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Peer reviewedVallerand, Robert J.; And Others – International Journal of Aging & Human Development, 1995
Study utilizing self-determination theory (which poses four types of motivation: intrinsic, self-determined extrinsic, nonself-determined extrinsic, and amotivation) postulates varying consequences for adaptation and well-being. Finds the four types of motivation could be reliably measured and that intercorrelations between them were consistent…
Descriptors: Achievement Need, Aspiration, Middle Aged Adults, Motivation
