scholarly journals Identity styles and causality orientations: in search of the motivational underpinnings of the identity exploration process

2005 ◽  
Vol 19 (5) ◽  
pp. 427-442 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bart Soenens ◽  
Michael D. Berzonsky ◽  
Maarten Vansteenkiste ◽  
Wim Beyers ◽  
Luc Goossens
Keyword(s):  
Self Determination Theory ◽  
Self Determination ◽  
Late Adolescents ◽  
Identity Exploration ◽  
Identity Styles ◽  
Exploration Process ◽  
Identity Style ◽  
Normative Identity ◽  
Causality Orientations

This study examines relationships between constructs based on two perspectives on the development of self‐governance, namely Self‐Determination Theory (SDT; Deci & Ryan, 2000) and Berzonsky's (1990) identity style model. Theoretically predictable relationships are found between the three causality orientations defined by SDT (autonomous, controlled, and impersonal) and the three identity styles proposed by Berzonsky (informational, normative, diffuse–avoidant) in a sample of Belgian late adolescents. An autonomous causality orientation is positively related to an informational identity style and negatively related to a diffuse–avoidant style. A controlled orientation is positively associated with a normative identity style, and an impersonal orientation is positively related to a diffuse–avoidant identity style. Participants' gender does not moderate these relationships. The findings suggest that the causality orientations late adolescents employ may play an important role in how actively and thoroughly they explore identity‐relevant issues. Copyright © 2005 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.

Self-Determination Theory: Exercise Causality Orientations Differ by Primary Exercise Participation

2014 ◽  
Author(s):  
Heather Manning ◽  
Amanda J. Visek ◽  
Avinash Chandran ◽  
Melissa Napolitano ◽  
Loretta Dipietro
Keyword(s):  
Self Determination Theory ◽  
Self Determination ◽  
Exercise Participation ◽  
Causality Orientations

Student (Dis)Engagement and Need-Supportive Teaching Behavior: A Multi-Informant and Multilevel Approach

2015 ◽  
Vol 37 (4) ◽  
pp. 353-366 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lynn Van den Berghe ◽  
Isabel B. Tallir ◽  
Greet Cardon ◽  
Nathalie Aelterman ◽  
Leen Haerens
Keyword(s):  
Student Engagement ◽  
Physical Education ◽  
Self Determination Theory ◽  
Self Determination ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Physical Education Teachers ◽  
Teaching Behavior ◽  
Need Support ◽  
Teachers And Students ◽  
Causality Orientations

Starting from self-determination theory, we explored whether student engagement/disengagement relates to teachers’ need support and whether this relationship is moderated by teachers’ causality orientations. A sample of 2004 students situated in 127 classes taught by 33 physical education teachers participated in the study. Both teachers and students reported on students’ (dis)engagement, allowing investigation of the proposed relationships both at the student and teacher level. Most of the variance in need support was at the student level, but there was also between-teacher and between-class variance in need support. Engagement related to more need support, but only at the student level. In total, few moderation effects were found. Teachers with a relatively low controlled orientation were more need supportive when perceiving their students as emotionally and behaviorally engaged. By making teachers aware of these dynamics, automatic responses to student engagement can be better thought out. Recommendations for future research are discussed.

scholarly journals General Causality Orientations in Self-Determination Theory: Meta-Analysis and Test of a Process Model

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Martin S Hagger ◽  
Kyra Hamilton
Keyword(s):  
Behavioral Interventions ◽  
Process Model ◽  
Meta Analysis ◽  
Autonomous Motivation ◽  
Self Determination Theory ◽  
Self Determination ◽  
Control Orientation ◽  
Causality Orientations ◽  
Positive Direct ◽  
And Behavior

Causality orientations theory, a key sub-theory of self-determination theory, identifies three distinct causality orientations: autonomy, control, and impersonal orientation. The theory proposes generalized effects of the orientations on motivation and behavior. We meta-analyzed studies (k=83) testing relations between causality orientations, forms of motivation from self-determination theory, and behavior. Pooled data were used to test a process model in which autonomous and controlled forms of motivation mediated relations between causality orientations and behavior. Results revealed that autonomy and control orientations were positively correlated with autonomous and controlled forms of motivation, respectively. Impersonal orientation was correlated negatively with autonomy orientation and autonomous forms of motivation, and positively with control orientation and controlled forms of motivation. Process model tests revealed total effects of autonomy orientation on behavior, comprising direct and indirect effects through autonomous motivation, and a positive direct effect of control orientation on behavior and a negative indirect effect through controlled motivation, resulting in a zero total effect. Analysis of age, gender, behavior type, study design, and study quality revealed few moderator effects on model relations. Findings support effects of autonomy orientation on motivation and behavior, and the processes involved, and identifies constructs that could be targeted, or circumvented, in behavioral interventions.

