William S. Ryan

University of Toronto — Canada

Psychology · Social Sciences

20h-index1.5kcitations45works5.82yr avg
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Research Topics

LGBTQ Health, Identity, and Policy(11), Behavioral Health and Interventions(11), Motivation and Self-Concept in Sports(9), Attachment and Relationship Dynamics(5), Social and Intergroup Psychology(3)

Publications45 total

Why Do You Want a Romantic Relationship? Individual Differences in Motives for Romantic Relationship Pursuit
Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin·2025· 7 citedOpen Access
The opportunities and limits of open science for LGBTIQ+ research
Journal of Social Issues·2024· 7 citedOpen Access
Inclusion and protection in tension: Reflections on gathering sexual orientation and gender identity data in the workplace
Journal of Social Issues·2024· 9 citedOpen Access
People are (Shockingly) Bad at Valuing Hedges
2024Open Access
A Self-Determination Theory Perspective on Stigma and Prejudice
Oxford University Press eBooks·2023· 1 cited
We know this much is (meta-analytically) true: A meta-review of meta-analytic findings evaluating self-determination theory.
Psychological Bulletin·2022· 225 cited
A global experiment on motivating social distancing during the COVID-19 pandemic
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences·2022· 45 citedOpen Access
Planning, conducting, and analyzing a psychophysiological experiment on challenge and threat: A comprehensive tutorial
Behavior Research Methods·2022· 7 citedOpen Access
Self-expression can be authentic or inauthentic, with differential outcomes for well-being: Development of the authentic and inauthentic expression scale (AIES)
Journal of Research in Personality·2022· 26 citedOpen Access
Literature Review on Motivational Profiles: A Person-centred Approach to Motivation
Journal of Student Research·2021· 1 citedOpen Access
People Behave as if they Anticipate Regret Conditional on Experiencing a Bad Outcome
SSRN Electronic Journal·2021Open Access
Logarithmic Axis Graphs Distort Lay Judgment
2020· 4 citedOpen Access
Common Academic Experiences No One Talks About: Repeated Rejection, Impostor Syndrome, and Burnout
Perspectives on Psychological Science·2020· 165 cited
Releasing Internalized Stigma for Empowerment: Development of Theory-Driven Interventions for Sexual and Gender Minorities
Journal of LGBTQ Issues in Counseling·2019· 22 cited
The Nature and the Conditions of Human Autonomy and Flourishing
2019· 77 cited
When is it good to use wristband devices to measure HRV?: Introducing a new method for evaluating the quality of data from photophlethysmography-based HRV devices
2019· 9 cited
Multiple loves: The effects of attachment with multiple concurrent romantic partners on relational functioning
Personality and Individual Differences·2019· 52 citedOpen Access
Effects of Rewards on Self-Determination and Intrinsic Motivation : Revisiting Deci (1971)
2019· 5 cited
Virtual Reality: Whence, How and What For
Virtual reality technologies for health and clinical applications·2019· 18 cited
Toward a Social Psychology of Authenticity: Exploring Within-Person Variation in Autonomy, Congruence, and Genuineness Using Self-Determination Theory
Review of General Psychology·2018· 204 cited
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Frequent Co-authors

Nicole Legate(12), Richard M. Ryan(10), Netta Weinstein(10), Stefano I. Di Domenico(5), Jim Blascovich(5), Cody R. DeHaan(4), Edward L. Deci(3), Ellen Evers(3), Andrew K Przybylski(2), Matthew Cieslak(2), Robert M. Kelsey(2), Scott T. Grafton(2), Gordon H. Bokelman(2), Elisabeth T. Oakley(2), Jessica E. Cornick(2), Jojanneke van der Toorn(2), Sharon G. Horne(2), Emily A. Leskinen(2), Stephen Baum(2), Jasper J. Duineveld(1)