Motivational predictors of weight loss and weight-loss maintenance.
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Motivational predictors of weight loss and weight-loss maintenance.
Self-determination theory proposes that behavior change will occur and persist if it is autonomously motivated. Autonomous motivation for a behavior is theorized to be a function both of individual differences in the autonomy orientation from the General Causality Orientations Scale and of the degree of autonomy supportiveness of relevant social contexts. We tested the theory with 128 patients ...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Personality and Social Psychology
سال: 1996
ISSN: 0022-3514
DOI: 10.1037//0022-3514.70.1.115