Are all identity commitments created equally? The importance of motives for commitment for late adolescents’ personal adjustment

2011 ◽  
Vol 35 (4) ◽  
pp. 358-369 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bart Soenens ◽  
Michael D. Berzonsky ◽  
Curtis S. Dunkel ◽  
Dennis R. Papini ◽  
Maarten Vansteenkiste
Keyword(s):  
Self Determination Theory ◽  
Specific Pattern ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Late Adolescents ◽  
Identity Styles ◽  
Mediation Analyses ◽  
Processing Styles ◽  
Motivational Profile ◽  
Identity Processing

On the basis of self-determination theory it is proposed that adolescents’ motives for forming and maintaining identity-relevant commitments can be either autonomous or controlled in nature. This study examined whether motives for identity commitments would add to the prediction of late adolescents’ adjustment beyond the effect of strength of commitment per se. In addition, it was examined how late adolescents’ identity-processing styles would relate to motives for commitment and whether motives for commitment would mediate between identity styles and adjustment. In a sample of 431 late adolescents it was found that autonomous and controlled motives were, respectively, positively and negatively related to adjustment even after taking into account the role of strength of commitment. Each of the three identity styles showed a specific pattern of associations with the motives for commitment, with an information-oriented style relating to the most autonomous and internalized motivational profile. Mediation analyses showed that at least part of the associations between identity styles and adjustment are mediated by motives for commitment. Directions for future research are discussed.

scholarly journals On the Integration of Need–related Autobiographical Memories among Late Adolescents and Late Adults: The Role of Depressive Symptoms and Self–congruence

2016 ◽  
Vol 30 (6) ◽  
pp. 580-593 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jolene van der Kaap–Deeder ◽  
Maarten Vansteenkiste ◽  
Stijn Van Petegem ◽  
Filip Raes ◽  
Bart Soenens
Keyword(s):  
Depressive Symptoms ◽  
Sense Of Self ◽  
Self Determination Theory ◽  
Self Determination ◽  
Late Adolescents ◽  
Autobiographical Memories ◽  
Personality Psychology ◽  
Theory Integration ◽  
The Poor

Within self–determination theory, integration denotes the process through which people accept past and present experiences and harmonize these experiences within their sense of self. We investigated associations between indicators of successful and poor integration of need–related memories and memory–related affect. We also examined the role of depressive symptoms and self–congruence as antecedents of these indicators. Moreover, we investigated whether late adults, compared with late adolescents, were better capable of integrating need–frustrating memories through higher levels of self–congruence. Participants were 132 late adolescents (Mage = 17.83) and 147 late adults (Mage = 76.13), who reported on their level of depressive symptoms and self–congruence. Next, participants generated a need–satisfying and need–frustrating memory and reported on the memories‘ integration (in terms of acceptance, connection and rumination) and associated affect. Whereas depressive symptoms related mainly to the poor integration of need–frustrating memories, self–congruence related positively to the integration of both need–satisfying and need–frustrating memories. In turn, integration was related to more positive and less negative affect. Late adults scored higher than late adolescents on the integration of need–frustrating memories, an effect that was partly accounted for by late adults‘ elevated self–congruence. Results suggest that self–congruence, depressive symptoms and age play a role in the integration of need–based autobiographical memories. Copyright © 2016 European Association of Personality Psychology

scholarly journals The moderation effect of identity exploration and basic psychological needs satisfaction on flourishing of Chinese rural children

2021 ◽  
Vol 34 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Sijia Guo ◽  
Chau Kiu Jacky Cheung ◽  
Jieyi Hu ◽  
Xuan Ning
Keyword(s):  
Self Determination Theory ◽  
Psychological Needs ◽  
Identity Crisis ◽  
Basic Psychological Needs ◽  
Self Determination ◽  
Rural Children ◽  
Identity Exploration ◽  
Crisis Theory ◽  
Needs Satisfaction ◽  
Basic Psychological Needs Satisfaction

AbstractMost studies equate children’s mental health to a state of flourishing, which is a positive feeling and functions in their lives. Identity exploration and the satisfaction of three basic psychological needs are universal and crucial indicators of children’s flourishing. First, according to identity crisis theory, children in the pre-adolescence period begin to explore their own identities, a process which significantly affects their development and flourishing. Meanwhile, self-determination theory points out that the basic psychological needs, namely the needs for autonomy, competence, and relatedness, are essential for children’s development and flourishing in the worldwide. Accordingly, this study examined how identity exploration affects the flourishing of rural children in China, one kind of collectivism cultural contexts, with the interaction effect of identity exploration and basic psychological needs satisfaction. To understand the interaction effect of identity exploration and basic psychological needs satisfaction on rural children’s flourishing, we form a theoretical framework combining identity crisis theory and self-determination theory. Both these two theories emphasize the importance of self in facilitating mental health and the development of functioning. Specifically, identity crisis theory focuses on intrapsychic process, while self-determination theory stresses the influence of the surrounding environment on the individual, which provides a solid foundation for integrating these two theories to explore rural children’s flourishing in China. Accordingly, this study collected 520 left-behind children and 475 other rural children in Liaoning Province in Mainland of China, and used regression analysis to measure the associations among variables. This study found that identity exploration and basic psychological needs satisfaction positively affect rural children’s flourishing respectively, while their interaction effects negatively affect on their flourishing.

