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    Self-Determination Theory Applied to Health Contexts: A Meta-Analysis

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    Authors
    Ng, J.
    Ntoumanis, Nikos
    Thøgersen-Ntoumani, Cecilie
    Deci, E.
    Ryan, R.
    Duda, J.
    Williams, G.
    Date
    2012
    Type
    Journal Article
    
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    Ng, J. and Ntoumanis, N. and Thøgersen-Ntoumani, C. and Deci, E. and Ryan, R. and Duda, J. and Williams, G. 2012. Self-Determination Theory Applied to Health Contexts: A Meta-Analysis. Perspectives on Psychological Science. 7 (4): pp. 325-340.
    Source Title
    Perspectives on Psychological Science
    DOI
    10.1177/1745691612447309
    ISSN
    1745-6916
    URI
    http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/46421
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    • Curtin Research Publications
    Abstract

    Behavior change is more effective and lasting when patients are autonomously motivated. To examine this idea, we identified 184 independent data sets from studies that utilized self-determination theory (SDT; Deci & Ryan, 2000) in health care and health promotion contexts. A meta-analysis evaluated relations between the SDT-based constructs of practitioner support for patient autonomy and patients’ experience of psychological need satisfaction, as well as relations between these SDT constructs and indices of mental and physical health. Results showed the expected relations among the SDT variables, as well as positive relations of psychological need satisfaction and autonomous motivation to beneficial health outcomes. Several variables (e.g., participants’ age, study design) were tested as potential moderators when effect sizes were heterogeneous. Finally, we used path analyses of the meta-analyzed correlations to test the interrelations among the SDT variables. Results suggested that SDT is a viable conceptual framework to study antecedents and outcomes of motivation for health-related behaviors.

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