Establishing and maintaining close relationships are among the most important and
autonomously pursued aspects of people's lives. This chapter reviews the motivational …

The term autonomy literally refers to regulation by the self. Its opposite, heteronomy, refers to
controlled regulation, or regulation that occurs without self‐endorsement. At a time when …

The terms pampering and spoiling have roots within early psychoanalytic literature, and over
time they have become a part of the vernacular. This entry will focus on pampering/spoiling …

Psychology calls itself the science of behavior, and the American Psychological
Association's current “Decade of Behavior” was intended to increase awareness and …

Self-determination theory posits 3 basic psychological needs: autonomy (feeling uncoerced
in one's actions), competence (feeling capable), and relatedness (feeling connected to …

A growing interest in the functional importance of dispositional autonomy led to the
development and validation of the Index of Autonomous Functioning (IAF) across seven …

Although it is not always reflected in the discourse of contemporary psychology, the most
proximal determinants of human behavior lie in experience. It is the manner in which people …

Given the high costs of stress for both mental and physical health, understanding of how
stress is incurred and how it is coped with has both theoretical and clinical significance. Self …

Bien qu'il en soit encore à ses débuts, le domaine de la science des rapports humains a fait
l'objet d'un grand nombre de recherches consacrées à la compréhension d'un éventail de …

The aim of this article is to briefly review the literature on stigmatization and more generally
identity threats, to focus more specifically of the way people appraise and cope with those …