Norman Weinstein
Biographic Data
| ID | 681350 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Norman Weinstein |
| GIVEN NAMES | Norman |
| FAMILY NAME | Weinstein |
| SIGNATURE | WEINSTEIN N |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Reading |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-2200-6617 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 68 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 290 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 68 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1973 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 8 |
Realizing the Full Potential of Big-Team Behavioral Science: How Global Collaborations Can Benefit From Participatory Open-Research Practices
Big-team science collaborations have been heralded as a solution to oversampling in a limited number of high-income countries. Despite early successes, there is insufficient involvement from the global community and unclear benefits to globalized science. The expansion of research from sites in North America and Europe to parts of the world where most people live can create the appearance of progress based on geographical diversity while neglecti…
Crafting solitude: An intentional approach to solitude in emerging adults’ everyday life
Solitude is often stigmatized, yet research suggests intentional time alone can be beneficial. This research tests “Solitude Crafting,” a novel two-part intervention to reshape emerging adults’ experiences by de-stigmatizing solitude and guiding meaningful solitary activities. Pilot study (N = 120) assessed the intervention’s feasibility and impact over five days. The full study (N = 75) tested the intervention, examining Solitude Crafting alongs…
A short-term longitudinal study investigating the role of basic psychological needs and autonomous motivation in explaining students' achievement and dropout from teacher education
This pre-registered short-term longitudinal study investigated the relations between basic psychological need satisfaction and motivational classes and objective measures of achievement and dropout across two semesters. Participants were first-year and fourth-year student teachers (n = 272) in Norway, a demographic known for having high attrition rates. Unexpectedly, we found that autonomous motivation and amotivation were negatively related with…
What Makes Parents Sound Controlling? Exploring Individual Differences in Autonomy Support, Psychological Control, Authoritarianism, and Stress
SYNOPSISObjective. When parents communicate with their children, their tone of voice plays a vital role in shaping their children’s emotional and motivational reactions. Understanding why some parents use their voice differently from others, whether due to stable individual traits or situational factors, can provide insights into how parenting practices are expressed and how they affect children. This study investigates how individual differences…
Listening across the divide: High-quality listening promotes speakers’ state well-being through basic psychological need satisfaction during disagreements
1,624), three of which were preregistered, and using diverse methods including experimental vignettes, live conversations, recalled conversations, and a multilevel field survey, we compared high-quality, moderate-quality (Studies 1-5), and low-quality (Study 1) listening when conversing partners agreed or disagreed. Speakers who experienced high-quality listening consistently reported greater SWB, state optimism, and basic psychological need sati…
Student teachers′ basic psychological needs and motivation underlie the experiences of educational quality: A pre-registered qualitative study
This qualitative pre-registered study was designed to investigate student teachers' motivational experiences concerning educational quality from the lens of Self-Determination Theory. Experiences of educational quality have large implications for learning and wellness and educational quality is incorporated in the law of study regulation. Through four separate focus groups, we interviewed a total of 18 student teachers from either first-year or f…
Motivation Science Can Improve Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) Trainings
Recent reviews of efforts to reduce prejudice and increase diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) in the workplace have converged on the conclusion that prejudice is resistant to change and that merely raising awareness of the problem is not enough. There is growing recognition that DEI efforts may fall short because they do not effectively motivate attitudinal and behavioral change, especially the type of change that translates to reducing dispa…
Harmony in Political Discourse? The Impact of High-Quality Listening on Speakers’ Perceptions Following Political Conversations
Conversations with people who hold opposite partisan attitudes can elicit defensiveness, reinforce extreme attitudes, and undermine relationships with those with opposing views. However, this might not be the case when speakers experience high-quality (attentive, understanding, and non-judgmental) listening from their conversation partners. We hypothesized that high-quality listening would increase speakers’ positive views toward, and their willi…
Motivating tones to enhance education: The effects of vocal awareness on teachers' voices
