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  • Psychology
  • Motivation Science
  • Self-Regulation

Background:

  • Individuals often face boring or irrelevant tasks, impeding their need for autonomy.
  • Lack of external motivational support necessitates self-regulation strategies to overcome barriers.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate if individuals apply self-supportive autonomy-regulation strategies.
  • To examine the association between autonomy regulation and different types of motivation.

Main Methods:

  • Two cross-sectional survey studies with a total of 2,344 participants.
  • Structural Equation Modeling (SEM) was used to analyze strategy associations.

Main Results:

  • Autonomy regulation strategies positively correlated with intrinsic and internalized motivation.
  • Strategies were weakly linked to introjected avoidance motivation, but not external motivation.
  • Participants reported using general and specific strategies to enhance autonomy and intrinsic motivation.

Conclusions:

  • Autonomy-regulation strategies are effective for increasing adaptive motivation.
  • Stimulating the use of these strategies may benefit motivation in various contexts.
  • Context-specific effects and individual preferences for strategies should be considered.