Autonomy and control motivation and self-esteem
- 1 April 2007
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Taylor & Francis Ltd in Self and Identity
- Vol. 6 (2), 189-208
- https://doi.org/10.1080/15298860601118769
Abstract
Two studies examined the hypothesis that primed autonomy and control motivations would influence self-esteem (SE) in the direction of autonomy increasing and control decreasing SE. Explicit, implicit, and defensive (i.e., the discrepancy between implicit and explicit) SE were measured. Results confirmed the hypothesis for implicit and for defensive SE. There were substantial sex differences, with men showing greater reactivity to motivation priming and threat than women. Results are interpreted in terms of a self-determination theory view of motivation and SE (Deci & Ryan, 2000 Deci, E. L. and Ryan, R. M. 2000. The “what” and “why” of goal pursuits: Human needs and the self-determination of behavior. Psychological Inquiry, 11: 227–268. [Taylor & Francis Online], [Web of Science ®] [Google Scholar] ).Keywords
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