BACKGROUND: Effective classroom communication is key to shaping the learning environment and inspiring student engagement. And, it's not just what is said, but how it's said, that influences students. Yet, few (current or future) teachers receive education on vocal pedagogy. AIMS: This study examined the impact of raising vocal awareness in teachers on their voice production through delivering a voice training program. METHOD: Specifically, we ex…
The Many Ways of Experiencing Solitude: Personality Processes, in Context, as Predictors of Time Alone
This article integrates insights from the Journal of Personality's Registered Report‐only special issue, which explores the relationship between personality and experiences within solitude. Contrary to the traditional view that solitude primarily serves those who are introverted or seeking refuge from social interactions, findings in this issue demonstrate that solitude is actively sought by, and may hold benefits for, a broad spectrum of persona…
Empathic listening satisfies speakers' psychological needs and well-being, but doesn't directly deepen solitude experiences: A registered report
Self-compassion in family carers of older adults: A qualitative investigation
Little is known about the nature and role of self-compassion in family carers of older adults. The study aimed to explore carers’ understanding and experiences of self-compassion within their everyday lives. This study involved thematic analysis of semi-structured qualitative interviews with 17 British carers of older adults. Six themes were identified: In Self-compassion means connected self is prioritised, carers identified self-compassion to i…
Using technology to make learning fun: Technology use is best made fun and challenging to optimize intrinsic motivation and engagement
Educators have incorporated technologies designed to “gamify” or increase the fun and reward of classroom learning, but little is known about how these resources can be employed to create positive learning climates. Informed by self-determination theory (SDT), two experiments investigated a number of strategies teachers can use to frame one such technology, the student response system (SRS), when they use it as an educational tool to enhance its …
The how and how much of technology use in the classroom: A motivational approach to teachers' technology use
Technology in the classroom can facilitate learning, but little is known about how the motivational climate set by teachers shapes its impacts on students. Informed by self‐determination theory, the current study explored technology use in English language classrooms to understand how autonomy‐supportive and structured teaching styles influenced positive outcomes of classroom technology use. Teachers ( N = 101) reported on technology use and moti…
Beyond ideals: Why the (medical) AI industry needs to motivate behavioural change in line with fairness and transparency values, and how it can do it
Artificial intelligence (AI) is increasingly relied upon by clinicians for making diagnostic and treatment decisions, playing an important role in imaging, diagnosis, risk analysis, lifestyle monitoring, and health information management. While research has identified biases in healthcare AI systems and proposed technical solutions to address these, we argue that effective solutions require human engagement. Furthermore, there is a lack of resear…
Listening to understand: The role of high-quality listening on speakers’ attitude depolarization during disagreements
Disagreements can polarize attitudes when they evoke defensiveness from the conversation partners. When a speaker talks, listeners often think about ways to counterargue. This process often fails to depolarize attitudes and might even backfire (i.e., the Boomerang effect). However, what happens in disagreements if one conversation partner genuinely listens to the other's perspective? We hypothesized that when conversation partners convey high-qua…
How to get through hard times: Principals' listening buffers teachers' stress on turnover intention and promotes organizational citizenship behavior
Supported or stressed while being assessed? How motivational climates in UK University workplaces promote or inhibit researcher well‐being
Academic culture now places high expectations on researchers to demonstrate research productivity alongside teaching, leadership and knowledge exchange. In two studies of researchers across career stages in UK higher education institutions (HEIs), we examined workplace climate within academic departments as (1) supportive of researchers' needs for autonomy, competence and relatedness, (2) publish‐or‐perish focused and (3) hyper‐competitive. In St…
Connection Heals Wounds: Feeling Listened to Reduces Speakers’ Loneliness Following a Social Rejection Disclosure
Memories of rejection contribute to feeling lonely. However, high-quality listening that conveys well-meaning attention and understanding when speakers discuss social rejection may help them to reconnect. Speakers may experience less loneliness because they feel close and connected (relatedness) to the listener and because listening supports self-congruent expression (autonomy). Five experiments (total N = 1,643) manipulated listening during visu…
Definitions of Solitude in Everyday Life
What does it mean to be in solitude? Researchers building this nascent field are learning much about the potential affordances of solitude, but lack an agreed-upon definition or set of definitions. Arriving at that meaning is crucial to forming a solid foundation for studies that use both naturalistic and laboratory designs to explore outcomes of solitude. This study identified themes from semi-structured interviews with adults aged 19 to 80 from…
