The Oxford Handbook of Human Motivation

"This easy-to-read book covers both theoretical constructs and practical applications, and the findings are supported by research." -- DOODY'S

Richard M. Ryan, Ph.D., is Professor of Psychology, Psychiatry, and Education, University of Rochester.

PART ONE: INTRODUCTION ; 1. MOTIVATION AND THE ORGANIZATION OF HUMAN BEHAVIOR: THREE REASONS FOR THE REEMERGENCE OF A FIELD ; RICHARD M. RYAN ; PART TWO: GENERAL THEORIES OF HUMAN MOTIVATION ; 2. SOCIAL COGNITIVE THEORY AND MOTIVATION ; DALE H. SCHUNK AND ELLEN L. USHER ; 3. CYBERNETIC CONTROL PROCESSES AND THE SELF-REGULATION OF BEHAVIOR ; CHARLES S. CARVER AND MICHAEL F. SCHEIER ; 4. THE ROLE OF DEATH IN LIFE: EXISTENTIAL ASPECTS OF HUMAN MOTIVATION ; PELIN KESEBIR AND THOMAS PYSZCZYNSKI ; 5. TOO MUCH OF A GOOD THING? TRADE-OFFS IN PROMOTION AND PREVENTION FOCUS ; ABIGAIL A. SCHOLER AND E. TORY HIGGINS ; 6. MOTIVATION, PERSONALITY, AND DEVELOPMENT WITHIN EMBEDDED SOCIAL CONTEXTS: AN OVERVIEW OF SELF-DETERMINATION THEORY ; EDWARD L. DECI AND RICHARD M. RYAN ; PART THREE: MOTIVATIONAL PROCESSES ; 7. EGO-DEPLETION: THEORY AND EVIDENCE ; MARK MURAVEN ; 8. FLOW ; SUSAN A. JACKSON ; 9. IMPLICIT-EXPLICIT MOTIVATION CONGRUENCE ; TODD M. THRASH, LAURA A. MARUSKIN, AND CHRIS C. MARTIN ; 10. CURIOSITY AND MOTIVATION ; PAUL J. SILVIA ; 11. INTEREST AND ITS DEVELOPMENT ; K. ANN RENNINGER AND STEPHANIE SU ; PART FOUR: GOALS AND MOTIVATION ; 12. ACHIEVEMENT GOALS ; KOU MURAYAMA, ANDREW J. ELLIOT, AND RON FRIEDMAN ; 13. GOAL PURSUIT ; PETER M. GOLLWITZER AND GABRIELE OETTINGEN ; 14. UNCONSCIOUS GOAL PURSUIT: NON-CONSCIOUS GOAL REGULATION AND MOTIVATION ; HENK AARTS AND RUUD CUSTERS ; 15. THE MOTIVATIONAL COMPLEXITY OF CHOOSING: A REVIEW OF THEORY AND RESEARCH ; ERIKA A. PATALL ; 16. ON GAINS AND LOSSES, MEANS AND ENDS: GOAL ORIENTATION AND GOAL FOCUS ACROSS ADULTHOOD ; ALEXANDRA M. FREUND, MARIE HENNECKE, AND MAIDA MUSTAFI ; PART FIVE: MOTIVATION IN RELATIONSHIPS ; 17. SELF-ENHANCEMENT AND SELF-PROTECTION MOTIVES ; CONSTANTINE SEDIKIDES AND MARK D. ALICKE ; 18. THE GENDERED BODY PROJECT: MOTIVATIONAL COMPONENTS OF OBJECTIFICATION THEORY ; TOMI-ANN ROBERTS AND PATRICIA L. WATERS ; 19. RELATEDNESS BETWEEN CHILDREN AND PARENTS: IMPLICATIONS FOR MOTIVATION ; EVA M. POMERANTZ, CECILIA SIN SZE CHEUNG, AND LILI QIN ; 20. AVOIDING THE PITFALLS AND APPROACHING THE PROMISES OF CLOSE RELATIONSHIPS ; SHELLY L. GABLE AND THERY PROK ; PART SIX: EVOLUTIONARY AND BIOLOGICAL PERSPECTIVES ; 21. NEUROSCIENCE AND HUMAN MOTIVATION ; JOHNMARSHALL REEVE AND WOOGUL LEE ; 22. EVOLVED INDIVIDUAL DIFFERENCES IN HUMAN MOTIVATION ; LARRY C. BERNARD ; 23. MOODS OF ENERGY AND TENSION THAT MOTIVATE ; ROBERT E. THAYER ; 24. EFFORT INTENSITY: SOME INSIGHTS FROM THE CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM ; GUIDO H. E. GENDOLLA, REX A. WRIGHT, AND MICHAEL RICHTER ; PART SEVEN: MOTIVATION IN APPLICATION ; 25. MOTIVATION IN PSYCHOTHERAPY ; MARTIN GROSS HOLTFORTH AND JOHANNES MICHALAK ; 26. MOTIVATION IN EDUCATION ; ALLAN WIGFIELD, JENNA CAMBRIA, AND JACQUELYNNE S. ECCLES ; 27. ADVANCES IN MOTIVATION IN EXERCISE AND PHYSICAL ACTIVITY ; MARTIN S. HAGGER ; 28. WORK MOTIVATION: DIRECTING, ENERGIZING, AND MAINTAINING EFFORT (AND RESEARCH) ; ADAM M. GRANT AND JIHAE SHIN ; 29. YOUTH MOTIVATION AND PARTICIPATION IN SPORT AND PHYSICAL ACTIVITY ; MAUREEN WEISS, ANTHONY J. AMBROSE, AND LINDSAY E. KIPP ; 30. THROUGH A FLY'S EYE: MULTIPLE YET OVERLAPPING PERSPECTIVES ON FUTURE DIRECTIONS FOR HUMAN MOTIVATION RESEARCH ; RICHARD M. RYAN AND NICOLE LEGATE