Edward L. Deci

University of South-Eastern Norway — Norway

Psychology · Social Sciences

151h-index308.1kcitations387works1.02yr avg
OpenAlex↗ORCID↗Google Scholar↗Lab page↗

Accepting Students?

No reports yet. Know if this professor is taking students?

Research Topics

Motivation and Self-Concept in Sports(200), Behavioral Health and Interventions(108), Education, Achievement, and Giftedness(39), Psychological Well-being and Life Satisfaction(31), Youth Development and Social Support(29)

Publications384 total

Are physical education teachers’ autonomy-supportive behaviors related to high-school students’ actual game-play performance?
Physical Education and Sport Pedagogy·2025· 2 cited
A Self-Determination Theory Approach to Eudaimonic Living with Stressful Situations
2025
Acting as One
Oxford University Press eBooks·2023· 13 cited
Intrinsic Motivation
2023· 5 cited
Self-Determination Theory
2023· 127 cited
A Social Psychological and Personality Approach to Human Motivation
Cambridge University Press eBooks·2022
How environmental and psychological factors interact with travel participation after spinal cord injury.
Rehabilitation Psychology·2022· 8 cited
Dental hygienists’ biopsychosocial beliefs and giving autonomy support in treatment of patients: A self‐determination theory perspective
International Journal of Dental Hygiene·2022· 6 citedOpen Access
Alone With Our Thoughts: Investigation of Autonomy Supportive Framing as a Driver of Enjoyment During Quiet Time in Solitude
Collabra Psychology·2022· 18 citedOpen Access
Self-Determination Theory
2022· 220 cited
Building a science of motivated persons: Self-determination theory’s empirical approach to human experience and the regulation of behavior.
Motivation Science·2021· 336 citedOpen Access
A legacy unfinished: An appreciative reply to comments on self-determination theory’s frontiers and challenges.
Motivation Science·2021· 17 citedOpen Access
Mindfulness buffers the adverse impact of need frustration on employee outcomes: A self‐determination theory perspective
Journal of Theoretical Social Psychology·2021· 30 cited
Author response for "Mindfulness buffers the adverse impact of need frustration on employee outcomes: A self‐determination theory perspective"
2021· 1 cited
A Prospective Study of Knowledge Sharing at Work Based on Self-Determination Theory
Scandinavian Journal of Work and Organizational Psychology·2021· 15 citedOpen Access
Self-Determination Theory and Its Relation to Organizations
Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Psychology·2020· 61 cited
Satisfaction of basic psychological needs in an interdependence model of fathers’ own aspirations and those of their adolescent children
Social Development·2020· 28 cited
Beyond God and government: The role of personal control in supporting citizens’ well-being in the face of changing economy and rising inequality
Social Psychological Bulletin·2020· 3 citedOpen Access
Intrinsic and extrinsic motivation from a self-determination theory perspective: Definitions, theory, practices, and future directions
Contemporary Educational Psychology·2020· 4.5k cited
The roles of patients’ authenticity and accepting external influence, and clinicians’ treatment styles in predicting patients’ dental anxiety and avoidance of dental appointments
Europe’s Journal of Psychology·2020· 5 citedOpen Access
page 1 of 20Next →

Frequent Co-authors

Richard M. Ryan(40), Geoffrey C. Williams(6), Maarten Vansteenkiste(3), Willy Lens(3), Kennon M. Sheldon(3), Zachary R. Freedman(3), Marylène Gagné(2), Richard Koestner(2), Dean R. Leone(2), Robert J. Vallerand(2), Luc G. Pelletier(2), Johan Y. Y. Ng(2), Nikos Ntoumanis(2), Cecilie Thøgersen‐Ntoumani(2), Virginia M. Grow(2), Jennifer G. La Guardia(2), Charles E. Couchman(2), Karen A. Miller(1), Anja H. Olafsen(1), Haleh Eghrari(1)