Communicating for workplace connection: A longitudinal study of the outcomes of listening training on teachers' autonomy, psychological safety, and relational climate
Training teachers to listen may enable them to experience increasingly attentive and open peer relationships at work. In the present research, we examined the outcomes of a year‐long listening training on school teachers' listening abilities and its downstream consequences on their relational climate, autonomy, and psychological safety. Teachers in two elementary schools engaged in a similar listening training program throughout the entire school…
Anti‐bias training and perceived force climate: Links with prejudiced attitudes in United Kingdom policing
Anti‐bias training has been viewed as the solution to prejudice in organizations, yet the evidence is mixed in real‐world settings. Some point to the broader organizational climate that training takes place in as critical, and herein we investigate one aspect: communicating about bias in autonomy‐supportive (i.e., non‐shaming) ways. Using the 2019 National Well‐Being and Inclusion Survey of United Kingdom police officers and staff ( n = 34,529 in…
Who feels good in solitude? A qualitative analysis of the personality and mindset factors relating to well‐being when alone
What leads to peaceful and enjoyable solitude? Little is known about which personality and mindset qualities benefit individuals during time spent alone. The current study was designed to build a foundation for future quantitative and qualitative research making a priori predictions about well‐being (e.g., relaxation) or ill‐being (e.g., loneliness) when individuals are in solitude. Semi‐structured interviews of n = 60 participants, aged 19–80, w…
Emotional, motivational and attitudinal consequences of autonomous prosocial behaviour
When do prosocial actors experience positive versus negative psychological outcomes from helping others? In four studies and an internal meta‐analysis, we tested the hypothesis that autonomy shapes the psychological consequences of helping others. In Study 1, prosocial behaviour was associated with a robust pattern of negative well‐being outcomes (i.e., depression, anxiety, stress) for individuals low but not high in autonomy. In Studies 2–4, rel…
Teachers' motivational prosody: A pre-registered experimental test of children's reactions to tone of voice used by teachers
BackgroundTeachers' behaviours drive motivational climates that shape children's engagement and well-being in the classroom, but few studies examine how specific teachers' behaviours such as wording, body language, or voice contribute to these outcomes in isolation of one another.AimsThis pre-registered experiment sought to examine the often-forgotten role that teachers' tone of voice plays in children's education. Informed by the theoretical fra…
When helping helps: Autonomous motivation for prosocial behavior and its influence on well-being for the helper and recipient
Self-determination theory posits that the degree to which a prosocial act is volitional or autonomous predicts its effect on well-being and that psychological need satisfaction mediates this relation. Four studies tested the impact of autonomous and controlled motivation for helping others on well-being and explored effects on other outcomes of helping for both helpers and recipients. Study 1 used a diary method to assess daily relations between …
Can you connect with me now? How the presence of mobile communication technology influences face-to-face conversation quality
Recent advancements in communication technology have enabled billions of people to connect over great distances using mobile phones, yet little is known about how the frequent presence of these devices in social settings influences face-to-face interactions. In two experiments, we evaluated the extent to which the mere presence of mobile communication devices shape relationship quality in dyadic settings. In both, we found evidence they can have …
A multi-method examination of the effects of mindfulness on stress attribution, coping, and emotional well-being
Use caution when applying behavioural science to policy
The index of autonomous functioning: Development of a scale of human autonomy
Autonomy Support Fosters Lesbian, Gay, and Bisexual Identity Disclosure and Wellness, Especially for Those with Internalized Homophobia
Lesbian, gay, and bisexual (LGB) individuals experience disparities in psychological well‐being, including greater symptoms of depression and anxiety, relative to their heterosexual peers. One group of LGB individuals is particularly vulnerable—those with high levels of internalized homophobia, or sexual prejudice directed toward the self. The current research explored whether a supportive social environment might be especially beneficial for thi…
Motivational determinants of integrating positive and negative past identities
Five studies examined whether quality of motivation (as individual differences and primed) facilitates or thwarts integration of positive and negative past identities. Specifically, more autonomously motivated participants felt closer to, and were more accepting of, both negative and positive past characteristics and central life events, whereas more control-motivated participants were closer to and more accepting of positive, but not negative, p…
Anti-immigrant prejudice: Understanding the roles of (perceived) values and value dissimilarity