scholarly journals General causality orientations in self-determination theory: Meta-analysis and test of a process model

2020 ◽  
pp. 089020702096233
Author(s):  
Martin S Hagger ◽  
Kyra Hamilton
Keyword(s):  
Behavioral Interventions ◽  
Process Model ◽  
Meta Analysis ◽  
Autonomous Motivation ◽  
Self Determination Theory ◽  
Self Determination ◽  
Control Orientation ◽  
Causality Orientations ◽  
Positive Direct ◽  
And Behavior

Causality orientations theory, a key sub-theory of self-determination theory, identifies three distinct causality orientations: autonomy, control, and impersonal orientation. The theory proposes generalized effects of the orientations on motivation and behavior. We meta-analyzed studies ( k = 83) testing relations between causality orientations, forms of motivation from self-determination theory, and behavior. Pooled data were used to test a process model in which autonomous and controlled forms of motivation mediated relations between causality orientations and behavior. Results revealed that autonomy and control orientations were positively correlated with autonomous and controlled forms of motivation, respectively. Impersonal orientation was correlated negatively with autonomy orientation and autonomous forms of motivation, and positively with control orientation and controlled forms of motivation. Process model tests revealed total effects of autonomy orientation on behavior, comprising direct and indirect effects through autonomous motivation, and a positive direct effect of control orientation on behavior and a negative indirect effect through controlled motivation, resulting in a zero total effect. Analysis of age, gender, behavior type, study design, and study quality revealed few moderator effects on model relations. Findings support effects of autonomy orientation on motivation and behavior, and the processes involved, and identify constructs that could be targeted, or circumvented, in behavioral interventions.

scholarly journals The Relationship of Identity Styles and Body Image with Anxiety among High School Students

2016 ◽  
Vol 10 (3) ◽  
pp. 178
Author(s):  
Meisam Dehvari ◽  
Hossein Jenaabadi ◽  
Abdulwahab Pourghaz
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
Body Image ◽  
High School Students ◽  
School Students ◽  
Identity Styles ◽  
Statistical Population ◽  
Identity Style ◽  
Normative Identity ◽  
Relationship Of ◽  
The Relationship

<p>The present study aimed to examine the relationship of identity styles and body image with anxiety among<br />students. This was a descriptive-correlational study. The statistical population included 240 second period male<br />high school students in Saravan. To examine identity styles, body image and anxiety, respectively, Identity Style<br />Questionnaire (IS-6G), the Fisher Body Image Scale (1970), and the Cattell Anxiety Scale Questionnaire were<br />used as data collection tools. The obtained data was analyzed using both descriptive and inferential statistics<br />(Pearson correlation coefficient and regression analysis). The results of the current study revealed that identity<br />styles and body image were significantly and positively related to anxiety. Moreover, among identity styles,<br />informative and commitment styles had no significant relationships with anxiety; however, normative identity<br />style was significantly and negatively correlated with anxiety, such that with an increase in normative identity<br />style, anxiety decreased. Additionally, the results indicated that confused/avoidant identity style was significantly<br />and positively related to anxiety.</p>

Frustration and Violence in Mobile Video Games

2020 ◽  
Vol 79 (2) ◽  
pp. 63-70
Author(s):  
Petr Květon ◽  
Martin Jelínek
Keyword(s):  
Video Games ◽  
Video Game ◽  
Implicit Association Test ◽  
Self Determination Theory ◽  
Psychological Needs ◽  
Basic Psychological Needs ◽  
Self Determination ◽  
Mobile Video ◽  
Violent Content ◽  
Before And After

Abstract. This study tests two competing hypotheses, one based on the general aggression model (GAM), the other on the self-determination theory (SDT). GAM suggests that the crucial factor in video games leading to increased aggressiveness is their violent content; SDT contends that gaming is associated with aggression because of the frustration of basic psychological needs. We used a 2×2 between-subject experimental design with a sample of 128 undergraduates. We assigned each participant randomly to one experimental condition defined by a particular video game, using four mobile video games differing in the degree of violence and in the level of their frustration-invoking gameplay. Aggressiveness was measured using the implicit association test (IAT), administered before and after the playing of a video game. We found no evidence of an association between implicit aggressiveness and violent content or frustrating gameplay.

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