The Oxford Handbook of Human Motivation

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

Contents ; Introduction ; 1. Motivation and the organization of human behavior: Three reasons for the reemergence of a field ; Richard M. Ryan ; 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 ; 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, Chris C. Martin ; 10. Curiosity and Motivation ; Paul J. Silvia ; 11. Interest and Its Development ; K. Ann Renninger and Stephanie Su ; 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? ; 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 ; 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 ; 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