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JOURNAL OF PERSONALITY AND SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY
Volume 87, Issue 2, Pages 246-260Publisher
AMER PSYCHOLOGICAL ASSOC
DOI: 10.1037/0022-3514.87.2.246
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- NIMH NIH HHS [MH59594] Funding Source: Medline
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Three field experiments with high school and college students tested the self-determination theory (E. L. Deci & R. M. Ryan, 2000) hypotheses that intrinsic (vs. extrinsic) goals and autonomy-supportive (vs. controlling) learning climates would improve students' learning, performance, and persistence. The learning of text material or physical exercises was framed in terms of intrinsic (community, personal growth, health) versus extrinsic (money, image) goals, which were presented in an autonomy-supportive versus controlling manner. Analyses of variance confirmed that both experimentally manipulated variables yielded main effects on depth of processing, test performance, and persistence (all ps <.001), and an interaction resulted in synergistically high deep processing and test performance (but not persistence) when both intrinsic goals and autonomy support were present. Effects were significantly mediated by autonomous motivation.
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