Although human values and value dissimilarity play pivotal roles in the prejudice literature, there remain important gaps in our understanding. To address these gaps, we recruited three British samples (N = 350) and presented Muslim immigrants, refugees, and economic migrants as target groups. Using polynomial regression analyses, we simultaneously tested effects of individuals' own values, their perceptions of immigrant values, and self-immigran…
Don't you say it that way! Experimental evidence that controlling voices elicit defiance
Can high quality listening predict lower speakers' prejudiced attitudes
Parenting Strategies and Adolescents’ Cyberbullying Behaviors: Evidence from a Preregistered Study of Parent–Child Dyads
Self-determined self-other overlap: Interacting effects on partners’ perceptions of support and well-being in close relationships
Listen to your mother: Motivating tones of voice predict adolescents’ reactions to mothers
Virtually nothing is known about the role that tone of voice may play in motivating interactions. Herein, we use an experimental approach to explore for the first time how the same directive instructions ("Do well at the play") have different effects on adolescents depending on the motivational tone of voice used to convey these instructions. A sample of 1,000 adolescents aged 14-15 years was randomly assigned to hearing semantically identical me…
Parental autonomy support and discrepancies between implicit and explicit sexual identities: Dynamics of self-acceptance and defense
When individuals grow up with autonomy-thwarting parents, they may be prevented from exploring internally endorsed values and identities and as a result shut out aspects of the self perceived to be unacceptable. Given the stigmatization of homosexuality, individuals perceiving low autonomy support from parents may be especially motivated to conceal same-sex sexual attraction, leading to defensive processes such as reaction formation. Four studies…
Who feels good in solitude? A qualitative analysis of the personality and mindset factors relating to well‐being when alone
What leads to peaceful and enjoyable solitude? Little is known about which personality and mindset qualities benefit individuals during time spent alone. The current study was designed to build a foundation for future quantitative and qualitative research making a priori predictions about well‐being (e.g., relaxation) or ill‐being (e.g., loneliness) when individuals are in solitude. Semi‐structured interviews of n = 60 participants, aged 19–80, w…
Listening to understand: The role of high-quality listening on speakers’ attitude depolarization during disagreements
Disagreements can polarize attitudes when they evoke defensiveness from the conversation partners. When a speaker talks, listeners often think about ways to counterargue. This process often fails to depolarize attitudes and might even backfire (i.e., the Boomerang effect). However, what happens in disagreements if one conversation partner genuinely listens to the other's perspective? We hypothesized that when conversation partners convey high-qua…
Motives behind the veil: Women’s affective experiences wearing a veil depend on their reasons for wearing one
Humor as aggression: Effects of motivation on hostility expressed in humor appreciation
In 4 studies, the authors examined the hypothesis that relative to primed autonomy motivation, primed control would increase enjoyment of hostile (compared with nonhostile) humor as assessed by self-reported enjoyment and aversiveness and by nonverbal behavior. Results confirmed the hypothesis. Furthermore, initial state hostility moderated the effect such that high-hostility participants who were primed with control motivation especially enjoyed…
Emotional, motivational and attitudinal consequences of autonomous prosocial behaviour
When do prosocial actors experience positive versus negative psychological outcomes from helping others? In four studies and an internal meta‐analysis, we tested the hypothesis that autonomy shapes the psychological consequences of helping others. In Study 1, prosocial behaviour was associated with a robust pattern of negative well‐being outcomes (i.e., depression, anxiety, stress) for individuals low but not high in autonomy. In Studies 2–4, rel…
Teachers' motivational prosody: A pre-registered experimental test of children's reactions to tone of voice used by teachers
BackgroundTeachers' behaviours drive motivational climates that shape children's engagement and well-being in the classroom, but few studies examine how specific teachers' behaviours such as wording, body language, or voice contribute to these outcomes in isolation of one another.AimsThis pre-registered experiment sought to examine the often-forgotten role that teachers' tone of voice plays in children's education. Informed by the theoretical fra…
Self-expression can be authentic or inauthentic, with differential outcomes for well-being: Development of the authentic and inauthentic expression scale (Aies)
Being oneself in interpersonal relationships has many benefits, but research has yet to distinguish between (intrapersonal) feelings of authenticity and (interpersonal) authentic behaviors. Four studies developed and tested a scale designed to measure two types of self-expression: authentic and inauthentic. Findings consistently validated a two-factor structure: there were two distinct forms of expressing oneself, authentic and inauthentic. Findi…
