomy) if it is to genuinely benefit humanity. Yet the ef…Read more
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249Intrinsic Motivation and Self-Determination in Human BehaviorSpringer Verlag. 2013.Early in this century, most empirically oriented psychologists believed that all motivation was based in the physiology of a set of non-nervous system tissue needs. The theories of that era reflected this belief and used it in an attempt to explain an increasing number of phenomena. It was not until the 1950s that it became irrefutably clear that much of human motivation is based not in these drives, but rather in a set of innate psychological needs. Their physiological basis is less understood;…Read more
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255On assimilating identities to the self: A self-determination theory perspective on internalization and integrity within culturesIn Mark R. Leary & June Price Tangney (eds.), Handbook of Self and Identity, Guilford Press. pp. 253--272. 2003.
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