Maarten Vansteenkiste

Research interests

Publications

• Basic psychological need theory: Advancements, critical themes, and future directions

  Motivation and Emotion · 2020 · https://doi.org/10.1007/s11031-019-09818-1

• A classification of motivation and behavior change techniques used in self-determination theory-based interventions in health contexts.

  Motivation Science · 2020 · https://doi.org/10.1037/mot0000172

• Basic psychological need satisfaction, need frustration, and need strength across four cultures

  Motivation and Emotion · 2014 · https://doi.org/10.1007/s11031-014-9450-1

• The Multidimensional Work Motivation Scale: Validation evidence in seven languages and nine countries

  European Journal of Work and Organizational Psychology · 2014 · https://doi.org/10.1080/1359432x.2013.877892

• On psychological growth and vulnerability: Basic psychological need satisfaction and need frustration as a unifying principle.

  Journal of Psychotherapy Integration · 2013 · https://doi.org/10.1037/a0032359

• The relation between elementary students' recreational and academic reading motivation, reading frequency, engagement, and comprehension: A self-determination theory perspective.

  Journal of Educational Psychology · 2012 · https://doi.org/10.1037/a0027800

• Motivational dynamics of eating regulation: a self-determination theory perspective

  International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity · 2012 · https://doi.org/10.1186/1479-5868-9-21

• Toward a Domain‐Specific Approach to the Study of Parental Psychological Control: Distinguishing Between Dependency‐Oriented and Achievement‐Oriented Psychological Control

  Journal of Personality · 2010 · https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-6494.2009.00614.x

• Maladaptive perfectionism as an intervening variable between psychological control and adolescent depressive symptoms: A three-wave longitudinal study.

  Journal of Family Psychology · 2008 · https://doi.org/10.1037/0893-3200.22.3.465

• Intrinsic Versus Extrinsic Goal Contents in Self-Determination Theory: Another Look at the Quality of Academic Motivation

  Educational Psychologist · 2006 · https://doi.org/10.1207/s15326985ep4101_4

• The Intergenerational Transmission of Perfectionism: Parents' Psychological Control as an Intervening Variable.

  Journal of Family Psychology · 2005 · https://doi.org/10.1037/0893-3200.19.3.358

• Maladaptive perfectionistic self-representations: The mediational link between psychological control and adjustment

  Personality and Individual Differences · 2004 · https://doi.org/10.1016/j.paid.2004.05.008

• Motivating Learning, Performance, and Persistence: The Synergistic Effects of Intrinsic Goal Contents and Autonomy-Supportive Contexts.

  Journal of Personality and Social Psychology · 2004 · https://doi.org/10.1037/0022-3514.87.2.246

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