Relations of civil liberties and women's health satisfaction around the globe: The explanatory power of autonomy
Research on how sociopolitical factors differentially affect the health and well-being of individuals is nascent and mechanisms responsible have not yet been identified. This work examined how the civil liberties afforded across 79 countries differentially affect the health satisfaction of men and women and tested one potential reason for this link: autonomy satisfaction, the experience of being choiceful, and free to express oneself. Women repor…
Long-term mental health correlates of socialsupportive relationships in a lesbian, gay, and bisexual sample
Social support cultivates mental health, but little is known about how social support is experienced in individuals with a stigmatised identity, such as those who identify as lesbian, gay, or bisexual (LGB). The present study explored how specific elements of social support: reliance, feeling understood, and support for self-expression, experienced within parent, friend, and romantic relationships, relate to long-term mental health in an LGB samp…
Herzog, order and entropy
Happy Birthday, Gertrude Stein
Anthropologies of Art
Anthropologies of Art. Mariet Westermann, editor. New Haven, CT: Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute and Yale University Press. 2005
Can Nature Make Us More Caring? Effects of Immersion in Nature on Intrinsic Aspirations and Generosity
Four studies examined the effects of nature on valuing intrinsic and extrinsic aspirations. Intrinsic aspirations reflected prosocial and other-focused value orientations, and extrinsic aspirations predicted self-focused value orientations. Participants immersed in natural environments reported higher valuing of intrinsic aspirations and lower valuing of extrinsic aspirations, whereas those immersed in non-natural environments reported increased …
A multi-method examination of the effects of mindfulness on stress attribution, coping, and emotional well-being
Vitalizing effects of being outdoors and in nature
When helping helps: Autonomous motivation for prosocial behavior and its influence on well-being for the helper and recipient
Self-determination theory posits that the degree to which a prosocial act is volitional or autonomous predicts its effect on well-being and that psychological need satisfaction mediates this relation. Four studies tested the impact of autonomous and controlled motivation for helping others on well-being and explored effects on other outcomes of helping for both helpers and recipients. Study 1 used a diary method to assess daily relations between …
Lydia Cabrera and the Construction of an Afro-Cuban Cultural Identity
Book Review| April 01 2010 Lydia Cabrera and the Construction of an Afro-Cuban Cultural Identity Lydia Cabrera and the Construction of an Afro-Cuban Cultural Identity. By Edna M. Rodriguez-Mangual. (Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 2004. Pp. Norman Weinstein Norman Weinstein Independent Scholar Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google Journal of American Folklore (2010) 123 (488): 240–241. https://doi.org/10.5406…
A self‐determination theory approach to understanding stress incursion and responses
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‐determination theory (SDT), a broad framework for understanding motivation and personality, speaks to many issues concerning stress‐related phenomena. Research based on SDT suggests that both less stress incursion and better coping with demanding events are associ…
Motivational determinants of integrating positive and negative past identities
Five studies examined whether quality of motivation (as individual differences and primed) facilitates or thwarts integration of positive and negative past identities. Specifically, more autonomously motivated participants felt closer to, and were more accepting of, both negative and positive past characteristics and central life events, whereas more control-motivated participants were closer to and more accepting of positive, but not negative, p…
Humor as aggression: Effects of motivation on hostility expressed in humor appreciation
In 4 studies, the authors examined the hypothesis that relative to primed autonomy motivation, primed control would increase enjoyment of hostile (compared with nonhostile) humor as assessed by self-reported enjoyment and aversiveness and by nonverbal behavior. Results confirmed the hypothesis. Furthermore, initial state hostility moderated the effect such that high-hostility participants who were primed with control motivation especially enjoyed…
Is Coming Out Always a “Good Thing”? Exploring the Relations of Autonomy Support, Outness, and Wellness for Lesbian, Gay, and Bisexual Individuals
Prior research suggests that, on average, disclosing sexual identity (being “out”) yields wellness benefits for lesbian, gay, and bisexual (LGB) individuals. LGB individuals vary, however, both in how much they disclose their sexual orientation in different social contexts and in the experiences that follow from disclosure. The present research examines this within-person variation in disclosure and its consequences as a function of the autonomy …
The index of autonomous functioning: Development of a scale of human autonomy
Parental autonomy support and discrepancies between implicit and explicit sexual identities: Dynamics of self-acceptance and defense
