Motivation has received increasing attention across counseling approaches, presumably
because clients' motivation is key for treatment effectiveness. The authors define motivation …

A growing number of studies have pulled from Deci and Ryan's Self-Determination Theory to
design interventions targeting health behavior change. More recently, researchers have …

An understanding of recovery as a personal and subjective experience has emerged within
mental health systems. This meaning of recovery now underpins mental health policy in …

The success or failure of social media is highly dependent on the active participation of its
users. In order to examine the influential factors that inspire dynamic and eager participation …

The pursuit of happiness is an important goal for many people. However, surprisingly little
scientific research has focused on the question of how happiness can be increased and …

One of the key propositions of self-determination theory is that human beings have deeply
evolved psychological needs to be competent, autonomous, and related to others, such that …

In this original and major new work, David Blustein places working at the same level of
attention for social and behavioral scientists and psychotherapists as other major life …

Remediating deficits and managing disabilities has been a central preoccupation for clinical
psychologists. Positive Psychology, in contrast, is concerned with the enhancement of …

Reflection is currently a key concept in teacher education. The reflection process is often
described in terms of a cyclical model. In the present article, we explain how such a model …

This chapter, in keeping with the spirit of the field of developmental psychopathology,
examines both the developmental underpinnings of healthy autonomy and the processes …