When individuals grow up with autonomy-thwarting parents, they may be prevented from exploring internally endorsed values and identities and as a result shut out aspects of the self perceived to be unacceptable. Given the stigmatization of homosexuality, individuals perceiving low autonomy support from parents may be especially motivated to conceal same-sex sexual attraction, leading to defensive processes such as reaction formation. Four studies…
Can you connect with me now? How the presence of mobile communication technology influences face-to-face conversation quality
Recent advancements in communication technology have enabled billions of people to connect over great distances using mobile phones, yet little is known about how the frequent presence of these devices in social settings influences face-to-face interactions. In two experiments, we evaluated the extent to which the mere presence of mobile communication devices shape relationship quality in dyadic settings. In both, we found evidence they can have …
Human Motivation and Interpersonal Relationships: Theory, Research, and Applications
Coming Out as Lesbian, Gay, or Bisexual: The Lasting Impact of Initial Disclosure Experiences
Though previous research indicates that lesbian, gay, and bisexual (LGB) individuals may benefit from disclosing their sexual identity, or coming out, doing so also carries with it significant risks due to its stigmatized status. LGB individuals (N = 108) were surveyed regarding their initial experiences coming out, including the first person to whom they disclosed, their mother, father, and best friend. Results indicated that negative reactions …
Self-determined self-other overlap: Interacting effects on partners’ perceptions of support and well-being in close relationships
A Large-Scale Test of the Goldilocks Hypothesis: Quantifying the Relations Between Digital-Screen Use and the Mental Well-Being of Adolescents
Although the time adolescents spend with digital technologies has sparked widespread concerns that their use might be negatively associated with mental well-being, these potential deleterious influences have not been rigorously studied. Using a preregistered plan for analyzing data collected from a representative sample of English adolescents ( n = 120,115), we obtained evidence that the links between digital-screen time and mental well-being are…
Owning Up to Negative Ingroup Traits: How Personal Autonomy Promotes the Integration of Group Identity
OBJECTIVE: Our experiences, attributes, and behaviors are diverse, inconsistent, and often negative. Consequently, our capacity to assimilate divergent experiences-particularly negative aspects-is important to the development of a unified self. Whereas this process of integration has received attention at the level of personal identity, it has not been assessed at the level of group identity. OBJECTIVE: We examined the mechanisms involved in inte…
Autonomy Support Fosters Lesbian, Gay, and Bisexual Identity Disclosure and Wellness, Especially for Those with Internalized Homophobia
Lesbian, gay, and bisexual (LGB) individuals experience disparities in psychological well‐being, including greater symptoms of depression and anxiety, relative to their heterosexual peers. One group of LGB individuals is particularly vulnerable—those with high levels of internalized homophobia, or sexual prejudice directed toward the self. The current research explored whether a supportive social environment might be especially beneficial for thi…
Parental autonomy support predicts lower internalized homophobia and better psychological health indirectly through lower shame in lesbian, gay and bisexual adults
Previous studies have identified myriad negative consequences of internalized homophobia, or self-directed antigay prejudice, but few can speak to its developmental antecedents. This work explored whether parenting styles might affect the development of internalized homophobia and negative psycholog
Violent video game engagement is not associated with adolescents' aggressive behaviour: Evidence from a registered report
In this study, we investigated the extent to which adolescents who spend time playing violent video games exhibit higher levels of aggressive behaviour when compared with those who do not. A large sample of British adolescent participants ( n = 1004) aged 14 and 15 years and an equal number of their carers were interviewed. Young people provided reports of their recent gaming experiences. Further, the violent contents of these games were coded us…
Autonomous orientation predicts longevity: New findings from the Nun Study
OBJECTIVE: Work on longevity has found protective social, cognitive, and emotional factors, but to date we have little understanding of the impact of motivational dynamics. Autonomy orientation, or stable patterns of self-regulation, is theorized to be a protective factor for long-term mental and physical health (Ryan & Deci, 2017), and it is therefore a prime candidate for examining how stable psychosocial factors are linked to longevity, or lif…
Long-term mental health correlates of socialsupportive relationships in a lesbian, gay, and bisexual sample
Social support cultivates mental health, but little is known about how social support is experienced in individuals with a stigmatised identity, such as those who identify as lesbian, gay, or bisexual (LGB). The present study explored how specific elements of social support: reliance, feeling understood, and support for self-expression, experienced within parent, friend, and romantic relationships, relate to long-term mental health in an LGB samp…
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